DC Gothic – Justice League
Harem
Safe House – Jump City – December 2002
Galatea, now also known as Power Girl, cocked her head to one side as she stared at the television.
"I don't get it" she remarked.
"Get what?" Blackfire asked as she finished what had to be her third cup of coffee in a row.
They were only watching a day time TV soap opera, so the plot wasn't that hard to follow. Which meant that something else was confusing Galatea.
"Why he ran away" Galatea said while still staring at the television "Did I do something wrong?"
Blackfire studied the artificially aged alien before answering.
"I think we all scared him. It was nothing you did. He was just overwhelmed I guess".
It hadn't been much fun for Blackfire either and she'd been in on the plan.
"Men fear commitment" the princess from another world went on to say "and we were sort of pressuring him, but he'll calm down and come back. I'm sure of it".
Galatea was not comforted by those words.
"I didn't get to finish the seduction training course" Power Girl went on to say "but I gave him the signals and he looked at my breasts".
Blackfire muted the television as she once more went over what had happened at the dinner party.
"Guys look at breasts, and sometimes girls do to" she told her fellow alien babe "it doesn't really mean anything".
"Do you?" Galatea asked her "Look at breasts, I mean".
"Of course" the princess from another world said "but bisexuality is normal on my planet".
The orgies sort of made it mandatory anyway.
"So it's okay to like girls too?" Galatea asked.
"Yes" was Fire's reply "and while we're on the subject of breasts I have to ask: Are yours getting bigger?".
Galatea looked down, and studied her cleavage for a moment.
"You know, I think they are. How did that happen?"
"I can think of a reason." Blackfire muttered.
She had been able to figure out why the fridge had contained that bitter milk. Kara's breasts had gotten bigger before the milk had made its appearance, she'd put two and two together and gotten her answer.
"We're going to have to get you some serious support for those things" she said to Power Girl.
"Is there something wrong with having large breasts?" Galatea asked.
"No, nothing wrong" Blackfire assured her "You're just going to need a big bra. Normal clothes aren't like your uniform. You need something to support your girls".
The door then opened which led to Power Girl and Blackfire sitting up in anticipation. Sadly there hopes were dashed.
"So what were you two talking about?" Raven asked of Galatea as she entered the living room.
"The size of my breasts and girls liking other girls." Galatea said before asking a question of her "Does the size of a woman's breasts really matter?"
"Yes" was Raven's answer.
"Do you want bigger ones?" Galatea then asked of the other two women in the room.
"Nah, I like mine just fine" Blackfire said.
"Mine are bigger now" Raven answered "it was part of my employment benefits package".
She never would have guessed that the forces of Cosmic Balance offered magical boob jobs along with life extension. The forces of both light and darkness had a lot to learn about offering intensives.
"So... about this shopping thing. How long does it normally take?" was Power Girl's next query.
Before Raven had left the three women had been discussing making a shopping trip.
"That depends on who is doing the shopping. For me, maybe an hour. For Raven well that's a whole other story." Fire told her. "We'll get you sort out. Assuming any of us have money".
One of the downsides of having their mutual love interest away was that they couldn't get money from him.
"I robbed him" Raven told the other two "he had a few thousand dollars in desk draw for some reason".
For the immortal three thousand dollars was the petty cash he kept around to cover household expenses, or to be more precise it had been Kara's house keeping budget.
"Isn't that illegal" Power Girl inquired.
She'd only joined the Justice League, but she was pretty sure that stealing was a crime.
"I'll pay him back" the daughter of Trigon promised "My bosses gave me some gold and jewels to help me get settled, I just don't have anyway of turning them into cash but I'm sure Gothic will find a way".
The servant of Cosmic Balance then decided to pass on the message she'd actually hurried back here to give.
"Your fake ID is sorted out" Raven told her new friend "Your name is now Karen Kent".
"So I have a real identity" Galatea said happily only for her mood to shift. "Karen sounds good, but why that last name?"
Power Girl had nothing against the Kent family, she just wanted to be her own person.
"It's easier to add you to an existing family" the magic user explained "and the Kent's were happy to do it. Your Kara's older sister whose been attending college for the last few years. You could get a really good job with the fake decrees you have".
Had Karen known the truth of her origins, she might have been amused about being thought of as her own mother's older sister. As it was she just found it a little annoying.
"Let's go clothes shopping" Blackfire declared "you both need more clothes".
Or Galatea's case any clothes. She only had her uniform.
"Can we go out like this" Karen Kent asked while gesturing to the outfit that showed her to be Galatea.
"This is Jump City" Raven replied "they're used to super heroines at the mall".
Well 'used to' might not be the right wording, but as long as Starfire wasn't here they wouldn't draw too much attention. Assuming of course Blackfire didn't start miming about underwear like her sister used to.
