The martian accessed her telepathy by reflex, and intruded the mind of her attacker. He was a muscular and, she noticed, exceptionally handsome. M'gann knew he was far stronger than her, physically, but he appeared to be human. Then again, she was also in a human form. Saving her confusion for a more convenient time, she now focused on his consciousness which opened before her. Sensing the intrusion, the boy fell to his knees, grasped his head, and screamed.
M'gann saw his memories were also blurred. Scrambled by some unknown entity, his thoughts were primal and instinctive. He didn't want to harm her, but instead understand her. He feared this confusion as much as she. He feared her. She dug deeper; sifting through the masses of his primitive thoughts. Where are you from? Why are you here? Why am I here?
When she finally arrived to a structured memory, she was momentarily stunned by its sheer intensity. It's beauty. M'gann was transported further into the mind of the teen, and she saw the male's most blissful moment through his own eyes. Her senses were temporarily replaced by his own:
"See, the moon!" Kid Flash pointed towards a night sky, to an overwhelmingly spectacular sight. A bright moon glowed among an array of tinier lights, and the clone was overtaken by the view. Stunned- because for the first time in his existence, Superboy was content. He saw beauty, and he basked in its wonder. However, a shadow appeared in its brilliance, and grew closer. "Oh, and Superman. Do we keep our promises or what?"
The bliss of the memory ended, as well as her hold on the boy.
"Get out of my head!" He growled, and regained a more understandable method of communication.
" 'Superboy'? Is that your name?" He winced, as if experiencing a sharp pain. "I don't want to hurt you, I just—"
He ran at her again, once again looking primal and enraged. M'gann stuck out her arm, caught the teen in a hold of telekinesis, and lifted him into the air. Superboy wreathed around and swung his limbs to try and break free of this invisible force. He winced again, and held still. "M'gann?"
The name struck a nerve, and caused a flooding of memories into her mind. "Conner?!" With the memories and understanding came a sharp sting that overtook her mind for a brief moment, and her telekinesis failed. Superboy crashed into the desert beneath him.
…
As the other members of the Team spot a cloud of dust emerge before them, they only expect the worst.
Robin aimed his binoculars at the location, and grinned. "Found it."
Wally took the binoculars, and also saw their destination ahead; the bioship. His face brightened, but grew darker when he spotted another obstacle blocking them from their goal. "Yeah, just one minor problem…"
A line of stunning blue separated the heroes from relative safety. It stretched the entire horizon with no visible end.
Artemis groaned. "How fast can those stupid plants grow?"
"They do appear to be becoming more prevalent. The flowers were definitely not there when I had left." Kaldur now held the binoculars.
As the heroes approached the overwhelming sight, the line of blossoms had become a near-mile wide cluster which contained enough of the toxin to bring each of the teens to their demise. Artemis mumbled some profanities, but Robin and Kaldur each began to silently conjure up possible solutions to yet another life threatening problem.
"Oh, I got it!" Wally shouted. The other heroes turned, and listened skeptically. "How many explosive arrows to you have left, beautiful?"
Artemis crossed her arms. "That depends; what's your plan?"
"The plants' poison is only air-born, right?
Robin nodded. "I'm pretty sure, but until we can run tests on—"
"So if there was, say, an explosion?"
"Then the toxins would all be released into the atmosphere, but I don't…Ooh! But do you really think you can…?"
"You know I can."
"Sweet!" The best friends high-fived, looking incredibly pleased with their plan.
The other two looked…less pleased. "Ok, so, what just happened? You can do what?"
Wally turned to Artemis and smirked. "That depends, babe; how many arrows do you have?"