Barbara moved as quick as she could possibly move, before acting she had to
be prepared. She began to revise the data she had gathered section for
section, the results of the chemical composition of the blood and saliva of
Helena worried her, shet put all her attention into trying to understand
that enormous puzzle.
"What the hell is this?" Barbara thought seeing the strange molecular structure that she had found, it was a very unusual composition of plants and elements.
"Will you be able to prepare an antidote?" Dinah asked as she entered the room and looked at the stranger spiral on the screen.
".I don't think so, I've never seen something like this before..." Barbara kept silent "This is worse than I imagined, I cannot reverse the process, Ra's needed a body with certain characteristics to be able to use for Bastet. Helena didn't drink a potion that charmed her, Ra's prepared her body and her organism to receive Bastet, it is a possession. Bastet is already in her, I cannot reverse the process."
"What happens now?" Dinah asked, worried.
"I don't know... God!" Barbara covered her eyes with her hands "I Need to sleep a while, and we don't have time."
* * *
Ra's examined the plans of the chemical plant in New Gothic City on a stone table illuminated by the light of a torch. He listened to noises outside of the room, suddenly the door was demolished violently. Huntress entered the room, Ra's looked her, pleased, and did a nodded slightly. Huntress walked up to him and grippped him strongly by the neck. Ubu tried to stop her but she threw him against the wall leaving him unconscious.
"Bastet, wait!" Ra's said with drowned voice.
Bastet grunted angry. Ra's tried to breath.
"Excuse for not having welcomed you," he whispered "I invoked you because I need your help to rescue mother nature from human depredation. The Earth is being destroyed... Let me show you!"
Huntress loosened her grip on Ra's and he knelt on the floor lowering his head "My dear Bastet, it is a pleasure to have contributed to your return. Excuse the delay, but I believe that you have realized that the body that I obtained for you is magnificent, and has been worth the delay. I will show you what is happening."
Ra's approached the table and he showed the plans to her. "This is our immediate goal, destroy buildings like this one, come with me and I will show you."
* * *
A series of disasters in chemical and industrial plants began to occur in New Gotham City, leaving them completely useless. The police had not been able to detect what was happening. Reese knew the cause of the accidents but he preferred to keep that information only between him and Oracle, for the moment, trying to give her time to find the best alternative to rescue Helena. He felt really concerned, but he couldn't do more, Oracle was working in it and he had put all his trust in her.
Dinah was in front of the monitor, she was looking at the last report sent by Reese and some pictures.
"Huntress again?" Barbara asked, wheeling in the room.
"Yes." Dinah sighed, giving her the pictures and leaving her to fall on the couch.
Barbara observed them, goal pieces ripped by claws and metal doors left practically in two could be seen clearly. "Damn," Barbara mumbled seeing each one of the impressions.
"Five of these in less than 7 days..." Dinah crossed her hands and pressed her lips together. "We must go look for them at the first possible moment..."
"And how is it that we are supposed to go stop Huntress?" Barbara responded putting the pictures in the table and moving closer to her monitor. "The force that she has is impressive, she will sweep us in less than one minute. Also, Ra's would surely be waiting for you, he will wait for the smallest opportunity to catch you again."
"They are no longer at the zoological! How we will locate them now?"
"They will appear soon, Ra's won't stop now that he has Bastet by his side. We have to think of something, we are not facing somebody common." The alarm was activated, Barbara raised her head. "Reese..." she said and dialed the telephone.
:: Oracle:: His voice was listless.
"Hello detective... we are looking at what you have just sent us."
::Do you have more information about Huntress?::
"No, I am working on that, Ra's is a lunatic and with Huntress'..." Oracle hesitated looking for the appropriate word "... full possesion, it is suicide to try to stop them..."
::I have been thinking that perhaps we will use gas to make them sleep...::
"Well, and what are you going to do when Huntress wakes up? I don't believe that there is anything that can restrain her. Look at those doors, they were cut as if they were paper."
