The Birthday Present
Chapter 27
The Gift That Heated Up An Arctic Fortress
Okay, so let's set the mood with a little love poem. If you need a reference, you can read this to the tune of "Papa Loves Mambo" heh heh.
We're gonna hanky panky, Yeah!
Why don't you just spank me, Yeah!
Now we're gonna try it on my bed, Mmmm Hmmm!
My, that's a tasty spread, Mmmm Hmmmm!
It's so good, how could this be wrong, What!
Our bodies are singing their own song, What!
Baby, you know you're just fine, Whoa!
Let's just keep letting our bodies entwine, Whoa!
Life before you now seems fairly lame, Wow!
Our lives are never gonna be the same, Wow!
For a minute there I thought I was dreaming, Oh no!
But I can see that we're still steaming, Oh yeah!
Okay, now I'm going to temporarily break the mood. If you need to get back into the mood at the appropriate time, then scroll back up to this point before reading the um, never mind. Do whatever you like as you read this.
******Wayne Manor******
It was early morning. Ollie, Wally and Dick were at a loss as to how to help Bruce, Zatanna and Alfred.
It was Wally who finally hit on an idea. "Alfred must be affected like you were, Dick. We just gotta jump-start his memory."
Dick nodded. "Let's try it. Maybe he'll remember something that will help us."
Wally turned to Alfred. "Do you remember seeing a gorgeous, naked woman running around the mansion shouting, 'Wally! Wally! I want Wally! Gimme Wally!' or anything similar to that?"
Dick elbowed Wally hard in the ribs.
"Owww! Alright! I just thought I'd ask. You never know. Sheesh! Okay, let me try again. Alfred? Do you remember anything that happened to Zee or Bruce? Or were you busy baking cookies, texting your girlfriend, making breakfast, washing dishes. Stuff like that?" Wally asked as he glanced nervously at Nightwing.
"Dishes," Alfred muttered. His mind was wrestling against the weak spell that had not allowed him to remember or act decisively since Zee's attack or Bruce's return. The word, dishes, drove a ray of light through the fog that smothered his memory.
"Dishes," he repeated. "I was cleaning up after breakfast. I was cleaning the dishes...the door!" The awful details suddenly came flooding back.
"Mistress Zatanna went to the door. She insisted. Someone very powerful attacked her. I heard a woman's voice. Mistress Zatanna spoke to her as if she knew her."
Ollie jumped in rather excitedly. He had decided that he liked detective work. "A woman? A woman attacked Zee? It's Maxima! It has to be Maxima! She took Diana's lasso before we could even get to the heavy petting part of our get together! Then she tied me up with a different lasso! It was super evil cuz it made me super horny but I couldn't get any. Can you believe that? She wouldn't give me any! The woman is definitely crazy and evil and needs to be stopped." Ollie looked around for sympathy. Not getting any he continued, "She did something to my mind. I think she was trying to make me kind of stupid and useless but I don't think she put much oomph into it. Since I refused to make out with her I think that sort of messed with her mojo and ego and so she couldn't concentrate and she decided to just leave."
"Yeah, I think she did make you kind of a lot stupid. First you say she wouldn't give you any; now you say that you wouldn't give her any. She was messing with your mind and she wanted Diana's lasso, end of story. That has to be it." Nightwing replied somewhat impatiently.
Wally was thinking furiously. "It can't be Maxima. She can be crazy, but she isn't evil. It's Circe. Somehow it's Circe. I was there when she got pulled into the knife. She swore vengeance and that she would see us all very soon. I think she's using Maxima somehow. We need to find Diana's lasso and the dagger if we're gonna beat her."
Ollie shrugged his shoulders. Wally made sense but it didn't sound as good to him as his story. In Wally's story Maxima wasn't trying to make out with him.
Nightwing stared at Wally impressed. "You know, so many of us, let alone the bad guys, take you for granted. You're just a fast goofball. We forget that your mind is as quick as the rest of you. You'll make a detective yet. Your uncle was right. You are very smart. I'm always impressed with how fast you are able to figure things out. Sure it helps that you can think at super speed, but I suspect you would have figured it out even if you didn't have any twinkle toe powers. But now that we know its Circe, how do we free Zee and Bruce? I don't think we would get very far trying to take the dagger or lasso from Circe especially if she's in Maxima's body. She as tough as Diana and Big Barda."
