The
Global Protectors – True Romance
By Marcus Lycus
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May
2005
“What do you mean I’m broke?”
“Broke, busted, insolvent, in the red, negative cash flow, Enron! Sorry Aussie Girl but that’s how things stand.”
“But…”
The slim blonde heroine was meeting with Mr. Pennyworth one of the Global Protector’s accountants. She’d just had the humiliating experience of having her credit card rejected at a McFarlane Drive boutique and immediately flew back to see what the problem was. Now she was close to tears.
“You’ve been living beyond your means for years now, between the penthouse in Megapolis, the house in Aspen and the ranch in Australia your earnings don’t even come close to your outlays.”
“But…”
“Those extreme sports videos haven’t been selling, the tee-shirts and underwear have been stagnant and word on the street is the cartoon in Japan is about to be cancelled so there goes your action figure money.”
“What about the movie?”
“Which one? The Kevin Smith one bombed and the new one is still in post-production, you won’t see a dime from it for another six months at least.”
“Maybe a loan…”
“You’re maxed out. I warned you about buying that ranch.”
“But… I’m a superheroine!”
“You still have to pay the bills honey, I’m sorry!”
Aussie Girl stormed out of the meeting in tears. The guy was right of course. She’d been ignoring her finances for a while now, hoping something would come along and she’d be able to pay off her bills and now…
It just wasn’t fair, she’d save the whole universe during the Secret Crisis and now some bank was going to take her ranch away?
No.
No way.
Aussie Girl had gone through too much to get where she was! Unlike Star who only showed up after a battle or Shamrock who always went down in the first five minutes, Aussie Girl had fought hard, trained hard and worked hard to be a real heroine. Yet the others still treated her like a kid. So there was no way was she going to give up now.
She’d find a way to get the money. Somehow.
But first she had to get to class.
***
Pennyworth smirked as the air-headed blonde left his office. It was always fun when one of these stuck-up heroines had to learn the value of a dollar. Of course he’d had to cook the books a little, he’d been rescheduling the girl’s loans and making sure she got a slightly higher than market interest rate just to make this day of reckoning happen a bit sooner.
He picked up the phone.
“Eliza, I just gave her the news. Oh and thanks for the pics.”
He turned to his computer and clicked on the slideshow again. It showed Aussie Girl being violated by Master Menace and Mistress Mayhem. He had no idea where Eliza had gotten these pictures but just the sight of the spoiled heroine’s screaming face made him feel warm inside.
***
Doc Hammer walked the halls of the Gaea Building unable to believe he was striking out. Aussie Girl had totally ignored him in the hall, Maple Leaf had practically slammed the door shut in his face and Star wouldn’t even see him. He was engaged to La Sola of course but he wanted one last fling with the team before he went ahead with it.
She hadn’t told them about the engagement had she? Of course not. He’d given her the whole song and dance about protecting her from his enemies.
He turned the corner into the Monitor Room. “Hi Shamrock!”
“J-Jake! Jake! How are you?”
He took her in his arms and kissed her warmly. “Better now that I’m with you. Is that storeroom empty?”
“Um, Jake I have to watch these-“
He kissed her again. She responded. “Um, can we do it quickly?”
He took her hand and led her towards the storeroom.
***
Aussie Girl landed on the roof of Megapolis University’s chemistry building and started changing into Robyn Barton’s tight jeans and cropped ‘look but don’t touch’ tee shirt. The cool April air made her nipples stand up under the shirt.
“Huh?”
For a second she thought she heard someone up there but when she looked there was no one.
“Just nerves.”
She headed downstairs to class. She’d missed a semester or two while she was busy with the GP but she was determined to get back to work this time. Robyn wanted to show Maple Leaf and the other that she wasn’t some bimbo heroine; she was a mature grown up. But she knew that would never happen as long as she was a just a high school graduate. So she’d signed up for some intensive classes to catch up on her missed work.
She had her first chemistry lab today and wanted to be on time but despite her best efforts she was five minutes late. Luckily another guy came in a few minutes later and took the heat off of her. The professor scowled and told them to be partners. The guy was a skinny nerd type, uncombed hair, thick glasses and pimples. Robyn tried to ignore him and how he kept staring at her tits and ass.
She caught his name, Peter Cohen. She hoped she wouldn’t have to be paired with him all term.
***
Robyn was walking out of the chem building trying to dodge Peter Cohen. The nerd kept bugging her for her phone number ‘in case one of them missed class’ and she had no desire to give it. This kid was really getting on her nerves. She’d have to ask for a new lab partner tomorrow.
Suddenly her keen ears caught the sound of trouble at the engineering building.
“Help they’re stealing the experimental fuel cells!”
“Shaddap pencil neck! There’s enough platinum in there to make us all rich men!”
Robyn heard gunfire.
Crap.
She ran for the alley between the physics and bio buildings hoping that Cohen wasn’t going to follow her. Thankfully he’d vanished as soon as the gunshots rang out. Checking that no one was looking Robyn ducked behind a dumpster and started pulling her costume out of her bag. ‘The problem with midriff tops is you can’t wear a costume under them’ she mused. Maybe with luck there’d be a big reward for those fuel cells.
***
“Move it ya bums! Da Hummers are waitin’!” Bruce fired another burst from his Tommy gun to deter the campus rent-a-cops. Behind him Cal and John ran for the armored Hum-Vs loaded down with precious platinum fuel cells. Ollie and Hal covered them with the .50 cals mounted on the Hummer roofs.
Bruce, the mastermind, smiled. Another perfect crime for the Larceny Gang of America! Everyone said stay out of Megapolis; too many capes in Megapolis but Bruce had the timing perfect. A hero would have to be right here on campus to get there in time to stop them!
But then…
“Strewth! I don’t think those belong to you bloody dingoes!”
“Hey! It’s that Australian chick! Wasshername, Koala Girl!”
Hovering in midair Aussie Girl wrinkled her pretty nose and scowled. They’d pay for that, oh yes they would pay.
She flew down and punched out the strong men Cal and John. Ollie and Hal opened fire with their 50 caliber machine guns but even those heavy slugs bounced right off Aussie Girl’s psychokinetic field.
Out of the corner of her eye the Australian noticed a couple of students were taking pictures with their phones. One film student even had a camcorder out. Awesome! Good publicity!
