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Tales of The Psyche Exchange Device
By Steve Zink
Catwoman had been exploring an old abandoned grotto in search of
hidden loot when she came upon what appeared to be a long unused
complex of rooms and offices. Further inspection showed that the
facility had once been used by one of the most notorious criminal
scientists of the immediate post-WWII period. His disappearance was one
of the unsolved riddles of crime fighting which had even great
detectives like Batman completely puzzled. As Catwoman scrounged her
way through the facility, she came upon what she thought might be the
answer to the old question.
In one of the larger cave/offices, she found a large, intricate
machine, the purpose of which was unknown to her at first. Carefully
blowing dust off the desktop, Catwoman found notes describing the
Psyche Exchange Device, and instructions on how to operate it. Seeing a
collapsed skeleton against one of the walls, which just happened to be
clad in a laboratory smock, she smiled and said, "I'll bet that
somewhere around here is the remains of a rat or other cave creature
that died with an IQ of 185 or so!" Just then a thought came to her.
"I'll bet even money that I could use this machine to get out of all my
problems..."
Catwoman had disassembled the PED and taken it to an abandoned
warehouse. In the first part of her master plan, she put up a false
ceiling in one of the larger rooms of the warehouse, and then
reassembled the PED in the gap above this false ceiling. The second
part of her plan was the construction of an X-frame in the office below
the PED. Clasps were installed in the extremities of each arm of the X.
The next part of Catwoman's plan was more fun, as far as she was
concerned.
Going to the Adult Toy store just down the road from the warehouse,
Catwoman, out of costume in her identity as Selina Kyle, obtained some
B&D toys and a pair of thigh high boots with six-inch heels. Checking
out at the register, the clerk remarked to her, "Looks like someone is
going to be having some fun tonight!"
Selina smirked, and replied while paying, "Oh yes, but maybe not
tonight," then gathered her goodies and went back to the warehouse.
Aware that Batman was out of town, Catwoman had her gang leave clues
that Robin would find, leading him to the conclusion that Catwoman was
involved in a scheme involving the old warehouse. When she got word
from street ferrets that Robin was headed in her direction, Catwoman
put the final step in the plan into effect. Stripping off her costume,
she then donned a black leather catsuit with zippers over each breast
and running from the front of her crotch down and back up to the middle
of her ass. Getting the box from the store, she got out the boots and
laced them on, then took a few experimental steps to try out the heels.
Satisfied that she could manage the small amount of walking necessary,
Catwoman then put her cowl back on, followed by her gloves.
Hearing that Robin was now in the warehouse, Catwoman minced her way
to the X-frame, and placed each foot at the base of the X, securing the
clasp around each ankle. Stretching her right hand over to the left,
she then closed the clasp around the left wrist. Grabbing the remote
actuator for the PED with her right hand, Catwoman then placed the
right wrist against the touch activated clasp there, and was now
completely immobilized. Screaming loudly to draw Robin to the office,
Catwoman was pleased to no end to see him come bounding into the room
moments later.
"Robin! Thank God you're here! Look at this mess I got put into!"
Stopping to appraise the situation, Robin looked over Catwoman and
said, "Catwoman, that costume looks it was made for that rig. Here, let
me try and get you down."
As he stepped closer, directly under the PED, Catwoman sneered and in
a vicious voice said, "Of course it was made for this!"
Hearing this, Robin stopped short, but was too late. He heard a low
pitch hum overhead, then moments later, watched as 'Robin' walked over
and pulled an actuator from 'her' right hand. "We can't have you
undoing all I've been preparing for now, can we?" Robin said.
"Catwoman, what have you done?!" she exclaimed.
A bemused Robin replied, "Don't you have things a bit confused here?
I'm Robin and you're the Catwoman. Your costume was modified to make it
easy for you to learn of all the enjoyment your body is capable of. But
I don't think I want to hear you enjoying yourself."
With that, Robin removed Catwoman's cowl, placed a penis gag in her
mouth, and then laced a full head-covering helmet onto her head. The
only openings in this helmet were at the nose, her eyes, and at the top
of her head, through which Robin pulled her hair into a straight up
ponytail. Catwoman then felt zippers being opened over her tits and
down from her crotch to her ass. In no time, she felt Robin tweaking
her nipples and then attaching clamps to the aroused tits. Then she
felt a long dildo being inserted into her anus, followed shortly by an
extension of the same unit in her vagina. She went into a frenzy when
Robin turned them on, and soon came to the first of many climaxes.
Stepping back, Robin then said, "I've been getting so much of a hassle
from the law, who seem to know about everything I do. Well, in this
body, I don't think they will have a clue where to look from now on.
You, on the other hand, would still have the same old problem. I'm
going to fix that. When your conditioning is finished, you'll be female
in both body and mind. You'll have no memories of ever being Robin. And
Catwoman you will be, but not as a criminal burglar, at least not right
away. You see, you are being set up to become Gotham's premier
Dominatrix. Selina Kyle will contract herself out as Catwoman to use
her whip and bondage gear to bring the best of Gotham's male elite to
their knees."
As wave after wave of climaxes washed away her memories, Catwoman
learned the joys of sexual pain. As the last vestiges of male memories
left her consciousness, she came to accept who she was. The example of
what was being done to her became fully engraved into her psyche. After
four hours of exposure to extreme sexual stimulation, Catwoman was
taken down from the frame by Robin and laid on the couch, where she
promptly fell into a deep sleep brought on by the sheer exhaustion of
her experience.
When she awoke a few hours later, Selina looked out the window of her
apartment's bedroom window and saw that it was dark. "Ooooh," she
mumbled, "that was some nap. I guess it's time to get to work. Let's
see, what to wear this evening...?" After taking a quick shower, she
proceeded to her closet and selected a white lace trimmed blouse, a
black leather miniskirt, fishnet hose and five inch heeled black ankle
strapped shoes. Packing her costume into her satchel, Selina then
walked three blocks to her favorite corner. After shooing off a few
interested men who decided she was too expensive for them, Selina hit
paydirt.
In the back seat of his limousine, driven by his butler, Bruce Wayne
was on the way home from a Board meeting of Wayne Enterprises. Looking
up at an appropriate moment, Bruce caught sight of a drop dead gorgeous
brunette standing on the corner. Having a reasonably good idea of just
why she would be there, he reasoned that maybe he could persuade her to
join him for the evening and persuade her to forego her streetwalking
ways. Bruce told his butler Alfred to pull over to the curb. Alfred
looked back with a look on his face, but Bruce told him to just do it.
Hitting the down button on his window, Bruce asked, "Hello, young
lady. Would you care to join me this evening?"
Selina took one look at this picture of male perfection, and replied,
"If you would like my services, I would be honored to join you, sir. Is
there anywhere in particular you'd like to go?"
