Ingenious 7

Hello readers! In case some of you had not heard, I am trying to collect pictures of Brainiac and Supergirl for a Prezi I am doing online of Ingenious. I would love it if people would send me ideas of what they think Brainy and SG look like! Thanks!

This chapter is also dedicated to my good friend FluttershyIsBestPony64, she just recently had a birthday! So happy B-Day Fluttershy!

-Brainiac's POV-

The Significance of Science, all-in-all, was the most boring textbook I've ever read.

Most of the time textbooks by themselves are extremely mind-numbing, but many have a sort of flavor or voice behind the words and calculations.

The Significance of Science didn't even have that.

Considering it endlessly talked about having almost every kind of science known to man within its pages, it really didn't have all that much. The introduction took up 1/3 of the entire book and then the first two chapters discussed algebra, which not only did I already know how to use, but isn't even science- it's math. Yes, I was aware that you need math to learn science, but I still thought it irrelevant.

The Significance of Science completely skipped the concept of genetics, and barely covered chemistry- all it showed was a copy of the table of elements, and one from the incomplete 1900's-. That led me to look up the date of publishing; sometime in the 1950's. Excellent. –Note the sarcasm.-

Exhausted from the endless boredom, I started flipping through, looking for questions and not even bothering to read the book. After I finished answering every one from chapters 1-6, I took a different piece of paper and started filling in the answers for the rest of the book.

What? There was nothing else to do!

Once those ran out, I drew a picture of Batman and Robin fighting side-by-side against the Joker, and then took a nap on the hard cover of The Significance of Science.

"Miss Brainiac?"

Startled, I snapped into action, sitting up and knocking over the papers onto the floor in my hurry. Fortunately, it wasn't a LexCorp training supervisor ready to punish me, it was only Alfred. The butler stood in front of the desk with a bemused stare covering his features. And was it me, or did he seem to have a laughing twinkle in his eye?

"I take it you are finished, Miss. Brainiac?" Alfred asked, his arms bursting with multicolored cloth.

Scrambling to pick up the papers off the stone floor, I answered a meek "Yes."

"Would you like access to the training room then? Master Gr-" Alfred corrected himself. "Master Robin should be home soon. Perhaps you could use some company."

Nodding, I got up and followed Alfred, picking up a dropped scrap of cloth as I did so. The butler led through passages and hallways all lined in stone and metal. Bats screeched past every now and then, using their echolocation to avoid us, and while I ducked out of instinct every time, Alfred didn't appear fazed once.

Eventually, we reached the training room, a bright steel arena filled with all kinds of exercise equipment. There were treadmills, stair-climbers, rowboats-everything. But what fascinated me the most was the gymnastics course set up. A pair of rings was set up high and different sizing blocks led down from them. There was a balance beam too! Beyond the entrance laid out other machines and obstacle courses I had never seen before, and a dummy-filled targeting arena as well.

It was definitely better than LexCorp's training room. Better by far.

Gaping in awe, I could only watch as Alfred led me through the vast arena. I couldn't wait to tr all this stuff out! After the tour was completed, Alfred left me to my own devices and excused himself to finish my costume.

Looking around the amazing facility, I didn't know what I wanted to try first! And after Alfred was gone, I spent the next few minutes examining everything up close.

I just hoped Batman wouldn't mind me exploring every opportunity I had here…