Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own any of these characters, they
all belong to Warner Bros. (unfortunately) and DC Comics. This is only
fanfiction and written for the purpose of not doing my actual homework
(somehow writing a fanfic story sounded a lot more interesting than writing
my history paper). Anyway, on with the story.
Setting: Takes place a few months after Devil's Eyes
Author's Note: This is my first posted fanfic. I may be a little off on some things, so if I am please, please let me know. I tried to be as accurate to the show as possible.
Rising Fear (Part 1)
It was a cool, spring evening in New Gotham. Winter was gone and soon the city would be a blaze with Summer, but for right now the night was still cool enough to wear a leather duster. At least, that was what Helena Kyle, a.k.a. The Huntress, was wearing as she soared from rooftop to rooftop. Trailing a roof link behind her was Dinah Lance. The young telepath had really improved, fighting wise, and Barbara believed it was time for her to see some action, with a little guidance from Helena. And action they had seen. Since they had left the Clocktower an hour ago they had stopped two muggings and a gang trying to beat up a rival ganger.
It must be something about the weather, Huntress thought as she stopped to wait for Dinah to catch up, when it gets warm the criminals come out to play.
Huntress watched as Dinah made it across the roof and prepared to jump to the roof Huntress was on. She had to give the kid credit, Dinah had kept pretty good pace with Huntress so far, but taking out the gangers had left her tired and winded. Of course, not everyone had superhuman agility like Huntress.
"Hey, hurry it up kid. You're slowing me down," Huntress teased as Dinah was about to jump.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm hurrying as fast as I can. I'm not Superman, I can't leap buildings in a single bound," Dinah yelled back as she jumped from the rooftop toward Huntress' building.
Unfortunately, Dinah hadn't mastered the art of talking and jumping at the same time and her aim was a little off. Her foot landed on the ledge, but she couldn't keep her balance. She toppled backwards off the building.
Huntress, shocked by the scene ran to the ledge and looked over, praying Dinah had not plummeted to her death.
Barbara will kill me if I get the kid killed on her first real outing, Huntress thought as she sighed with relief to see that Dinah had landed on a fire escape six feet below the roof.
"Bad aim," Helena teased as Dinah slowly stood up and brushed herself off.
"Well, I told you I wasn't Superman."
"That was obvious. Superman is way cooler," Helena said as she put out a hand for Dinah to grab onto.
"Thanks a lot," Dinah cried with a hurt look which quickly turned into a smile as she reached up for Helena's hand.
Helena pulled Dinah over the ledge as she collapsed to the floor.
"I need a break," Dinah gasped as she laid on the rooftop.
"You need a different career."
"Maybe you're right. Maybe I should be come a bartender, I hear anyone with half a brain can mix drinks."
"Oh, you are so going to get it for that one," Helena cried as she kicked at Dinah's head.
Dinah rolled just in time and jumped up from the floor. "Oh, I'm so scared!"
"That's it." Helena lunged at Dinah and was about to give her best roundhouse kick when suddenly a voice rang in both the girls' ears.
:Would you two stop it! I swear you two fight like you were sisters: Oracle's, aka Barbara Gordon, voice came over their earpieces. Barbara had taken in Helena after her mother died and had molded her into Huntress. They had been fighting crime together for awhile, when Dinah stumbled into their lives and they had decided to take the young meta in. The truth was, they had become family. All three, bonded in common tragedy and loss, were the only family each had. They were three sisters in arms fighting to save their city from the evil that lurked in the shadows. And they were pretty good at it too.
"Man Oracle, your always ruining our fun," Helena grinned as she heard Barbara sigh on the other end, "what do you got?"
:The Delphi monitor picked up a 911 call. Someone saw a woman being dragged into an alleyway by two men. The police are being dispatched, but there is a huge wreck on Main Street that has them backed up. They may not make it in time to be of any use:
"What's the locations?" Helena was all business, she was in Huntress mode now.
:Alley by the New Gotham Pub. It's right in your guy's area. Should be about two buildings East.:
"Okay, we're on it. Huntress out," Huntress responded as she turned to Dinah, "I got a plan. Why don't you go down the fire escape and work you way to the location on foot. I'll come in from above and you come in from the street to block any escape attempts."
"Sounds like a plan to me."
"Great, see you in a bit," and with that Huntress made her way across the roof as Dinah made her way towards the fire escape.