"Yes indeed, my dear. I will bring you to my mansion to be wined and
dined. Alfred, if you please..." Alfred got out of the driver's seat,
walked to the other side of the limo and opened the door for Selina.
Placing her satchel on the floor, Selina elegantly slid into the rear,
sitting on the seat facing Bruce. After studying each other for a few
moments, the two made small talk on the way to Wayne Manor.
After dining, Bruce and Selina relaxed in front of the fire in the
library. "So, Mr. Wayne, how may I be of service to you this evening?"
Asked Selina.
"Please," he replied, "for this evening, I'm Bruce. I do not want to
hurt your feelings, but I'm not interested in a sexual affair with you.
I want to understand you, what you are going through; why you feel you
must do what you do. Surely, with a body like yours which could easily
grace fashion magazines, there is no reason to sell yourself."
After thinking for a moment, she said, "I will be willing to show you
another side of me, if for at least tonight, you will give in to your
innermost desires."
"All right, Selina, if doing so will give me an opportunity to show
you a better way to live your life," replied Bruce, "the night is
yours. What would you like?"
"Bruce, I want you to go to your bedroom and strip naked. Do not think
of what will be to come. When I knock at your door, you will turn away
from the door and not turn around until I tell you to do so," ordered
Selina. "Would you please show me a room in which I can slip into
something a bit less comfortable?"
Puzzled briefly by the slight change in the age old line, he took her
by the hand, brought her to her feet, gave her a fleeting kiss, then
said, "Come, Selina. I'll put you in a room not currently in use which
is right next to my room."
Picking up her satchel and slinging it over her shoulder, Selina
followed Bruce down a grand hallway, and then was shown into a bedroom,
which was obviously used by a young male, judging by the way it was
decorated. Bruce left her, and went to his own room. As Selina was
taking off her clothes, she started to look closer at the articles in
the room. Getting a feeling of d?j? vu, she passed it off, then
proceeded to don her black leather catsuit. After pulling on her
gloves, she finished by lacing on her boots. Making sure her hair was
properly flowing out the top of her cowl, she left the room and
proceeded down the hall to Bruce's room.
Using the handle of her whip, Selina rapped on the door. "Come in,"
she heard, and after stepping into the palatial bedroom, she put her
clawed hands on her hips and purred, "Bruce, turn and meet your
mistress, the Catwoman!"
Bruce gaped in awe as he turned, then said, "Catwoman? I had no idea
you were going to be here!"
Just then, reality crashed for Selina. Hearing the way Bruce talked,
seeing him completely for the first (?) time, observing the room she
was in, gave her a stronger feeling of d?j? vu, and this time things
started to click. Bruce watched as Catwoman slowly shook her head back
and forth, raven tresses seductively swishing. "Oh...! What am I doing
here," she muttered, "why am I dressed like this? I'm the
Catwoman...no, I'm..."
Bruce quickly stepped in front of her, gently took hold of her
shoulders, and said, "Have a seat, Selina. I know you're trying to
fight between being Selina and being Catwoman."
She looked him directly in the eyes, and said, "You'd better sit down
yourself, Bruce. I may be wearing Selina's body and her Catwoman
costume, but believe it or not, you're talking to your partner, Robin!
Catwoman used some kind of mind changing device and switched our
bodies. Right now, she is somewhere out there in my body, probably
finding newer ways to create havoc!"
Bruce took all this in calmly, then, being the master detective he
was, said, "If indeed you are the Catwoman, Selina Kyle, in body only
but with Robin's mind, I need to verify it." Pondering briefly to come
up with some bit of trivia, which Catwoman could never have come onto,
he continued, "What is the middle name of Robin's mother?"
"Thank you for making this reasonably foolproof, Bruce," Selina
replied. "This is actually a two part trick question; first off, my
mother has been dead for six years now, and she had Theresa for a
middle name."
Bruce gave a sigh of relief, and then said, "Well, Robin, I trust your
story. For the time being, I'll continue to call you Selina, since
anyone overhearing me calling you Robin would start to wonder. Now we
have to figure a way to work together in tracing your erstwhile body's
location. Hmmm, I've got an idea. Let's get to the Batcave."
Slipping on a robe, Bruce and Selina then proceeded to the Batcave's
elevator, passing Alfred, who wondered what the Catwoman was doing with
Bruce going into the Batcave. Catching the puzzled look on his face,
Bruce said, "Don't worry, Alfred. There is a lot more going on here
than you could imagine. We'll brief you on the situation when we get
back from brainstorming down below!"
Bruce put on his Batman costume, and then went to the computer to do
some quick data entry. As the computer was chewing on the commands
Batman had given it, he asked Selina to disrobe. Gladly taking off the
dominatrix outfit, she then waited patiently while Batman tended to the
computer and the production unit attached to it. Gathering the results
of his work into his hands, Batman proceeded to where Selina was
waiting. "Here, put this on. It will be your new costume until we can
find your original body to put its own costume on."
Selina picked up the dark blue body stocking and slithered into it,
then zipped the knee high yellow boots onto her feet. After tucking her
black tresses under a wig cap, she then put on a shoulder length wig of
vibrant red, followed by a cowl on top of that. Selina then clipped a
yellow cape to her shoulders, slipped a yellow weapons belt around her
hips, well below her miniscule waist, and pulled on the yellow elbow
length gloves.
"Now then, Selina," announced Batman, "until we find Robin, you will
work with me as Batgirl!"
* * * * *
After using the PED and then subjecting the new Selina to intense
sexual pleasures and pains, Robin disassembled the PED. So as to avoid
attracting unnecessary attention, he doffed his costume and put on a
shirt and slacks set placed in the office beforehand. Now appearing to
be a nondescript young man, he packed up the contents of the office and
loaded them into the truck he had waiting behind the building. Dick
Grayson, Robin's alter ego, now with the mind of Selina Kyle
controlling his body, then put the truck into motion, heading for a
cave on the outskirts of Gotham City that Catwoman once used as a
temporary hideaway.
With the power to the cave reactivated, Dick stowed the PED and the
rest of the material transferred from the warehouse. Later that
evening, he drove downtown to check up on his newly created dominatrix.
Finding Selina's apartment empty, Dick started cruising the streets
hoping to catch sight of her on her first night out on the job. He
spotted Selina on a corner, then parked the car nearby so he could
observe. Dick chuckled as he watched Selina shoo away some potential
clients that must have been looking for a less expensive get together.
Then he saw something that caused him to gasp loudly. A limo he
recognized as belonging to millionaire Bruce Wayne pulled over, the
driver showed Selina in, and she left in the limo. Where, Dick
pondered, would they be going...a hotel, Wayne Manor, a restaurant?
Keeping his distance to avoid being spotted, Dick tailed the limo,
which soon enough arrived at Wayne Manor. When, after waiting three
hours, he saw no sign of Selina leaving, Dick headed back to the cave.
