"Oh my God!" Barbara exclaimed covering her nose, when the girls stepped out of the elevator. "Where were you two?"

"Is that a trick question?" Dinah asked.

"You sent us to a sewer, remember?" Helena glared at the redhead, removing her short coat.

"What is your obsession with sewers and trash containers?" Barbara asked. "You always end up in them."

"Whatever. Who is that woman? She is really weird." Helena growled, pacing.

"I thought she was meta," Barbara explained, "but I'm not sure now. She was speaking oddly."

"Yeah," Dinah said pointing at Helena, "and only she would think to answer a lunatic that yes, she rules this world."

"I told you I never could have imagined she was fucking looney toon." Helena rubbed her arm. It still hurt her.

"What happened to you?" Barbara noticed the black bruise on the young woman's arm.

"I blocked one of her blows and I thought it was broken. Iit was like being hit with an iron bar."

"I need to check that and your head."

"What about my head?" The brunette took a hand toward her head and touched it. She grimaced lightly.

"You are still bleeding. Maybe you need some stitches there. I hope this teaches you a lesson to stop and listen to me the next time."

"Yes, mom," Helena sighed.

"What's with this woman, Barbara?" Dinah asked. "Who is she?"

"Did you hit her with your fist?" the older woman asked Helena.

"Yeah, and she didn't even flinch."

"With the hand on which you wear your ring?"

"Yes."

"Give it to me."

"Oh… Do you want me to give you an engagement ring? This is so sudden… Our relationship is just beginning…"

Barbara took a deep breath and glared at her. "Don't think you are so lucky. I want to see if some of her skin is on it and analyze her molecular structure, so I can confirm if she is meta or not."

"Oh…" Helena removed the ring form her index finger. "Good, I'm too young to be engaged."

"Yes, and too prudent." The cyber genius stood up and walked toward the lab. "Dinah, go take shower, Helena come with me."

"Are you thinking about doing naughty things to me, now?" Helena followed her, hopping.

Dinah smiled in amusement, walking toward her bedroom. This was the never-ending story.

"Could you please stop with that?" Barbara took out her medical kit and put it on a table close to the brunette.

"Oh come on, I'm sure you are dreaming of it." Helena stood up behind her and purred in her ear.

The redhead turned and hit Helena's bruised arm 'accidentally' with her elbow. The dark haired woman winced, stepping back and holding her arm.

"Sit down." Barbara said, smiling inwardly, and putting her gloves on her hands. "I need to examine your head."

"That was mean!" Helena complained, sitting in the chair.

"Keep your paws away when I'm working."

Grumbling, the young woman remained still. Barbara stood close to her. She lowered her head and closed her eyes. She could feel her warmth, smell her fragrance. She let it envelope her senses. Barbara's fingers probing her wound felt damn good, maybe she needed to break her head more often.

"This will hurt," the redhead warned, cleaning her head with alcohol. Helena didn't move. She noticed it was a deep cut. "I'll need pour some alcohol here." She felt her fingers tremble, she had taken care of her many times, but now, now it was different because she looked at her in a different way.

Helena's hair was soft, as was her skin. She let her fingers freely caress the young woman's head with the excuse of examining her. What strange power did the younger woman have over her? It was weird, something she hadn't felt before.

Helena wanted to stay there forever. She let all her muscles relax and enjoy the touch of those wonderful fingers on her head, thinking she was caressing her. Time seemed to stand still. She wanted to take that hand in hers and kiss each finger softly, maybe taste them with her tongue, with long, soft strokes.

The redhead moved back and put a piece of gauze and her tape inside her medical box. "It's done, Helena, go shower," she said, removing her gloves.

The brunette didn't respond. Barbara turned and noticed she was still in her place. "Helena? I'm done." She moved closer and tapped the young woman's shoulder.

Dazed, she opened her eyes. "Mmm?"

"All done.., go shower, you need to rest, you are tired. You fell asleep there for a minute."

"Me?" Helena blinked. Where was she? "Oh? Oh…!"

"Go shower, I'll check your ring to see if it has some DNA ."

"Right, right," Helena said, standing up and walking toward the bathroom and trying to sound normal. Damn, Barbara's talented hands had left her totally dazed.

