Oracle stopped everything to listen, Huntress didn't respond to her calls.
She put her head on the table and covered it with her hands. Bane had
trapped Huntress, Damn it wasn't he supposed to be in prison. Suddenly she
came to the realization, if Huntress had fallen, Dinah was in a great
danger trying to help her.
"Dinah come back immediately!" she ordered. Dinah continued running to Huntress' last known location "Dinah do you copy? Come back."
"Sorry, can't do that Oracle," Dinah said breathlessly.
"Dinah, listen to me please. You can't face Bane alone, he gets his strength from a drug called Venom, he is extremely dangerous, come back..." Oracle pleaded.
* * *
Dinah didn't respond, she arrived at the site less than ten minutes later. She was too late, no sign of Bane or Huntress. She started looking around for clues.
"Where did they go?" she asked Oracle through the com.
"Come back to the Clock Tower." Oracle said.
"Where are they?" Dinah exclaimed annoyed, "You can trace her with the Delphi!"
"Dinah, please, come back, I know that you are worried about Huntress, so am I, remember we have a job to do and we have to turn our emotions off. I don't want anything to happen to you as well. Come back to the Clocktower, please."
"Oracle tell me where they are!" Dinah punched a metal door putting a serious dent in it. She was angry that Oracle wouldn't give her the information. Tears of frustration started falling down her cheeks.
"Come back to the Clock tower," she heard Oracle's sternest voice. "Time is of the essence, every second counts. I need you here. You can't do this alone. If we want to help her we need a plan."
"I'm not some naïve girl, anymore! Why won't you understand that?" Dinah screamed putting her hands on her hips and pacing furiously, Huntress was in serious trouble in Bane's clutches. It would help to know if she was still alive.
"I know, Dinah I know, but I need you," Oracle prayed Dinah would listen to her.
"Without you I cannot help Huntress... Dinah this isn't about your experience. It's the fact that we have to think with our heads and not our hearts. I need you to calm down and get back to the Clocktower." Dinah drop- kicked a garbage can as she stormed off back to the Clocktower.
* * *
Bane went under New Gotham City, where the remains of the original Gotham City destroyed years ago by an earthquake. He went to the ruins of a big building and walked down a flight of stairs into the basement. He had Huntress draped over his shoulder. Bane kicked open the door, Live Wire was surprised to see him when he walked into the room. Bane tossed Huntress on the floor in front of Live Wire. Live Wire looked up at Bane and smiled.
"Al Hawke was right, you are very, very effective...." The smile disappeared from Live Wire's face when she took a closer look at Huntress, who had taken a serious beating. Live Wire turned Huntress' face up with her foot. "What were you thinking? We want her alive and you bring her here practically dead!" She exclaimed angrily. "If she dies, how will I be able to complete our plans?"
"You didn't specify Alive or Dead. I got her here..Pay up!" Bane declared.
"No!" Live Wire screamed angrily, pointing to Huntress "A beating like this was not a part of the bargain!"
"You will pay me, now!" Bane exclaimed.
"No! You should've caught her without a mark on her. Well, perhaps one... But this...!" Live Wire was furious.
"Pay me now or I will do the same to you." Bane tried to hit Live Wire and gracefully jumped out of the way.
"Bane you blockhead broken body parts not a deal make. You won't get a dime outta me!" Live Wire threw one of her electric shocks that Bane quickly avoided. Enraged. He broke one of the shelves off the wall and threw it at Live Wire. She ducked and avoided the shelf.
The fight didn't last long, though Bane was strong but Live Wire caught him with a serious electrical shock and he fell like a brick wall making a big thud when hit the floor. Live Wire let out her breath she didn't know she was holding.
"Damn stupid ox. Wow. If he could do that to her."Live Wire looked over at Huntress. "I got real lucky." Huntress had stirred a little half opening her eyelids. It hurt too much to move.
"Well, the kitten is awake..." Live Wire said and picked up a radio to call to her guards. Within minutes they were there. They roughly picked up Huntress and dragged her inside a small room and dumped her in the corner of the room. Live Wire pressed a button and an invisible magnetic field was activated blocking the exit of the room. The men went back for Bane and dragged him out of the room.
Huntress began to regain her senses as she tried to figure out where she was. Her whole body was in agony, it felt like she had been run over with a train. The pounding headache wasn't helping her mood either.
"Do you like your new house, kitten?" Live Wire said as she leaned over to look at her. Huntress grunted angrily. She tried to move but her body wouldn't respond.
