CHAPTER 2
At the clock tower, Dinah had told Barbara about what had happen. Barbara was not prepared to handle this this early. She thought she would have more time to prepare, but it appears that her warning had been very short notice. She did not want Dinah to know that she had known about this day before hand, so she had her hooked up to the neural scanner and she was going to take a look at her brain waves. The scanner went around her forehead as the scanner fed the results to the computer to the side of the machine. "Yes, it appears that you are beginning to acquire telepathy powers."
"What's the difference between that and the powers I currently have?" Dinah asked.
Barbara rolled her wheelchair in front of Dinah and raised up the scanner, freeing Dinah. "You were able to enter peoples minds and thoughts before. With your new powers, you will be able to hear other people's thoughts."
"Now, that is not very comforting to know," Helena said, walking up to Barbara's side.
"Will I be able to turn it on and off at my disposal?"
"When your power fully develops, that will be something I will have to help train you with," Barbara replied. "When you have your powers under control, I must warned you be very wary about when you use your powers. To use them against myself and your friends can cause great strife, which is the last thing we need. Also, you will need to be careful how you use this new power. Given enough strength behind it, it may be possible to cause someone's brain to explode."
"Gross!" Dinah cringed.
* * * *
Reese had gotten off of work and had just stepped out of the police department when Danielle was standing there at the bottom of the steps. "Danielle? What brings you here? Is something wrong? Did something happen to Helena?"
"No, and I would not like Helena to know that I came here to talk to you," Danielle asked. "It's been two weeks since your separation. I care for the both of you deeply. Is it going to be alright between the two of you?"
Reese smiled slightly. "I appreciate your concern, Danielle, I really do, but it's really none of your concern. We just needed some time apart to figure some things out. I really don't know right now if Helena and I have a future. Perhaps it would be best for the both of us if we kept our relationship strictly professional. It's just too early to tell."
"I can't help but feel sad about your separation. Helena has not been the same since you two split up," Danielle said sighing and looking down to her feet. "She and I usually are able have some fun together once and awhile, but she has kept mostly to herself, speaking very little even to me."
"I'm sure that will change in time, Danielle," Reese replied. "This is not an easy time for either of us right now. You should head off to open your bar now. It's nearing your busy hour." Reese walked down the steps and headed towards his car.
* * * *
Helena sat in her bedroom, reading a book. She was absolutely bored at that moment and resulted to something she did not do often, read. It wasn't often when she became this bored and desperate to keep herself busy. She was even struggling to read this book; it was incredibly dull. "Grrrr, this is one hell of a boring story!"
"Hey Helena, we a visitor that you may want to say hello to." Dinah said, walking into the bedroom with a smile on her face.
Dinah looked up at her with excitement in her eyes. There could be only one person who that could be. Reese had come back! Helena threw her book down, not even bothering to save her place as she ran past Dinah, nearly knocking her down and ran out of the room and to the railing. She looked down to see, not Reese standing there talking to Reese but it was Gibson, her friend from the formerly named No Man's Land. Her heart sank that it was not Reese who had come to see her, but at the same time, she was happy to see Gibson once again. "Hey Gibson!" Helena called down. Helena walked to the spiral staircase and made her way down to the first level. "It's been a long time!"
"It's been: ten months, one week, two days, fifteen hours, forty-four minutes and eleven seconds to be precise, rounding to the nearest whole second that is." Gibson replied. "But who cares about breaking it down to the millisecond and the multi-millisecond."
"You're still your old same self, I see," Helena laughed.
Gibson looked around the clock tower. "You guys did an excellent job restoring the clock tower back to it's original state!"
"So where have you been these past eleven months?" Dinah asked, reaching the bottom step of the spiral staircase.
"After what had happened here, I needed to get away from New Gotham for awhile. I saw my folks and my family. I still freak my family out by my remembrance of everything in all my life, even during gestation. I began to miss New Gotham and decided what's been happening since I left. So, is No Man's Land still around? I would love to see the old bar again."
"Yes, the bar is still up and running, but I don't work their anymore. In fact I have become best friends of the new owner, who has renamed the bar the Dark Horse Bar. Shortly after you left, she came to New Gotham and confronted the governor and asked permission to reopen the bar, strictly for meta-humans. She convinced them to allow her to do so, so she reopened it, without the store on the top floor, since there is no need to hide any longer. The presence of Meta-humans has revealed to the public, or at least the government."
"Wow, I never thought I would see the day that the bar would not have to be hidden and kept secret to the public," Gibson admitted. "I would love to meet the new owner and see the bar first hand."
"Well, that's a no go for me," Helena said. "The police and I are at odds right now. I'm sure Dinah here will be glad to take you. She is well known also to her, so she is allowed into the bar, but not to drink."
"Sure, I would be glad to take you, Gibson!" Dinah smiled.