Wally grinned and his head seemed to swell to twice its normal size at the compliment. "I know. So many of the ladies say that to me. Sometimes they'll call me and give me a few clues to some personal mystery or problem just to see how fast I can figure it out. Or they'll say, 'Wally! You're so smart! You're as smart as you are cute!" stuff like that. You ever have anything like that happen to you, Dick?"
Dick shook his head. "I never learn. Sorry, I take it all back. Wally! How in the world did you figure that out? It must be a fluke. We all know that your mind is too slow to put things together."
Dick grinned as Wally seemed to deflate a bit. "Ah, perfect. Your swollen head is shrinking back down. I only hope that it will stop once it reaches normal size. Don't want it to continue shrinking forever. That would be gross and look really weird."
Wally looked serious again. He was staring at Zatanna's hands. "We just need to help Zee. She can help Bruce."
Seeing what Wally was looking at, Dick realized instantly what he was talking about. "Zee can't see or hear or talk, but she can still use her hands!"
Wally's body seemed to blur for a moment. The next moment he was standing next to Zee placing a pen and notepad in her hands.
Zatanna's mind had been left intact, imprisoned in her body. She had wanted something to write with but had not been able to communicate what she needed. Now, feeling the precious objects in her hands she smiled as she began writing, "seye, htuom, srae eb denepo. Kaerb eerf fo s'ecric lleps!"
The results were instantaneous. Zee stood up and hugged Wally tightly. "I'm back! Thank you so much, Wally!"
She hugged Dick, Alfred and Ollie as well but she had to almost shove Ollie away since he wouldn't let go.
"What? I'm just really happy you're okay! That's all! Good grief!" Ollie grumbled.
"Well, you can be really happy without your hands groping and wandering!" Zee snapped, and then she rolled her eyes. The man would never change. She turned away focusing on Bruce. She could hear Ollie protesting as Wally and Dick gave him an earful and apparently left him with a couple of 'charlies' on his arms.
She sat on the bed next to Bruce. Holding both of his hands, she leaned down and kissed him on the forehead then smiled softly. "You came racing back to rescue me, didn't you?" She whispered touching his face, "It's very true what you say about emotions, but I wouldn't change it for the world. Without it, we wouldn't have friends or fall in love and I'm very in love with you."
Zatanna straightened then and spoke her simple but powerful spell. "eb elohw ni dnim dna ydob. Rebmemer lla."
Bruce continued to sleep peacefully.
Zee nearly panicked.
"I'm afraid that is my doing. I sedated him to avoid him injuring himself or us. His mind, though under a powerful spell, was struggling violently to be free," Alfred confessed.
Everyone relaxed.
Zatanna spoke once more, "ecurb, eb desnaelc fo sgurd."
Bruce's eyes opened. Everyone was relieved to see that he looked very sane as he sat up staring at Zatanna. "You beat her." He was actually smiling.
Dick cleared his throat, "Um, Bruce? There's kind of a crowd here in your room. Just saying, in case you were gonna start with the, 'you rescued me!' make out session or something. You were also smiling just now. Thought I'd point that out."
Bruce and Zatanna stood up somewhat weakly. Having spent most of the last several days in bed had sapped them of strength. Bruce cleared his throat, gave Dick a look then spoke up. "Right. We have a lot to do. Circe has somehow possessed Maxima, and she'll be after Diana and Clark. She told me when she attacked me earlier. We have to alert them as soon as possible. She intends to put her plan into action on Clark's birthday. Whatever she has planned for them, we know it will be nasty."
"Aw, crap! We're too late! It's his birthday already!" Wally realized in a panic. "We have to go now!"
Bruce stared hard at Wally. "How long have I been out? A week?" he asked incredulously already knowing the answer given how weak he felt.
"Yes. A week," Dick answered lamely. "But in our defense, Circe was messing with our minds as well."
Bruce was instantly all business and in charge. "Then Wally's right. We need to act now. We have to assume the worst. That it's just us against her and maybe against Clark. We'll have to work together. If she has Clark under her control he won't be acting at full power or with all of his wits. He'll be fighting to regain control of himself. That will work to our advantage."
Bruce continued, "Zee, we need you to take on Circe for sure. Wally. You will have to deal with Clark. Just keep him occupied. You're the only one fast enough to handle him. Zee could probably help but we need her full attention on Circe."
Wally opened and closed his mouth, smiled, frowned, became frightened, swelled with pride and finally just ended up looking rather nervous.