::Oracle, we have to stop her quickly or they will take extreme measures... do you know what that means?::
"Yes I know... Don't worry, we will solve this as soon as possible." Barbara hung up the phone and closed her eyes. She felt an enormous pressure from above, she was at a dead end.
"I brought you coffee." Dinah's voice took her out of her thoughts, she opened her eyes and saw a cup of coffee in front of her.
"Thank you." As Barbara took a sip, she looked at the blond youth. "Dinah... How were you able to create the Canary Cry?"
"I don't know it..." she lowered her head, embarrassed.
"It's ok, I was just curious. I thought that you would have the ability to achieve it but not until you grew a little more... I never imagined that you could do it now, What did Ra's Ra's do to you?."
"He make me drink a beverage and suddenly everything that he told me was good for me..."
"And how did you sing the canary cry?"
"I was angry, first at the Museum, Huntress pushed me against the floor... and suddenly... out it came... and later, she made me angry again when she was talking with Ra's at the bar, it came out..."
"Have you tried to do it now?"
"Yes, but I am not able to... and I hurt Helena so much, I have her look nailed in my head."
"Dinah, it wasn't your fault, he charmed you, now we have to look for a way to rescue her. You must learn, this work is hard and you need think first what to do or you will be death. "
"Maybe he is going to attack the President tomorrow during his visit to the Museum, taking advantage of the fact that he has transformed Helena into Batset."
Oracle looked at her, surprised. "Yes, it's possible, we have to stop him before. We need do something."
"Let me try it" Dinah asked.
"No, I don't want see you death."
"But."
"Dinah! Please!" Oracle said angry "I know that you feel that this is your fault but it isn't, remember that. Catch Huntress is going to be difficult, but will be most difficult keep her hold in a cell! Look the pictures again! Helena didn't drink a potion that charmed her, Ra's prepared her body to receive Bastet, it's a possession of an old Egyptian Goddess..." Oracle suddenly kept silence.
".What happen?"
"Dinah, go to the freezer and on the last shelf there are three flasks with plants, bring them to me."
Dinah obeyed immediately. Barbara supported her elbows on the desk and she covered her face with her hands, she felt exhausted. A few seconds later, Dinah returned and gave her the flasks, Barbara examined them.
"Ra's cannot kill Helena," she explained to Dinah "if he does, Batset will need to leave her beforehand or she would also die. We have to get Batset out of Helena's body, and the only way to do it, is to kill the body."
"What are you talking about?" Dinah was paralyzed. "You want to kill Helena?"
"No, take her to the borderline. With some plants from the Caribbean and Africa like those that I have here, I can prepare a substance that produces apparent death when arriving at the heart. At least sufficiently enough that the doctors will certify the death. The heart rhythm will decrease to the minimum. It is a natural chemical. But if the process doesn't stop quickly, it can really cause the death."
"That is very dangerous."
"We don't have alternative, we have to act quickly." Barbara wheeled around, heading for the laboratory.
* * *
Oracle had been studying samples in the microscope. Her eyes felt heavy with lack of sleep but she forced herself to continue. A noise outside startled her; she grabbed one of her Escrima sticks from a drawer and wheeled herself toward the door.
A fist punched through the door followed by a kick that made the door fall to the floor. Standing in front of her was Helena or Bastet her eyes glowing an evil red. Barbara felt a shiver run through her body.
"Helena?" she said wheeling backward, "It's me, Barbara, remember?"
Helena raised one of her claws. Barbara raised her Escrima stick in response. Helena growled and she slammed one of mixers against the wall, she took a table and smashed it to the floor.
Dinah opened her eyes; she had fallen asleep while reviewing some files. She was covered with a blanket. "Alfred must have done this." She thought and smiled. The Clocktower was quiet and she looked at the clock, it read 2 a.m. Dinah started to walk toward the lab.
"Helena!" Barbara shouted when saw Huntress walking toward her "I'm Barbara!" she tried to hit her with the Escrima stick but Helena snapped it in half and grabbed Barbara by the neck raising her out of her chair. Barbara tried breaking the hold, but Helena was too strong. Suddenly, she felt the claws of Helena's other hand bury into her abdomen. Barbara was in agony. She hugged Helena, just as Helena buried the claw deeper.
