"A woman entered at the Bar..." Helena remembered pulling a seat to sit
down "My headache was up the whole time that she was in the bar."
"Can it be... do you remember who she was?" Barbara turned her chair to Helena.
"..No, I saw her just an instant, my head hurt a lot and I went to the rear bar. She was almost your age and she had black short hair."
"I don't believe that will be very useful, but I can do a check."
"Can you help me get rid of my headache?" Helena asked curiously.
"I can help you control it a little-- but eliminate. I don't think so, it's a natural sixth sense that has woken up "
"If I faint every time that my 'sixth sense' begins to work I'm dead." Helena exclaimed.
"Yes... " Barbara sighed deeply ".For that reason it's too risky for you to patrol."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Helena crossed her arms over the table and looked at her fixedly "You don't want to keep me here all day."
"It is dangerous for you to fight in this condition, for you and for Dinah. The aspirin would help you to alleviate it but not completely, if I give you something stronger to calm the headache, it will not be good as you couldn't perceive danger and your reflexes will be slower."
Helena sighed and lowered her head closing her eyes long seconds.
"Another headhache?" Barbara asked looking her worriedly.
"No... I am thinking what to do..." Helena raised her head "You are right, my headaches are dangerous for Dinah and me."
"Give me time to investigate a little more, perhaps I can find a solution. While I do that you will take a light medication."
Dinah entered the Clock Tower at that moment. She saw Helena and Barbara, she was happy to see Helena and Barbara talking, but she hesitated to walk towards them. Helena was so mad with her. Barbara saw her and made a sign, indicating her over.
"Hello, What's up?" she greeted.
"Nothing, only I have a quite primitive version of the 'sixth sense'." Helena ran her hand through her hair.
"What are you talking about?" Dinah asked, confused.
"I will explain it to you later." Barbara signed her to be silent, Helena was sad.
Helena didn't know what to say, she was angry with the girl last night and she had told her many hard things and Dinah didn't mind that and had stayed with her knowing she needed help.
"Sorry kid." Helena said lowering her head.
"..Uh?" Dinah and Barbara were surprised to hear Helena apologizing.
"Sorry for last night." the brunette was ashamed "I was so rude with you and you just tried to help me, I was so angry with myself. "
"Don't worry Helena I know it wasn't a good day for you yesterday." Dinah said touching her shoulder. The silence was palpable.
"Ok, I need to show you what I've found" Oracle said breaking the silence and wheeling towards the laboratory. The girls followed her. She placed herself in front of the monitor and she showed them some pictures. "The last assaults have something in common," she explained "They were caused by electrical damages and the booty never appears even though we capture the thieves."
"So?" Helena asked curiosly.
"I need for you to check the small details more, maybe we'll find something that takes us to the boss."
"Ok..." Dinah looked her watch "I'm going to start my homework or I won't be able to finish on time."
Barbara agreed. Dinah took her bag and she headed to her bedroom. Helena looked at Barbara in silence for a while, and crossed her arms in doubt before asking.
" Did I understand right hen you said that "WE" need take more care with the small details?. Are you speaking to me and Dinah? Are you telling me that I can continue patrolling?"
Barbara reclined back in the chair "You worry me Hel, but... Your headache at first sight seems to be as an extension of your sense of perception. If that's correct, we have to learn how to work with it and how to control it. As you say, I can't keep you here all time, this could take days, months or years... Just please, be careful."
* * *
Dinah and Huntress were trying to capture the mastermind behind of the assaults. But for a couple of nights the activity seemed to stop. The girls devoted themselves to interrogating thieves trying to find answers.
Dinah penned a thief and after putting him against a wall and to making him speak, she let him go. She walked toward Huntress who waited for her sitting on a stack of boxes.
"That was rude." she said raising her brow
"Well, you almost broke the arm of the last one. thas was really rude."
"Oh, it was his fault, he tried to hit me first. Anything interesting?"
"Nothing... single rumors but without names neither descriptions."
Both girls began to walk down the street.
"How do you feel...?" Dinah asked pointing to her head.
"Well.... apparently I only have the headaches in high risk situations... With common thieves I don't have problem.But now I'm worried about Reese."
"Reese? What will happen to him"
"I don't know... It's strange. I feel that he is hiding something from me."
"And have you asked him?
"Yes... but he said that nothing happened." Huntress shrugged her shoulders.
"Good, in that aspect both are the same." Dinah said derisively "every time that we asked you, your answer is 'nothing happen'. Now you know how annoying it is to have premonitions."
"Yes, but at least you don't feel that your head is a pot of pressure" Huntress put her hands in the pockets "And you know what it is happening, I don't have a clue."
