Authors' note: We finally got kicked out of class; we were capping on that
gay-ass show that took over Birds of Prey's time slot, Angel. I'm about to
hand the keyboard over to my friend but I don't know if it's a good idea,
well here goes. Hi, first time I actually get to write one of these, so
I'll get to the point; I was making a joke about Angel and here it is: "You
know that demon in the Angel show who is suppose to bring the world to an
end?" (This is where you say 'yeah'). "Well, how much you want to bet the
Birds of Prey could beat the crap out of the demon. Helena aka Huntress and
Dinah could swoop down from above beat the crap out of the demon and then
accidentally put a wooden stake into Angel's heart and get back their time
slot." (And this is where you express your thoughts). You can tell us what
you think about that in your review. And now on with the story, well the
fist part anyways.
Helena's Christmas 2: Batman's promise ~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~& "Mom, what do you want to do tonight?" Helena asked closing her English book.
"How about we go find you a dress for the dance on Friday?" Selina replied walking out of her room. "Did you finish your homework?"
"Just finished. English is really hard."
"I heard you and your team are performing at the football game Friday night."
"Yeah, are you coming?"
"Yes and I'm bring Barbara."
"Really? She's never comes when I invite her."
"She works nights, and she promised she'd come and she never breaks a promise, you and I both know that."
"You right mom, so we taking the car or walking."
"It's not that far, so lets walk and we can pick up some dinner too."
"Chinese food?"
"Whatever you want."
"Great, lets go."
Helena grabbed her coat as Selina grabbed her coat and purse; they left the apartment and made their way to the mall. They looked at a whole bunch of different dresses and finally found the perfect dress, "What do you think, mom?"
"It's beautiful," Selina replied.
"Can I get it?"
"Of course you can."
"Great all my friends are gonna die when they see it."
"I bet they will."
"But it's too big."
"We can have it alternated," the saleswoman said.
"Can I, mom?" Helena asked.
"Yes, you can," Selina replied.
"Thanks."
The woman took Helena's measurements, "You can pick up your dress Friday morning."
"Just in time for the dance!" Helena exclaimed.
"I'll pick it up before I go to work, okay?" Selina said.
"Yeah, all I need are shoes."
"Why don't you wear the ones I bought you last week?"
"Those would match."
Selina's cell phone started to ring, "Hello. Barbara, how are you? I'm out with Helena. We're going for Chinese at the café across the street. Why don't you join us? Yes the one by the mall. See you than. Bye Barbara." Selina turned to Helena, "Guess what?"
"We're having dinner with Barbara?" Helena asked.
"What are you a mind reader?"
"Yes, and I can also see the future. You'll meet a handsome man soon."
"Com' on, let's get there before Barbara does."
"Okay."
"How much for everything Miss?"
"Sixty dollars."
"Here you go."
"I'll get you a receipt."
"Thank you."
The woman came back with the receipt, "Have a good day."
"We will," Helena replied as she and Selina exited the store. They made there way over to the café; they got a booth and waited for Barbara. When Barbara arrived a few minutes later she came over, "Hi Barbara," Helena said.
"Hello Helena, I hear you're going to the dance," Barbara said.
"Yeah, my mom just bought me the dress, it's great."
"Barbara, how are you?" Selina asked.
"Fine, and you?"
"I have nothing to complain about."
"So, what shall we have?"
All three of the women began to laugh and then began talking. The next day when Helena went to school, she was excited and she could stop smiling. "Why are you so happy?" Stephanie one of the girls on the pep squad asked.
"I found the prefect dress for the dance and I've got a date," Helena replied.
"Who?"
"Ryan."
"The captain of the basketball team?"
"Yes."
"Hey, remember when we were going through those old New Gotham High yearbooks and we saw that really cute guy, what was his name.oh yeah Jesse something, he was the captain of the basketball team too." (A/N: *hint* *hint* Who do you know in the series Birds of Prey who has the name Jesse? Exactly! Ingénues isn't it?)
"So.what's your point Steph?"
"You said he was totally hot."
"And he is."
"Don't you mean was, he's got to be a least like sixty by now."
"I guess your right."
"Hey Helena."
"Hey Mike."
"So, I heard your gonna be cheering us to victory Friday and since there a dance afterwards..."
"I've already got a date but thanks for asking anyways, see you later Mike," she said cutting him off.
The girls walked away and headed to class, "Helena! Helena! Wait!" Helena turned around to find herself facing Gibson, "Hey Gibson."
"Helena."
"Yeah?"
"You still have my Biology book remember."
"Oh, right. Thanks for letting me borrow it."
"Anytime, all you have to do is ask."
