Hi everyone! You might have read my other stories, The New Girl, or One Drop Is All It Takes, so you might know my style, but if you haven't, I basically try to publish once a week, but it sometimes takes longer, so don't ask me to update if I am over the week mark. Thanks. Also, this story is a new idea that I had, and I really haven't seen one like it on Fanfiction before, so please leave a review and tell me how you like it, it would mean a lot. Alright, now, onto the story! Enjoy!

Clary:

I am not going to lie, when Simon proposed this idea to me, the idea of using out genius level IQ's to do some good, the idea of creating a team to help us, I was skeptical. Very skeptical.

But being a genius, it was in my blood. It was in my DNA to look at this from all the angles, and consider all of the ramifications.

Sure, we would do plenty of good with our brains, seeing as I was an all-around genius in every category, specializing in phycology, and Simon was a numbers person, with perfect recall, but it would also mean having to use our body's actively, which was not our forte in the slightest, and it would mean having to work with a team of people.

People. Not our strong suit either. Our social stamina was even worse than our running stamina. But, if we were to make a team of specialized people, then we could do so much more than consulting, which was what the two of us did now out of our nerdy New York City loft.

Simon finally sold me on the idea though, in three ways. 1.) He made me watch a few episodes of Scorpion, a show with a team of genius's just like us, and I saw how much good we could really do. 2.) He pointed out that we could travel anywhere and have access to any equipment because I had a trust fund bigger than Russia, and he had a father who was a congressman. 3.) He convinced me that I would finally be able to start checking things off of my super long bucket list by doing these weird jobs.

With all of those very convincing reasons and more than a few puppy dog faces, he finally got me to agree to at least interview a few potential candidates.

I did get in a few requirements though. For one, we would name the group The Nerd Brigade, because nerds formed it. Also, there were no leaders, we would be a democracy, but down it came to voting, if we ended up with an even number, we were the deciding votes.

So here I was, sitting on top of our vintage Pac Man machine with a clipboard full of loose leaf, taking down notes on each potential candidate for our team. Simon and I were being super picky, because this team could have lives in its hands, and we needed certain people for that.

"Hi, I saw your add on my kitchen counter, and I was interested in the position as the second Morgenstern," a voice said. I looked up and squealed, jumping into Seb's arms.

"Your back!" I said ecstatic that Seb was finally back from college. If this was a play, this was the part that would say: Enter Sebastian Morgenstern, Clarissa's over protective brother, back from college.

I loved him though, which was unusual for siblings, but who cares.

"Yeah, I'm back, and I want in little sis," he said, laughing and putting me down.

"Done. Simon! We have team member one!" I shouted to him before racing over to the huge, clear dry erase board in the corner, flipping it over to a clean side and then adding four category headings.

Brains:

Brawns:

Beauty:

Other:

Then, I filled in the brains category with Simon and I's names, and put Seb's name under the brawn category, filling one of the spots. We had decided no more than seven members, so two in each category, and one in other, and we would be set.

Three down, four to go.

"Sweet. We have another candidate coming in now!" he called back before we took up our positions on the old Pac Man machine (me) and the old Galaga machine (Simon), while Jon went to grab food from our kitchen.

"Hi, I'm Isabel Lightwood, and this is my brother Alec. We are both interested in joining this team," the tall, raven haired, ravishing girl said. When the even taller, ever darker haired, blue eyes boy didn't say anything, Isabel nudged him and he said a hello to us.

Simon motioned for them to sit down on the couch while I did a quick once over of them, using my phycology training to figure out what I would have to say to them.

"Hey guys, I'm Clary and this is Simon," I said, introducing us to them. "Before we start with the interview, are there any questions either of you have?" I asked them, as Simon took over the note taking.

"I have one. Are there any members of the team yet?" Alec asked. Aha. So he was the more serious one I could tell. Don't ask how. Genius.

"Yes, Clary's older brother is on the team for brawn," Simon explained, pointing at the whiteboard. "And he was in the military for a while before he was honorably discharged for getting minorly hurt in the line of duty. He's twenty-two, meaning he can also buy certain things for us that we cannot get for ourselves," Simon continued, explaining that Seb was not only on the team because he was my brother.

