trans_9 | The thing you should know is that everyone is in really big trouble. Yeah. Even you.

Too late. Danny's already on the move, deeper into the statuary, and is invisible to boot.

They have an opening.

They need to find somewhere to rest, especially since they can't recharge--no yellow sunlight around anywhere.

Kon knows this, but unfortunately, he's having trouble staying conscious. Having K-rock shoved up in your face like that? Against the skin? So not good for you. He's still got that green skin thing going on, even if it's fading a little.

"Nnrgh."

Mia gritted her teeth and caught the bow as the half-disabled Kate swung it at her, unable to shoot with it's dead arm.

"Okay, possessing the girl aside, I don't care if you don't respect me, but you will damn well respect the bow!" She wrestled it from her grasp and lashed out with a kick, toes pointed, to the back of Kate's thigh.

Once she had the bow, she nocked an arrow and sighted Robin. This was going to be a flesh wound, but a nasty one. She let the shot fly.

The Yeerk knew how much the bow meant to the host, another way to make her see to prove its point. Meanwhile Kate yelled in more pain, and crumpled to the floor. She was trying to stand up again, but hard with only workable arm.

The arrow goes straight through the flesh of Tim's upper arm, and he curses--loudly. He stumbles his landing, and whirls to face Mia, recovering himself.

Damn, he wishes he was wearing Robin's armor right about now.

Gritting his teeth, he yanks the arrow out of his skin, not caring that it hurts. And Danny is gone. Perfect.

And Mia is still running hell for leather after him, diving to the ground with a sweep for his legs, getting ready to reach for another arrow. She can worry about apologizing later for anything she does to him or Kate.

Someone is watching Danny fly. He can because Danny's only invisible--not phased. The goggles from the MedLab have varying levels of sensory perception--such as infra-red.

Gee, what is that cold spot zipping through the air at that speed?

An invisible wall suddenly pops up right in front of the invisible-except-on-infrared Danny.

Danny slams into the wall at full speed,getting KOed and dropping the Kryptonite in the process.

Tim jumps over the leg sweep, swinging his staff hard at Mia. He aims for the elbow, with enough force to crush bone.

He's using this body to the fullest extent of its abilities, and he's not pulling his punches.

His attention is caught, though, by the sound of something falling. Something... like a rock and a body. He's not going to waste his time on Mia anymore.

He dashes off in the direction of the sound, hpoing to find the lost piece of Kryptonite.

Waste his time? Oh slug did you back the wrong horse.

Mia barely manages to roll away from the staff, getting back to her feet and chasing Robin. Taking a page from Kate's book, she tackles him from behind, bringing her arms around in front to take educated stabs at his solar plexus, or at least the existing wound in his arm. Get the fingers in and squirm them.

Someone picked up the lead box, from where it fell from Danny's hand.

"My apologies. I thought you were a threat. I was mistaken."

Moments later, something slammed into both Mia and Tim, knocking them apart.

... and Brainiac 5 flew out of the shadows, holding the box.

"Don't concern yourself about the kryptonite," he says to Tim. "I'll handle the Kryptonians. The ectoplasmic hybrid has been...dispatched."

"Brainy?" The disbelief in the Kryptonian girl's voice was clear. And then steel set into her voice as her eyes turned bright red. She struggled to her feet and stalked over to him as best she could. "So, what? You too? Finally giving in to the Coluan way?" She launched herself at him. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!"

It hurts. Those words hurt, but there's something cold that takes over and does what needs to be done.

A forcefield wall slams into her, wraps around her and slams her back to the ground next to Kon--and also slams into Kon to hold him there as well.

"Carry on," he says to Tim, leaving him to the fight, as he goes over to the two of them.

He looks at Supergirl with his had tilted slightly, where she lay pinned on the floor, and a shield springs around him and the two Kryptonians.

"I am not someone to be trusted. This is true."

In a low toneless voice, he says:

"Scream, Kara."

...And with some slight of hand, the lead box is put in a pouch in his belt, and a little green diode light is produced.

From where Tim is, it looks as if the box has been opened again, and green light is spilling out, but the light is harmless to Kryptonians--harmless to everyone, really.

Relief flashed in Kara's eyes.

And then she screamed.

Very discreetly, he starts scanning them both and administering medical attention to the unconscious and poisoned Superboy.

Kara followed Brainy's orders, trusting him.

He hadn't betrayed her.

He hadn't turned on her.

He was still ~~her~~ Brainy.

Getting Sam to the Med Bay was slow-going. He was dead weight, and Terry didn't want to jostle him around too much, in fear that he might make things worse. But he was getting there.

Until he passed the Statuary. The fight had caught his eye from a distance, and as he got closer, he got more and more curious. Tim was involved - the one person Terry had a connection to, and he was involved in something that seemed pretty nasty. Not to mention a single glimpse Terry had gotten of his face sent horrible chills down his spine.

Tim nods in satisfaction as Brainy approaches Kon and Kara with the Kryptonite. He's in... a surprising amount of pain, actually. That last attack from Mia had been particularly vicious. Mostly he's fine--he just needs to catch his breath, and remember that flesh wounds really do heal and humans aren't as fragile as they seem.

He sees Terry approach and frowns a little. Mia and the Kryptonians may not let him get away with the ruse that he's normal, but he'd like Terry to come in a little farther. He gives him a slightly rueful, pained smile. "Hey," he says.

"Yo! Future-beefcake! He's evil right now! Stay back from him!" Mia calls to Terry, nocking another arrow.

Kate meanwhile was still struggling to crawl across the floor toward them to attack again. Can't afford to fail, not now.

At Mia's words, Terry froze. Sam didn't seem so important any more - he was focused on Tim. There was something about him... some look in his eyes. It was eerily familiar.

"Oh God, no," he whispered.

Tim shoots an annoyed look at Mia... who's aiming at him again. Perfect. He's going to have to be careful of her--and probably Terry, too, judging from the way he's looking at him. He grips his staff tightly.

At least Brainy is keeping Kon and Kara out of commission.

Mia lines up her shot. "Look, I don't care who or what you are, but from the desperation you've been showing, I'm pretty sure the stability of Robin's body is important to you, at least for the moment. You have any idea how much damage a human body can take without death or even permanent damage? I do. I've got at least six shots I can take on you that I'm 85% sure you can't stop without dropping the staff, and I'm 99.4% sure I can get off a second shot before you could pick it back up again."

She took a step forward, bowstring drawn. "And really, you never want to play the odds versus humans. We're funny like that."

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