A/N: this is a reboot and redesign of my original '𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦: 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥' story back on my original account. If you are wondering if I'll do 'Young Justice' after this, the answer is no. I'll only do 'Justice League', and t...
Luthor's face twisted with rage. "Arrogant cow! It'll take weeks to build myself another android body!"
"You ain't got weeks, baldy." Waller pointed the gun at Luthor. "You're under arrest for trying to use the Justice League's space gun to murder everyone at Cadmus."
With a mad yell, Luthor charged, knocking the gun out of Waller's grasp and Waller into a door. As she slid to the floor, Luthor laughed. "Did you really think you could take me down all by yourself?"
"Actually, yeah." Waller admitted, but then smiled. "But on the off-chance I might have been wrong..." Luthor turned and saw, to his shock, all seven founding members of the Justice League.
"Ta-da!" Flash said with a smile.
Superman stepped forward. "It's over, Lex." There was no way for Luthor to beat all of them.
Luthor gritted his teeth. "Not until I-argh!"
Luthor now gripped his head and moaned in pain; the moans became screams, as black cones burst from his back, black metal tentacles replaced his arms, metal replaced his legs, and his body began to grow. Finally, the flesh on his abdomen began to peel away, revealing a silver face, with three red circles appeared on his chest.
Luthor opened his mouth to speak, but it was not his voice that came out. "I'd hoped to remain hidden until I could install myself into the android." The synthesised, chillingly familiar voice froze the Leaguers in their tracks. "But you forced my hand."
Superman uttered a single name. "Brainiac..."
~*~*~ LexCorp, Metropolis
The Justice League, plus Amanda Waller, stared at the abomination in horror.
Finally, Flash broke the silence. "Dude, that is messed up."
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Lex Luthor, somehow regaining his ability to speak, looked around in pain and fear. "I... don't understand... what's happening!"
"You are under my control." Luthor glared down at the face of Brainiac. "I have lain dormant within you for years, Lex Luthor, subtly influencing your actions until we arrived at this point."
"But how could you be here?" Luthor seemed to be getting used to his new, albeit bizarre, condition.
"Do you recall my kidnapping you in this very building?" Brainiac questioned.
"Yes, you forced me to build you a new body." Luthor growled as he remembered.
"Kal-El destroyed that body, foiling my plans; in any event, I always have a backup plan. Consider this: when I shot you, how could you have survived the point-blank blast from me, unless..." Brainiac trailed off.