There he cooled it for a couple of days, waiting to see if anything
developed. An item on a television newscast caught his attention while
he was doing dishes a few nights into his layover. The Joker had taken
news footage of an attempted robbery of the Gotham/Metropolis
Amalgamated Bank in downtown Gotham. What really caught his attention
was when the reporter mentioned the robbery being foiled by Batman and
Batgirl. "Batgirl?!!?" shouted Dick, "who the hell is Batgirl?"
Planting himself in front of the TV, Dick then saw some more footage,
and started videotaping. Joker was shown being escorted out of the bank
by Batman and Batgirl, and then a cameraman shoved a lens directly into
the faces of Batman, then Batgirl. Dick watched intently, noting the
blue and yellow costume worn by the stunning redhead. When the newsplay
ended, he rewound the tape to review it. Hitting slow on the scene of
Batgirl leaving the bank, Dick concentrated on relative heights, heel
height taken into account, and the figure presented in the costume.
When the facial shot appeared, Dick hit pause and studied the frozen
image. Discounting the red hair, he concentrated on facial features.
"Wait a minute," he mused, "those eyes, that nose, and I've seen them
too often in a mirror to not recognize them. That's Selina!" Putting
the available data to good use, Dick then concluded that if Selina was
involved with Batman, a) her memories may have at least partially
returned, and b) Batman could very well be Bruce Wayne!
In the next week, Dick continued to hear word about Batman and
Batgirl. He also worked on a plan to put the PED to use once again.
Correctly assuming that Selina would be keeping a low profile other
than her appearances as Batgirl, Dick started watching Bruce Wayne's
appearances and activities. After noting a pattern of day-to-day
functions, he felt satisfied. Then, knowing that Joker was still being
held, Dick used the knowledge he had from Catwoman's past and got hold
of Joker's sidekick and right hand person, Harley Quinn. Convincing her
that he was who he claimed to be, and not who he appeared to be, was a
bit difficult, but soon Dick had the costumed ex-psychiatrist working
with him on the plot.
Getting everything set up in an office on the ground floor of the
Waynetech building wasn't easy, but soon enough Dick had all the
equipment in readiness. He had Harley get changed in the office, not
from her costume, obviously, since that would have attracted all kinds
of attention; a primly dressed blonde psychiatrist entering the office
was, however, of no consequence. What she changed into would surely
raise some eyebrows, though.
Harley did up her face to look as ditzy as possible, undid the pins
holding up her hair and had it frame her face then cascade down her
back to her waist. This already small waist was severely corseted, and
had a stretchy pink blouse leading up from it to cling tenaciously to
two breasts jutting out precariously from her chest. A cherry red
leather miniskirt over bright red fishnet hose led down from the waist.
Pink ankle boots with five-inch heels adorned her tiny feet. Harley was
now dressed as the ultimate slutty streetwalker.
As Bruce Wayne was departing his office, he received word that he was
needed in an office downstairs. As he entered the foyer of the
building, Bruce noticed the limo waiting out front. Stepping out, he
motioned to Alfred that he'd be out in a minute. The tinting of the
limo's windows didn't allow Bruce to see that Selina also received the
message, who with Alfred's help, was going to surprise Bruce with a
dinner function. She may have had a male psyche, but she figured that
having Bruce seen with a date would be good for his public image.
Alfred and Selina both watched Bruce step back inside then enter a
small office.
This time, Dick left nothing to chance. As Bruce entered the office,
he saw a report sitting on the desk, and picked it up to skim it,
wondering what would have required his presence there. As he was
reading, a partition was slid aside, and when he looked up, Bruce saw a
stunning vision in pink and red. Dick hit the button on the PED, and
after Bruce blinked, she saw himself standing at the desk. Looking down
at what she was wearing, she gasped. Dick immediately stepped into
view, and her jaw dropped upon seeing him.
Before she could do anything else, Dick put her into a deep hypnotic
trance. The blonde was told that her name was Candy Cane, she walked
the streets for income, and when she got bored, she would don her
Harlequin costume and do nasty jokes on the public. After being given
details of where she lived and other sundry necessities, Candy was
released from her trance, gathered up her suit and costume in her
oversized shoulder bag. Giggling profusely, she left the office,
catching the eye of every male in the foyer, then the building, to get
to work.
Alfred and Selina saw her come out of the office Bruce had gone into,
and gave each other a look. Wondering what was taking him so long, they
gaped in unison when Bruce came out of the office side by side with
Dick Grayson, who then turned going out of the building, ignoring the
limo. As a light blinked on in both Alfred's and Selina's heads, they
turned to look back where the blonde hooker had been going. She was
long gone.
Selina was now working on her own. She had to find a beautiful blonde
streetwalker, Dick wearing her body, and Bruce, now occupied by...who?
Dick made one major error this time, however. The PED was still in the
Waynetech office, and Selina found it when she and Alfred went to check
the office...
* * * * *
Candy Cane had been spending every night on various corners in the Red
Light district of Gotham City; narrowly missing being arrested a number
of times. She had been making hundreds of dollars each night in selling
her body to any taker with enough cash to satisfy her demands. Candy
spent a lot of her money on what she considered to be of most
importance - more clothes, the sexier and more risque the better. Her
fetish for shoes also had her finding and obtaining the highest heeled
shoes to be found in any of the shoe or fetish fashion shops in Gotham.
It seemed that the higher her heels, not only was she feeling more
satisfied, but she seemed to attract even more business on the streets.
Without her actually realizing it, Candy had now been on her new job
for two weeks. This particular evening, she decided to try one more of
her newest outfits. She put on her crotchless, back-seamed black
pantyhose, then a white lace blouse with a lycra bodice. As she admired
the way her tits stood out in the blouse, she played with the aroused
nipples, arousing herself in expectation of things to come. Candy then
put on her black leather hot pants, tucked the blouse in, and hooked
the huge buckle of her belt together.
Still more or less barefooted, she went to her dresser and made up her
face to look as tarty as possible, the put on the waist length black
wig she'd obtained earlier in the day. 'Oooo, she thought, 'now I can
do the last couple of corners without those cops recognizing me!' Candy
hooked some enticing earrings into her earlobes, put bracelets on each
wrist, and then went to her closet to get her new shoes. Taking them
carefully out of the box, she stroked the six-inch spike heels and
marveled at the tiny pointed toes. Candy slipped her feet into the
shoes, and then stood to check herself out in the full-length mirror.
The vixen she saw in the mirror made her gasp! Flicking a red painted
fingernail through her hair, Candy licked her lips, strutted he feet
back and forth, and gingerly walked to her end table to get her purse.
