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Kal-El woke up to the most pleasant, far beyond pleasurable sensation imaginable he thought for sure he must still be dreaming for feeling this good had to be at least illegal in the waking world.

Lips caressing his were soft but demanding, gentle but urging for him to join in their play.

Opening his mouth, Kal-El dived in, not only joining but deepening their interaction by reaching forward, burying his hand into his partner's hair and pulling them closer and adding their tongues to the game.

Hands were exploring his upper body, bare from any coverings from clothing to sheets. The caresses were tame before but as the kiss deepened the hands became more bold. They began to travel downwards, eliciting pleasure from the one below them.

Moaning into the other mouth, the fogginess of Kal-El's mind realized it felt too good, too real to be a dream.

Pulling away, Kal-El couldn't believe how deeply those magenta orbs were looking at him, even in the dark. He tried to swallow but feared he wouldn't be able to breathe again if he stopped.

"Brainy, what are you doing?"

It was a stupid question, but Kal-El didn't exactly feel intelligible at the moment,

"I want you," said Brainy with a sincerity that made Kal-El shiver.

Brainy began to lean forward to claim the kryptonian's lips again.

Kal-El almost leaned in to meet him.

Thoughts of Brainy, before the alignment and his lost sanity, filled Kal-El's mind. He remembered how beautiful he thought Brainy was the first time he saw him, remembered the first tiny smile when he had said he was taking police force/Enforcer training at school, holding Brainy's hand as they ran past curious bystanders and away from those annoying girls. He thought of Brainy's bravery when he rescued Kris-Tal from the fire, when fighting Brainiac and later the insane former Head Councilman. All of his memories of Brainy ran through his mind; the smiles and tears, the blushes and anger and, most powerfully, what Brainy had said;

"I don't know how I feel about you."

Pulling back, Kal-El cupped Brainy's face with his hands, stopping his approach and catching his gaze.

"If you still feel that way after Wisdom helps you get back to normal, then I'm all yours. Until then, this is as far as it goes."

Even without his usual clarity, Brainy tried to figure out why Kal-El would say that in his mind. His voice was unbearable soft.

"Don't you want me?"

Feeling his face darken with heat, Kal-El shivered at those words. He still couldn't risk pausing his breathing to clear his throat so when he spoke, his voice was very thick.

"More then anything."

"Then, didn't it feel good?" asked Brainy.

Kal-El had to bite his tongue to keep himself from repeating his earlier answer, only managing to nod.

"Do you not," began Brainy, pausing to hold onto Kal-El's hand upon his face, "love me anymore?"

"Of course I do," protested Kal-El, furious at himself for ever giving Brainy such an idea. "I-"

"Then there's no reason to stop," said Brainy and, with a speed Kal-El didn't know Brainy possessed, slipped through Kal-El's hold and claimed his lips again, resuming his earlier caresses.

A moan escaped Kal-El before his mind properly processed what had occurred. His hands drifted down to rest on Brainy's back a moment before he, almost regretfully, returned to his senses and pulled the Coluan off of him.

"Brainy, I- we-"

Not listening Brainy removed his hands from Kal-El just long enough to rid himself of his own shirt. He grabbed Kal-El shaking hands and placed them on his skin.

Kal-El's mind went horrifyingly blank. He stared at his hands on top of a green plain of flesh, moving his hands experimentally and marveling at how soft it was.

He wanted more.

Sliding his hands down and onto Brainy's waist, Kal-El sat up and kissed Brainy's shoulder, up his neck, to his jaw before reaching his lips.

Kissing back eagerly, Brainy wrapped his arms around Kal-El's neck and rolled his hips into the other boy's, eliciting a moan from both of them.

Wanting more, Kal-El flipped them so Brainy was laying below him. He imitated Brainy, rolling their hips together and making moans fill the room. He opened his eyes.

Below him, Brainy panted his arousal, shivered in pleasure at every touch. It was enough to take Kal-El's breath away.

Opening his eyes, Brainy's gaze was unfocused but he smiled.

Eyes widening, Kal-El cursed and rolled off of Brainy and out of the bed. He left the room, covering his mouth, disgusted with how sour the earlier sweetness had turned.

A string of hushed curses escaped him as he paced the living room, eventually falling to the couch and burying his face in the pillows. What had he been thinking?

There was a small noise and Kal-El looked up. He spotted Brainy, with his shirt back on, standing at the entrance of the hallway, watching him with the uncertainty of a caged animal. He sat up and beckoned Brainy to him, not sure of what to think about the hesitant, almost twitch like movement, in the way he walked.

"I'm sorry."

