Smart
Smart. That's what Brainy was: smart, twelfth level intelligence, the brain behind the brawn of The Legion. Something he could truly be proud of. He had wandered for a short while after leaving his 'home' planet, the first to do so ever. He didn't know what to do with himself. He rejected the physical appearance of a Coluan, he rejected the mentality of the Coluans, he rejected everything that being Coluan stood for.
So, what was he? Where did he belong?
He simply wandered for a few months, until he saw the Legion fighting for the first time. He knew that was where he belonged, The Legion was the way for him to truly reject everything his predecessors held dear.
He 'auditioned' the first chance he got, they accepted him right away, but he ran into trouble when Cosmic Boy, the leader at the time, found out what he was a few weeks later. They were furious, it took him almost a year to gain their trust. It was frustrating, but once he did he rose quickly in rank. He became the backbone of The Legion, he designed nearly every gadget they used, they had no idea how they got along without him to before.
He did it all because he was smart.
'What did Superman call me again?' Brainy thought, staring out the shuttle window at the stars, 'Muy intelegente. Very intelligent, old Earth language; Spanish.' he smirked. That he was, and he knew that no matter what the original Braniac had done, he was not the original Braniac.
He was Brainy, the brain of The Legion, and he was proud of it!
This one's a little different, I think. There's no real specific time frame here, but it's obviously pre-takeover by Braniac 1. Please review!
~BBear