Hail, hail, the gang's all here, Sarah thought bitterly to herself, seeing Rachel power through the doors of the lab, her high heels making her the tallest person in the room save for Delphine. What a barrel of monkeys. You had Helena, snitching from Cosima's candy dish—set out in a laboratory just for her, really just a petri dish with some Skittles in it...
It was an odd thought for a girl who had traveled the universe, gone through space and time, but the engagement party of Clara's friend, clearing out the local pub and filling it with music and shouted conversation, was proving too lively for her. She thought to go outside to clear her head, but first she ducked into the bathroom. There was a grimy feel to...
Emma Frost, Karla's best friend in New York, was the person Karla decided to celebrate her good fortune with. They'd grown up together, Emma the daughter of a wealthy scion, Karla the daughter of the help. Vassar had educated both of them and they'd both started psychiatric practices, New York barely big enough for the both of them. It'd been a while since...
"For my next trick, I'll need two volunteers from the audience." Zatanna prowled the stage, knowing quite a bit of the audience was more interested in how her legs looked in her stockings than how her magic looked in the FoxTeca Amphitheatre. She looked over her voyeurs. The high-ticket seats were largely in tuxedos, almost all men, but further back, the cro...
Mercy Graves had had a long day. She was still chairwoman of the board, able to push against CEO Lana Lang and the majority shareholder, Contessa Erica Alexanda Del Portenza, but her position lacked the strength Lex had possessed. Now Lang wanted to turn them into some kind of charity, shut down the weapons division, start building affordable housing, whil...
"Hot off the presses," Clark said, tossing his tablet at Linda the moment she came in the door. Being Superman in his spare time, of course he'd heard her coming from a mile away. And being Supergirl in her spare time, of course Linda caught the callously launched appliance. On it, the height of Earthly technology had the article he'd been writing on his d...
Scott had a sudden, strong awareness of his body. It was no wonder, after what he'd put it through, but no, this was different. Not the stingingly sweet feel of his body after lovemaking, drained but happy, relaxingly agitated and slowly settling. This was the bulging heat of a work-out session. He could smell ozone about him, sweat and adrenaline, but hi...
The dinner party was small, a celebration of a LexCorp VP who celebrated himself often enough to make his birthday party almost redundant. But nevertheless, it was held at a swank hotel downtown. Mercy had often attended these kinds of soirees on behalf of Lex, while he stayed in a lab or a bed. Now that she was chairwoman of the board, she had to attend the...
Felicia was sick of being sick. She decided whatever bullshit psychosomatic bullshit was holding her back, she was fucking it and going out. It wasn't the first time she'd lost Parker; so what? Love 'em and leave 'em. Why should it be so different just because this was a long-term thing? If it were a guy and she'd intended to keep them strapped on for a week...
"Welcome back to the Club, Sue. I've just thought up the most fabulous game for us to play..." *** Jean always went to the Club alone. She was not ashamed, precisely. It was just that none of them understood. She knew that Ororo, Betsy, and even Jubilee went there, but they were just looking for a good time. They'd bought into Emma's snares. Jean, she kn...