"That is true... " Dinah raised her shoulders. Huntress felt a strong pressure and she closed her eyes. Dinah realized immediately that something had happened to her.
"Again Huntress?" she asked to Huntress.
"Yes..." The pain level ascended quickly, Huntress supported herself with a hand on the wall.
Dinah touched her shoulder. "Did you take the pills that Oracle gave you today ?" Dinah notice that Huntress' pupils had become two thin lines.
"Yes, but it's very strong... like in my apartment, something will happen" the headache increased, Huntress groaned and she crouched down on the floor taking both hands to her temples. Dinah kneeled next to her, concerned.
"Barbara, it's very strong her headache" Dinah said in the mic "What do I do?"
:: Be careful, if Huntress is feeling danger, it is for a good reason::
A big noise of glasses exploding made Dinah look back. A strange woman in a fitted black suit with pants jumped to the street with a big bag in her hand. She had just robbed a bank.
"Stay here!" Dinah told Huntress running toward the woman.
"No... Dinah... Wait!!" Huntress tried to stop her but the pain prevented her "Damned sixth sense!" she thought to herself.
"Stop right there!" the blond youth exclaimed to the woman. She observed her strange disguise, it seemed like a gymnast's suit with high boots.
"Hello... are you The Huntress?" The woman looked at Dinah. Dinah was surprised by the question.
"Why are you looking for Huntress? Who are you?"
"I am Live Wire, Are you The Huntress?"
"No." Dinah answered.
:: Be careful Dinah! :: Barbara spoke in the mic :: She is very dangerous, she throws electric charges with her hands and eyes! She is a friend of Harley Quinn, I fought against her on a few occasions. Huntress, don't leave her alone! ::
"Then go away, I cannot waste my time with you." Live Wire raised her hand throwing an electric charge at Dinah that the youth avoided by rotating to her side. Dinah was surprised, she raised her hand and with her mental power she pushed Live Wire against a window sounding an alarm.
She got up angry and Dinah avoided two more attacks. One of the discharges set the garbage on fire. The strange woman's force was surprising.
:: Dinah! :: Barbara said knowing that Huntress couldn't aid her ::Please, be more careful:: Dinah ignored the command and it elevated Live Wire with one of her hands. This allowed her to shoot Dinah with a potent discharge that impacted in her chest and she fell back.
"Can it be... do you remember who she was?" Barbara turned her chair to Helena.
"..No, I saw her just an instant, my head hurt a lot and I went to the rear bar. She was almost your age and she had black short hair."
"I don't believe that will be very useful, but I can do a check."
"Can you help me get rid of my headache?" Helena asked curiously.
"I can help you control it a little-- but eliminate. I don't think so, it's a natural sixth sense that has woken up "
"If I faint every time that my 'sixth sense' begins to work I'm dead." Helena exclaimed.
"Yes... " Barbara sighed deeply ".For that reason it's too risky for you to patrol."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Helena crossed her arms over the table and looked at her fixedly "You don't want to keep me here all day."
"It is dangerous for you to fight in this condition, for you and for Dinah. The aspirin would help you to alleviate it but not completely, if I give you something stronger to calm the headache, it will not be good as you couldn't perceive danger and your reflexes will be slower."
Helena sighed and lowered her head closing her eyes long seconds.
"Another headhache?" Barbara asked looking her worriedly.
"No... I am thinking what to do..." Helena raised her head "You are right, my headaches are dangerous for Dinah and me."
"Give me time to investigate a little more, perhaps I can find a solution. While I do that you will take a light medication."
Dinah entered the Clock Tower at that moment. She saw Helena and Barbara, she was happy to see Helena and Barbara talking, but she hesitated to walk towards them. Helena was so mad with her. Barbara saw her and made a sign, indicating her over.
"Hello, What's up?" she greeted.
"Nothing, only I have a quite primitive version of the 'sixth sense'." Helena ran her hand through her hair.
"What are you talking about?" Dinah asked, confused.
"I will explain it to you later." Barbara signed her to be silent, Helena was sad.
Helena didn't know what to say, she was angry with the girl last night and she had told her many hard things and Dinah didn't mind that and had stayed with her knowing she needed help.
"Sorry kid." Helena said lowering her head.
"..Uh?" Dinah and Barbara were surprised to hear Helena apologizing.
"Sorry for last night." the brunette was ashamed "I was so rude with you and you just tried to help me, I was so angry with myself. "
"Don't worry Helena I know it wasn't a good day for you yesterday." Dinah said touching her shoulder. The silence was palpable.
