Harley Fan and Reese Girl, Cateyes, thanks are great co-editors...
*********************** Dinah arrived a few hours later to the Clock tower and she entered the control room.
"Barbara, got it" she looked around. The computers were as usually working. She went up stairs. Helena wasn't in either of the rooms, she picked an empty syringe off the floor. Had Helena been hallucinating again? She heard the door of the elevator on the bottom floor.
"Barbara?"
"No, miss Dinah, it's Alfred" The old man responded.
"I'm sorry. Scarecrow attacked Helena last night in her apartment, she is affected with a drug and hurt, we brought her here. Barbara looked for an antidote and she was missing a component, she sent me to Helena's apartment to look for some residue of the drug. I returned and they aren't here... Just this," she showed him an empty syringe " in the room where Helena was... Where are they? Helena couldn't move! and Barbara."
"Did you already check in the safe-deposit monitors? They record all of the images automatically."
Dinah went to the system and typed in the keyboard. Alfred stood behind her. The youth checked the images for several minutes.
"... He was here" Dinah felt a chill in her spine when she saw the image of Scarecrow on the screen. How could he be there? Dinah continued checking the images. The following one was of Scarecrow sat down next to Helena in the room and Barbara arriving.
"Alfred. she didn't see him, she was to his side. How could.?"
"And if miss Barbara was also under the effect of the drug?" Both their faces darkened when they saw how Scarecrow attacked Barbara from behind.
* * *
Barbara heard her name in a dream. She felt like she was in a deep well, suddenly she began to distinguish a light in the distance. The Scarecrow had caught her off guard, she was so worried for Huntress that she didn't take precautions.
Oracle was in a small, cool and damp room. She turned her body to the right and half-opened her lids. Helena was close to unconscious, sitting in the floor, with her hands chained to a pillar. She should have listened to her, now they were in a great danger, Helena's temperament was so strong and she was more concerned trying to control it than listening to her, that had been a big mistake.
"Good night." a voice make her shiver. "I believe that it's time that you and I talk about businesses Batgirl, or Barbara Gordon should I say?" Scarecrow was standing near her, his careless black overcoat and his hat giving him a sinister aspect.
Barbara couldn't avoid feeling frightened while Scarecrow circled around her.
"How many years has it been since we last saw each other? He asked.
"It hasn't been long enough..."
"Why did you disappear? What happened to you? Oh, I remember! That attack... 'Barbara Gordon hurt' you were in all newspapers. It was a good blow! You must have suffered... Do you remember that night?"
"You are insane!"
"It hurt you.?"
"How did you get in at the clock tower?" Barbara asked, she known that she had also inhaled the gas, the fear that he caused her was not normal.
"When I had control of Helena I could see the access key. It was easy to take it from her, knowing the abilities of Selina it was obvious that she would have inherited them. It was like interfering a telephone line, I only had to find the appropriate one. All cats have sensitive hearing. The bad thing was that you stopped my signal. but no more." He smiled and threw her the bat-earring.
Barbara looked at Huntress, she didn't have the necklace, or the bat- earrings, she understood that meant big problems, the girl was a lethal weapon.
"I was thinking of killing her" Scarecrow said "... but now that I have control again, it won't be necessary"
"How did you find Helena?" Oracle asked, while she felt a terrible panic growing inside her.
Scarecrow stopped beside Huntress and caressed her hair
"The murder of Selina Kyle was a big notice, all the newspapers talked about her daughter, having the name, it was easy to identify her. She is beautiful. Pity that her mother helped Batman to defeat me. I couldn't retaliate against her, somebody beat me there... but I will be able to take revenge with her. Selina's little girl is mine... That hurts you?" He laughed amused and he faced Oracle, she shivered, she tried to control her fear. But I never understood what happened with Batman, where was he? You should know."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you... I don't know. "
" I would like to know what the relationship is like between Helena Kyle and Batman. Why does she see him as a nightmare? It won't be difficult to convince you to speak, mainly when your bad dreams don't allow you to fall asleep and... if not, she will help me to convince you," he pointed at Huntress "remember that I have control. Think about that for a moment..." Scarecrow left the room.
Barbara breathed deeply trying to calm herself, if she lost control it would be easier for him , she had to have a clear mind to be able to face the sinister character, without the blocking of the signal, Helena in any moment could turn against her, she had to act quick.
* * *
"Alfred..." Dinah looked concerned to him while she checked the monitors "there's residue in the air of something." she raised her eyes to the air system "The ducts... he used the air ducts to filter the gas... Barbara inhaled it..."
"That means that we..."
