10/13/15

Very late entry for September 26: Crossover Saturday as I was out of town that weekend and very busy with work and other things until now.

Brief crossover with Criminal Minds.

Criminally Smart

"You're not human," the words came out of Dr. Reed's mouth as easily as any randomly known fact or statistic he had quoted over the last few days of knowing the young man.

Dr. Reed was a remarkably smart and observant young human male, but Brainy, currently disguised as a human in the 21st century, and didn't think he was that much of a threat until now. Brainy had just been there visiting Clark and happened to run into Dr. Reed while he was in Metropolis investigation a serial killer with his FBI team, the BAU.

At first it had just been a comment on doing a crossword puzzle in pen, then chess games while waiting for breaks in the case and, once the case was over but reports and the media to deal with, there was discussion about human nature and literature and other matters that gave Morgan and Clark headaches and gave him excuse to go watch some sports team in the other room. Between all that what could have given Brainy away in a way Dr. Reed noticed?

"I'm sure you hear that sort of comment all the time," Brainy moved a rook on the chess board, all too aware that extraordinary intelligence was seem as inhuman.

"Yes but I mean it literally," Reed sacrificed a pawn to block the rook from his queen.

Taking the pawn, Brainy looked at it rather than Reed while he spoke, "What makes you make such a ridiculous claim?"

"It's not ridiculous is its true," Reed leaned back in his chair. "A famous Sherlock quote even states, 'once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth'."

"And you think it's impossible for me to be human," Brainy kept hold of the pawn as he eyed Dr. Reed.

"Aliens are more common than people think," Reed nodded. "Clark seems as normal as normal can be but you and I both know he's Superman, an alien himself."

"And next you're going to tell me Lois Lane is Wonder Woman," Brainy scoffed, pretending he was talking to Lightning Lad to make it believable.

"You don't have to deny it, I mean you no ill will," Reed leaned forward and took the pawn from Brainy's hand. "You've committed no crime, I have no reason to arrest or detain you; I just wanted to know what you really looked like before we left."

"And what makes you think this isn't what I look like?" Brainy looked back at the chess board. "Superman looks human."

"But he doesn't give off static electricity like you do, as if wrapped in what I assume is a hologram," Reed pointed out, "or blink as infrequently as you do, as if it takes longer because you have bigger eyes or have to remind yourself to do so to look human. There are other things of course but those are the main two."

Brainy paused, trying to think of a lie to weasel out of it or a believable laugh to hide behind the ridiculousness of it all when he was interrupted by Derek shouting for them in the other room. The two geniuses ran into the TV room to find the football game being ignored in favor as Derek doing chin ups on Clark's outstretched arm as Clark floated up in the air.

"Look Pretty Boy, I'm doing chin ups on Superman's arm," Derek grinned.

After a moment, Brainy sighed and deactivated his hologram projector before turning to Reed in exasperation, "We're dating idiots."