Sue Richards stepped out of the blacked-out SUV and stared up at the pulsing neon sign like it had personally insulted her. She read it aloud to herself in disgust.
"THE VIXEN'S DEN. Open late. Stay later. Ugh."
The air stank of cigarettes, spilled booze, and desperation. Somewhere nearby, a car alarm wailed. Typical Manhattan hellscape. Just being this close to the club felt instantly oppressive to her. She tugged her long coat tighter around her shoulders, covering herself as much as she could. Her unstable molecule jumpsuit might have protected her from all sorts, but Reed's functional approach did little to hide her ample figure. It was one thing to be on show in the heat of battle when no-one was looking at her, but the sort of perverts who frequented this club definitely would be looking.
If the outside was bad, the inside was worse.
The bass hit her first, low and obscene, rattling her ribs. Then the heat. Then the smell. Perfume and sweat and sex, thick enough to choke on. Sue pushed through the door, boots sticking to the tacky surface of the floor, jaw clenched tight as she scanned the room. She had one goal: find Rogue and Harley and get them back to the Baxter Building for treatment and/or detox. If she knew Rogue, her keen tactical mind would have pushed her to blend in - perhaps sneak into a back room where they could hide out - without comms she was sure she was going to have to look hard to find them.
And then she saw them.
Centre stage. Under a wash of pink and violet lights. Rogue and Harley Quinn - or whatever was left of them - grinding against each other like pornstars in heat. Glitter clung to their skin like it belonged there. Their outfits were nothing. Straps and scraps and smiles. Tits bouncing. Asses shaking. Moaning into each other's mouths like some common sluts.
Harley straddled Rogue's thigh, tongue out, hips rolling like she was trying to use her whole body like a dildo. Rogue just leaned back and let her, eyes half-lidded, mouth open, hair soaked with sweat, moaning in a state of semi-orgasmic bliss.
Sue's gut twisted. Not from the vulgarity - she'd seen plenty worse - but from the way it was happening. They weren't even putting on a show. They were just gone. Sinister's bimbo virus was eating them alive from the inside out - and making them love every second of it.
Sue stepped forward, pulling a small device from her coat pocket. A containment field generator. Light touch. No fuss. She keyed it to Rogue's mutant signature and locked it in.
"Rogue. Harley," she called, voice cutting through the music like glass. "We need to leave. Now."
They didn't even turn around.
Rogue just moaned and pulled Harley closer, grinding against her harder. Harley laughed - high, breathy, fucked-out - and threw her head back, tits bouncing as she rode Rogue's thigh like it owed her money.
Sue gritted her teeth. Fine. No asking nicely.
She hit the switch.
The containment pulse shimmered across the stage - barely visible, but enough. Rogue's body seized for half a second before she collapsed, gasping, onto her back. Harley blinked like she'd been smacked, then slumped over her, still moaning softly.
The crowd roared with disapproval but Sue was already moving. Up the side stairs, past the gawking punters, onto the stage. She dropped to her knees beside Rogue and scanned her with a handheld monitor. Vital signs elevated. Adrenaline, oxytocin, dopamine - all spiked through the roof. Brainwave patterns erratic.
"Still with me?" Sue asked, brushing a sweat-slick lock of white hair from Rogue's cheek.
Rogue blinked up at her, dazed. "Sue? That you?"
"Yeah, honey. You called for help. I'm here to get you out."
Rogue laughed, low and cracked. "Ah fucked Harley in front of a hundred people."
Sue smiled grimly. "I noticed."
Harley stirred, eyes glassy. "Oooh, if it ain't Mrs. Fantastic. Wanna join in?"
Sue rolled her eyes. "God help me."
Levitating them both with her forcefields, Sue threw both Rogue and Harley over her shoulders and headed for a side door. The manager tried to stop her - some oily creep in a too-tight suit who probably thought he was the next Hugh Hefner. Sue flashed her credentials with a hard stare. He backed off quick.
She got them into a private room upstairs - velvet curtains, gold poles, a faint stench of lube and body spray clinging to the furniture. A low couch lined the wall, big enough for three. She locked the door behind them and took a breath. It didn't help.
Rogue flopped onto the couch, legs spread, tits barely contained by her bikini. Harley collapsed beside her, head in her lap, giggling like a schoolgirl. Their skin still glistened, hot and damp, their bodies flushed with leftover arousal.
Sue stayed standing. Arms crossed. Eyes sharp. Professional to the bone.
"This is a temporary containment," she said. "We'll get you out of here and back to the Baxter Building. Reed's prepping a decontamination protocol."
But neither of them were listening.
Rogue licked her lips, slow and deliberate. "You look good in that coat, Sue," she drawled. "Bet you look even better outta it."
Harley giggled, sitting up and crawling across the couch toward her. "You always this bossy? It's hot."
"Sit down," Sue warned.
Harley pouted - then knelt in front of her instead. "Make me."
Sue should've zapped her. Should've thrown up a field and ended this now. But something ached inside her - low and shameful. The virus in the air, maybe. Or just the way Rogue was looking at her, pupils blown, lips parted, knees spreading wider like she was begging for attention.
"C'mon, Sue," Rogue whispered, voice syrup-thick. "Just a little. We're so fuckin' needy."
Harley's hands slid up Sue's thighs. Her mouth followed. Rogue stood and pressed in from behind, breath warm against Sue's neck.
It felt good. Better than it should. Too soft, too wet, too much - hands and lips and heat pressing against her until Sue let out a low, helpless sound and Harley moaned in response.
Rogue's hands slipped inside her coat. "We don't wanna hurt you," she murmured, kissing just behind Sue's ear. "But this thing... it's not gonna stop until we get it outta us. And every minute it's in our blood, we just wanna fuck and suck and melt into whoever's closest."
Sue shuddered - half in pleasure, half in fear. "What is it?" she rasped, barely able to think as Harley licked along her inner thigh.
Rogue's lips brushed her jaw. "Sinister cooked up somethin' new. A virus. Twists your body. Makes you wanna give in. Turns your brain to syrup and your cunt to lava."
Sue gritted her teeth, clinging to what was left of her composure. "You should've led with that."
Harley pulled back, looking up at her with wide, glossy eyes. "We tried, puddin', but you're just so kissable."
Sue stepped back - fast and shaky - pulling her coat tight around her again. "No more. Not another fucking touch. You're sick. Both of you."
Rogue nodded, slowly. "We know."
For a second, none of them moved. Then Sue crossed to the door and unlocked it.
"I'm getting you out. Now."
Neither woman argued - the bimbo virus stripped them of their resistance as much as their restraint, and Sue's domineering tone meant they felt compelled to obey. Their eyes followed her like cats watching a dangling string - hungry, lazy, dangerous - but something in them understood. For the moment, at least.
Sue slammed the door to the stairwell behind them, one hand braced against the wall like she might collapse if she let go. Her breath came fast. Rogue and Harley stumbled behind her, giggling like they were drunk, barely able to walk in their ridiculous heels.
She keyed her comm and hit the secure line.
"Reed, it's me."
A pause, then static, then his voice - crisp, calm, full of questions. "Sue. What's the situation?"