"And
though I know the world of real emotion has surrounded me
I won't
give in to it
Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can
go
I hear your voice calling out to me:
"You'll never be
alone"
-Real Emotion, Koda Kumi/Jade from the Sweetbox
Okay, so Real Emotion was sung by two for the looooong non-updation of this...wah...some gore in this chapter..
Greenie's OC Louise is here now! Thanks Greenie, for letting me use her!
--Mei-chan
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"Vi, are you in there?"
Brainy peered throught the half open door. Nope. She wasn't there. Where could she have gone?, he thought.
His was literally dead on his feet. He has spent his last 30 minutes walking around the first and second floors. Approximately 31 minutes and 23 and ½ seconds now. Make that 2 seconds. He had to try the next one. It was like a joke. But a sick joke.
He had to find her.
He called Vi's name and raced up the stairs, oblivious to the walls that echoed him back, offering no hope, whatsoever.
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"Is he back yet? I wonder what's taking him!!!"
Phantom Girl rolled her eyes and sat on a block of concrete.
"Tinya, give him space. Vi's family died, you know. He probably doesn't want to go just yet." Timber Wolf said furiously.
"I know..." Tinya sighed, while sitting herself more comfortably on her makeshift chair. "Its just that, ah..I can't believe this kind of thing could happen to anybody."
"Don't worry, Phantom Girl, she'ss be okay," said Dream Girl comfortingly.
Just then, Cosmic Boy walked up to them.
"Guys, I think there's something wrong with Brainy. He's not answering. I tried to call him several times, but...nothing. We should go in there."
"Is that a suggestion or an order?" Kell asked.
"Its an order. I won't leave them alone in there. Nobody deserves to die...again.. today."
"Right. I was hoping you'd say that."
They crossed over the police line, much to Damian's dismay.
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"Vi? VI? VI!!!!!!!!"
Brainy was tired from running. He was bleeding from crawling under broken furniture and broken glass. He was hurt, deeply. Not from his wounds, but from the dreadful feeling that something happened to Vi.
Still, he ran on. Finally, at the fourth floor's third to the last room from the left, he thought he heard something. He ran cautiously, and stopped in front of the door.
He was shocked.
It was Vi, yes, his Vi, but she wasn't wering her costume. She was dressed in green, much like the Empress' costume, but only a little more revealing. And instead of the violet streak in her hair, it was green.
No.
Suddenly, Emerald Vi turned around. She looked into his eyes.
Brainy nearly keeled over when he saw that they were blank green. Not those eyes that were lively and full of laughter, but just blank. No emotion. Nothing.
Well, there was one emotion. It was hate. Pure hate in her eyes.
"You killed my parents."
For a moment, Brainy thought she was looking at the Eye, but when he saw her more clearly, her gaze was directed at him.
She was thinking wrong! The Eye messed up her mind!
Brainy tried to talk her out of it.
"Vi, i-its me, Brainy. You remember? We're best friends..you used to help me out with stuff...right?"
"Shut up! Murderer....you...killed them!!!!!!! You and your friends! You will pay..I WILL KILL YOU ALL!!!"
No. This wasn't the Vi he knew, he said to himself, as he struggled to call for help. He tried to call the Legionnaires, but Emerald Vi hit a blow as he tried to run. He slammed against the wall, chunks of plaster shattering with the impact.
He remembered his emergency weapon. It was a type of gun, but it had the ability to shift into different things.
But he was too late. He saw Emerald Vi coming for him, with a glowing emerald sword in her hand. He tried to defend himself, his weapon pulled out, but, he couldn't kill her. She was still possessed by that thing.
The sword went right through his stomach. She broke the end off, leaving it embedded there.
Blood gushed everywhere. Brainy felt himself growing weaker. The pain was excruciating. Dots swam in front of his eyes.
"Vi...please......its me...remember.."
Emerald Vi gloated then flew off, leaving him to die.
