At the bar, Helena's thoughts weren't with her job. She felt like running,
jumping from rooftop to rooftop. She'd just be out for hours. Just to
think, and not feel trapped.
"A Whisky" a voice interrupts her thoughts.
"On the rocks?" Helena asks reaching for the whiskey bottle.
"Yes... No, I changed my mind, better a martini."
Helena shivers as recognizes the voice, she turns around "Sandy?" she says softly.
"Hello friend," Sandy smiles as she takes a seat.
"What are you doing here?" Helena asks surprised.
"I wanted to see you again," Sandy replies.
"What do you want?" Helena asks carefully.
"I was going to invite you to talk somewhere, but then you would have turned me down so I came here, look I'm unarmed I just wanna talk," Sandy says holding her arms up a bit.
Helena saw no weapons.
"Last night. what were you thinking?" Helena started getting angry.
"Oh, that was just a little prank," Sandy replies waving it off.
Helena looks around her. He steps up to another barkeep and asks him to take over for a while. She and Sandy step out.
***
Barbara was inspecting the old maps of New Gotham when an alarm sounded. Reese had activated the Batring. Barbara dialed his number on the computer, it rang a few times before he picked it up.
"Detective Reese," she greeted him, "Huntress it's a little busy, may I help you?"
"I found something. someone told me that to Rick Cohen has been seen several times in the north side of the jetties," Reese replied sounding a little surprised.
"It's big a place..." Barbara marked the area on the map, "There are a lot of buildings, it will take time."
"He has been seen near the buildings that were damaged in the earthquake." Barbara looked immediately the map while he said: "Huntress was very interested in it, she told me about Shiva."
"I have it," Barbara said calling the map up on the computer screen and printed it, "There are more less 25 buildings..."
"If Shiva is looking for you both, it will be dangerous to out looking for her."
"I know, but we need to find her first."
"I'll be at the jetty later, call me if anything happens."
"I will, thank-you detective."
***
Helena and Shiva entered a storeroom behind the bar. Helena closed the door and shouted: "What the hell is the matter with you?"
"Tell me something Helena, what does Barbara dream about at night knowing she killed my sister?" Shiva asks.
"It was an accident!! Barbara didn't mean to hurt your sister! Is that sodifficult for you to understand?" Helena replies frustrated.
"Have you accepted your mothers killer?"
"That's different!"
"How is it? They're they both died at the hands of someone else!"
Helena clenches her jaw, she tries to contain her anger, "What about the cat? The message? Shooting at us? You almost blew my head off!"
"You telling me you're afraid?" Shiva asks laughed.
"Why are you playing these games? Why didn't you just enter the clock tower and kill us?"
"It's fun this way..." Sandy smiled, "I know the tower is like a fort and it 'd be difficult to break in, these games I play make it easier for me."
"Who are you?" to Helena the woman in front of her was not the woman whom she loved as a close friend, "You're killing innocent people, people who have done nothing to you!"
"Helena, just leave me alone and let me finish this."
"I won't." Helena shook her head, "Killing Barbara won't bring her back Sandy."
"I told her not to fight there!!"
"You were a thief!! She had to stop you, she had no idea your sister was there!"
"Just leave me to it."
"I can't, you know that. She can't defend herself as well as she could then. Please," Helena looked at Shiva hopeful, "Things can get better."
Sandy hugged Helena, "You are right," Sandy whispered, "Things will get better."
Helena suddenly feels danger and her eyes transform. She feels the prick of a needle on her arm.
"What." Helena pushes Sandy away and looks at her arm.
"Don't worry," Sandy lifted her hand displaying her ring, it has a needle in it, "It's just a tranquilizer, I told you I wouldn't hurt you, I'm only after Barbara."
Helena begins to feel the effects, her body become heavy, sluggish. She tries to aim a kick at Sandy but Sandy avoids it and kicks Helena in her stomach and then hits her in the face, Helena falls over a few boxes. Sandy moves in to kick her again but Helena catches her foot and pushes Sandy back. She gets up with great effort.
"Sandy. please, listen me," her tongue felt thick.
"Don't make me change my mind Helena! Don't make me kill you!"
Helena didn't see the blow till it was too late. She did however stop the second but it left her unguarded for others that followed. Sandy kicks her in the stomach again. Helena tries to stand up, but she's too weak.
Sandy walks up to her and whispers in her ear, "Someone has to lose."
Helena just stares at her. Her vision seems blurry. The door opens and Rick enters.
"Hurry," Sandy said, "We don't have much time, the drug will wear off soon."
Rick places a heavy belt-like contraption around Helena's waist; he pulled Helena's arms back and locks her hands into cuffs built into the belt "Sorry," Rick smiled, "but I've heard ya hit pretty hard." He places her ankles in shackles and carries her out.
***
Dinah arrives at the bar looking for Helena, she approaches the barman on duty and asks him where Helena is.
"She asked me to cover her for a minute, she went with somebody to the storage room," the guy replied drying a wine glass.
"What did the other person look like?" Dinah asks frowning.
"Uh, she looked Asian, you know, oriental, good looking," he sees someone approach the bar, "Excuse me."
Dinah walks towards the storage room, "Oracle, Shiva's here." Barbara's heart jumps. Dinah opens the door to the storage room, the place looks like there was a fight. "She's not here," Dinah says as she hurries the back door.
::Helena?:: Barbara tried to contact Helena through the comm. Dinah rushes through the back door and sees a Rick piling Helena in a black van.
"Stop!!!" Dinah yelled running towards the van. The van speeds off.
***
"Dinah hang on, I'm on my way," Barbara says as she starts grabbing things. Alfred noticed Barbara's worried expression, "Miss Helena will be fine," he said reassuringly.
