Chapter3- a gift

Phoenix was helping Brainy in his lab since he needed it to finish his new invention…but he refused to admit it

"I said I don't need help!" he stressed

"You say it, but you don't mean it." She teased and stuck a wire into the device and clipped it onto a circuit board. It jumped to life as she clipped in the last wire and he sealed it up

"See, I told you that you could use the help" she stated in triumph

"Ok fine, I may have needed a bit of help and you did do a good job." He admitted smiling

"Thanks." She said happily "ooh, I have an idea for another machine!" she exclaimed

"What?" he asked intrigued

"You'll find out when I've finished the designs." She smirked and ran off. He tried to follow her but she put a force field up so he couldn't see it. A few hours after the force field had disappeared but she hadn't moved

"Phoenix!?" he called, no answer "are you there?" he asked and looked round to see her resting her head on the desk. "Phoenix?" he asked then noticed she had fallen asleep. He walked over to her and lightly moved her arm from the designs and smirked, she had designed a small device that would cloak the entire building. He had to hand it to her; she was very smart. He shook his head and carefully picked her up then carried her to her own room. He silently walked out to come face-to-face with Saturn Girl

"Come with me Brainy." She said smiling

"What? Why?" He questioned

"Because I said so," She replied, he sighed knowing there was no point in arguing with her since the last time he did that he ended up walking into a wall repeatedly against his will (hehehe brain drain moment)

"Fine." He said giving up and followed her into her room "ok what do you want?" he asked

"I've noticed something, ever since Phoenix came, you keep on forgetting to tell us things, and you two are always together. Is there something you want to admit?" she asked knowingly

"Erm….no" he answered

"Are you sure? I can always just read your mind." She said

"What are you getting at?" he asked suspiciously

"You like her." She smirked

"She's a friend, of course I like her." He said

"Not that way, you like, like her." She stated

"Erm, still don't get it." He replied not understanding

"How do I explain in brainy terms….erm, you're infatuated with her?" she guessed

"What?!" he exclaimed

"Did you get it that time?" she asked hopeful

"Oh I got it and you're wrong." He stated defensively

"Sure I am…the brainwaves tell me differently" she shot back

"Well I wish they'd shut up." He mumbled to himself and walked out. The next morning Phoenix woke up confused

"How'd I get here?" she asked looking round then there was a knock at the door "come in!" she called and Saturn girl came in

"If you're wondering how you got back to your room, Brainiac 5 carried you here." She said smiling

"Oh right…wait, I bet he looked at my plans, I'm guna murderize him." She said playfully and teleported behind Brainy "you better not have looked at my plans." She warned while scaring him

"What? Oh right erm…yeah I did but I was curious." He said nervously and she shook her head whilst smirking

"So what did you think?" she asked
"Brilliant, it's a wonder I never thought of it." He said confused as to why he didn't

"Oh I almost forgot. Thanks for carrying me last night, I was tired." She said and blushed a bit while yawning

"No problem." He said smirking

"Ooh another thing I just remembered, it's the carnival today." She said happily

"And?" he asked

"I'm goin, I always do. Do you want to come with me?" she offered kindly

"I don't know, I never usually go to them things." He admitted

"That's why you never saw me before, that's where I normally am." She announced "Come on, please come with me. I'll give you a prezzie if you do." She said smiling broadly

"Oh alright then," He agreed

"Yes!" she cheered

"When does it open?" he asked

"In three minutes." She answered simply

"We'll be late." He announced

"No we won't." She said back and grabbed his hand and then they disappeared. They reappeared in the middle of the street

"Whoa." Stated a dizzy Brainy

"I know, I had the same reaction the first time I did that, you get used to it." She shrugged whilst smirking. They waited for the three minutes then the gates opened and everyone rushed in (still not let go of the hands yet)

"This is such and old fashioned fair." Commented Brainy

"Who cares? Lets have some fun." She said and pulled him towards a spinning ride.

"Are you sure about this phoenix?" he asked

"Ok, that name is getting annoying, when we aren't saving people could you call me by my real name please?" she pleaded

"Fine by me Roxanne," He smirked

"Ok that is also and horrid name, when I was younger people used to call me Roxy, please could you call me that?" she asked

"Fine. So are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked again while they were sitting down on the seat

"Why? Are you scared?" she asked smirking

"No, it's just my neck stretches and well, I don't want it flying everywhere." He said nervously

"Don't worry; I'll keep it in place." She said reassuringly and her eyes flashed purple for a second then went back to the original lilac colour as the ride started. After a few minutes it stopped and let off the laughing duo

"Dude that rocked!" exclaimed Roxy

"Yeah. How did you keep my neck in place?" he asked bewildered

"Psychic abilities," She smirked

"Is there anything you can't do?" he wondered

"Yep, I can't do what you do, you know make my hands into tools, I could try but I'd fail." She shrugged

"Cool, I can do something that you can't." he smirked

"Don't get used to it." She said sticking her tongue out, he laughed at her childish gesture and she gently tapped him round the head

"Hey!" he whined, "so when do I get my present?" he asked

"Whenever you want it," she said smiling

"First what is it?" he asked suspiciously

"It's a surprise." She smirked

"Can I have it now?" he asked

"Sure." She said smirking and pulled him into an ally

"What are you doing?" he asked confused

"Lightning lad, Saturn girl and Bouncing boy have been following us, so we have to loose em." She smirked

"What are you doing now?" he asked as her eyes shone purple

"Watch," She said and concentrated, a few seconds later a bubble of lilac energy was surrounding them "now Saturn girl can't tell what's goin on." She said smirking

"Why what will be going-" her lips pressed against his cut him off. He began glowing as his arms transformed. She pulled away after about two minutes "what was that for?" he asked dazed she blushed and answered

"Look at yourself." And he did as he was told, his eyes widened at the sight his arms were free of the markings and his hands looked-

"I'm human!" he exclaimed

"Yep, it was the only way." She said nervously

"Wait, can I still use my powers?" he asked bewildered

"Sure, but it'll hurt a bit." She explained

"Ah ok then. Wait did you say you wanted to do that?" he asked confused as she walked out of the ally way since the bubble had disappeared, he followed her quickly

"What? Oh Erm…oops." She said and disappeared

"Roxy?" he asked but there was no answer so he morphed his arm, which stung

"Ouch, she was right it does hurt." He mumbled the scanner said she was still there

"I know you're there Roxy." He stated smirking as her figure reappeared

"What how did that happen?" she asked looking round then up and saw Saturn girl smirking "I hate you!" se exclaimed

"I KNOW!" she yelled back and flew off with the other two in tow

"Are you going to answer my question or not?" he asked

"Erm…I choose not." She said a teleported to HQ

"I hate it when she does that." He mumbled and flew off.