CHAPTER 2
"Is this permanent?" Helena asked prancing behind Barbra as she was studying the syringes of pinkish liquid that was found in the steel box which Helena had taken from the robber.
"I don't know. I am still working on it."
"Do you suppose that Raven is using this stuff herself?" Dinah suggested.
Helena and Barbra looked over at Dinah. "If that's the case then Raven would not be the head of this conspiracy. She would be working for someone." Helena said.
"We're getting ahead of ourselves here," Barbra returned her attention back to her study. "We have no hard evidence of this. Until then, Raven is the one we have to worry about. We don't even know what this stuff is as of yet."
"Still, I don't want to be stuck as this fat lard forever!"
"Well, have you tried to change back to normal?" Dinah asked
"How? I don't even know how I changed into this."
"Perhaps I can help. Hold out your hand."
Helena grabbed Dinah's hand and they closed their eyes. It was as if they were transported into another dimension where everything was black and white. Helena found herself standing across from Dinah. Helena looked at herself and she was in her normal body. "This is freaky," Helena said. "Now what?"
Dinah walked up to Helena. "Just trust me." She took Helena by the hand and the trance was over. Helena opened her eyes and she was back inside the clock tower with color and everything.
Dinah was looking at her with awe. She turned to look at Barbra and she had the same look on her face as she was turned away from her work to see if Dinah's experiment worked.
"It didn't work?" Helena asked.
"I think you better take a look," Barbra handed the trey to Helena. She looked at her reflection and found that she no longer looked like the robber that she had confronted earlier. Now, she was a duplicate of Dinah. "Well, this is a little better. At least I'm back being a woman!"
"Be very careful, Helena. If this has the same affect as Raven's power does, you have the same powers as Dinah until you change out of that body. For someone not experienced in telepathy, it can be fatal!"
Helena shook her head. "I don't know how you do it, Dinah."
Dinah shrugged. "I'm sorry it didn't work."
"Well, this does make sense," Barbra said, pulling away from her computer station.
"What does," Helena turned to Barbra.
"Well, this shows that you have the powers to morph, just like Raven, and it appears that you can only morph into someone you have physically touched. Raven could not morph into you until she had hit you while disguised as the victim.
"That's all fine and good, but I want to know how to control this and become myself again."
"Try and concentrate on your appearance in your mind. Don't touch anyone, this time. Just concentrate on your appearance," Barbra suggested.
Helena closed her eyes and concentrated as hard as she could. Before long, she felt her body twitch. She opened here eyes and looked at her clothes. She was wearing her own clothes. She picked up the platter, and saw her own reflection. "Oh thank god, I'm me again." Helena sighed, throwing the platter behind her.
"It's good to have you back, Helena. I've got some information about this formula in these syringes."
"Tell me," Helena said as she and Dinah stepped up behind her.
"Well, obviously, we now know that this formula gives anyone the power to morph, humans and meta-humans alike."
"Yes, is it permanent, or am I going to turn into everyone whose ass I kick."
"From the look of it, I believe it's temporary. It could be twelve hours, twenty-four hours or even forty-eight hours. There's no way of telling."
"Well, it's not permanent, that's all I care about," Helena said relieved that this was temporary."
"The fact that it is temporary, leads me to believe that Raven or whoever she works for is planning to or is dealing this stuff to humans. They would be the ones who would pay a fortune for this, especially those who have shady backgrounds. They will continue coming back to buy more, and the seller can make millions, if that is the main purpose of this."
"Obviously Raven is behind this in some shape or form. Why frame me for murder then? Why go out of the way to give us this much trouble."
"My guess is that they have something big planned; very big, and she or whoever she works for wants us out of the way so not to stop them."
"If that's the case, we have no time to loose. Perhaps this formula falling into our hands is a blessing in disguise. This can give me the freedom to investigate his without hassle from the police.
"No, no more using this formula. There may be a side affect if it is taken too much. There's no way of telling without more study. I would be careful in using your new powers, because they can give out at anytime, and it can be disastrous if they give out at a bad time. Danielle is on the team now. She will keep her eyes out for anything suspicious."
"Maybe, but for now, this power has given me some new found freedom, and I'm going to use it. If not for tracking Raven down, then for hanging out!"
* * * *
An officer approached the jail cell of the thug that had been caught steeling money from the bank. He was found unconscious in an alleyway earlier this evening. How he was knocked out, no one knew.
The officer opened up the jail cell and entered the cell. The young heavy man stood up as if he was a solider in the military standing at attention for their superior officer. The officer grinned at the prisoner before his body began to morph. Standing in front of the prisoner was Raven with her long red hair.
Fear struck into him immediately. Seeing the fear in him brought Raven great pleasure. "That's right, you should be afraid. You have done some serious damage to our operation."
"Pl…pl…please, forgive…give me!" he muttered.
"Didn't we tell you to do whatever you wanted to do out of New Gotham? You are our first buyer, and now you have seriously jeopardized our whole operation by not only handing Huntress your supply of the formula, but giving some to her."
"I thought that I can confuse her enough to take advantage and kill her."
"Did you really think you were going to be able to kill her? She is not an easy victim. That is why we wanted you out of here so we can deal with her, but now she is even closer to discovering our plans."
"I wasn't thinking…please forgive me!"
Raven though about his pleas for a second before answering. "I don't think so." She jammed her four fingers of her right hand into his throat, causing him to swallow his tongue. He gasped for air for about three quarters of a minute before he collapsed onto the floor door.
With a grin of delight, Raven morphed back into the officer she had come in as and left. Her job was done, now it was time to begin damage control and see if she could fix the blunder of this incompetent human.
