Authors' Note: Here's Part 5 of the sequel and there's a part 6 so it's
gonna be a trilogy so there is another part to the whole story. So here's
Part 5.
Helena's Christmas: Batman's Promise
~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^ "Helena?"
Helena jumped, and went into fighting stance, and found herself standing in front of Barbara, "Don't do that!" Helena shouted relaxing.
"How is she?"
"She's awake, why?"
"She won't be patrolling for a week, I want you and Reese to catch the wannabe Joker before she goes back on patrol, understand?"
"Yeah, got it."
"I sent Reese some papers to Reese, I want you to go over them with him. Every last megabit I have on the Joker I've sent to Reese, it's all copies, and I have the originals."
"Okay, but I'm gonna go take a shower and change."
"Hurry up."
"So, how's Dinah, physically?"
"I'm running a few test, I'm rerunning her blood tests as well to make sure the results I got were right."
"Why?"
"If its something worry worth I'll contact you."
"Something worry worth always happens after you say that."
"Not true."
"Look, I got to go. See you later."
Barbara wheeled herself into Dinah room, "Dinah, how do you feel?"
"Like I got the crap kicked outta me," Dinah replied sitting up slowly.
"Understandable." ~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%
Helena knocked on Reese's apartment door, she rocked back on her heels; if he doesn't answer the door in the next five seconds I'm leaving, Helena thought. One, two, three, four.Reese opened the door, and let her in, "Oracle sent you some information on the Joker; it should be on your computer," Helena said standing in the middle of the room.
"Well, you know where my laptop is," Reese replied still holding the door open.
"Aren't you gonna close the door?"
"Oh, yeah."
Helena turned Reese's laptop on, she opened up his main file, "Damn, where is it? Oracle, are you there?"
"Yes, Huntress?" Oracle asked looking over Dinah's test results.
"Where's the file?"
"It's under the name green crime."
"And you couldn't just put Joker?"
"Just get it open, you'll need the password."
"Same as always?"
"Yes."
"Okay, yes. I got it open."
"Review it with Reese."
"Okay."
"Are we ever gonna talk about what happened, Huntress?" Reese asked looking over her should.
"Not now Reese, we have to review these files."
"Huntress, review the damn file Reese!"
"And why aren't you?"
"I know it by heart, Oracle thought me all about him when I was sixteen."
"Oh." Reese sat in front of the computer and began to read. ~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~# "Oh, this isn't good," Barbara said as she went over Dinah's blood test again. "Maybe, I made a mistake, but I've done the test four times already and it came out the same. This is not good, not at all. Oh God, what am I gonna do, what am I gonna do? I've gotta call Helena, Dinah's not gonna like this." She pushed herself away from the computer desk, and made her way to the other computer desk; she was trying to figure out what was in Dinah's blood, whatever it was it wasn't normal and it wasn't in her database. She knew what everything was, but she just could figure out what this thing was, she had an idea but she could find any proof of it. "Damn it! Huntress, come it now!"
"What is it, Oracle?" Helena asked as she made her way to the door.
"I want you here, now, as well as Reese."
"Why?"
"Look there's something in Dinah's blood and I don't know what it is. And I don't know if it's contagious; I need you both here now, I've got to test you both."
"Okay, we'll be there. And how do I get him there without knowing where he is?"
"Do you have your long leather coat on?"
"Yeah."
"Inside right pocket. There's a needle, it'll knock him out instantly."
"Alright, its not gonna hurt him is it?"
"Don't put it in his arm, just put it into the back of his neck, like I showed you."
"How am I gonna carry him out?"
"Alfred outside the door, and there's a car waiting for you. Gibson hooked me up, so hurry!"
"What about the driver, won't."
"Don't worry, he's protected, I already told him what to do."
"Well here goes." She walked up behind Reese, "Sorry about this Reese."
"About." But before he could finish his sentence Helena had already stuck the needle in. He's head slammed against the computer desk, "Oops." Helena said as she opened the front door. "Hey Alfred. We better get going." Helena picked Reese up by his arms and Alfred grabbed the feet. "Lets take the elevator, that way we don't have to carry him down the stairs."
"Good idea Miss Helena." They entered the elevator and dumped Reese on the floor of the elevator and Alfred pressed the button for the lobby.
"Oracle, how are we gonna get passed security?" Helena asked.
"You have three minutes for the second the elevator doors open to get him in the car."
"Okay Oracle."
"Hurry up Huntress, I don't have all day.
"Got ya." The doors opened and the picked Reese up and head towards the car, they got him inside and drove off. ~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$
Reese awoke, his neck was killing him and he's head was pounding; he looked around, nothing was familiar to him. Did I get kidnapped? He wondered. Where the hell am I? Where's Huntress?
"Ow! Oracle, next do you mind not using such a big needle? Why didn't you do it to Reese first?" Helena asked as she rubbed her arms, the puncher wound already healed.
"Because I want him to be conscious went I do it. It might just effect metas, but I don't know yet," Oracle replied starting Helena's blood test.
"Where am I?" Reese asked getting their attention.
"Reese, your up," Helena said trying towards him.
"Huntress, where the hell am I!?!"
Helena turned towards Barbara, "She can't tell you where you are, a risk to our night life," Barbara said getting back to her work.
"What am I doing here?"
"That, I'm not sure about yet," Barbara replied wheeling over to him with a needle and a few test tubes in her hand.
"What the hell do you think your doing? Get away from me whoever you are!"
"Alfred, Huntress!" They both walked over to Reese and held him down, he struggled against them, trying to break free, but soon he gave up. Barbara drew out three test tubes of blood, "That will be all, Alfred get Detective Jesse Reese a band-aid."
"Yes, Miss Oracle," Alfred replied as he walked across the room.
"Why did you do that?" Reese asked.
"I don't know yet, I'll tell you when I do," Barbara replied as she went back to her testing. "Huntress, go check on Dinah."
"Have you told her yet?" Helena asked as she leaned against the counter.
"If I had, I wouldn't alive right now."
"You're gonna make me tell her aren't you?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Let me get this straight, I have to do all the ass kicking, tracking, spying, undercover work, and now I have to tell Dinah, and how is that fair?"
"Easy, you do all the deadly and dangerous stuff and I do all the safe at home stuff."
"Fine, but have the medical supplies ready when I get back."
"Sure Huntress, I'll have a gurney ready."
