Chapter 2: Power of the Yellow Sun

We are back on the ship flying away from the planet. Brainiac 5 and I play together; we are so excited. "Will you promise to be my brother and stay with me? I feel so lonely," Brainiac 5 asks.

I smile, "I promise I am very happy to have you as my baby brother." We hug each other. I kiss his forehead then I notice he has the same symbol as Brainy.

"Jason!" We are interrupted by Brainy. "You have abilities that are activated by the yellow sun."

"But where do I come from?" I ask.

"Earth." Brainy responds.

I remember bits and pieces of it but it isn't clear. "Do I have a daddy?" I ask thinking what he might say. "Yes child. "All life forms have fathers but your father abandoned and betrayed you."

"You're wrong!" I yell. "If I had a daddy, he would love me."

"Love you enough to destroy you to protect a bunch of pathetic animals?"

"What are you saying?" I ask my heart racing?

"You're father tried to kill you over a pathetic race not worth fighting for."

"That's not true!" I cry, hate boiling inside me. I am afraid. I am weak and innocent. But the memories of my father betray me. I'm overwhelmed with sadness and despair. Then I AM ANGRY. The hatch opens and yellow sunlight surrounds me. I fell strong. Then I feel as if I'm floating in a dream. I remember my father must have given it to me.

"Jason, you're flying!" Brainiac 5 screams in excitement. He calms me down.

I can't allow my baby brother to see me like this I think to myself. I flow down and lifted him. We were flying. I am happy as is Brainiac 5; that's all that is important. We kiss each other.

"It's ok Jason," he says gently, wiping tears from my cheek. "He won't hurt you again. We are brothers we will look out for each other. Are you an angel?" Brainiac 5 asks.

I look down; we are really high? "I don't know?" I answer. I kiss him on the cheek. We land still holding on to each other; refusing to be separated.

"You have a destiny Jason." Brainy says walking towards us.

I'm not angry at him because he told me the truth. My father will pay for what he did to me I think to myself my father, Earth's so called savior will die. He will die for betraying me. Thoughts of revenge went through my head but I didn't want them to dominate my mind. I want my brother to be happy. "Brainiac 5?" I ask softly. There's a room on the other side of the ship. Meet me there. I need to talk to Brainy.

"Ok Jason. I love you." We kiss and he ran off. I smile, my thoughts returned on the subject. Then I turn to Brainy.

"So child, it's time to start learning how to control your abilities. When you complete your training, revenge will be yours, if you desire it."

"How can I exact vengeance on him?"

"Kal-El is a naïve and pathetic life form," Brainy says.

"I want my father to suffer," I shout not caring if it was necessary or not.

"Child you must control your powers first then you will destroy him."

I was tense; my body was hard. "My own father abandoned me and left me to die. He will suffer as I suffered. He will die and so will everyone he loves. But how could I be more powerful?" I ask. I am weaker than he is.

"Training." Brainy answers. "You must gain knowledge and with knowledge comes power.

"I know but reading books to him won't kill him." I interrupt

"I know Jason but you need a more delicate training system that involves both physical and mental improvement. Now you need rest I will supply you with comfortable living conditions." He looks down at some clothes. I am still clad in towel. He also gave me another towel for Brainiac 5, who also lacked clothes. I walk to my room or our room. I see Brainiac 5 laying there in a comfortable bed.

"Jason will you sleep with me?" I look at him and my heart warmed.

"Ok," I answer. All bad thoughts left my head. I drop both towels and I went on the bed. We cuddled. Our arms tangled we kissed, "Good night Brainiac 5." I whisper.

"Good night Jason," Brainiac 5 says. My eyes are heavy. I am in a room made of crystal standing on a floating disk. A voice spoke. It is the same voice I heard when I slept on the being's lap.

"Please your father protected the human race Jason. Forgive him."

My heart stops. All the anger and hate explode within me. NOOOO! MY FATHER IS A MONSTER. HE NEVER LOVED ME. ALL HE DID WAS FIGHT FOR A BUNCH OF STUPID ANIMALS NOT WORTH ANYTHING. HE BETRAYED ME AND I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE. DO YOU HEAR ME? MY DESTINY IS TO MAKE HIM SUFFER. WHEN I'M DONE, I WILL KILL HIM AND ANYONE HE LOVES JUST TO HURT HIM! EARTH WILL BURN LIKE IT DESERVES!

He was silent how dare he ignore me. "I HATTTTEEE HIMMM!" THE CRYSTALS ARE BREAKING. I'M SMASHING EVERYTHING. MY FISTS DESTROY THE ENTIRE ROOM. I'M FALLING, THEN NOTHING. I woke up. Brainiac 5 and I remain in the same positions we were in when we slept. I love him as long as I'm with him and I will protect him. I kiss him softly on the lips. He awakens and we kiss.

"Good morning Jason."

"Good morning," I say excited for the day….or night. We are in space so it is hard to tell. We get up and look at each other. I laugh because all we had on is underwear that looks alien. We look around the ship confused.

"Where's Brainy? His eye shifted to me his name is Brainiac. What but your name is Brainiac.

"No Jason my name is Brainiac 5."

"Then can I call you Brainy?" he smiled. "Yes Jason you can; its sounds cute. Then we laugh.

"Your training commences children. We turn around; he is behind us.

"Ok Brainiac, I say excited of the things we will learn. He takes us to a training room.

"Brainy," my baby is brother learning I was gaining knowledge and I was training under yellow starlight. Thankfully, I destroy robots while reciting a math equation. I am very smart and I'm getting used to my powers. However they are weak and extremely unstable. It is progress but soon my father will die with me imagining his screams and tears. This makes me smile his suffering will be very slow. Those animals that he protects will suffer as I have suffered. The next day of training, after an affectionate sleep with my baby brother, we went to another planet. I learn another language. My vocabulary becomes sharper for a nine year old. My brother and I become closer. I balance my training and quality time with my brother by playing games. We continue to train because I know that I will face the man of steel. I know that it will not be easy; both of us will be powered by the yellow sun.