PRESENT WORLD

"Barbara?"

Dinah's voice shook the redhead out of her thoughts.

"Hi Dinah." She smiled at her young protégé. "Are they gone?"

"Yes, and everything is taken care of. Mystic is in police custody, "Barbara" and "Helena" are back in their world. How is 'our' Helena?"

"Fine, fine." Barbara smiled brushing Helena's hair "She is recovering very fast, the fever is gone now."

"This was so crazy"

"Very, I'm glad that my counterpart is as smart as I am and found a way to make Mystic's weapon work."

The brunette stirred on her bed. She opened her eyes slowly.

"Hi my love," Barbara whispered "How do you feel?"

"Like shit?"

"You look like shit." Dinah smirked.

Barbara chuckled "You will be alright, don't worry."

"You don't need to lie to me."

"No, she is right, you are safe." Dinah said crossing her arms above her chest. "You really have nine lives."

"Seriously?"

"Yes," Barbara said. "You will be fine."

"I'm not dying?" Helena asked.

"No." The blonde leaned over and hugged Helena "You'll be glad to know you will make a full recovery."

"How did you do it?" She turned to Barbara.

"I'm very smart." The older woman winked at Dinah.

"Yes." Dinah chuckled, moving back.

"Now we need find out how I can go back." the brunette said.

"Go back?" Barbara asked.

"I need to go."

"I'm sorry," Dinah said amused "But Barbara will not let you go."

"I can't stay."

"The doorbell is ringing," the blonde said "Must be the pizza. Dinner, girls."

"We will be there in a minute." Barbara said to the Dinah.

The dark haired woman looked at the redhead. "I need to go back home."

"You are home, Helena." Barbara said.

"I'm not..."

"If I ask it of you, will you stay?"

"No, I'm sorry Barbara… I mean, I need to go back to my Barbara, the Barbara of my world."

"Why?" the redhead looked at her with softness.

"I love her, my life is there with her. She is my life, she is my everything."

The redhead smiled, cupping the young woman's face between her hands and kissing her briefly on her lips "Consider this then as a kidnapping. I'm not going to let you go."

"Listen…. " Helena whispered, blushing "You know I need to return to my home and we need bring back your Helena. I want to go home to Red…"

"I'm here." The redhead whispered trapping Helena's lips in an intense kiss, a soft and tender caress that made the brunette tremble. It was the same kiss she remembered from her dreams. Helena broke the kiss, looking at the redhead with stunned eyes.

"Barbara?"

"Yes?" Barbara smiled.

"Is it you?" blue eyes blinked, stunned.

"Yes, you are back."

"How?"

"My counterpart found a way to make Mystic's weapon work and she brought you back. The Helena of her world is safe too and back in her home now."

"Really?" The brunette straightened and took the redhead's face between her hands. "Is it really you?"

"Yes, it's me." Barbara chuckled.

Helena trapped her lips and the redhead found herself pinned against her chair by the thin brunette who covered her face with kisses.

"I've missed you, I've missed you…." The brunette said between kisses.

Barbara chuckled and wrapped her arms around her back. "I've missed you too, Hel."

"What happened?" Helena asked "How did I come back? What happened to Helena? And the Barbara of the other world?"

"Pizzzaaaa!" they heard Dinah's shout from the kitchen.

"Let's go to dinner," Barbara said smiling "I'll tell you everything. It's a long story."


PARALLEL WORLD

Dinah sat at the Delphi, waiting nervously for the return of her mentor who had crossed through the portal between the worlds with no means of communication. She looked at the clock nervously and noted that Barbara has been gone for over thirty minutes.

Suddenly a hole opened in midair and Barbara appeared, supporting Helena in her arms. She hurried to help the redhead and held the brunette. Barbara dropped on her wheelchair feeling exhausted.

"Helena, are you…?" Dinah asked.

"Yes, it's her." The redhead smiled, turning off the transponder at her waist.

"You are sick." The teen said, helping the brunette to sit. "And you look like shit."

"Thanks for the welcome." the brunette winced, holding her arm.

"Are you hurt?" the teenager asked.

"A bad blow in a fight with Mystic."