Batman turned to Ollie and Dick. "Dick. You, Ollie and I have to find Diana's lasso. It's the only way to free Clark and we need to find the dagger. I think it will probably be the only way to take down Circe and save Maxima at the same time. Obviously I'm not at my peak so don't let my slowness hold you back. If something goes down choose the mission over me."
Everyone nodded impressed. Wally raised his hand as if he were in class. Then started talking in a mumble. "Um, I sorta already said that last part. So I guess that makes me sort of part of the detective family or something, right? Oh and another thing. We aren't alone. Donna can help us too! She's dealt with Circe before. Maybe she can help against Circe and that would free up Zee to help me with Big Blue. If Zee can handle him on her own with her magic then that would free me up to find the lasso and the dagger. And I'm really hoping the Hawks can help us too. They never miss Clark's birthday bashes. And J'onn! I hope J'onn's okay! What do you think she's gonna do?"
"Get a hold of Donna then. I don't know what all she has planned, but I know she means to at least kill Diana," Bruce answered grimly.
Ollie decided to speak up. "Listen. I have inside help. Megalina is one of Maxima's bodyguards. She'll help us get on the Watchtower and look for the lasso and whatever else we need. I'll let her know we're coming."
"No. We can't risk betrayal. We have the element of surprise. We can't lose it," Batman responded firmly.
"Well, if she's on Maxima's side then we're already compromised. She knows what I suspect. She promised to help and she knows there's something wrong with Maxima," Ollie admitted.
Bruce stared at him for a minute. "Alright. I guess we have no choice. Too bad we aren't all able to think our actions through. Maybe one day it'll happen. So we are already at serious risk. We still have to try. Watch each other's backs. Be smart. Stay alive. We can do this. We don't go down until Clark and Diana are safe. Failure isn't an option. We fail, our best friends are dead and Circe takes over the planet."
No one was grinning now. The weight of what they needed to do was apparent to all.
Wally quickly contacted Donna.
******Fortresss******
Clark and Diana materialized outside what looked like a solid wall of ice holding onto each other possessively. As they approached the ice wall, Clark spoke his mother's name. The wall instantly opened granting them access within. Once inside, the Fortress again sealed itself from the elements.
Almost as soon as they were safely within the Fortress they were greeted by a familiar, happy growl as Krytpo launched himself at the two, tackling them to the ground. He barked and wagged his whole body as he licked their faces.
The combination of being sealed from the outside as well as Krypto's sudden appearance brought them both a small level of release from the oppressive spell that had controlled them for the whole preceding week, but the smell of sorcery was still strong. Both Diana and Kal petted Krypto, but he was suddenly uneasy. He sniffed Clark and growled nervously. Backing away from his master he touched Diana's lasso and suddenly became aggressive, snarling and growling at both. Diana took a step back from him in shock at his uncharacteristic behavior. Losing contact with the lasso his aggressiveness left him as quickly as it had overtaken him. Sniffing at the lasso, Krypto shook his head in disgust.
Clark was displeased with his behavior and sent Krypto outside to play and give the two of them privacy. The large, loyal, wolf-like dog obeyed reluctantly, whining as he left.
"I wonder what is wrong with him? He did not seem too happy with your smell and he seemed disgusted with my lasso," Diana pondered as she watched him leave. She had grown attached to the big loving animal. At times he seemed more devoted to her than to Kal.
"Not sure. He doesn't normally act like that. We'll see if he keeps growling when I let him back in. Playing in the snow and swimming in the arctic water should chill him out," Clark answered.
Clark touched Diana's chin bringing her full attention back to him. Diana smiled hungrily up at him and felt weak seeing the unbridled hunger in both his eyes and body language.
"You desire your present already? You know that I am yours however and whenever you want me," she offered in willing surrender.
Clark could barely control himself. Her willingness and surrender felt more powerful than a thousand kryptonite crystals. His eyes glowed a very hot red and he scooped her up and made his way deeper into the Fortress. As they passed the center of the living area they entered a part of the Fortress that was displaced. The crystal technology of the Fortress allowed for travel between dimensions and realities and not a small percentage of the Fortress was just that; sitting in another dimension. Diana was in direct contact with her lasso. Clark was so close to it that at times he was touching it. The affects of the lasso were powerful enough to overpower their normal thinking and both continued, lost in their desire for one another. But if entering the Fortress had given them some small reprieve from the oppressive spell of the witch, being in a portion of the Fortress that lay in another dimension freed them from much of the witch's control. For Clark, much of the dark commands and desires were forgotten. He was left solely with his physical desire for his best friend and she for him.
