DC's The Legion of Superheroes: Intelligence.

Original Material by Otto Oscar Binder, Alfred John Plastino and Mortimer Weisinger.

Story Adaptation by MasterCheifMan


At the Legion headquarters the team is taking time to relax after their last couple of missions, while in the command center Brainiac 5 is on the main computer trying to find a lead on Mar Lando, who has gone off the grid since his last encounter with the Legion. Irma walks into the command center and sees Brainiac 5 still working. "You're still working Brainy?" Irma asks. Brainiac 5 turns to see his friend behind him. "Yes, Irma." Brainiac 5 answers. "I've gone over every known location that Mar Lando could have gone to for a safe haven, I even used information I got from facial scanners across the Galaxy and none of them match, it's like he just disappeared."

"Don't worry Brainy, we'll find him." Irma reassured. "The Science Police haven't given up their search yet, He'll get what's coming to him."

"Thanks." Brainiac 5 responded. "But I just want to make sure that there isn't anything I missed." But before Brainiac 5 could continue with his research, he is interrupted by a call from the Science Police, Brainiac 5 answers the call and Office Erin appears on screen. "Hello Legionnaires."

"Officer Erin, have you found a lead on Mar Lando." Brainiac 5 asks quickly. "I'm afraid not." He answers. "But we have a bigger problem right now, we received an anonymous message that there are three bombs hidden in the city, we sent bomb squads to the locations but their unable to deactivate them, we need your help in stopping them."

"We're on it." Irma states before the transmissions ends, Brainiac 5 turns to Irma. "I'll stay here and monitor the situation. Good luck." Irma nods and leaves the command center to assemble the team.


At Metropolis Plaza, Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl arrive and begin searching for the explosive, the two Metas scout the area to find the bomb. Saturn Girl uses her telekinesis to search for the explosive and eventually finds it, a large metallic sphere, with an eight minute timer going down. "Cosmic Boy over here!" She shouts. Cosmic Boy makes his way over to her and sees the explosive. "That is a big bomb." He says with slight worry in his tone. Cosmic Boy presses his Legion Flight Ring and talks into it. "Brainiac 5, we found one the bombs."

"Just in time, the others have already found their bombs, I'll walk all of you through the process." Brainiac 5 says over the communicator. "Couldn't I just put a force field around it and let it detonate?" Cosmic Boys asks. "We don't know if your force field is powerful enough to contain an explosion like that." Saturn Girl answers. "She's right." Brainiac 5 states. "Use it as a last resort."

"Alright then, let's do this." Cosmic Boy says with a little nervousness. "Listen carefully, they all have to be disarmed at the same time, so just keep calm and we can do this." Cosmic Boy extends his hands forward using his magnetic powers to carefully open the bomb, trying to not detonate it prematurely, with the bomb opened up Saturn Girl uses her telekinesis to pull out all of the proper wires slowly and carefully and with only three minutes left on the timer Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl successfully deactivate their bomb, both of them breathing a sigh of relief. Saturn Girl taps her Legion Flight Ring and talks into it. "Brainiac 5, the bomb is disabled." But all she hears is static. "Brainy are you there." Only receiving more static, Saturn Girl looks at Cosmic Boy, both of them knowing that something is wrong.


At Metropolis Energy Plant, Shrinking Violet and Ferro Lad land near the building and begin searching for the bomb. They search the area and they eventually find the explosive, with a five minute timer going down. Shrinking Violet presses her Legion Flight Ring and talks into it. "Brainy, we've found one the bombs what should we do."

"Just in time, the others have already found their bombs, I'll walk all of you through the process." Brainiac 5 says over the communicator. "Let's get this over with." Shrinking Violet turns to Ferro Lad. "Ferro if I can't disable it, chuck it as far as you can." She says as she shrinks down and enters the explosive. "Listen carefully, they all have to be disarmed at the same time, so just keep calm and we can do this." Inside the bomb, Shrinking Violet moves from wire to wire pulling out the one that Brainiac 5 tells her to and with only one minute left on the timer the bomb is deactivated, Shrinking Violet exits the bomb and grows back to full size breathing a sigh of relief. Ferro Lad taps his Legion Flight Ring and talks into it. "Brainy, the bomb is disabled were good." But all he hears is static. "Hello, Brainy are you there." Only receiving more static.


At Metropolis East Hotel, Bouncing Boy and Triplicate Girl arrive at the site and they begin searching for the final bomb. The two of them searches the hotel from bottom floor to top floor and the two of them eventually find the bomb, with a seven minute timer going down. Bouncing Boy presses his Legion Flight Ring and talks into it. "We found one the bombs, we've got seven minutes on the clock."