"Okay, see you later."
Helena and her friends continued on their way, leaving Gibson staring at them in awe.
After the football game on Friday, Helena and Selina decided to take a walk before Helena got ready for the dance; Helena was telling her mother about her date for the dance, "He's the captain of the basketball team, his name is Ryan and he's so nice." Then suddenly out of nowhere came a man with a knife, Selina tried to fight him off but it had been years since she'd used her abilities and he quickly overpowered her. Helena kneeled by her mother's side and tired and tried to make her mother open her eyes; she'd lost her mother and it had been such a happy day, she wanted to go to Barbara but then she heard what happened and she just ran instead. ~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# An alarm went off, Helena rolled over in her bed and she threw the clock against the wall and went back to sleep. A few hours later there was a screaming voice in Helena's ear, "Helena.Helena.Helena Kyle!!"
"What?" Helena replied.
"Why aren't you here yet?"
"Cuz I'm here."
"Get over here now Helena!"
"I'm on my way."
Helena got out of bed and quickly got dressed and headed to the clock tower. ~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~ "So, you enjoy your Christmas Jesse?" McNally asked as they headed back to the car.
"It was petty good, yours?" Reese asked in reply.
"Not bad, but I could hear less of my mother asking me when I'm getting married."
"That's too bad, lucky my mom spent Christmas with my dad. But she calls and asks me the same question."
"So, how about you and that 'friend' of yours?"
"What are you talking about, McNally?"
"Com' on, Reese, your 'friend' who was half naked."
"What about her?"
"Com' on you can't tell me nothing happened between you two."
"Not every guy sleeps with his friends that just happen to be girls."
"And I'm guessing your one of those guys."
"Yes, I am," Reese said as they got into the car. "You're driving McNally," he added toss him the keys.
They headed to the station, it had been a week since Reese had last seen or heard from Huntress; he kept telling himself that the only reason he hadn't seen her was because there wasn't much crime lately, and it was partly true anyways. ~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$ A half asleep, half awake Helena Kyle walked out of the elevator and almost tripped; she rubbed her eyes and walked over to Barbara, "Why do you have to wake me up so early on a Saturday morning?" Helena asked as she hopped onto the computer desk. "So, why am I here?' she said yawning.
"Took you long enough to get here," Barbara said as she turn towards Helena.
"It." she checked her watch then said, "8:30am."
"I had your alarm set for 5:30am."
"Yeah, well you might need to get another one of those."
"You broke it? Do you know how many alarm clocks I've bough over the years?"
"How would I know."
"Let's just get back to why you're here."
"And why am I here?"
"Because I called you."
"But why did you call me?"
"There's crime."
"And crime can't wait till noon?"
"No, it can't."
"So, what's the crime?"
"Well, it's quite an." Barbara started but Helena only heard a few words as her mind began to drift. She hadn't seen Reese in a week, mostly because there was no crime; she had wanted to go see him but she had been working all week too. Maybe I'll drop in on him later on tonight, she thought to herself, finger on the necklace Reese had given her. She knew what Barbara was saying was important but she wasn't paying attention only thinking about Reese and she wondered if he was thinking about her. (A/N: Of course he was thinking about Helena whom else would he be thinking about?) Please let there be crime tonight, please, Helena thought and she realized this was the first time she actually wanted there to be crime in New Gotham.
"Helena.Helena.Helena.Huntress.Helena Kyle!!" Barbara shouted.
"Huh?" Helena replied.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"We were techno-babbling weren't you?"
"No, I was telling you about Dinah."
"Oh, sorry."
"What's up with you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since Christmas day you've been drifting off not paying attention and asking me every fives minutes while you're on patrol if there's any crime or if Reese has contacted you."
"Oh, have I."
"Tell me what's going on right now!"
"Nothing I swear Barbara, it just I'm bored on patrol, there hasn't been any crimes and that's not normal, well not for New Gotham anyways."
"You should be glad, very glad."
"Easy for you to say, that's how I have all my fun."
"Well, there's gonna be crime tonight."
"Thank God."
"Someone's planning a huge robbery tonight, jewelry stores, banks the works with all the high tech weapons, everything you could think of. They aren't going after the small stuff either, they're hitting all the big places and they're hitting three places tonight, four tomorrow night and ten the night after."
"Well, aren't they determined."
"They are, here are the addresses to all the places there're hitting up tonight. You and Reese go to this one first and then contact me, I'll give you the rest of your directions."
"And what time shall we be there?"
"Around nine-thirty, ten."
"So, nine-fifteen?"
"Yeah."
"What about Dinah?"