"I know, Shiva's using her for bait, she wants me to go to her," Barbara replied.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'll give her what she wants," Barbara says as she heads towards the elevator.
"A Whisky" a voice interrupts her thoughts.
"On the rocks?" Helena asks reaching for the whiskey bottle.
"Yes... No, I changed my mind, better a martini."
Helena shivers as recognizes the voice, she turns around "Sandy?" she says softly.
"Hello friend," Sandy smiles as she takes a seat.
"What are you doing here?" Helena asks surprised.
"I wanted to see you again," Sandy replies.
"What do you want?" Helena asks carefully.
"I was going to invite you to talk somewhere, but then you would have turned me down so I came here, look I'm unarmed I just wanna talk," Sandy says holding her arms up a bit.
Helena saw no weapons.
"Last night. what were you thinking?" Helena started getting angry.
"Oh, that was just a little prank," Sandy replies waving it off.
Helena looks around her. He steps up to another barkeep and asks him to take over for a while. She and Sandy step out.
***
Barbara was inspecting the old maps of New Gotham when an alarm sounded. Reese had activated the Batring. Barbara dialed his number on the computer, it rang a few times before he picked it up.
"Detective Reese," she greeted him, "Huntress it's a little busy, may I help you?"
"I found something. someone told me that to Rick Cohen has been seen several times in the north side of the jetties," Reese replied sounding a little surprised.
"It's big a place..." Barbara marked the area on the map, "There are a lot of buildings, it will take time."
"He has been seen near the buildings that were damaged in the earthquake." Barbara looked immediately the map while he said: "Huntress was very interested in it, she told me about Shiva."
"I have it," Barbara said calling the map up on the computer screen and printed it, "There are more less 25 buildings..."
"If Shiva is looking for you both, it will be dangerous to out looking for her."
"I know, but we need to find her first."
"I'll be at the jetty later, call me if anything happens."
"I will, thank-you detective."
***
Helena and Shiva entered a storeroom behind the bar. Helena closed the door and shouted: "What the hell is the matter with you?"
"Tell me something Helena, what does Barbara dream about at night knowing she killed my sister?" Shiva asks.
"It was an accident!! Barbara didn't mean to hurt your sister! Is that sodifficult for you to understand?" Helena replies frustrated.
"Have you accepted your mothers killer?"
"That's different!"
"How is it? They're they both died at the hands of someone else!"
Helena clenches her jaw, she tries to contain her anger, "What about the cat? The message? Shooting at us? You almost blew my head off!"
"You telling me you're afraid?" Shiva asks laughed.
"Why are you playing these games? Why didn't you just enter the clock tower and kill us?"
"It's fun this way..." Sandy smiled, "I know the tower is like a fort and it 'd be difficult to break in, these games I play make it easier for me."
"Who are you?" to Helena the woman in front of her was not the woman whom she loved as a close friend, "You're killing innocent people, people who have done nothing to you!"
"Helena, just leave me alone and let me finish this."
"I won't." Helena shook her head, "Killing Barbara won't bring her back Sandy."
"I told her not to fight there!!"
"You were a thief!! She had to stop you, she had no idea your sister was there!"
"Just leave me to it."
"I can't, you know that. She can't defend herself as well as she could then. Please," Helena looked at Shiva hopeful, "Things can get better."
Sandy hugged Helena, "You are right," Sandy whispered, "Things will get better."
Helena suddenly feels danger and her eyes transform. She feels the prick of a needle on her arm.
"What." Helena pushes Sandy away and looks at her arm.
"Don't worry," Sandy lifted her hand displaying her ring, it has a needle in it, "It's just a tranquilizer, I told you I wouldn't hurt you, I'm only after Barbara."
Helena begins to feel the effects, her body become heavy, sluggish. She tries to aim a kick at Sandy but Sandy avoids it and kicks Helena in her stomach and then hits her in the face, Helena falls over a few boxes. Sandy moves in to kick her again but Helena catches her foot and pushes Sandy back. She gets up with great effort.
"Sandy. please, listen me," her tongue felt thick.
"Don't make me change my mind Helena! Don't make me kill you!"
Helena didn't see the blow till it was too late. She did however stop the second but it left her unguarded for others that followed. Sandy kicks her in the stomach again. Helena tries to stand up, but she's too weak.
Sandy walks up to her and whispers in her ear, "Someone has to lose."
Helena just stares at her. Her vision seems blurry. The door opens and Rick enters.
"Hurry," Sandy said, "We don't have much time, the drug will wear off soon."
Rick places a heavy belt-like contraption around Helena's waist; he pulled Helena's arms back and locks her hands into cuffs built into the belt "Sorry," Rick smiled, "but I've heard ya hit pretty hard." He places her ankles in shackles and carries her out.
***
Dinah arrives at the bar looking for Helena, she approaches the barman on duty and asks him where Helena is.
"She asked me to cover her for a minute, she went with somebody to the storage room," the guy replied drying a wine glass.
"What did the other person look like?" Dinah asks frowning.
"Uh, she looked Asian, you know, oriental, good looking," he sees someone approach the bar, "Excuse me."
Dinah walks towards the storage room, "Oracle, Shiva's here." Barbara's heart jumps. Dinah opens the door to the storage room, the place looks like there was a fight. "She's not here," Dinah says as she hurries the back door.
::Helena?:: Barbara tried to contact Helena through the comm. Dinah rushes through the back door and sees a Rick piling Helena in a black van.
"Stop!!!" Dinah yelled running towards the van. The van speeds off.
***
"Dinah hang on, I'm on my way," Barbara says as she starts grabbing things. Alfred noticed Barbara's worried expression, "Miss Helena will be fine," he said reassuringly.
"I know, Shiva's using her for bait, she wants me to go to her," Barbara replied.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'll give her what she wants," Barbara says as she heads towards the elevator.