"Just in time, the others have already found their bombs, I'll walk all of you through the process." Brainiac 5 says over the communicator. "Alright then." Bouncing Boy says as he opens the wiring system of the explosive. "Listen carefully, they all have to be disarmed at the same time, so just keep calm and we can do this." Triplicate Girl splits into her triplets and opens the bomb very carefully, Bouncing Boy listens to Brainiac 5's directions, pulling out all the proper wiring and with only thirty seconds left on the timer the bomb is deactivated, the two legionnaires step back from the bomb to breathe a sigh of relief. Triplicate Girl taps her Legion Flight Ring and talks into it. "Brainiac 5, the bomb is disabled." But all she hears is static. "Brainiac 5 are you there." Only receiving more static.


At the Legion headquarters, Brainiac 5 is monitoring the situations at the plaza, hotel and power plant on the main computer. "Listen carefully, they all have to be disarmed at the same time, so just keep calm and we can do this." Brainiac 5 talks all the Legionnaires through the process and the computer shows that the Legionnaires have all successfully deactivated their bombs, to which Brainiac sighs in relief. Brainiac jumps upon hearing the alarm going off stating that there is an intruder in building. "What the…" Brainiac 5 leaves the room to find the intruder. Brainiac 5 walks down the hall way of the headquarters with his guard up, he carefully scans the hall and takes quiet footsteps to not draw any attention, but before he could react he is electrocuted from behind which causes him blackout.


Outside the Legion headquarters, the six Legionnaires return from their mission and enter their headquarters to find it empty. "Hello! Brainy are you here?" Cosmic Boy shouts. The Legionnaires make their way to the command center hoping to find their friend, they enter the room and stumble onto the central computer severely damaged. Bouncing Boy rushes over to the computer and begins typing in commands and eventually restores the computers system. "Computo bring up security footage." Bouncing Boy asks. The computer begins searching for security footage and succeeds, the computer shows the team the footage of Brainiac 5 walking down the hall and is electrocuted from behind by a masked figure, who picks him up and prepares to leave, but not before seeing the security camera which the intruder fires a weapon at it destroying it. "Brainiac 5's been kidnapped." Bouncing Boy states.


Brainiac 5 begins to wake up in an unknown building, he tries to move but discovers that he is tied down to a surgical table. "Ah, you're awake." A menacing voice says across the table, Brainiac 5 turns his head to see a tall figure in a yellow jumpsuit whose body is one half man and the other half is machine. "I was hoping to do this while you were still unconscious, make it less painful, but I suppose you can watch me work."

"Who are you and what am I doing here." Brainiac 5 demanded. "I am Tharok." The cyborg responds. "And you are going to tell me what I want to know."

"What makes you think I'm going to tell you anything?" Brainiac 5 asks struggling to escape. "A client of mine has asked me to find out what is in the head of yours." Tharok answers. "And I never disappoint my clients." Tharok extend his robotic index finger and places it on the struggling Brainiac 5's forehead, only to receive a painful shock. "I have over a thousand different grades of security protocols in my own mind." Brainiac 5 states. "And you're not getting through any of them."

"Oh we will see." Tharok says sinisterly. "I never disappoint my clients."


Back at the Legion headquarters, Irma, Andrew, Rokk and Salu discuss with one another about the events that occurred, while Luornu and Charles work on the main computer. "Everything is just too coincidental." Irma states. "First the bombs at three separate locations and now Brainiac 5 is missing."

"I agree Irma." Rokk says. "This was too well planned, spreading us thin and hitting our home." Rokk turns to Charles and Luornu. "Any luck you two?"

"None yet." Luornu states. "But don't worry, we'll find Brainy." The two of them continue working. "If I can make a suggestion." Salu asks. "Brainy is a robot right. That means he has a personal power source within him that gives off its own unique energy."

Charles turns to Salu. "And Brainiac 5's own energy would be different from known energy sources."

"Which would give us a way to narrow down our search and find his possible location." Luornu continues for them. Luornu turns to the others. "Guys, I think we found a way we can track Brainy, what kind of power source does he use?"

"I think it's called Coluanian Phosphate." Irma says. Charles eyes light up. "Coluanian Phosphate has its very own signal pulse that is different from other known energies by sending its energy back and forth, I can reverse engineer the Legion cruisers energy magnifier to create a tracking pulse for Coluanian Phosphate and the back and forth energies it generates will allow us to pin-point Brainiac 5s location." Cosmic Boy looks at Charles. "Let's do it."


Tharok continues hacking through Brainiac 5s security measures. "I have to admit, you are quite the challenge, but whatever your trying so hard to hide will be mine." Brainiac 5 continues to struggle to find a way off the operating table. "My friends will find me before you can get anything."

"I tried to be quick and easy." Tharok states as he changes his robotic arm into a saw like blade. "But I guess I'm just going to have to rip out your hard drive." Tharok places the rotating blade of the saw above a struggling Brainiac 5s head and prepares to lower it, but before he could continue a scouting sphere enters the room and grabs Tharoks attention. "What is it?" The scout shows Tharok a recording of the Legion cruise landing nearby, with Tharok distracted by the video, Brainiac 5 opens the tip of his right hands index finger revealing a miniature blade and begins to cut the table straps as quickly as possible. Tharok orders the scout sphere to activate the soldier drones. "Take care of our little pests." Just as the sphere leaves Brainiac 5 frees his right arm and fires a laser from the palm of his hand at Tharok knocking him back, Brainiac 5 pulls off the straps arounds his legs, neck and left arm.