"She's not going, I don't want her knowing about this, you and I both know how she gets when it comes to this stuff. She might end up losing control of her abilities and screwing the whole thing up; we need to get this over with tonight, this is our only chance."
"Where is she anyways?"
"Studying for her English test."
"Sure she is and I'm a innocent college student."
"Okay, so she's not studying, we'll get the results next week."
"I better be on my way."
"Why are you leaving so early?"
So I can find a really sexy outfit to wear when I see Reese for the first time in a week, Helena thought but replied with, "Thought I see if Gibson knew anything about our new case."
"Tell me if you find anything out, understand?"
"Yes, Batgirl."
"It's Oracle!"
"Whatever!"
"Helena!! Helena!!" Barbara shouted but it fell on death's ears, Helena was already gone. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Alfred.Alfred!" Helena shouted from her closet.
"Yes, Miss Helena," Alfred replied as he entered her room.
"Where are my black leather pants?"
"Which ones?"
"The ones that laces up on the sides."
"They are in your closet next to your red skirt."
"Thanks Alfred."
"You are welcome, Miss Helena."
Helena quickly got dressed; she zipped up her boots and began to look for her comm. set. Once she found it she put it on and walked out of her room. "So, Alfred what do you think of my outfit?"
"You could have more clothes on, Miss Helena."
Helena looked down at her outfit; she had on her leather pants and a black long-sleeve see-through shirt, "What's wrong with it?"
"Never mind, Miss Helena, never mind."
"Oh, shit I'm gonna be late! Bye Alfred see you later."
Helena climbed out of the window and onto the roof of her apartment and made her way to Reese's apartment. She looked through the window, the man needs curtains, she thought. She jimmied the window opened and stepped inside the apartment; she looked around the room and saw Reese lying in his bed. (A/N: The next part my friend wrote, in all the stories we write together she always has to have that one scene in it, of course it wasn't in the last story because we, well, I had to get rid of it. On with the story.) She quietly walked over to the head of the bed; she grabbed the top of the blankets and pulled them off of Reese. A smile appeared across her face when she saw what was under the covers; nice ass, Helena thought as she checked him out. "Oh my God!" Helena said.
"Huh? Huntress?" Reese asked as he looked at her.
"It seems you and I have something in common," she replied as she looked at him.
"Huh?" he said then looked down and realized he was naked. "Oh, shit!"
Helena turned around as Reese looked her up and down remembering her previous comment. "If it helps Detective I have a tattoo on my lower back."
"Thanks," he replied. He got out of his bed and quickly got dressed, "You can turn around."
Helena turned around and faced him, "Do you always have to dress like a detective?"
"What are you saying?"
"Lose the shirt and put on a normal shirt, you're off duty."
"So, you want me to dress like a normal person?"
"Yes, Colombo."
"Okay, give me a minute."
"Hurry up we have got to be there by nine-fifteen."
"Alright," Reese said turning on the light and going through his closet. Helena took a seat on Reese's bed as she waited for him, he turned around and stared her up and down noticing her see-through shirt, "If you're done undressing me with your eyes, we can head out."
"I don't know what you're talking about, Huntress."
"Sure, you don't."
"Can we just go?"
"Yeah."
"Where are we going?"
"A jewelry store."
"Oh, so how we getting there?"
"Can you jump?"
"Huh?" ~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$ "No way Huntress," Reese said.
"Com' on Reese I won't let you fall," Helena replied.
"Huntress."
"Give me your hand Reese," she said extending her hand.
Reese took her hand and he jumped across; he held onto her hand a little longer than he had to but Helena didn't protest, than again why would she. They held onto each other's hands as they jumped across on last rooftop; they crouched down in the shadows as they looked down at the street.
"Oracle, we're here," Helena said.
"Good, they should be there soon, they're coming from the northern side. There are four guys and six girls, one of the guys has a weak knees, two are really slow, one of the girls has a glass jaw and three are very flexible so you might want to make sure not to let Reese deal with those girls."
"Okay, anything else?"
"No, not at the moment, and Huntress."
"Yeah?"
"Stay low."
"I know." Helena looked over at Reese, "Stay low."
"Okay," Reese replied.
Helena's eyes quickly changed as she scanned the ground below for any sign and every so often she would see Reese sneak a peek at her. She quickly got bored and let her mind drift. ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% Helena Kyle returned to school after being absent for six months; she hadn't come back to school since her mother died. Barbara and her had been looking for a place to live; they ended up in the Clock Tower and Helena had been helping her make some adjustments to the tower so Barbara could get around the tower. Barbara had Alfred pick up all Helena's class work and homework, she hadn't really done the work but she could pretend. She walked into her classroom and this is when Gibson spotted her; she looked like she always did but she didn't act like the Helena he knew, she seemed depressed.