"No Helena." she whispered, knowing the wound was fatal.
"What the hell is this?" Barbara thought seeing the strange molecular structure that she had found, it was a very unusual composition of plants and elements.
"Will you be able to prepare an antidote?" Dinah asked as she entered the room and looked at the stranger spiral on the screen.
".I don't think so, I've never seen something like this before..." Barbara kept silent "This is worse than I imagined, I cannot reverse the process, Ra's needed a body with certain characteristics to be able to use for Bastet. Helena didn't drink a potion that charmed her, Ra's prepared her body and her organism to receive Bastet, it is a possession. Bastet is already in her, I cannot reverse the process."
"What happens now?" Dinah asked, worried.
"I don't know... God!" Barbara covered her eyes with her hands "I Need to sleep a while, and we don't have time."
* * *
Ra's examined the plans of the chemical plant in New Gothic City on a stone table illuminated by the light of a torch. He listened to noises outside of the room, suddenly the door was demolished violently. Huntress entered the room, Ra's looked her, pleased, and did a nodded slightly. Huntress walked up to him and grippped him strongly by the neck. Ubu tried to stop her but she threw him against the wall leaving him unconscious.
"Bastet, wait!" Ra's said with drowned voice.
Bastet grunted angry. Ra's tried to breath.
"Excuse for not having welcomed you," he whispered "I invoked you because I need your help to rescue mother nature from human depredation. The Earth is being destroyed... Let me show you!"
Huntress loosened her grip on Ra's and he knelt on the floor lowering his head "My dear Bastet, it is a pleasure to have contributed to your return. Excuse the delay, but I believe that you have realized that the body that I obtained for you is magnificent, and has been worth the delay. I will show you what is happening."
Ra's approached the table and he showed the plans to her. "This is our immediate goal, destroy buildings like this one, come with me and I will show you."
* * *
A series of disasters in chemical and industrial plants began to occur in New Gotham City, leaving them completely useless. The police had not been able to detect what was happening. Reese knew the cause of the accidents but he preferred to keep that information only between him and Oracle, for the moment, trying to give her time to find the best alternative to rescue Helena. He felt really concerned, but he couldn't do more, Oracle was working in it and he had put all his trust in her.
Dinah was in front of the monitor, she was looking at the last report sent by Reese and some pictures.
"Huntress again?" Barbara asked, wheeling in the room.
"Yes." Dinah sighed, giving her the pictures and leaving her to fall on the couch.
Barbara observed them, goal pieces ripped by claws and metal doors left practically in two could be seen clearly. "Damn," Barbara mumbled seeing each one of the impressions.
"Five of these in less than 7 days..." Dinah crossed her hands and pressed her lips together. "We must go look for them at the first possible moment..."
"And how is it that we are supposed to go stop Huntress?" Barbara responded putting the pictures in the table and moving closer to her monitor. "The force that she has is impressive, she will sweep us in less than one minute. Also, Ra's would surely be waiting for you, he will wait for the smallest opportunity to catch you again."
"They are no longer at the zoological! How we will locate them now?"
"They will appear soon, Ra's won't stop now that he has Bastet by his side. We have to think of something, we are not facing somebody common." The alarm was activated, Barbara raised her head. "Reese..." she said and dialed the telephone.
:: Oracle:: His voice was listless.
"Hello detective... we are looking at what you have just sent us."
::Do you have more information about Huntress?::
"No, I am working on that, Ra's is a lunatic and with Huntress'..." Oracle hesitated looking for the appropriate word "... full possesion, it is suicide to try to stop them..."
::I have been thinking that perhaps we will use gas to make them sleep...::
"Well, and what are you going to do when Huntress wakes up? I don't believe that there is anything that can restrain her. Look at those doors, they were cut as if they were paper."
::Oracle, we have to stop her quickly or they will take extreme measures... do you know what that means?::
"Yes I know... Don't worry, we will solve this as soon as possible." Barbara hung up the phone and closed her eyes. She felt an enormous pressure from above, she was at a dead end.
