Huntress, standing now, shot her head up, "No, Barbara! She's gonna kill
you!"
Barbara started the Hummer and said ::You'll know the bomb has been deactivated when the green light stops flashing.::
Huntress shouted: "Barbara, no, wait.!!!"
Barbara steered the Hummer away from the building, ::Just get out of there!::
Huntress kicked a wall nearby, "Damn!" She turns to Dinah, "We gotta go there, as soon as the bomb is deactivated we have to get Barbara out!"
Dinah nods. They run through the building and then out. As they came out four men rounded the side of the warehouse.
"Hey!" one of them shouted. They all started running towards them.
Huntress turned to look at Dinah, "You ready?"
Dinah grins, "Always!"
***
Oracle stopped the Hummer in-front of the warehouse at wharf 3. She switched off the headlights and looked around. No one seemed to be in sight. She looked down at her wrist and checked the time. Suddenly something cold and metallic presses against her temple, she freezes.
Rick smiles as he places the barrel of the gun at Oracle's head, "Do anything I don't like and they'll be sponging your brains out of the car." He reaches for the door handle and opens it slowly, "Now get out."
***
Huntress found it a little difficult to fight with her hands cuffed behind her back and the fact that it was a bomb also seemed to be looming disadvantage. She leaped into the air and spun around kicking her attacker in the jaw. As she landed she caught a glimpse on how Dinah was doing.
Dinah held her own well as she crouched and swiped her leg, tripping the guy in front of her.
Helena jumped in the air again and tucked her legs up to her chin. She quickly moved her arms under her feet and brought them forward. Now with her hands in front of her she could fight a little better, even though it was still heavy. She hears a very audible beep and looks at the cuffs. The Bomb had been deactivated.
"At least," she thought to herself as she swung her arms and hit her attacker in the face. He reeled backwards cradling his broken jaw. She looked at Dinah again and noticed she was fighting a little too close to the waters edge.
She ran up to her and leaped in the air. She kicked the man in his back, as he sagged to his knees Dinah spun around and kicked him in the head. He flopped unconscious to the floor. Huntress looked up and smiled, "Good!"
Dinah grinned and the suddenly the grin faded as she looked past Huntress. Sensing an attack, Huntress spun around and lifted her hand to block the blow. She had managed to block it, but the blow pushed her backward and she fell into the water. The icy cold of the water first shocked her, then another shock settled in as she struggled to swim towards the surface, the cuffs being too heavy caused her to slowly sink. Try as she may she couldn't struggle out of the cuffs. She hears a muffled noise and looks up.
Dinah swam towards Huntress, took the cuffs and started cutting into them with the laser. Huntress watched, wishing it would go quicker as she felt her oxygen slowly run out.
***
Rick and two guards led Oracle to a office in a wooden building that was used as a cellar. Shiva, who sat waiting stood up and stared at Oracle "Well, well," she greeted, "Batgirl in living color."
"Sandy," Oracle greeted back, stopping her wheelchair in front of Sandy. Oracle stared into her eyes, the closest she could get to being face to face, "I apologized."
"And I didn't accept it!" Shiva replied, her eyes now ablaze.
"You need to stop this Sandy! What happened, happened in the past, you need to move forward," Oracle pleaded.
"I cannot move forward while my sister's murderer still lives!" Sandy exclaimed.
"No, I didn't kill her, it was an accident."
"I asked you not to fight there!"
"I accept my responsibility," Barbara lowered her voice, "as you have to accept yours."
Shiva walked up to Oracle and placed her hands on either side of the wheel chair. Her face close to Oracle's she replied, "Do not tell me what to do."
"Why did you place Helena in danger, she isn't part of this! Why did you use her?" Oracle asked.
"I had to catch you at any cost!" Shiva snapped.
"She is your friend!"
"No!" furious, Shiva kicked Oracle's wheelchair and Barbara fell to the floor, "The verdict is guilty."
"This wasn't a fair trial Shiva," Oracle said trying to look up at Shiva.
"Fair or not, you're still going to die, Rick!" Shiva turned to Rick and snapped her fingers. Rick and his men started pouring gasoline outside the office and cellar.
"Why are you afraid to face me Shiva?" Oracle asked.
Shiva bent down and wrapped her hand around Oracle's throat, "If I squeeze now, it be too easy. No, I want you to suffer," Shiva stepped out a took out a match from a box Rick had given her. She lit it and looked at Oracle, "In a blaze, like she did."
She threw the match at a pool of gasoline, it lit up immediately and snaked it's way around the cellar, sipping up all the gasoline.
Shiva left the cellar followed by Rick and his men, they made their way through the front of the building towards the entrance.
