Beckoning Lyght

The End of Days? Part 2

The brain swap was a minor setback in Luthor's plans to resurrect Brainiac. Grodd was still in prison on their base but it didn't stop him from continuing his research. The gorilla was useless or at the very least uncooperative. Luthor couldn't afford to let that sidetrack him, again.

Tala wanted badly for Luthor to warm up to her. She guiltily enjoyed whoever it was that swapped brains with him; he was what she longed for! It didn't stop her from trying to be helpful and sweet to him. Regardless of the fact that he always showed a great interest in that white-haired jezebel!

She saw that he also obsessed with bringing Brainiac back. Part of her didn't blame him, due to what Brainiac had done to him. The other part wondered what else he expected; immortality? She knew that she would just be grateful for having another chance at life. Nevertheless, she wanted to show her support.

Tala watched as Lex fussed over the fragment of Brainiac.

"Lex... you need a break. It looks like nothing is working."

"As always, you know nothing. Your claim to fame is magic and voodoo. This is science." he rolled his eyes. Tala fumed as she approached him, taking the sample away from him.

"My 'claim to fame' is transmutation... something that would help this situation! Alchemy is a form of science!" she didn't wait for Luthor to give her permission. Tala immediately started to warp her magic around the fragment. She admitted that she wasn't fully concentrating on the task; she wondered how a man who claimed to be such a genius wouldn't know that. Tala realized that it was a lost cause: Luthor had no interest in her whatsoever. Even Grodd knew what she specialized in!

Lex waited with anticipation, expecting to see Brainiac appear before their eyes. He was never a man to ask for help. However, he had the urge to kick himself for not asking Tala. He never realized that she would be of any real help; she was the one who decided to summon a demon to possess Tabitha! Luthor figured that if what she was doing worked, he would have to be civil to her.

The area around him started to fade as he watched Tala. His heart thumped as he waited; he expected to see Brainiac! After his surroundings dissipated, Luthor couldn't help but to be disappointed. In its place was a belt of asteroids. It didn't make sense to him at first; why was he in space? He took a closer look and realized that it was no ordinary asteroid belt. In the middle was clearly more debris, as if something was destroyed. One floated by him and he was certain that it had some sort of symbol on it. Luthor's eyes widened right before he was sucked away.

He blinked a few times and saw that he was back in his lab, Tala retracting her magic away from the fragment.

"I'm sorry. It didn't work." she tried. Luthor shook his head with a smirk on his face.

"Actually... it did. Come on; we have work to do."

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"The Bronze Wraith...?"

"Don't look at me like that! It... came to me in a dream! It sounded cool and so I stuck with it!"

"You seriously couldn't think of anything better than that?"

"Not without it sounding like I married him!" Tabitha blushed. Wally let out a small laugh.

"Huh; true. But still; do you even know what a wraith is?"

"Something awesome...?"

"A ghost, Tabby. A phantom."

"... Really...? Damnit!"