Ubu abruptly opened the door of Ra's room, he glared at him angry.
"They left!" he shouted.
"Excuse me?"
"The girls aren“t here, they ran away"
Ra's smiled, maybe the blond girl somehow had broken his charm, but it was too late, he got Huntress and with her, he will catch Dinah again. He loved the strong combat skills and the force of both girls, they would be so helpful.
"Easy Ubu, easy, no problem." He said.
"But."
"Bastet is going to look for me soon, nobody could stop that now. Don't worry."
"And the blond girl?"
"When Bastet comes here, she can help us to catch her again, it will be most easy. Now, go!"
* * *
Oracle continued looking for hints to locate Huntress and Dinah. Reese helped her from his office but the information until that moment didn't take them to any side. She felt tired, there had been moments of enormous tension and she had not rested a moment. She rubbed her eyes with her fingers.
"And if you go to bed a moment miss Barbara?" Alfred asked her coming closer with a cup of coffee.
"Alfred I wouldn't, although I wished, I wouldn't be able to, knowing that Dinah and Helena are in danger."
They looked frightened when they heard the door of the elevator open up. Oracle felt an enormous relief when she saw the two youths.
"Thanks God! Are you ok?" Barbara wheeled toward them.
"I'm ok, Helena's not..." Dinah went to the infirmary, helping Huntress to walk.
"What happened?" Barbara lowered the ramp, Alfred followed her.
"Somehow Ra's put a charm on me, Huntress was able to make me return to reality" Dinah reclined Helena on the bed and she cleaned the perspiration on her forehead "but it was too late, Ra's gave her something to drink and I couldn't help her."
Barbara stopped her wheelchair next to Helena, she was almost unconscious, she breathed heavily with her mouth half-open trying to take air to her lungs. Barbara saw some strange white tips leaning out inside her mouth, she came closer and she raised Helena's upper lip a little, she was terrified when she found fangs where her teeth were.
"What the hell is this?" she shouted, scared.
Huntress half-opened her eyelids when she heard her scream. Barbara could see in that moment her cat pupils in the reddish orange iris. She understood the graveness of the situation then, and looked at Dinah, concerned.
"I don't know what happened." Dinah told her with tears in her eyes and grabbing her arms, she felt guilty "Ra's forced her to take this drink... and I helped him, she tried to escape but I helped him to... God!" the youth started crying.
"Dinah, calm down" Barbara took her arm "I Need you to remember, What did he give her?"
"I don't know... a potion that he had prepared, it's transforming her in something, Ra's said that Bastet is going to enter into her. You have to stop it."
Barbara took out a manual lamp and wheeled toward Helena. Barbara took her face with her hand.
"Huntress, open your eyes." she asked. Huntress half-open her lids slowly "Do you see the light?" Barbara passed the beam of light directly on her pupils, "Do you see the light Huntress?"
"The light...?" the girl hesitated. "Where?..."
"The light... in your eyes, do you see it?
"Where is it.?" Huntress moved her head searching for it.
Barbara swallowed and looked confused at Dinah and Alfred. "Forget it," she said trying not to worry Huntress, she left the lamp to a side and put on a pair of gloves quickly "First, I need to take some samples of your body."
She took out a rehearsal tube, and leaned towards Helena opening her mouth to take a sample of saliva, she stared at her fangs thoroughly, she never had seen something like that. She placed the sample in the rehearsal tube and gave it to Dinah. Barbara noticed in that moment the dry blood in Helena's ears, she covered her mouth with one of her hands and she remained some instants in silence. She bit her lip and thought about her words before asking, she would hurt Dinah.
"... Was it the noise?" she finally asked Dinah.
Dinah looked at Helena's ears and agreed sadly with her head. Barbara pressed her hand.
"It's Okay, don't worry, please clean her ears, then take the scanner and pass it her whole body. I will take some blood samples. The noise produced an internal hemorrhage, she should have broken eardrums."
"Oh God! Will she able to hear again?". Dinah could not avoid it, the tears sprang from her eyes again. She had told Ra's all of Helena's secrets, she had helped him to catch her. If something happened to her, she must live with it, the rest of her life.
"Easy Dinah, they will heal on their own, I don't believe that it is that serious." Barbara tried to tranquilize her "She heard us perfectly well. If the perforation was big, it can be closed with an operation."
"Barbara....?" she heard Helena's weak voice.
"Yes?..." Barbara took her hand and she noticed the dry blood on Helena's hands, she had stained them when she covered her ears trying to protect them against the noise. She felt a knot in her throat.
"Barbara... am I dying...?" Helena moved her eyes looking for her and she realized that she was blind.
"No, you are not dying." she caressed her hair and stared with sadness at lost look in her eyes, those eyes usually blue and brilliant, now completely unrecognizable because of that red color.
"I can't see..."
