I'll take a drink

Diana wasn't sure about anything any more at that particular moment. Maybe it was the strangeness of the atmosphere that was getting to her? After all, she had removed her dress, and was now sitting naked on Penguin's lap, something she'd never do under normal circumstances. "I'll take a drink" she said, smiling politely.

"Bring her a Long Island Ice Tea, if you please" Penguin chimed in.

"Very well, madame. I shall return shortly." The man smiled and walked away with her dress draped over his arm.

"I'm so glad you joined me" fawned Penguin. "It's so difficult to find quality companionship these days, and I always knew you were a woman of high quality." He looked Diana's nude body over and over again as if trying to burn a mental image of her permanently into his mind. "But there's something we need to talk about" Penguin finally said. "That's why I'm glad to see you."

"What ever could we talk about besides the thing that has come up underneath me?" she smiled. Why was she acting this way? She felt like a common whore all of a sudden, and she wasn't trying to hide it. More or less, she was enjoying it. Everyone in the room had now turned their attention to the tall, statuesque beauty on Penguin's lap, and she didn't try to cover herself.

"We could talk about that, but it would be way out of character for you, my dear." Penguin paused, looking around the room anxiously. "As you may have noticed, you've lost your inhibitions since you arrived here. You're doing things that you normally just wouldn't do."

"Yes, I seem to have noticed that. So what's up? You seem anxious about something. It bothers me to see you like this. You're not your usual confident, vulgar self."

Penguin laughed. "I guess you have a point there. I've always dreamed of seeing you, above all women, naked, but I never dreamed I would get this close. Let's face it babe, this is not reality as we both know it. But it gets worse."

Diana's curiosity is now piqued. "Worse? In what way?"

"Since it seems to be safe right at the moment, I guess I can tell you about it. You remember years ago when Joker tried to subdue Gotham City with his Smilex gas? Well, what's going on today is on par with that incident. Someone has taken Joker's formula and turned it into something that frees a person of all their inhibitions. This place is its testing area. Whoever it is behind this is planning to release it over Gotham in much the same way Joker tried to do. Do you know what will happen if the entire citizenry of Gotham is exposed to this new gas?"

"I dare say total and complete anarchy" said Diana in answer to the question.

"Exactly. Heroes will become villains, and villains will become heroes." Penguin paused and looked deep into Diana's eyes. "Diana, I don't know what brought you here tonight besides a cab, but I wish you wouldn't have come. Yet part of me is also glad you did."

"Is there something else?"

Penguin wiped his brow. "Yes. It's not known yet if the effects of the gas are permanent, or temporary. Your inhibitions may be permanent."

Diana mulled this over in her mind. Could she handle being an uninhibited heroin? She wasn't sure, but she'd have to try. She had to continue the fight somehow. Right now there was something else growing on her mind. Penguin's bulge was starting to get the best of her, and she felt the need to do something about it. "Tell me, Mr. Cobblepot, is there somewhere more private we can go to? I'd like to talk about the other matter that has come up, if you are agreeable to it."

Penguin looked into her beautiful eyes. "I know this isn't you talking-" he started to say, but Diana cut him off with a finger to his lips. "I know it's not me talking, but at the same time, it is. Please Chester, don't say no."