"Miss Kyle, can I speak with you after class?" the teacher asked.
"Sure," Helena replied.
After class Helena walked to the front of the class, "You want to talk to me?"
"Yes, I do. Miss Kyle, you've missed quite a bit of school, six months to be exact and it's gonna be really hard for you to catch up. I am suggesting a tutor."
"Who?"
"Gibson, he's acing all his classes and he can help you."
"Okay."
"And I know you're on the pep squad and if you want to stay on it you need to keep up your grades."
"I know."
"You can go now."
"Sure." Helena walked out of the classroom and into the hallway, she spotted her friends and they walked over to her. She smiled a fake smile but it didn't matter anymore she wasn't Helena she was and is Huntress. ~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# "They're here Oracle," Helena said.
"Good, and Huntress be careful," Oracle replied.
"Com' on Detective let's go," Helena said.
"Huntress, where are you going?" Reese asked just as she jumped down off the roof. "Great," he said making his way over to the fire escape.
Helena was already in the store and Reese had pulled out his gun and started to make his way inside. He was about to jump on the people when Helena pulled him back, he was gonna protest but she put her finger over his mouth. She looked at the people and she looked back at Reese and mouthed the words one two three and then nodded and both of them came out of the shadows surprising the criminals; all of them turned around and Helena scanned their faces. Then she spotted him, Ryan and she knew who had the weak knees; she glanced over at Reese and nodded and he nodded in reply. Ryan came rushing at her and she crouched down and kicked him in the knees, he went down with a huge thud. One down nine to go, Helena thought. A huge man rushed at Reese, but much slower than the man who had just rushed Helena. He took him down easily, the rest of the fight was a blur to Reese and Helena, and before they knew it they were walking away from the crime scene as the police arrested the criminals.
"So, that's a typical night for you?" Reese asked.
"That was a slow night for me," Helena replied as she leaned against the building behind her.
"Really?"
"Really."
Reese pushed a strand of hair out of Helena's face and leaned closer to her, "I better head home," Helena said before Reese could kiss her.
"Okay, I'll see you later," Reese replied disappointment in his voice.
"See ya," Helena said and then she was gone. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ "How stupid am I?" Helena asked herself. "He was about to kiss me and what do I do? I tell him 'I better head home'. God, I'm such an idiot! I could have kissed him!"
"Well, why didn't you Miss Helena?" Alfred said.
"Alfred, how long have you been there?"
"Long enough to know you and Mister Reese almost kissed."
"You know it's not nice to sneak up on the master of the apartment."
"But I was tending to my duties, Miss Helena and that is what a butler does."
"Funny Barbara said you referred to yourself as a gentleman's gentleman."
"Well, you are not a gentleman Miss Helena you are a young lady."
"Whatever you say Alfred."
"So, why did you stop Mister Reese from kissing you?"
"I don't know."
"Well, Miss Helena that is not n answer and I deserve one seeing as I didn't tell Miss Barbara and Miss Dinah where you were on Christmas Day."
"Alfred, I don't really know. I just got scared when he started getting close to me. And then I just said "I better head home' and then he said 'Okay, I'll see you later' and I could completely hear the disappointment in his voice. We came so close but I pushed him away."
"And do you know why Miss Helena?"
"I.no."
"Because you were and still are scared of what might happen. Much like your mother was when she was with Master Bruce."
"My mother? Scared? Impossible."
"Believe me Miss Helena she was; she was afraid that Master Bruce didn't really love her, but he did and he always will. But your mother, Miss Selina was afraid of love and the man who loved her; some nights I would find Miss Selina sitting at the entrance of the Bat cave, sometimes she would be crying other times she would just be sitting there silently, but nonetheless she would wait there for me and we would talk just like you and I talk about things you would never reveal to Miss Barbara or Miss Dinah."
"But my mother was never afraid of anything or anyone."
"Can you tell me, Miss Helena, that you aren't afraid of what might happen between you and Mister Reese?"
"I guess I am, but that's not the point! It's never been like this."
"Maybe this time it is true love."
"Please Alfred, I don't fall in love, and especially with detectives."
"As you wish Miss Helena, as you wish," Alfred said as he exited her apartment.