"Thanks for the support." Huntress left the room and entered the elevator, and made her way to the control room. "Dinah, you up?" Helena shouted as the elevator doors opened.
"Yeah, I'm in my room!" Dinah shouted back.
Helena soared to the front of Dinah's door, and walked right in, "I thought Barbara said not to use your abilities in the control room."
"Barbara's not here, now is she."
"I know there's a reason why you're here."
"Yeah, there is."
"What is it?"
"Well, um.you know after you got your ass handed to you, we brought you back to the clock tower and well."
"Well, what?"
"Um.you won't be able to do patrols, for a week."
"What?!"
Helena walked out of the elevator and into the medical room, "So, how did she take it?" Barbara asked taking off her glasses.
"She didn't miss," Helena replied.
"Huh?"
"I'm gonna need that gurney and those medical aids."
"Ooo, that bad?"
"Yeah, that bad."
"Sit down on the gurney and let me take a look at that."
"Where's Reese?"
"I have him taking a few more test."
"Do I even want to know what they are?"
"No, believe me you don't. So, what did she throw at you?"
"Throw, more like hurled at me."
"Well, what was it?"
"Her bedside table lamp, the silver tray Alfred left in her room and her brunch."
"Oh, so that's where the food came from."
"Yeah, she just went crazy and starting hurling things at me with her mind. You just had to help her develop that ability, didn't you."
"So, how did you get out?"
"Well, she was hurling things at me and I got out just as a chair came flying at me, no thanks to you."
"The cut is gonna need stitches, I'm gonna wash up and get the supplies I'm going to use and be right back. Alfred!"
Alfred came into the room with a silver tray covered in medical supplies, "Is this what you needed, Miss Barbara?" he asked placing the tray on a tray holder. (A/N: We don't know what else to call it.)
"You're good Alfred."
"I heard the commotion upstairs, I figured Miss Helena would need some sort of medical aid."
"Well, you guessed right. I'll be right back." Barbara wheeled herself to the sink and washed her hands then made her way back to Helena. She cleaned the cut, it had already started to close, but Barbara wanted to make sure it healed and closed properly and didn't get infected. She grabbed a small tube, which had clear liquid inside, she rolled it across the cut, as invisible stitches. It worked just as well as visible stitches, but this just worked better for Helena. "Okay, I'm done, just let it dry before you do anything."
"How long?" Helena asked.
"I'm setting the timer, don't touch."
"Alright."
"I've got to get back to my testing."
"Okay."
"Any more test Oracle?" Reese asked as he entered the medical room.
"For now," Oracle replied looking over her first set of test results.
"What happened to you?" he asked walking over to Huntress.
"Dinah has a pretty good arm," Huntress replied and the timer rang. "I'm gonna train Oracle, tell me when ya need me."
"Alright. Huntress?" Oracle said looking up for her work.
"Yeah?"
"I want you to go over your solo Joker routines, I want you to practice until you nail them, got it?"
"Yeah, got it, Oracle. Dinah's not going to be on this case, is she?"
"No, I can't take that risk. I don't even know if you should be on this case."
"The only person in this room shouldn't be on this case is you."
"Huntress, not now."
"You know it's true, I know its true and so does Alfred. If it is who you say it is, it's going to get too personal for you and . I'm gonna have to take control of the case, and you won't stop me."
"Huntress, you don't know what your talking about."
"I don't, do I." She said getting into the elevator, the doors closing in front of her.
"Damn it!" Oracle shouted throwing Alfred's silver tray against the wall along with the medical aids that were on it.
"Miss Oracle, that is not the way to deal with anger. What do you tell Miss Huntress, time and time again?" Alfred replied, cleaning up the mess.
Tears streamed down Barbara's face, "Damn her! she's right!! God, why does she have to be fucking right!" She grabbed a glass figure the sat on her desk and slammed it against the wall, she was in a completely different state of mind; she tried to stand up, and get out of her chair. She collapses to the ground, Alfred ran to her side, "Huntress, I need you," Barbara said through clenched teeth. And within a few seconds Helena came swooping down out of nowhere.
"Oracle, what were you thinking? Well, there's five words I never thought would come out of my mouth," Huntress said as she knelt by Barbara's side.
"Now is not the time, Miss Huntress," Alfred said as he and Helena tried to lift her. "Perhaps we should lie her on a gurney, and not put her backing her chair."
"Good idea Alfred." They picked her up and placed her on the gurney.
"What the hell were you thinking, Oracle!?!" Huntress questioned.
"Look, I don't even know, alright Huntress! And don't you dare question me!"
"God, you're so fucking annoying!" Huntress shouted and stormed out of the room.
"There's Huntress for you, she can never deal with her problems."
"Neither can you, Miss Oracle," Alfred said as he picked up his tray. "Detective Reese would you like something to eat? I'll be back to clean up the mess, Miss Oracle."
"Yeah, I'm pretty hungry," Reese replied.
"Please, follow me Detective Reese."
"Sure." ~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~* "Okay, that's it Oracle! Tell me what the hell is going on?" Dinah questioned as she stormed into the medical room.
"Dinah I thought I told you to stay in your room and rest," Oracle said as she stuffed the paperwork into a drawer.
"Tell me right now!"
"Dinah, relax."
"No, tell me what the fuck is going on!"
"Dinah, watch the language."
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"Dinah, please sit down, right now."
"Tell me." A knife began to move across the counter, Reese began to move to help Oracle; Huntress dropped down in front of him to stop him. "Don't," Huntress said then turned around. Oracle began to wheel herself away from the counter; watching Dinah carefully, not really knowing what she was planning to do, hopefully nothing that would cause bodily injury. More tools on the counter began to more, Oracle was afraid to underestimate Dinah, which could lead to a really bad decision. Dinah's body began to shake with rage, she glared at Oracle and the items on the counter began to rise up and pointed towards Oracle. Huntress got a needle out of her coat, it would knock Dinah out if Huntress didn't miss; she threw the needle and it hit her in the middle of the chest and she went lying backwards into the wall. "Oracle, are you okay?" Huntress replied.
"Oh, I'm okay, but Dinah isn't," Oracle replied.
"Huh?"
"Turn around."
"Do I really want to?"
"Probably not." Huntress turned around to find herself facing Dinah; Dinah began to swing at her, there was something wrong with Dinah. "Huntress, in the top right drawer is a needle filled with blue liquid, use it!"
