CHAPTER 9
"So, how long until it will kick in?" Frank Powers asked as he rolled up his sleeve.
"Just a few minutes," Shadow Fox replied as he filled a syringe full of the pinkish morphing formula. "Now just relax, you will feel absolutely nothing."
"Hey!" one of Mr. Power's bodyguards screamed. Mr. Powers, Shadow Fox, and Raven looked up at the guard to see him looking towards the elevator door, pulling out his gun. The three of them looked in that direction to see the Huntress running into the room.
"You fool! You led the Huntress right to us!" Raven snapped.
The bodyguard fired his gun. The Huntress was hit in the heart, and she collapsed onto the ground with a shocked look on her face. The three bodyguards, and Mr.Powers, Shadow Fox, and Raven approached the body of the Huntress. Mr. Powers had a bragging like smile on his face. "That wasn't so bad. Now, we truly have nothing to fear."
The body of the Huntress began to morph and it morphed into one of his own bodyguards. "What's going on?" Mr. Powers demanded.
"If you die in your morphed state, your body automatically shifts back to it's original state." Shadow Fox said with anger behind his voice. He was looking all around the room.
"I don't understand."
Suddenly the skylight was shattered and falling through the glass was the Huntress. She landed on a desk full of large tubes of the pink formula. Her landing on the desk caused all the tubes to shatter. "Mind of I join the party?"
Shadow Fox was outraged, his nostrils flared and intensely. "Kill her!"
The two of the three bodyguards charged at Helena. Helena jumped behind the desk, knelt down, grabbed the desk, and flipped up. The flat of the desk crashed into the two goons, taking them out. The third bodyguard ran towards her. She leaped over the desk, and while she was in the air she planted the flat of her right foot into his chest, sending him crashing into another desk full or tubes of the morphing formula.
Mr. Powers had seen all that he had wanted to see. He ran for his life for the elevator. He was getting out of there before the Huntress decided to come after him.
In actuality, the Huntress had no interest in him at that moment. At that moment, what was more important was to take out Raven who had framed her for murder. Raven walked towards Helena with a look of extreme hatred in her eyes. The Huntress returned her gaze with a grin. "What's the matter, are you mad that I crashed the party?"
"I've allowed you to live for long enough. Now, I am going to kill you."
Raven attacked with a lightning quick speed right jab. Helena reflected the shot by crossing her wrists in front of her face. She kept her wrists in front of her face to block a following high kick for her face. Helena knelt down, and kicked her behind the knee of the one leg that kept her up. Raven fell back hitting the ground on her back. She was momentarily stunned by the fall. When she came back to her senses, she used her agility to jump back onto her feet without even sitting up.
Helena ran for the closest wall. Raven didn't follow, instead she used her meta powers to leap superhumanly high towards Helena. Helena, capable of doing the same, did so but towards the wall, she bounced off the wall and twisted around to face Raven who was coming towards her in mid air. Helena had her right foot stretched out and the flat of her foot, hit Raven square in the chest, sending her flying across the room. She landed onto of an empty desk before sliding off onto the floor behind it.
Raven moaned as she tried to get up, but she felt two hands pull her down. She looked next to her to see her husband, Shadow Fox there. "Take this," He handed her a metal box. "This is our research. We can't afford for this to get into her hands. I will take care of the Huntress personally."
"But…"
"I know you want to be the one to kill her, but our research must survive. Do it for me, Love?" Raven took the box reluctantly. "Thank you," He kissed her on the lips. "Now, hurry."
Raven crawled off towards a secret entrance that they had. Shadow Fox morphed into the doppelganger of Raven. He stood up to see Helena approaching him. The Huntress was unaware of the switch that they had just made. Shadow Fox jumped on top of the desk and then jumped and forward flipped over Helena. Helena watched him carefully and turned when he landed behind her. Before she could get herself into a defensive position before he landed and kicked her across the face. Helen was spun back around and she crashed into the desk.
Helena shook it off, and turned around to see Raven running for the stairs that led to the roof top. "Where do you think you're going?" Helena ran after him and followed him up the stairs. The moment she stepped onto the rooftop, Shadow Fox pounced upon her rabidly. She was blocking punch after punch and kick after kick. She was not being given time to take the offensive. She was being pushed back towards a ledge.
Shadow Fax, used the agility that came with morphing into his wife, to try to kick Helena, but she caught him by the ankle and kicked him across the side of his face. He stumbled a few steps, but quickly regained his footing. He charged at her, but she stepped aside, keeping her left foot out and tripping him. He stumbled towards the ledge of the roof top, but was gaining control of his footing again until he tripped on a pipe that was sticking up from the ground.