She paused to assume the Global Protectors trademark pose, hands on the hips, legs spread, big smile. She faced the villains and said…
“Crap!”
Arthur’s rocket propelled grenade caught her right in the gut and sent her flying backwards into the engineering building.
Aussie Girl cursed a blue streak as she lay in the lobby. At least her field had held! Her costume wasn’t even torn.
She took a second to get back on her feet and flew back out to finish off the fight when...
“Hey guys, can I get a lift?”
The guy in a blue and red costume was jumping over the crooks dodging bullets from the Hummers. He fired two thin lines from his hands and pulled the heavy machine guns from their mounts and deposited them in the fountain. Bruce turned and fired his Tommy gun again but the masked intruder was already moving out of the way. Aussie Girl recognized him as the Amazing Arachnid, a fun-loving local hero.
“Careful with that sir! Someone could get hurt!” The Tommy gun was snatched away and joined the machine guns in the fountain.
A woman’s voice called out. “Bruce stop fucking around and get in the Hummer!”
“I hear ya Diana!” Grumbling the criminal mastermind took a few steps forward but then fell over. Thick webs had bound his feet together.
“Have a nice trip? See you next fall!” quipped the Arachnid. More webs pinned Bruce to the ground.
The rest of the Gang decided this was the time to cut their losses, the two armored Hummers started moving. But the Arachnid leapt atop one and started spraying webbing through the interior trapping the passengers. It skid to a halt.
“Don’t you know the government recommends you use all restraining systems?”
The Amazing Arachnid was about to jump after the second one when a flying blond came up next to him and said “allow me”. He bowed and gestured gracefully and she took off after it.
The heavy armored vehicle could barely do 70mph, Aussie Girl caught up with it easily. She was flying upside down on her back with her hands behind her neck, like she was lounging in a pool. She blew a kiss to Barry the driver. Scared the gangster lost control and started to skid out; Aussie smoothly flew under the vehicle and lifted it off the ground. She carried it over just the police arrived to take the Gang into custody.
The Arachnid was hanging upside down from a webline. “Nice moves Koala Cutie. I liked the look on the driver’s face when he saw you.”
“You’re not so bad yourself Bug Boy. Lucky we were around huh?”
“Well it’s all part of being your friendly neighborhood Amazing Arachnid! But I gotta say I didn’t expect you to take them down. I always heard you Global Gals were more into doing your nails and selling Coke than fighting crime.”
“Ah that’s just Star. For me it’s all about the superheroing.”
Dean Richards came running to the two young heroes. “Fantastic! Spectacular! Amazing!”
The Arachnid nodded and said “I know, I know, and Koala Cutie here wasn’t too bad either.” Aussie Girl stuck her tongue out behind his head.
“Those fuel cells are worth more than $20 million each! You have to let me thank you! Would you be available for a ceremony tomorrow at 11?”
“Can you make it 10?” The two said simultaneously.
***
Returning to the Gaea Building, Aussie Girl headed for Eliza’s office. The Global Protectors’ business manager usually had some ideas for how to make some extra bucks. As usual Eliza’s secretary Kristen was lost her in her own world and didn’t even look up. She just sat there with a glazed look in her eyes and one hand under the desk. Aussie Girl ignored her and walked right into Eliza’s office.
“Hey Robyn, what’s up?” Eliza rasped. Looking at her scared face Robyn felt a pang of guilt. Eliza had been attacked by Red Jack, a serial killer Robyn had been assigned to stop. Robyn was still amazed that Eliza was willing to work for the team after all the bad things that happened to her. It just goes to show what a true friend is. So Robyn explained her financial woes.
“Wow, Robyn that sucks. About how much do you need?”
“Well if the movie comes out on time I would still need about eight hundred thousand to make my payments for the next six months.”
“$800k? That’s a lot of money.”
“Hey Eliza, I’m desperate. I really need the money. I mean if you have anything, a commercial, a shopping mall opening, anything, I’m up for it!”
“Seriously?”
“You have something?”
“I might, I might. But… Maple Leaf would kill me if I told you.”
“Hey I said I’d try anything!”
“OK, let me make some calls but I think I know a magazine that would pay top dollar for a Global Protector photo shoot.”
“That doesn’t sound too bad, what is it? Another swimsuit issue?”
“Something like that…”
***
Robin Barton squirmed deliciously below him. She was dressed in her tight jeans and ‘look but don’t touch’ cropped tee shirt and he could see her nipples poking through. He smiled. Her willowy arms and long firm legs were tightly bound in his webs, her slim, athletic body was gyrating provocatively in his trap. He licked his fanged mouth letting a bit of drool fall from his mandibles onto the girl. She looked up at him and screamed!
He jumped down on top of her, his claws reached for the thin tee shirt and the heaving breasts beneath it. She screamed again as the razor-sharp claw slit the shirt from top to bottom, drawing a thin red line down her chest. He smirked when noticed she wasn’t wearing a bra. He hooked his claws into the tight jeans and slit them down the seams on the side. A quick yank tore them off leaving the struggling blond naked except for a black thong. His stinger emerged from between his legs, it dripped venom onto her bare inner thighs, the thong dissolved, revealing a pussy shaved into a neat ‘landing strip’.
Robyn was begging then, babbling, promising him anything if he’d let her go, if he wouldn’t hurt her. He enjoyed the smell of her fear and tenderly ran his hairy fingers over her breasts. Lulled by this small act of kindness she began to relax and even smiled at him. He saw hope in her eyes.
That was when he plunged the stinger between her filthy whore legs. He pumped it in and out again and again listening as her screams turned to moans, as terror became pleasure. She smiled at him again and muttered more.
He moved his head over her ripe breasts. Her nipples were as hard as stones, her breasts jiggling up and down like water balloons. He opened his mandibles wide and lashed downwards. The girl screamed as blood shot everywhere. He came up with a mouth full of delicious breast meat. He swallowed and reached for the other…
Peter Cohen woke up in a sweat. Another one of those dreams. The spider dreams. He hadn’t had one of those in months. Not since he teamed up with Nightcat. He squinted at the clock, 3am. Damnit. He climbed out of bed and headed for the shower, he’d have to change the sheets too.
