Dark Magician paced back and forth infront of the hospital door to the sugery ward. "If I had only gotten there sooner, none of this..." she couldn't finish she blamed herself for his run in. A gentle hand rested on her shoulder.

"It's not your fault, you just wanted the team back together. If you ask me it was a brilliant idea. I just wish one of us had been by the door so he didn't run into those three." Dark Magicain turn to Saturn Girl.

"Where are they at the moment?"

"In a holding cell at Headquarters, Colossal Boy and Sun Boy feel terrible about what happened but Cosmic Boy still doesn't really care he feels what he did was right..." The corner of the wall crumpled as Magician's fist went through.

"Right? How is killing a member of the Legion right?" The room went silent, the only sound heard was Violet's sobs from the corner. Storm Girl had been trying to comfort her with little success. After sevral more attempts, Stormy walk over to Magic and Saturn Girl. Tucking some of her untamable white hair behind her ear she began,

"I don't think she'll calm down until Brainy's safe." The three stood in silence for a moment until Saturn Girl look between the two of them and said "Do you think we should tell them?" Magic tensed up as Saturn spoke.

"No, No, we can't tell them, they would be devistated. After everything Brainiac did, after he destroyed Brainiac 1 all by himself...I think they would probably kill Cosmic Boy."

"Don't you think he would have it coming?" The three turn to see Shrinking Violet. Saturn Girl couldn't believe Violet had said that.

"Violet, You know Brainy wouldn't want them to take revenge for him." As things began to quiet down the door to the Surgery Ward opened revealing the Surgeon working on Brainy. Vi rushed up to him quickly followed by Dark Magician, Saturn Girl and Storm Girl.

"How is he, Doctor?" Violet's voice tremble as she spoke, she prayed he would be safe.

"Well it was touch and go for a while there, but your friend's gonna be fine, though he'll need a lot of rest. I would like to keep him here for at least 3 days, just to run some tests." Everyone gave a sigh of relief.

"Can we see him?" Saturn Girl asked.

"For now only 2 of you. He still recovering." It was decided very quickly that Shrinking Violet & Dark Magician would be the first to see him, do to the fact that Vi and Brainy had some sort of relationship and that Dark Magician had a sibling-like relationship with Brainy. As they enter the room Vi whiten to the point that she was almost a ghost. A oxygen mask covered his nose and mouth. There were many machines measureing his heart rate, brain waves, etc. Dark Magician held Vi's shoulder as to make sure she didn't pass out.

"If you need to go, Vi.."

"Thanks, Mage but I need to see him." Violet took a deep breath and step toward his bed.

Brainy felt weak, he was surrounded by darkness. Every movement he felt pain surge through his body. As he laid in the darkness he heard the voice once again.

"Brainiac 5, I need you, come to me." He found himself floating in the darkness.

"Who's there, show yourself." He felt someone behind him. He turn to see Brainiac 1.

"No, this isn't possible, You can be here. Your...your dead."

"Evil does not die...it evolves." Brainiac 1's hand reach out toward Brainy.

"Ahhh". He breathed in a large amount of oxygen. A cold sweat came through his body. His eyes were wide open, he saw two faces looking down on him. At first they were dark silhouettes surrounded by light as things came into focus he reconigzed the pale skin of Vi and the dark hair of Mage.

"Vi, Mage...I'm sorry for everything that...". Violet's wrapped her arms around his neck.

"It's alright, Brainy. We're just happy your alive." Mage stood over the two.

"...Why did you scream just now Brainy?" Brainy looked to the only girl besides Vi that understood him.

"Just a bad dream." He saw that Mage wasn't convinced.

"I've just been having a lot of them since then." That seem to convince her for the time.

After Violet finally let go of Brainy's neck, the girls began telling him what had happened in the year. So far Lighting Lad had actually proposed to Saturn Girl. She hadn't said Yes but she didn't give a outright no, all she said is she need time to think about. For some reason Brainy wasn't at all suprised. One thing that wasn't so pleasnt is that Phantom Girl was no longer a Legionieer. Her mom was needed in another part of the galaxy and decide to drag Tiniya along.

"Man, I've missed a lot." Brainiac replied. Violet nodded.

"So what have you been up to this year?" Dark Magician asked. Brainy tensed up when she asked, he couldn't tell them he's been on the run this whole time.

"Me? Well I've been going around the universe trying to control my emotions." He said smiling.

"Then why were you in such bad shape?" Violet asked. Before brainy could responed she continued.

