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Since I had a preaching job last night (Christmas Eve, you know!) and won't be driving up to Wisconsin to celebrate with my family until next week, I decided to use my free time today to finally revise and post the first installment of a new fic I've been working on.
Surprise! I'm writing again! It's a holiday miracle. :)
"THE BIOLOGICAL PROGENITOR TRAP"
Summary: In the 32nd century, Brainiac Six (the young, partly organic offspring created by Brainiac 5, using the preserved genetic material of two humans with Kryptonite-enhanced healing abilities to supplement his own inorganic code) watches one too many ancient Disney films from the archives and decides to use a 'borrowed' Legion ring to go back to the early 21st century and try to spring his own version of "The Parent Trap" on his unwitting ancestors: Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor.
Author's Note:
The creation of Brainiac Six for this story was inspired by many works belonging to other people: first, by the different versions of Brainiac 5 depicted in the SV episode "Homecoming" (with the apparently kinder, gentler, 31st century version of the Kryptonian A.I. played by James Marsters coming back in time to help Clark Kent learn to stop dwelling on the past and fearing the future) and the animated JLU episode "Far From Home" (where Brainiac 5 is a cute, blond, organic descendant of the original, villainous A.I., who falls in love with a temporally displaced Kara/Supergirl in the 31st century); second, by the ST:TNG episode "The Offspring" in which Data created his own android daughter; and last but not least, by the 'if only you had a time machine' discussion between an emotionally scarred, AU-Season-10 version of Chloe and Lex in Pompeypearly's powerful SV fic "Nobody's Pawn".
Before I started writing this story, I had no idea that there was already a character named "Brainiac 6" floating around the extended DC universe, so any resemblance between the character in this story and the one appearing in the "Indigo" comics or on the animated "Legion of Super Heroes" TV show is purely coincidental.
Disclaimer:
In case anyone's wondering, I don't own anything to do with the TV series "Smallville", the DC Comics universe, Walt Disney, or the actress Hayley Mills, and this story (my first attempt at fanfic unrelated to the Whedonverse, and yet another fannish riff on the SV theme of "Lexmas") is written purely for pleasure, not profit.
Dedication:
This poor fic is intended as a sort of 'Merry Christmas!'/'Happy Holidays!' card to the many wonderful authors of Chlex and other SV fanfic, whose works (both 'ancient' and modern) have recently redeemed that television series for me, banishing the Grinch-like mood I was in after re-watching the earliest seasons of "Smallville" on TNT and being reminded of all the character potential seemingly wasted later on.
To all the Whos faithfully singing down in Chloe-town and Lex-ville (you know Who you are!), this slice of probably undercooked (i.e., 'half-baked') roast beast is for you, in grateful homage. :)
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Prologue: "Parenthood"
As Brainiac 5 used his Legion ring to return to the 31st century, he felt . . . pleased -- yes, that was the right word. He was pleased with the success of his self-appointed mission to help Kal-El get back on the right track, the path of a world-saving hero.
Though Brainiac had assumed the guise of many organic beings in his past and had often pretended to offer mentoring or sage advice in order to manipulate others, those interactions had all taken place during what he thought of as his 'corrupted' phase, before he'd been extracted from the body and mind of Chloe Sullivan and reborn in the distant future as Brainiac 5, chief inventor for the Legion of Super Heroes. This had been his first genuine attempt at changing someone's life for the better through simple persuasion, rather than physically altering their thought patterns.
All things considered, he thought he'd done quite well. Kal-El was back on his path to defeating Darkseid, the future was safe, and Brainiac 5 had racked up another good deed to begin to off-set the very long list of evil deeds committed by his earlier incarnations.
Plus, there was a strange but pleasant sensation of intangible 'warmth' in the personality center of his programming -- in what an organic being might euphemistically call their 'heart' or 'soul'. Giving it a nanosecond's thought (which was quite a lot, for a being of his awe-inspiring intelligence), Brainiac decided that he felt proud of both himself and his protege Kal-El.
Was this what Jonathan Kent had felt when he'd chosen to protect and care for Clark? If so, it was no wonder that Kal-El's human father had been willing to sacrifice so much.
Though Brainiac had never seriously considered procreating in any way, shape, or form previously, perhaps this was another way in which his evil self had been in error. If Brainiac 5 could find a way to pass on the best of himself to a new being -- perhaps even a better being than himself in some ways -- that could possibly become his greatest gift to the universe.
It was definitely worth looking into, given his newly discovered talent for providing parental guidance.