"Kitten looks a little annoyed." Live Wire smiled "Sorry Bane beat the crap outta you. Unfortunately, you will have to remain here awhile. The Boss said that I have to take care of the merchandise. He paid a lot of money for you. In fact, I have to call him now. He wants to come down and see you for himself. Bane is an animal; it shows me though that you're worth every cent the boss paid. I suggest you rest." The woman headed for the door where one of the guards was standing. "If she tries anything, shoot her." Live Wire said as she walked out the door.
Huntress turned her body carefully so that her back was on the floor so she could try to rest. Each movement was pure agony. Huntress coughed and covered her mouth. She looked at her hand that was covering her mouth, blood was on it. Huntress closed her eyes and placed her hands over her ribs, This was gonna take some time to recover.
* * *
The door of the elevator opened up. Barbara and Dinah were working hard in the laboratory. Dinah was surprised to see Reese enter the room.
"Reese!" Dinah exclaimed "What are you doing here?"
"I called him" Barbara explained "I lost Helena's signal when Bane took her underground.. Reese will try to find out where Bane took her. There had to be some scuzzball out there who knew about the completion."
"They are in the old Gotham Central Bank" Reese explained as he placed a piece of paper on the table. Barbara and Dinah came closer. "I brought the plans so that you can see where the entrance is. Almost all the sides are blocked off with debris. I didn't have to hit this guy too hard, he didn't like pain. He spilled everything. We gotta move fast though, we don't have much time."
"Hitting someone for information, that became legal when?" Dinah raised her eyebrow, Reese's attitude surprised her.
"Well, I needed information fast. I don't like breaking the law Dinah, but we are talking about Huntress' life here. I didn't have time for formalities." Reese explained.
"I obtained information that Live Wire is not the only one behind this." Barbara said while she placed the transponder around her waist "Do you know anything about that?"
Reese was silent for a second before answering. "There's a rumor going around, But I want to confirm it first."
"If we will know who is helping her, we may have a better chance of knowing what to do." Barbara took some spheres of the table and she gave a few to Dinah.
"What is that?" did Reese asked.
"Silicate dust spheres, if we throw it at Live Wire we will create a coating to prevent her from throwing electrical discharges at us. Dinah, lets go." Barbara took the plans and she got up "Reese, I need some time before you arrive with the police."
"How long?" Reese looked surprised. Knowing what Helena went up against, he wanted to get to her as soon as possible.
"The police shouldn't see us, or Helena for that matter. Just enough time to get her out." Barbara said.
"An hour?" Reese said as he saw them head for the elevator.
"I think that may just be enough." Barbara said as the doors of the elevator closed.
"Dinah come back immediately!" she ordered. Dinah continued running to Huntress' last known location "Dinah do you copy? Come back."
"Sorry, can't do that Oracle," Dinah said breathlessly.
"Dinah, listen to me please. You can't face Bane alone, he gets his strength from a drug called Venom, he is extremely dangerous, come back..." Oracle pleaded.
* * *
Dinah didn't respond, she arrived at the site less than ten minutes later. She was too late, no sign of Bane or Huntress. She started looking around for clues.
"Where did they go?" she asked Oracle through the com.
"Come back to the Clock Tower." Oracle said.
"Where are they?" Dinah exclaimed annoyed, "You can trace her with the Delphi!"
"Dinah, please, come back, I know that you are worried about Huntress, so am I, remember we have a job to do and we have to turn our emotions off. I don't want anything to happen to you as well. Come back to the Clocktower, please."
"Oracle tell me where they are!" Dinah punched a metal door putting a serious dent in it. She was angry that Oracle wouldn't give her the information. Tears of frustration started falling down her cheeks.
"Come back to the Clock tower," she heard Oracle's sternest voice. "Time is of the essence, every second counts. I need you here. You can't do this alone. If we want to help her we need a plan."
"I'm not some naïve girl, anymore! Why won't you understand that?" Dinah screamed putting her hands on her hips and pacing furiously, Huntress was in serious trouble in Bane's clutches. It would help to know if she was still alive.
"I know, Dinah I know, but I need you," Oracle prayed Dinah would listen to her.
"Without you I cannot help Huntress... Dinah this isn't about your experience. It's the fact that we have to think with our heads and not our hearts. I need you to calm down and get back to the Clocktower." Dinah drop- kicked a garbage can as she stormed off back to the Clocktower.
* * *
Bane went under New Gotham City, where the remains of the original Gotham City destroyed years ago by an earthquake. He went to the ruins of a big building and walked down a flight of stairs into the basement. He had Huntress draped over his shoulder. Bane kicked open the door, Live Wire was surprised to see him when he walked into the room. Bane tossed Huntress on the floor in front of Live Wire. Live Wire looked up at Bane and smiled.