Dinah kicked at Huntress but she did a back flip and got out of the way, she raced to Barbara's desk and grabbed the needle; when Dinah got close, Huntress stuck the needle into her arm and she collapsed to the floor. "What the hell is wrong with her?" Huntress asked cleaning herself off.
"Well, I found out what was wrong with her," Oracle said grabbing the paperwork out of the drawer and handing it to her.
Huntress raised an eyebrow, "English, please. Some of us didn't spend two hundred years reading the dictionary and going to college."
"Well, I figured out what they injected into her blood stream."
"Well, what was it."
"It's a new drug, it's a mix of ecstasy, cocaine, PCP, LSD, and angel dust. And Dinah was their test subject."
"So."
"Well, on normal human cells, it gives the feel of a natural high without any of the warning signs or physical signs. But it has the same effect, just no way to detect it. But on meta humans it makes them lose complete control of their emotions and abilities, either they already knew that, or they didn't. That I don't know."
"So, is it contagious?"
"No, but we better restrain, or she might just hurt us, or herself." They restrained her to the gurney, tying the restraints tightly.
"Okay, so did you find a way to get it out of her system?"
"No, not yet but I have a few ideas."
"Well, start working."
"I want you and Reese to go out there and find the Joker wannabe, he might be connected the this new drug."
"Alright, go ya."
"And Huntress."
"Yeah?"
"Be careful, and if you get anything injected into you I want you to get back here A.S.A.P. or if you start feeling different."
"Got ya."
"Now knock him out."
"Huh?" Reese asked, confused, he had a dazed look on his face.
Huntress knocked him over the head with a dictionary, "Well, what do you know you can use books for something good," Helena said throwing the book on the counter.
"Helena!" Barbara shouted as the desk shook.
"Sorry," Huntress said as she dragged Reese's body to the elevator. God, what does he eat, Helena thought as she shoved him against the wall. ~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@ "Please tell me that's the last time you're gonna knock me out," Reese said rubbing the back of his head.
"I can't make that promise, I've probably break it," Huntress replied adjusting her shirt.
"You don't have any weapons?" Huntress opened the right side of her coat; there were needles, small silver balls, and lipstick. "What's the lipstick for?"
"What? A girl can't look good."
"You just love to surprise me, don't you?"
"Yeah, sure, why not."
"God, you can be such a pain at times."
"Can we just find the damn wannabe and close the case."
"Well, where are we going?"
"I have an idea, follow me." Huntress ran down the street with Reese in tow and stopped when she got to her and her mother's building, it had been a while since she had last come. "Helena, come on. Life's not gonna wait for you," Selina Kyle said sitting on her daughter's bed.
"Why not?" Helena asked sitting up in bed.
"Cuz, that's not how life is."
"I wish it would."
"What's wrong?"
Helena shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know."
"That would figure."
"Funny." Both of them began to laugh their heads off, and they couldn't stop; that had always been a moment Helena thought she'd never forget, well that was until her mother was killed right in front of her. "Huntress, Huntress! Huntress, are you there?" Reese asked waving his hand in front of her face.
"Meet ya on the roof," Huntress said and jumped onto the fire escape.
"What?"
"Hurry up, Detective!"
"I'm going," Reese replied walking into the building and taking the elevator.
Huntress was already on the roof when Reese came running through the door, "Too you long enough," Huntress replied; back flipping of the edge of the roof.
"Sorry for the inconvenience," Reese replied walking over to her. "What are we doing here anyways?"
"Fifteen years ago on this day, the Joker was up here and if I'm right, this guy is copying the Joker in everyway." And there he was, Helena was right, it wasn't a surprise. "Stay in the shadows," she whispered.
"Where's your little kitty?" the wannabe Joker asked.
Huntress turned around, "What kitty?" She examined her surroundings, and looked for her boundaries and risk areas. He began to close the distance them, but this time she knew what to do; she began walking towards him, invading his space, sparking fear in him. He tried to punch her, but she could his fist and flipped him over. They began to fight, he was using all of Joker's moves but Huntress already knew the Joker's moves, so she hand no problem guessing his every move. She was getting close to a very high risk area, and that wasn't good; she had to work the wannabe Joker back some and get out of the hole she was about to get into. She knew of only one move that could work in this situation, she hadn't the move in a while, but this was her one chance. She slammed her foot into his stomach and flipped over his body, she tripped him before he could react and flipped him onto his stomach. "Reese!" Huntress said holding the wannabe Joker down. Reese ran over and put handcuffs on him. Huntress pulled him to his feet, "Who the fuck are you!?" Huntress asked slamming him into the roof door. She wiped off his white make-up; she pulled off his green wig, "Who the fuck are you?"
"Don't hurt me; I was only doing this cuz I really like the Joker, how was I suppose to know he was real," he said, fearfully.
"Tell it to you cell mate." Huntress jumped off the building and headed to the Clock Tower. ~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~& "So, who is the wannabe Joker?" Helena asked looking over Barbara's shoulder.
"A former New Gotham High student, he's a college student now, studying the history of Gotham, to be specific the criminals of Gotham," Barbara answered bringing up files.
"Well, it seems he got a little tangled up in his research."
"Well, he's a big fan of the Joker, he's been researching him since he was thirteen."
"Freak."
"And you're the poster girl for normality?"
"That's different, I'm not trying to be one of Gotham's dangerous criminals; I'm just trying to put them away."
"Much like your."
"Finish that sentence and I will kick your ass."
".Mother."
"That wasn't what I wanted to hear."
"Yes, but it saved me ass for a kicking."
"So, how long is Dinah gonna be out of commission?"
"A week, two at the most, the drug is still in her system and it's slowly getting drained out. I'm trying to find an anti-dot, but it's not going well."
"Figures."
"I'm gonna take that as a sign of fatigue, and I suggest you go home and get some rest, before you say anything else you might regret. You aren't exactly at you best right now."
"But even at my worst I could always kick your ass," Helena replied as she entered the elevator. ~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~() "Huntress, where you headed?" Reese asked as he ran to catch up to her.
"I'm a bit busy, at the moment," Huntress replied speeding up.
"Huntress, sooner or later we're gonna have to talk about what happened between us," Reese said racing after her. Before he could catch up with her, she had already climbed up the build, "Huntress!"
