Truth or Dare - Part 1

It was the first time in years since they got together like this. With the old team, they always seemed to have time for barbecues, camp outs, get-togethers in general, but since then, since Kory and Dick's almost wedding, since Speedy became Arsenal, since all the chaos tore the team apart, they hadn't had the chance to get together. Sure, they would catch endless lunches with one another, or hour long phone calls, but tonight would be the first time they'd all been together on a night like this; no masks, no emergencies. It was about time.

They all met at one of the Wayne country homes just outside Gotham Heights. Dick set this up earlier with Bruce, and wasn't surprised to find the refrigerator, freezer and bar fully stocked. There was even a large container of homemade pancake mix in the fridge. Dick shook his head and grinned. Only Alfred.

He brought Barbara up with him that morning. Most of the Titans knew her as the former Batgirl, but it was a well-kept secret she was also the voice and mind of Oracle, hacker and researcher extrordinaire for the many superheroes on the planet. When the party was being planned, he said he would be bringing Barbara as his guest. No one objected. Barbara hesitated at first, but Dick, the superior tactician, spoke first to Tim Drake to cover the computer consoles for the weekend, then to her father about what special provisions he would need to take her off with some friends. Gordon, who thought she spent too much time out of circulation, made all the arrangements and bid his daughter a good weekend.

The other guest he invited was one Helena Bertinelli, known in certain circles as Huntress. Helena, who recently met the Titans under less than flattering circumstances, was also hesitant, but seeing how Barbara had been railroaded, reluctantly accepted. She looked at this as an opportunity to interact with more of her other "colleagues." After working as part of the JLA, she was curious if all the other teams ran as strictly.

They all arrived shortly after three, carrying bags of food for the weekend. Raven, still the vegetarian, brought an exquisite tossed salad and tofu burgers, which drew boos and hisses from Vic. He preferred "a big hunk of cow." Donna and Kory brought several bottles of alcohol and drink mixers, so the first order of the day was to make the perfect margarita. Roy and Wally brought a selection of movies for them to watch when they all got tired of talking, not that it would happen. Wally joked they could have saved on rentals and brought a bag of old home movies. No one would get into them, so no one would know the difference.

They spent the afternoon swimming and eating, and yapping about old times. The newbies, Jesse, Grant, and Toni found all the reminiscing fascinating. It was the history of their new team told by the ones who went through it. Terra at first felt nervous talking about the "old days," but Gar made her comfortable. No one really touched on what happened the first time she disappeared, or the fate of the more recent team. It was clean slate time, and she planned on taking advantage of it.

Bette listened to the conversations with a bit of envy. Though she was a member to some extent, she didn't feel like she belonged here. They spoke of past adventures and she wished she were one of them. But she, like Garth, had a life and responsibilities elsewhere. Now Garth was part of the new team. She was cheered by the fact that she was here now, sharing this time with them.

At sunset they all retired to the main room in front of a large fireplace. Filled with good food, and a little alcohol, someone (who to this day remains anonymous) suggested they play Truth or Dare. Everyone was game and they spun one of the empty bottles to see who would go first. Garth drew the lucky position.

Garth stood up, surveying his victims. Smiling a devilish grin, he pointed. "Kory, Truth or Dare?"

Kory smiled. "Dare," she challenged.

He chuckled, "I dare you to kiss Gar the way he's always begged you to kiss him." ~~~~~~~~~~

Kory stood up and walked over to Gar. She towered over him as he sat on the floor with his legs crossed. "Well Gar, it looks like your dreams are going to come true!" Kory smiled sweetly, with a slight touch of mischievousness to her voice. She knelt down over his lap, unbuttoning two more buttons of her already half undone blouse. For the first time in his life, Garfield Logan was speechless. Kory's breasts were all but completely bared in front of his face. She lowered herself a bit more so she was face to face with him. Unfortunately Gar couldn't look her in the eyes at all, his gaze following her chest down. He just sat dumbfounded as Kory's lips pressed against his.

First she kissed him very lightly, pulling back almost immediately to see Gar blushing so much; it looked like his face was going to turn from green to a permanent shade of red. She took his hand and lifted it to one of her breasts, placing it so her hardened nipple was between his thumb and finger. She started the kiss a second time, this time pushing her tongue inside his mouth, flicking it firmly against his. With her free hands, she reached down and quickly unbuttoned his blue jeans far enough that she could reach inside and grab his cock.

