StaryNightT – UGH if only Batman had decided to include Starfire sooner! I wonder how the story would have gone if you had had that happen instead.

Kry It would have been better, wouldn't it? As for what would happen, well, I suppose I still could cover that. A little. Perhaps.

Well… Batman did mention he had a few more 'jobs' for Red X. Here's one of them. After all the stuff happened but before Star and Dick returned to Jump.


Chapter - Enterprise

I studied the information Batman presented us with.

"So," I said, trying to sort my head around it. "This 'Blaise Enterprises'… you're what… jealous of it?"

Batman scowled at me. "No."

"Then why am I planting bugs and backdoors through their computer systems?"

Batman gave me a bland stare. "I explained that."

I couldn't resist a chance to dig at him. "Tell me again. I like to hear how jealous you are."

Starfire poked me in the ribs. "Do not be the 'pain in the derriere'," she told me, then addressed Batman. "It is unusual for Enterprises such as this to develop in such a short time, yes? That is why you are curious?"

Batman nodded. "There's nothing… illegal… in their paper trail, but there's a few inconsistencies. Enough for me to notice. And they're new money, very new, but I haven't been able to trace exactly where their money came from. It's not enough for Batman to go investigate, and I certainly don't want to link this with Wayne Enterprises. Blaise has been trying to buy my land, it'd look bad if Batman suddenly investigated everyone trying to buy my land."

"You're so protective," I snickered.

Starfire poked me again. I could see she was trying to take this seriously.

I sighed. "I feel dirty, doing all this thievery for you."

"You're not stealing anything," Batman said, giving me the stink eye. "You're just planting some bugs."

"You need to get your own alter-alterego so you can sneak around and do this sort of stuff. Like… Catman."

I received dual smacks from Starfire and Batman for that one.

"Maybe Red X should just stay here and 'Kory' can go on her own," Batman said. "Since it's obviously below your skills."

I jolted. "No way."

Starfire covered her mouth and giggled.

"No, I think you should sit this one out," Batman said and placed an arm around Starfire's shoulders. "Come, I'll show you how to plant the bugs."

"Okay, hands off," I said, annoyed now and pushed between them.

"Are you going to behave?" Batman asked.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, sure. How many bugs do you want planted?"

"One in the CEO office," Batman said. "And a worm in their computer system. That's all. They're on their own network, I need to be able to backdoor in somehow so I can conduct research. Just have a look around, see if there's anything that sets your bump of trouble off."

I snorted and glanced at Starfire. He wants to backdoor, huh?

"Bump of trouble, not the little dic—"

"Okay, okay, I get the picture. I still don't get why you can't just allow other people to have businesses in Gotham."

Batman raised an eyebrow.

I grinned. "You're all nosy parker about them. Just admit it. You can't hack their network, obviously they must be doing something bad."

"Need I remind you that's how we discovered the Joker's plans originally? And Two-face. And Penguin. And how I keep an eye on the Crime families. And—"

I held up my hands. "Okay. Fine." He's right, of course, best way to stay one step ahead of the criminals was to have a spy in their systems.

"And try and let Starfire test out her new skills too. I know how much you like to steal the show."

"I do not!" Both Starfire and Batman gave me a look then. "Damn it, you're not allowed to team up on me."

"In fact," Batman said, holding out his hand. "Lock picks. Now."

I lifted an eyebrow. "They're built into the gloves."

"Not the spare set in your belt. Or the ones in your boot. Hand them over."

I grumbled as I gave him that set, then lifted a foot to eject the spare in the heel of my boot. Starfire giggled. She was enjoying this far too much. Batman kept his hand out.

"What?" I sulked.

"And the rest."

"What? No! You taught me never to go unprepared."

"Do I need to check you?"

I grinned. "Do you really want to know where my spare set is?"

Batman closed his fist. "I don't see how you could possibly get it from there if your hands are tied behind your back. Are you really that flexible?"

I blanched because Starfire suddenly looked far too interested in that. "Okay," I told her. "You really need to go back to not being able to understand conversations like that."

She smiled at me innocently. "Red X did mention he corrupted me. You only have yourself to blame."

Batman looked between the two of us. "Okay, we're going to do this with radio silence. Just go already."

I chuckled and grabbed my mask. "C'mon, Pink X, let's go."

Starfire raised an eyebrow at me as she pulled on her own black mask. "I do not recall this costume having anything that even resembles being pink."

"Purple X just doesn't have the same ring to it."

"Neither does Pink X. Kory is acceptable."