* * * Huntress swiftly made her way across the rooftops till she landed on top of the New Gotham Pub. If Oracle was correct the suspects would be on the other side of the building in the alley below. As Huntress made her way across the building she could feel the vibration of the music below. Oh, how she wished she could be downstairs right now drinking and dancing, but of course, she had a job to do.
Life of the superhero, save the day, miss the party, Helena thought as she sighed and moved towards the edge of the building.
Huntress peered down into the dark alley below. Sure enough, below there were two men, mid-thirties, stocky build, backing a young brunette against the wall. One man was holding a knife to the woman's throat, demanding her purse.
Huntress took in the scene below and quickly scanned the mouth of the alley for Dinah. How long could it take the kid to walk one lousy block? Huntress didn't have time to find out, she wanted to stop these guys before the situation got out of hand.
Huntress dove off of the roof and glided the three stories to position herself behind the men.
"No wonder you guys can't get a date," Huntress mocked as the two men turned around, "holding a knife to a woman's throat? You obviously don't know how to treat a lady."
The two men turned to each other and grinned.
"What do we have here? The famous Huntress? Somehow I expected more," the man with the knife snickered. Then he suddenly lunged at her.
Huntress idly sidestepped him and with one flick of the wrist sent him flying into the wall. As the man sank to the ground, Huntress turned to the other man. He looked at her for a split second and darted towards the mouth of the alley.
"Oh what? Don't want to play?" Huntress yelled as she was suddenly knocked off her feet. * * * Dinah hurried down the fire escape and headed towards the street. She knew Helena moved quickly above the streets and if she didn't hurry she would miss all the action. It was cool to finally be out patroling the streets. Sure, she had done some reconnaissance work in the past and even got to go undercover at a fashion show to track down a killer, but it wasn't anything compared to roaming the streets, looking for criminals. All her life she had dreamed of this and now it was all coming true. She was becoming a true superhero.
As Dinah made her way along the sidewalk, she thought of the Birds earlier discussion at the Clocktower. Barbara felt that Dinah needed to put her training to use and asked Helena if Dinah could tag along on her nightly sweeps. Helena had agreed which really surprised Dinah. Helena had originally wanted nothing to do with Dinah when Barbara had decided to take her in, but over the past few months they had all grown a lot closer. Barbara was right, Helena was like the big sister Dinah never had. After all her years of searching, Dinah had finally found a family to belong to and it excited her to no end.
As Dinah made her way past New Gotham Pub, she tried to focus on the task at hand. As she rounded the corner into the alley, preparing herself for battle, she literally ran into the fleeing thug.
"Where do you think you're going?" Dinah asked. * * * While Helena was yelling at her fleeing criminal, the thug with the knife had gotten up and attacked her from behind. He knocked Huntress off her feet, but she used the momentum to roll and catapault herself back up into a fighting position. She risked a quick glance to the mouth of the alley and was relieved to find that Dinah had finally made it just in time to head off the fleeing attacker. When she saw that Dinah was handling her man pretty well, Huntress turned back to her attacker who was searching for his lost knife in a pile of garbage.
"You just don't know when to give up, do you?" Huntress asked.
The man picked up his knife and lunged on Huntress. She grabbed his arm with the knife and broke the bone in one swift movement. As he screamed in agony she picked him up by the shirt and threw him against the wall. His head hit the brick with a thud and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"Evidently not."
Helena turned to see how Dinah was fairing when she saw her thug go flying through the air and hit the wall. The results were similar to Helena's. She had to give the kid credit. Dinah's telekinetic powers were sharpening and it was pretty cool to see her take out a guy without even touching him.
"You okay?" Helena yelled as Dinah turned from her thug and began to walk to Helena's position.
She stopped about ten feet from Helena.
"Where's the vic?" she asked looking around the alley.
Helena turned back towards the inner alley. Where was the girl? She had been leaning against the wall sobbing when the fighting began.
"Don't know, guess she must of took off," Helena said as she started to turn towards Dinah. As she turned, a gunshot rang out from overhead. "What the."
Helena turned fully around to face Dinah. "Dinah?" she questioned with a slight quiver in her voice.
Dinah had a strange look on her face. Helena slowly looked to see a small hole in Dinah's chest, just below her right collarbone. Helena froze. All she could do was stand there in horror as Dinah collapsed to the ground.
So there it is, my first chapter. Hope you liked it. I have a few more chapters in the works, but they probably won't be posted for a few days. Finals are coming up and I am way behind. Of course, feedback is always a good motivational tool(wink, wink () Also, I am kind of leaning towards making this fic about the Joker. I know it has been done so much in fanfic, but he is just such a creepy character and there is so much to work with there. Let me know what you guys think.
