Clueless Part 4

Teamwork Isn't Always a Good Thing or Sometimes Two Heads by Ronnie K.

The corridor was deserted as Supergirl and Power Girl took a leisurely stroll, their heads close together and their voices low. The low hum of the air units above could still be heard over their words. It was just as well they were alone. Other JLAers have been giving the pair of them suspicious looks when they saw her and Kara together lately and it was starting to get on PG's nerves. Separately, they were innocent as lambs, but when together, they plotted and planned like the Society of Evil. With about the same results, usually. Batman had wanted them banned from associating with each other on the satellite, at least associating with each other alone, but Superman, to the disappointment of most others, wouldn't give such an order. "He hadn't been the target of one of their little plans yet" thought Batman sourly. He could be excused for being a bit surly, since "Batman needs a girlfriend" was the duo's latest Good Samaritan attempt. What they didn't take into account was that Batman didn't want a relationship and besides, when he was attracted to someone it was almost always to someone either straddling the line between good and evil or completely on the other side of it. Much to the super women's chagrin, "good girls" held no interest for him, and they couldn't exactly hook him up with someone they saw as evil. It didn't take him long to figure out what they were doing. That was the other thing they didn't take into account; that Batman was the world's greatest detective and would figure out their scheme. It was a disaster. Batman had given them the what-for about it, but that only enforced the girls' theory that he was a sourpuss because he didn't have a girlfriend. But when Superman quietly pulled them aside and told them that it was wrong to meddle in someone's life like that and that he was "very disappointed" in them, PG couldn't meet anyone's eye for the rest of the day and Kara went to her room in near tears. Superman being disappointed in you was almost as bad as Superman being angry with you--almost. Unfortunately for the rest of the League, among all the powers the two heroes could boast of, "super memory" wasn't one of them. It was only a matter of time before "The Lecture" wore off and they were back to being themselves again. Supergirl had just returned from a mission on earth and had immediately sought out Power Girl. She had an idea she needed to get some help with. PG always had helpful suggestions when something needed to be done. And so, they found themselves alone in the corridor while Kara spun out the new "idea". "I've been doing some thinking on my way back to the station. Why don't we push it along a little?" "What do you mean 'push'? Push what?" PG prodded, already having a pretty good notion where this was going. "Superman and Wonder Woman, silly. Everyone but them can see they were made for each other. It would just be heartbreaking if they never got together. So, what do you think would happen if someone else showed an interest in Superman? It might push Diana to think about how she feels. Jealousy makes people think a lot, doesn't it? And guess who would be the perfect 'love interest' for the big lug?" She looked pointedly at PG. The wicked gleam in Kara's eyes started alarm bells ringing in PG's head. PG turned to her friend so quickly that she got tangled in her red cape. "Oh, no you don't, Kara! Not me." She got herself quickly untangled. "Yeah, he's a great guy and all, but definitely not my type. I'm not interested in nice guys. You know that." "I'm not saying that you would really date him-well, not for long, anyway. Just pretend." "No, not interested." "C'mon. Just for a little while", she coaxed "No, Kara, absolutely not. Besides, do you want another Lecture?" Kara suddenly found the carpet at her feet very interesting as she softly said "No." "Okay then. On the other hand, they've been mooning over each other so long without realizing it, we would really be doing them both a favor, wouldn't we?." Kara brightened immediately. "So, we get someone besides you to be 'the other woman'!" "Exactly" said Power Girl, deep in concentration now. Kara mused "Hmmm, we don't have a lot to choose from here." Kara could almost see the light bulb flash over her friend's head. "Wait a minute! I've got it. Remember that new reporter you told me about at the Daily Planet? What's her name again?" "Lane. Lois or something. But what---" "Wait-wait-wait-listen! All we need to do is get a rumor going, right? We don't really need someone to hang onto Supes. He might get suspicious anyway. The beauty of it is that this reporter never has to know what's going on and neither does he. You said she's kinda got the hots for him anyway, right? So we really won't be lying about it." "Yeah, I guess so. But, PG, what if Diana figures out what we're doing?" Kara absentmindedly began wringing her hands. Power Girl swallowed loudly. "Well, we just have to make sure she doesn't, right?" Her false cheeriness wasn't fooling Kara, but Kara merely said "Right". After some silence, they dismissed their misgivings and plunged back into their plotting. "How do we get this into Diana's ear and not get caught?" asked Kara. "How do most rumors get going around here? We talk where Wally can hear us. He might be the fastest man alive or maybe he isn't, but he definitely has the fastest mouth!" Kara laughed. "Quick Jaw McGraw, of course! You are a wicked and conniving person, PG." she tsked as she brushed a strand of corn silk hair away from her baby blue eyes. "Oh, don't give me all the credit. Whose idea was it in the first place? I just helped with the details. Besides, we're trying to help, right?" Kara giggled. "Since you put it that way. Now, what do we do next?" PG thought for a moment. "I'm not completely sure yet. We need to come up with some things we can let slip in Wally's hearing. We'll need to let slip a few things in Diana's ear, too, of course. We just need to be very careful about it. Let's talk about it over some food. I'm hungry." With a little extra bounce in their step, they headed to the dining room.