"Tee hee hee, now I'm ready for action!" Candy remarked looking back at
her reflection. Locking her door behind her, she went five blocks down
the street from her apartment and went to work. As she had surmised
earlier in the day, Candy noticed almost every male driving by looking
down at her shoes. She had to admit; the heels made her legs look that
much better, even if walking in them wasn't the easiest.
Her crotchless pantyhose came in handy for every john she worked, each
saying they wanted her to keep those incredible shoes on during sex.
One of her customers from a few nights earlier recognized her even in
her wig, and told her he had a present for her. Handing Candy a huge
but thin box, he asked if she would use what was in the box on some
future night so he could enjoy her company in them. Not yet midnight,
Candy accepted the box, quit early for the night and went back to the
apartment to check out her present.
Removing her fuck me shoes, Candy sat down on the edge of her bed, and
opened the box. Lifting the cellophane wrapping out of the way, she
gasped at the sight of a pair of red patent leather boots. They laced
up the front of each leg, and had heels, which made the ones she had
just taken off look small. Just then, Candy remembered the costume
she'd found in the bag she brought back from Waynetech a couple weeks
ago.
Taking off her hotpants and blouse, then the wig, earrings and
bracelets, but leaving her panty hose on, Candy went to the closet and
retrieved the costume. Holding it up against the front of her body and
looking in the mirror, she got excited. "First things first, though,"
she muttered. She put the costume aside and laced on her new boots.
Carefully standing with a hand balancing on the desk, she marveled at
the way her feet were now practically in a ballerina pose, with the
heels forcing an arch that had only her toes and heel tips touching the
ground.
Taking a few cautious steps, Candy found that with concentration, she
could walk in the boots, albeit with very short steps. Going back to
her bed, Candy played with her tits some more, and then with her right
hand alternating between one nipple and the other, her left started
exploring the cavity between her legs. Finding the clit, she played
with it while stroking the breasts, and came so violently she wondered
about the sex she'd gotten in her nightly work, which never got her
that aroused. Then she removed the boots, cleaned up the fluids
lubricating her crotch, and got the costume.
After she unzipped the back, Candy slipped her left foot into the left
legging and worked it up to her knee. After doing the same with the
right, she pulled it up to her waist and smoothed it out. Looking down,
she couldn't believe how awesomely her legs filled out the bottom of
the costume. This got her thinking, "If the legs look this good, I
can't wait to see what it does for my chest!"
Candy stuck her left hand into the left sleeve and worked it down into
the built in glove. After doing the same with the right, she reached
behind her back and pulled the zipper up. Seeing the way the costume
hugged her chest and emphasized each breast, Candy started feeling very
satisfied with herself. She tucked her hair up behind her head, and
then pulled the cowl down over her head. The white facemask built into
the front of the cowl hid her own face completely. After smoothing out
the face and cowl, Candy slipped the bottom edges into the top of the
body stocking, making it look as if she was in a one-piece costume from
head to toe.
She hooked the looped ring belt around her hips, well below the waist,
the clipped the goodie bag to it. Finally, Candy once again laced her
legs into the new red boots, which she correctly assumed would go very
well with the costume. For the second time that evening, Candy was
ready to go to work. Well, actually this time it was Harlequin ready to
go to work.
Batgirl was in the Batmobile entering data into the Batcomputer's
remote terminal after the heist she had just foiled at 2 AM. A call
came in on the radio about some strange goings on taking place at the
Gotham Museum of Science. Batgirl took note of the details, sketchy as
they were, being put out in the alert, then secured the computer
terminal. Putting the Batmobile into gear, she sped the eight blocks to
the museum, passing even some Police cars heading there also. The
policemen in the cars still hadn't heard at this late date about the
changes in the Bat team, and were more than a bit puzzled when they saw
the Batmobile go by driven by a gorgeous red haired female in a tight
fitting Bat costume.
Batgirl parked the Batmobile and hopped out without bothering to open
the door. She'd been practicing this maneuver to make sure she wouldn't
trip a heel on the top of the door as she leapt out. Landing on her
feet in a ready to go pose, an ability no doubt gained from the body's
prior owner's activities, Batgirl quickly scanned the area for signs of
activity. Seeing nothing outside on her side of the building, she did a
quick recon of the rest of the exterior and finding nothing, stealthily
entered the museum. Using her acute hearing at first, she detected
sounds to her left, and then donned her night vision goggles to better
see what might be going on. Making sure her heels didn't click on the
tile floor to give her away, Batgirl slowly worked her way to the
exhibit hall from which the noise was originating.
Slowly poking her head around a pillar, Batgirl saw something she was
hesitant to believe. With the Joker safely ensconced in Arkham Asylum,
she never expected to see the Joker's assistant Harley Quinn working on
her own. Noting the very different boots from the ones she was used to
seeing on the punsteress, Batgirl figured maybe some other changes were
taking place also. Waiting until the red clad figure stood up, Batgirl
tossed a Batarang in her direction, which wrapped a line around her as
it spun around her body. "Well, Harley," Batgirl said, "just what are
you up to this evening?"
The jester's face turned to her and said with mocking lips, "Harley?
You're close...I'm Harlequin!"
Puzzled, Batgirl walked over to the trussed femme fatale, and said,
"Well, whoever you are or whatever you want to call yourself now, we
can't be having you take up Joker's slack while he is out of action.
C'mon, let's get you down to the Police Station to get you checked in
for the night. First, though, I'll relieve you of that mask so the cops
will be able see you."
As Batgirl pulled the mask and cowl off the squirming felon, long
blonde hair came streaming out the back. Then her face came into view.
Still in the intense makeup from earlier in the evening, this face
matched almost exactly the one worn a couple weeks earlier in leaving
Waynetech. Batgirl saw the image she'd seen ever so briefly at that
time, and her jaw dropped. "Bruce! It's you!" she cried out.
"Bruce? I don't think so, you stupid twit. Can't you see I'm a woman,
not a man?" Harlequin replied. "My name is Harlequin, but I suppose you
could also call me Candy Cane."
"Yeah, that figures," Batgirl then said, "I guess after your mind was
switched, they gave you a new identity to live under. Let's see..."
Batgirl went through her weapons belt and found a mini-Hypnowheel.
"Okay, Candy, watch the spinning wheel...you're feeling very relaxed,
you are in a state of bliss..."
As she saw the blank look form on Candy's face, Batgirl said, "Your
true identity is hiding. The name Candy Cane is a false one. Forget the
programming used to give you that name. Bring back from your
subconscious the name you had. When you wake up, you will once again be
Bruce Wayne."
After Batgirl clicked her gloved fingers in front of Harlequin's face,
the tied up girl shook her head a couple of times, then her eyes went
wide. "Batgirl! Where are we?" Harlequin looked down at what she was
wearing, and continued, "Oh no, don't tell me. I've been living in this
body for how long? I remember something weird happening back at the
office, but what else has been going on?"