Setting: Takes place a few months after Devil's Eyes
Author's Note: This is my first posted fanfic. I may be a little off on some things, so if I am please, please let me know. I tried to be as accurate to the show as possible.
Rising Fear (Part 1)
It was a cool, spring evening in New Gotham. Winter was gone and soon the city would be a blaze with Summer, but for right now the night was still cool enough to wear a leather duster. At least, that was what Helena Kyle, a.k.a. The Huntress, was wearing as she soared from rooftop to rooftop. Trailing a roof link behind her was Dinah Lance. The young telepath had really improved, fighting wise, and Barbara believed it was time for her to see some action, with a little guidance from Helena. And action they had seen. Since they had left the Clocktower an hour ago they had stopped two muggings and a gang trying to beat up a rival ganger.
It must be something about the weather, Huntress thought as she stopped to wait for Dinah to catch up, when it gets warm the criminals come out to play.
Huntress watched as Dinah made it across the roof and prepared to jump to the roof Huntress was on. She had to give the kid credit, Dinah had kept pretty good pace with Huntress so far, but taking out the gangers had left her tired and winded. Of course, not everyone had superhuman agility like Huntress.
"Hey, hurry it up kid. You're slowing me down," Huntress teased as Dinah was about to jump.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm hurrying as fast as I can. I'm not Superman, I can't leap buildings in a single bound," Dinah yelled back as she jumped from the rooftop toward Huntress' building.
Unfortunately, Dinah hadn't mastered the art of talking and jumping at the same time and her aim was a little off. Her foot landed on the ledge, but she couldn't keep her balance. She toppled backwards off the building.
Huntress, shocked by the scene ran to the ledge and looked over, praying Dinah had not plummeted to her death.
Barbara will kill me if I get the kid killed on her first real outing, Huntress thought as she sighed with relief to see that Dinah had landed on a fire escape six feet below the roof.
"Bad aim," Helena teased as Dinah slowly stood up and brushed herself off.
"Well, I told you I wasn't Superman."
"That was obvious. Superman is way cooler," Helena said as she put out a hand for Dinah to grab onto.
"Thanks a lot," Dinah cried with a hurt look which quickly turned into a smile as she reached up for Helena's hand.
Helena pulled Dinah over the ledge as she collapsed to the floor.
"I need a break," Dinah gasped as she laid on the rooftop.
"You need a different career."
"Maybe you're right. Maybe I should be come a bartender, I hear anyone with half a brain can mix drinks."
"Oh, you are so going to get it for that one," Helena cried as she kicked at Dinah's head.
Dinah rolled just in time and jumped up from the floor. "Oh, I'm so scared!"
"That's it." Helena lunged at Dinah and was about to give her best roundhouse kick when suddenly a voice rang in both the girls' ears.
:Would you two stop it! I swear you two fight like you were sisters: Oracle's, aka Barbara Gordon, voice came over their earpieces. Barbara had taken in Helena after her mother died and had molded her into Huntress. They had been fighting crime together for awhile, when Dinah stumbled into their lives and they had decided to take the young meta in. The truth was, they had become family. All three, bonded in common tragedy and loss, were the only family each had. They were three sisters in arms fighting to save their city from the evil that lurked in the shadows. And they were pretty good at it too.
"Man Oracle, your always ruining our fun," Helena grinned as she heard Barbara sigh on the other end, "what do you got?"
:The Delphi monitor picked up a 911 call. Someone saw a woman being dragged into an alleyway by two men. The police are being dispatched, but there is a huge wreck on Main Street that has them backed up. They may not make it in time to be of any use:
"What's the locations?" Helena was all business, she was in Huntress mode now.
:Alley by the New Gotham Pub. It's right in your guy's area. Should be about two buildings East.:
"Okay, we're on it. Huntress out," Huntress responded as she turned to Dinah, "I got a plan. Why don't you go down the fire escape and work you way to the location on foot. I'll come in from above and you come in from the street to block any escape attempts."
"Sounds like a plan to me."
"Great, see you in a bit," and with that Huntress made her way across the roof as Dinah made her way towards the fire escape.
* * * Huntress swiftly made her way across the rooftops till she landed on top of the New Gotham Pub. If Oracle was correct the suspects would be on the other side of the building in the alley below. As Huntress made her way across the building she could feel the vibration of the music below. Oh, how she wished she could be downstairs right now drinking and dancing, but of course, she had a job to do.
