Facing the Music. With need2speed, chloeas, and mirrorsmirk.

[dl_greenarrow]

The trip from Kansas to Missouri had taken a little over an hour, and thanks to the very high tech GPS tracking system in Chloe's laptop, it had only taken forty minutes to drive from the airport through St. Louis evening traffic to the motel where Michael and Mia were staying

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[chloeas]

Chloe had wanted to bring Emil along, unfortunately, he still worked at Metropolis General and was in the middle of a surgery when she tried to contact him, so they left without a doctor.

She had left the laptop and things in the car and was empty-handed as they waited for Mia to open the door, any and all hurt feelings she had had when she first found out about where Mia really was had been replaced by worry and anxiety.

Once they were back and they could be sure that Michael and Mia were both okay, she would think about it again.

[need2speed]

Mia stirred from where she'd been curled up beside Michael at the sound of the knock. Cautiously, she peeked through the security lens in the door before opening it with a half-guilty, half-relieved expression.

"Hey," she said. "That was fast."

[mirrorsmirk]

Michael stirred a little when Mia left his side, the absence of warmth causing him to shift, but he didn't awaken beyond that.

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver met Mia's eyes for a brief moment before he looked past her to the unconscious form on the bed. "How's he doing?" His voice was quiet.

[chloeas]

Chloe looked from Ollie, to Mia and then at Michael as well, she could see him breathing, which was definitely a good sign, so she looked back at Mia and started inspecting her for any injuries.

[need2speed]

Mia had a few bruises and scrapes from her tumble down the stairs, but that was about it. She tucked her hair behind her ears self-consciously and stepped back from the door to invite them in.

"He probably hurts a lot. I didn't want to give him any aspirin in case they made the bleeding worse. But it hasn't seeped through the second bandage, so I don't think it's that bad," she said, her voice low and uncertain.

[mirrorsmirk]

Michael stirred again when the voices got louder. His eyes fluttered open slowly and he groaned, a hand going over his eyes.

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver stepped inside the motel room, pausing briefly to examine a bruise on Mia's cheek. He kissed her forehead, then moved over to the bed where Michael was laying. "Mike? How ya doing?" He sat down on the edge of the bed, glancing the younger man over and taking note of the bandages.

[chloeas]

Chloe was right behind Ollie when she saw Michael stirring and stepped over to the side of the bed where he was, "don't try to move, it's just us."

[need2speed]

Mia hung back in an awkward way, folding her arms and kicking the edge of the bag full of shot guns back under the bed. No need to freak them out too much, right? She was glad that Michael was waking up on his own though.

[mirrorsmirk]

"Stop making the world move," he gasped as Oliver sat down on the edge of the bed. The slight dip it made did nothing to help the nausea he was feeling. When it settled a little, he moved his hand up from his eyes. "Where's Mia?"

[dl_greenarrow]

"She's right here, Mike." He glanced toward her and then back at him. "Looks like she did a good job of patching you up." His voice was quiet.

[chloeas]

Chloe looked over at Mia, the bag under the bed not going unnoticed by her, "we should get him to the car and back home, Emil will meet us at the Watchtower and take a look at him."

[need2speed]

"Hey," Mia said to Michael, quietly, moving closer so he could see her. "You fell asleep on me, cowboy."

She glanced at Oliver and Chloe. "He's okay to fly, isn't he?"

[mirrorsmirk]

"She cleaned all the good dust bunnies out," he joked lightly at Oliver before shaking his head a little. "All he's gonna say is I have a bump and a cut. I'll be fine at the apartment."

Then he looked over at Mia with a ghost of a smile. "I was just resting my eyes. I was awake the whole time."