Helena let herself into her apartment, she closed the door and leaned against the door, allowing her body to slid against the wooden door. She banged her head against the door, "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ouch!" Helena said, and then pulled herself off the ground. She dragged her body into her bedroom and flopped face first onto her bed; she rolled off, knocking everything from her bedside table, her hand feel upon her father's letter, her heart stopped, and her blood ran cold.her father's letter. She opened it and stared at the ink words that were set perfectly on the clean white paper, it looked to perfect to read. She allowed her eyes to soak in the words:
Dear Helena Wayne-Kyle,
My dearest daughter, Helena, I'm hoping that one day you will read this letter, but if you don't, I will understand. You are my daughter and I love you with all my heart, I will always support you in what you do and I will always be watching over you. You asked quite a few questions, I don't believe I could answer them all in one letter. I have heard about Barbara, I know it is my fault! All of it is my fault! I want to see, even if it's only for a second, I will completely understand if you don't show up. Meet me at the Gotham café, at eight o'clock at night on January 5th of your twenty-third year.
Love,
Bruce Wayne
Helena allowed the words to completely sink in, maybe the words would be different, but she knew that they wouldn't. She thought about whether or not she should meet her father; her mind came up with a blank answer. Tomorrow was January 5th, she had to decide; the answer popped into her head and she knew it was the right one, at least she hoped.
~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)( Harley Quinn sat behind her desk, her hands folded in front of her, "Why don't you read me the headlines," she said looking at her assistant sitting across from her.
"Your not gonna like them," he replied.
"I've already read it, I hired him to take care of Huntress, but he screwed up!"
"I'll be stopping the payment on that check."
"I need someone who can take this Huntress down, quickly. And all of Gotham's legendary criminals are either locked up, dead or quit and had a family. Mr. J and I always talked about children."
"As in Joker, the green haired clown who got his ass handed to him by Batman on a daily bases?"
"Are you making fun of the Joker?"
"No, that's just what I heard."
"I need someone who can do this job quickly.Mr. J had and lot of, how can I put it, jack-in-the-boxes, and one of them was very good at his job, he dreamed of being the next Joker, and this could very well be his chance."
"Shall I call him, and set up a meeting, Ms. Quinn?"
"Yes, tomorrow, noon."
"Person to person or telephone?"
"Which ever, and I want him to start as soon as possible."
"Yes, Ms. Quinn."
"And I want her dead, understand?"
"Yes," she replied exiting the room.
Harley walked over to the window, looking down at New Gotham, "Soon Huntress will be out of this city for good and the whole city will be mine, perhaps I should call it Joker City." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Helena stood in front of the mirror, as she combed her hair into a tight ponytail; she looked through her closet, she was looking for the nicest outfit she owned, and of course the only really nice outfit she had, ironically belonged to Barbara. She finally found the outfit that covered the most; she pulled on a pair of black slacks, and carefully pulled a white turtleneck over her head. She pulled on her black leather heeled boots; she zipped them up and grabbed her leather jacket. She looked at herself once more in the mirror, she made sure her make-up wasn't too heavy, her outfit too unladylike and her hair messy; she grabbed her purse and slung it over her shoulder and headed out the door, "Miss Helena, where are you going?" Alfred asked as Helena rushed by him.
"Later!" Helena shouted running out the front door and away from Alfred's questions.
"I swear one of these days she gonna run out of this house naked."
"No I'm not!" Helena shouted, her heels could be heard as she ran down the stairs.
"I'm going to have to learn to do that." ~~~~~ "Dr. Quinn?" her assistant said as she entered Harley's office.
"Yes?" Harley said as she looked up from her paperwork.
"He's on line one, Dr. Quinn."
"Wonderful, I'll be taking the call right now."
"Yes, Dr. Quinn."
"Hello, this is Harley Quinn."
"Hello, Harley," the man replied.
"Nice to hear from you again."
"Jack."
"As in jack-in-the-box?"
"Perhaps."
"I have an assignment for you."
"Yes, and what is it? And how much does it pay?"
"I want you to get rid of New Gotham's vigilante, I want no traces!"
"Death?'
"Yes, I've hired many top nock killers and no one has been able to do the job."
"I can, if the price is right."
"Five million, you get the first half once you got the pain in my ass captured and the other half when I see the bitch's body."
"As you wish, Harley."
"When will you be here?"
"I'm half way there."
"I have already set up a hotel room for you, at the Holiday Inn. It's under the name James."
"Thank you."
"It's paid for, you've got a week."
"Call when you get here, bye." Harley hung up the phone, another man walked into the office, "Your services are no longer needed," Harley said then shot the man in the heart. "He was such a waste of killer." ~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^ Helena sat at the table, a cup of coffee in front of her; she was nervous, she had done scarier things and even more dangerous things, then why was this feel scarier and more dangerous. She began fidgeting with her hands, she was starting to feel dizzy, and she wanted to throw up. "Helena?" she hear a male voice say, she looked up and saw.(A/N: Dun, dun, dun.now you all have to wait for part 6.J/K).her father, "You look just like your mother," he said once he got a good look at her.
"Thank you," Helena replied finally able to regain her voice again.
"It's true," he said as he sat across from her.
"Yeah, so I've heard."
"How have you been?"
"I don't know you tell me. My mother died, then I find out who my father is and he's gone and then Barbara takes me in because that's all she can do cuz she's in a wheelchair because of a green haired criminal my FATHER wouldn't kill!" Helena shouted rising up out of her chair.
"Do you feel someone watching us?" Bruce asked looking around.
"Yeah, and I don't think it's good watching."
"Did you tell anyone I was coming?"
"No."
"Not Barbara, Alfred or anyone else?"
"No."
Suddenly the glass from the front window shattered and smoke filled the room, "Helena, are you hear?" Bruce asked searching for his daughter.
"I'm right here!" Helena shouted.
"Let go of." Bruce started but a huge smack was heard, like something hitting skull. Helena got to her feet and ran after the man; she tried to get him to let go of her father but all that accomplished was getting herself slammed into a wall.
"Daddy!" Helena shouted as the man tossed Bruce into the backseat of the car. But there was nothing she could do.she had lost her father.once again. She got up and headed to the clock tower, she had to save her father.she wouldn't lose him again.
