Chapter 8: Trying to ruin revenge
Helena and Reese were in the sewers looking for Two Face's hideout. They had been walking for a while when they finally arrived at their destination. The entrance to the hideout was guarded by three thugs who were armed. "Oracle, we're here. There are three guards by the door with guns," Helena told her.
::Be careful, we can't let Two Face know that we're here.::
"Don't worry, I'll take them out in two seconds." She turned towards Reese. "I'll take the two on the left, you take the one on the right."
"Okay, let's do it." Helena went towards the two thugs. Before they could react, she kicked them both in the wrist, knocking the guns out of their hands. She punched one of them in the nose, causing it to break, and his eyes became watery, blurring his vision. As he was trying to recover, she kicked the other one in the ribs and then in the stomach. The thug finally recovered from the broken nose that she had given him and charged at her. She leaped over him, took him by the coat, and threw him against the wall, where he hit his head and was knocked out cold.
While she had been busy throwing the thug against the wall, the other one went to retrieve his gun which was currently lying on the floor. His hands were a inch away from it when Helena punched him in the face. He tried to fight back by punching her but she blocked him and he received another blow. He tried to kick her in the stomach but she blocked him again. She punched him in the chest and then in the stomach. She kicked him in the ankle causing him to fall to the floor. While he was lying on the ground, he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a knife. He got up off the floor and charged at her. She got out of the way, kicked the knife out of his hand, and knocked him out with one more blow.
Helena turned towards Reese to see how he was doing. The thug he was supposed to take care of was knocked out. "Nice job," she told him.
"You too. So, is there anybody behind this door?"
"I don't know, Reese. I don't have x-ray vision."
"Well, let's find out if there is anybody there."
"Okay, that's all you had to say." She kicked the door open. There was nobody there. "Okay, Oracle, me and Reese took care of the thugs. It's safe for Connor and Dinah to come down now."
::Okay, they'll be down in a second.:: A couple of minutes later, Dinah and Connor joined them.
"Okay, we'll see you guys later. Be careful," Helena told them
"We always are," Dinah said.
"Do me a favor and go find my father," Connor said.
"We'll find him, Connor. Don't worry. We'll see you guys soon." Helena and Reese went off in one direction while Connor and Dinah went off in another. None of them noticed the cameras that were following their every move.
* * * * *
In a room, on the other side of the hideout, Two Face was observing all of them on a screen. He smiled. "It's show time."
* * * * *
"Okay, so do we have any idea where they're keeping Oliver down here?" Reese asked Helena.
"No, but when in doubt ask a thug. What a coincidence, there's one over there."
"Go ahead and kick his ass."
"I was hoping you would say that." She went over to the thug and caught him by surprise. She kicked him two times in the stomach and punched him in the face. She threw him against the wall. "Hey, I was wondering if you could help me out with something. Can you tell me where Green Arrow is?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Okay, let me make that clearer." She kicked him hard in the groin. She threw him against the wall again. "Now is your memory starting to come back?"
"He's down the hall, last door on the right," he said in pain.
"Thanks." She punched him in the face and knocked him out. She turned towards Reese. "Okay, you heard him. Let's go."
"Wait, how do we know it's not a trap?"
"We don't."
"Well, we should be careful. We don't know for sure that Oliver is actually in that room."
"Look, Reese, we won't find out unless we check it out. I mean, he can be anywhere down here. We have no idea where to look. This is our only clue."
"Okay, fine but let's be careful."
"Okay." They walked to their destination. "Let's bring Ollie back." Helena kicked the door open. Oliver wasn't there but Two Face and his thugs were. They all pointed guns at them. Helena turned towards Reese. "Okay, so you were right for once."
"Huntress, I've been expecting you. And, Detective Reese, how nice of you to join us," Two Face said.
"Well, long time no see," she said. "I heard you brought somebody back from the dead."
"I knew it wouldn't take you long to figure out."
"Well, I'm going to bring Ollie back and then you're going back to Arkham."
"I don't think so."
"Oh, yeah, why would you say that?"
"Because I have him on my side." Suddenly, both Helena and Reese became unconscious as they were hit hard over the head. "Nice job, Oliver. Go and check on the chemical. I believe we have other visitors."
"Right away, Two Face."
* * * * *
Connor and Dinah finally found the room that they were looking for. There were two thugs by the door, guarding it with guns. "I'll take the one on the right. You take the one on the left," Connor told her.
"Okay, let's do it." Dinah used her telekinesis to send the thug that she was supposed to take care of, flying against the wall. His partner realized something happened and quickly figured it out. He aimed his gun at Dinah and Connor. He was about to fire when Connor quickly took an arrow out of his quiver and fired it at him. The arrow went through his hand, causing him to drop his weapon. He went to attack them but Connor broke his jaw before he could do anything. Connor then finished the job by kicking the thug in the face which made him fall to the ground.
