Oracle lowered the audio level of the speakers when she heard the sound.
"What is that?" Alfred asked her.
Barbara kept silent a moment. "I don't know... I'm not sure"
"The necklace...?"
"No... was a sound from the Museum, but is too high."
"The alarms of the Museum?"
"No, it's different..."
* * *
Huntress didn't know exactly what was happening, she only tried to block the sound unsuccessfully with her hands over her ears. Dinah was thrilled to be able to have control., smiled and closed her mouth. Huntress put one of her hands in the floor trying to stand up but Dinah gave her a strong kick in the ribs.
"I'm better than you!" the blondie said and looking at an enormous glass counter with archaeological pieces, made it fall over Huntress. She was still dazed because of the sound and only reached to cover her face with her arms.
The alarms of the museum were shot and began to sound with great din. Dinah took advantage of the moment and ran away, but not without picking up the Scepter of Horus.
* * *
Oracle tried to reestablish contact unsuccessfully. She turned her wheelchair toward the elevator. "The museum is five blocks from here.".
"You can't go, the police will be there..."
"Huntress must be in trouble." she said pressing the button of the elevator. In that moment the door opened up and Huntress practically fell on top of Barbara. She reached for her to avoid her hitting her face against the chair.
"Huntress!!" she shouted.
"My ears..." she mumbled resting her head in Barbara's lap trying to stay awake.
"Take her to the infirmary Alfred!" Barbara exclaimed.
"Are you okay Miss Helena?" Alfred asked helping her to wake up. He took her practically crawling to the infirmary and laid her in the bed.
"What happened?" Barbara came closer quickly.
"Dinah threw me above a cabinet..." Huntress said with a low voice. Her ears hurt her terribly. "More than 5,000 years of history fell over me... Oww, my ears..."
"Where is she?"
"After she almost killed me, she ran away..." Huntress pressed her teeth together. "Barbara, my ears are killing me!"
"Let me check you" Barbara went to the drawer and took an special intrument to check her eardrums "What was that sound?. I lost your signal suddenly" She sat next to her and examined her necklace. As she fingered it, she noticed that it had a slight blackness about the circuting "I think that the sound broke the wiring of your mic, in other words, short circuited it. Let me see your ears."
Helena jumped when she felt the tip of the instrument in her ear.
"Don't move..." Barbara requested "What was that sound?"
"... I don't know, I was grabbing Dinah and suddenly I heard it. I had to let her go to cover my ears. That was when she threw me above the cabinet. She escaped and I left the way you saw me come in. I couldn't walk..."
"I don't know how you got here... If the sound damaged your necklace, it is obvious that affected your whole nervous system. Your eardrums are very irritated... I will give you an analgesic." Barbara left the instrument on the table. "Alfred, help me remove her jacket..."
"Why...?" In that moment Huntress realized that she had gotten cut. "My jacket! Damn! It's ripped! I can do it myself." Helena tried to sit up but her movements were clumsy and her hands trembled.
"No, you can't..." Barbara said making a sign for Alfred to help her. This time Helena didn't protest "The ears maintain the corporal balance, a very strong sound can alter that balance, affecting concentration and movement. That sound that you heard was extremely high, and therefore affected you."
Barbara gave the jacket to Alfred and turned her wheelchair to a table where a jar of water sat and she poured a glass.
Alfred held out the jacket and he observed it thoroughly. "I regret to say Miss Helena, that it is useless"
"Don't tell me that!" Huntress closed her eyes.
"Takes this." Barbara came closer helping her lift her head to take some pills "it will help stop the pain in your ears."
Barbara set the glass of water aside and took some gauzes. Helena had two big cuts, one in the right arm and another in her left forearm.
"Will I be okay soon?" Helena asked.
"The human ears need more than 16 hours of rest to compensate 2 hours of exhibition to 100 dB, like in a disco, but you received more than 145. However, you are meta, so maybe in five hours you will feel better. The sounds of more of 120 dB can damage the ear cells and can cause hearing loss. Thank God it seems that was not your case."
"I didn't understand anything." Helena grimaced, the antiseptic burned her wounds.