Smiling Shiva said: "Now we can move onto our next step." she opens the door and Huntress appears in front of them saying, "Yeah. Me!"
She steps in followed by Dinah, "Where's Barbara?" Huntress asks Shiva.
Shiva glares at Huntress then, "You take the girl, this one's mine."
"Where is Barbara?" Huntress asked again as she and Shiva circled each other.
"Why do you care?" Shiva sneered.
"No games Shiva, where is she?"
Shiva smiles and then rushes towards Huntress aiming her right foot at Huntress' abdomen. Huntress grabs her foot and pushes her backwards, "For the last time, where is Barbara?" Huntress was getting angry.
"You're too late!" Shiva replied. Huntress spun around and kicked Shiva in the side, causing her to fall to the floor. Shiva landed on her stomach, angry she grabbed a rock that lay near by and flung it towards Huntress hitting her on the head.
***
Barbara coughed as the smoke grew thicker. Squinting she looked around her for an escape route. She spotted a hole the size of a tennis ball in the wooden floor not too far away. Grabbing a crowbar that lay under a table next to her, she dragged herself over to the hole and started prying the wood away. She was relived to hear the lapping of water below the floor through the hole. She resumed her work at a quicker pace.
***
Dinah had gotten rid of Rick's men easily. They hadn't been a match for her, which made her wonder how Rick could have such losers for his guards. She looked up at him, ready to attack, he smiled, "You're a brave little girl, I 'll try not to hurt you too much," he said as he started walking towards him. He threw a punch at her, which she caught. Suddenly images rushed through her mind, images of Barbara lying on the floor and men pouring gasoline. Opening her eyes she wrapped her one leg around his and pushed him, tripping him. As he fell to the floor she bent down and kicked him in the chin, breaking both his jaws.
She turned to look at Huntress she was blocking Shiva's blows, Dinah shouted: "She's in a office in the cellar, but they' ve got the place full of gasoline and I think they lit it!"
Shiva caught Huntress off guard and managed to bring her arm around Huntress' neck.
"Go!" Huntress yelled trying to free herself, Dinah nodded and headed towards the office. Huntress grabbed Shiva's arm and with all the strength she could muster she flipped Shiva over herself and threw her on her back.
Huntress ran off after Dinah. She stopped next to Dinah, who pointed towards a office blocked by a wall of fire, "She's in there.'
Barbara started the Hummer and said ::You'll know the bomb has been deactivated when the green light stops flashing.::
Huntress shouted: "Barbara, no, wait.!!!"
Barbara steered the Hummer away from the building, ::Just get out of there!::
Huntress kicked a wall nearby, "Damn!" She turns to Dinah, "We gotta go there, as soon as the bomb is deactivated we have to get Barbara out!"
Dinah nods. They run through the building and then out. As they came out four men rounded the side of the warehouse.
"Hey!" one of them shouted. They all started running towards them.
Huntress turned to look at Dinah, "You ready?"
Dinah grins, "Always!"
***
Oracle stopped the Hummer in-front of the warehouse at wharf 3. She switched off the headlights and looked around. No one seemed to be in sight. She looked down at her wrist and checked the time. Suddenly something cold and metallic presses against her temple, she freezes.
Rick smiles as he places the barrel of the gun at Oracle's head, "Do anything I don't like and they'll be sponging your brains out of the car." He reaches for the door handle and opens it slowly, "Now get out."
***
Huntress found it a little difficult to fight with her hands cuffed behind her back and the fact that it was a bomb also seemed to be looming disadvantage. She leaped into the air and spun around kicking her attacker in the jaw. As she landed she caught a glimpse on how Dinah was doing.
Dinah held her own well as she crouched and swiped her leg, tripping the guy in front of her.
Helena jumped in the air again and tucked her legs up to her chin. She quickly moved her arms under her feet and brought them forward. Now with her hands in front of her she could fight a little better, even though it was still heavy. She hears a very audible beep and looks at the cuffs. The Bomb had been deactivated.
"At least," she thought to herself as she swung her arms and hit her attacker in the face. He reeled backwards cradling his broken jaw. She looked at Dinah again and noticed she was fighting a little too close to the waters edge.
She ran up to her and leaped in the air. She kicked the man in his back, as he sagged to his knees Dinah spun around and kicked him in the head. He flopped unconscious to the floor. Huntress looked up and smiled, "Good!"
Dinah grinned and the suddenly the grin faded as she looked past Huntress. Sensing an attack, Huntress spun around and lifted her hand to block the blow. She had managed to block it, but the blow pushed her backward and she fell into the water. The icy cold of the water first shocked her, then another shock settled in as she struggled to swim towards the surface, the cuffs being too heavy caused her to slowly sink. Try as she may she couldn't struggle out of the cuffs. She hears a muffled noise and looks up.