Authors' Note: Don't worry there's another part, and we'll see what happens when it's up to Helena to save her father and how badly Jack screwed up. What? Every story needs comedy, and here's our and he's name is Jack. He, he, he, he!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! ::Evil laugh::
Helena's Christmas: Batman's Promise
~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^ "Helena?"
Helena jumped, and went into fighting stance, and found herself standing in front of Barbara, "Don't do that!" Helena shouted relaxing.
"How is she?"
"She's awake, why?"
"She won't be patrolling for a week, I want you and Reese to catch the wannabe Joker before she goes back on patrol, understand?"
"Yeah, got it."
"I sent Reese some papers to Reese, I want you to go over them with him. Every last megabit I have on the Joker I've sent to Reese, it's all copies, and I have the originals."
"Okay, but I'm gonna go take a shower and change."
"Hurry up."
"So, how's Dinah, physically?"
"I'm running a few test, I'm rerunning her blood tests as well to make sure the results I got were right."
"Why?"
"If its something worry worth I'll contact you."
"Something worry worth always happens after you say that."
"Not true."
"Look, I got to go. See you later."
Barbara wheeled herself into Dinah room, "Dinah, how do you feel?"
"Like I got the crap kicked outta me," Dinah replied sitting up slowly.
"Understandable." ~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%~~~~~%
Helena knocked on Reese's apartment door, she rocked back on her heels; if he doesn't answer the door in the next five seconds I'm leaving, Helena thought. One, two, three, four.Reese opened the door, and let her in, "Oracle sent you some information on the Joker; it should be on your computer," Helena said standing in the middle of the room.
"Well, you know where my laptop is," Reese replied still holding the door open.
"Aren't you gonna close the door?"
"Oh, yeah."
Helena turned Reese's laptop on, she opened up his main file, "Damn, where is it? Oracle, are you there?"
"Yes, Huntress?" Oracle asked looking over Dinah's test results.
"Where's the file?"
"It's under the name green crime."
"And you couldn't just put Joker?"
"Just get it open, you'll need the password."
"Same as always?"
"Yes."
"Okay, yes. I got it open."
"Review it with Reese."
"Okay."
"Are we ever gonna talk about what happened, Huntress?" Reese asked looking over her should.
"Not now Reese, we have to review these files."
"Huntress, review the damn file Reese!"
"And why aren't you?"
"I know it by heart, Oracle thought me all about him when I was sixteen."
"Oh." Reese sat in front of the computer and began to read. ~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~#~~~~~# "Oh, this isn't good," Barbara said as she went over Dinah's blood test again. "Maybe, I made a mistake, but I've done the test four times already and it came out the same. This is not good, not at all. Oh God, what am I gonna do, what am I gonna do? I've gotta call Helena, Dinah's not gonna like this." She pushed herself away from the computer desk, and made her way to the other computer desk; she was trying to figure out what was in Dinah's blood, whatever it was it wasn't normal and it wasn't in her database. She knew what everything was, but she just could figure out what this thing was, she had an idea but she could find any proof of it. "Damn it! Huntress, come it now!"
"What is it, Oracle?" Helena asked as she made her way to the door.
"I want you here, now, as well as Reese."
"Why?"
"Look there's something in Dinah's blood and I don't know what it is. And I don't know if it's contagious; I need you both here now, I've got to test you both."
"Okay, we'll be there. And how do I get him there without knowing where he is?"
"Do you have your long leather coat on?"
"Yeah."
"Inside right pocket. There's a needle, it'll knock him out instantly."
"Alright, its not gonna hurt him is it?"
"Don't put it in his arm, just put it into the back of his neck, like I showed you."
"How am I gonna carry him out?"
"Alfred outside the door, and there's a car waiting for you. Gibson hooked me up, so hurry!"
"What about the driver, won't."
"Don't worry, he's protected, I already told him what to do."
"Well here goes." She walked up behind Reese, "Sorry about this Reese."
"About." But before he could finish his sentence Helena had already stuck the needle in. He's head slammed against the computer desk, "Oops." Helena said as she opened the front door. "Hey Alfred. We better get going." Helena picked Reese up by his arms and Alfred grabbed the feet. "Lets take the elevator, that way we don't have to carry him down the stairs."
"Good idea Miss Helena." They entered the elevator and dumped Reese on the floor of the elevator and Alfred pressed the button for the lobby.
"Oracle, how are we gonna get passed security?" Helena asked.
"You have three minutes for the second the elevator doors open to get him in the car."
"Okay Oracle."
"Hurry up Huntress, I don't have all day.
"Got ya." The doors opened and the picked Reese up and head towards the car, they got him inside and drove off. ~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$~~~~~$
Reese awoke, his neck was killing him and he's head was pounding; he looked around, nothing was familiar to him. Did I get kidnapped? He wondered. Where the hell am I? Where's Huntress?
"Ow! Oracle, next do you mind not using such a big needle? Why didn't you do it to Reese first?" Helena asked as she rubbed her arms, the puncher wound already healed.
"Because I want him to be conscious went I do it. It might just effect metas, but I don't know yet," Oracle replied starting Helena's blood test.
"Where am I?" Reese asked getting their attention.
"Reese, your up," Helena said trying towards him.
"Huntress, where the hell am I!?!"
Helena turned towards Barbara, "She can't tell you where you are, a risk to our night life," Barbara said getting back to her work.
"What am I doing here?"
"That, I'm not sure about yet," Barbara replied wheeling over to him with a needle and a few test tubes in her hand.
"What the hell do you think your doing? Get away from me whoever you are!"
"Alfred, Huntress!" They both walked over to Reese and held him down, he struggled against them, trying to break free, but soon he gave up. Barbara drew out three test tubes of blood, "That will be all, Alfred get Detective Jesse Reese a band-aid."
"Yes, Miss Oracle," Alfred replied as he walked across the room.
"Why did you do that?" Reese asked.
"I don't know yet, I'll tell you when I do," Barbara replied as she went back to her testing. "Huntress, go check on Dinah."
"Have you told her yet?" Helena asked as she leaned against the counter.
"If I had, I wouldn't alive right now."
"You're gonna make me tell her aren't you?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Let me get this straight, I have to do all the ass kicking, tracking, spying, undercover work, and now I have to tell Dinah, and how is that fair?"
"Easy, you do all the deadly and dangerous stuff and I do all the safe at home stuff."
"Fine, but have the medical supplies ready when I get back."