Life of the superhero, save the day, miss the party, Helena thought as she sighed and moved towards the edge of the building.
Huntress peered down into the dark alley below. Sure enough, below there were two men, mid-thirties, stocky build, backing a young brunette against the wall. One man was holding a knife to the woman's throat, demanding her purse.
Huntress took in the scene below and quickly scanned the mouth of the alley for Dinah. How long could it take the kid to walk one lousy block? Huntress didn't have time to find out, she wanted to stop these guys before the situation got out of hand.
Huntress dove off of the roof and glided the three stories to position herself behind the men.
"No wonder you guys can't get a date," Huntress mocked as the two men turned around, "holding a knife to a woman's throat? You obviously don't know how to treat a lady."
The two men turned to each other and grinned.
"What do we have here? The famous Huntress? Somehow I expected more," the man with the knife snickered. Then he suddenly lunged at her.
Huntress idly sidestepped him and with one flick of the wrist sent him flying into the wall. As the man sank to the ground, Huntress turned to the other man. He looked at her for a split second and darted towards the mouth of the alley.
"Oh what? Don't want to play?" Huntress yelled as she was suddenly knocked off her feet. * * * Dinah hurried down the fire escape and headed towards the street. She knew Helena moved quickly above the streets and if she didn't hurry she would miss all the action. It was cool to finally be out patroling the streets. Sure, she had done some reconnaissance work in the past and even got to go undercover at a fashion show to track down a killer, but it wasn't anything compared to roaming the streets, looking for criminals. All her life she had dreamed of this and now it was all coming true. She was becoming a true superhero.
As Dinah made her way along the sidewalk, she thought of the Birds earlier discussion at the Clocktower. Barbara felt that Dinah needed to put her training to use and asked Helena if Dinah could tag along on her nightly sweeps. Helena had agreed which really surprised Dinah. Helena had originally wanted nothing to do with Dinah when Barbara had decided to take her in, but over the past few months they had all grown a lot closer. Barbara was right, Helena was like the big sister Dinah never had. After all her years of searching, Dinah had finally found a family to belong to and it excited her to no end.
As Dinah made her way past New Gotham Pub, she tried to focus on the task at hand. As she rounded the corner into the alley, preparing herself for battle, she literally ran into the fleeing thug.
"Where do you think you're going?" Dinah asked. * * * While Helena was yelling at her fleeing criminal, the thug with the knife had gotten up and attacked her from behind. He knocked Huntress off her feet, but she used the momentum to roll and catapault herself back up into a fighting position. She risked a quick glance to the mouth of the alley and was relieved to find that Dinah had finally made it just in time to head off the fleeing attacker. When she saw that Dinah was handling her man pretty well, Huntress turned back to her attacker who was searching for his lost knife in a pile of garbage.
"You just don't know when to give up, do you?" Huntress asked.
The man picked up his knife and lunged on Huntress. She grabbed his arm with the knife and broke the bone in one swift movement. As he screamed in agony she picked him up by the shirt and threw him against the wall. His head hit the brick with a thud and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"Evidently not."
Helena turned to see how Dinah was fairing when she saw her thug go flying through the air and hit the wall. The results were similar to Helena's. She had to give the kid credit. Dinah's telekinetic powers were sharpening and it was pretty cool to see her take out a guy without even touching him.
"You okay?" Helena yelled as Dinah turned from her thug and began to walk to Helena's position.
She stopped about ten feet from Helena.
"Where's the vic?" she asked looking around the alley.
Helena turned back towards the inner alley. Where was the girl? She had been leaning against the wall sobbing when the fighting began.
"Don't know, guess she must of took off," Helena said as she started to turn towards Dinah. As she turned, a gunshot rang out from overhead. "What the."
Helena turned fully around to face Dinah. "Dinah?" she questioned with a slight quiver in her voice.
Dinah had a strange look on her face. Helena slowly looked to see a small hole in Dinah's chest, just below her right collarbone. Helena froze. All she could do was stand there in horror as Dinah collapsed to the ground.
So there it is, my first chapter. Hope you liked it. I have a few more chapters in the works, but they probably won't be posted for a few days. Finals are coming up and I am way behind. Of course, feedback is always a good motivational tool(wink, wink () Also, I am kind of leaning towards making this fic about the Joker. I know it has been done so much in fanfic, but he is just such a creepy character and there is so much to work with there. Let me know what you guys think.