Gar was completely befuddled. All he could do was barely return her kiss and pray that he wouldn't do anything to embarrass himself. He moaned loudly as he felt Kory's hand start to massage his shaft, eventually freeing it from the confines of his jeans. As Kory kept passionately kissing him, she continued to stroke him, rubbing its head against her stomach. This was more than Gar could take but just as his body was starting to seize up, Kory broke away completely, causing him to fall backwards. Kory strolled back to her seat, content that her dare was achieved, and then some.

Roy stared in shock, first at Kory sitting back, bare-chested and grinning victoriously, then at Gar, lying back in such utter shock that he still hadn't pulled his pants back up. "Oh, that's gotta hurt! Those kinda cramps you should probably rub out! In private though... that's not my dare!"

"Oh god, I think I feel worse than when Trigon stepped on me..." Gar wept as he finally pulled his pants back up.

Kory stood up and looked for the next victim. "Barbara, Truth or Dare."

"I think I'll play it safe. Truth."

Kory smiled mischievously again. "Are you romantically in love with Dick?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Barbara sat dumbstruck, stealing a glance at Dick, who sat across from her. He had a slight grin, and looked at her, now extremely interested. She looked at the group and felt the color rush into her face. "Um..." she started. "Is it too late to go with Dare?"

Kory shook her head, giggling. "Oh yeah, you chose Truth."

Barbara smiled nervously. "Well, it's hard to explain. Dick and I have a... special relationship."

Helena laughed. "Quick stalling Babs, spit it out."

Dick shifted in his chair, leaning towards Barbara. She smiled nervously at him again, trying to get the words right before she put her foot in her mouth.

"Before, when I was Batgirl," she said, "I would have to say no, not really. I mean he's a sweet boy, but I never got past the age difference."

Dick interrupted. "We're only five years apart."

"But back then, five years was a big deal," she countered.

Kory asked, "And now?"

Barbara looked at Dick, her heart racing from the look he was giving her. Oh god, she thought, to wake up every morning to that smile. To put up with his lousy jokes, one liners and wicked sense of humor. To have those arms around her every night going to sleep. To make love and be made love to by him for the rest of her life. She smiled at him. He was as beautiful inside as he was outside, and if things were different, she'd be all over him in nothing flat. But the day that bullet shattered her spine, she gave up on those kinds of dreams. If things were different...

"Now, there are other things to consider," she said quietly, staring into her lap. Kory was about to ask another question but Donna put a hand on her knee, stopping her. Dick wanted to say something, but thought better of it. Later, he decided, in private. The room was quiet for a moment, then Barbara looked up with a small grin.

"My turn, right?" She surveyed the group. "Wally?"

Wally smirked, "I don't know what's worse, so I'll take Dare."

Barbara looked at him thoughtfully. "I dare you," she said, pausing for a beat, "to remove one article of clothing from each person here and put it on someone else." ~~~~~~~~

Wally gave the type of smile usually reserved for toddler's who find out where their parents hide the cookie jar and in less than a heartbeat, everyone was changed.

Argent had been wearing a fancy black one-piece mini dress. By the time the tornado subsided, she wound up wearing only an open black sport jacket and a black lace thong.

Dick started out wearing a denim button-up shirt with a white Gotham Knights T-shirt underneath, blue jean shorts and sneakers. He wound up just switching T-shirts, losing his Gotham Knights shirt for a half-shirt with the Superman symbol.

Koriand'r lost her open blouse and gained a gray half shirt obviously made for a chest quite smaller than hers, possibly doing an even worse job of covering her up than her open blouse.

Garth originally had on a white polo shirt, khaki pants, and sneakers. He wound up losing the polo shirt and gaining a black Nirvana T-shirt, soliciting a suppressed chuckle from Roy. "Hey fishface, do they even know what Nirvana is a million leagues under the sea?"

Garth turned to give Roy a scathing retort and instead burst out laughing. Roy went from wearing a hooded gray sweatshirt and workout shorts to being dressed up in a very elegant black mini-dress. "Y'know Roy, seeing you dressed like that makes putting up with you all these years completely worthwhile!" Garth managed to get out through his laughter.