***
“And so, without further ado I present these commemorative plaques to these two heroes who heroically saved property and lives yesterday, the Amazing Arachnid and Aussie Girl!”
Aussie Girl tried not to roll her eyes. Dean Richards had been talking for an hour! She also tried not to look at her watch, chem lab started at 11! She started to get up to give her speech but the Arachnid jumped to his feet and got there first.
“Thanks doc. I have just one thing to say:
Aussie Girl’s sweet
Star is a ‘ho
Thanks for the plaque
But I’ve got to go!”
With that the Arachnid leapt into the air, turned a summersault and fired a webline at the chemistry building. He disappeared before anyone could say another word. Aussie Girl had to chuckle when she saw Dean Richards’ face and the shock from the VIPs. She checked her watch again, just past 11, she would have to hurry. She took out the speech Maple Leaf had given her and looked right at the TV cameras.
“Dean Richards, honored guests, members of the media, students of Mega University. Thank you all for coming today, as you all know the Global Protectors Foundation is a not-for-profit group dedicated to supporting our team as well as our charitable works around the world…”
Aussie Girl skipped a lot of the stuff about orphans in Africa and self-defense classes for battered women; she figured they could read about that stuff on the website. But she was sure to mention her line of tee shirts and videos and to point out the stand Maple Leaf had them set up to sell the stuff. By the time she was done it was 11:15 and time to get moving.
“Thank you again for this beautiful plaque and remember, protecting the globe is not just for superheroes, it’s for all of us.” With that she rose gracefully into the air, keeping her back towards the sun.
Once she was sure no one could see her anymore Aussie Girl reversed course and sped towards the Chemistry building. She pulled off her boots and communicator bracelets, threw on a loose skirt and top and ran downstairs to her lab.
“Late again Ms. Barton?”
“Sorry sir, I was watching the ceremony in the quad.”
“You can watch spandex glory-hogs on your own time Ms. Barton, I expect you to be on time for my lab.”
“Sorry.”
Robyn sheepishly took a seat next to Peter. She’d have to ask about changing lab partners some other day. But during class she did notice that Peter really knew his stuff. Which makes sense. With a face like his, he probably had a lot of nights alone to read his chemistry books. Thinking about it she realized she might just be able to cruse through this class if she stuck with him. So in the end she did give him her number and took down his. Robyn wanted to take school seriously but who was she to turn down an easy ride in a tough class? She had enough to worry about with money troubles without having to worry about studying and stuff.
Changing clothes back on the roof she found a rolled up note stuck to the back of her costume with a bit of webbing.
Hey cutie, if you’re not too busy do you want to have dinner tonight? Meet me on top of Romita Tower (Jr.) at nine.
-AA
Robyn thought about that for a while. Her experiences dating superheroes had been less than fulfilling. That fiasco with Hammer was just the latest disaster. Plus there was that on-again off-again thing with Dynamo. She knew that was unhealthy but just couldn’t stop. So superguys were just a bad idea.
But then again… Arachnid was a funny guy, seemed to be around her age and hey, it was just dinner right?
***
Peter Cohen hurried home and started the stove. He only had a few hours to whip up Aunt June’s famous garlic shrimp for tonight.
***
A little after nine Aussie Girl was flying toward Romita Towers. There were two of them, an older, taller one usually called ‘Romita Senior’ and a newer smaller one called ‘Romita Junior’. From the top of Junior she could see flickering candles and a white tablecloth. Not bad, not bad at all. She slowly descended and looked around. Dinner was on the table under silver platters but there was no sign of the Arachnid.
“Ah mi cher right on time to be fashionably late I see!”
He was handing upside down again, this time from an AC duct. He was wearing the same red and blue costume but had added a bowtie and white cuffs to it. Aussie Girl had to giggle. He gracefully somersaulted over her and pulled out a chair. “M’lady?”
Aussie giggled again and took her seat. “Why thank you sir.” She said with mock courtesy.
Dinner went well. The Arachnid peeled his mask up a bit to expose his mouth but kept the rest of his face hidden. She wondered what was under there, was he some famous movie star keeping his true identity secret, or some hideous mutant afraid of scaring her off? The skintight costume left little to the imagination; she could see the lean muscles moving under it. The Amazing Arachnid must be built like a male gymnast under that suit. Whatever he was, he was certainly charming and witty and kept her laughing the whole time. The garlic shrimp was pretty good too; she wasn’t too surprised to hear Arachnid had cooked it himself.
As for the Amazing Arachnid, he spent the whole time staring at her breasts. It was just amazing how firm they were, how well proportioned on her small frame. He marveled at how they swelled under the Union Jack across her chest bending the bars outward. Sometimes his gaze drifted lower to the constellation of stars across her flat stomach or that one last star over her crotch. The whole night he was really glad he wore a full face mask with opaque lens hiding his eyes.
Afterwards…
“Mmm, that was great Bug Boy.” She looked at the time, almost midnight. “I guess I’d better get going though, tomorrow is a sch- tomorrow’s gonna be busy!” She’d had a good time but that was all, and she really did need to get some sleep.
The Arachnid looked away for a second, different feelings crossing his face. Finally he made a decision.
“When you gotta go, you gotta go right? Maybe we can do this again some time?”
“Yeah, sure. Sometime.”
She turned and took a few steps away getting ready to leave.
“Hey Koala Cutie! You can’t leave yet!”
She turned to face him, “why not?”
“Cause you’re all tied up!”
The webs shot out pinning her to the wall.
***
Aussie Girl writhed in his webs pinned to the wall. He jumped on top of her clinging to the wall and locked his lips over hers. She struggled for a second and returned the kiss. He broke off and grinned. She smiled back.
“Nice try Bug Boy but you have to do better than that to land a Protector!”
“Funny, that’s not what Star said!”
She giggled for a second and then flexed and tore the webs, pulling a few bricks out of the wall in the process. She went to grab him but he jumped over and landed a powerful kick on her butt, and a fast web line around her ankles. Aussie Girl tumbled head over heels.
He was on top of her again planting another kiss; she returned it and wrapped her arms around him softly. The webbing tore as she spread her legs.
The two teens rolled around on the roof for a while exploring each others’ bodies with their hands and their lips. Finally…
“Hey Koala Cutie, we gonna do it?”
“Sure thing Bug Boy.”