"Well, that was easy," Connor said.
"Yeah, telekinesis can come in handy sometimes," Dinah told him.
"Okay, is there anybody in that room?"
"Let's find out." He reached for the knob but it was locked. They both looked at each other and nodded. They kicked the door open. There were two guys in there who looked like scientists. On their white coats they had ID's that said that they worked at STAR Labs. These were obviously the guys that Two Face paid off to help him make the chemical only infect metas.
One of the guys was reaching for the phone to contact Two Face but Connor fired an arrow through his hand to stop him. He screamed in pain. The other one pulled out a gun and pointed it at them but Dinah made it fly out of his hands. Connor took two arrows out of his quiver and pointed them at the scientists. "Go against the wall," He demanded. They did as they were told.
"Okay, Oracle we're in. Now what?" Dinah said.
::We have to make sure they lose all of their research, so before you do anything, go towards the computers.:: Dinah went over to the huge computer that was in the room while Connor was holding the guys back by aiming his arrows at them. "Do you have everything under control?" she asked him.
"Yeah, everything's fine. Go do whatever you have to," he told her.
"Okay. All right, Oracle, what do I do?"
::Do you have the disc I gave you?::
"Yeah, it's in my hand."
::The disc is a virus. Put it in the computer.::
"Okay." She put it in the opening that she thought it was suppose to go in. "Okay, now what?"
"Do you have the device I gave you?"
"Yeah."
"I need you to put that into the system. Once you do that, I'll be able to activate the virus from here."
"Okay, how do I put it in?"
::Open up the monitor.::
"You know, I'm not very good when it comes to computers."
::Just open up whatever you think is the monitor.::
"Okay, now what?"
::Do you see all of those wires?::
"Yeah."
::Pull the blue wire out and then plug it into the device. Then put the plug that's connected to the end of the device, where the blue wire originally was."
"Okay I think I understood that." Dinah did what she thought she was supposed to do. "Are you getting anything?"
::Yeah, it worked.::
"Thank god."
::Okay, just give me a couple of minutes to get this to work.:: Dinah waited for a couple of minutes until she finally heard Oracle's voice again. ::Is everything shutting down?::
"Yeah."
::Good, that means the virus worked. Now Green Arrow just needs to do his part.:: Dinah turned towards Connor.
"Green Arrow, you're up. Let me handle them," she said referring to the scientists that he was harassing.
"Okay." He put his bow down and put his arrows back in his quiver. After he turned his back on the scientists, they didn't see the point in staying where they were since the girl couldn't do anything to them, and they headed towards the phone to contact Two Face.
"Not so fast," Dinah said. She used telekinesis and sent them both flying back towards the wall. "I have a few tricks up my sleeve too. Don't do that again."
* * * * *
Back in the Clock Tower, Barbara was trying to contact Helena and Reese. "Huntress," she said, "Huntress, do you copy?" There was no response.
"Is everything alright, Miss Barbara?" Alfred asked her.
"I don't know. I'm not receiving a signal from Helena and Reese's comms."
"Perhaps there's a glitch. Remember what happened the first time Miss Helena went to Old Gotham?"
"Yes, I remember. That's why I updated all the comm sets so it would never happen again."
"Well, do you think something happened to them?"
"I don't know. I have a bad feeling. I'm going to try to contact Dinah and Connor. Hopefully Two Face didn't get them yet."
* * * * *
Connor was holding the flask of the chemical compound that Barbara had given him. All he had to do was to mix it in with the other chemical. It seemed simple enough. He went over to the door that held the container of the chemical. It was locked. He stepped back and tried to kick the door open. Nothing happened. Two Face really didn't want them to ruin his plan. Connor turned towards the scientists.
"Does one of you have a key to this door?" he asked them.
"No, only Two Face does," one of them said. Connor didn't believe them.
"Search them," he told Dinah. She was looking through their pockets when found a key.
"Well, what do we have here?" she said holding the key in her hand. She handed it to Connor.
"Thanks." He turned his back on them and headed towards the door. He put the key in and the door opened. He was about to poor the chemical compound into the container when he heard Oracle's voice.
::Dinah, Green Arrow, do you copy?::
"Yeah, we're here," he told her. "What's up?"
::Huntress and Reese aren't responding. I'm afraid Two Face got them. When you're done, try to find them. I want make sure they're alright.::
"Don't worry, I'm sure they're fine. We'll go look for them once I'm done with this," Connor said.
::Okay, be extra careful though.::
"Okay, we'll be careful." He was about to poor it in again when somebody came up from behind them.
"Not so fast," the person said. Connor turned around.
