A/N: Hey, guys, remember me? That one writer with the problem with updating? Yeah, I didn't think so...

I hit another wall on the Memories series. No idea where I want it to go, but freezing my other work in an effort to motivate myself into finishing it did absolutely nothing. I'll keep working on it, I promise, but I have some offerings in the meantime.

This trilogy, Hard, is the bionic trio's problems in three hundred words. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks to all my reviewers. You guys rock.

No episode. K+ for angst. No other warnings, really. I wanted to explore other sides of our heroes, so here we are.

Love people and make them smile.


It's hard, being the smartest man in the world.

The pressure weighs heavy on him, knowledge that if he can't solve a puzzle, work through a problem, likely, no one can. There're the regrets, wondering it he should really be working in the field. He knows he would be most effective shut in his own lab, solving the world's problems one by one. Harsh as it sounds, aren't the lives of those he saves every day an acceptable loss compared to all those he could save if he used his time differently?

These questions and so many others haunt him.