Dick couldn't believe it. He just couldn't believe it. He'd known Donna was an Amazon, and even heard what the Amazons were like from reliable sources. Donna had actually warned him what becoming an Amazon, even an honorary Amazon, would be like. But actually experiencing itâseeing what sweet, innocent, sisterly Donna was capable of... He was more aroused than he could ever remember.
Thank God for the togaâor Zeus, he supposed. Maybe even Hera. If he moved fast enough, the sway of the native clothing he'd worn in deference to Themyscira's skilled seamstresses more than hid his erection. From the ceremonial standing stones, he hurried back to Paradise Island's embassyâan intimidatingly beautiful building built for visitors from Man's World, its interior almost mockingly insular. The exterior was much the same classical architecture as the rest of the island, not at all spoiling the skyline or view, but inside it was a cloistered, modern environment.
Dick felt as if he were traveling through time, stepping out from the balmy tropical weather to the air conditioned interior of carpeting, paneled walls, and office furniture. Even though the Amazons had spared no expense in recreating the environs of a plush hotel, it was still a bit idiosyncratic, gathering elements from glimpses of the outside world that the little-traveled Amazons had studied. A seating arrangement could've come from a McDonald's, or windows done in the stained glass style of a Greek Orthodox church. It was all woven with a careful eye, though, even if it couldn't compare to the neoclassical medium that the Amazons preferred their work in.
Though the embassy was spacious, it was sparsely populated. The Amazons had little contact with the outside world, usually on their terms, and the people who most used the embassy were invited guests who were there to learn the Amazons' history and culture respectfully. When Dick came through the lobby, it was deserted but for a reformed foe of Wonder Woman'sâa Baroness of some sortâwho was penitently manning the front desk. She buzzed him through without word, and he quickly preceded to his room on the first floor.
He threw open the door, intending a cold shower for himself. Somehow, it didn't feel right masturbating on Paradise Island. Instead, he caught Barbara Gordon at the room's desk, going over a scroll the Amazons must've lent her.
"Dick, hey!" She turned to look at him. "Donna called, said you might need some support after the trials. Think Batman can get by without either of us for a few days?" Then she saw his toga settle over his erection. It took her a moment to recover her voice. "So do you? Need support?"
"Desperately," Dick said. He picked up the chair Barbara was sitting in and tipped it over so she was dropped onto the bed.
"Mmm, Boy Wonder!" Barbara growled, already wiggling out of her jeans. "Show me what an Amazon does with a redhead..."
***
"Yeah," Dick said. "I remember what it takes to join the Amazons."
It was years later, and much had changed. He was an adult now, his own man instead of Bruce's sidekick and son, with Kory his woman, not just his crush or girlfriend. But being quartered in the same roomâas some mischievous Amazon had no doubt done intentionallyâbrought the memories flooding back. He really had been something of a prude back then, as proven by his next relationship with Princess Koriand'r, but she'd loosened him up. At least, as much as Dick thought he could ever loosen up. He was never going to be James Bond, but at least he wasn't still trying to be Batman.
Donna smiled at him around the six-foot-four alien sitting in her lap. "And I remember seeing the bed the morning after. Glad I called Babs. If she hadn't been there, you might've clogged the shower drain."
"Oh, what a waste," Kory muttered, nipping at Donna's chin. "I do wish I had a redhead here to help me recover from the ordeal."
Lounging on the bed, Dick deliberately misinterpreted her words. "It's not that bad," he told her. "Well, it wasn't for me. Just takes some self-control."
Donna rubbed Kory's thigh. "So it will be that bad..."
"I have a lot of self-control!" Kory protested. "I'm not ravishing you right now! And I very much could be!"
"Yes, but Nightwing is here," Donna pointed out.
"I could be ravishing him too. I'm a multitasker." To prove her point, Kory used her flight ability to reorient herself to Donna, lifting herself up to kiss Donna even as her hands stayed on Donna's legs, rising up to pull Donna's robes from her thighs. Dick could see Donna's sex exposed. She was shaved.
Donna realized and, blushing, pulled her robes back down, even as Kory kissed her harder.
"See?" Kory asked after.
Donna pulled her back down onto her lap, patting Kory's ass to tell her to stay put. "Be serious a moment, Kory. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"
"I should be asking you that question," Kory replied, equally solemn, even as she nestled her head upon Donna's chest. "I know you and Dick are closeâas close as Dick and Iâbut this is a new step for you. I don't
need
to be an Amazon. I just need the two of you to be happy."
"We'll be fine," Dick promised her. "I've learned a lot about... sharing in the past few years. I don't see it as some slight against me to think I can't be everything to someone. I'm just amazed that you could still want a guy like me when you have Donna."
"Likewise, chief," Donna told him.
Kory kissed her on the cheek. "No, you're pretty great. And it's not like he can strap on a vagina..."
"Kory!"
A bell by the door chimed, its resonance quickly filled with voice now that they were paying attention. "The elders have gathered. The ritual may now begin."
"Guess that's our cue," Dick said.
***
Their traditional chitons and peploi flashed moon-white with the last rays of the setting sun as they proceeded up the rocky trail from the embassy building to the mountaintop. It was seldom used, and had not been beautified as so much of Paradise Island had. At times, they even had to climb, the female fliers following Dick's more experienced handhold and toeholds instead of disrespecting the host of Paradise Island by using their powers. Finally, sweaty and warmed by their exertions, they came to the summit.
The space was primitive, tribal, a simple and spiritual meeting place the Amazons had built in the first night after their arrival on Themyscira, to one by one give thanks to the Gods for their new home, and it had never been improved upon. The intricate sigil on the rocky floorâbranching and swirlingâhad a line in it from each Amazon, the last sharp stroke always suggesting the next. Dick could see the mark he had made, and was still amazed at how well it fit into the eternal mosaic.
Surrounding the sigil was a primal colonnade of standing stones, the stark white boulders outlining the council members who stood before them. There was Hippolyta, Phillipus, Artemisâall the others who had rose to prominence among the Amazons and the Bana-Mighdall. They waited patiently as Dick, Donna, and Kory cleaned faces and hands in a simple basin at the mouth of the circle.
Then Hippolyta stepped forward, away from the standing stones and to the edge of the sigil. "Who comes before us today?"
Donna stepped forward, taking her place at the other end of the disc-shaped sigil within the stones. "I am Donna Troy, sister of Diana and sister to all Amazons."