"Sure Huntress, I'll have a gurney ready."
"Thanks for the support." Huntress left the room and entered the elevator, and made her way to the control room. "Dinah, you up?" Helena shouted as the elevator doors opened.
"Yeah, I'm in my room!" Dinah shouted back.
Helena soared to the front of Dinah's door, and walked right in, "I thought Barbara said not to use your abilities in the control room."
"Barbara's not here, now is she."
"I know there's a reason why you're here."
"Yeah, there is."
"What is it?"
"Well, um.you know after you got your ass handed to you, we brought you back to the clock tower and well."
"Well, what?"
"Um.you won't be able to do patrols, for a week."
"What?!"
Helena walked out of the elevator and into the medical room, "So, how did she take it?" Barbara asked taking off her glasses.
"She didn't miss," Helena replied.
"Huh?"
"I'm gonna need that gurney and those medical aids."
"Ooo, that bad?"
"Yeah, that bad."
"Sit down on the gurney and let me take a look at that."
"Where's Reese?"
"I have him taking a few more test."
"Do I even want to know what they are?"
"No, believe me you don't. So, what did she throw at you?"
"Throw, more like hurled at me."
"Well, what was it?"
"Her bedside table lamp, the silver tray Alfred left in her room and her brunch."
"Oh, so that's where the food came from."
"Yeah, she just went crazy and starting hurling things at me with her mind. You just had to help her develop that ability, didn't you."
"So, how did you get out?"
"Well, she was hurling things at me and I got out just as a chair came flying at me, no thanks to you."
"The cut is gonna need stitches, I'm gonna wash up and get the supplies I'm going to use and be right back. Alfred!"
Alfred came into the room with a silver tray covered in medical supplies, "Is this what you needed, Miss Barbara?" he asked placing the tray on a tray holder. (A/N: We don't know what else to call it.)
"You're good Alfred."
"I heard the commotion upstairs, I figured Miss Helena would need some sort of medical aid."
"Well, you guessed right. I'll be right back." Barbara wheeled herself to the sink and washed her hands then made her way back to Helena. She cleaned the cut, it had already started to close, but Barbara wanted to make sure it healed and closed properly and didn't get infected. She grabbed a small tube, which had clear liquid inside, she rolled it across the cut, as invisible stitches. It worked just as well as visible stitches, but this just worked better for Helena. "Okay, I'm done, just let it dry before you do anything."
"How long?" Helena asked.
"I'm setting the timer, don't touch."
"Alright."
"I've got to get back to my testing."
"Okay."
"Any more test Oracle?" Reese asked as he entered the medical room.
"For now," Oracle replied looking over her first set of test results.
"What happened to you?" he asked walking over to Huntress.
"Dinah has a pretty good arm," Huntress replied and the timer rang. "I'm gonna train Oracle, tell me when ya need me."
"Alright. Huntress?" Oracle said looking up for her work.
"Yeah?"
"I want you to go over your solo Joker routines, I want you to practice until you nail them, got it?"
"Yeah, got it, Oracle. Dinah's not going to be on this case, is she?"
"No, I can't take that risk. I don't even know if you should be on this case."
"The only person in this room shouldn't be on this case is you."
"Huntress, not now."
"You know it's true, I know its true and so does Alfred. If it is who you say it is, it's going to get too personal for you and . I'm gonna have to take control of the case, and you won't stop me."
"Huntress, you don't know what your talking about."
"I don't, do I." She said getting into the elevator, the doors closing in front of her.
"Damn it!" Oracle shouted throwing Alfred's silver tray against the wall along with the medical aids that were on it.
"Miss Oracle, that is not the way to deal with anger. What do you tell Miss Huntress, time and time again?" Alfred replied, cleaning up the mess.
Tears streamed down Barbara's face, "Damn her! she's right!! God, why does she have to be fucking right!" She grabbed a glass figure the sat on her desk and slammed it against the wall, she was in a completely different state of mind; she tried to stand up, and get out of her chair. She collapses to the ground, Alfred ran to her side, "Huntress, I need you," Barbara said through clenched teeth. And within a few seconds Helena came swooping down out of nowhere.
"Oracle, what were you thinking? Well, there's five words I never thought would come out of my mouth," Huntress said as she knelt by Barbara's side.
"Now is not the time, Miss Huntress," Alfred said as he and Helena tried to lift her. "Perhaps we should lie her on a gurney, and not put her backing her chair."
"Good idea Alfred." They picked her up and placed her on the gurney.
"What the hell were you thinking, Oracle!?!" Huntress questioned.
"Look, I don't even know, alright Huntress! And don't you dare question me!"
"God, you're so fucking annoying!" Huntress shouted and stormed out of the room.
"There's Huntress for you, she can never deal with her problems."
"Neither can you, Miss Oracle," Alfred said as he picked up his tray. "Detective Reese would you like something to eat? I'll be back to clean up the mess, Miss Oracle."
"Yeah, I'm pretty hungry," Reese replied.
"Please, follow me Detective Reese."
"Sure." ~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~* "Okay, that's it Oracle! Tell me what the hell is going on?" Dinah questioned as she stormed into the medical room.
"Dinah I thought I told you to stay in your room and rest," Oracle said as she stuffed the paperwork into a drawer.
"Tell me right now!"
"Dinah, relax."
"No, tell me what the fuck is going on!"
"Dinah, watch the language."
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"Dinah, please sit down, right now."
"Tell me." A knife began to move across the counter, Reese began to move to help Oracle; Huntress dropped down in front of him to stop him. "Don't," Huntress said then turned around. Oracle began to wheel herself away from the counter; watching Dinah carefully, not really knowing what she was planning to do, hopefully nothing that would cause bodily injury. More tools on the counter began to more, Oracle was afraid to underestimate Dinah, which could lead to a really bad decision. Dinah's body began to shake with rage, she glared at Oracle and the items on the counter began to rise up and pointed towards Oracle. Huntress got a needle out of her coat, it would knock Dinah out if Huntress didn't miss; she threw the needle and it hit her in the middle of the chest and she went lying backwards into the wall. "Oracle, are you okay?" Huntress replied.
"Oh, I'm okay, but Dinah isn't," Oracle replied.
"Huh?"
"Turn around."
"Do I really want to?"
"Probably not." Huntress turned around to find herself facing Dinah; Dinah began to swing at her, there was something wrong with Dinah. "Huntress, in the top right drawer is a needle filled with blue liquid, use it!"