Alec nodded, satisfied. Izzy had a question though too. "How old are you guys? I am seventeen, and Alec is eighteen, by the way," she asked us. Perfectly reasonable.

"We are both also seventeen," I answered. Then we began interviewing them, seeing if they would be a good fit. And they totally were.

Izzy would be beauty, and Alec would be brawn, we decided. We were sold before we even got to the important part of the interview. The abilities.

We lived in a work where abilities were rare, but not unheard of, and most people could do something special.

For example. I was a genius, but that was just luck of birth. I was also immune to temperature and pain, and I could do some basic mind over matter stuff, like amateur telekinesis. And Simon was a sort of technopath, along with being a genius, so he could hack and do interesting things with an iPhone.

We really wanted Alec and Izzy on the team, but we needed abilities on the team.

Izzy went first, confident in her skills. It turns out that she had super speed, which was awesome, because the amount of things that would allow the team to do was too large to calculate, even for Simon.

Alec's was invaluable too, as he was telepathic. But his abilities were super strong, allowing him to do a group telepathic link, like a group chat in our heads. And he could keep it up with all potential seven of us for at least an hour, he told us.

Bam. Just like that, the two of them were on our team. Now, our brawns column was full, and the brains column was full, and the beauty column was half full, leaving only one beauty and one other to be filled. Not that those in beauty or brawn or brain had to be only that, as I explained to the bad ass Isabel.

Our loft was huge, thanks to my even bigger trust fund, so we had plenty of bedrooms. Six in all actually. So Izzy got her own room, and so did Alec. Simon had his room, and Seb and I had the one we had always shared. Everyone would get a room, seeing as we had already decided that this would be our base.

"Another one coming in Clary!" Simon shouted from the Galaga machine. I took my place on my video game as a super tall, gorgeous, angel like, all golden boy walked through the door.

"Oh, that's Jace. I almost forgot about him! He is our adoptive brother, and he wants to be a part of the team too," Izzy called from her room. I laughed. I had barely known her for an hour, but we were already good friends and it seemed just like her to forget about a person.

"Yeah. I'm Jace," the boy said. I itched to draw him, because he was literally all golden. Gold hair, gold eyes, tanned skin. Golden.

We interviewed him, and he was perfect for the team. I expected as much though, seeing as he was the sibling of Alec and Izzy. He was arrogant and sarcastic, but where that was usually annoying as hell, it suited him well.

His abilities cemented him place on the team though. He was a warrior. It was super rare in the world, maybe ten of them in a country, but they were amazing. Fierce fighters, loyal people. But as a fighter damn. They preferred swords and knives usually, as he confirmed, and they were like ninjas. He was like a ninja.

Bam. Only one spot left now. It was a big debate, but we put him in the beauty category, I mean he was gorgeous.

So now we just had the other spot to fill up.

We had spent the few hours after Jace arrived settling him into his room, and filling everyone in on some important details about the team, like that we had all the money we needed. We would wait until we filled the team up before we went over all the details.

"Last candidate of the day Clary!" Simon called. We took our positions and as we waited he asked me, "So what does other look like eitherway?"

Then the candidate walked in. "That is what other looks like," I told him, as a very glittery, asian man walked in the door. He was wearing clothes that were all covered in glitter, and looked very vintage bohemian. He was very other.

"Simon," Simon said, pointing to himself.

"Clary," I said, pointing to myself.

"Sheldon," the boy said pointing to Simon, "Biscuit," he said, pointing to me. "Magnus Bane, the Magnificent," he said, pointing to himself.

"You're in!" Simon and I both shouted at once. Magnus grinned. "But show us your abilities just because," I added.

"Of course," he said, like it was expected.

Magnus was a warlock, it turned out, meaning he could do things like summon demons (hopefully we would never need that) and he could make things appear, like stealing from his mind. It was awesome.

Bam. Other. Team filled. The Nerd Brigade was a reality.

What a day.

I know it was kind of short, but whatever. Hope you loved it, if you did review, if you didn't, still review, and tell me why. Thanks! Till next time! Bye!