"What do you mean Alexis is a woman?" Jason said he was still at the bar keeping an eye out after Rory disappeared behind the door.

"I mean, my friend here who is unconscious on the floor told me that Alexis is his boss and she sits in the back both with arm candy on her. Look around and see what if you can find her." Rory said.

Looking around, Jason and Roy scanned the booths near the back and saw that there was a corner booth filled with women that were hanging all over the brunette in the middle and had guards at both sides. "I think I found her. The good news is you definitely look sexier than those around her and she might just ditch them for you." he chuckled.

"My friend did say that I caught her eye, so let's test my luck." Rory exited the back room, making sure the gun was hidden by her dress. Her fingers played with the necklace that hung down past her cleavage as she looked around keeping that innocent, English girl act up.

Her eyes met Jason's who nodded his head towards her right. Pulling a tube of deep red lipstick, she reapplied it and looked in that direction. Sure enough there was a booth and in the middle was their target. 

Alexis Deveroux, the apparent drug queen of Paris. She was beautiful, and she looked dangerous. If Rory was going to get herself noticed, she was going to have to change tactics. The innocent act wouldn't get past Alexis.

"I don't think the innocent act is going to work with her. I would just blend in with the other girls, and I need to stand out." she said. 

"Well, does it help that you just came out of a back room alone looking like just gave that guy the best head he had?" Jason commented, trying to hide his amusement. If Tim was here, he would be losing his shit. Good thing that Kori, Artemis and Jesse were archiving all of their footage right?

"That was my intention, Jay yes. Again, teenaged Aurora Queen was a party girl. Let's just say that this isn't the first time I came out of a back room alone looking like that." she chuckled, flipping her fake hair over her shoulder. 

"I can confirm that teenage Rory was a nightmare. I was the one who normally dragged her out of parties. Be glad you know her now Jay, she's tolerable these days." Roy chuckled. 

Rory rolled her eyes. "If you two are done, I'm going to show you boys how to properly seduce a woman. Might want to take some notes."

She turned on her heel, pursed her lips and started to strut towards the back booth where Alexis was sat making sure to sway her hips as she walked, anyone she passed did a double take. Rory knew how to do many things and one of them was how to radiate confidence. Alexis was surrounded by timid and innocent women, so what she needed was someone who knew how good she looked.

Rory watched as Alexis turned her head and saw that she walking towards her booth, not stopping the conversation. Alexis, leaned back in her booth and eyed Rory up and down as she came to a stop in front of her booth. 

"What's your name amore?" she asked, twirling her finger in the locks of the blonde next to her.

"What's your name?" Rory asked, her innocent tone gone replaced by a deeper sultry tone with her fake accent still intacet.

Alexis grinned, "A Brit, and a blonde. Where have you been all my life sweetheart?" She snapped her fingers making the two on her left get up as she patted the spot on the booth next to her, as Rory slowly took a seat and slid in to sit by her side, the two blonde sitting back down on the booth.

"Did my boy Lou tell you to come by?" she asked, wrapping an arm around Rory's waist and pulling her flush against her side as she rested a hand on her lower back. 

"Was that his name? I didn't seem to catch it." Rory replied as she fiddled with the necklace.

Like she wanted, all of Alexis' attention was on her and not the other girls. Rory watched as she reached out a finger and traced it down the bare skin on her chest before stopping at the dip of the necklace, her eyes trained on Rory's. "This is a beautiful piece, I do hope no boyfriend or girlfriend gave it to you?" she asked, lifting it a little.

Rory bit her lip, glancing down to her hand. "No, it was not a gift. More of a how shall I say it, emprunté sans autorisation?" 

Alexis' eyes had a glimmer of approval at her statement and placed a hand on Rory's thigh and pulled it up onto her lap as she pulled her closer, so Rory was firmly pressed into her side with one leg draped acrossed her lap and the other tucked underneath. Rory leaned against her, arching into her touch as Alexis slid her hand further down her back and rested it on the swell of her ass.

Irritation flashed acrossed Rory's mind, but she had to push it away. If this went well, Rory would be back in Gotham pressed against Tim like this and not some drug queen. Biting her lip, she tilted her head to look around Rory caught the gaze of both Jason and Roy.

"If it gets too much, we can bail you out princess." Jay said in her com.

Rory shook her head in laughter softly, hoping he caught on. "If you need us, remember the word is Shakespeare."

Rory turned to look back at Alexis who was keeping her hands on her ass and her thigh that was slowly rising higher up. "So, how did a beautiful woman like you get to be so powerful in this day and age?" she asked, trailing a finger down Alexis' arm. 

She let out a chuckle, dropping her gaze to Rory's exposed chest. "You do know how to flatter a girl don't you, amore?" Her eyes raked up her body as she brushed back strands of hair from her shoulder and pressed light kissed to the base of her neck.

