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"Sure. Sounds like fun," you respond.

"Great! Now it's perfectly safe, but just as a formality, do you have any medical issues I should be aware of?" Zatanna asks.

"Well, I was recently mostly dead and am kept alive in part by tiny robots inside my body. Does that count?"

"Hmm I think we'll put that under "Other" on the waiver form.... That won't be an issue though. Just don't want you having a heart attack or something from the shock and amazement on stage."

There's a knock on the door. "10 minutes to show time, Zatanna," someone shouts.

"Oh look at the time! LAMROF ERITTA!" With a flash of light, Zatanna is instantly dressed in her tuxedo corset, fishnets and top hat. "I'll see you guys out there. And we'll hang out after the show." You and Kara leave the dressing room and head to your seats in the theater.

The venue is not the largest, maybe 200 seats, but it is certainly fancy with velvet-covered seats and intricate molding and carvings along the walls. You make your way through the people milling about to find your seats in the second row. Shortly thereafter, the lights are dimmed and with a poof of pink smoke, Zatanna is on stage. The crowd responds with loud applause in anticipation of the show.

"Thank you all for coming out tonight. I am Zatanna, your host for this evening. This is one of our special adults-only shows, so you should have been checked when you bought your tickets and again when you entered. But just to be safe... "SRONIM ESAELP EVAEL!" A pair of people in the back stand up and walk out while a few others in the crowd laugh. "Good. Now that that's settled we can begin," she says with a smile as she walks out to the front of the stage. "For these more...intimate shows, sometimes I get a little nervous. But as anyone who has given a performance knows, it can be calming to picture the audience naked." A few people laugh. "So, to make things a little more comfortable for me tonight..." she raises her wand and several gasps come from the crowd as you notice a bunch of people quickly crossing their legs or putting arms across their chests. "Just kidding," she says with a wink, drawing out some relieved laughter.

Zatanna resumes her show, wowing with both her magical flair and charisma. Her tricks range from the more basic illusions to more fantastical ones that only she could pull off. With each successful trick, the audience grows louder with their cheers. There is one dissenter though who boos and calls out how he thinks Zatanna is doing the tricks.

"I see we have a non-believer in the crowd. Why don't you come on up here for the next trick?" The crowd cheers him on and he strides up and goes on stage. "And who, may I ask, honors me with his presence?"

"Uh.. Jimmy." The man looks like he came in from a used car lot, complete with slicked back hair and a hideous plaid sport coat.

"Well, Jimmy is that a banana in your pants, or are you just really excited to see me up close?" He, and everyone else in the audience, look down and notice a huge bulge in his pants. From off-stage a chimp who was used in an earlier switcharoo trick runs out and reaches into a surprised Jimmy's pocket, pulling out a banana. "Oh, I guess Mr. Bobo misplaced his after-show snack. I'm terribly sorry about that." The crowd gets a laugh at his expense while he fumes. "Now, since you know so much about magic, how about a duel. Game of your choice."

"Yer on! How bout a shell game? I'll wipe the floor with ya."

"Ah yes the simple trick of the sleazy side-show scammer. Seems appropriate for you, Jimmy." The audience laughs again. Zatanna conjures up a set of shells and a table to go between them. "Now, just to make things more interesting, whoever loses each round has a forfeit: SEHTOLC RAEPPASID NEHW UOY LIAF!"

"The hell was that?" asks a confused Jimmy as he pats down his sleeves and pockets to check if anything has changed.

"Oh I suspect you'll find out soon enough. Now, since you're the guest here, I'll let you go first."

Jimmy makes a big show of stretching out his hands and wrists before diving in and quickly spinning the shells around. Finally he stops and asks his foe, "Well?"

"Not bad, but the pea is in your left hand."

"Shit! I'll get ya on the next one." Before your eyes, his jacket dissolves into air. "What the hell?"

"Your forfeit. And if you can beat me as you claim, the same will happen to me. Maybe some extra motivation, eh?" Motivated or not, Jimmy is totally outclassed as Zatanna wins every round, undressing him in more ways than one. Down to a pair of heart-printed boxers, she gives him a chance to surrender. "Last chance to bow out. No hurt feelings."

