"Sorry about all this Brainy," Phantom Girl sat next to him, grinning. "But we needed a way to get to you without... Well, let's just say that not everyone in the Legion wants you around as much as we do."

"So, I'm guessing that it's safe to assume that we aren't going to the Prison Planet?"

"Oh we are," Lightning Lad nodded, laughing when Brainy raised one eyebrow at him. "But not as a prisoner."

"Explain. NOW."

"I will." Saturn Girl sighed, launching into her best story teller's voice. "It all started about a week ago..."

A Week Ago

"Cosmic Boy!" Shrinking Violet yelled, throwing up her hands as COMPUTO started throwing sparks... again.

Glancing up from the book on Astro Physics he was studying, Cosmic Boy rushed over to her. "What is it now?"

"I don't know!" She practically wailed, twisting wires in a frantic attempt to get the super computer to shut down. "It just started malfunctioning again!"

"Then fix it, and hurry! The Fatal Five have been spotted not two galaxies away, we have to have everything online to prepare for them!"

Turning towards him with an angry expression, Shrinking Violet poked there leader in the chest with her wire cutters, none to gently either. "Don't you give me that! I may be smart, I may have studied under the best teacher and smartest kid on earth, but I am not him!"

Cosmic Boy flinched at the unwanted reminder of Brainy and held up his hands innocently, "I know you aren't Shrinking Violet, but you ARE smarter than anyone else here, and the only one who has even half a chance at figuring out this piece of junk." He kicked COMPUTO and it let out a few angry beeps in protest."

"Don't do that!" She shoved him away. "And it isn't junk, it is what runs our entire system! It is more advanced than any piece of technology on any of the worlds, only Brainy can get it working properly! In fact, I think it;s malfunctioning on purpose." She cast the computer a venomous glance. "It wants Brainy back!"

Sighing in exasperation, Cosmic Boy shook his head at her. "Vi, it's a computer, it doesn't have feelings."

"Don't call me that!" She shrieked, throwing the wire cutters at him. Cosmic Boy ducked and they sailed past his head, hitting the wall loudly. "You have no right to call me that!"

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry!" He backed up quickly. She had acquired a nasty temper ever since Brainy had left and everyone knew to give her a wide berth when she was upset. Her silly laugh-snort hadn't been heard in months and everyone missed her happy, teasing personality. "Just, try to fix it. Do your best."

"We need Brainy back!"

"Listen Vi... Um, Shrinking Violet, we can't get ahold of him. And even if we could, I wouldn't."

"Why not?!"

"Because multiple planets are calling for his arrest. I'm not too fond of Brainiac Five at the moment, but he WAS our teammate and I do not want him imprisoned. What would you have me do?"

She slumped sadly and turned back to COMPUTO. "I'd better try and fix it... Again."

"You do that." Shaking his head at her back, Cosmic Boy turned around and hurried out of Brainy's, now Shrinking Violet's lab. He felt mildly guilty for having lied to her, but that was a choice he had had to make as a leader. The truth was: he was trying to find Brainy, he had close ties with the Leaders of the United Planets and they wanted Brainy arrested, so that is what he was trying to do. He had been trying to find Brainy on his own for months, but that hadn't been going so well. So now, he was going to take a chance and enlist the help of the one person who could find him.

Hurrying down the hall, he knocked on Saturn Girl's door, waiting impatiently. As soon as she opened the door, he pushed into her room, not waiting to be invited. "Saturn Girl, we need to talk."

"This is highly unusual, Cosmic Boy, what do you want?"

"I need you to find Brainy."

This startled he and she took a couple steps back. "Find Brainy, but why?"

"The United Planets have been calling for his arrest, I didn't want to tell anyone else because I know you all cared for him, I did too. But when it comes down to it, he is a criminal, and I haven't been able to find him on my own. Some of the leaders of the United Planets have been getting really frustrated with me, and by default- the legion for not finding him. They think we are protecting our old teammate."

"And that is exactly what we should be doing! You know as well as I do, Brainy did nothing wrong!"

"Nothing wrong?" He gaped at her, "He digitized half the universe!"

"It wasn't him! It was Brainiac one."

"Was it? I find that whole story highly unlikely. Some Coluan deception no doubt."

"How dare you!" Saturn Girl turned bright red, pointing at the door angrily, "Get out!"

"Saturn Girl, please! If we don't catch him, the United Planets may turn against the Legion."

"OUT!"

Stepping hurriedly towards the door, hands held up defensively, he sighed. "Alright, alright, I'm going! Just please, think about it. Okay?"