"I brought you coffee." Dinah's voice took her out of her thoughts, she opened her eyes and saw a cup of coffee in front of her.
"Thank you." As Barbara took a sip, she looked at the blond youth. "Dinah... How were you able to create the Canary Cry?"
"I don't know it..." she lowered her head, embarrassed.
"It's ok, I was just curious. I thought that you would have the ability to achieve it but not until you grew a little more... I never imagined that you could do it now, What did Ra's Ra's do to you?."
"He make me drink a beverage and suddenly everything that he told me was good for me..."
"And how did you sing the canary cry?"
"I was angry, first at the Museum, Huntress pushed me against the floor... and suddenly... out it came... and later, she made me angry again when she was talking with Ra's at the bar, it came out..."
"Have you tried to do it now?"
"Yes, but I am not able to... and I hurt Helena so much, I have her look nailed in my head."
"Dinah, it wasn't your fault, he charmed you, now we have to look for a way to rescue her. You must learn, this work is hard and you need think first what to do or you will be death. "
"Maybe he is going to attack the President tomorrow during his visit to the Museum, taking advantage of the fact that he has transformed Helena into Batset."
Oracle looked at her, surprised. "Yes, it's possible, we have to stop him before. We need do something."
"Let me try it" Dinah asked.
"No, I don't want see you death."
"But."
"Dinah! Please!" Oracle said angry "I know that you feel that this is your fault but it isn't, remember that. Catch Huntress is going to be difficult, but will be most difficult keep her hold in a cell! Look the pictures again! Helena didn't drink a potion that charmed her, Ra's prepared her body to receive Bastet, it's a possession of an old Egyptian Goddess..." Oracle suddenly kept silence.
".What happen?"
"Dinah, go to the freezer and on the last shelf there are three flasks with plants, bring them to me."
Dinah obeyed immediately. Barbara supported her elbows on the desk and she covered her face with her hands, she felt exhausted. A few seconds later, Dinah returned and gave her the flasks, Barbara examined them.
"Ra's cannot kill Helena," she explained to Dinah "if he does, Batset will need to leave her beforehand or she would also die. We have to get Batset out of Helena's body, and the only way to do it, is to kill the body."
"What are you talking about?" Dinah was paralyzed. "You want to kill Helena?"
"No, take her to the borderline. With some plants from the Caribbean and Africa like those that I have here, I can prepare a substance that produces apparent death when arriving at the heart. At least sufficiently enough that the doctors will certify the death. The heart rhythm will decrease to the minimum. It is a natural chemical. But if the process doesn't stop quickly, it can really cause the death."
"That is very dangerous."
"We don't have alternative, we have to act quickly." Barbara wheeled around, heading for the laboratory.
* * *
Oracle had been studying samples in the microscope. Her eyes felt heavy with lack of sleep but she forced herself to continue. A noise outside startled her; she grabbed one of her Escrima sticks from a drawer and wheeled herself toward the door.
A fist punched through the door followed by a kick that made the door fall to the floor. Standing in front of her was Helena or Bastet her eyes glowing an evil red. Barbara felt a shiver run through her body.
"Helena?" she said wheeling backward, "It's me, Barbara, remember?"
Helena raised one of her claws. Barbara raised her Escrima stick in response. Helena growled and she slammed one of mixers against the wall, she took a table and smashed it to the floor.
Dinah opened her eyes; she had fallen asleep while reviewing some files. She was covered with a blanket. "Alfred must have done this." She thought and smiled. The Clocktower was quiet and she looked at the clock, it read 2 a.m. Dinah started to walk toward the lab.
"Helena!" Barbara shouted when saw Huntress walking toward her "I'm Barbara!" she tried to hit her with the Escrima stick but Helena snapped it in half and grabbed Barbara by the neck raising her out of her chair. Barbara tried breaking the hold, but Helena was too strong. Suddenly, she felt the claws of Helena's other hand bury into her abdomen. Barbara was in agony. She hugged Helena, just as Helena buried the claw deeper.
"No Helena." she whispered, knowing the wound was fatal.