Gar was wearing one of his usual ensembles, consisting of the loudest Hawaiian shirts on the planet, blue jeans and white high-top sneakers. His jeans were replaced by a long flowing skirt that, when combined with his loud shirt, made him look like he was attacked by a deranged florist.

Barbara started out in a pair of black stretch pant with a blue sweater. After the tornado subsided, she found herself stripped down to her lacy light blue bra and a pair of blue jeans.

Wally, by some sheer coincidence, wound up in the least embarrassing situation. He had a pair of dark green khakis with a dark red button-down shirt emblazoned with the Flash logo on the pocket. He just lost the shirt and ended up with a white tank top instead.

Donna had a pair of cutoff jean shorts and a white crop-top T-shirt with the Superman logo. She wound up losing her T-shirt and getting a dark red button-down shirt draped over her shoulders, left unbuttoned, showing off the leopard print bra she had on underneath.

Raven was wearing a long, flowing chiffon skirt with a loose white top, but lost the skirt and found herself in a pair of green silk boxers.

Bette wore a short light orange sundress with white ankle-high boots, only to have the dress replaced with Kory's oversized open blouse, revealing her white lace panties and bra.

Helena seemed to go through no change, wearing a white, oversized Bugs Bunny sweatshirt, ripped blue jeans and white sneakers. Her changes weren't visible, losing her silk green boxer shorts, and ending up with a white Gotham Knights T-shirt underneath her sweatshirt.

Jesse showed up very professionally dressed, with a black skirt, white blouse, black sport jacket, flesh colored panty hose, and black high heels. She lost her sport jacket only to have it replaced by a hooded gray sweater, making her look like Ally McBeal and Rocky's long lost child.

Grant came in wearing a black Nirvana T-shirt, jeans and high tops. After the tornado subsided, he lost his T-shirt and had it replaced with a feminine dark blue sweater, draped seductively off of one shoulder.

Terra had on a pair of black spandex shorts, a gray cut-off T-shirt, black combat boots, and a baseball cap. She went through one of the more startling changes, losing the drab gray T-shirt and ending up in a bright orange sundress, going from almost butch to overtly feminine in less than a tenth of a second.

Finally Vic, who really didn't need clothes to begin with, had a pair of sweatpants and a white tank top on. The tank top was simply replaced with a white polo shirt.

Wally kicked back in his chair after he finished and watched his teammate's reactions. "Now, before anybody gets up to kill me, remember, nobody here can catch me!" he gloated. "Now, Mister Nightwing, Truth or Dare."

Dick looked confidently at Wally. Even though he was wearing Donna's T-shirt, he didn't embarrass him as badly as some of the others. Their years of friendship meant that much to him apparently. "Truth."

"Okay Dick, what REALLY happened between you and Kory when she was staying at your apartment a couple weeks ago?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dick started to chuckle. "Why doesn't anyone believe nothing happened?" He looked at Kory, who had a Cheshire cat smile. She wasn't helping. He started to stammer, "C'mon, we're adults here, we can share a living area without jumping each other like rabbits!"

Roy stated dramatically, "Methinks he doth protest too much."

Wally nodded rubbing his chin. "Verily."

Vic grinned. "Aye."

Garth laughed. "Out with it Sir Richard, else we question the Princess."

Dick shook his head. "I swear, nothing happened." He looked at Kory, pleading. "Kory, back me up."

She nodded, "Really, nothing did happen." Her smile indicated otherwise.

Donna drawled, "You lie like a cheap rug."

"Seriously nothing did happen," Kory said softly, "though not for lack of trying."

Terra squealed, "Ooh details Kory, I want details."

Dick tugged at the collar of his t-shirt, uncomfortable for the first time that night. He decided to try and save a little face. "It's my turn, I'll tell it." Everyone turned eyes to him, waiting. He thought back on those two weeks and tried to sum it up briefly. "Well, Kory was staying with me, and one night after patrol, she was waiting up for me."