Dinah swam towards Huntress, took the cuffs and started cutting into them with the laser. Huntress watched, wishing it would go quicker as she felt her oxygen slowly run out.
***
Rick and two guards led Oracle to a office in a wooden building that was used as a cellar. Shiva, who sat waiting stood up and stared at Oracle "Well, well," she greeted, "Batgirl in living color."
"Sandy," Oracle greeted back, stopping her wheelchair in front of Sandy. Oracle stared into her eyes, the closest she could get to being face to face, "I apologized."
"And I didn't accept it!" Shiva replied, her eyes now ablaze.
"You need to stop this Sandy! What happened, happened in the past, you need to move forward," Oracle pleaded.
"I cannot move forward while my sister's murderer still lives!" Sandy exclaimed.
"No, I didn't kill her, it was an accident."
"I asked you not to fight there!"
"I accept my responsibility," Barbara lowered her voice, "as you have to accept yours."
Shiva walked up to Oracle and placed her hands on either side of the wheel chair. Her face close to Oracle's she replied, "Do not tell me what to do."
"Why did you place Helena in danger, she isn't part of this! Why did you use her?" Oracle asked.
"I had to catch you at any cost!" Shiva snapped.
"She is your friend!"
"No!" furious, Shiva kicked Oracle's wheelchair and Barbara fell to the floor, "The verdict is guilty."
"This wasn't a fair trial Shiva," Oracle said trying to look up at Shiva.
"Fair or not, you're still going to die, Rick!" Shiva turned to Rick and snapped her fingers. Rick and his men started pouring gasoline outside the office and cellar.
"Why are you afraid to face me Shiva?" Oracle asked.
Shiva bent down and wrapped her hand around Oracle's throat, "If I squeeze now, it be too easy. No, I want you to suffer," Shiva stepped out a took out a match from a box Rick had given her. She lit it and looked at Oracle, "In a blaze, like she did."
She threw the match at a pool of gasoline, it lit up immediately and snaked it's way around the cellar, sipping up all the gasoline.
Shiva left the cellar followed by Rick and his men, they made their way through the front of the building towards the entrance.
Smiling Shiva said: "Now we can move onto our next step." she opens the door and Huntress appears in front of them saying, "Yeah. Me!"
She steps in followed by Dinah, "Where's Barbara?" Huntress asks Shiva.
Shiva glares at Huntress then, "You take the girl, this one's mine."
"Where is Barbara?" Huntress asked again as she and Shiva circled each other.
"Why do you care?" Shiva sneered.
"No games Shiva, where is she?"
Shiva smiles and then rushes towards Huntress aiming her right foot at Huntress' abdomen. Huntress grabs her foot and pushes her backwards, "For the last time, where is Barbara?" Huntress was getting angry.
"You're too late!" Shiva replied. Huntress spun around and kicked Shiva in the side, causing her to fall to the floor. Shiva landed on her stomach, angry she grabbed a rock that lay near by and flung it towards Huntress hitting her on the head.
***
Barbara coughed as the smoke grew thicker. Squinting she looked around her for an escape route. She spotted a hole the size of a tennis ball in the wooden floor not too far away. Grabbing a crowbar that lay under a table next to her, she dragged herself over to the hole and started prying the wood away. She was relived to hear the lapping of water below the floor through the hole. She resumed her work at a quicker pace.
***
Dinah had gotten rid of Rick's men easily. They hadn't been a match for her, which made her wonder how Rick could have such losers for his guards. She looked up at him, ready to attack, he smiled, "You're a brave little girl, I 'll try not to hurt you too much," he said as he started walking towards him. He threw a punch at her, which she caught. Suddenly images rushed through her mind, images of Barbara lying on the floor and men pouring gasoline. Opening her eyes she wrapped her one leg around his and pushed him, tripping him. As he fell to the floor she bent down and kicked him in the chin, breaking both his jaws.
She turned to look at Huntress she was blocking Shiva's blows, Dinah shouted: "She's in a office in the cellar, but they' ve got the place full of gasoline and I think they lit it!"
Shiva caught Huntress off guard and managed to bring her arm around Huntress' neck.
"Go!" Huntress yelled trying to free herself, Dinah nodded and headed towards the office. Huntress grabbed Shiva's arm and with all the strength she could muster she flipped Shiva over herself and threw her on her back.
Huntress ran off after Dinah. She stopped next to Dinah, who pointed towards a office blocked by a wall of fire, "She's in there.'