Rory's skin prickled at the feeling, and slowly leaned away. "Sorry love, you need to buy me a few drinks before we get that far." she chuckled. Alexis' eyes glimmered with excitement, taking this as a challenge before ordering a round of drinks. 

Her hand trailed up Rory's thigh and grazed the gun that was in the holster, her eyes snapping up to meet hers as she felt the gun under her fingers. "What is this amore?" 

Rory let out a fake giggle. "Do you really think a girl would come to a club unprotected? I grew up in the rather shady bits of London, love. A girl has got to know how to protect herself." 

Alexis didn't seem to take this as a threat, a girl who fit her taste and knew how to protect herself? Seemed almost too good to be true. "Is that what happened to Lou?" she questioned.

Rory shook her head, "No, I just hit him hard on the head." 

Alexis let out a laugh as the drinks she ordered arrived. "You are full of surprises amore. Do tell me more." She took a glass and handed it to Rory and grabbed one for herself. Rory eyed the drink and slowly pressed it to her lips but not letting it get past. It smelled like your average shot of whiskey with a hint of expensiveness to it. It must cost the average customer a fortune to order, but when you are one a drug queen's arm it seems you get anything for free.

Alexis noticed her hesitation. "Don't worry amore, it's not drugged. I may be rich and powerful like you had said, but I don't take advantage of women." 

Rory let out a light chuckle and took a sip. "It seems that you have experience with this kind of situation then?" 

Alexis gave her a nod. "You don't get to be this powerful without a few problems along the way. When my brother died, everything my father had left him went to me. When you are in my business, men don't take well to women taking their stuff and doing their job better than them. We may live in the twenty-first century, but men still live in the mideval times."

Rory raised a brow, as she took another sip."And what business is that?" she asked. Two sips and Alexis was singing like a bird, such a shame that she was a drug queen, or they could have been actual friends.

"You are a perceptive one, I'll indulge you. Let's just say that it is not exactly legal what I do, I doubt you don't already know what it is I mean you are in my club. Besides, men are pigs, it's why I prefer to surround myself with beautiful women such as yourself amore." she explained. Rory faked a blush and leaned into her, encouraging Alexis to talk more.

"But I don't think this is a conversation for public ears, maybe we should take this upstairs and I can really unwind." she glanced at Rory, her intentions were masked but they were there none the less.

"Rory, do not go upstairs. That is a really bad idea." Roy said, panic laced in his voice. 

"Listen to him, princess. It would be harder for us to bail you out if you put yourself in that position." Jason snapped quietly. 

Rory ignored them both and gave Alexis a nod. She knew what she was doing, and they were just going to have to trust her. Alexis took her hand and pulled Rory up so she was standing and began to lead her across the dance floor and towards the stairs.

She could hear Jason ad Roy's warnings in her com, but Rory ignored them as she followed Alexis up the stairs. They had barely made it halfway up before Alexis took her waist and pinned Rory to the wall with a grin.

Rory looked at her as she bit her lip, Alexis' hands slid down her waist and rested them on her ass and pulled Rory closer. "This is more like it, less interruptions."

Rory's hands were placed on her shoulders as she leaned into her figure. There was a line and Rory was not willing to cross it, and with what Alexis was doing she was getting pretty damn close.

"Suddenly you have gone quiet, amore?" Alexis asked, tilting her head leaning into the crook of Rory's neck and pressing soft kisses up her throat.

She gripped the fabric of her top and looked around, as Alexis held her close. "What was that Shakespeare quote? 'I am not bound to please thee with my answer'?"

Alexis chuckled, nipping at Rory's earlobe. "You like literature?" 

Rory shook her head. "I'm not a big fan, but my friend is." Glancing to the side Rory saw Jason and Roy storming up the stairs, to come help her.

Alexis looked over and looked back at Rory with a growl. "You set me up, you little bitch." The adoring look she had was gone, and was replaced with one of anger. 

She grabbed Rory by the throat and held her against the wall, Rory gasped and tried to pry her hand off as Alexis grabbed for the gun that was in Rory's holster and aimed it at her forhead.

Rory froze and looked down the barrel of the gun. "This is getting too familiar for my liking, this is the third or fourth time I've been held at gunpoint." 

"You should know better than to mess with people more powerful than you sweetheart." she growled. 

Rory growled and elbowed her in the arm, making Alexis' arm bend and kicked her back making her way over to where Jason and Roy were standing. Alexis watched her and aimed the gun once more, unaware that it was loaded with rubber bullets. 

"You're going to regret playing me amore. I'll make sure to kill your friends once I'm done making you pay for this." she snapped. 

Jason pulled out his second gun. "Put it away Alexis, the police are on their way and we have enough information to put you away even if it is for a little while." 

Alexis looked between them all with a glare. "I should have know it was too good to be true, a perfect girl like you? Ha! As if." She aimed the gun at Rory's head. "Maybe I should just kill you." 