"Ok, I need to show you what I've found" Oracle said breaking the silence and wheeling towards the laboratory. The girls followed her. She placed herself in front of the monitor and she showed them some pictures. "The last assaults have something in common," she explained "They were caused by electrical damages and the booty never appears even though we capture the thieves."
"So?" Helena asked curiosly.
"I need for you to check the small details more, maybe we'll find something that takes us to the boss."
"Ok..." Dinah looked her watch "I'm going to start my homework or I won't be able to finish on time."
Barbara agreed. Dinah took her bag and she headed to her bedroom. Helena looked at Barbara in silence for a while, and crossed her arms in doubt before asking.
" Did I understand right hen you said that "WE" need take more care with the small details?. Are you speaking to me and Dinah? Are you telling me that I can continue patrolling?"
Barbara reclined back in the chair "You worry me Hel, but... Your headache at first sight seems to be as an extension of your sense of perception. If that's correct, we have to learn how to work with it and how to control it. As you say, I can't keep you here all time, this could take days, months or years... Just please, be careful."
* * *
Dinah and Huntress were trying to capture the mastermind behind of the assaults. But for a couple of nights the activity seemed to stop. The girls devoted themselves to interrogating thieves trying to find answers.
Dinah penned a thief and after putting him against a wall and to making him speak, she let him go. She walked toward Huntress who waited for her sitting on a stack of boxes.
"That was rude." she said raising her brow
"Well, you almost broke the arm of the last one. thas was really rude."
"Oh, it was his fault, he tried to hit me first. Anything interesting?"
"Nothing... single rumors but without names neither descriptions."
Both girls began to walk down the street.
"How do you feel...?" Dinah asked pointing to her head.
"Well.... apparently I only have the headaches in high risk situations... With common thieves I don't have problem.But now I'm worried about Reese."
"Reese? What will happen to him"
"I don't know... It's strange. I feel that he is hiding something from me."
"And have you asked him?
"Yes... but he said that nothing happened." Huntress shrugged her shoulders.
"Good, in that aspect both are the same." Dinah said derisively "every time that we asked you, your answer is 'nothing happen'. Now you know how annoying it is to have premonitions."
"Yes, but at least you don't feel that your head is a pot of pressure" Huntress put her hands in the pockets "And you know what it is happening, I don't have a clue."
"That is true... " Dinah raised her shoulders. Huntress felt a strong pressure and she closed her eyes. Dinah realized immediately that something had happened to her.
"Again Huntress?" she asked to Huntress.
"Yes..." The pain level ascended quickly, Huntress supported herself with a hand on the wall.
Dinah touched her shoulder. "Did you take the pills that Oracle gave you today ?" Dinah notice that Huntress' pupils had become two thin lines.
"Yes, but it's very strong... like in my apartment, something will happen" the headache increased, Huntress groaned and she crouched down on the floor taking both hands to her temples. Dinah kneeled next to her, concerned.
"Barbara, it's very strong her headache" Dinah said in the mic "What do I do?"
:: Be careful, if Huntress is feeling danger, it is for a good reason::
A big noise of glasses exploding made Dinah look back. A strange woman in a fitted black suit with pants jumped to the street with a big bag in her hand. She had just robbed a bank.
"Stay here!" Dinah told Huntress running toward the woman.
"No... Dinah... Wait!!" Huntress tried to stop her but the pain prevented her "Damned sixth sense!" she thought to herself.
"Stop right there!" the blond youth exclaimed to the woman. She observed her strange disguise, it seemed like a gymnast's suit with high boots.
"Hello... are you The Huntress?" The woman looked at Dinah. Dinah was surprised by the question.
"Why are you looking for Huntress? Who are you?"
"I am Live Wire, Are you The Huntress?"
"No." Dinah answered.
:: Be careful Dinah! :: Barbara spoke in the mic :: She is very dangerous, she throws electric charges with her hands and eyes! She is a friend of Harley Quinn, I fought against her on a few occasions. Huntress, don't leave her alone! ::
"Then go away, I cannot waste my time with you." Live Wire raised her hand throwing an electric charge at Dinah that the youth avoided by rotating to her side. Dinah was surprised, she raised her hand and with her mental power she pushed Live Wire against a window sounding an alarm.
She got up angry and Dinah avoided two more attacks. One of the discharges set the garbage on fire. The strange woman's force was surprising.
:: Dinah! :: Barbara said knowing that Huntress couldn't aid her ::Please, be more careful:: Dinah ignored the command and it elevated Live Wire with one of her hands. This allowed her to shoot Dinah with a potent discharge that impacted in her chest and she fell back.