***
They were lying in a hammock made of webbing, their limbs entangled. Aussie Girl was naked except for her boots and bracelets while the Arachnid was still covered head-to-toe. Even when they made love he’d just opened his fly.
It was starting to bug Aussie Girl. She reached for his mask.
“Uh-uh-uh look but don’t touch!”
Aussie Girl froze, where had she heard that recently? “What’s the deal, were you like burned with acid or something?”
“No, I just think masks are highly fashionable, I think everyone will be wearing them one day!”
Aussie chuckled, “yeah but you’re no Dread Pirate Roberts. Seriously, what’s the deal?”
“Hey, leave me some secrets for next time OK? There will be a next time right? Y’know what they say once you go Arach, you never go back!”
“Hmm… you are a bit full of yourself aren’t you?”
“Naturally. You were a bit full of me tonight too.”
Aussie had to giggle at that.
“So we were talking about next time…”
Aussie gave that one a thought. The kid was good. Real good. It was like he had some sixth sense that told him what she wanted before she said anything. So yeah… “Yeah, I think so.”
“So how do I find you? Wait for the next robbery?”
“Well you could call the Global Protectors 800 number…”
“And listen to ads for your tee shirts?”
“Or… I could give you my private number, if you’re good to me…”
The Arachnid leaned over and started sucking on her breasts. Aussie Girl sighed with contentment.
***
The Amazing Arachnid watched Aussie Girl’s pert butt as she flew away. He waited a while longer to make sure her super human ears were well out of range before…
“WA-HOO! I got ONE!” He jumped fifty feet into the air and flipped a few times before landing on his feet.
After dancing around a few more minutes he started packing up Aunt June’s good silver and folding up the card table. It had been a bitch getting it all here by webs but it had been so worth it.
He found his backpack and pulled out his cell phone. “Better get that in before I forget. Lessee 232-555-2636, hello?”
>Number already saved ‘Robyn Barton’
“Well, well, well… isn’t that a shock… Probably would have figured it out myself if I’d actually looked at her face.”
Peter Cohen, the Amazing Arachnid, suddenly knew he was going to have a pretty interesting summer.
***
Aussie Girl was feeling better the next day. The ceremony, the date, the sex, all of it made the nineteen year old heroine feel like her problems would soon be behind her. Hadn’t Eliza said she had something? She headed down to her friend’s office.
“You can’t be serious.”
“Hey, you did say anything.”
“Strewth. Maple Leaf would kill me if I did this!”
“I’m not too sure. I mean she’s the one who started those swimsuit calendars and then she let Star do that Maxim shoot. Star was naked for most of that.”
“Yeah but she had her hands up or turned her back this is-”
“And what about La Sola?”
“But that was a European magazine, that was practically art!”
“Hey all I’m saying is the older members of this team have done stuff like this. Are you saying you can’t?”
That one got Aussie Girl thinking. Really thinking. She’d been trying to get Maple Leaf to take her seriously, to stop treating her like a kid. Now she had a chance to do something serious, shouldn’t she take it? She was practically twenty damnit!”
“Look if I do it-“
“Total approval. They won’t use any shots without your permission. And I know these guys-“
“You know them? How?”
“I just know them OK. I know them and it’ll be just like the thing La Sola did, practically art. Just like you said.”
“I-“
“Total approval Robyn and $1 million dollars once they go to press. IF they go to press. What do you have to lose?”
“Fine. I’ll do it.”
***
Two days later Aussie Girl and the Amazing Arachnid teamed up again when some Medieval Literature students accidentally summoned a demon on campus. They made out a bit after that on the roof of the library before the clock tower started ringing eleven. They broke off and both made quick excuses.
In class Robyn was glad to see that nerd Peter was almost as late as she was. She grabbed a stool next to him and avoided the professor’s gaze.
“Psst, Robyn, what’s with the Union Jack?”
Robyn looked down, she hadn’t fully buttoned her shirt and the Union Jack on her Aussie Girl costume was visible beneath it.
“I, uh, I’m kind of Global Protectors fan girl, and that’s one of those Aussie Girl tee shirts. She saved the campus this morning y’know.”
“I don’t really follow the cape crowd. Kind of a kid’s thing.” Peter chuckled to himself and Robyn fumed.
“But hey if you’re into kid’s stuff why don’t we go to McDeath or something after class. I hear they have Global Protectors Happy Meals.”
“I’m vegetarian you dumbass.”
“Oh.”
***
Meanwhile back at the Gaea Building…
“La Sola you cannot be serious.”
“Why? Because Jake and I are in love? Look at this diamond.”
Maple Leaf held her head and tried, again, to explain. “La Sola, Carmen, he’s had sex with practically the whole team. I mean you heard what he did to Aussie Girl!” Maple Leaf wiggled her butt at the painful thought.
La Sola pouted and turned away. “It sounds to me like you are all jealous. Maybe he did go out with some teammates-“
“HE SCREWED ALL OF THEM!”
“-but he choose ME!” Carmen walked around Maple Leaf’s desk and pour two glasses of wine from her wet bar. “Now are you going to respect my choice and drink a toast or do I have to quit the team?”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Jake is quite wealthy now that he has reclaimed his old assets. My albums and posters are selling quite well and I just signed a new contract with Pepsi. Jake and I could live quite well without the Global Protectors. I’ll miss all mis amigas but if you’re going to attack my fiancé and my judgment like this how can I continue?”
“I… crap.” Maple Leaf reached for the glass but did not toast. “Look Carmen, we’ve been friends a long time, we’ve been thought a lot together, remember that time with the DNAliens?”
La Sola felt a bit nausea remembering those slimy tentacled mutants and how Maple Leaf had risked her life to save her.
“You know I’m not trying to screw you (so to speak), I’m serious. This guy is a charmer, no question about that, he can make a girl… I mean he’s really charming OK? So I guess all I’m saying is take it slow. Keep the engagement under wraps, don’t wear the diamond, get to know him a bit better. Getting married is a big thing, if it doesn’t work out if can really hurt your career, look at Britney and J-Lo.”
“Jillian-“
“Just a month or two before you go ahead, that’s not too much is it? Just keep an eye on him and see what he does. I mean why do something you’ll regret?”
