Waking up seemed to take forever. Flashes of nightmarish scenes kept flashing across Clark's memory as he returned to consciousness. Opening his eyes, Clark stared up at the ceiling for a moment, and then looked around, trying to remember where he was. It was the farmhouse. He was on the couch. Sitting up, Clark looked around the room. Pain shot through his shoulder, but he ignored it for the moment, trying to figure out why he was on the couch. He couldn't remember how he'd gotten there. His memory was fuzzy.

"What's going on?" Clark muttered, frowning.

Lois and Oliver were both fast asleep in chairs facing the couch, which wasn't normal. And even more out of place, Oliver was dressed in his Green Arrow costume with his bow in his lap. Shaking his head, Clark reached up to run a hand through his hair and stopped. He was wearing a bracelet set with a blue stone.

"Blue kryptonite?" he mumbled. "Why am I wearing this? Something weird is going on. Maybe Chloe can tell me what's going on."

Taking off the bracelet, Clark stood up. He set it down on the table and walked over to where Lois was sitting. Smiling, Clark brushed some hair out of her face and tucked a nearby blanket around her. He dropped another one over Oliver and headed out the door. Away from the kryptonite, Clark sped off toward Watchtower.

"Hey Andros," Chloe said, stifling a yawn. "Do you have an update for me?"

"Yes," he answered. "It looks like your entire team is back to normal."

"Or as normal as they can be," Chloe said in relief. "So everything went well?"

"It did," Andros said. "Placing Bart in the room with Aquaman worked wonders. After only a few minutes of listening to Bart's nonstop chatter he snapped out of it and started threatening to drown Bart. Once we were sure he was back to himself, we allowed him to rehydrate. Bart disappeared shortly after. We're a little worried…"

"I wouldn't be too concerned," Chloe said, laughing. "Bart can't get off the ship, and AC won't really drown him."

"I see," Andros said. "Oh. Cyborg is fully operational again. He finished his repairs. We believe he may also have something to do with Bart's disappearance…"

"It wouldn't really surprise me," Chloe said, shaking her head. "But they won't kill him. I swear. He'll probably spend a few hours tied up and gagged in a corner somewhere, but they won't kill him."

"We will have to keep an eye out for him," Andros said, not sure what to think.

"Have you heard anything from Carter?" Chloe asked. "I haven't been able to get through to him… With my network down, I'm lucky to be in contact with you. Thank goodness D.E.C.A. is able to pick up my laptop… Anyways, back to Aquabase."

"Everything is under control at Aquabase," said Andros. "The book you gave us worked. Dana and Kelsey both tried reading it, but they started crying… So Chad finished. By the end of it Hawkman was himself again. But they couldn't let him out because he wanted to leave and kill Lex…"

"Definitely back to normal," Chloe muttered. "Do they still have him locked up?"

"No," Andros said, shaking his head. "When he found out Star Girl was there and still under the influence of the machine, he agreed not to immediately go and smash in Lex's skull if they let him out to talk to her. Apparently it only took a few words from Hawkman to snap Star Girl out of it. And then they both had to be put back under lockdown. She has almost the same temper he does, if not the strength to enforce it."

"I'll have to have a talk with them eventually," Chloe said. "But that can wait. What about Black Canary?"

"She's fine as well," said Andros. "Carter managed to talk her out of it. He proved to her that hurting people under Lex's command didn't fit her idea of justice. He used some of the clips of what she was doing. I guess it worked fairly well, because she wants to join Hawkman and Star Girl…"

"Great," Chloe said. "Can you please tell Carter to keep them down there until I have time to talk to them? Because, despite the many problems it would solve, they can't murder Lex."

"I will pass on the message," Andros said.

"Ok, so that should be just about everyone," Chloe said. "Except—Right! Martian Man Hunter. You sent him to Ninja Ops, right? Have they gotten through to him?"

"They have," Andros answered. "Sensei made some kind of telepathic connection with him and convinced him we were the good guys. He's mostly back to himself, but you're going to need to fill in some gaps."

"I'm going to be filling in a lot of gaps for everyone," Chloe said. "But that'll have to wait."

"What about Clark?" Andros asked. "He's the last one."

"Lois and Oliver took him back to the farm," Chloe answered. "They're supposed to call me with an update when he wakes up. It's going to be a long few weeks with him once he does."

"Why?" Andros asked. "Do you really think he'll still be under the machine's influence?"

"No," Chloe said. "But he'll probably wish he was. And the rest of us are going to wish he couldn't remember the past week either…"

"Ah," Andros said. "Struggles with guilt?"

"You have no idea," Chloe sighed, shaking her head.

"I don't know about that," said Andros. "You should ask Jason some time about the famous Oliver guilt complex."

"I'll have to do that," Chloe said. "How is everything up there?"

"Well—" Andros started to say, but he was interrupted.

In the background, Chloe could see Kim and Hayley. Kim was standing against a wall, her hands up as Hayley yelled at her. She looked extremely confused.

"I leave for five minutes," Hayley yelled. "Five minutes! And I come back and you're all over him! You had your chance and you blew it. So back off!"

"Hayley," Kim stammered, in shock, "I was just trying to help—"

"No!" Hayley snapped, taking another step closer. "We don't need your help. You've done enough. Stay away from Tommy."

"Umm… Hayley?" Trent said from behind her.

"What?" she snapped, spinning around. "Oh. Trent. What is it?"

"Conner is stuck again," he said, glancing back toward the infirmary.

"Again?" Hayley said. "Where this time?"

"He got his foot stuck in the back of the chair," Trent answered. "We're not really sure how, but he can't get it out."

Glaring back at Kim for a moment, Hayley took a deep breath.

"Alright," she said. "I'm coming."

She turned and stormed back down the hall toward the infirmary. When she was out of hearing, Trent looked back at Kim.

"You so owe Conner," he said. "Cause Hayley's gonna kill him."

Without another word, he walked away. Jason and Trini walked around the corner from where they had been listening.

"You really do," Jason said, watching Trent leave. "Conner stuck his foot in the chair on purpose. They didn't want Hayley to do anything she'd regret later."

"And she would regret hurting you," Trini said. "But it would be later."

"Much later," said Jason.

"But I don't understand," Kim said. "What is her problem?"

"Kim," Trini said. "They're an item. A serious item, and you're kind of all over tommy."

"What?" Kim exclaimed. "But I thought she was their tech."

"She is," Jason said. "But she and Tommy have known each other since college, and if he wasn't so slow they'd probably be married, or at least engaged, by now."

"But… Why didn't anyone say anything?" Kim asked.

"Because we all knew, or guessed," Trini answered. "Didn't you notice how they acted with each other?"

"I did," said Kim. "But I thought that was just how they were. I mean, she teased the kids a lot too."

Trini shook her head, looking over at Jason.

"I'm gonna go get the others," he said. "We can all go back to our house and give them some space."

"Right," Trini said. "Before Hayley gets Conner loose."

Jason headed in one direction while Trini and Kim headed the other way, still talking. Andros turned back to Chloe.

"As you can see," he said, "tempers are running a bit high."

"How is Tommy doing?" Chloe asked.