Cosmic Boy leads the other Legionnaires down a hall, with their guard up. "The signal is getting stronger." Bouncing Boy states. "Brainy should be nearby." The Legionnaires were about to enter another room in the building, but stopped by laser fire and take cover, Cosmic Boy leans over the corner and identifies a group of mechanical flying spheres fire their weapons at the team, Cosmic Boy puts up a force field and the Legionnaires prepare to fight. Triplicate Girl splits into her triplets and they each take on three spheres at a time, Bouncing Boy bounces himself off the walls and slams into the robots, Saturn Girl uses her telekinesis causing a several of the spheres to crash into each other, Cosmic Boy uses his magnetism to tear the spheres apart and Ferro Lad metallizes himself serving as a distraction while Shrinking Violet shrinks down and disables the robots from the inside.


Tharok gets up off the ground with an annoyed expression. "Well, that just happened." Tharok shifts his robotic arm into a miniature cannon. "You can run but you can't hide." He menacingly states. Brainiac 5 is hiding behind one of the computers scanning the area for a way out, Brainiac 5 notices a door and makes a run for it but is stopped by a large blast at his feet. Brainiac 5 turns to Tharok with his cannon pointed at him. "Found you." Tharok continues to fire his weapon causing Brainiac 5 to duck behind the computer again, Brainiac 5 leans around the corner and fires his blasters in his palms at the cyborg, Tharok dodges the blasts and continues to fire his weapon and the young Legionnaire and eventually decimates Brainiac 5s cover, Brainiac 5 charges at Tharok while firing his blasters, Tharok charges at Brainiac and grabs him by the throat. "I got you."

"No." Brainac 5 chokingly states. "I got you." The fingertips of Brainiac 5s left hand open up revealing a group of wires that extend from the fingers and enter Tharoks cybernetics. "What are you doing?" Tharok questions with worry in his tone. "I'm doing to you what you tried to do to me." Brainiac 5 answers. Tharok receives electric shocks on his cybernetic and human sides then collapses from the pain and drops Brainiac 5 on to the floor, Brainiac 5 gets up off the ground and exhales a sigh of relief, but notices something next to Tharoks unconscious body, Brainiac kneels down and picks up the object, a grey phone with a black circle in the center.


The Legionnaires finish off the rest of the bots, with Saturn Girl using her telekinesis to crush them. "Now that's taken care of." Cosmic Boy states. "Let's continue to find…" Before Cosmic Boy could finish his sentence Brainiac 5 walks out of the next room. "Brainy." The Legionnaires run over to their friend. "You all right Brainy?" Saturn Girl asks. "I'm fine." Brainiac 5 responds. "A bit of a headache but other than that."

"What happened exactly?" Bouncing Boy asks. Brainiac turns to the other room were Tharok lies unconscious. "His name is Tharok, a cyborg who was hired to extract information from my hard drives."

"Do you know who hired him?" Cosmic Boy asks. "Negative, but I think we could find out." Brainiac 5 says as he shows his teammates the grey phone.


Back at the Legion headquarters Brainiac 5, Irma and Rokk are all in the command center, with Brainac 5 is on the main computer checking it's files and discovers that everything that he's gathered on Mar Lando has been erased by Tharok. "Two weeks of information gathering and it's all gone."

"Don't worry Brainy, we'll find him." Irma says trying to comfort her friend. "I think this is all part of a bigger plan." Brainiac 5 states. "First Mar Lando shows up in Metropolis with Persuader then disappears, then I'm abducted by cyborg that wanted what was in my head and deleted all my work on Mar Lando and the only thing that may clear up this mess is this phone found on Tharok." Brainiac 5 places the phone on a decrypting pad. "Computo, begin decryption." Computo begins scanning the phone. "Encryption levels on phone grade twelve security." The A.I. states. "Decryption time calculation several days."

"All right, let's get started." Brainiac 5 says with a determined tone.


On the planet Rimbor, Mar Lando calmly enters a tall building, were he is greeted by five individuals, four in grey cloaks and there leader in a black cloak. "Doctor, we are glad you could make it." The black cloaked man says. "Of course my friends." Mar Lando states. "I heard of what happed between Tharok and the Brainiac model."

"Yes, it is an unfortunate loss." The black cloaked man states. "But it brought us the attention of a threat to our plans, one that must be eliminated."

"With phase two so close to completion, we cannot afford any distractions." One of the grey cloaked men stated. "So what shall we do?" Mar Lando asks. The black cloaked man looks to one of the grey cloaks. "Contact the Chainsman, tell him he has some pests to exterminate."