La Sola frowned. She’d really thought her teammates would be happy for her but they’d all acted like she was screwing Dynamo or something. Hell they were treating her worse than when they learned she was screwing Dynamo. She’d listened to their rumors and gossip about Jake but… He was so charming, these stories couldn’t be true. But everyone had a story, everyone except Shamrock and…
“Fine Maple Leaf, fine. I’ll wait a month or two. But on one condition. You say he had sex with the whole team-“
“Well except Shamrock I assume. I mean can you even see the two of them together?” Maple Leaf laughed at the idea.
“So what about you?”
“Me?”
“What was it like? How did it happen?”
“Um…” Maple Leaf squirmed. “You really want to know?”
La Sola grinned and held up her glass. Maple Leaf reluctantly toasted.
“It started when I was flying home to meet him; I noticed he was already in my hot tub… But he wasn’t alone…”
Coming out of the meeting La Sola had to keep from laughing. Maple Leaf and Star? Making out in a hot tub? She wanted to tell the whole team but no one would believe her. Oh she’d have to hear the details from Jake.
Maple Leaf seemed to think that news of Jake’s exploits would shatter their relationship, she didn’t realize Jake had already told his fiancé all about it. Well most of it. She really wanted to hear that story about Maple Leaf and Star.
And she was genuinely flattered that after trying the rest Jake had gone with the best. Of course she had told him that if he went back to any of them she’d cut his balls off but that was just part of handling a man.
Still, for the sake of the team (La Sola really had no desire to quit, she’d been bluffing) Carmen could cool her jets for a little while.
***
That afternoon Aussie Girl flew over the city heading for an abandoned warehouse that had been converted into a photo studio.
She hesitantly flew around it five or six times before she finally made up her mind. She spotted an open skylight and flew down.
Jimmy, the photographer shook her hand and brought her into the office. Aussie could feel the silent gaze of his crew as she walked by. She noticed the rack of Global Protector licensed clothes and the carton of action figures. This could be interesting.
Jimmy was a tall guy with fiery red hair, a baby face and freckles. He was the sort of guy who would look like a kid even into his fifties. He looked oddly familiar for a second but Aussie Girl couldn’t place him.
Jimmy took a seat behind the desk, there was no other chair, Aussie remained standing. Jimmy took out a camera and looked at Aussie through the viewfinder.
“Not bad, not bad. You’re not wearing any make up are you?”
“Nope.” The Boyd treatment kept Aussie’s cheeks naturally rosy and her lips red.
“We might need a bit to compensate for the lights but other than that you’ll look just fine naked.”
Aussie Girl blanched.
“In a manner of speaking of course.”
“Right…”
Jimmy got up and walked around the girl. He was a bit over 6’ tall to Aussie’s 5’5” so he got a good look down her top. Her tight, skimpy leotard left little to the imagination. But he wasn’t in the imagination business.
Moving behind her (to get a good look at that firm ass) Jimmy’s hand darted out and undid the clasp in the back of her costume; it fell from her breasts before she could catch it.
Aussie spun “what the fu-“
“Whoa there Aussie Girl, didn’t they tell you what you’re here for? If you can’t handle this there’s still time to turn around and go home.”
Aussie Girl scowled, angry at him and irritated at herself for letting him get to her so fast. She knew why she was here; she chose to be here damnit. And she was a heroine. She’d stared down Bruticus and the Black Baron; she wasn’t going to let this sleaze merchant intimidate her. She put on a smile, put her hands on her hips and started to slowly levitate upwards. The leotard slid down her lean belly and long legs and hit the floor. Aussie Girl was now hovering eye-to-eye with Jimmy.
He raised his eyebrows. “No tan lines. Is that a superpower or do you work at it?”
“Professional secret.”
“Brazilian. Nice.” He ran his hand through her pubic hair shaved into a ‘landing strip’. She flinched and fought down her disgust.
Happy to have gotten a rise out of her Jimmy walked back to his desk. “OK, let’s get down to business.” He pulled out the contracts and started reading off the terms.
Still naked she started to reach for her costume but stopped. This was obviously another game, and she wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction.
He finished explaining and offered the papers to Aussie Girl along with a pen. She hadn’t heard a word he’d said.
“It’s a million dollars right?”
“Yup. Only $50k now, the rest when we go to press.”
“And I have final approval right? Nothing gets printed unless I say OK?”
“You got it; you have to sign a final release after you see the pictures. It’s right here in black and white” he pointed to a paragraph in the dense contract.
Aussie Girl nodded and took the contract but Jimmy didn’t let go of the pen. Instead he looked her over again from head to toe as if for the first time.
“Say, how old are you?”
“Almost twenty.”
“Really? Wow, looking at you I’d say you’re sixteen, seventeen at the most.”
“Nope, I’m legal. Say, how would you even know what a naked sixteen year old looks like anyway?”
Jimmy just grinned.
Aussie snarled at him again (she did not like this man) and took the pen. She signed it ‘Aussie Girl’ with a flourish and shoved it back at him.
“OK then. Let’s go.”
He led her back through the studio, naked, to make-up and costumes.
***
Aussie Girl wore a pleated plaid skirt and a white button down top with a school crest. She looked up in alarm and reached for her shirt. She quickly unbuttoned it exposing her naked breasts underneath. Surprised she looked behind her and saw her costume hanging in the closet.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl wore her old costume, the one that looked like a one-piece bathing-suit and had thigh-high boots. She turned her shoulder to the camera and blew a kiss. She reached up and pulled down a strap baring one firm breast.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl put one leg on a tall box so her knee was almost level with her head. She pulled down both straps lower and lower until the top of her landing strip was visible.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl climbed across a bed towards the camera. The old costume was gone; she wore only her thigh high boots and a hungry look.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl’s blond hair was in two pigtails, she wore her new costume but the top was pulled down to her belly leaving both breasts bare. She smiled mischievously and cupped her breasts.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl’s hair was still in pigtails and her breasts still hanging free. She was lying on her stomach propped up on her elbows. In her hands she had Dynamo and Aussie Girl action figures she bashed them together making fighting noises.
CLICK!
***
The costume was off and her hair was free, in artful disarray. What the hairdresser called that ‘just been fucked’ look. He legs were spread and her pink pussy was peeking out. In her hands she still had the Aussie Girl and Dynamo figures but this time Aussie’s legs were twisted up and Dynamo’s crotch was jammed between them. Aussie Girl moaned and cried and said ‘fuck me Dynamo!”