"You know he's right," Helena told herself. "Yeah, not that I'd ever admit it." Helena walked over into her room, she opened the drawer in her nightstand. She took out the envelope and stared at it, she looked around and started to open the envelope slowly. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ~.~.~.~.~.~. Author's Note: We're gonna leave you guys, girls and meta-humans hanging! We have great news on Birds of Prey, the last two episodes of Birds of Prey will air Wednesday, February 19th, 2003 from 8pm to 9pm, but there's also so really, really bad news, those are the last two episodes. The WB sucks! How could they cancel the best show on their network!! We promise to have the next part up by Monday the latest Tuesday, I hope you enjoy! Thanks in advanced for the reviews. Thank you.
Helena's Christmas 2: Batman's promise ~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~&~& "Mom, what do you want to do tonight?" Helena asked closing her English book.
"How about we go find you a dress for the dance on Friday?" Selina replied walking out of her room. "Did you finish your homework?"
"Just finished. English is really hard."
"I heard you and your team are performing at the football game Friday night."
"Yeah, are you coming?"
"Yes and I'm bring Barbara."
"Really? She's never comes when I invite her."
"She works nights, and she promised she'd come and she never breaks a promise, you and I both know that."
"You right mom, so we taking the car or walking."
"It's not that far, so lets walk and we can pick up some dinner too."
"Chinese food?"
"Whatever you want."
"Great, lets go."
Helena grabbed her coat as Selina grabbed her coat and purse; they left the apartment and made their way to the mall. They looked at a whole bunch of different dresses and finally found the perfect dress, "What do you think, mom?"
"It's beautiful," Selina replied.
"Can I get it?"
"Of course you can."
"Great all my friends are gonna die when they see it."
"I bet they will."
"But it's too big."
"We can have it alternated," the saleswoman said.
"Can I, mom?" Helena asked.
"Yes, you can," Selina replied.
"Thanks."
The woman took Helena's measurements, "You can pick up your dress Friday morning."
"Just in time for the dance!" Helena exclaimed.
"I'll pick it up before I go to work, okay?" Selina said.
"Yeah, all I need are shoes."
"Why don't you wear the ones I bought you last week?"
"Those would match."
Selina's cell phone started to ring, "Hello. Barbara, how are you? I'm out with Helena. We're going for Chinese at the café across the street. Why don't you join us? Yes the one by the mall. See you than. Bye Barbara." Selina turned to Helena, "Guess what?"
"We're having dinner with Barbara?" Helena asked.
"What are you a mind reader?"
"Yes, and I can also see the future. You'll meet a handsome man soon."
"Com' on, let's get there before Barbara does."
"Okay."
"How much for everything Miss?"
"Sixty dollars."
"Here you go."
"I'll get you a receipt."
"Thank you."
The woman came back with the receipt, "Have a good day."
"We will," Helena replied as she and Selina exited the store. They made there way over to the café; they got a booth and waited for Barbara. When Barbara arrived a few minutes later she came over, "Hi Barbara," Helena said.
"Hello Helena, I hear you're going to the dance," Barbara said.
"Yeah, my mom just bought me the dress, it's great."
"Barbara, how are you?" Selina asked.
"Fine, and you?"
"I have nothing to complain about."
"So, what shall we have?"
All three of the women began to laugh and then began talking. The next day when Helena went to school, she was excited and she could stop smiling. "Why are you so happy?" Stephanie one of the girls on the pep squad asked.
"I found the prefect dress for the dance and I've got a date," Helena replied.
"Who?"
"Ryan."
"The captain of the basketball team?"
"Yes."
"Hey, remember when we were going through those old New Gotham High yearbooks and we saw that really cute guy, what was his name.oh yeah Jesse something, he was the captain of the basketball team too." (A/N: *hint* *hint* Who do you know in the series Birds of Prey who has the name Jesse? Exactly! Ingénues isn't it?)
"So.what's your point Steph?"
"You said he was totally hot."
"And he is."
"Don't you mean was, he's got to be a least like sixty by now."
"I guess your right."
"Hey Helena."
"Hey Mike."
"So, I heard your gonna be cheering us to victory Friday and since there a dance afterwards..."
"I've already got a date but thanks for asking anyways, see you later Mike," she said cutting him off.
The girls walked away and headed to class, "Helena! Helena! Wait!" Helena turned around to find herself facing Gibson, "Hey Gibson."
"Helena."
"Yeah?"
"You still have my Biology book remember."
"Oh, right. Thanks for letting me borrow it."
"Anytime, all you have to do is ask."
"Okay, see you later."
Helena and her friends continued on their way, leaving Gibson staring at them in awe.
