“Laura was it?” Dick asked.
“Yes Mister Grayson,” the black haired young woman said.
“Please call me Dick,” Dick said, “What’s with that logo on your shirt?”
“The double Xs?” Laura asked, “Here let me show you.”
Laura held up her arms and out came the pairs of claws on each arms. She held them to form double Xs.
“Didn’t dad have three claws?” Dick asked.
“Yeah,” Laura said, “When they made me the second and fifth one ended up in my feet.”
“Wow,” Dick said, “What do you mean ‘made you’?”
“Dracken was Logan’s biological son,” Laura pulled up a chair, “I was an attempt to clone him, specifically attempt X-23. Doctor Kinney, the geneticist, used some of her DNA and carried me as a surrogate mother. Weapons X was going to use me to be a new Weapon X asset. When I escaped, I became Talon and worked for the X-men.”
“So you are Logan’s clone?” Dick asked.
“Yeah Dick.”
*
“Major Grayson,” the Amazon Lieutenant saluted, “Agent Roth is on final approach.”
“I will go down to meet her,” Barbara returned the Amazon’s salute.
Barbara pulled on her “Batgirl” tee-shirt and pulled her sneakers back on. With a quick kiss on the lips she left Carol in the room with the other girls. Barbara made her way down from the “Orgy room,” formerly the lady of the house’s sitting room, to the Batcave. As Barbara reached the landing platform, the Quinjet had landed and it’s crew was unloading the cargo.
“Hay Rea,” Barbara greeted her friend.
“Hay Babs,” Raven smiled back.
Barbara stopped just in front of Raven and grabbed the pilot and pulled her into a deep French kiss. She watched Raven for any sort of reaction. Barbara released the pilot and smiled when there was none.
“Lieutenant,” Barbara ordered, “I don’t have to remind you that this is a special project site. You are not to discuss anything you see or that happens here to anyone.”
“Yes Ma’am,” the pilot saluted and fled back into the aircraft.
Raven and Barbara hugged and kissed.
“We both know what’s at stake,” Barbara started, “We all had to have our monogamous tendencies erased and our jealousies purged.”
“Well a week long orgy with the White Queen, Wonder Woman and the witches will clear that up,” Raven said, “When I went into my head last night, I met my inner slut and she went all sorts of She-Hulk!”
“Good,” Barbara took Raven’s Hand, “We woke him this morning, time to go say hi!”
*
“Laura,” Dick was saying as the pair entered the medical bay, “I KNOW a ‘let’s make a baby’ look when I see one, and that was it!”
“She was just trying to be nice,” Laura dismissed the concerns, “I’m sure you were polite and friendly to your boss’s wife or husband before all this too.”
“He used to call Lois Lane ‘Luthor’s favorite Bait’ right to Superman and Lois’ face,” Raven smirked.
“Hay little sister,” Dick smiled, “Out late at the Goth clubs?”
“Hasn’t been the same since Voltaire collapsed on stage,” Raven hugged Dick, “Actually I was getting briefings’ from your other step mom.”
“My other step mom?” Dick asked.
“The one with the tiara,” Barbara smirked.
“How is Diana these days?” Dick asked.
“Busier than ever,” Raven shrugged.
“I guess Cheetah wouldn’t let something like Gendercide stop her,” Dick made a joke.
“Actually Miss Minerva settled down with Luthor,” Laura shrugged.
“How did he survive?” Dick shouted.
“Easy Dick,” Raven saw the heart monitor spike, “Luthor and Doom found a way to transgender themselves on a cellular level. They offered it to a few of their closest cohorts but ultimately reneged on sharing it.”
“Is Luthor still a skin head?” Dick asked.
“No she has a thick head of red hair,” Barbara snickered, “In fact the finest one you can find in a wig shop. Bitch still can’t grow a head of hair without looking like a cancer patient.”
“OK Laura,” Carol called walking in, “Your shift is up, I’m here to relieve you.”
“Latter Mr. Grayson,” Laura smiled.
“OK,” Dick said, “Raven has her raven head, you have your bat, Laura has the crossed claws… I am starting to get this branding thing on your tee-shirts, but why not your Kree star Carol?”
Carol looked at the lightning bolt on her left breast of the spandex sports tee-shirt and made a face.
“When the Man-Breaker Plague took out it’s first humanoid alien man,” Barbara spoke, “The galaxy placed our star system under quarantine. If you were off world you stayed off, if you were here, you got stuck here.”
“Off world?” Dick thought for a second, “What about Gar and Kori?”
“They were intercepted on their way back and held outside of the solar system,” Raven spoke, “Last I talked to them they settled on Nowhere and have two kids. They asked for my blessing before they got married.”
“The Kree hold the interdiction line on one side of the system while the Green Lanterns hold it on the other,” Carol said, “Since Kree are not very popular here on earth right now, I went back to the lightning bolt I shared with the Shazam Marvels.”
“OK,” Dick was about to try and change topics since this one was a downer.
“I think you look better in the black bathing suit anyways,” Barbara said to Carol.
“Yes,” Dick knodded, “I completely agree with whatever Barbara says.”
“Smart boy,” Barbara smiled and kissed Dick, “We have a debriefing to do.”
“We’ll be back Dick,” Raven smiled.