"It's the effect of the drug that Ra's gave you, don't worry."
"What... is happening to me?" her breathing began to shorten and it became quick, similar as to the breathing of a wounded animal.
"I don't know, but we are trying to help you." Barbara gave her a soft clap on her cheek.
Dinah finished scanning her body, Barbara took out the samples that she needed and she gave them to Dinah "Get it, while I go to the computer to check the images that you took."
Suddenly Helena took Barbara's wrist strongly, she opened her eyes, her iris had grown, the color had transformed into a dark red, she began to tremble. Barbara saw that her fingernails had become fine claws.
"Damn..." Oracle mumbled scared "What is this?"
"Barbara..." Helena whispered, she felt a terrible pain in her chest "... help me..."
Oracle saw the desperation in her face "Trust in me, I'm on that." she told her.
"I can't breathe..." Huntress' began to feel as if she was drowning, she pressed Oracle's hand strongly.
"Barbara, I. " Huntress grunted arching her body. Oracle looked at her, frightened, Dinah tried to sustain her to the bed but her force was incredible, and she fanned her. Alfred pulled Barbara back to prevent Huntress from hurting her.
Helena fell to the floor convulsing for a few seconds, suddenly she was immobile. Dinah came closer and slowly touched her arm. Helena raised her face, her eyes were totally covered with the red color, her ears were sharpened and the eyeteeth had grown more than a centimeter, she grunted like a wild animal and she threw a punch at Dinah, she avoided her claws and Huntress ripped the iron table behind Dinah.
Helena got up and she hit furiously the iron bed and bend it. She looked scared at her surroundings, gave a jump and fell near the gear of the clock, she took one of the tables and threw it against the window, she wanted hopelessly to leave.
"No Helena!" Barbara exclaimed, but the girl didn't listen and she jumped over the glass. Dinah ran after her trying to stop her. She only reached the window to see Huntress run and hurtle for the balcony.
"No!" she screamed knowing that she couldn't survive the fall. She stopped on the border and her heart sunk, Barbara hugged her.
"No Helena, No! It was my fault. Everything was my fault!" the girl cried.
"No Dinah, calm down." Barbara tried to console her.
"She is dead Barbara." Dinah hid her face in Barbara's lap.
"No Dinah, i don't believe it, she has an incredible force now, she is not herself, I'm sure she is looking for Ra's, remembers that she became that Egyptian goddess. I need that you calm down now, you have to help me find her. I need you here, now, Do you understand? Here, now...."
"They left!" he shouted.
"Excuse me?"
"The girls aren“t here, they ran away"
Ra's smiled, maybe the blond girl somehow had broken his charm, but it was too late, he got Huntress and with her, he will catch Dinah again. He loved the strong combat skills and the force of both girls, they would be so helpful.
"Easy Ubu, easy, no problem." He said.
"But."
"Bastet is going to look for me soon, nobody could stop that now. Don't worry."
"And the blond girl?"
"When Bastet comes here, she can help us to catch her again, it will be most easy. Now, go!"
* * *
Oracle continued looking for hints to locate Huntress and Dinah. Reese helped her from his office but the information until that moment didn't take them to any side. She felt tired, there had been moments of enormous tension and she had not rested a moment. She rubbed her eyes with her fingers.
"And if you go to bed a moment miss Barbara?" Alfred asked her coming closer with a cup of coffee.
"Alfred I wouldn't, although I wished, I wouldn't be able to, knowing that Dinah and Helena are in danger."
They looked frightened when they heard the door of the elevator open up. Oracle felt an enormous relief when she saw the two youths.
"Thanks God! Are you ok?" Barbara wheeled toward them.
"I'm ok, Helena's not..." Dinah went to the infirmary, helping Huntress to walk.
"What happened?" Barbara lowered the ramp, Alfred followed her.
"Somehow Ra's put a charm on me, Huntress was able to make me return to reality" Dinah reclined Helena on the bed and she cleaned the perspiration on her forehead "but it was too late, Ra's gave her something to drink and I couldn't help her."
Barbara stopped her wheelchair next to Helena, she was almost unconscious, she breathed heavily with her mouth half-open trying to take air to her lungs. Barbara saw some strange white tips leaning out inside her mouth, she came closer and she raised Helena's upper lip a little, she was terrified when she found fangs where her teeth were.
"What the hell is this?" she shouted, scared.
Huntress half-opened her eyelids when she heard her scream. Barbara could see in that moment her cat pupils in the reddish orange iris. She understood the graveness of the situation then, and looked at Dinah, concerned.
"I don't know what happened." Dinah told her with tears in her eyes and grabbing her arms, she felt guilty "Ra's forced her to take this drink... and I helped him, she tried to escape but I helped him to... God!" the youth started crying.
"Dinah, calm down" Barbara took her arm "I Need you to remember, What did he give her?"