As they entered the living area, Clark stopped and claimed Diana's very willing mouth in a deep and hungry kiss. Time stopped for them both. Their desire for one another had now turned into a tangible ache.
"I was taking you to my room. But I can't wait that long." Clark pressed Diana tightly against his body as his hands easily made themselves familiar with her beautiful curves, caressing her tenderly and affectionately.
Diana felt weak. She wanted Kal desperately; wanted to feel him, taste him, surrender to him, but she also felt fear. It was as if she could almost hear someone calling to her and telling her she was in serious danger. She briefly had a vision of her Kal in a murderous state. The face she saw made a chill run down her spine. She had not realized her eyes were closed until she opened them.
She was glad to find herself still in the arms of her Kal. She sighed as he nibbled on her right earlobe. She leaned her head back against the hand that was caressing and massaging her neck and shivered as his other hand kneaded her bottom possessively. "I know it cannot be true. You would never hurt me. You are always kind and gentle," she breathed out softly.
"Never hurt you," Clark huskily repeated her words back to her.
"I am not afraid. I am never afraid with you," Diana whispered then moaned as her Kal nibbled hungrily along her neck and up to her chin once again claiming her mouth.
They continued kissing for some time losing themselves in the feel and taste of the other. When they finally broke the kiss they kept their foreheads pressed together as they gazed into each other's eyes.
Diana smiled happily. She had not realized how much and for how long she had wanted this. As Kal laid her on the floor she realized that not only was his body warm but the room as well and she lay on a thick carpet-like material. It was white, fluffy, deep and very comfortable. She liked the feel of it on her skin.
She forgot about her surroundings when Kal stopped kissing her and pulled his uniform shirt and cape off. Her eyes became glued to his body. He was broad, thickly muscled and chiseled. He seemed more beautiful to her than any of the gods she had ever seen. She sat up a little just so that she could touch him. She gave him a little smile as if to say, "You are beautiful and you are mine now."
Clark just looked back at her for a moment, his eyes smoldering. He was far from content to just allow her to touch him. He got a squeal from her when he removed the upper portion of her uniform, freeing her round and beautiful breasts. He feasted his eyes on her womanly perfection and pushed her back down capturing one of her erect rose bud nipples in his mouth.
He caressed her neck and massaged her back with his hands while sucking first one nipple and then the other. He started gently and slowly increased the intensity of his attentions until Diana's soft moans of surrender turned into ragged breathing.
When he felt her body heading for her first climax Clark cupped his hand over her sex through her uniform bottom and vibrated his hand against her.
Diana felt her body go into uncontrollable convulsions and she shot up to a sitting position. Her legs closed tightly over his hand involuntarily and she cried out her first orgasm as she clutched tightly to his neck. She didn't know how long the waves of pleasure lasted. She only knew that she felt weaker and that she desired more. She peppered Kal's neck and face with wet kisses. "By the gods, Kal! That was amazing! I would like to do that again," she whispered into his ear.
Kal laid her back down gently and gazed down at the goddess beneath him. "I'm going to give you a lot more," he whispered back.
Diana lay still as he removed her boots and then gasped as he removed her uniform bottoms and looked on in shock and admiration when he stood up and removed his pants and boots. The size and thickness of his manhood was impressive and she wondered how exactly he had ever joined with an earth woman. Before he could kneel back down she got to her knees and kissed away the glistening pearl of arousal that adorned the tip of his manhood and called so enticingly to her. She found his taste to be very satisfying. She kissed down his length and felt a deep pride at hearing the moans that her attentions brought from his lips.
"You taste so good, Kal." She beamed up at him.
He smiled down at her, his eyes dark with desire as he pushed her back down. "That was quite wonderful. Now let me see how you taste."
Diana trembled a little, as he slowly parted her legs exposing her well-groomed sex to his penetrating eyes. He was over her again. Kissing her, caressing her. She lost herself to the feel of his attentions. She felt his kisses traveling down her face to her neck, shoulders and then breasts. She gasped as she again felt the warmth and skill of his mouth and tongue on her breasts and nipples. She had never thought of her breasts as sensitive. She knew that from now on she would always remember his touch and desire his attention.
He was traveling further down her body. He stopped at her navel. There he lavished her with more attention. He lightly bit and kissed her flat stomach, all the while caressing her sides, legs and inner thighs. Her legs were open and his chest was pressed tightly against her sex. It was too much for her. Clutching and clinging to him she was rocked by her second orgasm.