Helena realized what was about to happened and she dashed to try to get a hold of him, but he fell away from her and he screamed as he fell over the ledge and fell to his death. Helena looked over the ledge, angry at herself that she failed to save him. Her only way to clear her name, and it was gone!
The sound of sirens began to draw near, and she knew that is was Reese with the police commissioner. That was her que to leave. Hopefully, Reese would be able to prove to his boss of her innocence. Right now, she had other business to attend to. She ran off to her next responsibility. Just moments after she left, Shadow Fox's body morphed back to it's original form.
* * * *
The police had the warehouse surrounded. Investigators were already scavenging through the mess that had been left here. Commissioner O'Reiley was standing over the dead body of Shadow Fox was one of his officers zipped up the body bag with the body in it. "That's two murders your friend is now wanted for, Detective Reese. She is become a series danger to New Gotham."
"I can guarantee you, Commissioner, that she would not kill him, but I am sure if we search the records, this man is wanted for something."
"Maybe, but that doesn't her the right to go above the law and hand out justice as she sees fit, Detective Reese," he replied.
"The evidence is here, commissioner! That pink stuff is the formula that perhaps this man is responsible for, that can give anyone morphing capabilities."
"I think you better lay off the science fiction for awhile."
"I swear to you, it's the god honest truth. Someone named Raven, morphed into the Huntress and she is the one you saw murder Officer Davidson."
The two of them entered the warehouse, and approached an investigator who was studying the pinkish stains on the desk and on the floor. Some wet spots and drops of liquid could be found as well. "Anything on this pinkish substance yet?" the Commissioner asked.
The investigator shook her head. "It's strawberry milk, nothing more."
The commissioner turned to Detective Reese with an amused smile on his face. "So injecting strawberry milk into someone's body allows the to morph into anyone they want?"
"That can't be right! Why would there be strawberry milk be in a place like this
in test tubes?"
"There can be numerous reasons. The fact of the matter here, is that you have a bunch of nothing to help prove your case. Maybe you're right, and this morphing stuff is being produced, I need more than just speculation."
"Commissioner, take a look at this!" another officer came running up with a sheet of paper. "Another note from the Huntress."
Detective Reese took the note and read it. "It's directions to another site."
"If that's where the Huntress went, that is where we go. I want a task force sent to that location immediately! Detective Reese and I are on our way there now!"
"So, how long until it will kick in?" Frank Powers asked as he rolled up his sleeve.
"Just a few minutes," Shadow Fox replied as he filled a syringe full of the pinkish morphing formula. "Now just relax, you will feel absolutely nothing."
"Hey!" one of Mr. Power's bodyguards screamed. Mr. Powers, Shadow Fox, and Raven looked up at the guard to see him looking towards the elevator door, pulling out his gun. The three of them looked in that direction to see the Huntress running into the room.
"You fool! You led the Huntress right to us!" Raven snapped.
The bodyguard fired his gun. The Huntress was hit in the heart, and she collapsed onto the ground with a shocked look on her face. The three bodyguards, and Mr.Powers, Shadow Fox, and Raven approached the body of the Huntress. Mr. Powers had a bragging like smile on his face. "That wasn't so bad. Now, we truly have nothing to fear."
The body of the Huntress began to morph and it morphed into one of his own bodyguards. "What's going on?" Mr. Powers demanded.
"If you die in your morphed state, your body automatically shifts back to it's original state." Shadow Fox said with anger behind his voice. He was looking all around the room.
"I don't understand."
Suddenly the skylight was shattered and falling through the glass was the Huntress. She landed on a desk full of large tubes of the pink formula. Her landing on the desk caused all the tubes to shatter. "Mind of I join the party?"
Shadow Fox was outraged, his nostrils flared and intensely. "Kill her!"
The two of the three bodyguards charged at Helena. Helena jumped behind the desk, knelt down, grabbed the desk, and flipped up. The flat of the desk crashed into the two goons, taking them out. The third bodyguard ran towards her. She leaped over the desk, and while she was in the air she planted the flat of her right foot into his chest, sending him crashing into another desk full or tubes of the morphing formula.
Mr. Powers had seen all that he had wanted to see. He ran for his life for the elevator. He was getting out of there before the Huntress decided to come after him.
In actuality, the Huntress had no interest in him at that moment. At that moment, what was more important was to take out Raven who had framed her for murder. Raven walked towards Helena with a look of extreme hatred in her eyes. The Huntress returned her gaze with a grin. "What's the matter, are you mad that I crashed the party?"
"I've allowed you to live for long enough. Now, I am going to kill you."
