TITLE: WORLDS APART

AUTHOR: Jaguarin

FANDOM: Birds of Prey TV

PAIRING: Barbara/Helena

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters. They are the property of DC comics and the WB network. This is just for fun..

SPECIALNOTE: Again my grateful to North & Aussie Kimmy helping me editing this fic. And thanks you for your comments, something weird is happening in yahoomail and don't let me post bold, cursives, etc…. sORRY, i ALREADY FIXED THE MISTAKE OF THE SAME CHAPTER POSTED TWICE...

Dinah blinked after gear Helena's words. "Are you drunk?"

"No. Did you see anything?" the brunette rested her hips on a desk next to Dinah.

"…No… I just found you there…"

"I don't understand, I didn't feel anything until… was so sudden… Do you remember anything else?"

"No… Can you see now…?" Dinah pointed at Helena's eyes.

"Yes."

"I'm glad to hear that, Barbara was so worried for you."

The elevator doors opened at the moment and the redhead appeared; she fixed her eyes on the brunette not hiding her surprise to see her standing up there. The brunette smiled at her as she walked over to her.

"Helena…"

"Hey red… Why are you awake? Dinah told me you just went to sleep."

"I… I need to work…"

The brunette leaned in and kissed her cheek. Barbara looked at her stunned.

"What?" Helena asked resting her hands on the arms of the wheelchair.

"…I thought you would be resting."

"Nah, I'm fine now."

"Oh…" Barbara cleared her throat. Having Helena so close made her feel nervous. "Do you… Do you have any idea about what happened last night?"

"I was going to ask you that." Helena waved her hand toward the blonde "I already asked the kid if she saw anything but she says no."

"I checked the place again this morning with Dick, but we couldn't find anything."

Helena rolled her eyes, fucking Dick.

"He was very nice to come here as soon as I called him. He was traveling." The redhead said, moving her wheelchair toward Delphi platform. Helena hopped back "Your blindness was temporary as was the low temperature of your body. Whatever hit you created a disturbance in your molecular metabolism and altered your nervous system."

"In English?" Helena asked.

"He in some way separated the molecules of your body."

"Uh… and how could it affect me?"

"No idea, you are as annoying as always." Dinah said.

"Ha, ha…"

"It seems your system is normal." Barbara typed at her computer "Maybe the person who attacked you just wanted to stun you. What were you doing there?"

"Following up the emergency call, what else?"

The redhead took a deep breath. "Yes I see…"

"What's wrong?" the brunette asked.

"What happened there?"

"I don't know, I was there investigating and talking with Dinah and…"
The redhead looked at the blonde.

"Talking to me?" the blonde asked.

"Yes, talking with."

Barbara nodded slowly. "All right you were talking with her and…?"

"I don't know exactly, the room was in darkness. Suddenly a bright light filled the room and I couldn't see anything, the next thing I saw was a blue light hit me and I felt my body break in pieces. I don't remember anything else."

"Were you two talking while you were investigating? Is that not the way that the enemy discovers you?"

"Well…" Huntress said "The place was empty."

"Well," Barbara stopped her work at Delphi and turned to see Helena "not as empty as you thought, someone attacked you. It's a basic rule in crime fighting: precaution. Don't talk so much when you are investigating."

Helena sighed. "All right, it's my fault…"

"I returned there as I told you Barbara

The elevator door opened and Dick appeared. "Hey girls, hey Helena I'm glad to see you are fine."

Helena faked a smile at him. "Hi…"

"You look great." He said.

"Figures."

Barbara glared to her. Helena just shook her head. "All right, I'm sorry. Thanks for your help."

"What attacked you?" Dick asked.

"She doesn't have an idea." Barbara said.

"I think it was Silver guy." Helena looked her nails.

"Who is Silver guy?" Dick asked.

"A slippery guy that we had been trying to locate."

"All right," the redhead said, "I think I must work on this and Helena must rest before I perform more tests on her."

"I'm feeling fine."

"I'm not asking."

"Why?"

"Why?" Barbara turned to see her "because I need to be sure you will be fine after whatever hit you unbalanced all your metabolic system. I don't know how it affected you."

"Affected?"

