Undercover Karen

"You remember the plan, Ma'am?" The elderly gentleman asked as he and Karen walked into the strip club, immediately catching the eye of Margot.

"Well, well, well." Margot said with a chuckle as she approached the two, "If it isn't one of my best costum- WHOA!"

Margot immediately brought a hand up to her face, holding her nose as she eyed the naked Karen before turning to the elderly man. "Jonathon! I told you if you brought one more pothead in here, I'd throw you out on your ear! If I get the fuzz on my ass, I lose everything and go to prison!"

"Easy there, Margot." Jonathon said, "That's the wrong kind of skunk you're smelling."

"Crap! I just called animal control to catch that thing last week." Margot muttered, turning to Karen. "My apologies, Miss, but if you're looking for tomato juice, we stopped serving Bloody Marys about a month ago."

"Actually, I was wondering if you had any job openings available?" Karen lied, "I was on my way here to audition when I got sprayed by that skunk."

"Sorry, the position's already been filled." Margot replied, giving a slight chuckle. "Actually, it was another naked woman just like you, minus the smell. And when I saw her, she was literally pulling a Lady Godiva."

"Well, that explains the horse out front." Jonathan stated.

"And trust me when I say this girl has got nothing going on upstairs." Margot said with a laugh. "When I found her, she was blabbing on and on about these wild stories of the future. And here's the sad part: She actually believes it! I mean, if you heard even half of the asinine nonsense that comes out of that little idiot's mouth, she'd be in a padded cell in seconds! And she hasn't even found out about the live sex show part yet!"

"'Live sex show'?" Karen asked, shocked.

"Funny, I don't recall that being a part of your regular shows." Jonathon observed.

"Oh, it's new." Margot replied, "You know that old saying 'sex sells'? Well, one day I thought to myself: If I can charge hundreds and thousands for one woman dancing and taking off their clothes, imagine how much they'd pay to 'sit in The Splash Zone', if you get my meaning."

"I see." Jonathon said with a nod, "Well, this sounds like it will be quite a show."

"Let's hope with the crazy idiot..." Margot muttered as she walked away, leaving Jonathon and Karen alone.

"She can't do that to Carol!" Karen hissed in disgust. "She's taking advantage of her!"

"That's Margot for you." Jonathon commented, "The most seediest and greediest bitch in Vegas. And again, that's saying something."

"I gotta go warn the others! Thanks for your help, Jonathon!"

"Think nothing of it, Miss." Jonathan replied as Karen ran out the door. The older man then smirked as he looked over to Margot at a register taking with another customer. "Your days are numbered, Margot Golds..."

"I can't do this..." Sophie moaned as she stood with the other 'heroes' in her Red Sonja costume.

Cindy was just about to comfort her again, when suddenly...

"Excuse me, Ma'am?"

Sophie looked over to see a nerdy and chubby woman in her early twenties with a tall and muscular eighteen year old man, the latter looking away bashfully as the woman stepped forward.

"My little brother here is a big fan of Red Sonja." The chubby woman said before smirking slyly and leaning in, adding, "And he thinks you're cute, too."

"EMMA!" The young man shouted, face blazing.

"'C-cute'? He thinks I'm 'cute'?!" Sophie asked in shock. She shook her head in disbelief. "He's lying! I'm not cute!"

"Then why did he point you out to me by saying, 'Look at that cute girl cosplaying as Red Sonja over there'."

"Oh my gosh, Emma! Shut up!"

"I will once you get over here and take a photo with her." Emma teased as she paid the money for both her and her brother.

Letting out a sigh, the embarrassed young man walked up to one side of Sophie while Emma stood on the other. All three smiled as the picture was taken, Sophie actually surprised that these two tourists weren't making fun of her.

"Thanks, 'Red Sonja'." Emma said when they got the pictures back, "Think you can give us your signature? And maybe," she gave a wink, "you can give Terry your number?"

"Emma! I swear, if you don't shut up right now, I'm gonna throw you into The Grand Canyon!" Terry snapped in embarrassment as he grabbed the pictures and led his sister away. "I'm sorry about her! Thank you for the pictures! Goodbye!"

"Good... Bye..." Sophie said slowly, still stunned by what just happened as she blinked slowly.

"See?!" Cindy asked, "Those two weren't picking on you, were they?"

"T-that was just a fluke." Sophie replied, folding her ahead on her stomach. "You'll see! The next thirteen people will judge me for my body!"

"Oh, I'll say I'll judge your body!" A nerdy man said as he came up and paid. "The Real Red Sonja is at least a 34 DD, not your A cups."

"See?!" Sophie shouted at Cindy, gesturing to the nerd.

"Now, if you were cosplaying as Harley Quinn or Gwenpool, then you'd have the perfect body to pull those off." The nerd said with a sigh, "Oh, well. Beggars can't be choosers, I guess."

Before Sophie could say anything, The Nerd wrapped an arm around Sophie just as the camera went off. The nerd then took the picture and turned to Sophie, saying, "Shame really. You have the perfect body pull off cosplay, you just need to choose the right character.

As he left, Sophie saw Cindy smile at her. "Okay, so three people think I'm attractive. The other twelve most certainly will not!"