After the football game on Friday, Helena and Selina decided to take a walk before Helena got ready for the dance; Helena was telling her mother about her date for the dance, "He's the captain of the basketball team, his name is Ryan and he's so nice." Then suddenly out of nowhere came a man with a knife, Selina tried to fight him off but it had been years since she'd used her abilities and he quickly overpowered her. Helena kneeled by her mother's side and tired and tried to make her mother open her eyes; she'd lost her mother and it had been such a happy day, she wanted to go to Barbara but then she heard what happened and she just ran instead. ~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# An alarm went off, Helena rolled over in her bed and she threw the clock against the wall and went back to sleep. A few hours later there was a screaming voice in Helena's ear, "Helena.Helena.Helena Kyle!!"
"What?" Helena replied.
"Why aren't you here yet?"
"Cuz I'm here."
"Get over here now Helena!"
"I'm on my way."
Helena got out of bed and quickly got dressed and headed to the clock tower. ~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~ "So, you enjoy your Christmas Jesse?" McNally asked as they headed back to the car.
"It was petty good, yours?" Reese asked in reply.
"Not bad, but I could hear less of my mother asking me when I'm getting married."
"That's too bad, lucky my mom spent Christmas with my dad. But she calls and asks me the same question."
"So, how about you and that 'friend' of yours?"
"What are you talking about, McNally?"
"Com' on, Reese, your 'friend' who was half naked."
"What about her?"
"Com' on you can't tell me nothing happened between you two."
"Not every guy sleeps with his friends that just happen to be girls."
"And I'm guessing your one of those guys."
"Yes, I am," Reese said as they got into the car. "You're driving McNally," he added toss him the keys.
They headed to the station, it had been a week since Reese had last seen or heard from Huntress; he kept telling himself that the only reason he hadn't seen her was because there wasn't much crime lately, and it was partly true anyways. ~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$ A half asleep, half awake Helena Kyle walked out of the elevator and almost tripped; she rubbed her eyes and walked over to Barbara, "Why do you have to wake me up so early on a Saturday morning?" Helena asked as she hopped onto the computer desk. "So, why am I here?' she said yawning.
"Took you long enough to get here," Barbara said as she turn towards Helena.
"It." she checked her watch then said, "8:30am."
"I had your alarm set for 5:30am."
"Yeah, well you might need to get another one of those."
"You broke it? Do you know how many alarm clocks I've bough over the years?"
"How would I know."
"Let's just get back to why you're here."
"And why am I here?"
"Because I called you."
"But why did you call me?"
"There's crime."
"And crime can't wait till noon?"
"No, it can't."
"So, what's the crime?"
"Well, it's quite an." Barbara started but Helena only heard a few words as her mind began to drift. She hadn't seen Reese in a week, mostly because there was no crime; she had wanted to go see him but she had been working all week too. Maybe I'll drop in on him later on tonight, she thought to herself, finger on the necklace Reese had given her. She knew what Barbara was saying was important but she wasn't paying attention only thinking about Reese and she wondered if he was thinking about her. (A/N: Of course he was thinking about Helena whom else would he be thinking about?) Please let there be crime tonight, please, Helena thought and she realized this was the first time she actually wanted there to be crime in New Gotham.
"Helena.Helena.Helena.Huntress.Helena Kyle!!" Barbara shouted.
"Huh?" Helena replied.
"Did you hear what I said?"
"We were techno-babbling weren't you?"
"No, I was telling you about Dinah."
"Oh, sorry."
"What's up with you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since Christmas day you've been drifting off not paying attention and asking me every fives minutes while you're on patrol if there's any crime or if Reese has contacted you."
"Oh, have I."
"Tell me what's going on right now!"
"Nothing I swear Barbara, it just I'm bored on patrol, there hasn't been any crimes and that's not normal, well not for New Gotham anyways."
"You should be glad, very glad."
"Easy for you to say, that's how I have all my fun."
"Well, there's gonna be crime tonight."
"Thank God."
"Someone's planning a huge robbery tonight, jewelry stores, banks the works with all the high tech weapons, everything you could think of. They aren't going after the small stuff either, they're hitting all the big places and they're hitting three places tonight, four tomorrow night and ten the night after."
"Well, aren't they determined."
"They are, here are the addresses to all the places there're hitting up tonight. You and Reese go to this one first and then contact me, I'll give you the rest of your directions."
"And what time shall we be there?"
"Around nine-thirty, ten."
"So, nine-fifteen?"
"Yeah."
"What about Dinah?"
"She's not going, I don't want her knowing about this, you and I both know how she gets when it comes to this stuff. She might end up losing control of her abilities and screwing the whole thing up; we need to get this over with tonight, this is our only chance."
"Where is she anyways?"
"Studying for her English test."
"Sure she is and I'm a innocent college student."
"Okay, so she's not studying, we'll get the results next week."
"I better be on my way."
"Why are you leaving so early?"
