The further that they travelled into the cave the closer they got to the sound of the latest songs playing along with the sound of voices.
"It sounds like a party," Caitlin suggested as they continued to follow the dark rocky tunnel into the heart of the cave.
"Great, so we're going to be those old people who shut down a raver!" Cisco sighed. "I hate those people… Wait… not much has changed for me since high school!"
Caitlin offered him a warm smile, but Astrid took off past them, still in her dazed state. "Is it just me or does my fiancé seem to be acting less like her leaderette self and more like a drone?"
Astrid disappeared in front of them and Caitlin looked back at Cisco. "Thank god I'm not the only one who has noticed. First Barry disappears, now Astrid… Didn't she say something about the daemonites? This can't be good."
"I take back what I said earlier… I don't want to move to a small town filled with aliens… I've seen Roswell far too many times!"
They followed Astrid into the center of the cave where they were filled with at least fifty teenagers partying to loud music and drinking.
"Damn, Caitlin… the music here sucks!" Cisco cried out. "The DJ could at least play something a little funkier… Did you ever hear that song about a monkey who wore glasses?"
Caitlin's attention had been diverted across the room. She had found Barry speaking with Clark. "Hey, there's Clark and Barry!" she ran toward them, with Cisco close at hand.
"Caitlin, Cisco!" Barry said pleased to see them. He nodded his head toward Clark, clearly gesturing that he had gone silent for that reason exactly. "Where's Astrid?"
The four of them scanned the room where in fact they saw Astrid leaving quickly down a dark tunnel with none other than Lex Luthor.
"What the hell!" Cisco attempted to storm off in their direction but Caitlin held him back "That evil son of a… That guy is bad news! We all know he is going to be the villain of this story! And she is acting all zombie-like… She is walking into a trap."
"Zombie like?" Barry asked.
"Hold on!" Clark said, raising his hand. "Something that she said earlier today about Lex… I've been listening out… Something is seriously wrong here. I'm sorry that I didn't believe you guys earlier."
"So what do we do?" Caitlin wondered.
"You guys… wait here, I'm going after them," Barry decided.
"No, don't!" Clark told him. He seemed to be listening very carefully to something over the music. "I can barely make out what is being said between them."
The others stared at him awkwardly. "You can hear them through thick rock?" Barry asked him.
"You would be surprised about what I can hear," Clark replied. "I have this…"
"Woah man," Cisco spoke up. "Don't keep us all in suspense… what are they saying? Is she alright?"
Clark went back to listening into the conversation that was being had through the thick rock. It seemed to be getting further away, but the things he did hear had him concerned.
Barry registered the look on Clark's face and in an instant, he had disappeared in a bid to search for Astrid. "What the hell is going on?" Cisco pleaded.
"Your friends… They're in trouble," Clark said. "That guy wasn't Lex. We need to go after them."
As they began to strategize, they were met by Lana. "Clark, hi! It's good to see you."
"Hey, Lana… Can you give me a moment?" Clark asked. He, Cisco and Caitlin took off in the direction that they had seen their friends leave in, leaving Lana behind.
The three of them left the party and followed the narrow tunnel to the right where they had seen Astrid and Lex leave. The tunnel forked off into two separate directions. "Now where?" Caitlin asked.
Cisco placed his hand on the wall to the left, willing a vision to come. "It's no use. I can't make one happen."
"I say we go left." Caitlin started in the direction of the tunnel to the left.
"I say we listen to the kid with super hearing," Cisco said.
They turned to Clark who was struggling. "I can't hear anything anymore. It's like… It's like there's a block or something."
"Okay, left it is…" Cisco said. The three of them started down the path of the tunnel to the left. Suddenly Clark collapsed to his feet in pain. He was clutching his head.
"Hey man, are you alright?" Cisco wondered. Clark looked around them. This part of the tunnel was filled with green veined rock.
"Cisco, it's kryptonite!" Caitlin said, taking notice. "I think he's having a reaction."
"Well, we can't just leave Astrid and Barry in the clutches of those demon aliens! You saw what happened last time!" Cisco argued.
They both looked down at Clark. He was growing weaker by the second. They had no choice but to get Clark out of the tunnels immediately.
"You go, Caitlin… I'm going to go after them." Cisco got to his feet and took off down the tunnel as fast as he could.
"Cisco! Cisco, come back!" Caitlin was hit by panic. She was tempted to run after him, but she knew that she needed to get Clark back to his family's farm... and back to safety.