"Mystic? He is in jail-"

"In this world, not in the other one," the brunette said "Well, he is now." The brunette looked at the redhead "What happened? I don't understand."

"Mystic discovered a parallel world," Barbara explained, removing the transponder off her waist, "And that moving a person from one world to the other would kill them. He traveled between the worlds and met his counterpart, who both planned to exchange their Huntress's knowing it would kill you both soon."
"But they didn't know that you are meta." Dinah said "And that your defenses are stronger than the average human being. So it didn't kill you as fast as they thought."

"The Helena here began to get very sick," Barbara said, she put the transponder on a table "I suspected that Mystic was somehow involved so I went to interview him. He told me everything and I finally understood what was happening. I began to work on trying to make the weapon you took when you caught him work. I succeeded just a few hours ago and I went to look for you."

"You have a nasty cut on your arm. I'll bring some alcohol and gauzes." The blonde said to Helena and walked toward the lab.

"Yes, let's examine you." Barbara said, wheeling to her side.

Helena removed her coat carefully, she was sore all over. The redhead wheeled to her side and helped her. The dark haired woman fixed her eyes on her.

"Why?" she asked.

"Why?" Barbara asked.

"Why did you help me? Why did you look for me after all I did? After I shouted at you and…?"

"You are important to me." The redhead didn't let her finish "You are my life."

"Me?"

Barbara took her hand between hers and pressed her fingers softly. "I realized how much I needed you when you left, but I couldn't accept it was love. Until your counterpart arrived and began to make love to me every day, opening my eyes, showing me that I have always loved you."

"Always?"

"Yes, always, but I didn't want to see it before."

"Me neither." The brunette whispered.

Barbara chuckled "We were so stupid."

"Very…" Helena laughed too.

"I'll always be grateful to your other you."

"And me… to your other you." She lifted Barbara's hand to her lips and kissed it. "Do you forgive me?"

"There is nothing to forgive. It was my fault too."

That was all Barbara could say before she felt Helena's full lips land softly on her own. Any attempt at rational thought disappeared in the whirlwind of emotions. The young woman's tongue grazed her lips, not demanding anything, but a sweet invitation. Barbara's lips parted and Helena's soft tongue slipped between them. Barbara felt her heart beating so hard, and she saw stars sparkling around them.

The redhead moved back after long seconds, feeling a deep joy in her soul. That kiss had been fantastic.

"Would you like go out to dinner with me?" Helena asked smiling.

"Dinner?" Barbara smiled, cupping the brunette's cheeks between her hands.

"A date?" Helena said. "I'd like to ask you to be my girlfriend in a nice, romantic setting."

"We don't need all that for you to ask me."

"Barbara…will you be my girlfriend?"

"I thought you'd never ask." Barbara smiled joyfully and pressed her lips against the younger woman's, grateful to have the opportunity to fix all their past mistakes.

Helena showered, changed her clothes and after a nice dinner, fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.


The brunette awoke at midnight feeling something was off. She opened her eyes and felt something was missing. She sat up on the bed and looked around; she was in Dinah's room. The blonde was in her twin bed, totally unconscious.

Dinah's room, yes, she really was back in her world. Dinah's room was Dinah's room, not a game room like in the other world. She smiled and rested her head on the pillow and closed her eyes trying to get back to sleep.

She turned on her side and closed her eyes, but sleep wouldn't come. She lay on her back and pulled the pillow over her head.

After thirty minutes of turning and twisting on her bed, she surrendered. This was not going to work. What was going on?

Damn.

She stood up and walked out of the room. She stood looking around the silent ClockTower. Now what?

She walked toward the redhead's bedroom and opened the door slowly. Her sensitive nose immediately detected Barbara's scent. It was the smell of home.

Barbara was deeply asleep.

Not thinking twice about it, she headed for the bed and slipped under the covers.

This was much better. She rested her head on the pillow and closed her eyes.

Yes, this was what she needed, to feel the redhead close.

She had spent the last three months sleeping in her room, well in the other Barbara's room, and she had missed that.

She snuggled deeper into the pillow and closed her eyes.

