CHAPTER 8
Barbara, Richard, and Alfred had gone out, leaving Dinah alone to guard the clock tower and Helena. Where they had gone, she had no idea; they didn't say anything to her, neither did she ask. She was happy that Barbara finally had the confidence to handle a major task like this, but at the same time, she really was not thrilled to be left alone with Helena right then. Helena had said some pretty mean words to her, and right now, she did not want to even speak with her.
She was only trying to help her, but instead, she threw it back in her face. That hurt Dinah deeply. She would keep an eye on Helena, but right now, she had no desire to talk to her. She was sitting on a chair that she had pulled up to the metal platform, and watching the security video to make sure Raven did not get in.
A loud crashing came from her and Helena's bedroom. "Helena?" Dinah jumped out of her seat. She ran a few steps and jumped onto the desk and from there jumped high into the air, almost as if she could fly and nearly in the same way Helena was able to do it. She landed on the second level and ran into the room where she saw Helena sitting on the floor, with broken glass all around. It looked like Helena had a glass in her hand when she tripped. Now her right wrist was bleeding profusely. She made no effort in getting up, she remained sitting on the floor, weeping.
"Helena, are you all right?" Dinah knelt down besides Helena. "Don't help me, I don't deserve it, not after the way I treated you."
Seeing Helena this broken broke her heart. It was impossible not to forgive her for what she had said to her. "Helena, it's all right. You're going through a hard time. Let me nurse your wounds before they get infected."
"It's not all right. I've been so selfish."
"Helena, what's wrong?" Dinah asked.
"He's gone, Dinah. Reese is gone. I drove him away and now he's gone."
"I'm sure Reese will forgive you. You two have a strong relationship to have it ruined this quickly."
"I don't know. I said some pretty awful things. Why would he ever consider forgiving me."
"Helena, you're bleeding pretty bad. I need to get you bandaged up."
The next thing they knew the window above them shattered as Raven came flying over them and landed on the other side of them. She stood there, with her legs apart, dressed in her torn leather jacket over a red tank top and a pair of black jeans. Her long blood-red hair went down to her shoulders as they remembered. Dinah could swear that she could see flames in Raven's eyes. "You're time is up, Huntress. It's time for you to die."
"Over my dead body!" Dinah replied, helping Huntress to her feet.
"I have come here to see both of your dead bodies. You because you are becoming to powerful of a meta-human and you, Huntress, for killing my husband."
"Ain't life a bitch!" Helena replied.
"You'll have to get through me first!" Dinah stepped forward.
Raven instantly morphed into Dinah's doppelganger as Dinah reached down to her powers and tried throw her up against the wall. Raven countered her attack with her copied powers resulting in a stalemate.
Dinah lunged at Raven with her right fist but Raven leaned to her left, and as Dinah's arm went past her, Raven raised up her right let and kicked Dinah in the neck sending her crashing into the corner of the room.
Helena knew the thud she heard was Dinah's failed attempted to take out Raven. She raised up her walking stick and began to walk forward as she swung her walking stick. Raven laughed as she caught the stick in the palm of her hand and ripped it out of Helena's hand. She raised the stick horizontally and then brought it down violently on her knee, causing the walking stick to snap in half. "Poor old Huntress, she is blind and is helpless to defend herself. I'll make your pain slow and agonizing."
"Damn you!" Helena charted towards the direction of Raven's voice. Raven quietly stepped aside and allowed Helena charge past her, swinging wildly. Raven turned around and pushed her out the door leading out of the room. Raven morphed back into her own body.
Helena turned around and listened carefully to see if she could find out where Raven is. Unfortunately, she was not able to solely depend on her hearing yet. Raven kicked her with the flat of her right foot into her gut, sending her stumbling back to the railing. She hit the railing with such force, her body flipped over the metal railing and began to fall.
Raven was anticipating her falling to her death, but instead, half way down, she stopped in mid air and slowly began to float downward safely to the first level. Raven turned around to see Dinah standing there reaching out and using her powers to safely guide Helena to the ground.