Looking confused, Brainy almost seemed to crumble to the floor, resting his hands and head on Kal-El's knee.

Uncertain, Kal-El reached out and stroked Brainy's hair, words lost, scattered, meaningless and pointless.

Not moving, Brainy made no indication that he was aware of Kal-El's actions. After a while, he began to hum.

The humming confused Kal-El. He paused to listen to it, it being very familiar yet, distant in his memory.

A minute or two passed before the apparent song ended. There was only a small excursion into silence before Brainy began to hum it again.

His heart slumping in his chest, Kal-El lifted Brainy's head off his knee so he could look into his face. What he saw made his heart met his stomach.

Brainy's eyes were darkening, not by shade or by mood, but simply turning black. In the center of his eyes was a black blob, creeping outwards to claim the rest of the magenta. Even the white pupil, staring blankly forward, was turning black. What had already turned had a thin grey outline around it, barely distinguishing the converted pupil from the rest of the black.

It was like a black hole, sucking in Brainy's soul.

"Brainy," began Kal-El, his voice shaking. He took hold of Brainy's shoulders and shook them. "Brainy, Brainy, answer me!"

Still the Coluan hummed and stared forward.

"Oh my… DAD," Kal-El shouted, releasing Brainy and running towards his parent's bedroom. He pounded on his parent's bedroom door until on of them answered. "Dad, where does the Chairman live?"

"Kal-El why-" began Jor-El, sleepily, but then he took a good look at his son. "Kal-El, where is your shirt?"

"My- I don't know! Don't care, need to find Wisdom," exclaimed Kal-El.

"Then why do you need to know where the chairman lives?" asked Jor-El.

"Wisdom had political dinner with him, but- That. Does. Not. Matter," exclaimed Kal-El, looking ready to shake his father. "There's something wrong with Brainy. We need her mental-whatever-you-call-it."

"I thought she was coming in the morning," said Jor-El.

Grabbing hold of his father's arm, Kal-El dragged him into the living room where Brainy hadn't moved from where Kal-El left him and was still humming the same song, over and over.

"Does that look like it can wait?"

Not answering Jor-El moved around the couch so he could kneel in front of Brainy. He moved his finger back and forth within Brainy's line of vision with no response. He tried to cover Brainy's eyes with his hand but the Coluan didn't acknowledge it, the same as when his mouth was covered; he just kept staring forward and humming. For one last test he checked Brainy's head for injuries but when he found none, turned to his sun.

"I doubt the Princess stayed the night at the Chairman's house. She's probably staying in her ship, but we may not be able to get near it without her."

"I'll fucking throw rocks at the damn thing if I have to," said Kal-El, turning to go back to his room and get dressed but stopped when he nearly collided with his mother.

"Getting arrested won't help you, Kal-El," pointed out Laura. She moved around him and sat on the floor next to Brainy. Rearranging Brainy slightly, she pulled the boy to her, letting his head rest on her shoulder and began to play with his hair.

The next time Brainy paused in his humming, Laura began to hum it herself, wrapping her free arm around the boy.

With her humming the song, Brainy didn't start up again. He relaxed against her and as the song went on, his eyes drifted shut.

By the end of Laura's humming, Brainy appeared to be asleep.

"How did you do that?" asked Kal-El. "How do you know that song?"

"I'm a mother," said Laura, never ceasing her caress of Brainy's scalp, "and I know that song because I used to sing it to you."

"How did Brainy know it then?" asked Jor-El.

"Smarty," stated Kal-El.

"Who?" asked Laura.

"You're only half right, Kal-El," said a female voice.

The Els turned to see Wisdom standing at the edge of the living room, towards the house's entrance.

"I apologize for letting myself in," said Wisdom, walking forward. "I felt Brainy's mind begin to fade so I rushed here as fast as my useless nanny could keep up."

"I thought Brainy installed a security system," said Jor-El, absently.

"He must have added Wisdom to the safe list," said Kal-El, just as absently. "What do you mean; you felt his mind fading?"

"The stress on his mind is essentially disintegrating his mental pathways. If we don't remove it soon, it may do permanent damage," said Wisdom. She stood next to Kal-El a moment. "And as for the song, it's one that his mother sang to him and he heard it again here."

"How could Brainy's mother have known it?" asked Laura.

"When Brainiac settled on Colu, all the information he took from Krypton must have been passed down to his descendants," said Jor-El.

"All of that Colu had all that Brainiac knew about Krypton and much of it's society is based on Krypton. Before Brainiac went offline, he had wanted to re-name the planet New Krypton," said Wisdom.

"Who knew the hunk of junk could be sentimental," said Kal-El. "But enough with the alternate history lesson, what should we do about Brainy?"

