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[color=Lightgreen][b]Location:[/b][/color] La Hoya, vantage point Northwest of Kobra's factory 
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Daphne listened to Ja´s message. She wasn´t sure how to reply. With Ja being part of squad A it was up to Talon to decide how to approach this situation. It wasn´t that cut and dry though. Talon was already infiltrating the factory with the remaining members of squad A. Ja was more part of her squad, at least right now he was. She contemplated what to say and felt anxious. If it was up to her she wanted Ja to find a safe place to hide out. Maybe the people who were part of that struggle were still around somewhere. They could be the ones observing the team instead of the other way around. It was a scary thought. Ja had also discovered some kind of strange liquid. It could be the drug produced by the Kobra factory. 

The teen girl didn´t have to complete on what to say any longer. Viktor asked her to relay another message, this time in his usual even toned voice. She could handle stoic Viktor much better than the angry one. Daphne nodded in acknowledgement and turned on her ear piece, opening her mouth to start to speak.....only she...couldn´t. Her face wasn´t moving. Immediately panic started to crawl through her, creating a lump in her throat. [color=Lightgreen][i]What was going on?[/i][/color]
With trembling hands she touched her face, brushing over the surface of her skin. It had turned into bark, just like the rest of her body. Daphne didn't want to believe what was happening. Her body just acted on its own, without her being in control. It felt like all of the work she put in with the Martian Manhunter was for nothing. If she could cry she probably would have, as it were her face was frozen in a wooden expression. 

A string of disturbing thoughts ran through her mind. She had no idea how to reverse this and operating the comms was not possible anymore. Viktor was going to yell at her, but she was scared. There was no one else she could turn to for help. How would she explain to him what was going on? This had never happened before, she didn't even know her powers were capable of this. She couldn't put her team in danger so she put aside her anxiety and approached their leader. 

Daphne touched Viktor's shoulder, pulling at him a little so he would turn around. They still had to relay the message to Ja, if he didn't know someone was coming his way he could be in danger, they all could. 

Meanwhile the guard was fast approaching Metamorph's hiding spot. It would be a matter of seconds until he was found out. The canister was missing and the guard was starting to investigate. The safest option was to subdue the guard, before he could warn the factory, potentially taking away from the time available to squad A to investigate.