"Ollie?"
Helena and Reese were in the sewers looking for Two Face's hideout. They had been walking for a while when they finally arrived at their destination. The entrance to the hideout was guarded by three thugs who were armed. "Oracle, we're here. There are three guards by the door with guns," Helena told her.
::Be careful, we can't let Two Face know that we're here.::
"Don't worry, I'll take them out in two seconds." She turned towards Reese. "I'll take the two on the left, you take the one on the right."
"Okay, let's do it." Helena went towards the two thugs. Before they could react, she kicked them both in the wrist, knocking the guns out of their hands. She punched one of them in the nose, causing it to break, and his eyes became watery, blurring his vision. As he was trying to recover, she kicked the other one in the ribs and then in the stomach. The thug finally recovered from the broken nose that she had given him and charged at her. She leaped over him, took him by the coat, and threw him against the wall, where he hit his head and was knocked out cold.
While she had been busy throwing the thug against the wall, the other one went to retrieve his gun which was currently lying on the floor. His hands were a inch away from it when Helena punched him in the face. He tried to fight back by punching her but she blocked him and he received another blow. He tried to kick her in the stomach but she blocked him again. She punched him in the chest and then in the stomach. She kicked him in the ankle causing him to fall to the floor. While he was lying on the ground, he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a knife. He got up off the floor and charged at her. She got out of the way, kicked the knife out of his hand, and knocked him out with one more blow.
Helena turned towards Reese to see how he was doing. The thug he was supposed to take care of was knocked out. "Nice job," she told him.
"You too. So, is there anybody behind this door?"
"I don't know, Reese. I don't have x-ray vision."
"Well, let's find out if there is anybody there."
"Okay, that's all you had to say." She kicked the door open. There was nobody there. "Okay, Oracle, me and Reese took care of the thugs. It's safe for Connor and Dinah to come down now."
::Okay, they'll be down in a second.:: A couple of minutes later, Dinah and Connor joined them.
"Okay, we'll see you guys later. Be careful," Helena told them
"We always are," Dinah said.
"Do me a favor and go find my father," Connor said.
"We'll find him, Connor. Don't worry. We'll see you guys soon." Helena and Reese went off in one direction while Connor and Dinah went off in another. None of them noticed the cameras that were following their every move.
* * * * *
In a room, on the other side of the hideout, Two Face was observing all of them on a screen. He smiled. "It's show time."
* * * * *
"Okay, so do we have any idea where they're keeping Oliver down here?" Reese asked Helena.
"No, but when in doubt ask a thug. What a coincidence, there's one over there."
"Go ahead and kick his ass."
"I was hoping you would say that." She went over to the thug and caught him by surprise. She kicked him two times in the stomach and punched him in the face. She threw him against the wall. "Hey, I was wondering if you could help me out with something. Can you tell me where Green Arrow is?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Okay, let me make that clearer." She kicked him hard in the groin. She threw him against the wall again. "Now is your memory starting to come back?"
"He's down the hall, last door on the right," he said in pain.
"Thanks." She punched him in the face and knocked him out. She turned towards Reese. "Okay, you heard him. Let's go."
"Wait, how do we know it's not a trap?"
"We don't."
"Well, we should be careful. We don't know for sure that Oliver is actually in that room."
"Look, Reese, we won't find out unless we check it out. I mean, he can be anywhere down here. We have no idea where to look. This is our only clue."
"Okay, fine but let's be careful."
"Okay." They walked to their destination. "Let's bring Ollie back." Helena kicked the door open. Oliver wasn't there but Two Face and his thugs were. They all pointed guns at them. Helena turned towards Reese. "Okay, so you were right for once."
"Huntress, I've been expecting you. And, Detective Reese, how nice of you to join us," Two Face said.
"Well, long time no see," she said. "I heard you brought somebody back from the dead."
"I knew it wouldn't take you long to figure out."
"Well, I'm going to bring Ollie back and then you're going back to Arkham."
"I don't think so."
"Oh, yeah, why would you say that?"
"Because I have him on my side." Suddenly, both Helena and Reese became unconscious as they were hit hard over the head. "Nice job, Oliver. Go and check on the chemical. I believe we have other visitors."
"Right away, Two Face."
* * * * *
Connor and Dinah finally found the room that they were looking for. There were two thugs by the door, guarding it with guns. "I'll take the one on the right. You take the one on the left," Connor told her.
"Okay, let's do it." Dinah used her telekinesis to send the thug that she was supposed to take care of, flying against the wall. His partner realized something happened and quickly figured it out. He aimed his gun at Dinah and Connor. He was about to fire when Connor quickly took an arrow out of his quiver and fired it at him. The arrow went through his hand, causing him to drop his weapon. He went to attack them but Connor broke his jaw before he could do anything. Connor then finished the job by kicking the thug in the face which made him fall to the ground.