"Bruce, I'd hate to think of just what you've been doing for the last
two weeks, especially with a name like Candy Cane, which Dick probably
hypnotized you into assuming after he used the PED on you at the
office. Harley is probably out there somewhere in your body, doing God
knows what, presumably with Dick still in his company. Well, we have
one thing going in our favor now. We retrieved the PED from the office
after Dick left it there."
"Ah, that is excellent," 'Bruce' said. "As Candy Cane and Harlequin, I
can still operate in a way to draw Dick and Bruce out into the open to
see what their target has been doing. If you can stand being a female
for as long as you have now, Batgirl, I guess I can do the same.
Although," she said looking down to her toes, "I don't think I'll be
able to continue with Candy's preference in footwear. Then again, if
I'm going to persuade those two rogues to come out of hiding, I might
have to keep at this after all..."
A wise decision, Candy. Unknown to you, the customer who gave you
those fantastic boots and fully expects to see you again wearing them,
was none other than Dick Grayson. Won't he be surprised when you
arrange yet another get together after you see him...
Candy turned back to Batgirl, and looking directly into her face, said
in a very serious tone, "Selina, in order to try and get Dick and Bruce
to come out of hiding and make a visit with Candy, I will once again
have to become Candy. Only she knows where she lives and works the
streets."
"Are you sure?" Selina asked. "If you become Candy, how would we work
on getting things straightened out?"
"We could work out some kind of key word," Candy said, "that you could
introduce in the hypnotic spell. Then when you want Bruce's mind to
supplant Candy's, you'd just have to utter the key word. Let's
see...how about 'Batcave'?"
"Okay, that should work. Now, put your mask back on and I'll bring
Candy back. Once you have become her again, I'll get out of the way
before you come out of the trance, then follow you around until you get
back to her home. How about if we also use a key word to have Candy
come back quickly if we need her?"
"Right," Candy said, "I hadn't thought of that. Let's use
'Trickster'."
Candy picked up the cowl and pulled it back down over her head, and
moved around the mask until her eyes were correctly aligned with those
in the mask. "Okay, Selina. I'm ready."
Batgirl once more got out the hypnowheel, and put Candy into a trance.
"You are Bruce Wayne right now, but you will let Candy Cane's psyche
come out of hiding in your subconscious and become dominant if you hear
the word Trickster. If, as Candy, you hear the word Batcave, you will
allow Bruce's psyche to be the dominant one. Bruce will now become
aware of everything that Candy does, but Candy will have no knowledge
of what Bruce does. Nod if you understand." The masked girl nodded,
then Selina continued, "At the count of three, you will come out of
this trance. One, two, three."
The eyes behind the mask blinked, then Candy said, "Didn't the
hypnosis work, Selina? I'm still Bruce."
"Oh, don't worry," Batgirl responded as she backed away from Candy,
"I'm going to get out of your sight before letting the slut come back."
Candy watched Batgirl turn into another hallway and then heard,
"Trickster."
The Harlequin crouched as best she could in the ballet toed boots, and
collected all the gear she had removed from her bag earlier. Rehooking
the bag to her belt, she then carefully exited the museum, making sure
to avoid any guards. Batgirl followed her at a distance, leaving the
Batmobile at the museum. After an eight-block walk, done very slowly
due Harlequin's short steps, Batgirl watched Harlequin go into an
apartment building. After seeing which window lit up, Selina also
entered the building and went up the stairs to Candy's unit. She waited
until she heard Candy coming closer to the door, then a bit loudly
said, "Batcave."
The door was opened, and Batgirl saw Candy grinning at her. "It worked
beautifully, Selina," she said. "I remember the trip from the museum
and taking off the mask when I got here. Now, if Dick is by himself if
and when I see him, I'll arrange to have him come back here. Get the
PED set up in the bedroom, and hopefully we'll get things started back
to normal."
"Do you think that Candy will know to bring him back here?"
"Oh yeah, I hadn't thought of that. Well, just follow me around and
watch what happens, and we'll hope Candy brings her clients here."
Candy paused after finishing her statement, and then her eyes lit up
like a little girl's on Christmas morning. "Oh wow!" Candy exclaimed,
"I just thought of a neat idea if Dick does come back here. Here's what
we'll do..." and she told Batgirl what she had in mind.
Grinning in agreement, Selina then turned and left the apartment. On
the way out the door, she said, "Trickster." Candy got back to
fingering herself again as she was starting to do when she was
interrupted earlier...
Batgirl waited for Candy to leave the next day, presumably to do some
more shopping, then made her way into the apartment and set up the PED
by putting one of the terminals behind the bedboard and the other loose
in a drawer to be hand held at the appropriate time. Selina then left
to await Candy's return. Sure enough, around 4 in the afternoon, Candy
came back to the apartment with two large bags in her hands. 'What a
clothes horse,' thought Selina.
Three hours later, she saw Candy leave the unit all dolled up and
ready for another night on the streets. Following her discreetly,
Selina wondered if that's what she would have doing if Bruce hadn't
jogged her memories that night.
By sheer luck, the very first person to approach Candy that night was
Dick Grayson, who Selina figured must have also been watching and
waiting for Candy to come out. Batgirl got out the sound amplifier,
hooked the headset to it, then heard, "...Yes, I remember seeing you
yesterday! You gave me those beautiful boots. Would you like to come up
to my place and have some fun while I show them to you?"
"Why, yes, that's a wonderful idea, let's go!"
Selina followed the two back to the apartment. When she saw Dick
finally step back out of the apartment, with a Cheshire cat grin on his
face, she went to the door and quickly said, "Batcave." When the door
opened, she nodded to Candy, and told her to get him to come back
tomorrow for a special treat. Candy went down the stairs and got Dick's
attention, then invited him back for more fun the next evening.
When she came back upstairs, Candy nodded back to Batgirl. "He's going
to come by at 8PM. Come back at 6 tomorrow evening and we'll get
everything set up."
"Gotcha, Candy," said Selina, "see you then. Hey wait, I've got an
idea! Since the night is still young, how about coming back to the
Batcave with me and have the computer do up a Batwoman costume for you.
Then we could do one night together as a female crime fighting team."
"Nice idea, Selina, but I don't want to risk having Dick or Bruce spot
me acting that way."
"Oh well, see you tomorrow, then."
At 6 the next evening, Selina came to the apartment in normal clothes.
"Now, let's set up our surprise for Dick," Candy said. Selina went to
the bedroom and stripped. She then put on the Harlequin costume,
including the awesome boots, then pulled up her hair and put the cowl
and mask on. With the mask tucked in, there was no way to tell it
wasn't Candy inside. Then Candy had Selina lay down on the bed face
down, and proceeded to tie her hands behind her, then her feet
together. Then Candy pulled the tied hands and feet together and joined
them also, making the whole look like a self-bondage affair.