She liked to be close to the redhead. She heard her soft breathing. It was calm and peaceful. The brunette slowly nudged closer and rested her head on Barbara's arm.

Barbara awoke slowly, cocooned in warm covers. It had been a cold night, and the feeling of a light vibration on her arm brought her back to reality from a pleasant dream. It sounded like…purring? It took her a few second to react, being half asleep, but then she noticed Helena cuddling her.

The redhead realized she must have been so exhausted not to notice when the slim woman moved into the bed.

She checked her watch, it was almost 6 in the morning.

Maybe Helena had felt sick during the night. She gently brushed her hand over the brunette's forehead, but found her temperature was normal. What if it was something else?

"Hel…?" she asked softly.

"Mmmm?" the brunette mumbled sleepily.

"Do you feel okay?"

"Mmm…" Helena nodded lightly.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." Helena mumbled, snuggling closer.

Barbara moved her arm on the brunette's back and caressed her hair. "It's just that I'm worried about you. You are still healing."

"I'm fine." The brunette said softly.

Barbara rubbed her eyes with her free hand and yawned. "When I found you here, you worried me. Why are you here? Has something happened?"

"No…" Helena raised her head "I was… trying to sleep?"

"Trying to sleep?"

"Well…" the brunette babbled softly, wrapping her arm over the red head's waist "I… was sleeping in Dinah's room and… I woke up and couldn't sleep again…"

"Nightmares?"

"No…. it's just that… in the other world, my room was yours, I mean, the other Barbara, you know, we lived together and she thought that I was the other Helena and…"

Barbara opened her eyes and tried to adjust her eyes to the dark.

"I thought I had amnesia and that…" Helena explained "well, my room was hers and… I used to sleep with you and tonight… well… I missed you… I couldn't sleep because you were not close to me."

The red head's smile was sweet as she pulled Helena against her. "Come here."

Barbara kissed her softly on her lips.

"I didn't want to wake you up." Helena whispered, brushing her lips against the redhead's jaw…

"It's fine…" Barbara said softly "May I ask you something?"

"Mmmm?" The brunette hummed, rubbing her nose on Barbara's cheek.

"Did you… sleep with her?"

Helena stopped her caress and fixed her eyes on Barbara. "No." she said in a firm voice.

"No?" the redhead whispered.

"No…I promise. She just…she just helped me to see why I had left, that the reason I had quit the team was because I love you so much and I couldn't stand to see you with Dick."

Barbara caressed the girl's face with her hand.

"Promise me you will never leave again," Barbara said softly "I missed you so much."

"I'll never leave you again," Helena whispered using her index finger to trace the redhead's nose "I was just so jealous and I felt you didn't care about me."

"You are the most important thing in my life."

"You are too." Helena's lips trapped the redhead's mouth.

The kiss was light, cheerful, shy.

Needing more, the brunette deepened the kiss. She slowly moved on top of the other woman, supporting her weight with her hands on each side of Barbara's body. It was dark but the redhead could clearly see the bright cat eyes of the young woman above her.

"I love you." She whispered.

"I love you too."

Helena dipped her head and kissed the redhead softly on the lips. The redhead moved her arms around the brunette's neck and pulled her against her, Helena let her weight rest slowly over the redhead. The feeling of Barbara's breast against hers was overwhelming.

Helena's tongue was teasing Barbara's. She touched it with her own and reveled in the feel of Helena's tongue. It was thin, but strong and at the same time so tender, a strange mix that sent chills along her spine. She moved her hands to the brunette's back, and lifted her thin blouse to let her finger nails trace along the brunette's spine.

The touch was electric. Barbara's fingers were magic. They took their time exploring the younger woman's increasingly warm body.

The redhead was certain she had never felt so aroused. Helena bent her head and licked the redhead's neck. It tasted sweet. She began to brush her lips against her soft skin and when she reached her shoulder, she bit it gently.

The young woman felt her libido grow, her desire for the other woman was overwhelming.

She let her hands trace the redhead's torso, and could feel the strong and firm muscles trembling under her fingers. it was so erotic imagining her nude on her bed.

"I want you." Helena whispered.