"Is this permanent?" Helena asked prancing behind Barbra as she was studying the syringes of pinkish liquid that was found in the steel box which Helena had taken from the robber.
"I don't know. I am still working on it."
"Do you suppose that Raven is using this stuff herself?" Dinah suggested.
Helena and Barbra looked over at Dinah. "If that's the case then Raven would not be the head of this conspiracy. She would be working for someone." Helena said.
"We're getting ahead of ourselves here," Barbra returned her attention back to her study. "We have no hard evidence of this. Until then, Raven is the one we have to worry about. We don't even know what this stuff is as of yet."
"Still, I don't want to be stuck as this fat lard forever!"
"Well, have you tried to change back to normal?" Dinah asked
"How? I don't even know how I changed into this."
"Perhaps I can help. Hold out your hand."
Helena grabbed Dinah's hand and they closed their eyes. It was as if they were transported into another dimension where everything was black and white. Helena found herself standing across from Dinah. Helena looked at herself and she was in her normal body. "This is freaky," Helena said. "Now what?"
Dinah walked up to Helena. "Just trust me." She took Helena by the hand and the trance was over. Helena opened her eyes and she was back inside the clock tower with color and everything.
Dinah was looking at her with awe. She turned to look at Barbra and she had the same look on her face as she was turned away from her work to see if Dinah's experiment worked.
"It didn't work?" Helena asked.
"I think you better take a look," Barbra handed the trey to Helena. She looked at her reflection and found that she no longer looked like the robber that she had confronted earlier. Now, she was a duplicate of Dinah. "Well, this is a little better. At least I'm back being a woman!"
"Be very careful, Helena. If this has the same affect as Raven's power does, you have the same powers as Dinah until you change out of that body. For someone not experienced in telepathy, it can be fatal!"
Helena shook her head. "I don't know how you do it, Dinah."
Dinah shrugged. "I'm sorry it didn't work."
"Well, this does make sense," Barbra said, pulling away from her computer station.
"What does," Helena turned to Barbra.
"Well, this shows that you have the powers to morph, just like Raven, and it appears that you can only morph into someone you have physically touched. Raven could not morph into you until she had hit you while disguised as the victim.
"That's all fine and good, but I want to know how to control this and become myself again."
"Try and concentrate on your appearance in your mind. Don't touch anyone, this time. Just concentrate on your appearance," Barbra suggested.
Helena closed her eyes and concentrated as hard as she could. Before long, she felt her body twitch. She opened here eyes and looked at her clothes. She was wearing her own clothes. She picked up the platter, and saw her own reflection. "Oh thank god, I'm me again." Helena sighed, throwing the platter behind her.
"It's good to have you back, Helena. I've got some information about this formula in these syringes."
"Tell me," Helena said as she and Dinah stepped up behind her.
"Well, obviously, we now know that this formula gives anyone the power to morph, humans and meta-humans alike."
"Yes, is it permanent, or am I going to turn into everyone whose ass I kick."
"From the look of it, I believe it's temporary. It could be twelve hours, twenty-four hours or even forty-eight hours. There's no way of telling."
"Well, it's not permanent, that's all I care about," Helena said relieved that this was temporary."
"The fact that it is temporary, leads me to believe that Raven or whoever she works for is planning to or is dealing this stuff to humans. They would be the ones who would pay a fortune for this, especially those who have shady backgrounds. They will continue coming back to buy more, and the seller can make millions, if that is the main purpose of this."
"Obviously Raven is behind this in some shape or form. Why frame me for murder then? Why go out of the way to give us this much trouble."
"My guess is that they have something big planned; very big, and she or whoever she works for wants us out of the way so not to stop them."
"If that's the case, we have no time to loose. Perhaps this formula falling into our hands is a blessing in disguise. This can give me the freedom to investigate his without hassle from the police.
"No, no more using this formula. There may be a side affect if it is taken too much. There's no way of telling without more study. I would be careful in using your new powers, because they can give out at anytime, and it can be disastrous if they give out at a bad time. Danielle is on the team now. She will keep her eyes out for anything suspicious."
"Maybe, but for now, this power has given me some new found freedom, and I'm going to use it. If not for tracking Raven down, then for hanging out!"
* * * *
An officer approached the jail cell of the thug that had been caught steeling money from the bank. He was found unconscious in an alleyway earlier this evening. How he was knocked out, no one knew.
The officer opened up the jail cell and entered the cell. The young heavy man stood up as if he was a solider in the military standing at attention for their superior officer. The officer grinned at the prisoner before his body began to morph. Standing in front of the prisoner was Raven with her long red hair.
Fear struck into him immediately. Seeing the fear in him brought Raven great pleasure. "That's right, you should be afraid. You have done some serious damage to our operation."
"Pl…pl…please, forgive…give me!" he muttered.
"Didn't we tell you to do whatever you wanted to do out of New Gotham? You are our first buyer, and now you have seriously jeopardized our whole operation by not only handing Huntress your supply of the formula, but giving some to her."
"I thought that I can confuse her enough to take advantage and kill her."
"Did you really think you were going to be able to kill her? She is not an easy victim. That is why we wanted you out of here so we can deal with her, but now she is even closer to discovering our plans."
"I wasn't thinking…please forgive me!"
Raven though about his pleas for a second before answering. "I don't think so." She jammed her four fingers of her right hand into his throat, causing him to swallow his tongue. He gasped for air for about three quarters of a minute before he collapsed onto the floor door.
With a grin of delight, Raven morphed back into the officer she had come in as and left. Her job was done, now it was time to begin damage control and see if she could fix the blunder of this incompetent human.