The door swung shut behind Cosmic Lad and Saturn Girl let out a sigh of relief before saying, "Cham, I know you're here. Come out."

A fly on the wall flew down to the floor, morphing into the small boy she knew so well. "So," He sighed, "Whatcha going to do?"

"Really? Can you honestly think that I would EVER betray Brainy?"

"I know," He laughed, nearly teasing her about being the Legions mother before seeing her expression and deciding to safe his jokes for later. "But you know Cosmic Boy's right, the United Planets could end up turning against all of us if they think we're protecting him."

"You want me to betray Brainy?!"

"No! Of course not! but, I do have another plan."

"A plan to save Brainy?"

"And keep the United Planets off of our back." He grinned and she clapped her hands together in excitement.

"Spill!"

Half an hour later Saturn Girl hurried down the halls to Brainy's old lab, the one Shrinking Violet was now occupying while Cham ran off to gather a few other people.

"Violet?" Saturn Girl called quietly and a muffled yell told her to enter. "Where are you?"

"Over here," Violet called, growing to her full size as she hopped out of COMPUTO's mainframe, kicking it angrily. "I'm starting to think Cosmic Boy is right and you ARE a piece of junk!" The computer let out a few beeps in protest and she hissed, "Oh don't start with me!"

"Okay... Um, Violet if you could focus on me for a second?"

"Sorry, you needed something?"

Taking a deep breath, Saturn Girl nodded and launched into the story of what Cosmic boy had told her and her and Cham's plan. When she had finished, Shrinking Violet was practically glowing with rage as was about ready to throttle Cosmic Boy.

"Why that little..."

"Please Violet! Not now. Right now we have to focus on helping Brainy and then after that you can worry about how you are going to kill Cosmic Boy." Seeing the tears gathering in Violet's eyes, Saturn Girl hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry, I know you two had become as close as siblings, I know how hard this must be for you."

"Have you been reading my mind?!"

"No! I wouldn't do that, you know that. But you do not need a mind reader to see how much you miss him. We all saw the way you two would tease each other and love each other so endlessly, you two had a very special bond. I promise Violet, we will save Brainy!"

"Yeah," SHe sniffled, fighting back the tears. He was the brother I never had... I just want him back!"

"And we will get him back, I promise. Now, here's your part of the plan. You are going to stay here and..."

"But I wanna help!" She protested, interrupting.

"You will be! This whole operation depends on you, without you here to use COMPUTO to block any probes Cosmic Boy tries to send out, we will be as good as dead. I am going to find Brainy and give away his position. Knowing Cosmic Boy, as soon as he is captured, he will want to send him to the Prison Planet. That's were we will take him at first, but before we get there, we will make sure to have 'engine trouble'."

"Oh I get it!" Violet exclaimed. "Cosmic Boy will send the order for all of you to stop at the Legion's space outpost until the ship is fixed."

Saturn Girl nodded, glad she had figured it out. The legion had had a space outpost built a couple years back so that they could more easily monitor all the galaxies at once, it was the perfect place to take Brainy. "Yeah, and from there we will figure out where the best place to hide Brainy is. He will have real equipment and be able to build himself anything he needs to hide himself in the world. We are a family Violet, all of us. We can't let Brainy down!"

Present Day

"Woah," Brainy grinned at his friends. "So you all are really helping me?"

"Why would you ever doubt it?" Bouncy Boy laughed, punching his friend on the shoulder gently.

"Yeah Brainy, for one with a twelfth level intellect, I am really surprised you didn't expect this to be what was really happening." Saturn Girl laughed smugly and he glanced at her, shrugging apologetically.

"I'm sorry I ever doubted you. I guess I have just started to expect that the whole world is out to get me."

"Well it's not." Timber Wolf growled in his no-nonsense sort of way. "Most of us don't have much family left, so the Legion is all we have. Family watches each other's back."

Looking around himself, Brainy nodded. "I never really had a family, at least I never thought I did. I guess I was wrong."

"Of course you were!" Lightning Lad laughed. "I'm the only one who's always right!"

"In your dreams," Saturn Girl rolled her eyes.

"No, in your dreams."

"Pardon?"

"Baby," He winked at her, "You know you dream about me!"

Saturn Girl spluttered in outrage and the rest of the friends burst out laughing. Oh yes, Brainy thought to himself, looking around at all those he loved. A family indeed.

Okay, so I know some of u may ship Brainy and Shrinking Violet, sorry not going to happen in this story, lol. I've been shipping him wif someone since I was 8 and if he's getting with anyone, it's going to be her! Haha, try and guess who it is! I'm not telling though, it's going to be a surprise ^_^

None of u will ever guess! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!