"No, we're criminals now, our names need to match," I teased.

"Yes, however Pink X was already used by the Kitten. I doubt you will wish to go thieving with her."

I wrinkled my nose. "Eww… good point."

"However, should you wish to change your name to KorX, I will approve."

"How about we just stick to Red X and Kory?"

"How about you leave already?" Batman interjected.

"Um… right…" I said, embarrassed now. I double checked I had the flash drive containing Batman's worm and headed for the bike.

Starfire floated up behind me and wrapped her arms around my chest as I started the bike. I chuckled. "I remember the last time we were on this bike, you didn't want to cuddle me."

Starfire pressed her face to my shoulder. "If you happened to mention 'Oh, I am your boyfriend' you would have gotten more than the cuddle."

"Oh?" I asked intrigued. "What would I have gotten?"

Starfire giggled. "You shall never know."

"Not even a hint?"

Starfire giggled again. "No. Besides, your father is watching."

I looked at Batman who was staring at me disdainfully and have him a two fingered salute as I revved the engine. "Let's get this over with then, huh?"

I have to admit, it was so much nicer having Starfire on my bike when she knew it was me. She shaped herself against my back, her thighs against the back of my legs. Instead of clasping her wrists, she clutched my chest, her fingers splayed. I really liked the way her thumbs stroked little circles. It was rather distracting when I thought where else her fingers could be stroking. And then, there was the knowledge that lay in what that incredible heat against my backside was.

Of course, she just had gave me a little taste of where else those fingers might go as we were waiting for the traffic lights to change. Those dark alleyways off to the side looked mighty tempting.

Going on a job half aroused was so not good. And thrilling at the same time. But I kind of needed all my blood in my head right now. Starfire seemed to realise that as we neared out destination because her wanderings ceased.

Which just left me totally frustrated.

We parked the bike well away from the office block we were entering, hidden within an alleyway. Starfire ran her fingers along my back as she floated away from the bike. I sat there a moment, "Don't suppose you'd go for a quickie before going in, huh?"

Starfire laughed. "So eloquent."

"I'm sure the wall there would be great," I said, nodding at it.

"No, but ask me again after when you contain the thrill of success coursing through you."

"That's so not helping," I complained.

"I am curious, just how many times a day do you think about sex?"

"Okay, again, you're not helping." I grumbled, loudly and for her benefit, about sex kitten Starfire's and their teasing ways as I got off the bike and set the alarm.

"Shall we?" Starfire asked.

I nodded, took a deep breath and put myself in the right mindset. "Let's go."

Starfire curled her hands under my arms, holding me around the chest as she lifted us up to the top of the office block opposite Blaise Enterprise's main building. I watched the windows as we rose, the office building was mainly dark, but there were cleaners on some floors.

"Where is the office we are breaking into?" Starfire asked, alighting on the roof.

I pointed. "At the top, of course. I can't think of any CEO or board of directors that won't put themselves up near the top." I got out my binoculars, checking the corners of the office below the CEO floor. I couldn't teleport us directly to the CEO office, because all the windows were dark with some sort of protective blinds, I couldn't see directly into it. No cameras or security measures that I could see on the floor below, but then I didn't expect their security firms believed people would break directly into that floor. If I could have hacked them from outside, I would have known, but they had an internal system that had no wireless to be hacked from outside. Bastards. People were so paranoid in this day and age, makes it hard for us thieving types. "Ready?"

Starfire rested her chin on my shoulder, her chest still pressed against my back. "Of course."

Together we crouched, Starfire still plastered along my back and I aimed for the office, hitting the teleport button. Immediately upon appearing in the office, we both hid under the desk I'd positioned us beside.

I listened carefully, but I couldn't hear any voices, nor could I see any cameras. I crawled out, peering around the side of the cubicle, looking down the long corridor of similar office cubical to the elevators at the end of the floor.

Starfire ran her hand over my ass.

I paused and looked back at her, imagining the smirk on her face. "You've wanted to do that for a while, haven't you?"

"Ever since you went through the laser maze," she replied.

"Ha! You were checking me out."

"I am certain if you did the… what is it called? The worm which inches? I most likely would have dropped the door in surprise."

I chuckled. "I can do that for you later, if you like. If you'll do it for me."

She gave me squeeze and removed her hand. "Perhaps. Would you prefer it to be in these leathers, or without?"

"Oh, decisions, decisions," I teased, then turned my head back to the room.

"How are we to get up to the next level?" she asked.

"Air ducts," I teased.

