Chapter 10 – Battle blast

When Brainy finally awoke he noticed one thing, Roxy sat in the corner with her head lowered

"Roxy?" he asked cautiously, she looked up giving him full view of the blood red eyes, sharp fangs and Zorainian form "oh crud" he gulped,

"Ani qalu jo, haru genji meitra" came a disembodied voice... but her lips weren't moving, it was her mind talking. Then she walked out of the room as her nails grew to a sharp point. (I told you, what would happen)

No amount of coxing would stop her now, a Zorainian trait made very clear, you piss them off; no amount of protection would keep you safe.

Once outside, the Zorainian princess paid no heed to the vast amount of battle ships and walked deathly silent towards the only lake in New Metropolis, as she walked the Coluans noticed something, the water in the lake began to shake and move, churning and moving round in a circular movement, then, it shot up in the form of a large claw, then shot forward ripping on of the battle ships into five separate pieces.

"Should we flee?" Rylox asked

"Dea niea ikroma bae" her mind spoke darkly(too late for that)

"... I blame you," Rylox narrowed his optical sensors on the Commander as the lanterns -that were put out to give the city light after the black out struck- fire disappeared from the boxes and reappeared in a vortex like pattern wrapping around the water, whilst the wind howled around them.


Meanwhile...

"Where'd the princess go?" Lightning Lad asked Brainy who shrugged

"I honestly don't know, she when into a Zorainian 'kill' mode... help me up," Brainy spoke and Phantom girl helped him stand "thank you," he smiled "now, this is a base right?" he asked as they nodded "it must have something that hooks up to the city's cameras," he spoke and they nodded again "could you show me which way?" he asked dryly

"This way," Saturn girl spoke the showed him the way to the main-room

"...Wow...how...primitive," he sighed then elongated his fingers onto the control panel as images flicked on and off the screen

"What is he doing?" Bouncing boy asked shocked

"I'm looking through the city, now be quiet," Brainy growled as his optics showed streams of data passing across them. Finally the screen stopped flicking and showed a large video of what was happening at the lake

"...What the hell is THAT?!" Lightning lad yelped looking wide eyed at the large water claw with a mix of elements wrapping around it in a double-helix type pattern

"THAT; is weeks of built up rage, hate... anger, aggression...evil..." Brainy explained; mumbling the last bit.

"Doesn't she need help?" Saturn girl asked concerned

"To get in her way would be...ill advised, she'd deem everything a target...I think...even me," Brainy sighed

"Maybe we could watch from a safe distance?" Triplicate girl asked hopefully

"No... this is the only safe place now...a Zorainian has a breaking point which every one of them has...even younglings... once they snap, their powers take hold of their mental state, making them unable to make coherent thoughts, their prime objective...kill." Brainy explained "it's a flaw in their mental make-up," he added

"And with her powers..." Saturn girl started

"It's impossible to stop her," Brainy finished as the claw shot forward ripping three battle ships to pieces as the legionnaires –plus Brainy- visibly winced.

"Querl?" Saturn girl asked as he looked at her "come with us... we want to test something," she smiled softly. He looked at her almost like he was studying her features to see what she was planning.

"...Ok," he finally responded the followed the legionnaires to the lake, after being away from the screen they'd missed quite a lot, many dead Coluans littered the floors and could be seen sparking at the bottom of the lake. What happened next, took them all of guard. The large water claw, reformed itself... into a multicoloured elemental phoenix shape with razor sharp rocks at the ends of each spike on its wings, flames made up the tail, wing made up the rest of the wings and electricity and water make up the body. The large wings flapped on their own accord as it screeched, eyes burning like blood rubies. Brainy looked at Roxy to see her head down and her body limp...she'd transferred her mind into the Phoenix. (This is ZEH KILL MODE!)

"Tain fatei maff zeu lemu chen" the phoenix growled at the only two remaining Coluans (you should not have touched him)

"We won't go down easily Princess; our race will fight back!" the Commander yelled angrily

"Not a wise idea," Rylox growled at him

"Waitia nesia?!" it screeched then flew straight at them cutting them into teeny tiny pieces of scrap metal (Wanna bet) "athno ije" it growled (thought so)

"Querl...walk out," Saturn girl spoke quietly... unfortunately, not quiet enough as the rocks lifted up off the ground seconds after, showing the phoenix what was there

"Well done," Brainy rolled his eyes and scowled at her. The phoenix disappeared back into the water as the once limp Zorainian princess looked at them with red malicious eyes. She dropped to the floor then walked to them "whoa-whoa-whoa, Roxy...nobody here wants to hurt you" he spoke quickly

"Rafrai tain ubou" her mind scoffed as her hands flared up (like you could)

"Please Roxy... calm down..." Brainy pleaded as he moved his hand signalling the rest of the group to run; which they did...and fast. "It's over Roxy...no need to fight anymore... no reason to run...they're gone... just stop" he pleaded. A few moments after her hands went back to their normal pale blue (Zorainian form) as her eyes turned to their normal lilac as her claws turned normal whilst the sharp fangs became normal.

