"Okay, get out of here and wait for me!" Huntress replied and ran towards
the flames, she leaped through the flames and then rolled on the ground.
She got up and ran into the office.
Her eyes were watering from the smoke, as she looked about or Oracle. She coughed and then spotted Oracle lying on the floor near a hole. She runs up to Oracle and kneels beside her, "Are you okay?" Oracle nodded slightly and resumed her work on the hole.
"Dinah, I've found her," Helena called for the mic, she looked through the hole and saw the sea water flowing in and out, "I'm gonna need help with Barbara, she has breathed some smoke but there is not problem, listen to me, we are caught. but I can made a hole in the floor and leave to the sea, a shower again, and the water is icy, wait for us down, I heat this... Dinah, I need help with Oracle, I need you to meet me under the jetty!."
::I'm on my way,:: Dinah replied.
Huntress covered her face with her arm and started kicking at the floor, once the hole was wide enough, Huntress bent down next to Oracle, who had in the meantime stopped. Her eyes were half closed as she coughed from too much smoke inhalation.
"Oracle, listen to me,' Huntress shouted shaking her. Oracle opened her eyes. "We going to have to jump together okay?"
Oracle coughed, she looked over Huntress shoulder and said, "Look out." Before Huntress could turn around she felt a massive blow to her back which made her fall over Oracle, Shiva grabbed Huntress and threw her against the wall.
"Oracle! Get out of here!" Huntress shouted as she fought of Shiva's fists.
Dinah swam through the water to the hole "Damn... second time in only a night. this is really cold" she looked up and said, "Huntress I'm here."
"Yeah, and so is Shiva!" Huntress replied blocking a kick aimed at her shoulder, "Get Oracle out of here!"
::I can't see her!:: Dinah shouted back.
Oracle heard Dinah and started crawling closer to the hole, she felt as if she'd pass out at any moment, with her last effort she threw her hand over the side.
Dinah saw her arm appear and using all her concentration began to pull Oracle through hole, as soon as Oracle's body fell into the water Dinah swam up to her and grabbed her. She let Oracle head rest on her shoulder then Dinah held onto her and started swimming away from the building, which looked like it was about to collapse at any moment.
::Huntress I have her!:: came Dinah's voice over the comset. Huntress ducked as Shiva swung her arm around. "Listen, Sandy, we have to get out of here. This place is going to collapse any second now," Huntress said blocking a kick.
"No!" Shiva replied as she unleashed a series of punches, all of which Huntress managed to avoid.
"If we don't get out of here, we'll die!" Shiva kicked at Huntress.
"Sandy! Why aren't you listening to me!!" She pinned Shiva to the floor.
"I'm not going anywhere, I'd rather die here!" she said staring into Huntress' eyes. Just then they heard a noise and two things happened at once. The roof had begun collapsing and fell towards them. At the same time the floor below the had given way and both plunged into the icy water.
Dinah reached the ladder on the side of the wall. Oracle reached out and held onto one of the steps. She breathed the fresh air in deep. Suddenly the building collapsed at a deafening noise.
"Huntress! No!" Dinah shouted and lunged forward in the water.
Oracle grabbed her arm, "Dinah wait!"
Dinah stared at her, "But Oracle, Huntress."
"Will be fine." Oracle interrupted.
Dinah turned and looked at the debris falling to the ground, worry etched over her face. Oracle hoped she was right.
Huntress swam for cover from the falling debris. Her head hurt like hell, and her clothes were torn. She swam under water for awhile before surfacing. A deep cut above her right eyebrow was the source of pain.
She looked out over the water and called, "Sandy?" Taking a deep breath, she ducked under water and swam some more, looking for Shiva.
Surfacing again, she called out, "Sandy!" She repeated this several times. She heard Dinah's voice in the distance, but ignored it. She swam for several minutes, but she quickly became exhausted.
With effort, she grabbed a floating piece of timber. The wharf is getting farther away, but she feels too tired to swim to it. All she wants to do was sleep. The icy cold water makes her shivered, she started to slip off the timber, she holded on hard and tried not to sink, and rest her head on the it.
It has been a long and sorrowful night. She coughed, and as she took a deep breath, her chest hurt as if a rib was broken, but what hurt more was the realization that she had lost her friend. No matter what, Sandy would always be her friend. The cold was bearing down on her, she tried to stay conscious but sleep overtook her and she closed her eyes. Slowly, she began to slip off the timber.
As she slowly sank, she felt someone grab her arm and pull her up. Reese held her tight as he swam toward Dinah. They carefully lifted her out of the water, and she groaned as the pain washed over her again. Reese had found Oracle and Dinah at the water's edge, calling out to Huntress. After they had taken care of Oracle and left her in the Hummer, he and Dinah had taken a small rowboat and searched for Huntress.