"I'll have to remove more of the pressure," said Wisdom.

"But that last time you did that, he started acting all crazy," said Kal-El.

"Yes, and we can't allow Brainy's mind to run any more rampant then it already is," said Wisdom. She moved away from Kal-El, and towards those on the floor, turning to Jor-El. "Please move aside."

Standing, Jor-El joined his son to the side so Wisdom could sit in his spot.

"Wisdom," began Kal-El, looking at her as if wondering what he was thinking, "if we can't let Brainy get anymore crazy, how are you going to remove the pressure?"

Ignoring him, Wisdom placed her hand on Brainy's temple and closed her eyes.

Without Zel-Kar, no one spoke or questioned what was happening. They sat and stood in silence and watched.

After a few agonizing moments a sigh escaped Brainy. Though he stayed asleep, it was like a hidden tension left his body and he became fully relaxed.

Shakily bringing her hands back to herself, Wisdom opened her eyes.

"He should be back to his less crazy state when he wakes up, but there's no telling how long that will take."

"Wisdom, you never answered my question," said Kal-El.

Turning to him, Wisdom smiled softly. The corners of her lips twitched upwards further and further until she was smiling as much as her mouth would allow. Still her lips tried to smile more to the point where the skin broke and blood darkened them.

From her nursery Martha began to cry and Wisdom's laughter overpowered it with the force of a flood swallowing an entire town's screams.

Wisdom's laughter seemed endless. It only stopped when she occasionally choked on her breath or when she screamed in reaction to Jor-El trying to stop her bleeding. Her fear hadn't lasted long though. The moment Jor-El backed away from her, she looked at him as if it was funny, giggled softly before erupting into terrifying laughter again.

Unable to help, Jor-El tended to Martha for they were scared what would happen if Laura moved away from the oblivious Brainy.

For a long time Kal-El stood motionless, thoughtless, at the side of the room just watching all of this happen. He couldn't understand what was happening. How did everything turn out like this? Where had the time gone?

Just three, four nights ago they were celebrating the Naming of the Seconds. Kal-El got to hold Brainy in his arms before they had to get ready to go. He got to see Brainy wear the Kryptonian garb his mother had made, listen to Brainy play the lirit, kiss him in the music room and tease him with green frosting.

How stupid had he been to be excited to go to Colu? To not take the alignment seriously? Treated it like a game and take the opportunity to kiss Brainy and touch him in what he thought would have been a private moment?

Those virginity protecting ceiling flowers seemed like the worse thing in the world until they got home. Until Brainy wouldn't wake up. Until he was, unintentionally, lied to.

Brainy's madness had seemed funny at first, almost cute in it's randomness. Though he still didn't know what 'adora' meant Kal-El had laughed several times and fully basked in the opportunity to be 'all cuddly' with Brainy.

Kal-El tried to block out the memory of Brainy crying on the roof from his mind, but the images and the words wouldn't be denied. The feel of Brainy's body shaking against him raped his mind and made him feel even dirtier about what nearly happened in the bedroom minutes, hours ago.

Trying to block it all out, Kal-El recalled another slap in the face; Brainy's friends from his home dimension were trying to reach him. His own father was working on a way to send Brainy back. Even when all of this was over he could still loose Brainy forever.

In a way, Kal-El almost felt like joining Wisdom in laughter. He felt like such a fool for ever thinking that he and Brainy could ever have a relationship; a life together. He tried desperately to grasp onto the unraveling strings of hope.

Wisdom choked on her laughter again, shuddering and gasping for air. This time when air properly returned to her lungs she didn't return to her laughter. Instead she continued to shudder and began to weep.

Bringing her hands to her abused mouth, Wisdom covered it as she sobbed as if trying to stifle the quiet noise. Like Brainy earlier, she seemed to crumble into herself, laying on the ground with her head on Brainy's lap.

Laura tried to offer comfort but withdrew when Wisdom fearfully whimpered.

Kal-El thought it almost looked like a painting of a tragic play. The mother holding the dead body of her adopted son with the son's lover weeping in disbelief.

Only Brainy wasn't dead and Wisdom wasn't his lover. But they were close, much closer then two people who barely just met had the right to be. They looked to the other for guidance, support and, and the love of a family both had been so cruelly denied.

Remembering how to move, Kal-El sat on the ground with them. There was nothing he could do for Brainy now but maybe… He reached out and touched Wisdom's cheek, wiping away the tears.

Wisdom whimpered but calmed when he didn't retreat.

"Ragnarok," whispered Kal-El, softly offering her a smile.

"Ragnarok," the Coluan princess weakly returned with a sniffle.
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