A/N: Here's the first chapter of my rewritten version of Galactic Hope. Hopefully, the characters will be more developed and y'all will actually get to know some of my OCs. I will try and post one or two chapters a week, but no promises.

Superman POV

A tremendous explosion rattles the Legion's cruiser. Everyone either drops to the floor or falls toward it. Kell and I are thrust back into our own minds. I can barely make out the voices of other Legionnaires yelling across the ship, trying to figure things out before everything goes black.

I wake up hours later in the ship's med-bay, greeted by Saturn Girl. She smiles at me relieved.

"Glad you could join us, Clark." She says. "Everyone's been placing bets on who would wake up first, you or Kell." She laughs, though a bit nervous.

I look over at Kell, who is still unconscious. "Well, I guess whoever chose me won." I conclude.

She smiles sadly. Something's up. Something that she doesn't want to tell me.

"Um… Where's Brainy?" I ask. "He Kicked Brainiac 1.0 out of his mind, Brainy should be back with us, good as new, right?" I continue.

Saturn Girl looks away and doesn't answer. Immediately I go into panic mode.

"Imra, what happened? Is Brainy okay? He has to be okay, right? What-?"

"Clark," She says gently, "there's no easy way to say this. It's affected us all greatly, but… I- I don't think that… I think he's gone."

I look at her, dumbstruck. There's no way that Brainy's gone. No way! He's too stubborn!

"No…" I whisper.

"What Clark? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear that." Imra replies.

"No!" I shout this time. "He's not gone! He couldn't be! He's too stubborn to die!" I yell, attracting a lot of attention from the other Legionnaires.

"Clark, I'm sorry, but that explosion would've killed anyone who was out there. In a way, we're lucky that every Legionnaire who had been in the field had been digitized, otherwise they would've been vaporized too. I'm glad they reappeared later though." She tries explaining to me.

"No, Brainy might've created the explosion. On purpose, y'know? To try and get rid of Brainiac 1.0 for good. Brainy can survive any explosion, the times in the lab prove it! I- I'll just go out and look around. I'll find him, I'm sure of it!" I argue as I try and get up.

"Aah!" I yelp. I feel a painful ache in my chest. I try to stand and my vision goes spotty. I don't remember falling, but next thing I know I'm face to face with the floor.

"Clark, you're too weak to stand, there's no way I'm letting you leave this room, much less the ship. Fighting Brainiac on a mental level took a lot out of you." She says sternly, sounding kind of like Ma.

"Well has anyone even tried looking?!" I protest as she helps me back into the bed.

"Yes," she says sadly, "Al and Brin were out there for a good five hours before Garth decided they were also riding on false hope and had to drag them back onto the ship, quite literally." She explains.

"Oh…" My heart begins to sink. Unless either of them didn't finish looking, It's not like them to leave anything unchecked. If they couldn't find Brainy, I doubt I will.

"Oh." I repeat, realization finally dawning on me. Brainy was gone. Brainy was gone and there is nothing that the most powerful beings in the known universe could do to change that.

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