"Your meta skills, your brain."

"Mmmm" the brunette scratched her head.

"Well," Dick said "I need to go and do some errands. I'll be back later."

"All right." The redhead said.

Dick leaned and kissed her cheek. Helena was furious and bit her lips. He went to the elevator and waved to her. When the doors closed the young woman turned to look at the redhead.

"Is it necessary for him to kiss you in front of me?"

"I don't see the problem in it, now go to that chair," Barbara pointed to the brain scanner. "I want to check your head."

"He is a moron."

"Helena, please, I don't want to discuss that now."

"Barbara…"

"He came here to help us," the redhead interrupted not hiding her annoyance. "He is a great support, I don't care if you still have issues against him or not He has been supporting me and I really appreciate it and I feel thankful for having him close."

She turned and pressed some keys at her computer. The brunette blinked, she hadn't expect that reaction from Barbara.

"Barbara but…" she said.

"Helena I found you almost dead." Barbara stopped her work and looked her. "I thought you would die. It wasn't until this morning that I could be sure you would survive. Do you think that is nice? Finding you again after… after…" the redhead's lips trembled with anger "…finding you again almost dead?"

Helena moved her head and brushed her hair back. "I'm sorry, really, I didn't…"

"This is not just an 'I'm sorry,'" Barbara said angry "I hate every time you do this! You always do it!"

"I do what?" Helena asked waving her hands.

"Risk your life so unnecessarily!"

"I was just checking that place!"

"Without taking any precautions. What's the first rule I taught to you? Focus, just focus on your job because any distraction could be mortal and you keep behaving as if you were 12 years old. You could be dead now. Now please, go and sit there. I have work to do."

Man, Barbara really was mad. It seemed things last night had been worse than she thought. The best thing to do was to shut up. Helena sighed and moved toward the chair. Dinah didn't say a word, she also knew the best thing was to keep quiet when Barbara was in that mood. She just turned her chair and went back to work on the computer in front of her.

Barbara worked checking the results of her last test on Helena in her computer. She turned her head toward the balcony where Helena was sitting next to her favorite gargoyle staring at the city. She'd always done it since she was a teenager. Barbara took a deep breath, rubbing her head with her palms she wondered what kind of game the life was playing with her.

"Still working?" Dinah asked stepping inside the lab. "Nothing wrong? I mean, with her head, her reflexes."

"No." the redhead moved back in her chair and scratched her head.

"It's weird, Where is she now?"

"Outside."

"Have you talked with her?" the blonde pulled a chair and sat next to her. Barbara couldn't hide her sadness.

"Not yet." Barbara said.

"Why not?"

"I need to wait for the best moment, first I need to be sure she is okay."

"You have been waiting for this for so long."

"I know, is just that… when you are…" Barbara tried to find the correct words to explain her feelings "…facing the moment you had been hoping for… it is not as easy as you imagined."

Dinah smiled to her, "Tell me about it, I always dream what would happen if I could see my mom again, and when it happened, nothing was as I expected…"

"You're hurt Barbara, you need talk to her. You have many things inside you. You need to tell her."

"Maybe for that reason I don't want to talk with her. I don't want to open old wounds."

The blonde touched the redhead's hand. "Do it."

"I'll do it, I promise. I just need to wait for the perfect moment."

"All right. You know you can count on me."

"Yes, I know." The redhead smiled lightly to her.

"Well, it's late. I'll go to sleep."

"Hey Baby." Dick cheered, stepping outside the elevator.

"Hey Dick." The redhead smiled at him.

"Well guys, I'll let you talk. I'm tired." Dinah said standing up.

"Have a good night." He said.

"She is a great girl." Barbara said.

"She has the best mentor in the world." Dick said touching her cheek with his palm.

"Are you trying to be charming?"

"I don't need to try, I' m always charming" he smirked.

"Thanks Dick."

The handsome man sat on a desk holding Barbara's hand.

"Why?"

"Thanks for being here." Barbara said.

"Always for you." He smiled, "I don't like to see you worried and I know how important she is to you."

"Dick…" Barbara whispered lowering her gaze. "She…"

"Shhh…" he said resting his index over her lips. "She is very important to you, no matter what happened."

