CHAPTER 5
Detective Reese, with his arm in a sling, entered the clock tower. He had made sure that no one was following or watching him before coming into the clock tower. He found Barbra, like usual, was working on one of her computer stations. Helena was prancing back and forth, obviously highly agitated, even more than usual. Helena was the first to realize he was there. "Did I miss something?" Barbra looked away from her work towards him, obviously worried about his presence here at the clock tower. "It's okay, I made sure no one was following me."
Helena faintly smiled as Jesse approached her. "Raven paid us another visit and attacked Alfred and Dinah."
"It sounds like she was trying to get your attention."
"And she has it. I am tired of these games," Helena snapped.
"We have returned!" Alfred announced entering the warehouse. Following shyly behind Alfred, looking down at her feet was Dinah. Her nose was highly wrapped up.
"I'm fine, I don't want to talk about it, and I'm going to bed!" Dinah said trying to hide her nose as she walked up the stairs towards her bedroom.
Even that had to lighten up Helena's mood a little. Helena smirked as she looked back at Barbra. She had a smile on her face too.
"Oracle, are you there?" Danielle's voice came in over the speakers.
Barbra returned her attention to her work. "I hear you Danielle, go ahead?"
"I have found out some rather interesting news. I have someone here, a normal human from what I can tell, he's so drunk he's spitting out some very valuable information that you may be interested in."
"We're listening," Helena said.
"Helena, you better make your way down here pronto, that is if that morphing formula is still kicking in you."
Barbra looked up to Helena to see if she still had the power to morph. Helena nodded towards Barbra. "I'm on my way. What have you found out?" Helena said as she ran past Reese and out of the hideout
"Well, this person here is constantly blabbing about having powers to change forms. He seems to be bragging that he is going to have this ability. In fact, when I told him this is a meta-human establishment only, his reply was well I'm going to be in a day."
"Great job, Danielle. This is the chance we need to bring an end to Raven's operation."
"I will try to keep him here as long as possible until Helena can get here."
* * * *
Danielle has done everything she could to keep his interest in staying here, including free drinks. He was sitting at the bar talking to two meta-humans, speaking loudly so that even the whole bar could here his annoying yapping.
A tall, skinny man with oily black hair entered the Dark Horse bar and walked up to the bar. Danielle approached him from behind the bar. "What will it be, sir?"
"It's me, Danielle. Who is the man you were talking about?"
From the beating of his heart, she knew this was Helena. "It's that bald gentleman with reddish-brown mustache." Danielle pointed with her eyes.
"I'll take this outside the bar, I promise." Helena said.
Helena sat down into the stool as close to the man as possible. He was so drunk, that he didn't realize that his voice could be heard from the other end of the bar. She listened as he talked about a various of things. He was too drunk to be able to focus on a single topic. She waited for a time that she could intervene and introduce herself. It took awhile, but finally a rabbit trail lead him back onto the trail that she was waiting for. "I'll tell you, when I can change forms, man the world will be mine!"
Helena, still morphed into her disguise of a gentleman that she had ran into on the way to the bar, walked up to the gentleman. "Really? So, when is this change in you suppose to take place?"
"Sometime tomorrow. It will be the best day of my life!"
"Really? I have a proposition for you. Take a walk with me." Helena handed him a false business card of a fancy name of a fictional enterprise.
The man took the card and clumsily struggled to read the card. "Huh, sure!" He replied after a minute. He staggered out of his seat, nearly falling flat onto his face. Helena and he walked towards the exit.
Danielle watched as the two men headed out of the bar. Just as they had walked past her, she felt two heart beats. She could not tell them apart, but both of their hearts were racing, which meant they were both lying or hiding something. She understood Helena's heartbeat beating that way, but a drunk man? Everything he was saying before she knew that he was telling the truth but now she was feeling something totally different. By the time she realized what was going on, Helena and the drunk man was already outside of the bar. "Oh great!" She ran to the opposite end where there were less people sitting, and jumped over the bar and ran for the exit.
* * * *
Helena walked side by side with this gentleman, continuing to sell her false sales pitch. "I can make you a millionaire. All you have to do is come to this building after this change has taken place. All we need it to take a sample of your blood."