Dinah kicked at Huntress but she did a back flip and got out of the way, she raced to Barbara's desk and grabbed the needle; when Dinah got close, Huntress stuck the needle into her arm and she collapsed to the floor. "What the hell is wrong with her?" Huntress asked cleaning herself off.
"Well, I found out what was wrong with her," Oracle said grabbing the paperwork out of the drawer and handing it to her.
Huntress raised an eyebrow, "English, please. Some of us didn't spend two hundred years reading the dictionary and going to college."
"Well, I figured out what they injected into her blood stream."
"Well, what was it."
"It's a new drug, it's a mix of ecstasy, cocaine, PCP, LSD, and angel dust. And Dinah was their test subject."
"So."
"Well, on normal human cells, it gives the feel of a natural high without any of the warning signs or physical signs. But it has the same effect, just no way to detect it. But on meta humans it makes them lose complete control of their emotions and abilities, either they already knew that, or they didn't. That I don't know."
"So, is it contagious?"
"No, but we better restrain, or she might just hurt us, or herself." They restrained her to the gurney, tying the restraints tightly.
"Okay, so did you find a way to get it out of her system?"
"No, not yet but I have a few ideas."
"Well, start working."
"I want you and Reese to go out there and find the Joker wannabe, he might be connected the this new drug."
"Alright, go ya."
"And Huntress."
"Yeah?"
"Be careful, and if you get anything injected into you I want you to get back here A.S.A.P. or if you start feeling different."
"Got ya."
"Now knock him out."
"Huh?" Reese asked, confused, he had a dazed look on his face.
Huntress knocked him over the head with a dictionary, "Well, what do you know you can use books for something good," Helena said throwing the book on the counter.
"Helena!" Barbara shouted as the desk shook.
"Sorry," Huntress said as she dragged Reese's body to the elevator. God, what does he eat, Helena thought as she shoved him against the wall. ~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@~~~~~@ "Please tell me that's the last time you're gonna knock me out," Reese said rubbing the back of his head.
"I can't make that promise, I've probably break it," Huntress replied adjusting her shirt.
"You don't have any weapons?" Huntress opened the right side of her coat; there were needles, small silver balls, and lipstick. "What's the lipstick for?"
"What? A girl can't look good."
"You just love to surprise me, don't you?"
"Yeah, sure, why not."
"God, you can be such a pain at times."
"Can we just find the damn wannabe and close the case."
"Well, where are we going?"
"I have an idea, follow me." Huntress ran down the street with Reese in tow and stopped when she got to her and her mother's building, it had been a while since she had last come. "Helena, come on. Life's not gonna wait for you," Selina Kyle said sitting on her daughter's bed.
"Why not?" Helena asked sitting up in bed.
"Cuz, that's not how life is."
"I wish it would."
"What's wrong?"
Helena shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know."
"That would figure."
"Funny." Both of them began to laugh their heads off, and they couldn't stop; that had always been a moment Helena thought she'd never forget, well that was until her mother was killed right in front of her. "Huntress, Huntress! Huntress, are you there?" Reese asked waving his hand in front of her face.
"Meet ya on the roof," Huntress said and jumped onto the fire escape.
"What?"
"Hurry up, Detective!"
"I'm going," Reese replied walking into the building and taking the elevator.
Huntress was already on the roof when Reese came running through the door, "Too you long enough," Huntress replied; back flipping of the edge of the roof.
"Sorry for the inconvenience," Reese replied walking over to her. "What are we doing here anyways?"
"Fifteen years ago on this day, the Joker was up here and if I'm right, this guy is copying the Joker in everyway." And there he was, Helena was right, it wasn't a surprise. "Stay in the shadows," she whispered.
"Where's your little kitty?" the wannabe Joker asked.
Huntress turned around, "What kitty?" She examined her surroundings, and looked for her boundaries and risk areas. He began to close the distance them, but this time she knew what to do; she began walking towards him, invading his space, sparking fear in him. He tried to punch her, but she could his fist and flipped him over. They began to fight, he was using all of Joker's moves but Huntress already knew the Joker's moves, so she hand no problem guessing his every move. She was getting close to a very high risk area, and that wasn't good; she had to work the wannabe Joker back some and get out of the hole she was about to get into. She knew of only one move that could work in this situation, she hadn't the move in a while, but this was her one chance. She slammed her foot into his stomach and flipped over his body, she tripped him before he could react and flipped him onto his stomach. "Reese!" Huntress said holding the wannabe Joker down. Reese ran over and put handcuffs on him. Huntress pulled him to his feet, "Who the fuck are you!?" Huntress asked slamming him into the roof door. She wiped off his white make-up; she pulled off his green wig, "Who the fuck are you?"
"Don't hurt me; I was only doing this cuz I really like the Joker, how was I suppose to know he was real," he said, fearfully.
"Tell it to you cell mate." Huntress jumped off the building and headed to the Clock Tower. ~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~&~~~~~& "So, who is the wannabe Joker?" Helena asked looking over Barbara's shoulder.
"A former New Gotham High student, he's a college student now, studying the history of Gotham, to be specific the criminals of Gotham," Barbara answered bringing up files.
"Well, it seems he got a little tangled up in his research."
"Well, he's a big fan of the Joker, he's been researching him since he was thirteen."
"Freak."
"And you're the poster girl for normality?"
"That's different, I'm not trying to be one of Gotham's dangerous criminals; I'm just trying to put them away."
"Much like your."
"Finish that sentence and I will kick your ass."
".Mother."
"That wasn't what I wanted to hear."
"Yes, but it saved me ass for a kicking."
"So, how long is Dinah gonna be out of commission?"
"A week, two at the most, the drug is still in her system and it's slowly getting drained out. I'm trying to find an anti-dot, but it's not going well."
"Figures."
"I'm gonna take that as a sign of fatigue, and I suggest you go home and get some rest, before you say anything else you might regret. You aren't exactly at you best right now."
"But even at my worst I could always kick your ass," Helena replied as she entered the elevator. ~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~()~~~~~() "Huntress, where you headed?" Reese asked as he ran to catch up to her.
"I'm a bit busy, at the moment," Huntress replied speeding up.
"Huntress, sooner or later we're gonna have to talk about what happened between us," Reese said racing after her. Before he could catch up with her, she had already climbed up the build, "Huntress!"