"Hel… the red head gasped, breathing for air "I don't know if I…"

"Just let your feelings flow." The dark haired woman whispered brushing her lips against Barbara's "Just let your instincts drive you…"

Barbara chuckled, "Drive?"

"Yes…" Helena smiled, breathing heavily. She looked the other woman in the eye and brushed her hair with her hand. "You think too much…"

Barbara took the brunette's face between her hands and kissed her again, this time with a kiss so intense, so full of need and desire. Their mouths and tongues dueled, each enjoying the taste of the other. Their tongues flicked to tease and tempt, ratcheting their desire to new heights.

Helena slipped her hands into Barbara's blouse and cupped her soft mounds, kneading them. They felt firm and soft as she squeezed them. The sensation was incredible. She slowly slipped Barbara's thin blouse over her head. Helena had seen naked women before, but these were the best looking breasts she had ever seen.

She leaned in and kissed the tip of her nipple before licking it slowly for several long minutes. The redhead's gasped.

"Please Hel…" she said, taking the brunette's head between her hands and pulling her against her breast.

The brunette opened her mouth and took in the soft breast, sucking softly and letting the fingers of her right hand tease the other nipple. The brunette lovingly kissed each nipple before sucking them into her mouth.

The redhead grasped the brunette's thin shirt and pulled at it. Helena moved back and helped her to remove her blouse. She slowly descended again, moaning when the bare skin of Barbara's breast rubbed against hers, feeling her hard nipples, igniting all her senses.

Barbara kissed the girl fiercely, their tongues massaging each other. Helena kissed and sucked on her prospective lover's throat. Barbara's fingers left a fiery trail down the brunette's back and as she moved her hand lower, she found the soft fabric of Helena's boxers. She teased her fingers along the border before taking Helena's firm ass in her hands and squeezing them hard.

The brunette moved her thighs between the redhead's legs and began to rock against her slowly. The sensation of her most sensitive part rubbing against Barbara was amazing.

Barbara pulled her against her, matching the dark haired woman's thrust. Helena was breathing fast, and she began to increase the tempo of her thrusting.

"You are overdressed." The red head's whispered in the brunette's ear.

Helena stopped her movement to remove her boxers and then helped the redhead to remove her underwear.

The brunette's eyes glowed, the vision of Barbara nude was overwhelming.

"You are so beautiful." She whispered, caressing her legs, her slim fingers moving forward to grasp the redhead's hips.

Barbara raised her hand and caressed the brunette's chest. Helena was exquisite, like a work of art. She let her fingers trace the outline of Helena's breasts before moving lower. She was a goddess. As her hands continued their exploration of the younger woman's body, she wondered idly why she had never allowed herself to look at Helena in this way. She felt she wanted more of the young brunette.

Helena suddenly found herself pinned down beneath Barbara.

Wow, she was strong! As soon as her back hit the mattress, Barbara's mouth was on her, kissing every inch of newly exposed flesh. Her left hand disappeared below.

Barbara in charge and taking the lead role was mind blowing. The red head took her time kissing and touching Helena. She covered her areolas with her mouth and caressed them with soft strokes.

The red head's hand traced the young woman's sculptured abs before tickling her navel. Helena gasped, she never though her navel could be that sensitive.

Finally, Barbara's hand found her target. She brushed the curly bush and began to move her fingers slowly over her slit. Helena whimpered and bit her lower lip, hugging the red head.

The redhead covered the brunette's lips to steal another kiss.

Her long, elegant fingers spread the lips of Helena's inner sex.

"You are so wet." Barbara whispered, her lips brushing Helena's ear, her breath hot, her voice husky.

"I…I need you so bad..." The brunette gasped.

"What do you want, Hel?" Barbara's hand started to trace little circles around her opening.

"Please…" Helene began to move her fingers against Barbara.

The redhead experienced an incredible sense of power. She was amazed, and humbled, at what she could do to her lover, how she could make Helena need her so much.

"Please Barbara." Helena whispered grasping her thigh "Inside me."

Green eyes sparkled with desire and lust, she slipped her index finger slowly inside and felt Helena's inner walls tensing around her, a soft moan escaping from her lips. She began to move it slowly back and forth, marveling at the sight of the cloudy gaze of her lover, lost in pleasure. She added a second finger and used her thumb to rub Helena's clit.