CLICK!
***
Naked, Aussie Girl looked at the camera with a mischievous look. She twisted the head off a Maple Leaf action figure.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl licked her lips and pushed her bare breasts together, an Aussie Girl action figure bobbed between them.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl sat on a crate, her legs spread wide. She had a Star action figure in her hand, smeared with Vaseline. She threw her head back and moaned as she inserted Star’s head between her legs.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl was wearing an Aussie Girl tube top. It looked just like her costume but had no bottom. The photographer shot her through an open door. She sat on the floor with her legs apart, looking surprised as if someone had just walked in. A fat dildo lay on the floor next to her.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl’s hands were tied to the headboard, her costume torn in a dozen places, her face a mask of fear, a clawed hand reached toward her.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl was gagged and blindfolded; a man in a Dynamo costume pawed her breasts and reached down between her legs. He tore out the crotch of her costume.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl’s hands were tied behind her; her eyes were wide with fear as the man in the Dynamo costume licked her bare breasts. She bent backwards as if squirming away from him; his mouth covered one of her nipples.
CLICK!
***
Dynamo’s dick stuck out of the costume’s fly, posed just over Aussie Girl’s pussy. She trembled with fear but also with longing. She whispered ‘no’ but her eyes, breasts and pussy said yes. Dynamo plunged into her and she cried out in relief whipping her hair back in a long arc.
CLICK!
***
Aussie Girl flipped through the pictures sorting them into two piles. She looked at some with disgust, she couldn’t believe she’d let them talk her into some of these. Oh well. No harm done.
“OK, these you can print, these you leave out.”
“Huh?”
“I have approval right? These are the ones I approve of.”
“Doesn’t work that way lady. Your approval is take it or leave it. Either give permission for all or none.”
“But…”
Jimmy held up the contract. “It’s right here in black and white. Didn’t you read it?”
“But…”
“Course if you don’t want to give permission you don’t get paid. Anything. And we get to bill you a couple of thousand for today’s expenses.”
“But…” she looked at the picture of herself masturbating with a Star figure. “You won’t use all of them will you? Not all of them?”
“Lady we took more than 300 pictures today, you’re hot, but not that hot. They’ll use a dozen or so at most.”
“Which ones?”
“That’s up to the editor. I just take the dirty pictures.”
Aussie Girl looked at the two stacks. They were almost even in size. Not good odds. But maybe wouldn’t want the perverted ones, some of the others were pretty nice.
“Make up your mind yet. I’ve got a whole crew out there earning overtime while you fuck around. If you can’t handle this why did you show up anyway?” Jimmy laughed. “You didn’t think these were your prom queen pictures didja?”
That made up her mind. There was no way Aussie Girl was going to leave here knowing this sleazebag was laughing at her.
“Give me the damn release.”
***
“Wow Jimmy you really didn’t like her did you?”
Jimmy shrugged.
“I mean some of that shit, that’s gonna be pretty humiliating when it comes out. You have something against her?”
“Well… yeah. Kind of. Remember last year, there was this superhero battle on Thomas Street…
***
“Surrender Global Protectors! You will never stop me from draining all of you dry!” Standing over an unconscious Rising Sun Draino picked up a dumpster and tossed it at Aussie Girl.
Aussie Girl easily dodged and hovered in front of the hulking purple monster hoping to distract him from her injured teammate. Aussie had seen how Draino could absorb their powers by touching them and now knew not to try and fight him hand to hand. She needed a plan. But first she had to protect Rising Sun.
“Hey Draino, are you here to unclog my pipes? Come on I got something for you!” She slapped her butt to taunt him. She could see an erection forming under his green jockey shorts. The monster roared and charged.
Aussie easily flew over him; thankfully he had not had enough time to fully drain Rising Sun’s powers. She snatched the Asian girl and flew her to the top of nearby building. Then she headed back after Draino. Her communicator chirped, it was Maple Leaf reporting that she and Val needed more time to repair the Sterenko Bridge and that Aussie and Rising Sun would have to hold on a while longer. Aussie didn’t bother to reply.
Draino was pulling up chunks of pavement and hurling them at Aussie. She could dodge, but the 100 pound missiles might hit civilians. She tried to catch them but a few hit her. Even through her psychokinetic field she could feel them. This couldn’t go on much longer or Aussie would be tired to fight.
“Catch me if you can Liquid Plumber!” She slapped her ass again and flew down the street, just fast enough to stay out of range. The monster charged after her. She rounded a corner and realized her mistake. They hadn’t evacuated this area yet! There were still civilians around! The whole intersection was filled with cars.
“GET OUT! MOVE GUYS! MOVE! THERE’S A FUCKING VILLAIN ON HIS WAY!”
There was an explosion on Thomas Street and people got the idea, abandoning their cars they ran for buildings or the subway. Except for one redheaded guy in a convertible who started taking pictures. Aussie Girl didn’t have time for some rich guy’s scrapbook. She flew down, tore the door off, knocked the camera out of his hand and yelled “MOVE!”
Draino came around the corner just as the guy was getting the idea. Draino saw Aussie Girl on the ground and charged. She quickly picked up the red convertible by the rear bumper and slammed it down on Draino’s head pinning his arms.
Aussie Girl smiled. “Nice jacket Roto-Router. Just your size too.”
Draino snarled and flexed, the convertible disintegrated, fragments flying everywhere. The engine block hit Aussie Girl right in the head. Dazed she fell to the ground. Draino stood over her chucking obscenely. He reached down (feeling a small rush as his claw drained a bit of her psychokinetic field) and started pulling off her indigo costume. With his other hand he reached for his green jockey shorts…
***
“Gee Jimmy, that sucks.”
“Y’know she singled me out cause I had a camera. Probably upset that I was shooting her bad side or something. She had to smash the camera too. Some good pictures of that fight could have gotten me out of this racket and into a real photojournalism job at the Daily Comet or something. And what’s worse, she could have picked any car at the intersection and she picked mine on purpose. She even could have picked a dumpster or something instead. I had a light sports car; it wasn’t even the best weapon there. I’m not a rich man, I take dirty pictures for Meatrack, I saved five years for that car and that bitch just decides to trash it for no reason. And of course my insurance doesn’t cover acts of God or superheroes and the Global Protectors got my lawsuit dismissed before it even saw court. And now I have to help her make another million dollars. Well the least I could do is make her earn it.”
