09/26/09
Happy 6th day of Clark+Brainy week! Man, I can't believe it's almost already over. T-T
Chapter 3
When the kitchen doors were thrown open, the girls inside instantly stopped giggling over the cookies they had been frosting, and the rest of the Legion currently staying at headquarters – excluding teen Superman and Brainy – turned to look at the newcomers. They instantly recognized the two teenaged heroes but remained silent for that exact reason; simply staring at them with very wide eyes and dropped jaws.
Static and Gear shared a glance and smirked before starting to make ghost noises, using whatever lines they could think of.
"I am the ghost of Christmas Past…" Static said, shaking his voice in what he hoped was a spooky way.
"Casper, the friendly ghost," Richie sang cheerfully.
"Who you gonna call?" Static asked.
"Ghost Busters!" they both cheered.
"You see dead people…" Gear wiggled his fingers at the Legion.
"Knock it off," Batman snapped, looming over them from behind as Superman, further behind him, was smiling far too widely.
As his master and his master's partner winced and tried not to cower, Backpack turned off the eerie ghost music he had been playing.
"Holy sprock," Bouncing Boy fell out of his chair.
"You can say that again," Timber Wolf muttered, still staring at their guests along with the others.
"It's the freaking Batman," Phantom Girl practically cheered, flying out of her seat.
"And Static," said Triplicate Girl, who then divided up.
"And Gear," said White Triplicate.
"And Superman," said Purple.
"Oh my," Static and Gear laughed together.
As they laughed Phantom Girl finally seemed to notice Superman. She smiled widely and giggled, "Wow."
Ears going back, Timber Wolf glared at the adult Man of Steel.
The side door to the kitchen opened and teen Superman walked in, carrying the three year old Brainy in his arms, who in turn was carrying Fuzzy. But he stopped the moment he saw the time travelers and stared, in particular, at Batman, with a degree of dread.
Observing the new group, Brainy pressed a tiny hand to his chin; contemplating. Then, turning to the Superman who held him, he tapped his shoulder.
For a moment, teen Superman continued to look away, trying to force his face muscles not to look panicked before turning to him.
"Superman, since there's a big Superman here now, does that make you Superboy?" Brainy asked, his head tilted to the side.
"I'm afraid so," Superman… Superboy admitted in defeat.
Brainy slipped out of Superboy's arms and walked towards the new group.
Gear, who had been staring at Brainy since they had first come in, fell to his knees, threw open his arms and smiled wider than seemed possible for his face.
"Come give your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, something great Grandpa a hug!"
Stopping, Brainy looked at him a moment, then ran to Superman, hugging him around the knees until he was scooped up to be hugged properly.
With a whimper, Gear fell over to lie on the floor.
"My life will forever remain unfulfilled…."
"I don't know. That was pretty entertaining for me," smiled Static.