Cosmic Boy was having a rough day, to say the least. He was having a teen angst moment where he believed that the whole universe was against him. As the leader of the Legion it was very possible that it was.
However, the teen knew that the universe was not against him, the Legion was only complaining about his leadership. Again. He needed a metaphorical slap in the face, and he knew just the person to go to. Brainiac 5.
"Brainyyyyyy!" Cosmic Boy yelled as he walked into the large laboratory their headquarters housed.
"Busy!" Came the reply.
"Brainy just come down for a second!" Cosmic Boy bartered.
The Coluan Legionnaire seemed to come out of nowhere. Since becoming human, his lab had also become much more cluttered. That, and he had a lab partner. It took Cosmic Boy a minute to realize that Brainy was, in fact, hanging upside down from the scaffolding surrounding a very dangerous looking machine.
"I'm busy. What is so important." He demanded.
"I need a metaphorical slap in the face." Cosmic Boy said.
"You interrupted my work for that?" Brainy deadpanned.
"Um, yeah?" Cosmic Boy replied. It did seem rater silly when he put it like that.
Brainy sighed. "LYLEEEEE! COME SLAP ROKK IN THE FACE!" He yelled across the lab.
Cosmic Boy was too stunned by the Coluan's sudden volume to completely process what he said, or comprehend what happened next. Invisible Kid appeared next to him and slapped him hard across the face. The brunette cackled as he disappeared from sight once again.
"I- wha- you- huh?" Cosmic Boy stuttered.
"You said you needed a slap in the face." Brainy pointed out.
"Metaphorical! I said metaphorical!" Cosmic Boy whined.
"Yes, well you interrupted me. And there are no metaphors in science." Brainy replied.
"That's not true!" Cosmic Boy protested.
"You have no proof." Brainy said darkly.
"GAAAH!" Cosmic Boy yelled as he left, feeling worse than when he arrived.
Halfway down the hall, he heard a rather unusual noise coming from the lab. It took him to figure out what it was, but he soon realized that it was joyful, breathless laughter, coming from the two scientists.
Cos stood there for a minute, stunned. He had never heard Brainy laugh. He smiled. Maybe this wasn't such a bad day after all, even if he had been slapped in the face.
Hey guys, been a while. I'm sorry I haven't posted on any of my larger stories in a while, I'm actually rewriting Galactic Hope. Hopefully it will explain everything better the way I've got it now. I'm actually adding origin stories for my OCs! Thanks for being patient with me :)
~NLIT