Helena bucked when she felt the intimate touch. Barbara smiled and kissed her again hard. Their bodies fell into a heady, erotic rhythm. Immersed in a sensual dance, they moved against each other, enjoying the sensations flowing through their bodies, the feelings and emotions running through their veins.

Helena felt she was in heaven. Barbara was with her, inside her, touching her like no one had done before, taking her….

"Harder…" Helena gasped feeling she was close "Please, harder…"

Barbara complied, smiling. She never imagined that the image of Helena lost in her passion could make her feel so…fucking hot.

The red head slipped another finger inside Helena's throbbing sex and curled it to find her "G" spot. The dark haired woman screamed. Barbara kept thrusting, bringing Helena to the edge. Suddenly Helena grabbed her hand and stopped her.

"Hel?"

"Let me touch you," Helena whispered breathlessly, kissing her "I need touch you."

Helena's kiss was demanding, possessive, she pushed the redhead onto her back and after breaking the kiss, she began to move slowly down, tracing the red head's body with her tongue, caressing and making her tremble with desire.

Barbara closed her eyes, she couldn't believe how sensitive parts of her body felt under Helena's touch; she knew what Helena was trying to do, she was taking her to the edge simply with the soft caress of her hands, knowing she couldn't feel anything below her waist.

Helena kissed her navel and traced her abdomen with her lips.

Barbara felt a phantom sensation that made her fling open her eyes. Helena must have realised this because she stopped her movement and moved closer to her.

"Did you feel something?" the young woman asked with a whisper.

"I'm not sure…" Barbara said but she gasped when she felt it again.

"You feel me." Helena said amazed "You feel me."

"I feel..?" Barbara gasped.

Helena leaned in and bit the lobe of her ear gently. "I'm inside you." Helena moved her hand back and raised it. In the moonlight, Barbara could see Helena's fingers were moist.

"It's you… you are wet for me." Helena said with a low and hoarse voice before sensually sucking her two fingers into her mouth and then licking them.

Barbara gasped at Helena's action. It was so… erotic… and…decadent. She felt her mouth go dry. Helena slipped her fingers into the redhead again, while simultaneously thrusting her tongue into the redhead's mouth. A two pronged attack! It was an incredible sensation tasting herself on the brunette's mouth.

Helena straddled Barbara's leg and pressed her thigh against her hand to increase the pressure. She began to rock slowly, pressing her own center against Barbara's thigh. She moved trying to match Barbara's reactions. She really was feeling her. She spent several long minutes thrusting against the redhead. Sweat began to cover her back, she closed her eyes feeling she was close to her own orgasm.

"Harder…" Barbara growled, biting the brunette's shoulder roughly. That spurred the dark haired woman to thrust her hand deeper into Barbara's warm center, trying to get her to a steady rhythm, to bring the other woman over the edge.

"Oh God…" Barbara moaned. "Yes…faster…please…"

"Love you." Helena whispered, pushing her fingers fast and deep into her lover. Quaking with desire, Barbara arched her back and wrapped her arms around the brunette, trying to find purchase as an intense orgasm burst forth from within. She bit hard on the brunette's shoulder as the powerful waves rolled over her. Helena came hard as Barbara's teeth pierced her skin and covered her own cry of release by burying her face into the redhead's neck. Bodies slick with sweat, they remained wrapped around each other, breathing hard, for a long while after.

Barbara opened her eyes lazily, the sun's rays just visible through a thin crack in her thick curtains. She felt drowsy but incredibly good. Helena was sprawled on top of her, deep asleep with her head resting on her chest. She didn't know how long they had been out but noting from the position of the sun, it must have been a long time indeed.

She smiled and caressed the brunette's hair and kissed her head. Helena stirred and hugged her close.

"Morning?" she mumbled.

"Very good morning." Barbara said.

Helena smiled and rubbed her head against Barbara's chest. She gave a light lick to the nipple closest to her before raising her head to kiss the redhead.

"That was amazing." Barbara said smiling.