“So what happened to her at the fight?”
“I didn’t stick around to find out. Probably nothing. You know how those super types are, always coming out on top. Nothing bad ever happens to them.”
***
Across town Doctor Jake Hammer looked at the empty offices he had once called home. The investment bank was more than eager to sell him back the office once he showed them the accounting irregularities he had uncovered in their books.
He had all of the 86th floor of Shooter Tower back. Plus the private elevator and the hidden shaft to the subbasement where he used to keep his fleet of cars. His tunnel to the river and his hidden submarine pen had been turned into a subway tunnel but he would have time to design a new one later. For now it was just good to be home.
He pushed a button and a section of the outside wall swung open creating a 10’x20’ opening. In the old days he’d used it for his mini-copter and jet platform but today it made for a nice loading dock.
La Sola flew up, carrying a huge crate behind her and smoothly maneuvered it in. Hammer kissed her and squeezed her juicy ass. He loved this girl. La Sola took off for another load.
Shamrock struggled with her crate but managed to get it in eventually. Hammer waved to her and said ‘good job’. The Irish girl blushed. He walked over and gave her a kiss and squeezed her somewhat leaner ass. He promised he’d find more time for her after he moved in. She left just as La Sola arrived. Hammer congratulated himself on his perfect timing.
***
Aussie Girl flew home as fast as she could without causing a sonic boom. She landed on her balcony and ran into the shower.
After a hot shower she felt a little better, a little more like her old self. She thought about the pictures. Were they really worse than La Sola’s European shoot? Really? She decided she didn’t care. She needed the money and she went out and made the money. No one cared about La Sola endorsing that stupid diet plan, no one cared that Star did an ad for joining the marines, why should anyone give a shit about her photo shoot?
Her cell phone rang, it was the Arachnid. She made some plans for tonight.
***
He was waiting as usual on top of the Romita Jr. Tower with a bottle of wine and a picnic basket of tempura vegetables and fried tofu. Aussie Girl smiled, how had he known she was vegetarian?
They ate and chatted for a while.
“So how come you’re always around campus, are you a student or something?”
“What? No. No. Not a student there. It’s just, uh, on the way from my house to the Gaea Building. Hey what about you Bug Boy? You some kind of hard-partying frat boy there? Football star? Wrestler?”
“Nah, I live in a tunnel under the Genetics Lab, I was an experiment gone wrong.”
Aussie Girl cocked her head trying to tell if the Arachnid was joking or not. She really couldn’t tell.
“So what have you been up to today?”
“I, uh, I met with a magazine, and took some pictures, modeling sort of.”
“I’ll keep my eyes out for it.”
“What? No, it’s nothing, fashion and hair tips, girl stuff.” She wiggled her butt closer to him, “besides you’re going to see a lot (well a bit) more of me tonight Bugs.” She could see the tenting in his skintight suit.
They kissed.
***
Two weeks went by. Despite her best efforts Aussie still hadn’t gotten her spider-hero to take off his mask or costume but frankly she no longer cared. He was a nice kid but she was getting tired of his lame jokes. It was time to move on.
They met again on the Romita roof. It was her turn to bring dinner but she arrived empty handed. And late.
“Hey Koala Cutie, did that fight with Lord Evil and Baron Von Bad go into overtime?”
“Hey Arachnid. Uh, I don’t know how to say this, but, well, it’s over.”
“Huh?”
“I mean it’s been fun and stuff but, it’s time to move on.”
“But…”
“You don’t have to make a scene or anything, let’s just leave as friends.”
The Amazing Arachnid could have tied her in webs, torn off her clothes, threatened her secret identity, said he loved her or any of a hundred other things. And none of them would have helped.
So he just watched her fly away.
And cried under his mask.
***
The next few weeks were agony for the Arachnid. He kept starting to call her but stopped himself. He kept starting to say things to Robyn at chem lab but couldn’t.
He was at the magazine shop, in the back, next to ‘those’ racks. The ones he pretended not to look at when he noticed this week’s issue of Meatrack. “The wonder from Down Under, Aussie Girl, in and out of costume!”
An old song came to mind: “My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold, my angel is a centerfold!”
So, she dumps him to do this.
Slut.
There was only a few weeks left in the term. He had an idea what to do for the last class.
***
“What the fuck is this?”
“Um…”
“Seriously. Just tell me you were mind-controlled, or drugged, or that it’s an imposter and I’ll make it go away.”
“Um…”
“Because I know you’re not this stupid.”
“It was me… I’m sorry.”
“SORRY? What the fuck? Sorry does not even begin to cover this! The Global Protectors is a worldwide brand! We sell our self-improvement videos and books to schools, we sell our toys and clothes to kids, we’re role models damn it! Who the fuck is going to buy their little girl Aussie Girl’s Guide to Being a Slut?”
“But La Sola-“
“That was in Europe, they’re different there. This is America. And I’m pretty fucking sure La Sola did not masturbate with a GP action figure!”
Aussie Girl suddenly found something on the floor that was really interesting to look at.
Maple Leaf’s berating continued for another hour before it got somewhere.
“So now what do we do?” Maple Leaf put her hand on her head to think.
“I-“
“Shut up Robyn, you’ve done enough damage. Did you have a contract with them?”
“Yes.”
“Did you sign it?”
“Of course.”
“How?”
“With a pen?”
Maple Leaf sighed. “What name?”
“What name? Um, Aussie Girl I guess.”
Maple Leaf smiled and started to laugh. Aussie Girl started to feel a ray of hope and laughed too. Maple Leaf came over and slapped her. But then she laughed again.
“Robyn, you’re such an idiot! There’s no such person as Aussie Girl, she’s like Mickey Mouse or Donald McDeath, she’s a fictional character whose trademark is owned by the Global Protectors Foundation. She can’t sign contracts! Only Robyn Barton can!”
“So…”
“So, I’ll call my lawyers and PR people and get going. We spread the word that this is a look-alike or a photoshop job. You go on TV talking about how hurt you are that anyone would hurt your reputation like this. We sue Meatrack, the distributor and the retailers for violating our copyrights and trademarks. We might not win but most of the retailers will stop selling it out of fear. These guys are dead.”