Selina wasn't about to tell Candy, but she was now enjoying herself so
much all tied up that she wouldn't mind at all if Dick was late...
Candy then left Selina alone in the bedroom, to await Dick's arrival.
Sure enough, at 8 precisely, Candy heard a knock on her door, and
checking the peephole, saw Dick. Opening the door, Candy invited him
in, then asked him to make himself comfortable in the living room while
she went to the bedroom to change into something more comfortable. She
gave him a hint, "Besides your wonderful boots, I've got this wild
costume I've been using. You're going to love this!"
Dick started to picture Candy in the Harlequin costume he'd given her
a couple weeks ago, and grinned wickedly. Little did he know...
Twenty minutes later, Dick heard Candy call from the bedroom, "Okay,
Dick, come on in! You'll be surprised!"
Dick got up off the couch, went to the bedroom door, and upon opening
it, saw Harlequin tied up on the bed. "Oh wow! You look fantastic. I'll
bet you can't move at all there!"
He heard a slightly different voice come from the direction of the
masked figure, "No, but I will in a moment!"
Just then, Candy stepped out of the closet, grinned at the astonished
Dick, and aimed the hand held PED terminal at him. She pressed the
actuator, and in moments, Dick grinned broadly, saying, "I'm baaaaack!"
Candy then said, "Glad to hear it, Dick, or should I finally say,
Robin! Now let's see how Catwoman likes to be in bondage, sort of the
way this whole affair started. Oh, I forgot! She isn't the Catwoman, is
she? Tell me, Harlequin, how does it feel to be at the receiving end of
your little toy?"
"Grrr! I'm going to get back at you somehow," Selina said.
"How do you intend to do that?" asked Candy. "The way you are trussed
up, I think we have you pretty much under control. In fact, I think
we'll put this situation to good use. Robin, did you bring the
hypnowheel with you like I asked?"
"Sure did," Dick said, "here you go!" He fished it out of the drawer,
and tossed it to Candy.
"Now then Selina, you are getting very drowsy..." Once she was in a
trance, Candy told her, "Selina, you are no longer the Catwoman. For
the time being, you are a crimefighter called the Harlequin. The
Harlequin, though, is a master; no make that mistress of disguise. You
will have access to the costume generator in the Batcave, and whatever
identity you want to do, it will make for you. Just so that we will
always know that your programming is working, every costume you come up
with will have unbelievably high heels, which of course, you have no
problem walking and working in. Should we ever see a costume with low
or flat heels, we'll know you've slipped back. Nod if you understand
all that I've just told you."
The masked head nodded, then Candy untied all the knots keeping her in
bondage. After her mask was removed, she was brought out of the trance,
and Candy and Dick brought her up to speed on the search for Bruce.
Later that night, the two ladies and Robin reported to the Batcave,
where Candy took up Batgirl's idea from the night before and made
herself a Batwoman costume. Robin figured that Bruce would become leery
if he saw Dick in the Robin costume, so had the costume generator work
up a new costume, with which he called himself Nightwing. Harlequin
decided to use the Batgirl costume, with suitably modified boots, of
course. They were now set to find Bruce and get the last of the PED's
victims straightened out...
Batwoman, Batgirl and Nightwing were on their first patrol together
later that evening, if for no other reason than to get used to working
with each other. Batwoman and Batgirl were in the Batmobile, while
Nightwing rode along side on the Batcycle. Batwoman, by the way, was
wearing the new costume she had the computer generate for her a couple
hours ago in the Batcave. Her costume was a dark gray bodysuit,
clinging nicely to all the curves of her body, dark blue boots with
four inch heels that shaped her calves pleasantly, dark blue elbow
length gloves, a dark blue cowl with the black hair of her wig
streaming out the back over the blue cape, and a metallic gray Bat
utility belt pulled closely around her narrow waist. There was also a
strategically positioned Bat symbol emblazoned on her ample chest. If
the Batgirl costume seen over the past two weeks was thought to be a
knockout, this Batwoman costume was making it look weak.
The Batgirl costume, now worn by the real Selina Kyle, was
nevertheless still a sight to behold, mostly thanks to the six inch
heeled yellow boots that Selina was forced to wear because of the
hypnotic programming used to turn her into Harlequin, mistress of
disguise. The shoulder length red wig that Selina had worn with the
costume while Dick's psyche was in residence was now replaced with a
waist length red wig. Batgirl, as Harlequin was acting this evening,
was monitoring the Police scanner in the Batmobile while Batwoman was
driving and keeping watch visually.
Nightwing could easily be lost from sight in the night environment.
The costume he'd come up with was jet-black leather, from the neck
down. There was a narrow black mask over his eyes, and black leather
gauntlets covered his hands and wrists. The boots on his feet and lower
legs were similar to jump boots, for the added support they would
provide in the rough work Nightwing anticipated. The Batcycle he was on
was equipped with its own scanners, but since he was operating in
conjunction with the Batmobile, Nightwing had the scanners slaved to
the datalink with the Batmobile, providing him with identical
information to that being used by the women.
At the scene of a reported bank robbery in progress, the three split
up. Batwoman dropped Batgirl on the backside of the building, and then
drove around to the front where she parked the Batmobile and entered
the front via the lobby. Nightwing took up position on the roof of the
building next door to watch for anyone trying to get away from the
scene. Batgirl was slowly inching her way to the scene of the crime via
the passageways in the back of the bank, and Batwoman made a more or
less frontal assault, taking care to stay as quiet as possible to
surprise the crooks.
What Batwoman wasn't prepared for though, was getting into earshot of
the robbers and hearing the discussion they were in while attempting to
open the safe. They were talking about the Joker and his apparent
demise, and used a word that Dick and Candy had neglected to remove
from Candy's mind earlier in the evening. They referred to the Joker as
a trickster.
Batwoman heard this, and an abrupt change came over her. As she looked
down at what she was wearing, Candy giggled and said softly, "Oooh,
cool outfit." She then approached the robbers and casually said, "Hi
guys. Do you need any help? I've just been turning tricks and doing
pranks, but a real robbery would be nice to add to my experiences."
Taking one look at the buxom broad in the bat outfit, they wondered
what the hell was going on. "Who the *&$# are you, BatBimbo or
something?" one of them said.
"Tee hee, that's pretty good," Candy replied, "that name will work
just right!" Seeing no sign of any problem from her, they motioned her
to join them. BatBimbo started to pass tools to the guys as they asked
for them.
Batgirl came upon this scene a few moments later, and wondered what
was going on. Observing Batwoman helping the criminals, she decided
Nightwing had better get down there on the double. Using the throat
mike and earplug Batwoman had given her to stay in touch with
Nightwing, Batgirl told him about the turn of events. 'Oh no. I
wonder...' thought Nightwing.