<<She arrived on Earth without a place to stay. After unsuccessfully trying to contact her old agent, she went to Bludhaven in search of Dick. He couldn't turn her away; after all they'd been through together, and said she could stay with him until she was settled. He spent his days tending bar while she commuted to New York, making contact with her old agencies. At night, he's patrol his town as usual, sometimes with Kory, but mostly alone. He'd return and check on her before catching some sleep. For the first few days, it went fine. Then one night he climbed in the window after an uneventful patrol, changed from his uniform into sweats and went into the front room to check on her. But instead of looking in on her sleeping form, he found her sitting topless, waiting up for him. His jaw fell open, and he felt that familiar stirring in his groin. She caught him looking and smiled.

"Hi Dick, I'm glad you're back," she purred.

All coherent thought deserted him. "I was just looking in on your boobs- I mean I just wanted to see if you were naked- I mean asleep!" He went to the side window and made a great show of locking it. "You should really keep this closed, Kory. It's dangerous." He purposely turned his back to her, hoping she'd cover up or do something else. He heard her get up from the couch and a half-second later he felt her hard nipples pressed up against his bare back. Her arms wrapped around his chest, stroking him lightly.

"I've missed you," she whispered against his neck, placing light kisses on his shoulder.

He gripped the closed curtains, trying to control himself. "I've missed you too Kory." He broke away from her and went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water. She stood at the window, amused, then walked into the kitchen after him. He turned quickly to her and handed her the glass, evading her hands. "It's good to have you back home." He moved across the floor and put a chair between them. His shaft was already hard and pushed against the fabric of his sweats.>>

Dick spoke to the group again. "She said she wanted to... well, um, but I didn't, and I told her and that was it."

<<"So, what's going on?" he asked, hoping his arousal wasn't too evident. She set the glass down, still smiling and walked over, resting her knee on the chair.

"Oh, the same thing, everyone wants to get together and do lunch." She moved her hand to the bulge in his pants and cupped it softly. A shiver went through him and he started to back away quickly.

"Well doing lunch is good," he babbled, "I mean people gotta eat and lunch is a good time to do it. Eat, I mean." He backed into the arm of couch and fell over, landing on his back. Kory was leaning over him moments later, her breasts dangerously close to his lips. If he stuck his tongue out, he could taste her swollen nipples.

"Why are you running away from me?" she asked, giggling.

"I'm not running away from you. I was just making sure the couch wasn't to lumpy, cause if it was you could sleep in my bed."

Kory leaned closer, her nipple now grazing his cheek. "I could stay in your bed anyway."

Dick rolled off the couch, bashing his head on the coffee table, and jumped to his feet. "Yeah, why don't you." He started towards the bedroom, saying, "I'll just grab a change of clothes so I don't wake you in the morning, and you can catch up on your rest."

"That's not what I meant, Dick," she murmured, catching him around the waist.

He turned and was eye to eye with her. "Kory..."

"I'd love to screw you 'til your eyes bug out." She kissed him softly, feeling his arms go around her, pulling her closer to him. He ran his hand through her hair, inhaling the soft fragrance of her perfume. His tongue darted in and out of her mouth, his hips pressing against hers...

He broke away abruptly. "I can't do this, Kory."

She cocked her head to one side. "Why not?"

He backed away from her into the bathroom doorway. "I know I'm a fool, but I can't. I mean I do want to, but I can't. It's wouldn't be right. I'm sorry."

He shut the bathroom door and stepped into the shower, still clothed. Turning the cold water on full blast, he stood in the shower long after Kory went to bed.>>

"Nothing happened. End of story." He sat in his chair, arms folded. Kory winked at him. He felt the blood rush again and quickly said, "Toni, Truth or Dare?" Toni, unconvinced, started to protest. "You're leaving something out, Dick."

"No I'm not. Truth or Dare." The group heard a chuckle and turned to Roy and Wally. They were sitting with Kory, whispering. Roy broke into uncontrollable laughter. He looked at Dick, stifled a chuckle, and gave him a goofy grin. Dick looked at Kory, but she just gave him an innocent smile. He shook his head, defeated. "Toni, Truth or Dare?"

Toni, showing a little sympathy for him, dropped the whole thing and said, "Truth."

Dick sat back thinking. "Ok, Truth, what villain would you do if they weren't a villain?"