The Right Side of Wrong

Frankette: Part 2

Veronica's POV:

We're now standing in the room where Lena keeps her teleporter.

Lena: "So, let's go over how to kill Brainiac once you teleport to his ship."

Harley: "Uh, I was thinking something along the lines of bashing and smashing."

Ivy: "Yeah, and I was thinking something along the lines of, 'Let's stop talking so we can get there already'."

Lena: "Wha--? Hang on. You have to be smart about this. Ivy, your powers--"

Ivy: "Oh, my God, let's go!"

Ivy activates the teleporter.

Harley: "Sorry!"

With that, we're beamed up onto Braniac's ship.

Ivy: "Let's get him."

Harley: "Hell, yeah!-*laughs*-Can't be too hard to find him."

Contrariwise, we exit the teleporter room to find multiple hallways and doors leading to who-knows-where.

Me: "Ooh, yeah. Maybe we should've let Lena finish telling us what to do."

Ivy: "We don't need Lena. Let's split up and search."

Harley: "Wait, wait, wait. What's our signal gonna be? When we find him, like, code red or code blue?"

Ivy: "Just call my name, ok? Let's go."

Ivy turns to walk away until Harley speaks up.

Harley: "But that's our safe word."

Ivy: "Oh, my God, we don't have time for this.-*points*-Just go that way."

With that, Ivy walks away while Harley & I walk in the direction opposite hers. We eventually encounter a door behind which Clayface's musical is loudly playing.

Me: "What? Clayface?"

We approach and open the door, bat swingin' and flames blazin', to find Brainiac rewatching the musical in his chair.

Harley: "The Brainiac Musical? Oh, he never could hit that note. What the fuck?"

Me: "What the...?"

We find pieces of something on the machinery and each smell a piece, tossing them aside once we realize how gross they smell. Then, Brainiac telepathically puts them in the bowl he's eating out of and eats them, slumped over on his back with a solemn look.

Brainiac: *to readers/viewers* "Oh, you again. Apologies for the mess. Koko is dead. You may have known that, but I did not realize it for centuries. I suppose that makes me insane--Just like the musical says. If only there were a happy ending. But alas..."

Me: "This is the dude we're scared of?"

Harley & I approach Brainiac as he crushes Koko's skull in his hand.

Brainiac: *to readers/viewers* "It did not end."

Harley: "Who the hell are you talking to?"

Brainiac: *glances at readers/viewers* "Them."

Me: "Oh, I see."

Harley: "Ivy, we found Brainiac and he's gone nuts!"