"Only if you crawl first," she replied.

"How about the elevator shaft?"

"What about using the stairs?"

"Nothing sneaky about using the stairs," I replied. "Besides, they have alarms on them."

"And the elevators do not?"

"Not if I hack them first."

Starfire giggled. "Lead on."

I grinned at her, "You just want to watch my butt wiggle."

"I am entitled, am I not?" she teased. "It is the payback for the vents in Wayne Enterprises."

I chuckled. "At least my cape covers me."

Starfire gave a tiny giggle and flipped my cape so it was halfway up my back.

I laughed at her audacity. "We're not going to get any work done," I said.

The elevator dinged and both of us ducked back underneath the desk. I reached into my belt, extracting a little fibre optic scope, designed specifically for looking around corners.

Two security guards. They both had guns out, holding them out with the wrists crossed, a flashlight in the other hand. They swept the light across the room as though they were looking for something. The bump of trouble twitched. Silent alarm. They knew we were here. I wished I'd been able to hack them from the outside, but now I was in here, well, that was a whole new story. I gave Starfire the hand signal for two, then the one for gun.

The elevator door behind them was still open. I held out my hand and Starfire took it immediately. The elevator door didn't close, programmed to stay open then. "Star, lift, hatch in roof," I whispered in short, clipped instructions then teleported us behind the guards.

Starfire cupped her hands together as she shifted to kneel, giving me a boost. We'd have to be quick, I didn't want them turning around. I hopped on, allowing Starfire to lift me to the roof of the elevator and pushed the small service hatch in the ceiling aside, scrambling through. Starfire floated up behind me moments later and I replaced the hatch as quietly as I could.

"Silent alarm," I whispered to her. "Had to be, they were looking."

"Oh."

"Let's get this done."

I couldn't quite reach the next elevator doors, damn my shortness, and interesting that there was so much space between the floors... hmm… Starfire took me by the chest, lifting us up a few inches so I could peek through the teeny gap in the elevator doors.

A long hallway that led to the CEO office. More guards positioned in front of the door. Paranoid, much? Having guards just standing at the door. We needed to get into that office at the end of the hallway. Okay, think… Air duct, no, too risky, we'd have the same problem we had at Hendersons. Although Starfire might be more open to that… there was a small room off to the side on the left, a bathroom perhaps.

I got my scope out again, poking it through the elevator doors so I could see more of the hallway and angled it around. There was a room on the right, the door angled open. I could possibly teleport us in there, but I had no idea what was beyond. It was a risk, but it was a risk I was prepared to take as I couldn't hear voices or talking or even see any heat signatures in that room as I switched the scopes viewing capabilities.

Batman told me to see what Starfire thought, test out her skills, so to speak, so I drew away. "Have a look," I whispered as she placed me back on the elevator and I gave her the scope. I watched as she did the same thing I did, peering through the small slit in the elevator doors, before she surprised me and went all the way up to the top of the door and had another look. Being even more thorough, she went up further and poked the scope through a small vent shaft above the elevator doors before she floated back down to me.

"What'd you see?"

She leant close to me so she could whisper in my ear, taking even more precautions. "Your monitoring room in Jump City, I remember what it is like from above." So did I, Starfire, Cyborg and I laid most of the cables, she could squeeze through the gaps in the ceiling and fly while he did the circuitry.

"Oh?"

"The room to the right, there are similar cords hanging from the ceiling, as well as through the ventilation shaft up further."

"A mainframe? Up here? Let me see."

She passed me the scope and lifted me to the top of the elevator. The wall at the top of the room consisted of glass panels and Starfire was quite correct, there were a lot of cords all woven together hanging from the ceiling. "Nice eye," I said. Starfire lifted me even further and I spotted the cooling system in the roof as I peered through the ventilation slat. I extracted the scope and rubbed my chin.

Okay. Problem. I could teleport us in there and plant the worm directly into the mainframe, which would actually be a better idea than through the CEO's computer, but getting out was a different story. We needed an escape plan, one that didn't involve us being spotted before we could get into the CEO office and plant the bugs, or being spotted at all. There was a chance I could access the systems from that room, but if I couldn't, we'd be effectively trapped.

Below us, the elevator clacked and began to head back down to the ground floor. We both looked down at it, Starfire simply carrying me in the air.

Couldn't be helped. Time to split up.

"Star, you got your earpiece in, right?"

"Of course."

"'kay. I'm going to teleport into that room on the right and see if I can access the mainframe from there. I want you to fly through the vent systems and locate a hatch into that room and then from there into CEO office. If he's got a mainframe this close to his office, there's must be a direct link to his computer, follow the cords."