"Go ahead, you wouldn't be the first to try." 

Alexis shot the gun as Rory ducked, pushing the other two out of the way. There were noises behind them and several of Alexis' bodyguards came up the stairs, blocking off the obvious exit. 

"Get them, and kill the girl." Alexis commanded and took off. Rory looked around and saw her run down the hall and took off her heels, following after her leaving Jason and Roy to take care of the bodyguards.

Before she could disappear, Rory caught up to her and dove onto her back knocking Alexis to the floor. The two of them struggled as Rory tried to get the gun out of her hands, and not get herself killed again. 

Rory managed to get the gun out of her hands, and aimed it at her making Alexis laugh. "Are you really going to kill me?" she asked, leaning her head back on the floor.

"No, I'm not going to kill you. Rubber bullets love, non-lethal." Rory said, her accent still intact. "But I will do this." Raising the gun, she went to hit Alexis on the head. But Alexis was one step ahead and grabbed her hand, pushing her off and threw her against the window. 

Rory hit it with a grunt, and glared as the window shattered slightly. She did not plan on falling out of another window, not again. "Hey, uh guys, this would be a perfect time for some back up!" she cried.

"Back up is not going to help you, amore. Now, say good bye and maybe I'll see you in the afterlife." 

"Not going to happen." Alexis turned around to see Jason standing behind her, bruised up and his lip busted. He gave her a small grin before Jason punched her, knocking her out. 

Rory stood there in shock and looked at him. "Thanks for that, I was hoping to avoid another trip out a window." 

Jason gave her a nod, grabbing his gun from the floor. "Sure thing princess, let's get you out of here. I doubt you made many friends tonight." He took off his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders. Looking down the hall, they saw Roy waiting there for them while looking out a window. 

"Any time would be nice guys, we need to get out." he called. Quickly Jason and Rory ran over and looked out to see Bizarro and Artemis below waiting for them. 

"I am not jumping out of a window this high, while wearing this dress Roy! Are you nuts?!" she cried. 

"Well, we can't go out the main exit. Someone did her job a little too well and now the entire club is looking for you. Now pick Twinkle Toes, down there or the window?" Roy said, while looking at her as he held the window open.

Rory looked between the stairs that had more guards coming up and the window with their friends below. With a groan, she wrapped Jason's jacket around her tighter and jumped out the window.

She squeezed her eyes shut as tight as she could as she fell into somone's arms. Peeking one eye open, Rory saw that it was Artemis who had caught her. "Thanks for not letting me become a human pancake." 

Artemis chuckled and set her down. "Sure kid, now let's get you out of here." They looked up as Jason and Roy followed her out, the two of them landing safely on the ground. 

"For the record, I am done with windows. I am getting rid of the one at home and replacing it with a brick wall. No jumping and no getting thrown out of them." she said, shuffling her feet against the cold concrete.

Jason rolled his eyes and looked at her. "Just get in the van." 

Rory flipped him off with a glare. "I'll do what I want thank you, and that just so happens to be getting in the van. It's cold and I want my sweats back."

She turned and got into the van where Jesse was and sat down, placing her clutch on her lap.

She was so exhausted, she leaned against Jesse's shoulder and closed her eyes as they drove to the apartment. It wasn't long before they got out and Rory was begging for someone to carry her. 

Roy being the sucker he is, picked her up and carried her to her room and set her down. "Get some rest Twinkle Toes, you did good tonight." 

Rory gave him a smile and saw that Tim was calling her once again. She picked up the phone and answered it as Roy left the room. "Hey handsome, how's your day?" she asked.

"Why did you deny the video chat? I want to see your beautiful face, Songbird." he teased.

Rory chuckled. "I'm about to get in a bleach shower, so I figured that I could call you back after that." 

"So I don't get to see what you looked like?"

"I would prefer that you didn't, it's safe to say that I do not like this dress." she answered.

"It can't be that bad can it?"

Rory sighed. "Tim, I don't even look like myself. I'm blonde with blue eyes, and feel gross. Can I please call you back after I shower?" she pleaded.

"Alright, call me back after your shower Songbird." he chuckled. "I love you."

Rory smiled. "I love you too, I'll call you back in a couple of minutes." she said and hung up the phone before getting in a shower and tried to wash off the feeling of Alexis' hands on her body.

She really didn't want to tell Tim what had happened, but Rory knew that he would ask Jason and Roy about it and they would give him full details of the night, just to mess with him. It took almost an hour for Rory to feel clean again before she stepped out and got changed into her sweats she was missing, discarding the dress to the floor.

Keeping her promise she dialed Tim up, and told him an abridged version of her night and how she seduced the drug queen of Paris.

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This was exciting no? Gotta love our girl Rory, who now has a thing against windows along with flying. Hope you all have a good day!

Until Next Time,