09/10/11 It's like I'm counting! ... Yes I'm easily amused.

Tenth Entry of my daily challenge based of Darkj3's picture on deviant art made for "When they were Young Wednesday" for CxB Week last year. This was going to be my entry for "Fanfic Friday" but it might end up being too long because now that I've started it there's a lot I want to do with it. I guess we'll just have to see what happens.

Super Baby

Part 1

Chapter 1

Querl Dox, a young Brainiac Five, was eight years old and terribly bored. He was just lying in the grass for his daily hour of fresh air in the protective dome his care takers had built for him. They had probably built it before he had been born because he couldn't remember the small field ever not being just outside of his lab, a whole world away during the other twenty-three hours of the day.

It wasn't as though Querl would ever give up this hour, any free time without his care takers hovering around him was a miracle of science in itself, but there was nothing to do when he was outside. He couldn't work on his experiments, the caretakers wouldn't allow for reading material to be taken outside and there was only so many times he could walk to run the perimeter of the dome before having every scratch in the glass memorized along with the blades of grass. He couldn't even memorize the petals on flowers or weeds since the caretakers eradicated them the moment they sprouted up in programmed fear that he could be allergic to them.

Just as Querl began to plot a way to sneak out a book for tomorrow he noticed something bright beyond the glass. It obviously wasn't the sun, or shooting star. Could it be a meteor?

As if to just prove Querl wrong a small rocket came charging through the glass, completely shattering one of the octagonal panels, and then nose dived into the ground, the cockpit flying open and throwing out it's passenger. Though the small passenger hadn't landed yet, it would be very improbable for it to survive.

Still Querl stood and ran towards it. He wasn't sure why he bothered; there was no way to catch the passenger and his medical training was still at a novice level but his body wouldn't allow him to just sit there.

Suddenly, unexpectedly, the passenger's falling pattern changed. Instead of heading straight at its current trajectory it turned and headed for him.

Querl stopped so fast he fell backwards but instead of lowering his arms to brace for impact he raised them to try for a desperate catch.

The gamble worked; the small passenger landed in Querl's arms and even after its rescuer fell with a thud it giggled.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Querl looked down to find an infant wrapped in a red blanket in his arms. And it wasn't just any infant. It was a light peach color, a human or another alien species like it skin tone. It, Querl surmised that it was a boy from closer inspection, had blue eyes and black hair with an oddly familiar curl in the bangs.

"Brainiac Five," the familiar call of his Caretakers brought Querl's mind back into focus. He got up to his knees, keeping the infant close to his chest, ignoring his wiggling and giggling and attempts to reach for the grass as if it was a favorite toy, to hide him from the approaching caretakers as he only turned his face to look at them.

"Examine that shuttle then bring it inside for me to study," Querl ordered before he stood. "I'm going back inside!"

The young Coluan ran to the lab before the Caretakers could question him.