AUTHORS NOTE
Brainy was only the first victim. None shall escape the pranks of Lightning Lad and Superman. Here's the next chapter! I hope you all enjoy it, leave a comment, and have a fabulous morning/day/evening/night!
Oh! And I forgot to put this last time- This is a work of fiction! I don't own these characters or the Legion of Superheroes!
Word had spread quickly about Brainiac 5 falling victim to Lightning Lad and Superman's prank. He had certainly raised a few eyebrows as he retreated back into the laboratory with a face like thunder. Many of the Legionnaires were impressed, few had managed to fool the Brainiac, but to do so with such a humorous result was certainly a treat in the repetitiveness of their routines.
" I can't believe you managed to trick Brainy like that!" Cham laughed as he and the two pranksters walked into the common room, empty besides themselves and Triplicate Girl, lounging on a couch near COMPUTO, a half empty mug on the table in front of her. "How come no one thought to prank him after he's stayed awake for so long?"
" Probably because they're afraid of how he was going to react." Superman answered, dropping down on another couch with a plate brimming with bacon, eggs, and all kinds of breakfast foods.
"But not us!" Lightning Lad said proudly as he forked a mouthful of pancakes in his mouth, clewing as he spoke. "We're fearless, right Superman?"
"Yeah," Cham snickered, stealing a slice of toast off Superman's plate, ignoring the surprised look he received. "Fearless, until Brainy decides to get revenge."
Lightning Lad scoffed, opting to perch on the armrest of the couch they had gathered on. He pointed his fork at Cham and stated. "Brainy's too chicken to get revenge. Besides, we-" He gestured the cutlery over Cham to Superman and himself. "-Are the pranking masters."
"I wouldn't count on it Lightning Lad." Triplicate Girl interrupted from a nearby couch, looking up from her holo-pad with a slight smirk. "I heard Brainy was really mad about that prank you pulled."
"He'll get over it." Lightning Lad said bluntly, polished off another pancake from the small mountain.
"And that he was gonna get his revenge."
"If he ever leaves his lab for more than five minutes."
"And that he spiked your pancakes with laxatives."
Triplicate Girl had to bite back a laugh as Lightning Lad almost choked on the pancake he was midway though demolishing. She forced herself to keep a straight face as he looked between his breakfast and her. She shrugged, feigning innocence. Lightning Lad hurriedly shoved his half-empty place onto Cham and dashed out the door, looking a little greener than usual. The group was silent for a moment, until Triplicate Girl could take it no more, and burst out laughing.
"Sparky is so gullible sometimes!" She chortled, sinking into her couch as she looked over to the boys.
"The pancakes weren't really spiked, were they?" Superman chuckled, Triplicate Girl shook her head. Cham grinned, and worked on finishing the plate his friend had almost thrown on him. The trio (quintuplet?) fell into comfortable silence for a few minutes.
Cham emptied Lightning Lad's abandoned plate and placed it on the table in front of Superman and himself, making a satisfied belch. He ignored Triplicate Girl's disgusted expression in favour of moving to grab the remote that activated a large TV holo-screen. Superman stood.
"I think I left my drink in the kitchen, I'll be back in a second." Cham nodded as the Man of Steel left, activating the holo-screen as Triplicate Girl took a final gulp of her drink. Superman spoke a polite 'good morning' to Cosmic Boy as they crossed paths in the doorway, a steaming mug clasped in his hand.
A sudden blast of noise made the two heroes squawk in surprise as the holo-screen began playing at full volume, the whole room rattling. Cosmic Boy jumped, his mug leaping into the air gracefully, dumping it's scalding contents down the leader's front. Cham slammed a button on the remote and the holo-screen shut down, the room giving a relieved sigh. Cosmic Boy scowled.
"Cham! What the sprock was that?" He demanded, hissing as the steady burn of coffee seeped into his skin through his uniform. Cham gave him a surprised look.
"I don't know! I just turned the holo-screen on and that happened!" He protested, turning to look at Cosmic Boy. Triplicate Girl stood, rubbing her head as she moved towards the door, knocking into Superman and Lightning Lad as they re-entered.
"What was that?" Superman asked, giving Cosmic Boy a concerned look. "Hey, are you okay?"
"I would be a lot better if Cham hadn't turned the holo-screen's volume all the way up. You almost gave me a sprocking heart attack!" The Legionnaire growled. Cham jumped over the couch, remote still clutched in his hand, and glared up at Cos.
"Hey! I didn't turn the volume that high! It was like that when I switched it on!"
