CHAPTER 3
Danielle handed a bottle of beer to a customer sitting at the bar. It was another busy night at the Dark Hours bar. She didn't have much time to look and study the faces of her customer. She went down the line to offer a drink or a refill of what they had been drinking. She handed a customer a Bloody Mary and went to the next person waiting to be served.
"Is that how you serve them? I can show you how to make the best Bloody Mary's," the next customer said. She had long brown hair and brown eyes.
"You've got a problem with they way I make drinks?" Danielle said looking at her firmly.
The customer laughed as if Danielle had told a joke. Her reaction puzzled Danielle. She tried to feel the customer's heart beat. It was hard to feel it with the constant moving of people in the bar, but she was able to drown everything out. From the sound of her beating heart, she sensed good will towards her. The way her heart beat suggested that she was having fun with her.
"Do I know you? I have a sense that I know you."
The customer looked around the bar and then back her, leaning forward to whisper. "Danielle, it's me!"
Her body morphed began to change. Her long brown hair shrunk until it was short and black. Sitting in front of her was Helena. At first, she was startled, thinking in her head that it was Raven, but the heart beat confirmed that it was not Raven.
"Helena? How? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, lighten up," Helena smiled. "I'm enjoying some new found freedom. As for my ability to morph, I was injected by some formula which gave me this power. It's temporary, but I'm going to spend some time having fun."
Danielle smiled. "So what do you know about making drinks?"
"Are you kidding me? Before you became owner here, I was bartender here! Step aside and watch a pro!"
Helena leaped over the bar. She heard Barbra's voice over her ear piece. "Helena, what are you doing? You are going to draw attention to yourself. That's exactly what you don't want right now!"
"Relax a little bit!" Helena whispered from the corner of her mouth. "I'm just having some fun." Helena walked up a customer who just sat down by the bar. "What will it be, stranger?"
"A Martini on the rocks please!" The customer ordered.
"One Martine on the rocks coming up!" Helena grabbed a glass and threw it up in the air. She turned around and caught the glass behind her back with the bottom of the glass in her palm. A few of the customers cheered her on as she brought the glass down on the counter. She put a scoop of ice into the glass and then grabbed two bottles of liquor, one in each hand. She twirled a bottle of in each hand until the nozzle were pointing downward into the glass. She poured the two liquors into the glass and then put the bottles back in their proper spots. She grabbed the beverage and handed it to the customer. "There you go, sir!"
The customer picked up the glass and took a sip of the drink. "Wow, this is the best martini I have had in a long time!"
"That's how it's done!" Helena grinned.
"Show off!" Danielle said as she pulled out the seltzer spray and sprayed water at Helena. Helena shrieked for a second but then laughed as she took another spray and returned fire. The two of them laughed, and some of the customers were enjoying watching them.
* * * *
Barbra watched as the two women were spraying each other with water. Barbra tilted her head backwards, baffled by the stupidity of the recklessness that Helena was being. "Are you girls done?"
* * * *
Danielle, who also had her ear piece on gathered herself. "Yes,"
Helena looked towards Danielle. "You don't have to be so formal with her." Helena said with a smile on her face. "As for you, Oracle, won't you shut off for awhile! I have been cooped up for too long. Let me have some fun."
"May I remind you, that every single police officer is on a look out for you? May I further remind that Raven is out there, and may be looking for you. You're jeopardizing yours and Danielle's life." Barbra pointed out.
"What a party pooper!" Helena said. "I suppose she's right. I'd better be going." Helena put the spray back and morphed back into her disguise. "Just keep an eye and ear out for any activities by Raven. Raven, or someone who Raven works for is or plans to market a formula to give humans and meta-humans the power to temporarily morph and duplicate powers of those they change into."
"My eyes and ears are open!"
Helena smiled. "You know, in the life I live, I don't have very many friends. Maybe that's just an excuse, but either way, it's great to have a friend once again. I use to have a close friend, but she turned op trying to kill Oracle. Since then, I guess I kind of closed myself from friendship. I just wanted to say it's great having a friend again."
Danielle smiled. "I'm happy to be your friend."
* * * *
Raven returned to the hide out where her husband, Shadow Fox was there, working on the formula. He put down his goggles and looked back at her. "Is the job done?"
"That fat lard is dead. You realized that we are in serious jeopardy. Not only does the Huntress know about our plans, but she can change shapes for the next twenty-four hours, more than enough time to destroy everything we have worked hard for. The prey has become the hunter."
"Don't worry, my love. This is a significant set back, but the boss will not allow this to ruin his plans. They are only smart to this part of the operation. They are completely blind to the whole picture."
"But I want to be the one to kill the huntress!" Raven replied.
"I know, my dear. I know how you feel, but we both must admit that the boss has a better reason to want to be the one to kill her."
"You're right, I know. I just hate that bitch; she's so arrogant and annoying."
Shadow Fox laughed, as he drew her into him and kissed her on the forehead. "Maybe he will let you help when the time comes to kill the Huntress. Until then, we have to get this formula ready to be mass marketed. The money that this will bring in will fund the boss in his plan. By the end of the year, New Gotham will be in utter chaos. Our kind will rule the Gotham, and that is just the beginning. When that day comes, people like us can live in peace."
Raven smiled. "I look forward to that day." The two of them embraced each other and kissed.
