Right so my first chapter based fic. Umm I know it's short but I'm not really used to writing mahoosively long blocks of writing. Hopefully as I get more into the fic the chapters will get longer as more stuff happens.

Disclaimer: I don't own Legion of Superheroes (wish I did, then we might at least get a 3rd bloody season!)

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I packed the few remaining items left into the second of the duffel bags. Even as a human I was meticulously neat. Order in the chaos. I shuddered, those words reminding me of what had just passed. Soft footfalls in the corridor reached my ears and a moment later the hissing of the pneumatic doors. I looked up to see Shrinking Violet before me. Her arms crossed as she rested her weight to one side, looking at me accusingly.

'So you were gonna leave without saying goodbye huh?' inwardly I cringed, her voice was steady but I could feel the hurt behind it. Ever since my discovery of her intelligence and pluckiness, we had become close friends. But after everything that happened I didn't want to face the looks of the friends I had betrayed, especially not her. I could still feel the force I used to push he skull into the wall, I'm sure it was luck that kept her alive from that blow.

'I didn't think anyone would miss me, not after...' I trailed off, looking down at the floor.

'You know, for a guy with twelfth level intelligence you're pretty stupid.' I looked up and she smirked at me. 'Brainy, no one blames you for what happens and even if they do, I don't.' She wondered over to the window, 'So don't I matter?' she said the last sentence so quietly I barely heard her.

I followed her to the window and looked down at Kell-El's swearing in ceremony. 'Of course you matter,' I replied after a pause.

'Then why didn't you tell me you were leaving.' Her gaze shifted onto me, I could feel the weight of it on my shoulders and I didn't know how to answer. Why wasn't I going to say goodbye to her? The others, it was obvious but her...

'I guess,' I muttered quietly, I had her full attention; 'I guess it was because...I was afraid you'd try and stop me.' I looked at her. She seemed distracted.

'But that's what friends do,' she said, more to herself than to me, 'But Brainy...' she paused before carrying on, 'I don't want you to go.' She said it as a child might. Pleading with her eyes and the tone of her voice. I could see the tears welling up. Oh God.

'Vi, please don't cry.' I begged, she sniffed and wiped her eyes.

'I'm not,' she pouted, 'I've just got something in my eye,' I smiled, same old Vi, refused to let anything phase her for fear of seeming weak. She already got enough stick from people who thought her ability was useless. In all truth, I used to be one of them but she proved me wrong. We looked down at the ceremony once more. 'Brainy,' I looked at her but her remained fixed on the stage below us, 'I need...I-I mean we...the Legion needs you.' She blushed, though I'm not sure why.

'No it doesn't, I made sure everything is in working order and besides, if anything goes wrong they have you.'

'Me?' She looked confused.



'Vi, while you're not as smart as me,' I smirked as she gently punched me on the arm, 'Ego much?' she giggled, 'you still have a tenth level intelligence which means that anything they need they can go to you for.' I carried on. Her smile died on her lips.

'But I don't want them to come to me,' she said somewhat petulantly, 'I want them to go to you.'

'But Vi you can do it, I know you can.'

'It's not about that, if they go to you then that means that you'll still be here...with me.' At this she looked away leaving me shocked. Did I really mean that much to her? After everything that happen it was unlikely. Logically speaking, she was a human which meant she was probably comfortable with having me around. Humans did not like change in their lives thus she was just trying to prevent it. It made perfect sense. I hardened my resolve.

'I'm sorry Vi, I have to go.' My voice was colder than I meant it to be and the tears that had been threatening to spill, poured forth. But they fell silently. Vi was not even looking at me and the tears kept falling.

'But I don't want you to go,' she whispered again in broken tones which wretched my heart in two. I reached out to her and pulled her into my arms. Something as a robot I would never have thought to do but as a human I did on impulse and it felt good. I felt her stiffen and then return my embrace to me. 'Please? Please Brainy?' in that moment I felt so wanted and needed. My closest friend clinging to me, her tears soaking through my shirt. I would have given anything to make her pain go away. But no. I gently but firmly pushed her away.

'I'm sorry.' Before I lost my resolve I turned on my heel grabbed my bags and left walking as fast as I could. The sound of her sobs reached me but I kept on trying to block it, telling myself it was the right thing to do. That was how I left the Legion. Defiant, determined and close to tears.

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Superman walked down the corridor with a heavy heart. Not only had Kell-El left back to the 41st century but Brainiac 5 had left as well. He had told him before he left and it was his duty to tell the others. As he walked past the lab, his super hearing picked up stifled sobs. He paused and knocked on the door. 'Hello?' a panicked shuffling was heard as he opened the door just in time to see Violet shrinking herself and escaping through the ventilation shaft. 'Violet!' he called but she was already gone. He sighed, making a mental note to talk to her later, before carrying on his way to the common room only to find it in celebration. It seemed Duo Damsel was no more as White had returned from the future. It wasn't that he particularly wanted to spoil the fun but it was never good to avoid bad news and he didn't want to carry the burden for longer than he had to. He took a deep breath.

'Guys,' no one reacted, 'Guys!' louder, yet only a few heads turned. Finally, 'GUYS!' he yelled and all talking ceased, 'I have something to tell you.'

'What's up Superman?' questioned Lightning Lad.



'Brainy's gone.'

'Gone? Gone where?' asked Cham not getting the point.

'Gone as in he's left the Legion.' As he had expected there was a mixed reaction to this. Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Timberwolf, Phantom Girl, Cham and Bouncing Boy all seemed shocked and worried but too his disgust, most of the other Legionnaires looked relieved.

'But why?' asked Bouncing Boy. Before Superman could answer Cosmic Boy chipped in.

'Because he knew what he had done was unforgivable and we can't trust him.'

'How can you say that!' fumed Saturn Girl, 'After everything he's done for us.'

'Well he's right.' Answered Sun Boy, 'How do we know he won't go crazy on us again?'

'I know.' Growled Superman effectively ending the conversation before marching out to find Shrinking Violet. She seemed to be taking Brainy's leaving the hardest. He couldn't help but feel that there was something between those two. She would have a lot of responsibilities now as, being Brainy's unofficial former assistant; she would assume his place as smartest in the Legion. He reached he quarters and knocked on the door. 'Vi? Violet?' nothing, 'Vi, open the door. I know you're in there, I can hear you breathing.' There was a pause before the door slid open. He looked down at her and saw that her eyes were puffy and red. 'Vi, are you ok?'

'Don't call me that.' She whispered.

'Call you what?' he was confused, she sounded so cold and unlike herself.

'Vi. My name is Violet.'

'But Vi-'

'My name,' she emphasised, 'is Violet.' she looked up at him, visibly shaking with the effort to remain composed.

'Ok Violet.' He assented sadly.

'I'm going to the lab now, I have work to do.' He voice remained icy as she walked past him. He stared after her. Brainy had better come back soon he thought.

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Ok so that was the first chapter. If you think it could be improved (which I'm sure it can) then feel free to give me tips as I'm still pretty new at this. Oh and I want to say thanks to LadyGuardianofKeondes and UltraFox for reviewing my last fic, really meant alot. I know Vi is a bit OOC in this but i wanted it to imply that they'd had other 'moments' besides the ones we've seen on tv.