At the clock tower, Dinah had told Barbara about what had happen. Barbara was not prepared to handle this this early. She thought she would have more time to prepare, but it appears that her warning had been very short notice. She did not want Dinah to know that she had known about this day before hand, so she had her hooked up to the neural scanner and she was going to take a look at her brain waves. The scanner went around her forehead as the scanner fed the results to the computer to the side of the machine. "Yes, it appears that you are beginning to acquire telepathy powers."
"What's the difference between that and the powers I currently have?" Dinah asked.
Barbara rolled her wheelchair in front of Dinah and raised up the scanner, freeing Dinah. "You were able to enter peoples minds and thoughts before. With your new powers, you will be able to hear other people's thoughts."
"Now, that is not very comforting to know," Helena said, walking up to Barbara's side.
"Will I be able to turn it on and off at my disposal?"
"When your power fully develops, that will be something I will have to help train you with," Barbara replied. "When you have your powers under control, I must warned you be very wary about when you use your powers. To use them against myself and your friends can cause great strife, which is the last thing we need. Also, you will need to be careful how you use this new power. Given enough strength behind it, it may be possible to cause someone's brain to explode."
"Gross!" Dinah cringed.
* * * *
Reese had gotten off of work and had just stepped out of the police department when Danielle was standing there at the bottom of the steps. "Danielle? What brings you here? Is something wrong? Did something happen to Helena?"
"No, and I would not like Helena to know that I came here to talk to you," Danielle asked. "It's been two weeks since your separation. I care for the both of you deeply. Is it going to be alright between the two of you?"
Reese smiled slightly. "I appreciate your concern, Danielle, I really do, but it's really none of your concern. We just needed some time apart to figure some things out. I really don't know right now if Helena and I have a future. Perhaps it would be best for the both of us if we kept our relationship strictly professional. It's just too early to tell."
"I can't help but feel sad about your separation. Helena has not been the same since you two split up," Danielle said sighing and looking down to her feet. "She and I usually are able have some fun together once and awhile, but she has kept mostly to herself, speaking very little even to me."
"I'm sure that will change in time, Danielle," Reese replied. "This is not an easy time for either of us right now. You should head off to open your bar now. It's nearing your busy hour." Reese walked down the steps and headed towards his car.
* * * *
Helena sat in her bedroom, reading a book. She was absolutely bored at that moment and resulted to something she did not do often, read. It wasn't often when she became this bored and desperate to keep herself busy. She was even struggling to read this book; it was incredibly dull. "Grrrr, this is one hell of a boring story!"
"Hey Helena, we a visitor that you may want to say hello to." Dinah said, walking into the bedroom with a smile on her face.
Dinah looked up at her with excitement in her eyes. There could be only one person who that could be. Reese had come back! Helena threw her book down, not even bothering to save her place as she ran past Dinah, nearly knocking her down and ran out of the room and to the railing. She looked down to see, not Reese standing there talking to Reese but it was Gibson, her friend from the formerly named No Man's Land. Her heart sank that it was not Reese who had come to see her, but at the same time, she was happy to see Gibson once again. "Hey Gibson!" Helena called down. Helena walked to the spiral staircase and made her way down to the first level. "It's been a long time!"
"It's been: ten months, one week, two days, fifteen hours, forty-four minutes and eleven seconds to be precise, rounding to the nearest whole second that is." Gibson replied. "But who cares about breaking it down to the millisecond and the multi-millisecond."
"You're still your old same self, I see," Helena laughed.
Gibson looked around the clock tower. "You guys did an excellent job restoring the clock tower back to it's original state!"
"So where have you been these past eleven months?" Dinah asked, reaching the bottom step of the spiral staircase.
"After what had happened here, I needed to get away from New Gotham for awhile. I saw my folks and my family. I still freak my family out by my remembrance of everything in all my life, even during gestation. I began to miss New Gotham and decided what's been happening since I left. So, is No Man's Land still around? I would love to see the old bar again."
"Yes, the bar is still up and running, but I don't work their anymore. In fact I have become best friends of the new owner, who has renamed the bar the Dark Horse Bar. Shortly after you left, she came to New Gotham and confronted the governor and asked permission to reopen the bar, strictly for meta-humans. She convinced them to allow her to do so, so she reopened it, without the store on the top floor, since there is no need to hide any longer. The presence of Meta-humans has revealed to the public, or at least the government."
"Wow, I never thought I would see the day that the bar would not have to be hidden and kept secret to the public," Gibson admitted. "I would love to meet the new owner and see the bar first hand."
"Well, that's a no go for me," Helena said. "The police and I are at odds right now. I'm sure Dinah here will be glad to take you. She is well known also to her, so she is allowed into the bar, but not to drink."
"Sure, I would be glad to take you, Gibson!" Dinah smiled.