Raven attacked with a lightning quick speed right jab. Helena reflected the shot by crossing her wrists in front of her face. She kept her wrists in front of her face to block a following high kick for her face. Helena knelt down, and kicked her behind the knee of the one leg that kept her up. Raven fell back hitting the ground on her back. She was momentarily stunned by the fall. When she came back to her senses, she used her agility to jump back onto her feet without even sitting up.
Helena ran for the closest wall. Raven didn't follow, instead she used her meta powers to leap superhumanly high towards Helena. Helena, capable of doing the same, did so but towards the wall, she bounced off the wall and twisted around to face Raven who was coming towards her in mid air. Helena had her right foot stretched out and the flat of her foot, hit Raven square in the chest, sending her flying across the room. She landed onto of an empty desk before sliding off onto the floor behind it.
Raven moaned as she tried to get up, but she felt two hands pull her down. She looked next to her to see her husband, Shadow Fox there. "Take this," He handed her a metal box. "This is our research. We can't afford for this to get into her hands. I will take care of the Huntress personally."
"But…"
"I know you want to be the one to kill her, but our research must survive. Do it for me, Love?" Raven took the box reluctantly. "Thank you," He kissed her on the lips. "Now, hurry."
Raven crawled off towards a secret entrance that they had. Shadow Fox morphed into the doppelganger of Raven. He stood up to see Helena approaching him. The Huntress was unaware of the switch that they had just made. Shadow Fox jumped on top of the desk and then jumped and forward flipped over Helena. Helena watched him carefully and turned when he landed behind her. Before she could get herself into a defensive position before he landed and kicked her across the face. Helen was spun back around and she crashed into the desk.
Helena shook it off, and turned around to see Raven running for the stairs that led to the roof top. "Where do you think you're going?" Helena ran after him and followed him up the stairs. The moment she stepped onto the rooftop, Shadow Fox pounced upon her rabidly. She was blocking punch after punch and kick after kick. She was not being given time to take the offensive. She was being pushed back towards a ledge.
Shadow Fax, used the agility that came with morphing into his wife, to try to kick Helena, but she caught him by the ankle and kicked him across the side of his face. He stumbled a few steps, but quickly regained his footing. He charged at her, but she stepped aside, keeping her left foot out and tripping him. He stumbled towards the ledge of the roof top, but was gaining control of his footing again until he tripped on a pipe that was sticking up from the ground.
Helena realized what was about to happened and she dashed to try to get a hold of him, but he fell away from her and he screamed as he fell over the ledge and fell to his death. Helena looked over the ledge, angry at herself that she failed to save him. Her only way to clear her name, and it was gone!
The sound of sirens began to draw near, and she knew that is was Reese with the police commissioner. That was her que to leave. Hopefully, Reese would be able to prove to his boss of her innocence. Right now, she had other business to attend to. She ran off to her next responsibility. Just moments after she left, Shadow Fox's body morphed back to it's original form.
* * * *
The police had the warehouse surrounded. Investigators were already scavenging through the mess that had been left here. Commissioner O'Reiley was standing over the dead body of Shadow Fox was one of his officers zipped up the body bag with the body in it. "That's two murders your friend is now wanted for, Detective Reese. She is become a series danger to New Gotham."
"I can guarantee you, Commissioner, that she would not kill him, but I am sure if we search the records, this man is wanted for something."
"Maybe, but that doesn't her the right to go above the law and hand out justice as she sees fit, Detective Reese," he replied.
"The evidence is here, commissioner! That pink stuff is the formula that perhaps this man is responsible for, that can give anyone morphing capabilities."
"I think you better lay off the science fiction for awhile."
"I swear to you, it's the god honest truth. Someone named Raven, morphed into the Huntress and she is the one you saw murder Officer Davidson."
The two of them entered the warehouse, and approached an investigator who was studying the pinkish stains on the desk and on the floor. Some wet spots and drops of liquid could be found as well. "Anything on this pinkish substance yet?" the Commissioner asked.
The investigator shook her head. "It's strawberry milk, nothing more."
The commissioner turned to Detective Reese with an amused smile on his face. "So injecting strawberry milk into someone's body allows the to morph into anyone they want?"
"That can't be right! Why would there be strawberry milk be in a place like this
in test tubes?"
"There can be numerous reasons. The fact of the matter here, is that you have a bunch of nothing to help prove your case. Maybe you're right, and this morphing stuff is being produced, I need more than just speculation."
"Commissioner, take a look at this!" another officer came running up with a sheet of paper. "Another note from the Huntress."
Detective Reese took the note and read it. "It's directions to another site."
"If that's where the Huntress went, that is where we go. I want a task force sent to that location immediately! Detective Reese and I are on our way there now!"