CHAPTER 5
Danielle had come over to the clock tower the next day, a few hours away from working. When Gibson saw her enter the clock tower, he had rushed over to be the first to greet her. "Hello, Danielle!"
"Hi, Gibson. How was you first night back in New Gotham?"
"It is great to be back to New Gotham. It's just like the old days. I almost wonder why I even left."
Danielle smiled. "So, is Helena around?"
"She's running an errand for Barbara. I believe she'll be back momentarily."
"Listen, Gibson, if you are going to around for any extended length of time, I could use your help at the bar. I am running myself ragged keeping the bar running myself." Danielle said.
"Yea, I would love to help out!" Gibson said enthusiastically.
Danielle could feel Gibson's heart racing with her powers. Was it possible that he had a crush on her? He was kind of cute, but was he ever going to find the courage to ask her out, that was another question all together. "Are you okay, you seem a little nervous?"
"Oh…well…yea…I'm fine. Listen, I know we just met everything, but I was wondering if you were free one of these nights to, I don't know, go to a movie or something?"
Apparently it wasn't going to be as hard as she had anticipated. "I would love to. I am available tomorrow afternoon!"
"Tomorrow afternoon would be great!" Gibson replied.
"Oh, Hi Danielle!" Barbara said, as she came rolling towards the front. "I sent Helena out on an errand. She should be back shortly. Gibson, have you seen Dinah at all?"
"Now that you mention it, I have not seen her since last night."
"Alfred saw her head to bed last night, but this morning, she's no where to be found. I hope she's all right."
"I'm fine!" Dinah replied, waking in from the ledge outside the clock. Barbara and the rest turned to see her come back in from the cold, with a smile on her face.
"Where have you been?" Barbara asked.
"I've been training myself how to control my telepathic powers," Dinah said simply.
Barbara noticed that her neural pads that she had given her were no longer on her temples. "What happened to those patches I gave you?"
"I don't need them anymore. I have my powers under my control."
"Dinah, you may think you have them under control, but do you really want to take a chance of repeating what happened last night if you are wrong and don't fully have them under control? I am working on finding a way to properly train you."
"Why don't you trust me?" Dinah protested. "They're my powers, and I can control them! You just don't want me to use them."
"That's not it all!" Barbara said remaining calm. "I just want to make double sure that what happened last night doesn't happen again."
There was an intense silence between the two of them. Finally, Dinah was the one to break the silence. Her eyes suddenly intensified with disbelief. "You knew ahead of time that I had these powers! You were told that I would be a very powerful meta-human!"
Barbara looked at Dinah with a similar look. "You're reading my mind! I told you not to you use your powers on your friends!"
"Why, you have something more to hide?" Dinah snapped angrily.
Barbara quickly put the neural patches back on her temples. "Okay, Raven sensed that you have hidden powers which she feared, because it would give you unheard of power when combined with your own powers."
"Because you are afraid it will corrupt me," Dinah finished her train of thought. "You don't trust me enough to know right from wrong? And all this time, I thought you were my friends, but all this time you were holding me back, I suppose to protect your own hides."
"Dinah, what are you saying? This is not at all like you?" Barbara said, looking at her cautiously.
"It's not every day that you learn that those who you thought were your best friends were actually only thinking of themselves. You betrayed me!"
"We did no such thing, Dinah." Barbara said, trying to calm her down.
"And to think I thought you were my friends," Dinah turned around and went back outside. Barbara, Gibson, and Danielle ran outside to the ledge, but Dinah had disappeared.
"What just happened?" Gibson asked.
"I wish I knew. She had not been this emotional about her powers before this," Barbara said.
Danielle had come over to the clock tower the next day, a few hours away from working. When Gibson saw her enter the clock tower, he had rushed over to be the first to greet her. "Hello, Danielle!"
"Hi, Gibson. How was you first night back in New Gotham?"
"It is great to be back to New Gotham. It's just like the old days. I almost wonder why I even left."
Danielle smiled. "So, is Helena around?"
"She's running an errand for Barbara. I believe she'll be back momentarily."
"Listen, Gibson, if you are going to around for any extended length of time, I could use your help at the bar. I am running myself ragged keeping the bar running myself." Danielle said.
"Yea, I would love to help out!" Gibson said enthusiastically.
Danielle could feel Gibson's heart racing with her powers. Was it possible that he had a crush on her? He was kind of cute, but was he ever going to find the courage to ask her out, that was another question all together. "Are you okay, you seem a little nervous?"
"Oh…well…yea…I'm fine. Listen, I know we just met everything, but I was wondering if you were free one of these nights to, I don't know, go to a movie or something?"
Apparently it wasn't going to be as hard as she had anticipated. "I would love to. I am available tomorrow afternoon!"
"Tomorrow afternoon would be great!" Gibson replied.
"Oh, Hi Danielle!" Barbara said, as she came rolling towards the front. "I sent Helena out on an errand. She should be back shortly. Gibson, have you seen Dinah at all?"
"Now that you mention it, I have not seen her since last night."
"Alfred saw her head to bed last night, but this morning, she's no where to be found. I hope she's all right."
"I'm fine!" Dinah replied, waking in from the ledge outside the clock. Barbara and the rest turned to see her come back in from the cold, with a smile on her face.
"Where have you been?" Barbara asked.
"I've been training myself how to control my telepathic powers," Dinah said simply.
Barbara noticed that her neural pads that she had given her were no longer on her temples. "What happened to those patches I gave you?"
"I don't need them anymore. I have my powers under my control."
"Dinah, you may think you have them under control, but do you really want to take a chance of repeating what happened last night if you are wrong and don't fully have them under control? I am working on finding a way to properly train you."
"Why don't you trust me?" Dinah protested. "They're my powers, and I can control them! You just don't want me to use them."
"That's not it all!" Barbara said remaining calm. "I just want to make double sure that what happened last night doesn't happen again."
There was an intense silence between the two of them. Finally, Dinah was the one to break the silence. Her eyes suddenly intensified with disbelief. "You knew ahead of time that I had these powers! You were told that I would be a very powerful meta-human!"
Barbara looked at Dinah with a similar look. "You're reading my mind! I told you not to you use your powers on your friends!"
"Why, you have something more to hide?" Dinah snapped angrily.
Barbara quickly put the neural patches back on her temples. "Okay, Raven sensed that you have hidden powers which she feared, because it would give you unheard of power when combined with your own powers."
"Because you are afraid it will corrupt me," Dinah finished her train of thought. "You don't trust me enough to know right from wrong? And all this time, I thought you were my friends, but all this time you were holding me back, I suppose to protect your own hides."
"Dinah, what are you saying? This is not at all like you?" Barbara said, looking at her cautiously.
"It's not every day that you learn that those who you thought were your best friends were actually only thinking of themselves. You betrayed me!"
"We did no such thing, Dinah." Barbara said, trying to calm her down.
"And to think I thought you were my friends," Dinah turned around and went back outside. Barbara, Gibson, and Danielle ran outside to the ledge, but Dinah had disappeared.
"What just happened?" Gibson asked.
"I wish I knew. She had not been this emotional about her powers before this," Barbara said.