Clark held himself still while her body shook with the waves of her second release. When she was done she smiled shyly and weakly down at him. He smiled back and then moved down to her sex. He had always found her smell to be bordering on delicious. He had never used that word to describe her smell to anyone else. Just now, seeing and smelling her glistening sex, he wondered if there was even a word that could describe how wonderful and exotic and enchanting her smell really was.
He smelled her, savoring the moment and then licked her softly, feeling her body begin to tremble anew and hearing her breathe out a "Great, Hera!" He licked her again and then kissed her intimately giving careful attention to the lips and entrance of her sex before finally capturing her engorged and sensitive bud.
Diana sat up with a scream of pleasure. She wanted to open her legs further to allow him better and deeper access to her sex and she wanted to squeeze her legs together and hold his head in place forever. She ended up doing both. She squeezed tightly and then opened, thrusting her sex against him as he made love to her with his mouth. Her climax seemed to last for a small eternity. When she finally came gasping down, she asked, "Kal. Please do that again. I want to feel that again."
"With pleasure," Kal smiled up at her and then he complied. Diana had thought that there was no way in the world that she would be able to experience a more intense release then what she had just felt. She was wrong. Not having fully come down from her previous climax she began crashing towards her next one as Kal again lavished her sex with his expert tongue and mouth.
Diana found herself clutching Kal's hair and pulling him against her mound as she thrust her hips against him vigorously. She wasn't sure how he was doing it, but he made the second one last longer. It felt deeper and more intense. The feel of his strong warm tongue and lips were like nothing she had ever imagined. The pleasure was so intense she felt she was quickly approaching a point where something would snap. When she finally crashed back to the soft warm carpet she was panting and her body was shaking in the aftershocks of her multiple orgasms.
Kal moved up to her face and kissed her; gently at first and then he deepened it as gained more and more control. "Are you ready?" he asked.
She nodded her head slowly as she looked into his eyes. "I know it is going to hurt, but I am ready. I want you."
Kal began slowly caressing her sex with his. He caressed her slowly at first feeling the wetness from her arousal and desire mixing with his own. He continued until she was again thrusting against him. He aligned himself with her glistening entrance and in one swift thrust broke through her barrier and filled her with his length and girth, then held himself still.
Diana tensed and cried out briefly at the sudden painful pleasure. But the pain was brief and she felt herself adjusting to his size filling her so fully. Soon she was again thrusting against him. She moaned and kissed his neck, ears and cheeks in her pleasure. "I am all yours now, Kal. I am yours forever. Happy Birthday."
Kal kissed her tenderly. "I can not think of a lovelier birthday present. This is the best birthday I have ever had. I will always love you, Diana." Still looking into her eyes, he kissed her again and began to thrust. He started moving slowly and only picked up his tempo when he saw that she wanted him to. Soon they found their rhythm and it wasn't long before Diana was again crying out her pleasure. Feeling her body trembling with release and the tight grip of her sex as she climaxed around him was too much and he groaned out his own release, pouring himself into her, triggering another deep wave of pleasure for her.
They lay for a while locked in an intimate embrace. "I do not want this to end. I want more," Diana confessed in a soft whisper.
"We'll be here for a long time. Just you and I. we'll do whatever you desire," Kal promised her.
"No. I will do whatever you desire. It is your birthday and I am your gift," Diana reminded him, panting happily.
"So you are. I'm going to enjoy this birthday immensely." Still connected, he again captured her lips with his and rolled onto his back. "I want to watch your body as you enjoy yourself on me."
Diana's eyes sparkled mischievously at the challenge and she marveled at the power she felt within her and the fact that she was able to take him in completely. She ground her pelvis down onto his, moaning at the feel of being so completely filled with her Kal. As she moaned in happiness she smiled hearing him moan as well.
Placing her hands on his chest and caressing his hard muscles but soft skin she began to move over him, sliding herself up and down his shaft. It was not long before she was picking up her pace, moving with speed and vigor over him. She stopped counting after the third climax hit her. When she felt Kal tensing and tightening and groaning in ecstasy she drove herself down, impaling herself completely on his length and cried out her pleasure as he again exploded within her howling out his own release.
She fell on top of him gasping for breath and laughing with joy at their union. Kal chuckled as well and they soon began to pepper each other with kisses as they prepared to continue to share in their newfound love.
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