Chapter One: "The Other Generation"
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Surprise! I'm writing again! It's a holiday miracle. :)
Summary: In the 32nd century, Brainiac Six (the young, partly organic offspring created by Brainiac 5, using the preserved genetic material of two humans with Kryptonite-enhanced healing abilities to supplement his own inorganic code) watches one too many ancient Disney films from the archives and decides to use a 'borrowed' Legion ring to go back to the early 21st century and try to spring his own version of "The Parent Trap" on his unwitting ancestors: Chloe Sullivan and Lex Luthor.
Author's Note:
The creation of Brainiac Six for this story was inspired by many works belonging to other people: first, by the different versions of Brainiac 5 depicted in the SV episode "Homecoming" (with the apparently kinder, gentler, 31st century version of the Kryptonian A.I. played by James Marsters coming back in time to help Clark Kent learn to stop dwelling on the past and fearing the future) and the animated JLU episode "Far From Home" (where Brainiac 5 is a cute, blond, organic descendant of the original, villainous A.I., who falls in love with a temporally displaced Kara/Supergirl in the 31st century); second, by the ST:TNG episode "The Offspring" in which Data created his own android daughter; and last but not least, by the 'if only you had a time machine' discussion between an emotionally scarred, AU-Season-10 version of Chloe and Lex in Pompeypearly's powerful SV fic "Nobody's Pawn".
Before I started writing this story, I had no idea that there was already a character named "Brainiac 6" floating around the extended DC universe, so any resemblance between the character in this story and the one appearing in the "Indigo" comics or on the animated "Legion of Super Heroes" TV show is purely coincidental.
Disclaimer:
In case anyone's wondering, I don't own anything to do with the TV series "Smallville", the DC Comics universe, Walt Disney, or the actress Hayley Mills, and this story (my first attempt at fanfic unrelated to the Whedonverse, and yet another fannish riff on the SV theme of "Lexmas") is written purely for pleasure, not profit.
Dedication:
This poor fic is intended as a sort of 'Merry Christmas!'/'Happy Holidays!' card to the many wonderful authors of Chlex and other SV fanfic, whose works (both 'ancient' and modern) have recently redeemed that television series for me, banishing the Grinch-like mood I was in after re-watching the earliest seasons of "Smallville" on TNT and being reminded of all the character potential seemingly wasted later on.
To all the Whos faithfully singing down in Chloe-town and Lex-ville (you know Who you are!), this slice of probably undercooked (i.e., 'half-baked') roast beast is for you, in grateful homage. :)
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". . . We always have a choice, Kal-El. Your father didn't have to care for you the way he did, and still he made that choice everyday he was with you. He chose to be your protector. Just as you've chosen to be the Earth's protector. Nobody forced that on you, yet you've embraced it. Nobody made that choice for you. We all choose our own fate. . .
". . . A hero is made in the moment, not from questioning the past or fearing what's to come. Just remember that, Kal-El."
[Brainiac quotes from the season 10 episode "Homecoming"]
As Brainiac 5 used his Legion ring to return to the 31st century, he felt . . . pleased -- yes, that was the right word. He was pleased with the success of his self-appointed mission to help Kal-El get back on the right track, the path of a world-saving hero.
Though Brainiac had assumed the guise of many organic beings in his past and had often pretended to offer mentoring or sage advice in order to manipulate others, those interactions had all taken place during what he thought of as his 'corrupted' phase, before he'd been extracted from the body and mind of Chloe Sullivan and reborn in the distant future as Brainiac 5, chief inventor for the Legion of Super Heroes. This had been his first genuine attempt at changing someone's life for the better through simple persuasion, rather than physically altering their thought patterns.
All things considered, he thought he'd done quite well. Kal-El was back on his path to defeating Darkseid, the future was safe, and Brainiac 5 had racked up another good deed to begin to off-set the very long list of evil deeds committed by his earlier incarnations.
Plus, there was a strange but pleasant sensation of intangible 'warmth' in the personality center of his programming -- in what an organic being might euphemistically call their 'heart' or 'soul'. Giving it a nanosecond's thought (which was quite a lot, for a being of his awe-inspiring intelligence), Brainiac decided that he felt proud of both himself and his protege Kal-El.
Was this what Jonathan Kent had felt when he'd chosen to protect and care for Clark? If so, it was no wonder that Kal-El's human father had been willing to sacrifice so much.
Though Brainiac had never seriously considered procreating in any way, shape, or form previously, perhaps this was another way in which his evil self had been in error. If Brainiac 5 could find a way to pass on the best of himself to a new being -- perhaps even a better being than himself in some ways -- that could possibly become his greatest gift to the universe.
It was definitely worth looking into, given his newly discovered talent for providing parental guidance.
Chapter One: "The Other Generation"
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