"Well," Barbara sighed while she cleaned her arm "A motorcycle produces 90 DbA, a speaker of a rock group near a meter, 110 DbA; an airplane near 25 meters 150DbA. Generally this breaks the eardrums. My system of audio registered that the sound that you heard was of more than 145 DbA. At a very short distance, if you listened to it a little longer would kill you."
"The sound could kill me? Hey!" Helena jumped lightly when felt the antiseptic on her cheek.
"Yes, will you be still? We won't end up this way..."
"Ok, ok. Why is Dinah stealing Egyptian artifacts from museums? I don't understand... "
"Me neither, something must have happened to her. As soon as I finish with you, I'll investigate it."
* * *
Dinah arrived to the old zoo New Gotham and entered the dark grottos. She walked in a long dark corridor until she found herself in a strange place; it was lit with rows of torches, similar to that of an old Egyptian pyramid.
The man in a green suit, who had been waiting for her, smiled as he saw her.
"Could you so it my dear?" he asked anxiously.
"Yes, I had a small problem, but here it is," she handed him the Scepter of Horus.
"Problem?"
"Huntress appeared."
"Huntress? Who is Huntress?"
"The girl I work with.But it's ok, don't worry."
"Is she like you?" Dinah had perked his curiosity.
"No, she's different; she's half meta and half human, because of her father, Batman."
The man stood paralyzed as he heard the name. He stared at Dinah, "Batman? Your friend is the daughter of Batman, Bruce Wayne?"
Dinah felt a little scared, "Yes. do you know him?"
"You don't have any idea how many times I tried to convince him to be part of my organization. He was an extraordinary detective and fighter, but when he refused my offer he became my enemy. He would have been a magnificent element."
Ra's mind began to loose itself as it wondered into memories of the old times. Suddenly he raised his head, "What abilities does your friend have?"
"Well, Helena is like a cat, she can jump very high buildings, she's quick, well skilled, fights very well and really dangerous, she has night vision. She isn't a genius though."
Ra's kept silent for a while before he asked, "And do you know where to find her?"
"Sure, why?"
"I believe it is through people I need to achieve my plan successfully, the gods have favored me, first I found you and now, her."
"I don't understand you, but if you want."
"You will soon understand my small apprentice, you will soon understand."
"What is that?" Alfred asked her.
Barbara kept silent a moment. "I don't know... I'm not sure"
"The necklace...?"
"No... was a sound from the Museum, but is too high."
"The alarms of the Museum?"
"No, it's different..."
* * *
Huntress didn't know exactly what was happening, she only tried to block the sound unsuccessfully with her hands over her ears. Dinah was thrilled to be able to have control., smiled and closed her mouth. Huntress put one of her hands in the floor trying to stand up but Dinah gave her a strong kick in the ribs.
"I'm better than you!" the blondie said and looking at an enormous glass counter with archaeological pieces, made it fall over Huntress. She was still dazed because of the sound and only reached to cover her face with her arms.
The alarms of the museum were shot and began to sound with great din. Dinah took advantage of the moment and ran away, but not without picking up the Scepter of Horus.
* * *
Oracle tried to reestablish contact unsuccessfully. She turned her wheelchair toward the elevator. "The museum is five blocks from here.".
"You can't go, the police will be there..."
"Huntress must be in trouble." she said pressing the button of the elevator. In that moment the door opened up and Huntress practically fell on top of Barbara. She reached for her to avoid her hitting her face against the chair.
"Huntress!!" she shouted.
"My ears..." she mumbled resting her head in Barbara's lap trying to stay awake.
"Take her to the infirmary Alfred!" Barbara exclaimed.
"Are you okay Miss Helena?" Alfred asked helping her to wake up. He took her practically crawling to the infirmary and laid her in the bed.
"What happened?" Barbara came closer quickly.
"Dinah threw me above a cabinet..." Huntress said with a low voice. Her ears hurt her terribly. "More than 5,000 years of history fell over me... Oww, my ears..."
"Where is she?"
"After she almost killed me, she ran away..." Huntress pressed her teeth together. "Barbara, my ears are killing me!"
"Let me check you" Barbara went to the drawer and took an special intrument to check her eardrums "What was that sound?. I lost your signal suddenly" She sat next to her and examined her necklace. As she fingered it, she noticed that it had a slight blackness about the circuting "I think that the sound broke the wiring of your mic, in other words, short circuited it. Let me see your ears."