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"So, do you think she really is some kind of alien?" the young teenager asked. She was seated next to her mentor at the Delphi.

"Must be, I checked her DNA from Helena's ring and her molecular structure is nothing I've seen before. It has radioactive properties," Barbara explained.

"But, how did she get here?"

"I was checking soma abnormal activity on the earth's surface, using satellites," the redhead responded, opening a window on her computer. "There was an impact close to New Gotham Hills. It looks like a meteorite hit about two hours ago."

"A spaceship? Do you think she could arrive that way?"

"It's my only theory. She can control wind, she created a disaster downtown."

"Where is she now?" Dinah leaned over the monitor.

"The reports say downtown is blocked off all the way to the dockyards with the Army and police force."

"We could use a guinea pig to get her out of the city, to the dockyards. She is very destructive, we must get her away from the population."

"Agree. We definitely need a guinea pig to get her there." Barbara moved back in her chair and scratched her head.

"I'm back," Helena said, appearing at the bottom of the platform.

"We were talking about you," Dinah said, smirking.

"About me?"

"We need to get our friend out of the city." Barbara bit her lip thinking.

"And?"

"Well, you told her you rule this world, so she will surely follow you," Dinah explained happily.

"Are you crazy?" Helena frowned. "Did you notice what E.T can do every time she opens her mouth?"

"Well," Dinah explained, "I can't do it. After knowing you are the one who rules this world, she surely won't want to follow me."

"Point for her," Barbara said standing up.

"Are you serious?" Helena opened her eyes wide. "How am I going to stop her?"

"You are going to take her far from the city. I have an idea. She controls wind and air." Barbara explained, "If she doesn't have air, she can't use it as a weapon. So, I just need to eliminate the air around her."

"And how are you going to do that?" the brunette asked.

"Dinah."

"Me?" the blonde blinked.

"Yes, I need you to create a bubble around her," Barbara told her, drawing a diagram on a piece of paper.

"But a bubble has air inside."

"Yes, but not enough to create a tornado or hurricane. Dinah must get close to that woman so she can create the bubble."

"And if the plan doesn't works?" Helena asked.

"That's why I need you to take her out of the city," the redhead tore up the paper and put it in the trash can close to her. "No one will be in danger."

"Just me."

"Exactly." Barbara winked to her.

"I don't like the plan." Helena shook her head.

"What do we do after we get her?" Dinah asked.

"That's the second part of the plan that I don't have yet." The redhead crossed her arms. "We need to stop her first."

"And what if this plan doesn't work? Do you have another plan?" Helena frowned.

"Yes. Run as fast as you can."

The brunette rolled her eyes.

"All right." Barbara clapped, "We are moving in fifteen minutes."

"We?" Helena looked her.

"Yes, you need back up." Barbara nodded.

"Me?"

"You." The redhead put a hand on her waist. "As I recall, the woman swept the street with you last time."

"Not exactly swept." Dinah lifted her brow. "I'd say she kicked her ass."

Helena glared at the teen. "Thanks for your help."

"Be ready." Barbara smiled. "I'll see you downstairs in a few."

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Helena landed smoothly on the rooftop. It was empty. E.T. was supposed to be around, but Helena didn't see her. She adjusted her short black jacket and began to walk slowly toward the next street.

"All right, I'm here," she said into her mic.

Is she around?

"No… Maybe she took a cab and flew back home." The brunette stopped on the corner and looked around carefully. The next street was empty, but the woman had been there, there were several cars bent up or turned over and the place was a mess.

{Or the subway…. }Dinah's voice said.

"The subway doesn't a stop on Mars. Where are the police now?" the brunette whispered.

{Ten blocks behind you.} Oracle answered.

"And where are you?"

{Eight blocks in front of you.}

"That means I'm the only one close to E.T?"

{Someone had to be the guinea pig.} Dinah giggled.

"Very funny," the brunette said, crouching behind a bus turned on its side. "I see her."

{All right, bring her here and we will trap her in the bubble.} Oracle said.

"Easy for you to say." She walked toward the middle of the street and put her hands in the pockets of her coat. The woman had her back to her and was several meters away.

"Miss me?" Huntress asked loudly.

The woman turned her head. "You are the one that rules the world. Surrender to me now."

"No one taught you to say anything else?" She ran toward the woman and jumped in the air. She hit her with her feet, making the woman fall back.