"Wow, that's a better offer than even they are giving me. You've got yourself a deal!" He stuck out his hand.
This was exactly what she had wanted. One touch of his skin, and she would be able to morph into him, and then she could kidnap him and go in his place. It was the perfect opportunity to get at Raven. She took his hand and shook it. With a grin on her face, Helena morphed herself into his image, but before he noticed, he had looked away. Instead, she saw her reflection in a window and saw that she did not morph into this drunk man, but into Raven. "What the hell?"
The drunk man spun violently around and swung her arm loosely, slapping her across her neck. Helena gasped as the drunk man morphed into her original form. Helena looked across at her doppelganger with anger in her eyes. "Raven!"
Raven laughed. "This is so typical, you are so predictable! You are nothing like your father."
"What would you know about my father?" Helena growled.
"Enough. How you have survived this far is beyond my understanding. You deserve to die!" Raven attacked Helena with great swiftness. Raven went for the kick to her head, but Helena caught her ankle. She threw Raven's ankle upward, hoping to throw her off her back. She fell backwards, but moved her hands below each side of her head. With amazing agility, she pushed herself back up onto her feet. Even Helena was impressed with this strange move.
Helena retook the offensive, which Raven was not ready for. Helena was able to deliver a powerful kick to her ribs. That set Helena up for another attack. Before she could deliver it, Danielle came out of no where and attacked Helena, by implanting the flat of her foot into her back. Helena stumbled forward, crashing into a steet lamp post. Danielle ran up and delivered a kick to her ribs, laying Helena flat on her stomach.
Danielle looked over to where Raven was standing and saw her disappear. Confusion swept over her as she looked down at Helena. "Danielle, it's me!" Helena morphed from her Raven body back into her own.
Danielle could not believe of the horrible mistake that she had just made. She could not depend on her gift, because with both of them fighting, their heart rates were about the same. She was blinded to go by sight, and she attacked the person who looked like Raven, only to find out that Helena had been set up from the very beginning for this very thing. It was a perfectly planned trap with a strong warning message behind it.
Detective Reese, with his arm in a sling, entered the clock tower. He had made sure that no one was following or watching him before coming into the clock tower. He found Barbra, like usual, was working on one of her computer stations. Helena was prancing back and forth, obviously highly agitated, even more than usual. Helena was the first to realize he was there. "Did I miss something?" Barbra looked away from her work towards him, obviously worried about his presence here at the clock tower. "It's okay, I made sure no one was following me."
Helena faintly smiled as Jesse approached her. "Raven paid us another visit and attacked Alfred and Dinah."
"It sounds like she was trying to get your attention."
"And she has it. I am tired of these games," Helena snapped.
"We have returned!" Alfred announced entering the warehouse. Following shyly behind Alfred, looking down at her feet was Dinah. Her nose was highly wrapped up.
"I'm fine, I don't want to talk about it, and I'm going to bed!" Dinah said trying to hide her nose as she walked up the stairs towards her bedroom.
Even that had to lighten up Helena's mood a little. Helena smirked as she looked back at Barbra. She had a smile on her face too.
"Oracle, are you there?" Danielle's voice came in over the speakers.
Barbra returned her attention to her work. "I hear you Danielle, go ahead?"
"I have found out some rather interesting news. I have someone here, a normal human from what I can tell, he's so drunk he's spitting out some very valuable information that you may be interested in."
"We're listening," Helena said.
"Helena, you better make your way down here pronto, that is if that morphing formula is still kicking in you."
Barbra looked up to Helena to see if she still had the power to morph. Helena nodded towards Barbra. "I'm on my way. What have you found out?" Helena said as she ran past Reese and out of the hideout
"Well, this person here is constantly blabbing about having powers to change forms. He seems to be bragging that he is going to have this ability. In fact, when I told him this is a meta-human establishment only, his reply was well I'm going to be in a day."
"Great job, Danielle. This is the chance we need to bring an end to Raven's operation."
"I will try to keep him here as long as possible until Helena can get here."
* * * *
Danielle has done everything she could to keep his interest in staying here, including free drinks. He was sitting at the bar talking to two meta-humans, speaking loudly so that even the whole bar could here his annoying yapping.