"Yes…"

"You need to talk with her."

"I know, is just that… I need to find a good moment."

"Do it before she leaves… "

The redhead took a deep breath and lowered her head. "I'm afraid about how she could react, you know her, she hides her feelings, she could just leave and not say a word… I'm trying to imagine any situation to find the best way to talk with her about it."

Dick took her chin between his fingers and fixed his eyes on hers.

"You always find the correct words, don't worry."

Helena opened her eyes looking into the dark night. She enjoyed the nights, the feel of the cold air caressing her skin. It was as if the night was part of her soul. She stood up, she had spent almost all afternoon there. Barbara had told her she wanted her close. It had been a creepy day. Her body was fine, Barbara had been following all her movements to be sure she was fine. It seemed that whatever had hit her was just a weapon to keep her down.

She went inside Clocktower. Delphi was alone, just the humming sound of the computers could be heard. Barbara must have gone to rest, it was a good thing. She went toward the penthouse. She wanted a warm shower and then a peaceful sleep.

The elevator doors opened in the living room of the penthouse and she froze in place. Barbara was in her wheelchair, Dick was leaning over her kissing her and she was… kissing him back…?

"Barbara?" Helena felt the words stick in her mouth.

"Helena…" Barbara and Dick both turned to look at her.

"Oh, hi…" He smirked at her.

That smile was the spark that made the brunette react. Everything went red, she felt her blood building in her veins. She walked toward Dick angry, fists in balls.

"Dick and I were…" Barbara said, but before she finished her sentence the brunette hit him hard on his jaw sending him to the floor.

"Helena!" the redhead shouted.

Dick tried to fight back but Helena was fast, he missed a blow to her.

"Fucking bastard." Helena growled hitting him and sending him flying toward a mirror on the wall breaking it into pieces.

"Helena stop!" Barbara shouted again.

The brunette lifted him by the lapels of his shirt and buried her fist in his gut taking the air out of his lungs. The next impact of the brunette's fist made Dick stumble back and crash against a table in the corridor.

This time he reacted and when the brunette was over him he pushed her back with his feet.

Helena rolled on the ground and stood up with incredible speed. She tried to charge against Dick but Barbara wheeled in front of her.

"I said stop!" the redhead said with a hard voice.

Helena arrested her movement pressing her fists in balls in anger.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Dick asked annoyed.

"Son of a bitch." Helena growled, Barbara stopped her attempt to attack him again resting her hands on her waist "Get out of here! I don't want to see you in my fucking life ever again or I'll kill you!"

"I can stay here if I want This is not your home!"

"Dick!" Barbara shouted "Please!"

"She is crazy." He cleaned his lip with the back of his hand.

"Get out!" the dark haired woman spat.

"Helena please, calm down." the redhead said. "Dick, let me talk to her."

"But…"

"Let me talk to her." Barbara's tone was harsh.

In a bad mood, the tall man went toward the elevator and disappeared behind the doors. Helena turned and paced furiously in the living room.

"Why?" she shouted at the redhead.

"Why?" Barbara looked her.

"Why Barbara?" The brunette clenched her teeth, the muscles of her face tensed, her feral eyes more bright than ever. She hit her hand against a flower arrangement on the living table breaking it against the floor.

"Could you please calm down?" Barbara worried for her behavior, lifted her hand to her.

"How the fuck do you expect me to calm down? You were kissing him! Why?"

"Helena, please, calm down and we can talk."

"You betrayed me!" the dark haired woman growled. She hit the wall with her fist breaking the wood

"Helena stop! I didn't betray you!"

"No? You were cheating on me!"

"Helena… I think there is a misunderstanding…"

"You said you loved me! To trust in you!" Huntress shouted "But you were lying! Is that the reason that you were so insistent in accepting him into our home again?"

"You are very upset, please, I beg you, calm down, if not, we can't talk."

Helena brushed her hair back with her hands pacing around the room, her mind trying to understand.

"Please sit down."

"Why Barbara?" the brunette mumbled "I'd give my life for you…"

"Helena, please sit."

The brunette turned her back to her and rested her hands on her hips, she took a deep breath.

"I love Dick." Barbara said.

tbc