Soon enough, he was alongside Batgirl watching the scene unfolding
before them. Watching the way Batwoman was acting, Dick assumed that
somehow Candy's persona had come forward and was now controlling her
actions. He motioned for Batgirl to go back to the front of the
building, and once outside, told her about the key word scenario they
had arranged earlier on. He had Batgirl wait at the front of the bank,
while he would watch the back, and whoever saw the group leaving,
presuming Batwoman was with them, would yell out, "Batcave".
Thirty minutes later, BatBimbo and her two accomplices left via the
rear door. Nightwing yelled, "Batcave," and an immediate change came
over the woman. She reached for the heads of the pair alongside her,
and then brought them together so fast that a loud crack was heard.
"Thanks, Nightwing," she said, "that was murder in there. I had to
watch as Candy took on the name BatBimbo and helped these guys in their
nefarious deeds. Gee, I hope I didn't give them anything worse than a
concussion!"
Having heard Dick's yell, Batgirl came running (and remember, she's
running in six inch heels!) and soon found Batwoman and Nightwing tying
up two unconscious hoods. "Remind me later to ask you what the hell was
going on in there," she said. Leaving a note on the hoods for the
police, the trio made their way back to the Batcave, where the first
item of business was for Dick to put Candy in a trance and have Candy's
personality thoroughly hidden behind Bruce's.
Early the next day, Dick called the Gotham Amalgamated Bank, at which
Bruce Wayne had all his accounts. He told them that Bruce had been
feeling ill for the past two weeks and was acting a bit strangely. Dick
asked them if Bruce had tried to access any of his funds during this
period, and was told that they had not seen him. Asking if they would
detain him carefully and call Wayne Manor if Bruce did show up, Dick
concluded his call. He also got hold of the Police Commissioner's
office to relate the bad news about Bruce's condition, and to ask for
help from them if it was needed.
Bruce had been waiting patiently in the cave for Dick to return from
his soiree, and when there was no sign of him by the next morning,
started to get worried. Figuring that it wouldn't hurt to make a visit
downtown to the bank to get some money with which he could get some
more clothes and food, Bruce left the cave around 11AM. When he showed
up at the bank, one of the loan officers spotted him and alerted the
manager.
The manager walked up to Bruce and asked him how he was doing, hadn't
seen him for a while, and other small talk, and got Bruce to join him
in his office, which was then secured from outside so that the door
could not be opened. His secretary then phoned Wayne Manor and relayed
the news to Dick. He got Selina and Alfred and gave them the good news,
then went to the Batcave to tell Candy. She then set up the PED right
there in the Batcave, and had Selina go to the bank to bring Bruce back
to Wayne Manor.
Since Harley was in no way able to fully utilize all the physical
abilities of the body she was now in, Bruce had been handcuffed with
his hands behind his back and escorted by a policeman back to Wayne
Manor. Selina escorted Bruce to the Batcave, where she saw Dick and her
old body waiting near a bench. "Oh well," he said, "I guess my time as
a male has come to an end. It was fun while it lasted."
"Yes, Harley, and my time as a female has been very interesting, too,"
replied Bruce in her body. "As I'm sure you're aware, Candy was set up
by you and Dick while he was controlled by Catwoman to be a very
promiscuous woman. I can't say I wasn't enjoying what I was doing, the
sensations were really something, but I want my own body back. Dick, if
you would?"
With that, Dick hit the switch on the PED, and in short order Bruce
said with a male voice, "Phew, it's good to be back. Now, would
somebody please open these handcuffs?"
The Bat team of Batman, Nightwing, (he liked that better than Robin,
it was more sophisticated!) and Harlequin was now whole. Harley asked
if they would think about giving her a similar treatment to that they
had given Selina, and the group gave it some thought. The PED was put
away in the Batcave. With the experiences 'enjoyed' by all four in the
past two weeks, it was considered that some future uses for the PED
might be found.
A few weeks after the problems presented by Catwoman's initial use of
the Psyche Exchange Device were finally resolved, Batman got a call
from Superman via the Justice League of America communications link.
Alone in the Batcave, Batman heard Superman describe the problem he was
encountering. As he listened, Bruce thought that maybe Kal was starting
to worry too much about the small stuff. After all, the problem Kal was
describing was merely Lex Luthor getting together with a couple other
super criminals to start a joint effort crime wave. How hard could it
be for the JLA to counter whatever plans or actions this new group of
felons might come up with?
As Superman finished with his description of the situation, Batman
told him, "Okay, Kal, stand by, I've got something I want to check on,
and then I'll get back to you."
Kal, being a bit of the impatient sort, asked, "What is it you have to
check on with all the data available to you in the Batcave? Come on,
Bruce, just what do you need that can't be pulled almost instantly from
your Bat Computer?"
Bruce gave a look that said, 'Geez, get a life,' then told Kal, "I
have to check with some of the new members of the Bat team about
something. This requires human input, not hard data from some
computer's memory."
"New members? Have you been adding to your family at the mansion
there, Bruce?" asked Kal.
"Well, its a long story, Kal," said Bruce. "I'd rather tell you in
person than over the comlink."
"Okay, then. How about if I head your way, and talk to you about news
at your end and the situation once I get there?" Superman said.
"Good idea," replied Bruce. "I'll get all the info I need here while
you are in transit. It will take a few minutes, so don't go beating the
speed of light to get here!"
"Ha, ha," remarked Kal, "glad to see you still have a sense of humor,
Bruce. I thought you'd lost it a few years ago."
"Good bye, Kal," said Bruce, thinking, 'I wonder if part of the humor
is coming from where I spent the last few weeks...?'
While Superman was presumably heading from Metropolis to Gotham City
at something like Mach 5 or better, Batman called Alfred on the
intercom and asked him to send Selina and Harley down to the Batcave.
Selina at the time was busy in her room putting ideas into her journal
about characters she could portray in future anticrime patrols. She was
really starting to warm to the idea of being the Harlequin, with an
almost unlimited number of costume disguises usable via the costume
generator in the Bat Computer. As she was just putting the journal into
the desk drawer next to her four-poster bed, Selina got the page from
Alfred. 'Oh great,' she thought, 'what does he want at this time of
day? Oh well...' "Coming, Alfred," she said into the intercom.
Harley at this point was still getting settled in her new room at
Wayne Manor. Shortly after the body switching problem had been sorted
out, Bruce and company decided that Harley could stay and work with the
team. Harley willingly allowed Bruce to hypnotize her. While she was in
the trance, Harley had all her memories of a criminal past erased, but
skills picked up in acting as the Joker's aide were to be retained as a
base on which to build the crime fighting abilities she would be using
as Batgirl, since the Harlequin wouldn't be using that identity any
more. Shortly after the hypnotic session, Harley was fitted out with a
new costume to fit her body, since she was a lot smaller in stature
than Selina, on whom the original Batgirl costume had been based.
