A/N: I know it was a long time coming but my muse decided not to agree with me most of time while I was writing this. It took a combination of Farscape, lots of soda, candy, and talking with people to get this chapter out of me. The longer I work with this fanfiction the more ideas I get for other thing but I will not stop writing this until its over. And most of the ideas is for the future of this time line I am creating. Anyway, on to the story!
I do not own Legion of Superheroes, nor any other DC characters that will appear in this story. They belong to DC and WB, not me. I did this for fun and not profit. Please do not sue.
Chapter Seven: A Hidden Evil
Earth, the 31st Century
Brainiac Five
My dreams were dark, but full of color. Red, gold, and orange fire lit my dream scape and bathed the area in flames. The ground all around me changed from dark brown dirt to a black crystal. Suddenly a figure loomed up at the edge of the light and consumed it. It drew me closer with its red eyes and my own curiosity drew me closer. My thoughts were fragmeted and things I cared about nothing more than a distant thought.
"Querl Dox, you have finally figured it out."
I moved forward towards the shadow as it spoke and soon I was only a foot away from it. "I did. You will show me the key."
"Yes, I will. But you have to do something for me."
"What do you want?"
And the shadow smiled.
Earth, the 21st Century
Supergirl
I was still a little unsettled by a strange feeling I was getting but the worry was placed far behind me when Ollie and Di invited me for dinner over at their place since going on those trips a week ago I had been staying inside waiting for Querl to call me back. I had picked out this really cute little outfit to wear when he did call but since he hadn't I was growing more worried by the day. But going to see two really good friends was bound to cheer me up a little.
I arrived at the Queen's residents right after four and Di was there at the door to greet me. She was wearing a simple black sweater with a cute little skirt of black and gold. Her signature fishnet hose stockings were gone but this was more of social visit than anything else so I didn't expect to see it. Myself I wore my favorite white sweater with black pants that went down a little past my knees and ended in a rose pattern. My hair was in a pony tail with a white rose hair bend keeping it out of my eyes.
"Hey, Kara," she said, putting a hand against my arm and leading me inside. We made our way past the living room and headed straight into the dinning room where Ollie was finishing setting the table. He gave me a quick grin before he walked over and hugged me, a hug I was happy to return. Di then signaled me to take a sit and then dinner began.
"So, have your heard anything from Querl," Ollie asked and I shook my head. The beef roast, mash potatoes and green beans they had made were delicious so I took my time in answering.
"Its been nearly two weeks but I think he's just busy with a mission." Oh, did I hope he was just busy with a mission. He wouldn't just keep me hanging on I knew that, he would call soon and put my worry at ease. "Maybe he's caught up in a new experiment."
"He sounds like a big brain," Di said with a sweet smile, then her expression turned cold, and she turned towards Ollie. "Unlike some people."
"What?"
I laughed at his expression, and shook my head. I was starting to wonder why they invited me here. I kept my questions at bay though until desert came around. Then my curiosity got the better of me.
"So, why did you invite me here?"
Di and Ollie looked at each other for a few minutes before they took each other hands and turned towards me. "We would like to adopt you," Ollie said, and tears whelmed up in my eyes.
They wanted to adopt me ever since Argo and my parents were gone I had never really felt like I belonged on Earth. Green Arrow and Black Canary had always made me feel like I belonged. They were always there for me, rising my spirits. Even when the world hated me they were there, for me, cheering me on. I nodded my head, unable to speak, and hugged them both tightly. I was unable to do anything more, nor anything less.
Somewhere in space, the 31st century
Andromeda
Querl was being distant again, but this time for a far more familiar and clear reason. He was focused on a goal, a destination. I couldn't help but feel the same feeling of urgency. I didn't know, nor did the others, where exactly we were going but Querl seemed to and it was enough for Cosmic Boy. I wasn't satisfied I did hold off my questions for five hours.
Enough was enough already.
I was about ready to charge right into the control room and give him a piece of my mind when he called me over the inter-com. When I made it to the control room I found him plotting in a few last coordinates into the computer before he turned to me. There was a strange sort of look in his eyes as he did, almost a scared look and he looked away again.
"Remember how Cos asked if we could escape Darkseid if we traveled in time?"
"Of course I remember. Did you managed to think of a way to make this ship into a time ship?"