Lightning Lad snickered, then attempted masking it with a cough. " Maybe someone left it like that last night? I know-" He racked his mind for a name. "-Brainy was in here last night, maybe he did it?"
Superman gave his friend a look as Cosmic Boy huffed, breaking his staring contest with Cham and stalked down the hallway to the laboratory, ignoring the confused looks from Legionnaires who had gathered at the scene.
Cham sighed, returning to the couch and throwing the remote on the table. The holo-screen opened again, more noise blasting out. Cham made a surprised sound, then rapidly spammed the volume button, dropping the noise to a more bearable level before switching the screen off again.
"Let's not watch TV for a while." Superman sighed, his head ringing from the assault on his eardrums. The group nodded. Triplicate Girl flopped onto an open chair, dropping her empty mug onto the table in front's surface. Instantly, a screen opened up, showing a menu for a menagerie of board games.
"We could play a few games?" She suggested, sighing at the others bored expressions. "Or not. I guess it's just us again." She stated as she split into the three, each sitting facing inwards. Purple rested her elbows on the table and looked at White, who was scanning though the seemingly endless list of games.
"They won't play because you cheat." Purple stated, savouring White's scowl.
"I do not cheat!" She protested, looking up from the screen. "I just ."
"Guys, can you keep it down?" Orange whined, resting her head in her arms on the table. "My head hurts..."
White frowned. "Sorry. Guess it's just you and me, huh?"
"You know it!" Purple grinned. "Bring up Pong.I demand a rematch."
"Oh? You think you finally got enough luck to beat me?" White challenged.
"I don't need luck," Purple stated. "I have skill. Which is more than what you have."
"Yeah, enough skill to have a crushing defeat last time we played."
"Quit trash-talking and start playing already." Orange grumbled, burying her head deeper into her arms. White gave the others a confused look as a notification popped up. Superman watched them, leaning on the couch behind Cham amusedly.
"Can't load?" White questioned the screen. "What do you mean can't load?"
"It was fine earlier. Weren't we playing before monitor duty this morning?" Purple added, leaning over to White. "What does the message say?"
"It says it's a corrupted file." White told her other self, shrugging and closing the message. "Guess Pong will have to wait until Brainy fixes the file."
"How about we play Connect 4?" Purple suggested, tapping another file on the table. Again, the same message appeared.
"Ugh, seriously?" She growled, closing the message and attempting to boot up another file. And another. And another. Every file came up with the same error message. Eventually, the three re-fused and Triplicate Girl threw her hands up in defeat.
"Why does nothing ever work in this place?" She cried, standing from the table and crashing onto the couch next to Cham. "All of the game files are corrupted. Now what am I supposed to do?"
"At least you didn't almost deafen everyone." Cham grumbled. "How come I get the blame for everything?"
"Probably because Cosmic Boy thinks he's perfect." Triplicate Girl replied, fidgeting restlessly. "I bet he messed up the game files. He's always complaining about how we don't do anything."
"Probably." Cham agreed. "Must be a virus or something. Maybe Brainy can fix it?" Triplicate Girl sighed.
"Yeah right. The last time one of the game tables messed up it took him a month to fix it! Apparently it 'wasn't important enough'."
"Didn't Cosmic Boy go after Brainy?" Superman asked. "You could always ask Cos about the files, maybe he knows something about them?"
"Yeah, or you can kick his nass for breaking it." Lightning Lad added, grinning when Triplicate Girl rose from the couch and stalked down the hallway after Cosmic Boy, adamant that her games would return.
As soon as she had left, Lightning Lad grinned.
"We gotta follow them." He told Superman. "Can you imagine the look on Cos's face when Trip yells at him?"
"Don't you think that was a little mean Garth?" Superman asked, standing to face him. "I know Cosmic Boy can be a little harsh on us, but that doesn't mean he should get the blame."
"Hey, you're just as guilty as I am this time-"
"What are you guys talking about?" Cham turned around to face the two older heroes. "Cos busted the games table, right?" He frowned at the somewhat guilty look on their faces. "Wait, it wasn't you guys that broke the game table, was it?"
"What, us? There's no way I'd play any of those stupid table games." Lightning Lad scoffed, waving off Cham's accusing and moving to leave the common room.
"Sure you don't." Superman chuckled, closely following the other as they left. "Grognak the barbarian."
"Hey, I only started playing that because Saturn Girl roped me into it." Lightning Lad snapped defensively.
"Of course you did." Superman said as the common room doors slid shut, the rest of their conversation cut off from the suspicious Chameleon Boy.
"...They so broke the game table."