CHAPTER 7

"Dinah, what are you doing?" Danielle replied.

"What does it look like?" Dinah grinned. "I'm making a withdrawal!"

"Who are those two?" Madam Kaliea asked, turning around to face Dinah, annoyed at the interruption.

"It's two of my former friends," Dinah replied.

"Well, show them how much you enjoyed being betrayed," Madam Kaliea replied.

"Who is she Dinah? Whoever she is, don't listen to her. We're your friends," Danielle pleaded.

Dinah heard none of it. Dinah attacked Danielle with a high kick. Gibson stepped back to give Danielle room to fight. Danielle blocked the kick with both wrists. "I'm not going to fight you, Dinah."

"Oh, you're now fun," Dinah pouted. "Then I'll just have to kill you then." Dinah grinned as she used her telepathic powers.

Both Danielle and Gibson screamed as a sharp pain stabbed their brains. Suddenly a window from the other end of the lobby shattered and in jumped Helena, landing near Madam Kaliea. Helena spun kicked her in the chest, sending her stumbling backwards into the wall. This distracted her long enough as all the people that were inside ran for the front door. "I don't know what you did to Dinah, but I know you have something to do with it," Helena said.

Dinah's concentration was broken, releasing Danielle and Gibson from the extreme pain. Dinah turned towards Helena. "What the hell did you just do?"

"Dinah, she's controlling you some how. She's turning you against us," Helena replied.

Dinah's anger was sparked. "No, it's you who is against me! You are afraid of me and my powers. You know that I am more powerful than you!"

"Did I hear you correctly?" Helena rolled her eyes. "First of all, I'm not afraid of you. Secondly, you have a lot to learn before you can come even close to beating me."

"Then let's have it out, right here and right now!" Dinah challenged.

Several police cars pulled in front of the bank building. Helena could see them through the glass door. "We'll have to do this some other time." Helena ran for the window she had came through and leaped back out of the window.

"Freeze!" Commissioner O'Reiley came charging into the bank, followed by two police officers. Their guns aimed towards Dinah and Madam Kaliea.

The two ladies laughed mockingly. Dinah, reaching out with her hand, threw all three of them aside. The two ladies walked towards the door. "Let us be off," Madam Kaliea said to Dinah.

Dinah looked over at Danielle and Gibson. "Tell Barbara that I am going to make her sorry for turning her back towards me."

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"I know, I should not have gotten so mad out there," Helena said to Barbara, prancing back and forth. "I guess I just loose it when someone challenges me like that."

"Lucky for everyone, the police arrived when they did to defuse the situation," Barbara said. "Are you and Gibson alright?" Barbara looked over at Danielle.

"Just a little shaken by the look in Dinah's eyes. It was as if she's possessed or something."

"I don't know exactly what we are dealing with, but it has something to do with that that woman with her. She might be some kind of voodoo witch or something."

"She sure looks the part," Helena replied. "Whatever spell she used on Dinah, it's some very potent stuff. I virtually knocked her out with a good swift kick, but it didn't snap her out of it."

"That's because I believe her emotions is feeding the spell, making it all that much stronger. If we try to nurse the hurt she is feeling, I think we will have a better chance at freeing her from the spell."

"Why do I have the feeling that it's going to be easier said than done?" Danielle said.

Reese entered the clock tower, drawing everyone's attention. Helena's heart leaped with inside of her. Was he ready to listen to her heartfelt apology? Reese joined the group, not even looking Helena's way. "Will someone tell me what's going on? My boss is not only on a look out for Helena, but for Dinah now as well. He said that she robbed a bank?"

"I'm afraid that's true. It appears she has been put under a spell, by someone we believe to be a voodoo witch. She could have similar powers than Dinah, which helped draw her in the first place.

"Wait, I'm confused," Reese said. "Are we dealing with a meta-human or a voodoo witch?"

"We don't know, and it really doesn't matter. We have to somehow help Dinah realize that we are not the enemy and then free her from the spell."

"I'll try to keep Commissioner O'Reiley off your backs while you do your stuff," Reese said and turned around to leave.

Helena's heart was broken to see that he was not ready to talk to her. She remembered Barbara's words about fighting to keep Reese, yet she could not stop him from walking out the door.