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Brainy turned his head to see Ultralad, flanked by Nemesis kid and Sunboy, all glaring at him, though Nemesis Kid had a more smug look on his face.

"Well?!" Ultralad yelled at him.

Brainy gulped. "No one will hate me, huh?" He muttered to Shrinking Violet.

Shrinking Violet, however, was not paying attention. She was standing on her chair with her hands on her hips.

" What makes you think you deserve to be here, Ultralad? If I recall correctly, when you powered up, you practically destroyed your whole town."

Ultralad's scowl only deepened. " Oh, you're gonna get it for that!" He lunged for her. He seemed to have forgotten Superman was sitting right there.

Superman quickly got in Ultralad's way, bringing him to a complete stop. Nemesis Kid also stepped forward.

" Calm down, Ultralad, don't forget, it was an accident. Unlike what someone else did..."

Superman frowned. "Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"

Superman looked at Nemesis Kid threateningly, as daring him to even try to accuse Brainy.

Nemesis Kid, however, didn't seem intimidated. "What? You think you can threaten us into silence? We don't want that traitor here. And we won't stop until he's gone."

Brainy glared at him. " Don't bother, I'm leaving at the end of the week anyway." With that, he got up and left.

Nemesis Kid smirked as Brainy left.

He stopped smirking when he noticed the looks Lightning Lad, Superman, and Shrinking Violet were giving him.

" Let's get going." He muttered to the other two.

Brainy had headed back to his lab. He had wanted to be alone. But, when he got there, he found a strange kid, using his tools!

Brainy was already in a foul mood, and scared the poor kid half out of his mind, and sent him flying out the door.

He set to work on a force field belt. He would need a very good one to get through the week intact, especially since he was more vulnerable as a human.

He was thirty minutes into it when someone knocked on the door.

" Go away!" He called. Didn't they remember he hated to be disturbed?

Outside, Cosmic Boy overrode the lock and came in with the kid Brainy had kicked out earlier.

"What?" Brainy asked, his voice dripping with annoyance at being interrupted.

Cosmic Boy cleared his throat.

"Brainiac 5, I'd like you to meet Lyle, also known as Invisible Kid. He just joined the Legion, and he will be our resident scientist."

Brainy looked Lyle up and down skeptically. He didn't look very smart, but one can't judge by looks. Most of the time.

" So, what's he doing in my lab? I'm still here to the end of the week, you know."

"He's working here."

"Can't he wait until I leave? Or work somewhere else? I don't need some imbecile getting in my way."

At that statement, Lyle finally spoke up. "I'm not an imbecile, I'm a genius. Almost as smart as you. If anything, I'll be a help to you."

Brainy snorted. " There's no way a human could be as smart as...oh, yeah, right." Brainy whacked himself on the forehead. That's right. He was human.

Cosmic Boy turned to leave. "So I'll leave you two to get acquainted." He turned back for a second. "Oh, and Brainy?" Brainy turned and looked at him. " Try not to get into any fights."

Cosmic Boy left before Brainy could protest.

"So..."

Ah yes, the imbecile was still there.

Brainy shook his head. " Feel free to work over at that bench, but don't touch any of my projects."

Lyle smiled.

Brainy raised an eyebrow. "What are you smiling about?"

Lyle shrugged. "It's just nice to be a part of something bigger, you know?"

Brainy smiled slightly. " Yes, yes it is. Welcome to the Legion, Lyle."

I wrote this in under ten minutes, so, if there's anything strange, let me know. By the way, this is not a Lyle/Brainy story!