"Well, that was easy," Connor said.
"Yeah, telekinesis can come in handy sometimes," Dinah told him.
"Okay, is there anybody in that room?"
"Let's find out." He reached for the knob but it was locked. They both looked at each other and nodded. They kicked the door open. There were two guys in there who looked like scientists. On their white coats they had ID's that said that they worked at STAR Labs. These were obviously the guys that Two Face paid off to help him make the chemical only infect metas.
One of the guys was reaching for the phone to contact Two Face but Connor fired an arrow through his hand to stop him. He screamed in pain. The other one pulled out a gun and pointed it at them but Dinah made it fly out of his hands. Connor took two arrows out of his quiver and pointed them at the scientists. "Go against the wall," He demanded. They did as they were told.
"Okay, Oracle we're in. Now what?" Dinah said.
::We have to make sure they lose all of their research, so before you do anything, go towards the computers.:: Dinah went over to the huge computer that was in the room while Connor was holding the guys back by aiming his arrows at them. "Do you have everything under control?" she asked him.
"Yeah, everything's fine. Go do whatever you have to," he told her.
"Okay. All right, Oracle, what do I do?"
::Do you have the disc I gave you?::
"Yeah, it's in my hand."
::The disc is a virus. Put it in the computer.::
"Okay." She put it in the opening that she thought it was suppose to go in. "Okay, now what?"
"Do you have the device I gave you?"
"Yeah."
"I need you to put that into the system. Once you do that, I'll be able to activate the virus from here."
"Okay, how do I put it in?"
::Open up the monitor.::
"You know, I'm not very good when it comes to computers."
::Just open up whatever you think is the monitor.::
"Okay, now what?"
::Do you see all of those wires?::
"Yeah."
::Pull the blue wire out and then plug it into the device. Then put the plug that's connected to the end of the device, where the blue wire originally was."
"Okay I think I understood that." Dinah did what she thought she was supposed to do. "Are you getting anything?"
::Yeah, it worked.::
"Thank god."
::Okay, just give me a couple of minutes to get this to work.:: Dinah waited for a couple of minutes until she finally heard Oracle's voice again. ::Is everything shutting down?::
"Yeah."
::Good, that means the virus worked. Now Green Arrow just needs to do his part.:: Dinah turned towards Connor.
"Green Arrow, you're up. Let me handle them," she said referring to the scientists that he was harassing.
"Okay." He put his bow down and put his arrows back in his quiver. After he turned his back on the scientists, they didn't see the point in staying where they were since the girl couldn't do anything to them, and they headed towards the phone to contact Two Face.
"Not so fast," Dinah said. She used telekinesis and sent them both flying back towards the wall. "I have a few tricks up my sleeve too. Don't do that again."
* * * * *
Back in the Clock Tower, Barbara was trying to contact Helena and Reese. "Huntress," she said, "Huntress, do you copy?" There was no response.
"Is everything alright, Miss Barbara?" Alfred asked her.
"I don't know. I'm not receiving a signal from Helena and Reese's comms."
"Perhaps there's a glitch. Remember what happened the first time Miss Helena went to Old Gotham?"
"Yes, I remember. That's why I updated all the comm sets so it would never happen again."
"Well, do you think something happened to them?"
"I don't know. I have a bad feeling. I'm going to try to contact Dinah and Connor. Hopefully Two Face didn't get them yet."
* * * * *
Connor was holding the flask of the chemical compound that Barbara had given him. All he had to do was to mix it in with the other chemical. It seemed simple enough. He went over to the door that held the container of the chemical. It was locked. He stepped back and tried to kick the door open. Nothing happened. Two Face really didn't want them to ruin his plan. Connor turned towards the scientists.
"Does one of you have a key to this door?" he asked them.
"No, only Two Face does," one of them said. Connor didn't believe them.
"Search them," he told Dinah. She was looking through their pockets when found a key.
"Well, what do we have here?" she said holding the key in her hand. She handed it to Connor.
"Thanks." He turned his back on them and headed towards the door. He put the key in and the door opened. He was about to poor the chemical compound into the container when he heard Oracle's voice.
::Dinah, Green Arrow, do you copy?::
"Yeah, we're here," he told her. "What's up?"
::Huntress and Reese aren't responding. I'm afraid Two Face got them. When you're done, try to find them. I want make sure they're alright.::
"Don't worry, I'm sure they're fine. We'll go look for them once I'm done with this," Connor said.
::Okay, be extra careful though.::
"Okay, we'll be careful." He was about to poor it in again when somebody came up from behind them.
"Not so fast," the person said. Connor turned around.
"Ollie?"