"In smaller proportion but yes, It has almost disappeared from the atmosphere... I Believe that I can prepare the antidote, she told me how to do it. I have the compound that we inhaled," she raised a bag with remains of a bulb "I only have to identify it... we have to move quick, if he took them because he didn't want to kill them immediately. We have to hurry up."
* * *
"Huntress..." Oracle slapped Helena's cheeks "I need you wake up, Huntress"
The youth moved her head a little, she felt so drowsy. Oracle hit her cheeks again and called her. Helena opened her eyes with effort.
"Go Huntress." Oracle hurried her, looking at the thick chains that trapped her hands in the back. She needed something to try to open them. The fear make her hands shiver, it was the influence of the gas.
Huntress tried to move and she realized that she was tied "Where am I?" she asked dazed.
"You were right, Scarecrow was in the Clock Tower" Barbara took off her belt to break the buckle.
"I... told you... What... did you give me...?" the youth put her head against the pillar, she tried to wake up.
"Just a tranquilizer, the effect will disappear in a few minutes."
"You said the same thing last time... I don't know what you use. but I feel terrible."
"Wake up, we have big problems, Scarecrow caught us, and he removed your bat-earring, in any moment he could interfere with you again"
Helena looked at Barbara while she finished breaking the buckle of the belt "What are you doing?"
"Trying to free you, we have to leave here"
Helena pulled her hands wanting to break the chains.
"It is useless, they're too thick..." Barbara told her, leaning over and trying to open the handcuffs
"If you would listen to me when I talk to you..." Helena moved her arms trying to rest a while.
"If you weren't too impulsive I would have paid attention." Barbara refuted trying not to lose her concentration, her hand began to tremble again. "... Jesus!" she exclaimed losing the tip of the buckle and stopping. The fear was too strong and she couldn't avoid it.
"What happened?"
"I'm also affected by the gas..." she swallowed "I can't.."
"... Oracle... are you alright? "
"No..." she closed the eyes trying stay controlled, her heart beating faster.
Helena began to feel around for the buckle on the floor. The panic had invaded Oracle, she didn't allow herself to think.
"Oh. I see, the family has gathered" Scarecrow opened the door "Can I join?."
Of course, let me welcome you" the rabid Huntress told him.
"Oh, you are really brave... you and I will be a great team," he pointed at Helena "with your energy, vitality and my genius... ah! of course, without this" he showed her the bat-earring. The girl felt a chill in her back, she knew what that meant...
*********************** Dinah arrived a few hours later to the Clock tower and she entered the control room.
"Barbara, got it" she looked around. The computers were as usually working. She went up stairs. Helena wasn't in either of the rooms, she picked an empty syringe off the floor. Had Helena been hallucinating again? She heard the door of the elevator on the bottom floor.
"Barbara?"
"No, miss Dinah, it's Alfred" The old man responded.
"I'm sorry. Scarecrow attacked Helena last night in her apartment, she is affected with a drug and hurt, we brought her here. Barbara looked for an antidote and she was missing a component, she sent me to Helena's apartment to look for some residue of the drug. I returned and they aren't here... Just this," she showed him an empty syringe " in the room where Helena was... Where are they? Helena couldn't move! and Barbara."
"Did you already check in the safe-deposit monitors? They record all of the images automatically."
Dinah went to the system and typed in the keyboard. Alfred stood behind her. The youth checked the images for several minutes.
"... He was here" Dinah felt a chill in her spine when she saw the image of Scarecrow on the screen. How could he be there? Dinah continued checking the images. The following one was of Scarecrow sat down next to Helena in the room and Barbara arriving.
"Alfred. she didn't see him, she was to his side. How could.?"
"And if miss Barbara was also under the effect of the drug?" Both their faces darkened when they saw how Scarecrow attacked Barbara from behind.
* * *
Barbara heard her name in a dream. She felt like she was in a deep well, suddenly she began to distinguish a light in the distance. The Scarecrow had caught her off guard, she was so worried for Huntress that she didn't take precautions.
Oracle was in a small, cool and damp room. She turned her body to the right and half-opened her lids. Helena was close to unconscious, sitting in the floor, with her hands chained to a pillar. She should have listened to her, now they were in a great danger, Helena's temperament was so strong and she was more concerned trying to control it than listening to her, that had been a big mistake.
"Good night." a voice make her shiver. "I believe that it's time that you and I talk about businesses Batgirl, or Barbara Gordon should I say?" Scarecrow was standing near her, his careless black overcoat and his hat giving him a sinister aspect.
Barbara couldn't avoid feeling frightened while Scarecrow circled around her.
"How many years has it been since we last saw each other? He asked.
"It hasn't been long enough..."