"I don't know... a potion that he had prepared, it's transforming her in something, Ra's said that Bastet is going to enter into her. You have to stop it."
Barbara took out a manual lamp and wheeled toward Helena. Barbara took her face with her hand.
"Huntress, open your eyes." she asked. Huntress half-open her lids slowly "Do you see the light?" Barbara passed the beam of light directly on her pupils, "Do you see the light Huntress?"
"The light...?" the girl hesitated. "Where?..."
"The light... in your eyes, do you see it?
"Where is it.?" Huntress moved her head searching for it.
Barbara swallowed and looked confused at Dinah and Alfred. "Forget it," she said trying not to worry Huntress, she left the lamp to a side and put on a pair of gloves quickly "First, I need to take some samples of your body."
She took out a rehearsal tube, and leaned towards Helena opening her mouth to take a sample of saliva, she stared at her fangs thoroughly, she never had seen something like that. She placed the sample in the rehearsal tube and gave it to Dinah. Barbara noticed in that moment the dry blood in Helena's ears, she covered her mouth with one of her hands and she remained some instants in silence. She bit her lip and thought about her words before asking, she would hurt Dinah.
"... Was it the noise?" she finally asked Dinah.
Dinah looked at Helena's ears and agreed sadly with her head. Barbara pressed her hand.
"It's Okay, don't worry, please clean her ears, then take the scanner and pass it her whole body. I will take some blood samples. The noise produced an internal hemorrhage, she should have broken eardrums."
"Oh God! Will she able to hear again?". Dinah could not avoid it, the tears sprang from her eyes again. She had told Ra's all of Helena's secrets, she had helped him to catch her. If something happened to her, she must live with it, the rest of her life.
"Easy Dinah, they will heal on their own, I don't believe that it is that serious." Barbara tried to tranquilize her "She heard us perfectly well. If the perforation was big, it can be closed with an operation."
"Barbara....?" she heard Helena's weak voice.
"Yes?..." Barbara took her hand and she noticed the dry blood on Helena's hands, she had stained them when she covered her ears trying to protect them against the noise. She felt a knot in her throat.
"Barbara... am I dying...?" Helena moved her eyes looking for her and she realized that she was blind.
"No, you are not dying." she caressed her hair and stared with sadness at lost look in her eyes, those eyes usually blue and brilliant, now completely unrecognizable because of that red color.
"I can't see..."
"It's the effect of the drug that Ra's gave you, don't worry."
"What... is happening to me?" her breathing began to shorten and it became quick, similar as to the breathing of a wounded animal.
"I don't know, but we are trying to help you." Barbara gave her a soft clap on her cheek.
Dinah finished scanning her body, Barbara took out the samples that she needed and she gave them to Dinah "Get it, while I go to the computer to check the images that you took."
Suddenly Helena took Barbara's wrist strongly, she opened her eyes, her iris had grown, the color had transformed into a dark red, she began to tremble. Barbara saw that her fingernails had become fine claws.
"Damn..." Oracle mumbled scared "What is this?"
"Barbara..." Helena whispered, she felt a terrible pain in her chest "... help me..."
Oracle saw the desperation in her face "Trust in me, I'm on that." she told her.
"I can't breathe..." Huntress' began to feel as if she was drowning, she pressed Oracle's hand strongly.
"Barbara, I. " Huntress grunted arching her body. Oracle looked at her, frightened, Dinah tried to sustain her to the bed but her force was incredible, and she fanned her. Alfred pulled Barbara back to prevent Huntress from hurting her.
Helena fell to the floor convulsing for a few seconds, suddenly she was immobile. Dinah came closer and slowly touched her arm. Helena raised her face, her eyes were totally covered with the red color, her ears were sharpened and the eyeteeth had grown more than a centimeter, she grunted like a wild animal and she threw a punch at Dinah, she avoided her claws and Huntress ripped the iron table behind Dinah.
Helena got up and she hit furiously the iron bed and bend it. She looked scared at her surroundings, gave a jump and fell near the gear of the clock, she took one of the tables and threw it against the window, she wanted hopelessly to leave.
"No Helena!" Barbara exclaimed, but the girl didn't listen and she jumped over the glass. Dinah ran after her trying to stop her. She only reached the window to see Huntress run and hurtle for the balcony.
"No!" she screamed knowing that she couldn't survive the fall. She stopped on the border and her heart sunk, Barbara hugged her.
"No Helena, No! It was my fault. Everything was my fault!" the girl cried.
"No Dinah, calm down." Barbara tried to console her.
"She is dead Barbara." Dinah hid her face in Barbara's lap.
"No Dinah, i don't believe it, she has an incredible force now, she is not herself, I'm sure she is looking for Ra's, remembers that she became that Egyptian goddess. I need that you calm down now, you have to help me find her. I need you here, now, Do you understand? Here, now...."
