I must be dreaming. Nothing else could explain this. Something like this isn't possible... Brainiac 5 thought, having retreated to an alleyway to think. No one could see him like this. Whether he was noticed by his teammates or the Science Police, it wouldn't end well. He was scared of what was going on with his body, and his mind. Brainy had felt faint pulses of the feelings of each person who had passed his hide away, oblivious to him and his beast-like form. The strangest part was that he could quickly identify each feeling. He shivered and whined. While he had a pelt of blonde-yellow fur, the same shade as his hair, it wasn't very thick. It had started raining briefly after he transformed, and it had stopped only a few minutes ago. He was cold and wet, surrounded by darkness and thought that it would be stupid to even try to return to the Legion Headquarters. There was a chance COMPUTO wouldn't recognize his DNA and would turn on the defense systems.

All the odds were against him. But...he didn't want to hide in the smelly alley for too much longer. He didn't have much room in the narrow place; Brainy had grown a foot or two. His arms were not longer nor thicker than his entire body anymore.

After a few more minutes, Brainiac 5 slowly returned to the main streets. He was on guard, listening and sniffing for any sign of danger. No one was on the walkway, and all establishments were closed. Any lights on were back-ups that stayed on every night to discourage robberies. As if theives were that stupid.

Passing stores and clubs, he scented meat. He quickened his pace, realizing he was famished. At the end of corner was a small butcher shop, meat hanging in the window in an old-fashioned way. A sign above the door read 'Best Meat You'll Ever Have'. A strange name for a small place like this, Brainy thought, eyes going back to the hanging pieces of dead animals. They looked so good...and he needed something to eat so badly...

Without another thought, glass shattered, and a leg of a cow was torn off the rack. In a second, most of the meat was already down Brainy's throat. He ate as if starved. It didn't take long before all bones were on the floor, clean. He thought he had never had anything so good in his life.

Pieces of glass had spread all around Brainy, gleaming in the moonlight, daring him to try to find his way out without cutting his feet. As if in reply, he growled. He then realized that he had broken into a place with silent alarms, just to eat. It felt like his moves were getting stupider and stupider by the moment. Or...was he just losing control? Would he have been able to hold back? No. And he couldn't convince himself otherwise. He was turning into a mutated wolf, not only in body, but in mind as well. A degenerating mutant that could sense thoughts, of all things. How would that be helpful in the long run?

The smell of ship-fuel caused Brainy to cough, and look behind him. A Science Police car was speeding towards him. He stood and turned, ready to flee. The last thing he wanted to do was alert the authorities! But...it's not the Legion. Brainy realized, hesitating.

That gave the two cops enough time to land and start shooting, hitting the werewolf at least twice in a row. It didn't hurt like it would if he was a humanoid again, but it felt like a person was jabbing him with a pole each time he was shot. He dodged a few, and almost made it out the side window, one of the Science Police hit him in the back one too many times.

Brainy's 'human' side was basically put in stand-by mode. He couldn't even stop himself as he turned towards the advancing officers and launched at one.

One of the police screamed in agony as his claws cut through her armor, moving to her unprotected neck and quickly destroying blood vessels that were connected to her brain. After knowing she was too close to death to be able to do anything about it, he got off of the fallen officer.

Something that felt like a thorn shot into the back of his arm. Brainy raised it, and looked at the contraption that stuck to his arm. His 'human side' surfaced long enough to realize it was a tranquilizer. With a growl of rage, he yanked it out, turning towards the other cop in time to have two more hit his chest.

Brainy didn't hesitate to attack and give the other officer a swift and painful death. He jumped out the window, sprang off the top of the police cruiser, and started hopping around rooftops towards the Legion Headquarters. Brainy didn't know why he was doing this, but there was nowhere else to go to now, other than turn himself in. He bit his tongue, trying not to think about the murders he just committed, nor remember how wonderful the blood smelled and tasted.

The world before him started to blur. Before long, he lost his footing and fell onto the ground with a thump. With the tranquilizers paralyzing him, all he could do was fall unconcious.

Author's Note: I finally finished it! It felt impossible, as I had to throw away lots of ideas for this chapter. I really wanted something action-y, something that Brainy would hate himself for and feel guilty about later. So...he killed some cops. It seemed the Science Police would be the only people that could really be stupid enough to shoot first, tranquilize later. Something like that.(sweat drop)

And there's something I need to clear up. It seems that everyone believed in the beginning there was going to be no romance, or at least revolve around it. That was true, but somehow some people thought I don't like romance. I didn't know that! Where was my memo? I love romance, I just don't like BrainyVi stories, so I won't write them. And if there were any real die-hard fans of the BrainyVi thing that wanted to read Brainiac 5 turning into a werewolf and Shrinking Violet would save him or something, they weren't gonna get it. If you want to make a Brainy-werewolf fic that's BrainyVi, go ahead. Just don't copy off of me or anything. I'd be likely to read it if werewolves are involved. Okay? Okay.

Now that that's cleared up, keep reading and please review whenever possible!

Til then, Sporkz