"Very well," she replied sceptically.

"Don't enter the office," I warned.

"And I suppose you wish for me to be able to fly you through as well?"

I nodded. "Possibly. So yeah, take the larger vents."

"Why not simply teleport us both—"

"Because I can't be sure there's an exit to that room. I don't want us both trapped in there. If there's no exit, I'll contact you."

Starfire rested her chin on my shoulder. "Very well."

Starfire held onto me until I had braced my feet in the splits against the two sides of the elevator door frame, my scope locking in on where I wanted to go, and my hand ready to hit the teleport. "'kay, go." I said.

"Are you certain?" she asked, her hands slipping down my chest. "This position is very… accessible."

I chuckled and rested my head back on her shoulder. "Business first, my cheeky mouse."

Starfire drifted her hands downward, so close.

"Need blood in the brain," I said, closing my eyes. Don't listen to me Star, keep doing that. Token protest that's all… Damn it woman, just grab me already, don't keep me hanging…

"I shall find you," she whispered, her voice dripping honey and extracted her hands.

Fuuuuck… "I'll be naked," I promised. "I mean, waiting… I'll be waiting."

Starfire giggled and floated away and I already missed her warmth. What she would've been like if she'd known it was me at Hendersons… stuff of dreams right there.

I had to take a couple of deep breaths to calm myself as I double checked where the guards were. Starfire floated above me, using a small screwdriver to open the ventilation hatch above me. So very tempting just to grab her leg and have my way with her in the elevator shaft…

Oookay… perhaps it was a bad idea.

I concentrated on the mission. "Going," I whispered and hit the teleport.

It was indeed a mainframe room. It hummed, a multitude of coolant fans working to keep the system cool. Rows of hardware all stacked neatly, cables layered between the networks. There was a single desk with a consol on it for direct access into the mainframe.

First thing, check for exits. There was a small hatch in the roof, a tile that could be pushed up, so I stood on the desk and moved it aside. Not quite tall enough to see through unless I climbed up into the hole, again damn my shortness, but Starfire would be able to find it easily.

Checking on the door, I set a smoke bomb trap, just in case they decided to check the room, even though I doubted they'd be able to hear the keyboard over the noise of the mainframe itself and started hacking.

'Kay… let's see… best place to plant a worm. Well, for starters, let's see what kind of security software they have… hey, this is pretty cutting edge stuff. Ha! And WayneTech software. Awesome. That makes it slightly easier to hide my trail. Let's just activate a few precautions and make myself known to the system.

Starfire stuck her head through the hole in the roof about a minute later and waved. I flicked up a hand in return to acknowledge her and then watched as she floated over the top of the gap. Hmmm. Yummy.

I smiled to myself as I inserted the flash drive into the computer, uploading Batman's worm and hiding it among the security program, giving it extra cover from the WayneTech software. Dangerous, but then also WayneTech software would also delete the worm if someone tried to track it without the proper codes. Until then, it would just sit there and chew data until either retrieved or it managed to find a wireless via someone being silly and leaving their phone on as they excited the building so the worm could transmit itself home.

Sexbomb, sexbomb, you're a sexbomb, you can give it to me when I need to come along… sexbomb, sexbomb you're my sexbomb, and baby you can turn me on— holy fuck on a stick… what was that I just tripped…

Fuck. Not me that tripped anything.

I hit the earpiece. "Kory. Freeze." My fingers flew across the keyboard as I accessed the optical systems. "You've tripped something," I told her. "Heat detector. Just hang on." I hacked into it, substitution Starfire's heat signature with that of a common rodent. "You look like you're over the CEO office."

"I am, I was looking for a hatch or a vent. There is one a few feet ahead of me."

"Probably why you tripped an alarm. 'Kay, come get me."

I checked on motion sensors in the office at the same time as I covered my tracks, then set them to disable for the next twenty minutes, before I had a general snoop around. Scooby dooby doo, where are you… Well… hey… that's an interesting chemical composition right there. I might just grab me a copy of that, looked too intricate especially since Blaise Enterprises is supposed to be Manufacturing company, not a Biochemical one.

Starfire appeared at the hatch above my head. She dropped through head first, somersaulted then floated by my shoulder. "Just a sec," I said, copying some more promising files to my flash drive.

"Did you discover something?"

"Possibly. We'll know more when he analyses it. Much room up there?"

"Enough that we may slip through using my fight and not crawl."