Huntress' eyes fluttered open. "Reese?" He looked down, relieved. "How do you feel?"
She winced and replied, "I think I've broken a rib.and it's so cold."
Dinah worried as Huntress' skin went pale, then blue, and her eyes looked distant. Reese covers Huntress with his coat. Dinah held her in an attempt to make her warmer. As they reached the jetty, Oracle rushed out. "How is she?"
"She wounded, and I think Hypothermia is settling in," said Dinah, jumping out of the boat and tying it up. Helena was shivering.
Barbara opened Helena's eye and examined it. "Okay, bring her to the SUV."
".I couldn't find Sandy.I tried." moaned Helena.
"The police are here, searching for her," Reese replied, lifting her into the Hummer.
"Barbara? Where is she.Barbara?" asked Helena, suddenly awake.
"I'm fine, Helena, I'm right here," said Barbara, holding Helena's hand.
"I'm glad you're okay," whispered Helena. She closed her eyes and slipped into unconsciousness.
***
In the Clock Tower the following afternoon, Huntress sat on the balcony watching the sun set. Thoughts of Sandy ran through her head, Sandy's last word kept repeating in her head.
"How you feeling?" Barbara asked coming up behind Helena.
"Better, I just keep thinking about last night, I'm just trying to understand how could the hate consume her so much that she'd sacrifice her own life!" Helena replied.
"Some thing aren't meant to be understood."
"If only you'd have seen her face, Barbara, I."
"She was too far gone for us to help her."
"Did they find her body?" Helena asked looking up at Barbara. Barbara shook her head.
Helena thought a bit and then said, "She might come back."
"Yes, she might," Barbara agreed.
Dinah joined them and said, "Looks like I'm on patrol tonight."
"What?" Helena asked spinning around.
"She's right, you need rest, besides, you have a date tonight," Barbara interrupted smiling.
"Date?" Helena frowned as she looked at Barbara.
"Reese was here earlier on, while you were sleeping. He's coming over tonight and preparing dinner," Barbara smiled.
"You're joking?"
Barbara shook her head, "He know you're a bad cook and insisted that he cook for you till you recover.
"Who told him I'm a bad cook?" Helena asked glaring at Dinah.
"Don't kill me okay, remember, we don't kill people!" Dinah replied laughing. She walked into the clocktower followed by Barbara.
"I'm not so bad," Helena said to herself, the she smiles, "Well maybe a little." She stood up and followed Barbara.
Her eyes were watering from the smoke, as she looked about or Oracle. She coughed and then spotted Oracle lying on the floor near a hole. She runs up to Oracle and kneels beside her, "Are you okay?" Oracle nodded slightly and resumed her work on the hole.
"Dinah, I've found her," Helena called for the mic, she looked through the hole and saw the sea water flowing in and out, "I'm gonna need help with Barbara, she has breathed some smoke but there is not problem, listen to me, we are caught. but I can made a hole in the floor and leave to the sea, a shower again, and the water is icy, wait for us down, I heat this... Dinah, I need help with Oracle, I need you to meet me under the jetty!."
::I'm on my way,:: Dinah replied.
Huntress covered her face with her arm and started kicking at the floor, once the hole was wide enough, Huntress bent down next to Oracle, who had in the meantime stopped. Her eyes were half closed as she coughed from too much smoke inhalation.
"Oracle, listen to me,' Huntress shouted shaking her. Oracle opened her eyes. "We going to have to jump together okay?"
Oracle coughed, she looked over Huntress shoulder and said, "Look out." Before Huntress could turn around she felt a massive blow to her back which made her fall over Oracle, Shiva grabbed Huntress and threw her against the wall.
"Oracle! Get out of here!" Huntress shouted as she fought of Shiva's fists.
Dinah swam through the water to the hole "Damn... second time in only a night. this is really cold" she looked up and said, "Huntress I'm here."
"Yeah, and so is Shiva!" Huntress replied blocking a kick aimed at her shoulder, "Get Oracle out of here!"
::I can't see her!:: Dinah shouted back.
Oracle heard Dinah and started crawling closer to the hole, she felt as if she'd pass out at any moment, with her last effort she threw her hand over the side.
Dinah saw her arm appear and using all her concentration began to pull Oracle through hole, as soon as Oracle's body fell into the water Dinah swam up to her and grabbed her. She let Oracle head rest on her shoulder then Dinah held onto her and started swimming away from the building, which looked like it was about to collapse at any moment.
::Huntress I have her!:: came Dinah's voice over the comset. Huntress ducked as Shiva swung her arm around. "Listen, Sandy, we have to get out of here. This place is going to collapse any second now," Huntress said blocking a kick.
"No!" Shiva replied as she unleashed a series of punches, all of which Huntress managed to avoid.
