[center][color=darkgray][b][sub]E P I S O D E   SIX :   R E F L E C T I O N S [/sub][/b][/color][b][color=bf2628][sup][h1]DIRTY BUSINESS[/h1][/sup][/color][/b][/center][center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzBx8TWcrG4]SOUNDTRACK[/url][/center]
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[COLOR=bf2628][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]T H E  E V E R G L A D E S[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][sup][color=darkgray]September 17[sup]th[/sup], 2021  |  13:13pm.  |  Everglades National Park, Florida [/color][/sup][/INDENT][/INDENT]
Dwell time between missions had finally come to a close. The League deployed the Team to a remote area in the swampy Everglades. Their objective was to locate a facility where Kobra was suspected to be working with different compounds for their experimental venom serum, a project the Team had spent months uncovering while thwarting its development on a small scale. 

Batman himself managed to narrow down the location to a specific area, having provided coordinates from where a thorough on-the-ground search could begin. A search that was left to the Team, or more specifically, Daphne. It was her who now took point in leading the Team through the Everglades, using her ability to “speak” to its vast collection of vegetation.

Since waking up from her coma Daphne’s ability to communicate with plant life had vastly improved. It had gotten to a point where sometimes it overwhelmed her. When she initially acquired her powers, communication with a plant was typically hit or miss, requiring her to always be touching said plant. The “conversations” she had were usually one sided. She’d ask the plants for a favor they either granted or silently denied.

Now she could hear them from anywhere and once the Green sensed her presence it was challenging to shut out their voices. Their personalities were distinct, much like humans. The quiet voice of a trail of water lilies was trying to give her directions, but the white mildly sweet smelling flowers were being drowned out by fern plants that kept shouting for the Nymph’s attention. 

Her struggle to communicate effectively caused the Team to have to change direction on the fly, passing by the same spots several times. No one was commenting on it yet, but Daphne was starting to doubt she could locate the facility successfully. 

She strained to filter out the voices and covered her ears. For some reason the call of the green was much louder here than anywhere else. 
[color=Lightgreen]“I just need a minute guys…” 
“They’re all communicating at the same time..”[/color]

It looked like she was having some sort of headache and she could barely hear herself talk. 

Eventually they reached a spot where the water was too shallow for the airboats to make it through. They were entering into a visibly different area of the swamp. There were clusters of tangled maple trees, forming small islands and thick carpets of broad leafed plants, resting on the surface of the barely visible water underneath. The airboat slowly came to a halt and Daphne glanced over her shoulder at the Team. 

[color=Lightgreen]“We have to get of here, I’m just not really sure which direction to take.”
“Kobra is dumping their test compounds into the swamp waters. It’s disturbing the plant life. We should be close to the facility, because the pollution is getting stronger.”[/color]

Without the airboats traversing through the swamp would be a lot more challenging. The Team had their work cut out for them.