"Damn, you are an annoying little girl!"
"You have no idea!" Dinah used her powers to throw Raven up and over the railing.
She began to fall with her back towards the ground before she righted herself and landed on her feet. She looked up at her with an evil grin. "I'm going to enjoy killing you!"
Dina ran towards the railing and jumped over, stretching her arms out horizontally almost as if using her arms like wings. Dinah landed a few feet away from Raven, with her fists in front of her, ready to fight.
Raven attacked first, leaping towards Dinah. Dinah used her powers to freezer her in mid air. Raven morphed back into Dinah's body and used her powers to free herself and landed in front of Dinah.
Dinah went to punch Raven in the nose, but instead she found herself being lifted up by Raven's copied powers. Raven used her copied powers to throw Dinah into the top floor railing before coming crashing down to the ground. Raven morphed backed into her own body as she turned to face Helena who was desperately reaching out for something that could help her know where she was and regain her composure. Raven walked up to Helena with a grin on her face. She enjoyed watching Helena's desperation.
Raven violently kicked Helena across the face and Helena stumbled away from the metal platform. Helena kept her footing, swinging wildly in front of her. "You are pathetic!" Raven kicked Helena in the ribs and Helena cringed, holding her ribs with her arms.
"So how does it feel, Huntress to be totally helpless and know that you are about to die!" Raven slapped Helena across the face with the back of her left hand. Helena was thrown to the ground, her lip busted open.
Helena struggled to her hands and knees. Raven walked up to her side and grabbed her shirt. With all her strength she picked her off the ground and threw her across the room. She flew over the computers and landed on the metal platform. "This has worked out better than I could have hoped for." Raven slowly walked towards the metal platform. Before she made it to the platform, Dinah had leaped over her to land on the platform besides Helena. When she arrived to the platform, Helena's sun glasses were crushed, and she was barely able to sit up. Dinah knelt besides Helena looking up at Raven. "There is nothing to save you two now."
Barbara, Richard, and Alfred had gone out, leaving Dinah alone to guard the clock tower and Helena. Where they had gone, she had no idea; they didn't say anything to her, neither did she ask. She was happy that Barbara finally had the confidence to handle a major task like this, but at the same time, she really was not thrilled to be left alone with Helena right then. Helena had said some pretty mean words to her, and right now, she did not want to even speak with her.
She was only trying to help her, but instead, she threw it back in her face. That hurt Dinah deeply. She would keep an eye on Helena, but right now, she had no desire to talk to her. She was sitting on a chair that she had pulled up to the metal platform, and watching the security video to make sure Raven did not get in.
A loud crashing came from her and Helena's bedroom. "Helena?" Dinah jumped out of her seat. She ran a few steps and jumped onto the desk and from there jumped high into the air, almost as if she could fly and nearly in the same way Helena was able to do it. She landed on the second level and ran into the room where she saw Helena sitting on the floor, with broken glass all around. It looked like Helena had a glass in her hand when she tripped. Now her right wrist was bleeding profusely. She made no effort in getting up, she remained sitting on the floor, weeping.
"Helena, are you all right?" Dinah knelt down besides Helena. "Don't help me, I don't deserve it, not after the way I treated you."
Seeing Helena this broken broke her heart. It was impossible not to forgive her for what she had said to her. "Helena, it's all right. You're going through a hard time. Let me nurse your wounds before they get infected."
"It's not all right. I've been so selfish."
"Helena, what's wrong?" Dinah asked.
"He's gone, Dinah. Reese is gone. I drove him away and now he's gone."
"I'm sure Reese will forgive you. You two have a strong relationship to have it ruined this quickly."
"I don't know. I said some pretty awful things. Why would he ever consider forgiving me."
"Helena, you're bleeding pretty bad. I need to get you bandaged up."
