Chapter 13
Dinah was standing in a world of black and gray. It looked like the sort of world Dinah entered everytime she touched someone and entered their mind. Only Dinah knew the only mind she was in, was in her own. She was dreaming.
Dinah looked around, taking in her surroundings. She couldn't tell exactly where she was, but it looked like some kind of warehouse. As she was looking around, she heard the sounds of a fight. She followed the noises to a room at her right. Dinah made her way into the room and the site before her made her go weak in the knees.
She was in another part of the warehouse, this one filled with crates. She saw what the noise was. In front of her, Helena and the Joker were battling it out hand to hand. Dinah looked past Helena and saw something or rather someone lying on the floor. Barbara! Dinah ran over to her mentor, praying she was still alive, but when Dinah reached her, she knew she was too late. Dinah felt for a pulse anyway, but got nothing.
Biting back tears, Dinah looked around. Not more than ten feet away lay Reese. Dinah didn't even have to go over to him, she knew he was dead by the gunshot wound in his chest and the vacant look in his eyes. Dinah wiped the tears from her eyes and turned to Helena.
Helena and Joker were in the center of the room battling. Dinah could see the rage on Helena's face as she hit the Joker with a perfect roundhouse kick. Joker just laughed as he staggered back and turned to look at Dinah, "You're next!" he cackled.
Helena stopped and turned towards Dinah. "Dinah!" she screamed. "Get out of here!"
The Joker stepped in behind Helena, putting a gun to her head.
"Helena!" Dinah screamed.
The Joker cackled. "I will destroy you all," he laughed and pulled the trigger.
"Nooooo!"
* * *
Dinah bolted upright in bed as Helena and Barbara entered her room. Barbara wheeled over to her bed as Helena remained in the doorway. Dinah had tears streaming down her face as she rocked back and forth.
"Dinah?" Barbara lightly touched the girl's arm.
Dinah turned towards Barbara sobbing, "Oh God Barbara, it was horrible. H-he killed you and Reese and.Helena," she glanced over at Helena who still stood by the door, frozen in place. Dinah looked back to Barbara, "He said he was going to destroy us."
Barbara touched Dinah's face, "It was just a dream."
"It seemed so real. Barbara, I-I'm scared," Dinah collapsed into Barbara's arms, sobbing.
Barbara held the girl tightly in her arms. She stroked her hair, telling her it was going to be all right, but she had the sinking feeling that it wasn't. Barbara looked to Helena for support, but all she saw was the same vacant look in the girl's eyes she had experienced earlier at the hospital.
"So it begins," Helena whispered turning and walking out the door, leaving Barbara alone to comfort the still sobbing Dinah.
So it begins.
Dinah was standing in a world of black and gray. It looked like the sort of world Dinah entered everytime she touched someone and entered their mind. Only Dinah knew the only mind she was in, was in her own. She was dreaming.
Dinah looked around, taking in her surroundings. She couldn't tell exactly where she was, but it looked like some kind of warehouse. As she was looking around, she heard the sounds of a fight. She followed the noises to a room at her right. Dinah made her way into the room and the site before her made her go weak in the knees.
She was in another part of the warehouse, this one filled with crates. She saw what the noise was. In front of her, Helena and the Joker were battling it out hand to hand. Dinah looked past Helena and saw something or rather someone lying on the floor. Barbara! Dinah ran over to her mentor, praying she was still alive, but when Dinah reached her, she knew she was too late. Dinah felt for a pulse anyway, but got nothing.
Biting back tears, Dinah looked around. Not more than ten feet away lay Reese. Dinah didn't even have to go over to him, she knew he was dead by the gunshot wound in his chest and the vacant look in his eyes. Dinah wiped the tears from her eyes and turned to Helena.
Helena and Joker were in the center of the room battling. Dinah could see the rage on Helena's face as she hit the Joker with a perfect roundhouse kick. Joker just laughed as he staggered back and turned to look at Dinah, "You're next!" he cackled.
Helena stopped and turned towards Dinah. "Dinah!" she screamed. "Get out of here!"
The Joker stepped in behind Helena, putting a gun to her head.
"Helena!" Dinah screamed.
The Joker cackled. "I will destroy you all," he laughed and pulled the trigger.
"Nooooo!"
* * *
Dinah bolted upright in bed as Helena and Barbara entered her room. Barbara wheeled over to her bed as Helena remained in the doorway. Dinah had tears streaming down her face as she rocked back and forth.
"Dinah?" Barbara lightly touched the girl's arm.
Dinah turned towards Barbara sobbing, "Oh God Barbara, it was horrible. H-he killed you and Reese and.Helena," she glanced over at Helena who still stood by the door, frozen in place. Dinah looked back to Barbara, "He said he was going to destroy us."
Barbara touched Dinah's face, "It was just a dream."
"It seemed so real. Barbara, I-I'm scared," Dinah collapsed into Barbara's arms, sobbing.
Barbara held the girl tightly in her arms. She stroked her hair, telling her it was going to be all right, but she had the sinking feeling that it wasn't. Barbara looked to Helena for support, but all she saw was the same vacant look in the girl's eyes she had experienced earlier at the hospital.
"So it begins," Helena whispered turning and walking out the door, leaving Barbara alone to comfort the still sobbing Dinah.
So it begins.