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Hidden CADMUS Base – December 2003
"What do you mean she's gone?" Amanda Waller said as her meaty fist hit her desk.
"Exactly that" Professor Hamiltion replied "She's gone. Galatea has defected to the Justice League and she's now calling herself Power Girl for some reason. And it's not just her, all of our records about her have been deleted too. I suspect she did it".
The leader of CADMUS looked as if she might have a stroke, but the moment past and she started to calm down. This news wasn't as surprising as it sounded. Galatea had been acting odd recently, she'd been experiencing moods swings and people on the base had seen her talking to herself. Perhaps they all should have paid the clone more attention.
"What about the self destruct?" Waller then asked.
Hamiltion grimaced as the memory of ordering Galatea's death. It had been one of the hardest things he'd ever had to do. Thankfully it hadn't worked.
"We triggered it" Hamilton told his rather dangerous boss "but she is still alive as far as we know, so she must have found a way to remove the device. Perhaps the League helped her".
How Galatea had even known about the small explosive device that had been placed inside her brain was a mystery to the scientist, not that he was sad about that as he hadn't wanted Galatea to die.
"Find her" Waller commanded "If she's still alive then I want her brought back here".
How exactly he was suppose to do that was yet another mystery to the lab coat wearing man, but there was nothing he could do other than nod his head.
"Then find out what the hell happened! Our most valuable assets are gone. Years of work, wasted!" Waller fumed before she once more was able to calm herself down "We can get another sample. Grow a new clone."
The professor was unable to hide his reaction, he visibly winced upon hearing those words.
"There's something your not telling me" Waller accused.
Hamiltion seemed to deflate before the glare of 'The Wall'.
"Galatea isn't a clone" he confessed "Kryptonians can't be cloned. Bizarreo and Doomsday are just two examples of countless failures. Galatea is actually the daughter of Supergirl and Superman. I can't replace her because I extracted reproductive material from Supergirl when I performing surgery upon her. It happened just after Superman was brainwashed by Darkside. I was able to obtain some of Superman's DNA while he was in custody and I used that to trigger fertilization. Galatea might have been grown in a lab, but she is not a clone".
Waller wanted to slam her face into the table due to all the frustration she was feeling, but she was able to keep her cool. At least somewhat.
"So we were damn lucky to get the original samples!" Waller said" And the last thing we need is another Doomsday or Bizzaro!".
The leader of CADMUS spent a few moments thinking before saying anything.
"We'll focus on the Ultimen. Make sure things are stable with them, that the necessary genes are grafted correctly without a chance of mutation. They're our best shot to counter the Justice League now".
Waller knew it wouldn't be that simple, but what else could she do. CADMUS was running out of time. They'd blown their budget, their own really asset was lost and support for the project was fading.
That was when there was a knock at the door, and without being invited to enter General Eiling walked into Waller's office. The leader of CADMUS noted that he looked happy about something.
What had him smiling was quickly explained via some video footage. It showed a rather minor member of the Justice League utterly destroying an alternate version of Superman.
"Who is he?" Waller wanted to know.
"He's called Gothic" General Eiling told her "He was a member of the Teen Titans for a time and for a while he even led the group. Now he is with the Justice League but he's not an important member. And despite what we just saw he's not just a magic user either, he's an immortal with a range of combat skills and he has access to advanced technology".
The name seemed familiar to 'The Wall' and she partly recalled a meeting were recruiting 'The Immortal' had been discussed. However the idea had been tabled due to Hamilation who had studied Gothic in some detail and had told the group that he wasn't worth perusing. Clearly the scientist had been wrong about the young man.
"He was involved with Supergirl before she vanished" the military man went on to say "it's a shame Galatea is AWOL, other wise we could have used her to bring on our team".
That was the professor realised that it might be the other way around. Galatea had a mental connection to her mother, one she lost recently, so she may have gone to Gothic and he could have turned her.
"He was also involved with the failed mission to recapture Ace and to infiltrate the Teen Titans" Hamilaton added, in order to make sure the subject was changed "We know that he helped to defeat Deathstroke and he may have also killed Deadshot, but we can't be certain about that".
In Waller's opinion anyone who was capable of killing the world's two best assassins and an alternate version of Superman was definitely worth her time.
"Can you clone him?" Waller asked of the Professor "I know that replicating meta-humans has it problems, but I can get you more resources if you need them".
She hadn't yet exhausted all the favours she was owned, and Lex Luthor would be more than happy to refund a venture that could led to the death of Superman. Heck he might do just for a copy of the video footage.
"We could try and recruit him" the General said, before the professor could reply to the question "According to our agent he's not that popular with the League, and he's shown some interest in Tala. He freed her from that mirror she got herself stuck in".