Helena jumped when she felt the tip of the instrument in her ear.
"Don't move..." Barbara requested "What was that sound?"
"... I don't know, I was grabbing Dinah and suddenly I heard it. I had to let her go to cover my ears. That was when she threw me above the cabinet. She escaped and I left the way you saw me come in. I couldn't walk..."
"I don't know how you got here... If the sound damaged your necklace, it is obvious that affected your whole nervous system. Your eardrums are very irritated... I will give you an analgesic." Barbara left the instrument on the table. "Alfred, help me remove her jacket..."
"Why...?" In that moment Huntress realized that she had gotten cut. "My jacket! Damn! It's ripped! I can do it myself." Helena tried to sit up but her movements were clumsy and her hands trembled.
"No, you can't..." Barbara said making a sign for Alfred to help her. This time Helena didn't protest "The ears maintain the corporal balance, a very strong sound can alter that balance, affecting concentration and movement. That sound that you heard was extremely high, and therefore affected you."
Barbara gave the jacket to Alfred and turned her wheelchair to a table where a jar of water sat and she poured a glass.
Alfred held out the jacket and he observed it thoroughly. "I regret to say Miss Helena, that it is useless"
"Don't tell me that!" Huntress closed her eyes.
"Takes this." Barbara came closer helping her lift her head to take some pills "it will help stop the pain in your ears."
Barbara set the glass of water aside and took some gauzes. Helena had two big cuts, one in the right arm and another in her left forearm.
"Will I be okay soon?" Helena asked.
"The human ears need more than 16 hours of rest to compensate 2 hours of exhibition to 100 dB, like in a disco, but you received more than 145. However, you are meta, so maybe in five hours you will feel better. The sounds of more of 120 dB can damage the ear cells and can cause hearing loss. Thank God it seems that was not your case."
"I didn't understand anything." Helena grimaced, the antiseptic burned her wounds.
"Well," Barbara sighed while she cleaned her arm "A motorcycle produces 90 DbA, a speaker of a rock group near a meter, 110 DbA; an airplane near 25 meters 150DbA. Generally this breaks the eardrums. My system of audio registered that the sound that you heard was of more than 145 DbA. At a very short distance, if you listened to it a little longer would kill you."
"The sound could kill me? Hey!" Helena jumped lightly when felt the antiseptic on her cheek.
"Yes, will you be still? We won't end up this way..."
"Ok, ok. Why is Dinah stealing Egyptian artifacts from museums? I don't understand... "
"Me neither, something must have happened to her. As soon as I finish with you, I'll investigate it."
* * *
Dinah arrived to the old zoo New Gotham and entered the dark grottos. She walked in a long dark corridor until she found herself in a strange place; it was lit with rows of torches, similar to that of an old Egyptian pyramid.
The man in a green suit, who had been waiting for her, smiled as he saw her.
"Could you so it my dear?" he asked anxiously.
"Yes, I had a small problem, but here it is," she handed him the Scepter of Horus.
"Problem?"
"Huntress appeared."
"Huntress? Who is Huntress?"
"The girl I work with.But it's ok, don't worry."
"Is she like you?" Dinah had perked his curiosity.
"No, she's different; she's half meta and half human, because of her father, Batman."
The man stood paralyzed as he heard the name. He stared at Dinah, "Batman? Your friend is the daughter of Batman, Bruce Wayne?"
Dinah felt a little scared, "Yes. do you know him?"
"You don't have any idea how many times I tried to convince him to be part of my organization. He was an extraordinary detective and fighter, but when he refused my offer he became my enemy. He would have been a magnificent element."
Ra's mind began to loose itself as it wondered into memories of the old times. Suddenly he raised his head, "What abilities does your friend have?"
"Well, Helena is like a cat, she can jump very high buildings, she's quick, well skilled, fights very well and really dangerous, she has night vision. She isn't a genius though."
Ra's kept silent for a while before he asked, "And do you know where to find her?"
"Sure, why?"
"I believe it is through people I need to achieve my plan successfully, the gods have favored me, first I found you and now, her."
"I don't understand you, but if you want."
"You will soon understand my small apprentice, you will soon understand."