"Check on the guards for me, would you please?" I asked, passing her the scope. "Door's trapped."

"Certainly," she replied and floated over to have a look. I ejected the flash drive and made sure all my tracks were covered. "Red X? They are gone."

I paused in my action of putting the flash drive in my belt and turned my torso toward her. "What?"

Starfire held up both hands, palm up. "I cannot see them. I have checked. Shall I go out and see?"

Odd, but there was an explanation for that. "No, hang on, I'll hack the security cameras. They might have been a secondary station if a silent alarm is tripped."

"Would you like me to go pick the lock of the door?"

"Let me check the cameras first, beautiful."

"I apologise," she said and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I am excited."

I patted her hand. "I know." I replayed the last few minutes in the hallway outside where we were, watching as the men received a radio call and walked toward the elevator, then left. I kept watching. Nothing.

I checked the security camera in the security office, six guards all up, two watching the same feeds I was, and four in the back eating and talking. I rigged the security camera in the hallway to play a continual loop for the next five minutes. That should be long enough. "Go, Star. You have five minutes," I told her as I backed out of the camera feeds. No camera feeds in the office itself, nor any other security measures I could see. She squeezed my shoulder and zipped out into the hallway. I headed after her, collecting my smoke bomb on the way.

She was on her knees in front of the door, already working on it with her lock picks. She'd been practicing for this. Of course, I couldn't help but brace behind her, lean over to see how she was going and stick my hand down her corset.

She smacked my hand, just a little tap, but I heard her giggle.

"So, how come you can grab me when I'm concentrating and I can't grab you?"

"Because."

I stuck my hand in her corset again. "Not good enough. Learn to work around distractions." So very soft and luscious and… oh… fuck… she wasn't wearing a bra. If only I could get inside that leather shirt too. It'd be easy, unclip the corset, yank up the shirt, off comes the mask and I could close my mouth over her peak and—

Starfire giggled. She tilted back her head a little and nudged me with it, brushed against sensitive, already responding areas. "Now who needs to learn to work around distractions?"

"That is completely unfair," I complained.

"How so?"

"I'm not naked under my clothes."

Starfire paused, looked up at me and laughed.

"You know what I mean," I told her, sternly.

"Your hand is still down my top," she reminded me. "And…" There was a click. "I do believe the door is now unlocked."

I gave her a squeeze as I retracted my hand, offering it her to help her up. "Nice work."

She got to her feet and placed a hand on the handle. It creaked slightly as it opened.

A large office. Much like Bruce's at Wayne Enterprises, except his had an internal security system not linked to hack-able circuits and would already be blaring an alarm at our presence. Blaise seemed to be a meticulous man, not a thing seemed out of place. Eccentric taste too, I decided as I looked at the full suit of armour by the door. Fuck, that axe it was holding even looked sharp.

I scanned the room. I needed a place to plant the bug which wouldn't been seen or dislodged by accident, but not the obvious places like phones or behind picture frames. Someone place that could see the whole room, hear all the sounds it in but was not likely to be touched.

Starfire walked to the desk and began poking through the documents, just having a look. She'd draw my attention to anything out of place.

There was a shelf of ornaments on the wall opposite the desk, interesting little keepsakes from around the word. There was an African mask, some sort of Polynesian wood carving, a stuffed kiwi, this little kangaroo with boxing gloves… I rolled my eyes. Kangaroos in boxing gloves. Really… I placed a bug on the little kiwi, its fake fur was the same colour as the bug, it'd hide it better.

"Psst," I called to Starfire and tossed her a bug. "In the light in the ceiling."

Starfire nodded and floated up to the roof to hide the bug. One bug is good, two is better, three is enough to keep the whole room covered. Between the bugs and the worm, I hoped it'd be enough to keep Bruce from being all paranoid. I grumbled under my breath about him while Starfire giggled at me.

Why would anyone need the complete set of Encyclopadias in their office? Untouched, by the pristine look of their pages. In went another bug.

Starfire was still rifling through the paperwork on Blaise's desk. Feeling frisky, I walked until I was behind her, grabbed her hips and then rubbed myself against her ass. She leant back into me, plastering her back against me so I was able to slide my hands up her corset and grope her breasts.

"Stupid full face masks," I muttered.

"You cannot complain, you created the suit."

"Shall we get out of here?"

"Is the thrill of success coursing though you?" she purred, her head leaning back on my shoulder.

"Something certainly is and it's very thrilling," I replied, my fingers working at the clips of her corset.