The witch Tala had proven to be a disappointment, for all her power she wasn't that bright and she was easily controlled, mostly by her own sex drive it seemed. However that might work in CADMUS's favour for once.
"We'll do both" Waller decided "send Tala to try to bring him over to our side, and have clone ready as a backup. If this Gothic can kill a copy of Superman that he might make a good leader for the Ultimen. If we have to then make a hundred of him".
An army of immortals, now that was an interesting idea.
"Get to work" 'The Wall' commanded.
The two men nodded and then left the office. Once they were gone Waller sat back in large chair and smiled. Things were looking up for her. Maybe they could still win.
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Museum – London - December 2002
As I heard the soft footsteps I straightened my new jacket, which was much shorter than my normal coats, and sorted out the collar of the unbuttoned shirt I was wearing, as I wanted to make a good impression on the woman heading my way. I even took the time to check that my shoe laces were done up.
"How about we have a little competition" I said to Selena Kyle as she dropped down onto the roof.
Catwoman was startled by my words as she hadn't expected to see me here, and there was no reason for her to have as she hadn't known I was even in London.
Finding her had been mere chance. I'd visited this museum earlier today, and had spotted her the crowd. To a trained detective, which I sort of was, it had been obvious that she had been casing the joint for a job. Even a few of the guards had noticed, but Selena had disappeared before they could do anything about her.
It had also been obvious, at least to me, what she was after. The Egyptian exhibit had a cat statue proudly on display, and while it was plain old stone it was thousands of years old and feline in shape. I'd known that Selena would be back for it, and that she wouldn't wait for long.
"I didn't think I'd see you again so soon" Catwoman said while walking towards me.
Me neither.
"Well you didn't win the auction, so I thought I'd spend sometime with you for free" I told her "My little gift".
That made her laugh.
"So this isn't just a booty call" she remarked.
I shook my head before saying.
"How about we spend some time together before we get to your booty.
It was a damn fine booty, no one could deny it.
"The person that takes the statue the first without setting off the alarm gets a favour from the loser, preferably a favour of the sexual kind" I said, stating the terms of the proposed deal.
If Catwoman was surprised by my words she hid it very well. In fact she seemed rather delighted by them.
"Challenge accepted" she stated with a wicked smile.
With that the thief jumped down the hole I had made in roof with my lightsabre just before she had arrived.
"By all means, ladies first" I said.
I jumped down after her and used a spell I'd learned ages ago to slow my fall. I landed with a lot of grace considering how much I weighed.
"This is where the fun begins" I then muttered.
That was when I was treated to quite the show. Selena pounced, springing from all fours and straight through the air as she dove between a gap in the laser grid. She then performed a brief handstand supporting her weight with only the tips of her fingers before pushing off straight up and seeming to high-jump over a beam of infrared light five feet above the ground. I could see the beams because of the special shades I wore. But she only had her goggles and they didn't looked to be enhanced with either magic or technology so I had idea how she knew where the beams were. Yet somehow she did.
Pulling her body through the gap purely with leg strength and a sense of balance that would make a world famous ballerina really jealous, Catwoman then pirouetted on her toes before turning her back towards the statue and bending backwards through a square hole made by the lasers. Landing on her hands she did another headstand, then she pulled her legs up together, before pulling her knees to her chest while still holding her perfect handstand. Somehow.
After doing all of that she turned to look at me and winked. I smiled back and muttered the words of an Old One spell which switched the priceless statue for a worthless lump of rock that I'd had in my pocket. The plaque below the glass case told me the exact weight of the object I wanted to steal and what I had replaced it with weighed the same. So I wouldn't set of any alarms caused by a change in mass. Not that I thought there were any. This wasn't exactly the Tower of London.
Now Selena was rolling forward and had slid her hands, head and upper body through another small gap. Her agility was very impressive but sadly for her it was all for naught as I had the statue in my hands.
When she found the stone she turned and I waved the statue at her.
"That's cheating" Catwoman complained, while pouting at me rather adorably.
"You can have this" I said "I don't have any use for it. I just wanted the sexual favour".
And I now knew exactly what sexual favour I wanted.
"Well I still say you cheated" she said to me once she had gotten past the lasers for the second time.
"So, does that mean you are going to go back on our bet then?" I asked "I mean I never said how we had to get to the statue. I just said we had to take it without setting off the alarms".
Which I had.
"Ah, but I wanted to win." Selena complained while also pouting more.
I thought the matter over before saying.
"We could talk about it in my hotel room" I offered.
She very much liked that idea, and I considered myself to be single, at least for now as I might not get a choice in matter, but until then I was going to enjoy myself a little.
Coffee Shop – Jump City – December 2002
Across the pond and then some three women sat down to enjoy a coffee. It was only evening here so the place was still open.
