In a mere matter of minutes, the four ladies in leather, Avery, and an unconscious Dinah made their way back to the abandoned warehouse; the secret lair of the Sisterhood. Pulling the cat statue's tail, Avery and the girls landed on the bottom level, and slowly, Dinah began to come back to. Looking around with an expression of confusion on her face, Dinah thought that it was best to not show that she was conscious. She just took in all the things she was seeing, as Avery kept her in his strong arms.
'This place smells like strong perfume. And cat portraits everywhere. This must be their hideout or something…' Dinah thought to herself. Quickly she pretended to be knocked out once Avery made a stop. However, Dinah did notice that there was a large gold platform in the center and a throne-like chair in the front with a crazy looking cat-lady sitting upon it with a beautiful cat. Cats were everywhere as a matter of fact.
"Here is our new prospect, Mistress Bast. Dinah Lance, and she is very beautiful and a rather good fighter." Avery said as he looked at Bast who was stroking her cat.
"She is a fighter as well? How can you tell?" Bast said with a hint of sass in her voice.
"Want to see my bruises?" one of the leather ladies questioned to Mistress Bast. Laughing, Mistress Bast got up and held up her hand.
"That won't be necessary Persia. Alexandria, Francesca and Bianca you all and Persia have done well for yourselves. This girl is a strong metahuman from what I am sensing. If I play my cards right, she'll be a wonderful Catwoman graduate just as Vera was. Set her on this platform now, Avery." Bast instructed as Avery did so.
Quickly, Mistress Bast took and confined Dinah to the platform with restraints. Whispering in Dinah's ear, Mistress Bast laughed and almost inaudibly told Dinah,
"I know you're awake my dear, no sense in acting asleep." Mistress Bast said as Dinah sighed and began to try and free herself, but to no avail. When that did not work, Dinah started to use her metahuman power of telekinesis to try to get out of the restraints, but that is when Bast intervened.
"No, no. Now Dinah, if you get out of those restraints, we'll be forced to do some things to you that will hurt you in the long run. So stay put." Mistress Bast said as she noticed Dinah stopped.
"What the hell do you want from me?" Dinah asked venomously at Bast as the mistress began to pace around the platform where Dinah was placed.
"It's very simple. You see Dinah, my name is Mistress Bast. I run this Sisterhood and you have been selected to join; whether you want to or not. We are what you would call modern day cat burglars; but with attitude and that of a cat." Mistress Bast explained. Dinah on the other hand was very angry and tried to free herself again.
"Okay, but what does all this have to do with me?" Dinah questioned.
"I was just going to that part. I am a metahuman; I have super strength and agility. I have trained every girl that you have faced tonight; Persia, Alexandria, Bianca and Francesca are all my students and are future graduates of the Sisterhood. My prominent student, Vera, has been chosen to uphold the Sisterhood as the new and improved Catwoman." Mistress Bast continued, but at the sound of Catwoman, Dinah became intent.
"With some work and some of my little ol' black magic, you will be right beside her fighting New Gotham and retrieving me priceless artifacts at my command." Mistress Bast said as she pointed at Dinah.
"What black magic?" Dinah questioned once more.
"In my former life, I was an adventurer. My husband was once a powerful man in New Gotham, until the original Catwoman, Selina Kyle, killed him via electrocution. My husband was a sleaze and tried to kill me by stabbing me in my face. He damn-near did, but by some grace I was alive. When I heard Catwoman killed him, I was ecstatic but angry at the same time. I wanted to kill him first, but she got the job done. So this Sisterhood is my appreciation toward her. I went to Egypt and studied the cats and eventually discovered a way to convert those women I wanted into warriors with catlike powers like the metahuman Selina Kyle." Mistress Bast thoroughly explained as she began to bring forth an unknown but sandy looking substance toward Dinah.
"Okay, but when people want to thank a person or pay tribute they either make statues or halls for them. But creating a cult and stealing from places is just damn wrong." Dinah said as Mistress Bast came closer.
"Please, Dinah. This is how I get revenge on the world that took away my life. I was thrown into exile from my son and New Gotham all because of my damned husband! Men make this world go round while women just sit around and watch! I say forget that! This substance that I like to call Cat Mix will change all of that. You're my new girl Dinah." Bast said.
"Then what are dudes like Avery and those other guys over there, doing in your so-called Sisterhood?" Dinah asked.
"Simple. They are our sex slaves. We do unto them just like men have done to women all these years; screw them over and over again." Mistress Bast said as Avery went over to Bianca and planted a passionate kiss on her. Avery smirked and looked at Dinah.
"Once this is all over, me and you can do whatever you want Dinah." Avery said looking at her with glimmering eyes. Dinah now cringed at the thought of even doing anything romantic with the pig.
"Your plan of domination won't go through. The one they call Huntress is my friend and she'll get me out of this." Dinah said as Bast laughed.
"Please, I am looking forward to converting Huntress too. And since you two are friends; you'll be the one I need to do so, unless Vera has gotten to her first." Mistress Bast said as Dinah looked at her crossly.
"Just one question, Bast. Who was your husband?" Dinah asked as Bast prepared to blow the Cat Mix into her face.
"A businessman. A businessman by the name of Max Shreck." Bast said. Dinah gasped, and with that Mistress Bast blew the Cat Mix into her face. Dinah started to scream in a mix of agony and pain and suddenly, her eyes slowly began to shift into those of cat's-eyes.
"So where is she Oracle?" Huntress questioned as she stood atop a roof in the uptown section of New Gotham. Everything seemed peaceful on this summer night, but news of Dinah's disappearance and this Catwoman-impersonator all shook the heroine to her core.
"I don't know. I'm trying to get her whereabouts now, but wherever she is, it's much protected. I'll try and break it down some more. Come back to the clock tower, Huntress." Oracle spoke over the earring radio.
"Alrighty then. Catch you in five..." Huntress stopped as she watched a very familiar person make a superhuman bound from one rooftop to another. The Catwoman-impersonator had finally showed herself, and now the heat was slowly rising to Huntress' forehead.
"Huntress? Huntress? Are you still there?" Oracle questioned.
"Yeah I'm here. Look, this search for Dinah has to take a siesta for a minute. The Cat-impostor is back, and this time it's personal." Huntress said as her eyes slowly shifted from human to metahuman. Fire swelled up in her eyes somewhat as she started to dash in the direction of Vera.
"Look, be careful." Oracle said as Huntress shut her out. All she knew was that this was her chance to even the score not only for herself, but for the memory of her mother, Selina Kyle.
-Xtreme Slayer
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So you like? Thanx to all those that reviewed, and I hoped you enjoyed this installment!