"If we don't get out of here, we'll die!" Shiva kicked at Huntress.
"Sandy! Why aren't you listening to me!!" She pinned Shiva to the floor.
"I'm not going anywhere, I'd rather die here!" she said staring into Huntress' eyes. Just then they heard a noise and two things happened at once. The roof had begun collapsing and fell towards them. At the same time the floor below the had given way and both plunged into the icy water.
Dinah reached the ladder on the side of the wall. Oracle reached out and held onto one of the steps. She breathed the fresh air in deep. Suddenly the building collapsed at a deafening noise.
"Huntress! No!" Dinah shouted and lunged forward in the water.
Oracle grabbed her arm, "Dinah wait!"
Dinah stared at her, "But Oracle, Huntress."
"Will be fine." Oracle interrupted.
Dinah turned and looked at the debris falling to the ground, worry etched over her face. Oracle hoped she was right.
Huntress swam for cover from the falling debris. Her head hurt like hell, and her clothes were torn. She swam under water for awhile before surfacing. A deep cut above her right eyebrow was the source of pain.
She looked out over the water and called, "Sandy?" Taking a deep breath, she ducked under water and swam some more, looking for Shiva.
Surfacing again, she called out, "Sandy!" She repeated this several times. She heard Dinah's voice in the distance, but ignored it. She swam for several minutes, but she quickly became exhausted.
With effort, she grabbed a floating piece of timber. The wharf is getting farther away, but she feels too tired to swim to it. All she wants to do was sleep. The icy cold water makes her shivered, she started to slip off the timber, she holded on hard and tried not to sink, and rest her head on the it.
It has been a long and sorrowful night. She coughed, and as she took a deep breath, her chest hurt as if a rib was broken, but what hurt more was the realization that she had lost her friend. No matter what, Sandy would always be her friend. The cold was bearing down on her, she tried to stay conscious but sleep overtook her and she closed her eyes. Slowly, she began to slip off the timber.
As she slowly sank, she felt someone grab her arm and pull her up. Reese held her tight as he swam toward Dinah. They carefully lifted her out of the water, and she groaned as the pain washed over her again. Reese had found Oracle and Dinah at the water's edge, calling out to Huntress. After they had taken care of Oracle and left her in the Hummer, he and Dinah had taken a small rowboat and searched for Huntress.
Huntress' eyes fluttered open. "Reese?" He looked down, relieved. "How do you feel?"
She winced and replied, "I think I've broken a rib.and it's so cold."
Dinah worried as Huntress' skin went pale, then blue, and her eyes looked distant. Reese covers Huntress with his coat. Dinah held her in an attempt to make her warmer. As they reached the jetty, Oracle rushed out. "How is she?"
"She wounded, and I think Hypothermia is settling in," said Dinah, jumping out of the boat and tying it up. Helena was shivering.
Barbara opened Helena's eye and examined it. "Okay, bring her to the SUV."
".I couldn't find Sandy.I tried." moaned Helena.
"The police are here, searching for her," Reese replied, lifting her into the Hummer.
"Barbara? Where is she.Barbara?" asked Helena, suddenly awake.
"I'm fine, Helena, I'm right here," said Barbara, holding Helena's hand.
"I'm glad you're okay," whispered Helena. She closed her eyes and slipped into unconsciousness.
***
In the Clock Tower the following afternoon, Huntress sat on the balcony watching the sun set. Thoughts of Sandy ran through her head, Sandy's last word kept repeating in her head.
"How you feeling?" Barbara asked coming up behind Helena.
"Better, I just keep thinking about last night, I'm just trying to understand how could the hate consume her so much that she'd sacrifice her own life!" Helena replied.
"Some thing aren't meant to be understood."
"If only you'd have seen her face, Barbara, I."
"She was too far gone for us to help her."
"Did they find her body?" Helena asked looking up at Barbara. Barbara shook her head.
Helena thought a bit and then said, "She might come back."
"Yes, she might," Barbara agreed.
Dinah joined them and said, "Looks like I'm on patrol tonight."
"What?" Helena asked spinning around.
"She's right, you need rest, besides, you have a date tonight," Barbara interrupted smiling.
"Date?" Helena frowned as she looked at Barbara.
"Reese was here earlier on, while you were sleeping. He's coming over tonight and preparing dinner," Barbara smiled.
"You're joking?"
Barbara shook her head, "He know you're a bad cook and insisted that he cook for you till you recover.
"Who told him I'm a bad cook?" Helena asked glaring at Dinah.
"Don't kill me okay, remember, we don't kill people!" Dinah replied laughing. She walked into the clocktower followed by Barbara.
"I'm not so bad," Helena said to herself, the she smiles, "Well maybe a little." She stood up and followed Barbara.