"You are amazing." Helena bit her chin playfully.

"Thank you. You weren't so bad yourself." Barbara chuckled while placing her arms around the brunette's neck.

"And just imagine, this was only our first time. As they say, practice makes perfect." Helena grinned.

"Do you think?" the red head arched her eyebrow.

"I'm a good student and you are a good teacher."

Barbara chuckled.

"I think it's time for another lesson." Helena bent to kiss the redhead's neck, her fingers playing with the redhead's nipple.

Barbara closed her eyes smiling. "Now?"

Barbara raised her head fixing her eyes on her "Do you have something better to do?"

"No…" Barbara pulled her against her to kiss her.

The brunette wrapped her arms contentedly around her lover. She had found her home again and she had finally found Barbara, her heaven.


PRESENT WORLD

After making sure that Helena was going to be okay, Dinah showered, changed her clothes and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow. She was spent.

Thankfully, Helena's restorative powers were amazing. Barbara checked on her periodically throughout the night and happily noticed that her blood cells were returning to normal levels.

When she was sure Helena was fine, she lay down to rest on her bed. Barbara slept hugging Helena, burying her nose in her neck. She had missed her closeness, her contact, her smell, everything about her.

The brunette slept almost all the next day; it was common when she was recovering.

Barbara kept a close eye on her to make sure she was alright. She worked at the Delphi, humming happily and analysed the results of the last test she ran on the brunette. All her cell levels were normal.

"What are you doing here?" Helena's cheerful voice echoed through the Clock tower.

"Hi sweetheart." Barbara raise her head and was rewarded with an intense and hot kiss. Before she could think, she had Helena straddling her lap.

"Wow…" Barbara chuckled, sliding her arms around the brunette's neck. "I love your 'hello'"

"You abandoned me. Why are you not in bed?" Helena purred in her ear.

"Maybe because it's five o'clock in the afternoon?"

The brunette leant back. "Really?"

Barbara nodded, smirking.

"Whatever, come back to bed," Helena rubbed her cheek against her "I have plans for you, many nasty plans..."

"I'm sorry honey." Barbara said softly, the idea was very tempting but she had made other plans. "I have to go to a meeting at school. It's important."

"Awww Barbara!" Helena complained "Please, do it for me."

"I'll be back in a couple of hours, I promise." The red head said brushing her hair back. "And we can do anything you want then. In fact, I've given Alfred the night off and I told Dinah we were going to be very busy tonight."

Blue eyes sparkled." Really?"

"Really, you are not going to sleep, promise…"

"We can start then now."

"Hel, I can't. Really."

"Barbara, I've not had sex in three months," the brunette complained, "nothing of nothing!"

"Mmm…that does sound bad." Barbara nodded as she started to caress the brunette's arms.

"Very." Helena purred in her ear "So bad that if you touch me now, I'll explode."

The brunette suddenly felt Barbara's hand on her crotch. She gasped.

"Like this?" the redhead grinned.

"Yea." Helena gulped.

"Do you know I have been dying to touch you like this?" the redhead cupped the back of the brunette's head and lowered her head to kiss her, rubbing her hand slowly between the brunette's legs.

Helena began to rock her hips against the older woman's hand.

"Do you like it, Helena?" the redhead whispered in the brunette's ear, licking the edges.

"Love it…" Helena croaked.

"Good. It's a taste of what's to come tonight." Barbara moved her hand back and patted the brunette's arm "Now, I must go. Dinah will be here in a few minutes."

"Awww, Barbara! You are killing me!." Helena complained.

The elevator doors opened and the blonde telepath stepped out.

"Hey," the blonde said "I see you feel much better now."

"No," Helena growled "I want have to have sex but she says she needs to go to school with you."

"Yes, a meeting, I promised to pick her up." The teenager looked at her watch "It's time Barbara."

"Move down." Barbara said to the brunette, patting her thighs and pushing her back gently.

The dark haired woman hopped off. "You're being mean."

"I'll be back in two or three hours." The red head picked up the briefcase sitting on the computer desk.

"Try a cold shower, Hel." The blonde winked at her before turning toward the elevator.

"Shut up."

TBC