"The doctor said that you were already in really bad shape, What cosmic boy did actually throw it over the top. You had internal hemraging. That's not exactly a common thing because your thrown to the ground." Brainy looked at them for a moment, and with a sigh he began.

"Alright, what really happened was, I been running for the past 9 months, dodging both Coluans and Bounty Hunters and I may have had a few qurils with them, no big deal."

"It is a big deal Brainy, no wonder they started to worry."

"Who?" Mage flinched she felt stupid, it was supposed to remain a secret.

"Umm well you see uhhh..." Mage didn't know what to say, luckly Vi answered for her.

"Superman and Kal El. They decided to stick around until you returned...no one has told them your back."

"That's good, if they heard I'm sure Cosmic Boy would be in the same ward as me." He gave a small half chuckle, half cough. The nurse came to the room alerting the girls that visiting hours were over.

"I guess we'll let you get some rest, Brainy. Come on Vi." Mage left the room to give the two a moment.

"Brainy, promise me you'll let us help you?"

"Even if I didn't, you guys would anyways, just like when they followed me for the first three months."

"Yeah we're just worried about you... That's why you went to the planet Quvis 12, it's not under the red sun."

"Unfortunetly, I didn't know I was also being followed by bounty hunters and Coluans or I might have stayed under the red sun." Brainy smiled to Vi.

"Maybe I should stay the night, I mean what if something happens?" Brainy gave a chuckle to Vi's logic.

"Vi, if anything happens, I'll use my Legion Ring to call for help."

"...Alright."

Back at Legion HQ, Lighting Lad waited for his fiancee and the other female members to return from the hospital. It was hard enough waiting inanticipation to know Brainy's condition what was worse is keeping it from Superman and Kal El.

"What's Wrong, Lighting? You see out of it?"

"Oh Superman," He had been keeping his eyes out the window that he didn't notice Superman calling to him.

"Wrong? Nothing's wrong, Why would anything be wrong?"

"Look I know you worried because this is the first mission she hasn't had you by her side since you proposed but you gotta get used to it. It will happen more." He patted Lighting Lad on the shoulder.

"Thanks Superman, Have you been able to find him?"

"That's a odd question we haven't talk about since...well since we lost track of him. Why'd you ask?"

"It's just...it'll be a year tomorrow since he left to find himself."

"He'll come back, when he comes back." Superman turned to walk away.

"Oh by the way have you seen Cosmic Boy, I can't find him anywhere, when I went to ask I couldn't find Colossal Boy or Sun Boy either."

"Oh they had a mission they got sent off on. I'm sure they'll be back soon." Superman seem satisfided with that answer for he simply nodded and countinued walking. Lighting Lad gave a sigh and began to stare out the window. His eyes slowly fell to the head of lush blonde hair he had fallen in love with years ago, she enter the building with others. As Lighting Lad made it to the main floor, he run up to her, picked her up and swung her around.

"Saturn Girl, I'm soo happy your safe."

"Safe? What are you talking abo..." She noticed Kal-El and Superman standing in the corner.

"Oh yeah, the mission wasn't as bad as we thought it was and we were able to get there in time. Everything's gonna be just fine now. Also you can put me down anytime now Lighting Lad."

"Oh Right. Sorry."

"Also have you talked to your family yet? About the wedding?"

"Yeah, They even are letting Mekt come to the wedding."

"That's great, I'm so happy for you. My family is wondering where and when we're planning for." Lighting Lad loved the sound of his Fiancee's voice. It made him happy knowing they could still fight until Saturn Girl became pregant with their first child. Only thanks to Bouncy Boy's new law.

"Lighting Lad? Where and When?"

"oh right well I remember you saying you wanted a spring wedding, so how about spring on my planet?"

"Oh Lighting Lad that sounds wonderful." Triplacite Girl patted Saturn Girl on the shoulder.

"Leave it up to us, Saturn Girl and Lighting Lad. We'll plan the most amazing wedding."

"I'm alright with it, if she alright with it." Rapping his arms around her waist."

"That sounds great, as long as you don't feel your over extending yourself to much."

"Leave it to us."

After Violet and Mage had left, Brainy knew he need to get some rest but knowning that Brainiac 1 might be in his dreams made his sleeps restless, he wished for one night he might sleep with no intruptions that if he dreamed that it would be of his friends. He closed his eyes and let sleep take him.
He found himself surrounded by darkness. He feared it there would be a relaps until he turn to see Shrinking Violet, smiling . He was so happy that he didn't hear the cruel voice.

"Be at peace for now. For when we meet again, You will not get away."