She stood up and faced her. The dark haired woman hit her twice.

"Surrender or you will die!" the woman said angrily, a strong wind began to whirl around. Her white eyes shone.

"Time to run," Helena mumbled, running through the street.

A strong wind suddenly lifted her off the ground.

"Dammit." She growled, she grabbed a stair railing on a building. Her feet were flying with the strength of the wind.

She used the handle to climb to the top of the building. Once she was there, she rolled on the roof and ran toward the next building.

"Well, she is following me," Huntress observed.

{We are in position now. How did you do it?} Oracle answered.

"I pissed her off." The young woman ducked in time to avoid a piece of wood.

{An easy task for you.}

The brunette noticed the building ended and New Gotham Park was in front of her. Great, almost a mile of open field.

She jumped down and ran as fast as she could. Objects began to fly around her. A gust of wind –a downburst - hit the ground a few meters from her and she flew forward, slamming into the dirt several meters away. This was going to be hard. She rolled and ran again toward the far corner, looking for protection from the buildings.

"Now I know what a hunted fox feels like." She growled through the mic.

{Don't worry, you have nine lives.} Dinah said.

"But I'm not sure how many I've already used." The brunette jumped down an embankment and stood under a small bridge. She rested her back on the wall, objects were flying over her head. "And I'll need at least two or three for this."

{I need you closer, you are still too far.}

"I'm trying." The wind stopped and Huntress ran toward the closest street.

She was relieved when she arrived at a street surrounded by buildings. They could protect her a bit more. She jumped to the rooftop.

{I see you. Dinah, be ready.} Oracle said.

{I'm ready.}

Suddenly, Helena stopped in her tracks. A big tornado began to spawn in front of her.

"Uh… oh… trouble here," she mumbled.

A strong wind pushed her back, she crashed against a big water tank; she covered her face with her hands. It broke under her weight and tons of water flowed everywhere, she tried to hold on to something, but the water carried her down. Her hand grabbed a hold of a fire escape on the wall, she stopped her fall and she hit the wall hard.

That had hurt. She winced, trying to avoid falling down.

"Dinah…" Huntress grumbled.

{I'm trying, but I can't, there's a lot of strong wind around, I can't move closer.}

The woman blew across her hands and formed two small circles of wind. A birdarang hit her hard and a dark figure fell over her.

Batgirl punched her three times before the woman opened her mouth and pushed the crimefighter back with a strong wind. The redhead fell backwards on the ground bouncing. Dinah ran, trying to get closer.

"Who are you?" the strange woman shouted. Annoyed, she pushed her back with another strong wind.

Huntress landed in front of the strange woman crouching. "My associate… is there a problem?"

"You will die now."

"Take a number." The brunette took the woman by her arm and threw her against the building.

Angry, the strange woman stood and formed two small wind balls with her hands.

"Now, Dinah!" Batgirl shouted, noticing the blonde was close.

Huntress jumped on the alien as she threw a wind ball.

"No Huntress!" Batgirl yelled into her mic.

"Huntress is there! I can't trap her with my bubble." Dinah said.

"Huntress, get out of there."

The young woman kicked the woman hard in her gut, but the alien took her by her sleeves and slammed her against the buildings wall, breaking it. Both fell inside.

"Dammit!" Batgirl growled and ran toward the building. A strong wind began to move inside the building and lights sparkled, it was like a tornado inside. The walls began trembling. Dinah ran close to the redhead and took her arm to pull her back.

"It's going to fall!"

"I need to get her out of there!!" Batgirl yelled.

"No, it's going to fall!" the teen shouted as the building collapsed. She hugged her mentor and had just enough time to protect them inside a force field created with her mind.

A strong dust cloud covered the place.

The dust began to disappear and, after a few minutes, when the danger was gone, the teenager looked around, some bricks and a big wooden table had fallen on them. Her shield had saved them.

"Dinah, we need to look for her. She could be trapped," Batgirl said anxiously.

Both moved out of the small hole and the redhead noticed the devastation around them. The entire building had disappeared. She felt a knot in her throat and prayed the brunette was alive. She looked around, trying to find the place she had seen her last.