"Why did you disappear? What happened to you? Oh, I remember! That attack... 'Barbara Gordon hurt' you were in all newspapers. It was a good blow! You must have suffered... Do you remember that night?"
"You are insane!"
"It hurt you.?"
"How did you get in at the clock tower?" Barbara asked, she known that she had also inhaled the gas, the fear that he caused her was not normal.
"When I had control of Helena I could see the access key. It was easy to take it from her, knowing the abilities of Selina it was obvious that she would have inherited them. It was like interfering a telephone line, I only had to find the appropriate one. All cats have sensitive hearing. The bad thing was that you stopped my signal. but no more." He smiled and threw her the bat-earring.
Barbara looked at Huntress, she didn't have the necklace, or the bat- earrings, she understood that meant big problems, the girl was a lethal weapon.
"I was thinking of killing her" Scarecrow said "... but now that I have control again, it won't be necessary"
"How did you find Helena?" Oracle asked, while she felt a terrible panic growing inside her.
Scarecrow stopped beside Huntress and caressed her hair
"The murder of Selina Kyle was a big notice, all the newspapers talked about her daughter, having the name, it was easy to identify her. She is beautiful. Pity that her mother helped Batman to defeat me. I couldn't retaliate against her, somebody beat me there... but I will be able to take revenge with her. Selina's little girl is mine... That hurts you?" He laughed amused and he faced Oracle, she shivered, she tried to control her fear. But I never understood what happened with Batman, where was he? You should know."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you... I don't know. "
" I would like to know what the relationship is like between Helena Kyle and Batman. Why does she see him as a nightmare? It won't be difficult to convince you to speak, mainly when your bad dreams don't allow you to fall asleep and... if not, she will help me to convince you," he pointed at Huntress "remember that I have control. Think about that for a moment..." Scarecrow left the room.
Barbara breathed deeply trying to calm herself, if she lost control it would be easier for him , she had to have a clear mind to be able to face the sinister character, without the blocking of the signal, Helena in any moment could turn against her, she had to act quick.
* * *
"Alfred..." Dinah looked concerned to him while she checked the monitors "there's residue in the air of something." she raised her eyes to the air system "The ducts... he used the air ducts to filter the gas... Barbara inhaled it..."
"That means that we..."
"In smaller proportion but yes, It has almost disappeared from the atmosphere... I Believe that I can prepare the antidote, she told me how to do it. I have the compound that we inhaled," she raised a bag with remains of a bulb "I only have to identify it... we have to move quick, if he took them because he didn't want to kill them immediately. We have to hurry up."
* * *
"Huntress..." Oracle slapped Helena's cheeks "I need you wake up, Huntress"
The youth moved her head a little, she felt so drowsy. Oracle hit her cheeks again and called her. Helena opened her eyes with effort.
"Go Huntress." Oracle hurried her, looking at the thick chains that trapped her hands in the back. She needed something to try to open them. The fear make her hands shiver, it was the influence of the gas.
Huntress tried to move and she realized that she was tied "Where am I?" she asked dazed.
"You were right, Scarecrow was in the Clock Tower" Barbara took off her belt to break the buckle.
"I... told you... What... did you give me...?" the youth put her head against the pillar, she tried to wake up.
"Just a tranquilizer, the effect will disappear in a few minutes."
"You said the same thing last time... I don't know what you use. but I feel terrible."
"Wake up, we have big problems, Scarecrow caught us, and he removed your bat-earring, in any moment he could interfere with you again"
Helena looked at Barbara while she finished breaking the buckle of the belt "What are you doing?"
"Trying to free you, we have to leave here"
Helena pulled her hands wanting to break the chains.
"It is useless, they're too thick..." Barbara told her, leaning over and trying to open the handcuffs
"If you would listen to me when I talk to you..." Helena moved her arms trying to rest a while.
"If you weren't too impulsive I would have paid attention." Barbara refuted trying not to lose her concentration, her hand began to tremble again. "... Jesus!" she exclaimed losing the tip of the buckle and stopping. The fear was too strong and she couldn't avoid it.
"What happened?"
"I'm also affected by the gas..." she swallowed "I can't.."
"... Oracle... are you alright? "
"No..." she closed the eyes trying stay controlled, her heart beating faster.
Helena began to feel around for the buckle on the floor. The panic had invaded Oracle, she didn't allow herself to think.
"Oh. I see, the family has gathered" Scarecrow opened the door "Can I join?."
Of course, let me welcome you" the rabid Huntress told him.
"Oh, you are really brave... you and I will be a great team," he pointed at Helena "with your energy, vitality and my genius... ah! of course, without this" he showed her the bat-earring. The girl felt a chill in her back, she knew what that meant...