"This is nice" Karen commented as she sipped something called a mocha "we have to come here again".
It was a nice coffee shop. Raven remembered coming here on poetry night, which had been Thursdays. That felt like a very long time ago and the establishment had changed hands since then, so it was decorated differently. Still it was pleasant to be back in the real world.
"So are we going to talk about him" Blackfire then said "I mean we've been avoiding the subject for hours now. I'm fed up of not talking about him. Where is he?"
"London" Raven informed her.
That stopped Blackfire from talking any further, so the daughter of Trigon decided that now was the time to make her proposal.
"I've been thinking about what we could do to help Goth make up his mind and chose us over anyone else".
In her view it was a brilliant scheme.
"We form a polyfidelity and agree to be sexually active only with other members of the group. There's no way he can resist having three girls willing to have sex with him and maybe each other while he watches".
Power Girl had a much more limited understanding of relationships and so had to ask.
"Is that like a harem?"
She'd read enough books to have an idea of what the involved, or at least what other people thought it involved.
Raven nodded before saying.
"You could think of it that way".
"Is this so we don't kick your ass like Kara did?" Blackfire inquired.
That actually was part of the reason, it was just that the magic user hadn't want to admit it. With all she'd learned during her time away, she might be able to take Fire down, but if Galatea was anything like Supergirl than Raven would get her ass kicked yet again.
"It's so we won't fight, yes" the servant of Cosmic Balance said "and united we can scare off any competition".
Even with the League of Shadows backing her up Talia al Ghul wasn't going to able to claim the immortal. Not if he had three powerhouses already sharing his bed.
"What about Stargirl?" the alien princess wondered "I got the impression that's mostly going after Goth to annoy her stepfather, but she might not give up so easily".
Raven had considered that as well.
"We'll invite her to join. If she's serious she'll say yes but if this just her way of winding people she'll back out".
That or S.T.R.I.P.E would put his foot down and settle the matter. Either way was fine with Raven.
"So would be all be sleeping in one bed" Karen Kent wanted to know "because that would be okay with me".
The spell caster just raised an eyebrow in reply, at least until she found an answer for the question.
"No" she said "we'll have our own bedrooms"
When no one said anything for while Raven decided to explain things in more detail.
"I think the situation with CADMUS will be over soon, and when that happens the Teen Titans will be reformed. Then we'll all move to a different city and form our team. At least that's the most likely thing to happen in this time line".
The goddess Raven served wasn't all knowing, but she was pretty close and had foreseen the future that would take place if Gothic decided to accept having harem. Which was almost certain to happen, you didn't need to see time lines to know that a man with an intense sex drive would want a harem. He just had to say yes.
"But it's best if Goth thinks it's his idea" Raven went on to say "and it's better overall if we let him assume the leadership role in this four-way relationship. If nothing else it will sooth his ego".
Which did need soothing to be fair.
"Were you always this evil" Blackfire asked "I'm sure I used to be the manipulative bitch around here. Now your the girl with all the schemes to control people".
Raven was a little offended by that. She served Balance, not the forces of darkness thank you very much.
"I'm not trying to manipulate him" she protested "I just want to guide him down a certain path so he'll be happy".
And so he wouldn't try to take over the world. That couldn't be allowed because unlike the other megalomaniacs in the world Gothic could actually end up ruling over the Earth as a tyrant because he he didn't have the flaws of most would be world conquerors.
"I think it's a good idea" Power Girl said, giving her opinion on the matter "It will led to sex".
Galatea didn't fully understand why she was intensely drawn to the immortal, but she did want him very badly. It actually hurt her not to be with him. And she was thinking about sex, a lot, and for some reason it seemed very important that he suckle on her nipples.
"Okay I'm in" Blackfire decided.
"And I'll be keeping an eye on you" she went on to warn Raven "I've done that whole manipulative bitch thing and never really works out".
The spell caster just shrugged. In her view there was a big difference between gently guiding some down the right path and controlling them. For her it was like the difference between being a teacher and being a dictator.
"Now we just have to find him and make the offer" Raven said "I know he's in London, but not much else".
That was because she was having a hard scrying for the man she considered to her boyfriend. His powers were growing it seemed.
"Maybe I could go and talk to him" Fire offered "he's not mad at me and I don't remind him of Kara. If I go and just tell him what we want he'll like that. I think being honest would work best. And if has any conditions I can come back and tell you about them".
The other women well remembered that the plan to more subtly make the immortal chose a girlfriend had not gone so well. They didn't want to scare him off so sending Blackfire to negotiate was a smart move.
"We'll wait here" Raven said "I need to unpack anyway and we have enough room for Karen to have her own bedroom so we can set that up while your in London".
A making a few more arrangements, were made and then the three women got to work. They had a lot to do.