So I can find a really sexy outfit to wear when I see Reese for the first time in a week, Helena thought but replied with, "Thought I see if Gibson knew anything about our new case."
"Tell me if you find anything out, understand?"
"Yes, Batgirl."
"It's Oracle!"
"Whatever!"
"Helena!! Helena!!" Barbara shouted but it fell on death's ears, Helena was already gone. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Alfred.Alfred!" Helena shouted from her closet.
"Yes, Miss Helena," Alfred replied as he entered her room.
"Where are my black leather pants?"
"Which ones?"
"The ones that laces up on the sides."
"They are in your closet next to your red skirt."
"Thanks Alfred."
"You are welcome, Miss Helena."
Helena quickly got dressed; she zipped up her boots and began to look for her comm. set. Once she found it she put it on and walked out of her room. "So, Alfred what do you think of my outfit?"
"You could have more clothes on, Miss Helena."
Helena looked down at her outfit; she had on her leather pants and a black long-sleeve see-through shirt, "What's wrong with it?"
"Never mind, Miss Helena, never mind."
"Oh, shit I'm gonna be late! Bye Alfred see you later."
Helena climbed out of the window and onto the roof of her apartment and made her way to Reese's apartment. She looked through the window, the man needs curtains, she thought. She jimmied the window opened and stepped inside the apartment; she looked around the room and saw Reese lying in his bed. (A/N: The next part my friend wrote, in all the stories we write together she always has to have that one scene in it, of course it wasn't in the last story because we, well, I had to get rid of it. On with the story.) She quietly walked over to the head of the bed; she grabbed the top of the blankets and pulled them off of Reese. A smile appeared across her face when she saw what was under the covers; nice ass, Helena thought as she checked him out. "Oh my God!" Helena said.
"Huh? Huntress?" Reese asked as he looked at her.
"It seems you and I have something in common," she replied as she looked at him.
"Huh?" he said then looked down and realized he was naked. "Oh, shit!"
Helena turned around as Reese looked her up and down remembering her previous comment. "If it helps Detective I have a tattoo on my lower back."
"Thanks," he replied. He got out of his bed and quickly got dressed, "You can turn around."
Helena turned around and faced him, "Do you always have to dress like a detective?"
"What are you saying?"
"Lose the shirt and put on a normal shirt, you're off duty."
"So, you want me to dress like a normal person?"
"Yes, Colombo."
"Okay, give me a minute."
"Hurry up we have got to be there by nine-fifteen."
"Alright," Reese said turning on the light and going through his closet. Helena took a seat on Reese's bed as she waited for him, he turned around and stared her up and down noticing her see-through shirt, "If you're done undressing me with your eyes, we can head out."
"I don't know what you're talking about, Huntress."
"Sure, you don't."
"Can we just go?"
"Yeah."
"Where are we going?"
"A jewelry store."
"Oh, so how we getting there?"
"Can you jump?"
"Huh?" ~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$~$ "No way Huntress," Reese said.
"Com' on Reese I won't let you fall," Helena replied.
"Huntress."
"Give me your hand Reese," she said extending her hand.
Reese took her hand and he jumped across; he held onto her hand a little longer than he had to but Helena didn't protest, than again why would she. They held onto each other's hands as they jumped across on last rooftop; they crouched down in the shadows as they looked down at the street.
"Oracle, we're here," Helena said.
"Good, they should be there soon, they're coming from the northern side. There are four guys and six girls, one of the guys has a weak knees, two are really slow, one of the girls has a glass jaw and three are very flexible so you might want to make sure not to let Reese deal with those girls."
"Okay, anything else?"
"No, not at the moment, and Huntress."
"Yeah?"
"Stay low."
"I know." Helena looked over at Reese, "Stay low."
"Okay," Reese replied.
Helena's eyes quickly changed as she scanned the ground below for any sign and every so often she would see Reese sneak a peek at her. She quickly got bored and let her mind drift. ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% Helena Kyle returned to school after being absent for six months; she hadn't come back to school since her mother died. Barbara and her had been looking for a place to live; they ended up in the Clock Tower and Helena had been helping her make some adjustments to the tower so Barbara could get around the tower. Barbara had Alfred pick up all Helena's class work and homework, she hadn't really done the work but she could pretend. She walked into her classroom and this is when Gibson spotted her; she looked like she always did but she didn't act like the Helena he knew, she seemed depressed.
"Miss Kyle, can I speak with you after class?" the teacher asked.
"Sure," Helena replied.
After class Helena walked to the front of the class, "You want to talk to me?"
"Yes, I do. Miss Kyle, you've missed quite a bit of school, six months to be exact and it's gonna be really hard for you to catch up. I am suggesting a tutor."