"Hell naw! I got ya right where I want ya." He makes his best effort yet, spinning and rapidly changing directions. In the end, Zatanna flips over the middle shell, revealing the pea hidden beneath. "Fuck!" Jimmy shouts as his boxers fade away, revealing his pasty white ass and tiny dick, eliciting a gasp from the crowd.

"SEHTOLC NRUTER!" His clothes reappear. "Let's give Jimmy a hand! Hopefully he's learned a thing or two about magic today." The audience cheers as the defeated man walks off the stage, head down. "Now for my next trick, I'll need a helper from the audience." Zatanna subtly looks in your direction, so you think this must be the trick she had planned for you. Kara gives you an elbow in case you had any doubt. You raise your hand and you get called up to the stage.

After the introductions, Zatanna leads you over to a horizontal person-sized box that has been wheeled out on a table. "For this trick, we will see if I can escape the bindings of my handsome assistant." She goes through all the magician formalities of showing how solid the box is and how the bindings are sturdy. Leaving her hat on a side table, she takes your hand as she climbs up into the coffinesque box. She hands you the pile of restraints and you begin tying her up, binding her fishnetted legs together and then securing her arms to her sides. "Ooh you're good at this," she says as she wiggles and tests your work. "This isn't the first time a woman has asked you to tie her up, is it?"

"No comment," you say with a smile and the audience eats it up. You finish your work and Zatanna gets ready to lay back in the box.

"Once the box is closed, I want you," she addresses the audience, "to give me a nice and loud count down from five...er let's make it interesting. From three. Then my lovely assistant will take that gigantic hammer over there and smash me to pieces."

"I'm going to what now?"

"Ready?" The crowd cheers. "Here we go!" She closes the lid of the box and it latches on its own.

-THREE! You go and pick up the oversized sledge hammer. You can see why she picked you for this job. A regular guy, like Jimmy, would have trouble even picking this thing up, but with your highly trained strength, you have no trouble wielding the hammer.

-TWO! You ready your grip as you notice a little bit of movement from within the box.

-ONE! I hope you know what you're doing in there... You hoist the hammer over your head and hesitate for a moment before bringing it crashing down onto the box. The audience gasps and there are a few screams as the box splinters apart into a thousand pieces and collapses down. There is a moment of silence as everyone stares at the rubble, but while there are the straps from the restraints and the wood from the box, there is no crushed magician.

Out of the corner of your eye, you notice movement on the side table and see a hand peeking out from the top hat. Taking the cue, you grasp the hand and start pulling, squeezing Zatanna out of the hat. And for good measure, she has a pair of rabbit ears on. The audience erupts and the star takes a bow and thanks you for your assistance. "That's all for tonight. I hope you enjoyed the show. Thanks for coming out!" She waves goodbye to the audience and you return to Kara.

"Wow that was intense!" she says. "Maybe I'll ask her to borrow those restraints for later..." she gives you a quick kiss.

"I think we might need something a little stronger for you."

"Me? Those are for you, silly." The two of you share a laugh as you head back down the hall to Zatanna's dressing room. You re-join the magician in her room and thank her for the wonderful time. "That was kind of mean what you did to that heckler though."

"Jimmy?" She starts laughing. "Oh no. He's a friend. He's a bit of an exhibitionist and gets his rocks off on that sort of thing. So I let him be a part of the show every now and then." There's a loud pounding on the door. "Not now, Laura. I have guests."

The door flies open as it is kicked in. A grey-bearded man in a black robe strides in with two others in tow. The man raises a hand and it glows blue as fabric wraps Zatanna up like a mummy, including a gag over her mouth. Kara springs into action in defense of her friend, but her punch is frozen in mid-air. As she struggles against the invisible ****, you jump in, but with a wave of his other arm, you are sent flying across the room, crashing through the wall. You hear another crash and then finally the bearded man speaks: "Bring the Kryptonian as well. Perhaps she will provide Miss Zatara with some extra motivation." You look up to see one of the men carrying Zatanna while the other picks up a now-**** Supergirl.