"Huntress!" Batgirl shouted, feeling her heart thumping hard in her chest. She took a small tracking device she had on her waist. Helena's signal was directly under her.

"She was around here," Dinah recalled, looking at the tons of bricks, wood and broken furniture that was scattered around.

"She's here," Batgirl said, removing a piece of wood. Helena and the woman were on the basement floor.

They managed to make a hole and the redhead kneeled to look inside.

"Huntress!" she shouted. She began to remove her belt.

"You are not going to crawl inside." Dinah said.

"I must look for her."

"It's not stable. You can't go!"

"She could be trapped!"

"Or dead! I don't want to lose you too!!" Dinah covered her mouth almost immediately, noticing the pain in the redhead's features. "I'm sorry, Barbara, I didn't…"

The redhead nodded and bit her lips. It took her a few seconds to control her emotions.

"We need to go down there," she said with a pause, "and see if she needs help. I need you. Are you going to help me?"

The teenager nodded, hugging herself.

"First, we need to get this support column out of the way." The older woman pointed to a big piece of wood. "It will relieve the pressure on the hole."

They moved it and the redhead kneeled, looking inside the hole again. She took a small flashlight from her belt and looked inside.

"What are you looking for?" a voice behind them said.

The two women turned to see Huntress standing behind them, cleaning the dust from her short jacket.

"What are you doing here?" Dinah asked.

"What am I doing here? Saving the city, if you'll recall."

"But you…" Dinah pointed down.

"When the damn thing collapsed, I jumped inside the elevator shaft. I read it protects you a lot and it's true. But it fell to the basement. I had to crawl to get out." The brunette pointed at a grill that was on the sidewalk, that she had opened.

Barbara felt a great happiness inside her, the joy made her heart explode. She wasn't wearing her necklace. She'd probably lost it in the fight and it had fallen. That's why the signal was coming from inside the building. Suddenly, her joy turned to anger. She stood up, pissed, and pushed the brunette back.

"What the hell were you thinking?" she shouted.

"I was fighting the bitch! What's your problem?" Huntress shouted back.

"You almost got yourself killed! Are you crazy?"

"She was going to hit you!"

"I said stop! Dinah was going to trap her with her TK bubble!"

"And what if it didn't work? She would have killed you!"

"You could have died!!

"But I didn't, and stop yelling at me. I know what I'm doing!"

"Doesn't look like it! You always act like a child!" Batgirl put a finger on her chest and poked her.

"I was doing my job! I'm not a child!" Huntress waved her hands.

"Where is she?"

"I don't know, she seemed very angry and she exploded when I jumped into the elevator and the building collapsed!"

"You could have died inside that building!" the re head pointed toward the fallen bricks.

"We are safe! What is your the fucking problem?"

"You scared the hell out of me!" Batgirl yelled. "I thought you were dead!"

"That's the risk of the job and you know it!"

"I don't want to lose you, dammit!" Barbara stared at her. She thought she had lost her for a minute, the worst minute of her life. She would die if Helena died. She was her soul, her life, her everything, Why was she so stupid? Suddenly, the redhead took the younger woman's face in her hands and pressed their lips together.

Helena opened her mouth in shock and felt Barbara's teeth lightly biting her upper lip. A second later, her warm tongue caressed her lips. The brunette felt her knees weaken and a shiver ran through her body.

Barbara moved back glaring at her. "Stupid!" She growled, poking her in the chest one last time.

Stunned, the brunette stared at her, not knowing what to say, feeling her legs trembling. Dinah's eyes were wide, she couldn't believe what she had just seen.

Batgirl turned and fired a bat rope at the next building.

Huntress stood there not knowing what to do. Her mind tried to process what had just happened.

Batgirl had yelled to her and called her irresponsible, then she had kissed her and after it she had called her stupid again. She'd cursed several times too… but she never said bad words. What was going on?

Barbara had kissed her?

Yes.

She was sure that she was grinning like an idiot.

"What are you doing?" Dinah pushed her shoulder.

"What?" the brunette, still stunned, looked at the blonde.

"Follow her! She is leaving!" Dinah pointed towards the redhead. "I told you! She loves you!"

The dark haired woman turned her head to the point Dinah was indicating and noticed the older woman had disappeared.

"Go on!" Dinah pushed her again,

Huntress reacted and ran behind her.

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