"Who?"
"Gibson, he's acing all his classes and he can help you."
"Okay."
"And I know you're on the pep squad and if you want to stay on it you need to keep up your grades."
"I know."
"You can go now."
"Sure." Helena walked out of the classroom and into the hallway, she spotted her friends and they walked over to her. She smiled a fake smile but it didn't matter anymore she wasn't Helena she was and is Huntress. ~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# "They're here Oracle," Helena said.
"Good, and Huntress be careful," Oracle replied.
"Com' on Detective let's go," Helena said.
"Huntress, where are you going?" Reese asked just as she jumped down off the roof. "Great," he said making his way over to the fire escape.
Helena was already in the store and Reese had pulled out his gun and started to make his way inside. He was about to jump on the people when Helena pulled him back, he was gonna protest but she put her finger over his mouth. She looked at the people and she looked back at Reese and mouthed the words one two three and then nodded and both of them came out of the shadows surprising the criminals; all of them turned around and Helena scanned their faces. Then she spotted him, Ryan and she knew who had the weak knees; she glanced over at Reese and nodded and he nodded in reply. Ryan came rushing at her and she crouched down and kicked him in the knees, he went down with a huge thud. One down nine to go, Helena thought. A huge man rushed at Reese, but much slower than the man who had just rushed Helena. He took him down easily, the rest of the fight was a blur to Reese and Helena, and before they knew it they were walking away from the crime scene as the police arrested the criminals.
"So, that's a typical night for you?" Reese asked.
"That was a slow night for me," Helena replied as she leaned against the building behind her.
"Really?"
"Really."
Reese pushed a strand of hair out of Helena's face and leaned closer to her, "I better head home," Helena said before Reese could kiss her.
"Okay, I'll see you later," Reese replied disappointment in his voice.
"See ya," Helena said and then she was gone. ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ "How stupid am I?" Helena asked herself. "He was about to kiss me and what do I do? I tell him 'I better head home'. God, I'm such an idiot! I could have kissed him!"
"Well, why didn't you Miss Helena?" Alfred said.
"Alfred, how long have you been there?"
"Long enough to know you and Mister Reese almost kissed."
"You know it's not nice to sneak up on the master of the apartment."
"But I was tending to my duties, Miss Helena and that is what a butler does."
"Funny Barbara said you referred to yourself as a gentleman's gentleman."
"Well, you are not a gentleman Miss Helena you are a young lady."
"Whatever you say Alfred."
"So, why did you stop Mister Reese from kissing you?"
"I don't know."
"Well, Miss Helena that is not n answer and I deserve one seeing as I didn't tell Miss Barbara and Miss Dinah where you were on Christmas Day."
"Alfred, I don't really know. I just got scared when he started getting close to me. And then I just said "I better head home' and then he said 'Okay, I'll see you later' and I could completely hear the disappointment in his voice. We came so close but I pushed him away."
"And do you know why Miss Helena?"
"I.no."
"Because you were and still are scared of what might happen. Much like your mother was when she was with Master Bruce."
"My mother? Scared? Impossible."
"Believe me Miss Helena she was; she was afraid that Master Bruce didn't really love her, but he did and he always will. But your mother, Miss Selina was afraid of love and the man who loved her; some nights I would find Miss Selina sitting at the entrance of the Bat cave, sometimes she would be crying other times she would just be sitting there silently, but nonetheless she would wait there for me and we would talk just like you and I talk about things you would never reveal to Miss Barbara or Miss Dinah."
"But my mother was never afraid of anything or anyone."
"Can you tell me, Miss Helena, that you aren't afraid of what might happen between you and Mister Reese?"
"I guess I am, but that's not the point! It's never been like this."
"Maybe this time it is true love."
"Please Alfred, I don't fall in love, and especially with detectives."
"As you wish Miss Helena, as you wish," Alfred said as he exited her apartment.
"You know he's right," Helena told herself. "Yeah, not that I'd ever admit it." Helena walked over into her room, she opened the drawer in her nightstand. She took out the envelope and stared at it, she looked around and started to open the envelope slowly. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ~.~.~.~.~.~. Author's Note: We're gonna leave you guys, girls and meta-humans hanging! We have great news on Birds of Prey, the last two episodes of Birds of Prey will air Wednesday, February 19th, 2003 from 8pm to 9pm, but there's also so really, really bad news, those are the last two episodes. The WB sucks! How could they cancel the best show on their network!! We promise to have the next part up by Monday the latest Tuesday, I hope you enjoy! Thanks in advanced for the reviews. Thank you.