"Al Hawke was right, you are very, very effective...." The smile disappeared from Live Wire's face when she took a closer look at Huntress, who had taken a serious beating. Live Wire turned Huntress' face up with her foot. "What were you thinking? We want her alive and you bring her here practically dead!" She exclaimed angrily. "If she dies, how will I be able to complete our plans?"
"You didn't specify Alive or Dead. I got her here..Pay up!" Bane declared.
"No!" Live Wire screamed angrily, pointing to Huntress "A beating like this was not a part of the bargain!"
"You will pay me, now!" Bane exclaimed.
"No! You should've caught her without a mark on her. Well, perhaps one... But this...!" Live Wire was furious.
"Pay me now or I will do the same to you." Bane tried to hit Live Wire and gracefully jumped out of the way.
"Bane you blockhead broken body parts not a deal make. You won't get a dime outta me!" Live Wire threw one of her electric shocks that Bane quickly avoided. Enraged. He broke one of the shelves off the wall and threw it at Live Wire. She ducked and avoided the shelf.
The fight didn't last long, though Bane was strong but Live Wire caught him with a serious electrical shock and he fell like a brick wall making a big thud when hit the floor. Live Wire let out her breath she didn't know she was holding.
"Damn stupid ox. Wow. If he could do that to her."Live Wire looked over at Huntress. "I got real lucky." Huntress had stirred a little half opening her eyelids. It hurt too much to move.
"Well, the kitten is awake..." Live Wire said and picked up a radio to call to her guards. Within minutes they were there. They roughly picked up Huntress and dragged her inside a small room and dumped her in the corner of the room. Live Wire pressed a button and an invisible magnetic field was activated blocking the exit of the room. The men went back for Bane and dragged him out of the room.
Huntress began to regain her senses as she tried to figure out where she was. Her whole body was in agony, it felt like she had been run over with a train. The pounding headache wasn't helping her mood either.
"Do you like your new house, kitten?" Live Wire said as she leaned over to look at her. Huntress grunted angrily. She tried to move but her body wouldn't respond.
"Kitten looks a little annoyed." Live Wire smiled "Sorry Bane beat the crap outta you. Unfortunately, you will have to remain here awhile. The Boss said that I have to take care of the merchandise. He paid a lot of money for you. In fact, I have to call him now. He wants to come down and see you for himself. Bane is an animal; it shows me though that you're worth every cent the boss paid. I suggest you rest." The woman headed for the door where one of the guards was standing. "If she tries anything, shoot her." Live Wire said as she walked out the door.
Huntress turned her body carefully so that her back was on the floor so she could try to rest. Each movement was pure agony. Huntress coughed and covered her mouth. She looked at her hand that was covering her mouth, blood was on it. Huntress closed her eyes and placed her hands over her ribs, This was gonna take some time to recover.
* * *
The door of the elevator opened up. Barbara and Dinah were working hard in the laboratory. Dinah was surprised to see Reese enter the room.
"Reese!" Dinah exclaimed "What are you doing here?"
"I called him" Barbara explained "I lost Helena's signal when Bane took her underground.. Reese will try to find out where Bane took her. There had to be some scuzzball out there who knew about the completion."
"They are in the old Gotham Central Bank" Reese explained as he placed a piece of paper on the table. Barbara and Dinah came closer. "I brought the plans so that you can see where the entrance is. Almost all the sides are blocked off with debris. I didn't have to hit this guy too hard, he didn't like pain. He spilled everything. We gotta move fast though, we don't have much time."
"Hitting someone for information, that became legal when?" Dinah raised her eyebrow, Reese's attitude surprised her.
"Well, I needed information fast. I don't like breaking the law Dinah, but we are talking about Huntress' life here. I didn't have time for formalities." Reese explained.
"I obtained information that Live Wire is not the only one behind this." Barbara said while she placed the transponder around her waist "Do you know anything about that?"
Reese was silent for a second before answering. "There's a rumor going around, But I want to confirm it first."
"If we will know who is helping her, we may have a better chance of knowing what to do." Barbara took some spheres of the table and she gave a few to Dinah.
"What is that?" did Reese asked.
"Silicate dust spheres, if we throw it at Live Wire we will create a coating to prevent her from throwing electrical discharges at us. Dinah, lets go." Barbara took the plans and she got up "Reese, I need some time before you arrive with the police."
"How long?" Reese looked surprised. Knowing what Helena went up against, he wanted to get to her as soon as possible.
"The police shouldn't see us, or Helena for that matter. Just enough time to get her out." Barbara said.
"An hour?" Reese said as he saw them head for the elevator.
"I think that may just be enough." Barbara said as the doors of the elevator closed.