The next thing they knew the window above them shattered as Raven came flying over them and landed on the other side of them. She stood there, with her legs apart, dressed in her torn leather jacket over a red tank top and a pair of black jeans. Her long blood-red hair went down to her shoulders as they remembered. Dinah could swear that she could see flames in Raven's eyes. "You're time is up, Huntress. It's time for you to die."
"Over my dead body!" Dinah replied, helping Huntress to her feet.
"I have come here to see both of your dead bodies. You because you are becoming to powerful of a meta-human and you, Huntress, for killing my husband."
"Ain't life a bitch!" Helena replied.
"You'll have to get through me first!" Dinah stepped forward.
Raven instantly morphed into Dinah's doppelganger as Dinah reached down to her powers and tried throw her up against the wall. Raven countered her attack with her copied powers resulting in a stalemate.
Dinah lunged at Raven with her right fist but Raven leaned to her left, and as Dinah's arm went past her, Raven raised up her right let and kicked Dinah in the neck sending her crashing into the corner of the room.
Helena knew the thud she heard was Dinah's failed attempted to take out Raven. She raised up her walking stick and began to walk forward as she swung her walking stick. Raven laughed as she caught the stick in the palm of her hand and ripped it out of Helena's hand. She raised the stick horizontally and then brought it down violently on her knee, causing the walking stick to snap in half. "Poor old Huntress, she is blind and is helpless to defend herself. I'll make your pain slow and agonizing."
"Damn you!" Helena charted towards the direction of Raven's voice. Raven quietly stepped aside and allowed Helena charge past her, swinging wildly. Raven turned around and pushed her out the door leading out of the room. Raven morphed back into her own body.
Helena turned around and listened carefully to see if she could find out where Raven is. Unfortunately, she was not able to solely depend on her hearing yet. Raven kicked her with the flat of her right foot into her gut, sending her stumbling back to the railing. She hit the railing with such force, her body flipped over the metal railing and began to fall.
Raven was anticipating her falling to her death, but instead, half way down, she stopped in mid air and slowly began to float downward safely to the first level. Raven turned around to see Dinah standing there reaching out and using her powers to safely guide Helena to the ground.
"Damn, you are an annoying little girl!"
"You have no idea!" Dinah used her powers to throw Raven up and over the railing.
She began to fall with her back towards the ground before she righted herself and landed on her feet. She looked up at her with an evil grin. "I'm going to enjoy killing you!"
Dina ran towards the railing and jumped over, stretching her arms out horizontally almost as if using her arms like wings. Dinah landed a few feet away from Raven, with her fists in front of her, ready to fight.
Raven attacked first, leaping towards Dinah. Dinah used her powers to freezer her in mid air. Raven morphed back into Dinah's body and used her powers to free herself and landed in front of Dinah.
Dinah went to punch Raven in the nose, but instead she found herself being lifted up by Raven's copied powers. Raven used her copied powers to throw Dinah into the top floor railing before coming crashing down to the ground. Raven morphed backed into her own body as she turned to face Helena who was desperately reaching out for something that could help her know where she was and regain her composure. Raven walked up to Helena with a grin on her face. She enjoyed watching Helena's desperation.
Raven violently kicked Helena across the face and Helena stumbled away from the metal platform. Helena kept her footing, swinging wildly in front of her. "You are pathetic!" Raven kicked Helena in the ribs and Helena cringed, holding her ribs with her arms.
"So how does it feel, Huntress to be totally helpless and know that you are about to die!" Raven slapped Helena across the face with the back of her left hand. Helena was thrown to the ground, her lip busted open.
Helena struggled to her hands and knees. Raven walked up to her side and grabbed her shirt. With all her strength she picked her off the ground and threw her across the room. She flew over the computers and landed on the metal platform. "This has worked out better than I could have hoped for." Raven slowly walked towards the metal platform. Before she made it to the platform, Dinah had leaped over her to land on the platform besides Helena. When she arrived to the platform, Helena's sun glasses were crushed, and she was barely able to sit up. Dinah knelt besides Helena looking up at Raven. "There is nothing to save you two now."
