Next Step Forward

“So, lemme get this straight. Y’all trying to keep a low profile while keeping one of the 12 kidnapped here, and yet you’re gonna galavant around in that?” Shayna said as she gestured to my appearance. “Y’all’ll attract the whole damn city to our location.”

I looked over to Rose, who was gesturing for me to ignore Shayna while also giving me thumbs-ups.

“Well, I think it suits her,” Mark said as he put his elbow on Shayna’s shoulder. “She looks good in it.”

“She ain’t keeping no low profile,” Shayna said as she crossed her arms.

“Anyway I could convince you,” Regina said, approaching Shayna from the other side and pushing her cleavage together and batting her eyes.

Shanya was very clearly struggling to keep her eyes forward on me. “Did y’all even think about being followed?”

“We teleported,” I said as I channelled the ring to transform myself back into my casual outfit.

“We still got the damn problem of handling her,” Shayna said as she pointed to the cage that held Paws.

Paws reared her head back and cackled. The gestures and mannerisms showed me that it was Faux Paws in charge. I wasn’t entirely surprised. “You all are so dead. It’s only a matter of time.”

“She’s not wrong,” Shayna said as she turned to the rest of us. “Y’all got one of the 12. Sooner or later, someone’s gonna be trying to-”

“Hang on,” Regina said as she rested her chin on Shayna’s tits and looked over at Paws. “Let’s take this conversation somewhere that Cat Girl can’t hear us.”

“Agreed.”

With that, we all moved to the monitor room. Each of us took a chair, except for Regina who decided to sit in Rose’s lap.

“Now then, y’all, someone’s gonna be looking for Paws,” Shayna said as she looked in the direction of the cages. “We can’t keep that hidden forever.”

“Well, why not?” Rose asked as she looked towards me. “I mean, she can do damn near anything.”

“Eh, not quite,” Regina said as she shrugged, then put her arm around Rose. “Her powers need recharging, and if she goes over her current limits, it’s not gonna be pretty for anyone.”

“Not to mention, but, we’re all still human,” Mark said as he gestured to Rose and Shayna. “Our tech is nice and all, but someone like Core would easily dismantle us.”

“Do we think it’s just the 12 that would come after us?” I asked, nervously fidgeting in my seat.

“It would make the most sense,” Rose said. “I mean, a missing member of the 12 would probably send the rest of the 12 looking for her.”

“Who would be the closest one?” Mark asked as he started to turn to the main console and began to type on it.

“It looks like Land Shark,” Shayna said as she looked at the monitor.

“The who what now?” Regina said as she casually stuck her hand between Rose’s breasts. “Are all of the 12 animal themed?”

“No, not all of them,” I said, my inner fangirl beginning to rise.

“Oh no, here she goes,” Regina said with a playful groan.

“So, there’s Land Shark, Build Up, Cyber Wing, Core, Air-Row, Giant Lady, Serenity, Split Vision, Injector, Copypaste, and Thermostat,” I said, internally squeeing. “Each of them have unique and awesome abilities, like Giant Lady being able to take blows and grow in size or-”

“Alright, easy there,” Regina said as she shoved my head between Rose’s breasts to quiet me down. My squirming just buried me deeper between her cleavage, but Rose didn’t seem to mind. “Anyways, I think we can all agree that we’ve kinda had a bit of a long day.”

“You tired?” Mark said with a bit of a smirk.

“Aww, you wanna sleep with me?” Regina said in her seductive voice. She casually placed her breasts on the back of my head.

“Aww hell nah,” Mark said. “I barely survived earlier. I ain’t going through that again.”

“The important thing,” Rose said as she pulled Regina off of her and released me from the cushioned head prison, “is that we be prepared. We don’t know who or what is behind what’s going on with Faux Paws in there, and they’re still out there.”

“Exactly,” Shayna said as she pressed a few buttons on panels and secret doors opened up in the wall. “But, we’re dead meat if we’re too exhausted to fight. We need to get some shut-eye.”

“Isn’t it, like, the middle of the afternoon?” I asked, feeling my stomach growling. All the sex and superheroing really started to build up an appetite. As if calling out, I heard Rose’s stomach growl, then Mark, and then Shayna’s. Regina’s was the only one who didn’t, but then again, I wasn’t even sure that she ate.

“I could go for some grub,” Mark said as he looked at Shayna.

“You all really think that’s smart?” Shayna asked as she rubbed her temples.

“Hey, we need sleep and we need to eat,” Rose said confidently. “We can’t fight crime on an empty stomach.”

“Y’all really don’t understand the risks we’re under,” Shayna said, trying to ignore her rumbling stomach.

“Don’t worry,” Mark said with a wink, “I’ll bring along the K-Fraber in case something goes wrong.”

“Well then,” I said, clapping my hands together to get everyone’s attention. “Let’s celebrate my first successful day as a superhero!