Danielle handed a bottle of beer to a customer sitting at the bar. It was another busy night at the Dark Hours bar. She didn't have much time to look and study the faces of her customer. She went down the line to offer a drink or a refill of what they had been drinking. She handed a customer a Bloody Mary and went to the next person waiting to be served.
"Is that how you serve them? I can show you how to make the best Bloody Mary's," the next customer said. She had long brown hair and brown eyes.
"You've got a problem with they way I make drinks?" Danielle said looking at her firmly.
The customer laughed as if Danielle had told a joke. Her reaction puzzled Danielle. She tried to feel the customer's heart beat. It was hard to feel it with the constant moving of people in the bar, but she was able to drown everything out. From the sound of her beating heart, she sensed good will towards her. The way her heart beat suggested that she was having fun with her.
"Do I know you? I have a sense that I know you."
The customer looked around the bar and then back her, leaning forward to whisper. "Danielle, it's me!"
Her body morphed began to change. Her long brown hair shrunk until it was short and black. Sitting in front of her was Helena. At first, she was startled, thinking in her head that it was Raven, but the heart beat confirmed that it was not Raven.
"Helena? How? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, lighten up," Helena smiled. "I'm enjoying some new found freedom. As for my ability to morph, I was injected by some formula which gave me this power. It's temporary, but I'm going to spend some time having fun."
Danielle smiled. "So what do you know about making drinks?"
"Are you kidding me? Before you became owner here, I was bartender here! Step aside and watch a pro!"
Helena leaped over the bar. She heard Barbra's voice over her ear piece. "Helena, what are you doing? You are going to draw attention to yourself. That's exactly what you don't want right now!"
"Relax a little bit!" Helena whispered from the corner of her mouth. "I'm just having some fun." Helena walked up a customer who just sat down by the bar. "What will it be, stranger?"
"A Martini on the rocks please!" The customer ordered.
"One Martine on the rocks coming up!" Helena grabbed a glass and threw it up in the air. She turned around and caught the glass behind her back with the bottom of the glass in her palm. A few of the customers cheered her on as she brought the glass down on the counter. She put a scoop of ice into the glass and then grabbed two bottles of liquor, one in each hand. She twirled a bottle of in each hand until the nozzle were pointing downward into the glass. She poured the two liquors into the glass and then put the bottles back in their proper spots. She grabbed the beverage and handed it to the customer. "There you go, sir!"
The customer picked up the glass and took a sip of the drink. "Wow, this is the best martini I have had in a long time!"
"That's how it's done!" Helena grinned.
"Show off!" Danielle said as she pulled out the seltzer spray and sprayed water at Helena. Helena shrieked for a second but then laughed as she took another spray and returned fire. The two of them laughed, and some of the customers were enjoying watching them.
* * * *
Barbra watched as the two women were spraying each other with water. Barbra tilted her head backwards, baffled by the stupidity of the recklessness that Helena was being. "Are you girls done?"
* * * *
Danielle, who also had her ear piece on gathered herself. "Yes,"
Helena looked towards Danielle. "You don't have to be so formal with her." Helena said with a smile on her face. "As for you, Oracle, won't you shut off for awhile! I have been cooped up for too long. Let me have some fun."
"May I remind you, that every single police officer is on a look out for you? May I further remind that Raven is out there, and may be looking for you. You're jeopardizing yours and Danielle's life." Barbra pointed out.
"What a party pooper!" Helena said. "I suppose she's right. I'd better be going." Helena put the spray back and morphed back into her disguise. "Just keep an eye and ear out for any activities by Raven. Raven, or someone who Raven works for is or plans to market a formula to give humans and meta-humans the power to temporarily morph and duplicate powers of those they change into."
"My eyes and ears are open!"
Helena smiled. "You know, in the life I live, I don't have very many friends. Maybe that's just an excuse, but either way, it's great to have a friend once again. I use to have a close friend, but she turned op trying to kill Oracle. Since then, I guess I kind of closed myself from friendship. I just wanted to say it's great having a friend again."
Danielle smiled. "I'm happy to be your friend."
* * * *
Raven returned to the hide out where her husband, Shadow Fox was there, working on the formula. He put down his goggles and looked back at her. "Is the job done?"
"That fat lard is dead. You realized that we are in serious jeopardy. Not only does the Huntress know about our plans, but she can change shapes for the next twenty-four hours, more than enough time to destroy everything we have worked hard for. The prey has become the hunter."
"Don't worry, my love. This is a significant set back, but the boss will not allow this to ruin his plans. They are only smart to this part of the operation. They are completely blind to the whole picture."
"But I want to be the one to kill the huntress!" Raven replied.
"I know, my dear. I know how you feel, but we both must admit that the boss has a better reason to want to be the one to kill her."
"You're right, I know. I just hate that bitch; she's so arrogant and annoying."
Shadow Fox laughed, as he drew her into him and kissed her on the forehead. "Maybe he will let you help when the time comes to kill the Huntress. Until then, we have to get this formula ready to be mass marketed. The money that this will bring in will fund the boss in his plan. By the end of the year, New Gotham will be in utter chaos. Our kind will rule the Gotham, and that is just the beginning. When that day comes, people like us can live in peace."
Raven smiled. "I look forward to that day." The two of them embraced each other and kissed.