CHAPTER 10

Commissioner O'Reiley entered Arkham Asylum and the officers opened up the electrified gates for him. He entered a large gloomy room with a large octagon shaped plastic cell, which could only be opened by a remote. Inside the cell was Harley Quinn who stood up as he entered the room. She smiled as she approached the wall that was between her and him. "Well, our little Helena has proven to be a little more of a nuisance than we have anticipated, honey."

Commissioner O'Reiley smiled, as he approached the plastic cell wall. "It appears that the young bird has come of age. The daughter of the Black Canary has grown up and ready to fly on her own. This is no significant set back. How are things going on in here?"

Harley grinned devilishly. "I have this cute little security guard under my power doing anything I tell him to do. Our little army has begun to take form."

Commissioner O'Reiley laughed. "This is great news, my love. The countdown to the destruction of New Gotham and its heroes has begun. They will not know what hit them until it's too late."

"Your plan is such delightfully brilliant and evil. Soon, everyone will know and fear us, Bane and Harley Quinn, the villains who conquered New Gotham. That does have a beautiful ring to it, doesn't it?"

* * * *

The balancing beams were set up directly in front of the clock. Barbara in her chair was at the end as Dr. Maxwell was standing in front of her between the two poles. "Okay, you are not going to be able to do much walking, if any. Today, we are going to try to stand up. Push yourself up out of the chair with these poles and try to stand for as long as you can, putting most of the pressure onto your arms for now. Are you ready to try?"

Barbara took a deep breath. She had been waiting for this moment all her life. She never imagined that her path to being able to walk again would actually have a beginning. This was that beginning that she though would never come. Now that it has come, was she ready to see it through to the end? "Let's do it." Barbara replied.

She placed her hands on the polls and gathered up as much strength as she could. She pushed down on the poles as hard as she could. Her veins bulged from her neck and forehead as she put every ounce of strength she had. Slowly she raised herself out of the wheelchair. Her knees were straightening up and before she knew it, she was standing on her own two feet, without any assistance from her device. She remained standing for ten seconds before she collapsed. Dr. Maxwell was there to catch her and help her back into her chair. "That was ten seconds of standing on you own."

"That wasn't very long?" Barbara replied, feeling a little down about being able to stand only a few seconds.

"Hey, this is not going to be a fast process. It will take a many months before you are capable of walking perfectly on your own. Those ten seconds were longer than you have ever stood on your own before. Anyway, that's all for today. There is no sense overdoing it on your first day."

* * * *

Dinah was standing on the ledge outside the clock. It was starting to flurry from the gray skies the loomed over New Gotham. The weather was perfect because it was exactly how she felt.

She was joined by Helena and Barbara in her wheelchair. "How are you holding up, Dinah?" Barbara asked.

"I miss him a lot," Dinah said mournfully. "I wish the pain would go away."

"It will, Dinah, in time, but there will always be a part of you that will mourn for him. Trust me, I know."

Dinah knew that Barbara knew very well with the death of Wade. Dinah looked down at her feet. Barbara placed a hand on her shoulder. "Before he died, he touched me and I felt strange. I…I don't know what he did, but I knew he did it to remember him by."

"Whatever it is, I'm sure it will reveal itself. I don't think you have to worry about that," Barbara replied. Dinah looked at her and smiled before looking out onto New Gotham once again. "Having given it some thought, I think you're ready to start going out with Helena as her partner."

"Really?" Dinah's mood lightened up a little.

"Of course you're ready. After your display in handling Mr. Donaldson," Helena said.

"That's right. I think you've proven that you are ready for on the street training with Helena. Keep in mind, whatever Helena tells you to do, you do. She is your mentor now, so she is the authority. You two will need to work together, and not against each other. You both must be on the same page at all times."

"You think you can handle that?" Helena smiled.

"I can handle that," Dinah said excitedly.

"I hope so, because I'm not going to be easy on you," Helena laughed. The three of them laughed as they decided to go inside and keep warm.

THE END

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