CHAPTER 9

David Crane laughed victoriously. "I don't know how the Huntress overcame my gas, but now with all of them under the gas, there will be no getting out this time!"

"Think again," A voice came from out of the smoke.

All three girls came jumping out of the smoke, wearing their gas masks. As soon as they were clear from the smoke, they ripped their masks off and threw them to the ground. "You're going down!" Dinah said.

"Is that a challenge? Let's see what you three got!"

The girls surrounded David, forming a triangle. Dinah was the first to make a move and attacked David with a swing for his face. Helena, who was behind him on the right, also came in, hoping to get a shot at him being distracted. David ducked under Dinah's swing. Dinah swung again, this time he caught her arm in mid swing. From the corner of his eye, he saw Helena coming up from behind him. David swung Dinah around and threw her into Helena. The two women collided and went falling to the ground.

Danielle came jumping for his head, with her right leg extended in front of her. David ducked low to avoid Danielle. Landing on the other side of David, Danielle spun around to face David.

Danielle spun around on her left foot, and stretched her right foot up to kick him in the face. David raised up his left arm vertically to his head to block the kick. David twisted on his left ankle to get him in position and kicked her in the stomach. She staggered backwards a few steps while David turned around in time to see Helena and Dinah charging at him. He jumped several feet up into the air and kicked Dinah under the chin, causing her to flip in mid air and come crashing down onto her stomach.

He thought he could recover with enough time to block the Huntress' attack but he was wrong. Helena kicked him in the ribs. David yelped in pain and took a step away from Helena. Helena went in with a punch but David blocked the punch with ease. Helena tried again with a second punch which resulted with the same outcome.

David kicked Helena behind her right knee, causing her to fall onto her left knee, nearly falling onto her back. He stepped way from Helena to take on Danielle who came charging at her. David went to kick her in the chest with the flat of his foot, but to his surprise, Danielle caught his foot. He threw his leg, causing him to spin to his right. Danielle kicked him in his left ankle, causing him to fall onto his back.

He spun on the ground on his back, surprising Danielle, and his legs swept her off her feet. While spinning, he somehow threw himself up into the air and landed on his feet.

Dinah took him by surprise and went flying right into him, with the flat of her right foot hitting him in the side of the face. David grunted as he momentarily lost his balance, but was quick to recover.

Dinah used her powers to throw David backwards. While stumbling backwards, he saw the Huntress ready to kick him in the back. David leaped high into the air, over Helena's head. Helena had not seen this coming as he landed behind her. She spun around to see him standing there with a switch blade in his hand and a grin on his face. He flung the switchblade at Helena. The knife spun rapidly like spinning buzz saw blade.

Helena was too slow to react and the knife plunged itself into her right shoulder. Helena screamed in pain as she fell to a sitting position. Dinah rushed to Helena's aid. She didn't want to say anything, but Helena would have been able to avoid such an attack with ease. This was another apparent sign that she was not herself, though she would not mention any of this to her personally. "Helena!"

"Get the bastard!" Helena said, as she pulled the knife out of her shoulder.

Dinah stood up and was now standing directly in front of David Crane and Danielle was standing behind David. "This ends now, Crane!" Dinah said with a look of anger.

"I'm still waiting for a challenge?" David smiled.

"You want a challenge!" Dinah roared with anger. Her hair began to waive as if it was a windy day. She began to elevate off the ground. David was taken back by her levitating. He took a step back, clearly nervous.

"Dinah, you know what I told you about using your powers to that extent," Barbara said over the ear piece. "Don't you dare do what you're about to do. Never use your powers just to bring a fight to an easy end. This is not the time or the place for it. You two can handle him."

"Yes, Oracle," Dinah mumbled as she elevated back down to her feet.

David was distracted and Danielle took advantage of it. She ran up to his back and kicked him in the back. David stumbled forward a few steps. Dinah stepped up to David and kicked him across the face. It took everything David had to keep himself from falling onto his stomach. David looked up to see the Huntress standing in front of him. Before he could bend back straight up, Helena kicked him under his chin. David went flying, landing on top of a parallel parked car out cold.

Dinah and Danielle ran to Helena. Lightning flashed across the sky as it began to drizzle. Helena's shoulder was bleeding profusely. Her left hand, which she had been using to cover her wound, was covered in her own blood. "Helena, you're bleeding pretty badly right now. Let's get you back to the clock tower right away!"

"No," Helena moaned. "I've got something to do that I have been putting off for way too long."