"Vi..no...come back.."
Then, darkness.
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"Brainy....Brainy..Brainy!!!!!!"
"Are you here, Vi?"
"Where are you guys?"
All around the first, second and third floors the Legion went looking.
"Anybody home?!"
"Show yourselves!"
Finally Cosmic Boy assembled the Legionnaires int he third floor. They're not here, apparently. We'll check the fourth and fifth floors."
The Legion scurried off to the fourth and fifth floors.
"Hello, anybody here?" Dream Girl peered around the corridor, then when nobody answered, she paced away.
Then...
"Vii...iszzat..you...?"
Dream Girl rushed back to where the voice was coming from. She entered the room and saw Brainy, blood encrusting his suit.
She gasped in shock and horror. He would have bled to death if it were not for his makeshift weapon, which he used to make a bandage strap from.
His eyes fluttered open and he saw her.
"Dream Girl...please.."
"Shh, Brainy, I'm here to take you home...don't say a word.."
He fainted in her arms as she carried him sadly back to where the others where.
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Back outside..
Cosmic Boy was confused. Who would have done this to Brainy? Certainly not just the Eye. And where was Vi? What had happened to her?
"It..hurts..ah...aah.."
"Shh, its okay. We'll get this out of you. Rokk, we need you over here."
Cosmic Boy walked up to the others .
"What can I do?"
"I think there's something inside the wound. Try to clean it, pull it out, whatever." Phantom Girl said in her most formal voice.
"I guess I can try."
Cosmic Boy channeled his energy slowly and located the wicked blade. It was a sharp one, but no matter, it would be easy. He fixed his mind on it and slowly pulled it out of Brainy's system. After he took it out, Brainy let out a sigh of relief. Cosmic Boy could see that the swollen flesh was starting to heal at an amazing rate. Apparently Brainy hadn't lost his 'regenerating' powers.
"Thanks, Cosmic Boy. That feels so much better."
"No prob. Now, who did this to you?"
Brainy's expression of relief changed into a sad and distant one.
"You don't wanna know."
"Of course we want to know! Don't you think its important?"
He let out a long sigh.
"Vi did this to me."
"What?!"
The Legionnaires were shocked.
"But..how?"
"She was possessed by the Eye. Somehow she now thinks we are responsible for the deaths of her parents. I tried to defend myself, but I couldn't bring myself to hurt her. I loved her."
They were surprised. Their Brainy fell in love? Though it seemed a little different for him to do so, he fell in love.
They dropped the subject and walked out of the building, into a crowd of spectators.
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"Is it true that one of your own turned against you?
I knew one of them was against us! Now what would stop everyone from turning rogue?!"
Angry jeers and taunts rose from every side as the Legion passed through the crowd. Timber Wolf was itching to shut them up, but Phantom Girl restrained him, although she felt the same.
Brainy was twitching every step of the way in pain as he leaned on Dream Girl and Cosmic Boy.
Out of the blue, a pretty female reporter and her crew stepped out from the walked up to Kell, who was the closest to her.
"Louise Laine of the Daily Intergalactic Planet. Legion, what happened to Shrinking Violet?"
"Don't even try to----"
Kell shushed Timber Wolf.
"Um, sorry but, well, we can't tell you everything that happened just yet, maybe---"
"I get it." Louise said as she instructed her crew to switch off their recording systems.. She smiled at Kell, who in turn blushed.
The crowd was leaving. Louise handed Kell a blue slip of paper, then said..
"Meet me at my office at 10 tomorrow, then you can tell me what happened. I don't really intend to leak this out."
She put a finger to her lips, indicating it was a secret, then walked away.
Kell nodded and smiled secretly as she left.
"What was that, Kell? Falling for someone already?"Phantom Girl teased.
"Well, maybe just this once." He replied.
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Okay....too much violence. Maybe some humor in Kell and Louise's meeting in the next chapter. :))
--Mei-chan
