Establishing Contact

Gwen & Barbara had successfully navigated Jervis Tetch's first carnival ride, albeit not without some discomfort. The ride subjected them to some very up close and personal views of very sexy women clad in sexy bunny costumes peeling the outfits off of one another and fucking right in front of them in an attempt to titillate the heroines; as enticing as the sight was, Tetch's mocking attempts to spur both women into joining the frenzy proved to be a welcome distraction for them. Still, they couldn't help but get a little wet at the sight.

"Any progress on your collar's analysis?" Gwen asked as they disembarked from the ride car.

"Actually, yeah. Check this out -- my phone's been gathering all kinds of data," Barbara answered.

Gwen looked at the data on the phone's screen. "Oh, this is good," she smiled. "I've been gathering data of my own on an app just like this."

Gwen pulled out her phone and showed Barbara the data she'd gathered.

"Great minds think alike, huh?" Barbara grinned as she and Gwen shared a fist bump. "Think you can send me what you've got?"

"Good idea," Gwen agreed, as the two exchanged the info they'd obtained and scanned the results.

"So? Any idea on how to deactivate these things?" asked Barbara.

"Not quite yet, but my suit's computer should figure it out soon. We won't have to play his game for much longer. Better yet, my suit's been able to pick up the signal Tetch is using -- once we get rid of these things, we should be able to track him down."

"Nice! My suit's computer's almost finished analyzing, too. Sounds like we have some pretty similar tech in our costumes. Nanotech's pretty awesome, isn't it?" said Barbara.

Gwen nodded. "One of the perks of working with Batclaw -- WayneTech's great."

"WayneTech, huh? My suit was outfitted by Stark Industries. The firmware is my own, though -- I prefer upgrading it myself."

"Impressive," praised Gwen. "You must be damn good with computers."

"I've always been a pretty big computer dork. It really comes in handy when superheroing. I can sit there coding for hours -- sometimes my girlfriend has to pretty much pry me away from my computer."

"Sounds like we're ahead of the game, here. Now, if only we could somehow get a message out--"

As if on cue, a voice echoed through both women's headsets. "Babs? Gwen? Can you hear me?"

"MJ?"

"Babs! Thank god you're OK," MJ said, relieved. "Is Batgirl there with you?"

"Yeah, we're fine. Hatter or Arcade or whatever you wanna call him threw us in an elaborate deathtrap, but honestly, we've been through worse... how'd you know Batgirl was with me?"

"I had some help tracking you down. Gwen, you can hear me, right? My name's Mary Jane Watson -- I'm Barbara's girlfriend."

"Nice to meet you," answered Gwen. "I hear you loud and clear. How'd you manage to get a signal through to both our headsets?"

"I helped with that," Kitty said over the comms.

"Kitty! It's good to hear your voice," said Gwen. "Where are you two?"

"Just outside this amusement park. Who kidnapped you, anyway? A Goblin Clown copycat?"

"Jervis Mad Arcade Hatter Tetch. He hired Mastershot and Deathpool to bring us here," Gwen explained. "He wanted to test out his big amusement park of ****. Nothing out of the ordinary for him..."

"...Sounds like you've got this under control," said Kitty. "You sure you need us for this?"

"It's a little more complicated than usual. He's kidnapped a bunch of women and he's controlling their minds with these bunny ears, and he's got them pretty much throwing themselves at us. He's also outfitted us with these collars -- apparently they'll explode if we orgasm."

"Wow. That's... actually kinda brilliant," Kitty noted. "Imagine the Goblin doing something like that. Or worse, Poison Ivy or Amora the Enchantress..."

"I doubt either Ivy or Amora would do something like this -- they're far more interested in seducing us than killing us. Goblin Clown, on the other hand? Now he could do some serious damage to us. In any case, we're glad the two of you are here -- we could use your help."

"Actually, it's not just us," said Kitty. "We brought backup."

"Batgirl! Spider-Girl! I'm glad you are both OK," Kori spoke up.

"Kori?!" Gwen exclaimed.

"When I told her you were missing, She dropped everything to help me find you," explained Kitty.

"I see. Thank you Kori, I appreciate it," said Gwen gratefully.

"You make Kitty happy, and you are a dear friend. Any time you need my help, I will be ready."

"That means a lot, Kori," a thankful Gwen responded. Kitty's idea of a three-way relationship between them kept sounding better and better all the time. "As of right now though, it's too risky for you guys to charge in here -- he could detonate our collars, and who knows what he might do to the girls he's kidnapped. The good news though is that we've collected a lot of data on these collars -- we'll send it to you now. Together, we might be able to deactivate these things soon..."