Aussie Girl smiled and laughed.
“But not as dead as you’ll be.”
***
Between the press conferences and interviews (Aussie Girl learned how to fake tears very well) and almost constant monitor duty Robyn ended up missing two weeks of classes. She tried to call Cohen a few times but the nerd never picked up or returned messages.
Sure enough the Aussie Girl issue of Meatrack was pulled from most stores and it became quite a collector’s item. Whole web sites were devoted to the question of whether or not it was really her in those pictures. Sophisticated image analysis and facial recognition software was used in efforts to settle the debate. And pretty much everyone who knew what they were talking about said it was her.
Not that the opinions of a bunch of nerds on the internet mattered to anyone. One look at the poor blond girl crying her eyes out convinced America that she was the victim.
***
Robyn came back to class with a note from the GP’s personal physician saying that she had been sick. The professor accepted it but informed her if she didn’t catch up and pass the exam he’d fail her.
As she took her seat next to Peter her keen ears caught the whispers from the boys in the class.
“Looks like her.”
“They say they hired a look-alike.”
“She sounds Australian too.”
“Probably missed class cause she was being sued.”
Puzzled she took her seat next to Peter. The pimply faced nerd suppressed a giggle. Aussie looked around, everyone was staring at her. And at these pamphlets scattered around the room.
She grabbed one and opened it up.
“Separated at Birth?”
The first picture was from Aussie Girl’s homepage, it showed her in costume with her hands on her hips, turned slightly and giving the browser her most welcoming smile.
The second was her student ID. She’d been wearing her Extreme Beach Volleyball tube top that day so in the head and shoulders shot she appears to be wearing nothing at all. And naturally she gave the camera her most welcoming smile.
The third was from Meatrack. It was Aussie Girl with her costume pulled down to her waist leaving her breasts swinging freely. A half dozen guys in villain costumes stand around her, reaching forward. And naturally she’s giving them her most welcoming smile.
It was impossible not to look at all three and know they were the same girl. Impossible.
The whole class was looking at her now. Robyn opened and closed her mouth a few times but nothing came out. Students started to giggle. Even the professor was looking at her strangely.
“Hey hot momma, want something to put in the pretty mouth?” A big football player grabbed her breasts from behind and squeezed them; she could feel his erection sticking into her butt. Without thinking Robyn yelled “FUCK OFF!” and tossed him across the room. The giggling stopped. The whispers started. “Super strength!” “Global Protector!” “Really her!” “Heard they’re all whores!”
“FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU ALL!” Robyn yelled and turned running from the lab. She flew up the stairs to the roof and pulled off her ‘Megapolis Jazz Fest’ tee shirt revealing the costume underneath. She had to get out of here, back to the Gaea Building; Maple Leaf would know what to do!
“Hey Koala Cutie! Take it off! Take it all off!”
The Amazing Arachnid was there, hanging upside down from the satellite dish and chucking at his own joke. Wearing her costume but still in her jeans Aussie turned and faced him.
“You did this! How could you do this to me?”
“Hey babe, I just used the public pictures, I didn’t even use my private collection!”
He scattered a dozen prints of himself screwing her on top of Romita Tower. That remote controlled camera really paid off!
“You… you… WHY! You just blew my secret ID wide open! Why damnit? Why?”
“Na-na-na-na-na-na Angel is a centerfold!” He taunted.
“Damn you Bug Boy!” Aussie Girl tore an air conditioner loose from the roof and hurled it at her ex-boyfriend but he dodged easily. The one ton industrial air conditioner bounced off the roof and onto the quad below. Aussie Girl jumped a few hundred feet into the air stopped, hovered and dove at the taunting hero. The Arachnid jumped onto a chimney and mooned her. Aussie Girl accelerated she was going to squash him… like a bug!
He jumped half a second before she hit the chimney. Even through her psychokinetic field she felt that one. Bricks rained down on the quad sending curious students running for cover. Shocked the Arachnid shot webs, trying to make a net to protect the students from debris. Dazed Aussie Girl tumbled into a dumpster.
“Crap! OK gotta put an end to this.”
Aussie Girl climbed out of the dumpster trying to clear her vision. Her hair was matted with garbage and she could feel a heck of a lump forming. She looked at the wreckage in the quad and knew she’d fucked up big time. She scowled, how could she have been so stupid?
Above her Arachnid saw her coming out of the dumpster scowling. ‘Shit, she wants to keep fighting! Better wrap this up before someone gets hurt!’ He fired two streams of sticky white webbing, pinning her arms to her sides.
‘Shit!’ Aussie Girl thought. ‘I can’t believe the bug still wants to fight! Gotta stop him before someone gets hurt!’ Straining she tore loose from the webbing, tearing her own top to shreds in the process.
The Arachnid just stood there speechless.
Aussie Girl charged him again.
***
Three hours later Aussie Girl stood pacing in Maple Leaf’s office, waiting for her leader to appear. Eventually Maple Leaf, Tigress and Valkyrie filed in. Maple Leaf gestured for her young teammate to sit. The three elder Protectors remained standing, facing her like an inquisition.
“So Miss Barton, would you like to try and explain this?”
“Uh, a wizard did it?”
“Try harder.”
“Well… you see… it’s like this….”
Maple Leaf listened carefully and then stared making calls to her publicist.
***
The next day the headlines told the story:
“Arachnid: Threat or Menace? Attempted Rapist Terrorizes Campus. ‘He tore off my clothes’ says Aussie Girl.” – Megapolis Marvel
“Heroine Assaulted by Hideous Mutant!” – Daily Comet
“Arachnid Wanted!” – Capes & Masks
“Superhero Insurance Rates to Rise? Mutant Rapist Causes $8 million in Damage” – Rich Street Journal
***
Aussie Girl flipped through the papers as she sat in the monitor room. She’d been on duty ten hours, with another six to go. Maple Leaf felt some hard work would help Aussie reflect on what she’d done.
Destroyed her reputation.
Trashed her college.
And now a (somewhat) innocent man was wanted for rape.
After all that it barely even registered when she saw the letter saying they’re foreclosed on the ranch and house in Aspen.