Chapter 15

I could hear voices around me once again, and it was annoying me how many times I had already been injured.

While I was opening my eyes, I could hear Arthur speaking with anger,

"We just got our asses handed to us, Autumn hasn't woken up yet and she got hurt the most, and Steppenwolf has gotten the third mother box!" he spoke. He was huffing in anger and I decided to myself to try and calm down the situation.

"So we will find them, and as you can see, I am okay," I spoke up. Everyone turned their heads towards me, but it was Arthur who came to be first. He pulled me into a bone-crushing hug, and I winced in pain, causing him to pull away from me the slightest bit.

"How are you doing? Maybe you shouldn't be out of bed so soon," Arthur spoke. He put his hand on my cheek and looked at me as if I was an illusion that was going to disappear very soon.

"I will be fine Arthur, we just need to get this problem fixed first," I replied. One look at me showed that I was determined to finish what we had started, but Arthur did not let go of me. He looked at me carefully, seeing if I was lying to him. When he found what he was looking for, he pulled away from me.

"Autumn is right. If the boxes are even close to each other, there's going to some kind of energy surge," Diana spoke up.

"And Steppenwolf's gonna be keeping them somewhere where they don't read, no internet, no satellite coverage," Victor finished.

"That narrows it down," Bruce replied as he was rolling his eyes.

"Not enough," Victor finished. He was right, we needed more than just this information.

"So you can't find them, or maybe you don't want to," Arthur spoke. I gasped in anger, and hit his chest, telling him to back off.

"Yeah that was a great way to get rid of Superman," Arthur finished. It broke my heart that Arthur spoke of both Victor and Clark like that.

"Man I'm not doing this on purpose," Victor replied. He sounded defeated and angry at Arthur, and I could not blame him.

"Right, because you can't control the machine," Arthur spoke. Arthur had no right to say anything about both Clark and Victor.

"You have taken this too far Arthur, now put your damn ego aside and work with the team. Also, talking about Clark like that in front of me, not your best idea," I spoke. I pulled away from Arthur and left the room as fast as I could. I didn't want to know what Arthur was feeling, and nor did I care at the moment.

Third POV

"Victor, you can find the boxes, you share their energy. I know it's frightening, but if you go under, I promise we'll pull you back out," Diana spoke. Trying and succeeding at comforting Victor. He replied saying,

"Just keep the little merman away from me while I work," Victor spoke while looking back at Arthur.

Bruce walked up to the merman who looked defeated but did not want to show it.

"Doing that to Auturm, bringing up Clark at a time when she is sensitive was a bad idea. She was right, we need to work as a team," Bruce spoke while through the window. He was not looking towards Arthur, but Arthur knew that if looks could kill, he would be 6 feet under.

"Listen just wanted to know if you could, put out a, if you were, and aquatic... you know... do you, talk to fish," questioned Bruce. He was unsure of Arthur's powers, and he was embarrassing himself even more.

"The water does the talking. If the current comes in strange, I'm gonna point the way," replied Arthur.

"Of course," replied Bruce. He walked away from Arthur, leaving him in his thoughts of regret for hurting his queen.