"I thought of many ways." He turned back to me, leaning against the pilot seat. "But it requires going back to some place I thought I would never go back to."
I walked over to him and touched his arm, and instead of pulling away he just looked at me. For a moment he seemed ashamed before he put his head against my shoulder and shuddered. He was taller than me now but he looked so small and fragile like this. I was scared for him, more than ever.
"When I was studying time before I became the Time Trapper I lived in a cluster of planet debris called Omega. I managed to make hundreds of different time traveling devices but nothing able to fix our damaged time lines. When I became the Time Trapper I operated out of Omega until I went insane and I left it behind. All my equipment is still there and with it I could get us back."
"You would rather not go back there."
He laughed against my arm. "Yes. But since it will help everyone else then I will go back."
I rested my hand against his head and smiled. He lifted his head from my should and looked at me. He was beginning to look more and more like the only Querl I knew so well. At least he was starting to act like himself again. "It won't only be good for the team, it will be good for you."
He looked at me a little confusedly before he nodded. "I guess you are right. We'll be with there with in two hours. I should tell the others."
I followed him out of the room, holding his hand the entire time. It was the nicest thing to happen to me in a long time.
Omega Debris, 31st century
Code Five
Omega has been a rich world, filled with life. It had no higher thinking form of life, but the planet had been beautiful. Then came a rock the size of the moon of Earth that crashed into the planet and burst it into pieces. When I has awaken from my sleep after ending up on the other side of the Rift I headed out into the universe and found this place. It was my home for a time but it kept me well.
Then the Time Trapper came. My memories of that were dark and distant but getting clearer by the day. I don't remember who he had been but I do remember that he was something else. Something more than human. I left Omega behind but not without leaving it protected.
We landed on Omega One hours after leaving Paradox 7 with Darkseid no doubt chasing after us. We would only have a few hours to hot wire a time device to the ship the Legion of this time gave us and go back in time to get Supergirl back to our time. It was a great plan, if we could hold it together long enough to finish the mission.
I hauled out many of the different types of time travel devices while I lulled through many different thoughts of what was going to happen during and after the coming conflict. A war was going to happen but if I could get this right the war wouldn't last as long as it could.
"Code, are you going to be able to hook this up soon?"
Rokk had taken to my new code name far more easier than Imra or Garth had. He knew without my telling him why I couldn't use 'Brainiac'. Plus he was wanted me to get this done with as soon as I possibly could.
"I should be able to get it done, as soon as I find the right part, in a hour or less. It is a very difficult part to set up but it should be done quickly enough. You should go and see Kid Quantum. She misses you."
He nodded at me and I smiled before he headed off to see her. I knew he really wanted to see her but wanted me to give him permission to see her. It was strange. I sort of missed him being the leader.
I managed to find the part I was looking for and right away began to install it into the ship. It was quiet work, but extremely difficult. I had to do it deep in the bowls of the ship to get it over and since we all wanted it done I couldn't stop.
I had to get it done.
"Hey Querl, you want some help?"
Laurel leaned into the hole I was in, her hair held up in a tight bun to keep it out of her eyes. She was smiling, and when I looked up at her she waved a plasma torch at me.
"I would appreciate it."
She came down into the hole with me, crunching down with me in the small hole. Leaning against the pipes to her right she looked at me. "So, what do you want me to do?"
"Connect the harmonic resonator to the ships internal power and cross the modulator into the core."
We worked in silence for a while, the only other noises the humming of the ships energies and the hissing of our torches. After a while though Laurel couldn't keep from speaking to me. She looked at me though the energy couplers and said;
"So, what are you going to do once everything cools down?"
"I'm going to go back to Paradox 7 and buy a house by the beach," I replied, trying to keep my face straight. "I'm going to buy a dog, find a girl, marry her, and raise a family. Forget all of this superhero stuff."
She looked at me like I was crazy. "Are you really?"
"The dog and the beach house no, but marrying a woman and having a family... maybe. If I could find anyone to take me."
"That shouldn't be too hard."
I looked over at her while she was busy with the resonator and when I saw her expression I made a promise to myself. Then I finished the last couplings and I nodded. "Its ready. We should tell everyone else."
I would make up for everything I did wrong to Lauerl. I owed it to her.