A tall, skinny man with oily black hair entered the Dark Horse bar and walked up to the bar. Danielle approached him from behind the bar. "What will it be, sir?"
"It's me, Danielle. Who is the man you were talking about?"
From the beating of his heart, she knew this was Helena. "It's that bald gentleman with reddish-brown mustache." Danielle pointed with her eyes.
"I'll take this outside the bar, I promise." Helena said.
Helena sat down into the stool as close to the man as possible. He was so drunk, that he didn't realize that his voice could be heard from the other end of the bar. She listened as he talked about a various of things. He was too drunk to be able to focus on a single topic. She waited for a time that she could intervene and introduce herself. It took awhile, but finally a rabbit trail lead him back onto the trail that she was waiting for. "I'll tell you, when I can change forms, man the world will be mine!"
Helena, still morphed into her disguise of a gentleman that she had ran into on the way to the bar, walked up to the gentleman. "Really? So, when is this change in you suppose to take place?"
"Sometime tomorrow. It will be the best day of my life!"
"Really? I have a proposition for you. Take a walk with me." Helena handed him a false business card of a fancy name of a fictional enterprise.
The man took the card and clumsily struggled to read the card. "Huh, sure!" He replied after a minute. He staggered out of his seat, nearly falling flat onto his face. Helena and he walked towards the exit.
Danielle watched as the two men headed out of the bar. Just as they had walked past her, she felt two heart beats. She could not tell them apart, but both of their hearts were racing, which meant they were both lying or hiding something. She understood Helena's heartbeat beating that way, but a drunk man? Everything he was saying before she knew that he was telling the truth but now she was feeling something totally different. By the time she realized what was going on, Helena and the drunk man was already outside of the bar. "Oh great!" She ran to the opposite end where there were less people sitting, and jumped over the bar and ran for the exit.
* * * *
Helena walked side by side with this gentleman, continuing to sell her false sales pitch. "I can make you a millionaire. All you have to do is come to this building after this change has taken place. All we need it to take a sample of your blood."
"Wow, that's a better offer than even they are giving me. You've got yourself a deal!" He stuck out his hand.
This was exactly what she had wanted. One touch of his skin, and she would be able to morph into him, and then she could kidnap him and go in his place. It was the perfect opportunity to get at Raven. She took his hand and shook it. With a grin on her face, Helena morphed herself into his image, but before he noticed, he had looked away. Instead, she saw her reflection in a window and saw that she did not morph into this drunk man, but into Raven. "What the hell?"
The drunk man spun violently around and swung her arm loosely, slapping her across her neck. Helena gasped as the drunk man morphed into her original form. Helena looked across at her doppelganger with anger in her eyes. "Raven!"
Raven laughed. "This is so typical, you are so predictable! You are nothing like your father."
"What would you know about my father?" Helena growled.
"Enough. How you have survived this far is beyond my understanding. You deserve to die!" Raven attacked Helena with great swiftness. Raven went for the kick to her head, but Helena caught her ankle. She threw Raven's ankle upward, hoping to throw her off her back. She fell backwards, but moved her hands below each side of her head. With amazing agility, she pushed herself back up onto her feet. Even Helena was impressed with this strange move.
Helena retook the offensive, which Raven was not ready for. Helena was able to deliver a powerful kick to her ribs. That set Helena up for another attack. Before she could deliver it, Danielle came out of no where and attacked Helena, by implanting the flat of her foot into her back. Helena stumbled forward, crashing into a steet lamp post. Danielle ran up and delivered a kick to her ribs, laying Helena flat on her stomach.
Danielle looked over to where Raven was standing and saw her disappear. Confusion swept over her as she looked down at Helena. "Danielle, it's me!" Helena morphed from her Raven body back into her own.
Danielle could not believe of the horrible mistake that she had just made. She could not depend on her gift, because with both of them fighting, their heart rates were about the same. She was blinded to go by sight, and she attacked the person who looked like Raven, only to find out that Helena had been set up from the very beginning for this very thing. It was a perfectly planned trap with a strong warning message behind it.