"Here?" she asked. "Surely that is inappropriate."

"Just a taste," I said, sliding my hands up her leather shirt now. "Your fault for not wearing a bra." I flipped her around so I could look at the same time as press my hips to hers, being careful not to hit the belt. Well, really, you can't blame me. She's fucking sexy in those leathers. And damn, if she'd known it was me behind the mask before she'd have been working it just as hard as she was now.

I pressed my face to hers, contemplating on just flicking my mask up and having my way with her on Blaise's desk when I noticed the suit of armour positioned behind the door had moved its head. I frowned, halting my exploration. Starfire, although seemingly sensing my change in mood, still ran her fingers up the sides of my chest. "What?" she whispered.

"The suit of armour," I whispered back. "Just… keep pretending for a sec."

She stood, leant into me, the arm visible to the suit of armour dancing along my chest while her other hand pulled down her shirt and relocated her corset so she could do it up, I assisted her with my hidden hand too, only partly pretending as I rubbed our hips together.

The head turned further, making a slight creaking noise. Then, "Deactivation code not entered within acceptable parameters. Activating security measures. Targets acquired."

Shit. Security drone. Fucking cock blocked by a fucking drone. Why hadn't I taken a closer look at that? Time to go. "Hold onto me," I snapped, haste making my tone harsh as I crossed to the window and parted the blinds enough to see through.

There was a thump behind me, a loud cracking sound and I glanced back to see the drone chopping the desk to pieces as it tried to get to us. Starfire pressed her stomach to my back and I looked back through the window, picking a roof top a distance away and teleported.

We appeared on the rooftop moments later, and I looked back up at the building just in time to see the window explode and the drone fly from it. It morphed its form, shifting from the suit of armour to a proper security drone, the type that Bruce had in his office. Circular, sleek and silver, with thrusters at the bottom, and crab like arms holding onto that axe. It hovered in the air, then turned toward us.

"Fuck."

"What is that thing?" Starfire asked.

"Security drone. We're going to have to destroy it. He's going to know we were in his office."

"Destroy it?"

"As completely as possible. It probably has video recorders or something."

"Could we not reprogram it?"

"Not with the equipment I have. Plus, it already totalled the office, the security guards will be on the way to check. Can't fix that in time."

"Very well," Starfire said and released me. "One moment."

"What?" I blurted, but Starfire was already darting through the air to meet the drone. "Hey!"

Starfire didn't listen, not that I was surprised. I watched as she disarmed the drone in one hit, tossing the axe down to me, then proceeded to dismantle the drone piece by piece. She tore at its protective casing, stuck her hand inside the drone and ripped all the circuitry out.

I was so fucking turned on right now it wasn't funny. I was going to be in so much trouble when we got back to Jump and I could see her face when she goes all warrior woman on me. She wasn't even doing anything sexy, just a show of strength.

Why is it, just because we've started having sex that everything she does makes me think of it now? I hoped this settled down like the kissing thing did or we'd be in trouble. I could just hear the teasing from Beast Boy and Cyborg. Should just have some more sex, that'd get rid of it, right? Problem solved! Star, get down here so I can do you.

She carted the destroyed drone back down to me and placed it on the roof. I had to wrap myself in my cape so she didn't know just how aroused I was over that. "Acceptable?" she asked.

"Very," I replied, my voice suddenly husky.

She peered at me, then tilted her head. "Are you well?"

I coughed. "Yup."

I could just see her eyes narrowing under the mask of hers. I turned away, hoping to calm down, changed the channel on the earpiece and double tapped it.

"Yes?" Batman asked a moment later.

"We've been made. Security drone in CEO office."

"A drone? Really?"

"Doesn't exactly scream legit does it? Also have some nifty biochemical files for you to look at. Worm and bugs are in place, can't guarantee they won't be found. He did have WayneTech systems though, should hide the worm a bit."

"Good. When will you be back at the cave?"

"Soon." I need to do my girlfriend, going to be very hard to keep my hands off her soon.

Honestly. It's not my fault. It's not. I plead the fifth. She's just too damn sexy, she really is. It's not my fault that in the middle of teleporting us back to my bike, my eyes happened to alight on a shop window and we accidently ported into it.

Honest. Not my fault. It's not my fault that the teleport actually over reached its mark either, planting us in the middle of the shop, not just in the window that had caught my eye.

Why the fuck did it have to be a sex shop?


Author's Note: Yes, it's a cliffhanger. Yes, the next chapter when I post it will contain what happens in the shop. It was too long otherwise.