"...B-Brainy?" she whispered then fell forward as he caught her... she'd fainted.


A few hours after Roxy woke up in her human mode with her head resting on someone's lap, she looked up to see Brainy smiling down at her

"Thank you," he smiled as she sat up then hugged him

"Brainy?" she asked softly

"Hmm?" he responded then she punched his arm "owie!" he yelped holding his arm "what was tha for?" he asked mocking hurt

"For being an idiot, facing up to those two on your own was a dumb move for someone so smart, you almost died..." she mumbled sadly

"I apologise... I didn't think my death would affect anyone..." he frowned, that little sentence earned him yet another punch in the arm "ouch!"

"You idiot, of course it would affect someone!" she scolded

"..." he was silent for a second then sighed "i'm sorry..." he let a small smile out as she sighed then looked around

"Where are we?" she asked

"Legion headquarters... the Legionnaires are letting us stay with them, but the 'leader's' a little... argumentative about it," Brainy shrugged and she listened closely

"They shouldn't be allowed in without a proper audition!" Lightning Lad argued

"...She just put on one hell of a show and you're askin for an AUDITION?!" Phantom Girl yelled

"What about the Coluan, we never saw anything from him!" Lightning Lad exclaimed

"Fine, Auditions for the two new-comers!" Bouncing Boy spoke up

"Deal!" Lightning Lad agreed as the others groaned in annoyance.

"...Auditions?" Roxy frowned

"What about them?" Brainy asked curiously

"They're making us audition to be in the Legion..." Roxy looked at him

"So?" he asked smirking "we'll both get through it easily," he shrugged and she sat down next to him

"...True dat," she grinned then leaned against him

"Roxy?" he asked

"Hmm?"

"Going through almost dying... made me think about a few things..." he spoke nervously

"...Like what?" she asked looking at him

"It made me realise... I umm... well... I lo-

-Hey guys, you gotta audition," Phantom girl cut in earning a glare from Brainy and one confused look from Roxy

"Okay..." Roxy shrugged then stood up as Brainy silently cursed Phantom Girl for her horrible timing.

"The Coluan first," Lightning Lad spoke up

"I have a name you know," Brainy glared

"And you call him a Coluan once more time and I toast your ass, understand?!" Roxy growled, her eyes flashing dangerously.

"Fine... Querl Dox, you first," Lightning Lad corrected himself. Brainy then transformed into battle mode and let all his cannons and missile launchers AND photon cannon be seen

"...You're...like a walking weapon!" Phantom girl and Vi gaped in awe as Brainy nodded his head

"Indeed," he responded then turned back "I also have the highest intellect in the galaxies...so...I could update your outdated software," Brainy looked at the computer in the room in distaste as Lightning Lad frowned

"It's perfectly good software!" he argued

"For a dinosaur," Roxy retorted "11th level intellect," she smirked as Brainy frowned

"...Really?" he asked

"Indeed," she winked as he just stopped himself from sighing. Roxy turned to look at Lightning Lad

"...Do you HONESTLY need another audition from me?" she asked frowning sceptically

"NO, we honestly do no!" Bouncy grinned "that what you did was AWESOME! I mean with the doubt helix and the elements and the KAPOOSH!" he grinned as both Roxy and Brainy looked at him weirdly

"...Okaaayyy..." they frowned.

"We have one condition," Lightning Lad frowned

"What?" they both asked

"You two have separate rooms at different ends of the base," he smirked

"... What the hell!?" they both growled angrily.


That night Roxy shot up out of a nightmare where she hadn't gotten to Brainy in time and the building had crushed him

"... It's now or never," she gulped then teleported silently to outside Brainy's room then knocked on. A few moments later a tired looking android opened the door

"What's wrong?" he asked yawning

"Bad dream..." she gulped and he smiled and moved to the side inviting her in. He then closed the door and got back into bed lifting the covers up

"C'mon," he smiled as she led down and cuddled up to him as he wrapped his arms around her

"Brainy?" she mumbled as she cuddled up to his chest

"Hmm?" he asked

"What were you gonna say earlier?" she asked tiredly

"...Nothing," he sighed

"Ok," she yawned then closed her eyes and mumbled something that made his processors almost freeze up... "I love you," she mumbled then fell asleep, as he gaped in shock; he then smiled and wrapped his arms tighter and fell asleep holding her as close as he could to himself without crushing her.


I updated quicker cause this chapter I REAAALLLY wanted to finish, FINALLY she admits and he was gonna if Phantom Girl hadn't of shown up -.-' but yeah, next chapt will be FULL of fluff as it is...regrettably the last chapter... TT.TT I may make a sequel if I can think of something to write for it ;-)

Song inspired Chapt ;)
Song that inspired it: Superchick- It's On (fight scene) Jessy McCartney- beautiful soul (fluffy bits)