Normally, Hal would be shaking his head in annoyance at that line, or maybe even facepalming. But his woodified body won't let him, and anyway, he'd probably just get a branch in the eye.
It's not the danger of the superhero life that gets to him sometimes--it's never that--it's when it all gets weird. Man, he hates that.
"Join the club," he grumbles.
"Any suggestions, people?" he asks, which is better than saying, 'Can we just move this along to the part where I can make somebody pay for putting me through this day?'
She wishes she could faceplam herself after saying that line before she could stop herself, but her nerves are wearing thin; the poor attempt at humour, she knows, is just a defence mechanism as she tries to fight off panic.
She is so out of her league.
Then one of the other heroes - Aquaman, she thinks, the King of Atlantis - shouts in surprise as a noise nearby announces the appearance of a sixth wooden being - also this one taller even than the Martian.
If turned them to wood, so it's enough to suppose it's like the thing that turned people to glass, but not very like.
"He doesn't look anything like the creature I beat," she whispers to her companions. "Is he..."
Hal had heard rumors about the Martian Manhunter, but he's a little surprised to actually run into him, especially here. But most of what he's heard has been good, so when the Martian says the wood alien's body is synthetic, Hal isn't going to argue.
What he would like to argue with is the order the alien gives them to follow. All the way to Antarctica, apparently, which considering the day he's been having, doesn't surprise Hal. Not much could at this point. But that doesn't mean he likes it.
Fortunately, it's only a few minutes later that the Martian bumps into him somehow, freeing the ring from his wooden shell.
Great. That's a start. Except Hal still can't turn his head, and the only person he can see is Black Canary. If he could only muster his will better, he might try something, but the alien has some kind of influence dampener in effect, and try as he might, Hal can't get out from under it.
Fine, Black Canary it is. He hopes the blonde can come up with something to get them out of this.
Dinah is definitely not looking forward to walking to Antartica, as she left her motorbike back at the glade and doesn't want to have to make her way all the way back to pick it up.
Or ask for help from one of the men.
She can't turn her head, but out of the corner of her eye she sees Aquaman knock into the Martian Manhunter; something she couldn't do, so maybe he has slight protection against the mental control?
The next thing she knows, there's a flash of green and her neck is suddenly loose, and her throat free.
Already though, their alien controller mentions something about dissension. She has to act now.
The new Flash.
Dinah doesn't have all her lung capacity, but she has some. She pitches her cry, and:
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It's not the danger of the superhero life that gets to him sometimes--it's never that--it's when it all gets weird. Man, he hates that.
"Join the club," he grumbles.
"Any suggestions, people?" he asks, which is better than saying, 'Can we just move this along to the part where I can make somebody pay for putting me through this day?'
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She wishes she could faceplam herself after saying that line before she could stop herself, but her nerves are wearing thin; the poor attempt at humour, she knows, is just a defence mechanism as she tries to fight off panic.
She is so out of her league.
Then one of the other heroes - Aquaman, she thinks, the King of Atlantis - shouts in surprise as a noise nearby announces the appearance of a sixth wooden being - also this one taller even than the Martian.
If turned them to wood, so it's enough to suppose it's like the thing that turned people to glass, but not very like.
"He doesn't look anything like the creature I beat," she whispers to her companions. "Is he..."
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What he would like to argue with is the order the alien gives them to follow. All the way to Antarctica, apparently, which considering the day he's been having, doesn't surprise Hal. Not much could at this point. But that doesn't mean he likes it.
Fortunately, it's only a few minutes later that the Martian bumps into him somehow, freeing the ring from his wooden shell.
Great. That's a start. Except Hal still can't turn his head, and the only person he can see is Black Canary. If he could only muster his will better, he might try something, but the alien has some kind of influence dampener in effect, and try as he might, Hal can't get out from under it.
Fine, Black Canary it is. He hopes the blonde can come up with something to get them out of this.
A ray of green flashes ahead....
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Or ask for help from one of the men.
She can't turn her head, but out of the corner of her eye she sees Aquaman knock into the Martian Manhunter; something she couldn't do, so maybe he has slight protection against the mental control?
The next thing she knows, there's a flash of green and her neck is suddenly loose, and her throat free.
Already though, their alien controller mentions something about dissension. She has to act now.
The new Flash.
Dinah doesn't have all her lung capacity, but she has some. She pitches her cry, and:
"EEEEEEEEEEEE!"
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