The costume was kept on hand in the Batcave, but Harley still had to
get everything set up in her room the way she would like it. The double
wide walk-in closet she was presented with gave her all kinds of room
to stow her clothes, of which the young woman seemed to have more than
a usual amount of. Harley finally had the closet the way she wanted it,
at least for this week, and was in the process of moving the mirror
from behind the nightstand to on the back of the door, when Alfred
called. "Gotcha, Alfred! I'll be right down," she said.
When both Selina and Harley were on hand in the Batcave, Bruce said,
"Selina, I need to ask a big favor from you. If you will allow me to do
so, would you be willing to use the PED again and let Superman switch
bodies with you? He has a problem developing with a bunch of super
criminals getting together to form a crime cartel. I'm thinking that if
we got him into your body and an appropriate costume, he could
infiltrate the group and get word back to us on what they have
planned."
"Hey, neat idea, Bruce," Selina responded. "That means that for a
little while anyway, I'd be Superman, right?"
"That's right, Selina. Hopefully, you won't have to actually go into
action as Superman, since it might take you a while to learn to use all
his powers," said Bruce. "Harley, I'd like you and Selina to discuss
what kind of disguise we could use if Superman agrees to my idea. Work
something out upstairs, while I confer with him down here. He should be
zooming through the tunnel any moment now."
Harley nodded, looked pensively at Selina who nodded back, and then
the two women went back up the elevator to the mansion.
Sure enough, mere seconds after the elevator started it's upward
journey, a blue and red blur went screaming through the hole in the
Batcave that led to the tunnel through which the Batmobile and the
Batcycles were able to access the outside world. Kal came to a
screeching halt, (well, actually it was quiet and smooth, but boy was
it an abrupt halt!) and Bruce said, "Hi, Kal. What took you so long?"
"There you go with that humor again, Bruce," he replied. "What's
gotten into you?"
"Would you believe Harley Quinn," said Bruce, "the now ex-gagster
sidekick to the Joker?" Batman then gave Superman a rather detailed
rundown of the events, which transpired during the past month. He also
told Kal about the two new female members of the Bat team, and the new
identity of Nightwing, which Robin was now using.
"Now, here's what I'm proposing for you to do in reference to the
criminal group you're getting all huffed about," said Bruce. "We could
use the PED on you, with Selina as the other person, and switch your
minds and bodies. The girls are upstairs right now devising a plan on
who to dress you as to make the infiltration. Would you want to give
that a try? I know it sounds weird, but believe me, living as a female
for a couple of weeks gave me a whole new reference on life."
Kal stood there for a few pregnant moments, then said, "This is a bit
much. You might not be aware of it, Bruce, but I've already experienced
the life of the other half. A couple of years ago, that
interdimensional imp Mxy switched Lois and I to see how we'd react. You
should have seen what Lois did while being Superman! I got a real good
idea of what Lois had to go through on a regular basis just to get from
day to day. Anyway, when we finally got him to speak his name
backwards, and Mxy popped back to his own perverted world, we got back
into our regular bodies. You wouldn't believe the ribbing I still get
from Lois..."
"So you think the idea might work?" asked Bruce.
"Yes, I think that as long as you can keep Selina from doing anything
with my body that I wouldn't do, and she trusts me with hers," replied
Kal, "your idea sounds really good."
The two heroes then started discussing the who's, where's and when's
of the plan, and worked out details on communicating details of
Luthor's group's plans back to the Batcave and the JLA. This done, they
got around to superhero small talk, the kind of guy to guy stuff they'd
shoot the breeze about if they were sitting in the lounge on the JLA
satellite between missions. Bruce then gave Kal an updated tour of the
Batcave, showing him some of the updates to the computer and the latest
additions to the museum of Bat trophies and miscellaneous memorabilia
from recent missions.
Bruce and Kal were getting back into the computer area of the cave
when the elevator made a hissing sound and opened to reveal the
grinning faces of the two female members of the Bat team. "Kal," said
Bruce, "allow me to introduce you to the latest and greatest residents
of the manor and newest members of our group. You may recognize Selina,
I think you've met her before; she is now the Harlequin, Mistress of
Disguise. The computer here gives her the ability to generate almost
anything imaginable for a costume to use in our crime fighting." Selina
and Kal traded knowing looks.
"The pretty young blonde next to her is Harley Quinn, now our Batgirl.
She is still new to the group and hasn't gone on any missions yet, but
she is in intensive training, and should be ready to work with
Nightwing soon as a pair when not working with the group as a whole. It
may be a while before she is able to work solo, though. Ladies," Bruce
said turning back to the women, "allow me to introduce to you Kal El,
known to the rest of the world as Superman." Superman gave a gentle
welcoming hug to each of the women.
"Kal has considered the plan as we discussed it earlier," Bruce said.
"Have you come up with any ideas of how he should go to the meeting?"
Harley spoke up first, "I guess maybe Selina was a bit afraid to bring
up the obvious solution, but after I convinced her, she thought it
would be an excellent idea! This group is working with known super
criminals, right? Well, why send Kal in Selina's body in a costume and
character they wouldn't know? Let's do up a new version of the Catwoman
costume in the computer, and Luthor would be sure to recognize the
foremost catburglar in Gotham City, if not the entire US!"
"Good idea, Harley," said Kal. "Selina's face is probably well known
to Luthor, and a mask would hardly prevent him from recognizing her, so
her past identity would be an excellent disguise with which to join the
crime cartel." After discussing options for a few minutes, they decided
on just what the costume should look like, then put the computer to
work.
While the computer was processing the needs given it, Bruce and Harley
set up the PED for Selina and Kal. Since the Batcave was already an
extensively equipped laboratory, and there was no need to hide any of
the PED's parts, it was easy to arrange. Kal turned to Selina and said,
"Now remember, once you're in this body, you will have almost unlimited
strength and a bunch of other potentially dangerous powers. I'll trust
Bruce to brief you in detail later, but again, be careful. Feel what
you are doing, and sense the give and take in whatever you're handling.
You could easily crush someone's hand just shaking with them, or
squeeze the life out of a person by hugging too hard."
"Don't worry, Kal," replied Selina. "I'm trusting you to get what you
need quickly, and get back to your own body in short order. Have fun
while you're acting your role on the mission!" With that, Bruce flipped
the switch on the PED. A hum filled the air in the Batcave, and Kal and
Selina looked at each other, winked, and then got out of the PED rig.
The new Selina then went to the computer and pulled out the costume it
had been told to generate. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you please, a
little privacy while a girl changes clothes?" she said, grinning in the
direction of the audience which was developing.
When they went into the museum area, Selina stripped off the blouse
and jeans she had been wearing, and decided to go whole hog, taking off
her bra and panties also. She then picked up the royal purple spandex
catsuit and slipped her feet into the leggings, then pulle