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Here's the next installment. Yay I have a review! lucy76, this one's for you, hopefully you enjoy it. Still don't own anything…

Ch 4

Alfred arrived at the clock tower in time to make a simple dinner for the birds. He was a little worried about the blood he spotted on the elevator floor; one of the girls was hurt again. It is a little early for sweeps but somehow trouble always seemed to follow those two. Alfred sighed knowing a long night of cleaning lay before him to get the stain out, he only hoped whoever was hurt is ok.

Stepping out of the elevator, Alfred's worry increased tenfold. It was dark on the main floor of the clock tower. Even the constant glowing from Delphi was absent, though he saw the faint green glow telling him that power was making it's way to the monitor at least. Alfred continued on through the clock tower until he made his way to the makeshift infirmary Barbara had set up a while ago. There, Alfred was surprised to see blonds occupying both beds. One of them was defiantly Dinah who looked ok for all outward appearances. The other one, Alfred thought she looked like one of Dinah's friends she was always walking home with, was worse for the wear with cuts and bruises adorning her body. Barbara already stitched up the cuts, then and set one of her arms but he couldn't tell the extent of the damage. Barbara was fast asleep in her wheelchair while Helena was draped in a chair she dragged in from the living room. The latter was looking at him, probably awoken to the sound of the soft elevator ding, alerting Helena to Alfred's presence.

Barbara was jolted awake a few seconds as the Delphi system sprang to life, setting off one of it's many alarms. This one telling everyone who would listen that Detective Reese had activated his ring, wanting to get in touch with the Huntress. Reese just wanted to pass on the information several gang members told him, that they were working for a new boss in town who calls himself Kingpost. Alfred started making a snack for Barbara and Helena while the other two slept on oblivious to the world. As soon as that was taken care of, Alfred settled in for his cleaning, Helena went on a quite night of sweeps while Barbara started research on New Gotham's latest foe…