Helena let herself into her apartment, she closed the door and leaned against the door, allowing her body to slid against the wooden door. She banged her head against the door, "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ouch!" Helena said, and then pulled herself off the ground. She dragged her body into her bedroom and flopped face first onto her bed; she rolled off, knocking everything from her bedside table, her hand feel upon her father's letter, her heart stopped, and her blood ran cold.her father's letter. She opened it and stared at the ink words that were set perfectly on the clean white paper, it looked to perfect to read. She allowed her eyes to soak in the words:
Dear Helena Wayne-Kyle,
My dearest daughter, Helena, I'm hoping that one day you will read this letter, but if you don't, I will understand. You are my daughter and I love you with all my heart, I will always support you in what you do and I will always be watching over you. You asked quite a few questions, I don't believe I could answer them all in one letter. I have heard about Barbara, I know it is my fault! All of it is my fault! I want to see, even if it's only for a second, I will completely understand if you don't show up. Meet me at the Gotham café, at eight o'clock at night on January 5th of your twenty-third year.
Love,
Bruce Wayne
Helena allowed the words to completely sink in, maybe the words would be different, but she knew that they wouldn't. She thought about whether or not she should meet her father; her mind came up with a blank answer. Tomorrow was January 5th, she had to decide; the answer popped into her head and she knew it was the right one, at least she hoped.
~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)(~~~~~)( Harley Quinn sat behind her desk, her hands folded in front of her, "Why don't you read me the headlines," she said looking at her assistant sitting across from her.
"Your not gonna like them," he replied.
"I've already read it, I hired him to take care of Huntress, but he screwed up!"
"I'll be stopping the payment on that check."
"I need someone who can take this Huntress down, quickly. And all of Gotham's legendary criminals are either locked up, dead or quit and had a family. Mr. J and I always talked about children."
"As in Joker, the green haired clown who got his ass handed to him by Batman on a daily bases?"
"Are you making fun of the Joker?"
"No, that's just what I heard."
"I need someone who can do this job quickly.Mr. J had and lot of, how can I put it, jack-in-the-boxes, and one of them was very good at his job, he dreamed of being the next Joker, and this could very well be his chance."
"Shall I call him, and set up a meeting, Ms. Quinn?"
"Yes, tomorrow, noon."
"Person to person or telephone?"
"Which ever, and I want him to start as soon as possible."
"Yes, Ms. Quinn."
"And I want her dead, understand?"
"Yes," she replied exiting the room.
Harley walked over to the window, looking down at New Gotham, "Soon Huntress will be out of this city for good and the whole city will be mine, perhaps I should call it Joker City." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Helena stood in front of the mirror, as she combed her hair into a tight ponytail; she looked through her closet, she was looking for the nicest outfit she owned, and of course the only really nice outfit she had, ironically belonged to Barbara. She finally found the outfit that covered the most; she pulled on a pair of black slacks, and carefully pulled a white turtleneck over her head. She pulled on her black leather heeled boots; she zipped them up and grabbed her leather jacket. She looked at herself once more in the mirror, she made sure her make-up wasn't too heavy, her outfit too unladylike and her hair messy; she grabbed her purse and slung it over her shoulder and headed out the door, "Miss Helena, where are you going?" Alfred asked as Helena rushed by him.
"Later!" Helena shouted running out the front door and away from Alfred's questions.
"I swear one of these days she gonna run out of this house naked."
"No I'm not!" Helena shouted, her heels could be heard as she ran down the stairs.
"I'm going to have to learn to do that." ~~~~~ "Dr. Quinn?" her assistant said as she entered Harley's office.
"Yes?" Harley said as she looked up from her paperwork.
"He's on line one, Dr. Quinn."
"Wonderful, I'll be taking the call right now."
"Yes, Dr. Quinn."
"Hello, this is Harley Quinn."
"Hello, Harley," the man replied.
"Nice to hear from you again."
"Jack."
"As in jack-in-the-box?"
"Perhaps."
"I have an assignment for you."
"Yes, and what is it? And how much does it pay?"
"I want you to get rid of New Gotham's vigilante, I want no traces!"
"Death?'
"Yes, I've hired many top nock killers and no one has been able to do the job."
"I can, if the price is right."
"Five million, you get the first half once you got the pain in my ass captured and the other half when I see the bitch's body."
"As you wish, Harley."
"When will you be here?"
"I'm half way there."
"I have already set up a hotel room for you, at the Holiday Inn. It's under the name James."
"Thank you."
"It's paid for, you've got a week."
"Call when you get here, bye." Harley hung up the phone, another man walked into the office, "Your services are no longer needed," Harley said then shot the man in the heart. "He was such a waste of killer." ~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^ Helena sat at the table, a cup of coffee in front of her; she was nervous, she had done scarier things and even more dangerous things, then why was this feel scarier and more dangerous. She began fidgeting with her hands, she was starting to feel dizzy, and she wanted to throw up. "Helena?" she hear a male voice say, she looked up and saw.(A/N: Dun, dun, dun.now you all have to wait for part 6.J/K).her father, "You look just like your mother," he said once he got a good look at her.
"Thank you," Helena replied finally able to regain her voice again.
"It's true," he said as he sat across from her.
"Yeah, so I've heard."
"How have you been?"
"I don't know you tell me. My mother died, then I find out who my father is and he's gone and then Barbara takes me in because that's all she can do cuz she's in a wheelchair because of a green haired criminal my FATHER wouldn't kill!" Helena shouted rising up out of her chair.
"Do you feel someone watching us?" Bruce asked looking around.
"Yeah, and I don't think it's good watching."
"Did you tell anyone I was coming?"
"No."
"Not Barbara, Alfred or anyone else?"
"No."
Suddenly the glass from the front window shattered and smoke filled the room, "Helena, are you hear?" Bruce asked searching for his daughter.
"I'm right here!" Helena shouted.
"Let go of." Bruce started but a huge smack was heard, like something hitting skull. Helena got to her feet and ran after the man; she tried to get him to let go of her father but all that accomplished was getting herself slammed into a wall.
"Daddy!" Helena shouted as the man tossed Bruce into the backseat of the car. But there was nothing she could do.she had lost her father.once again. She got up and headed to the clock tower, she had to save her father.she wouldn't lose him again.
Authors' Note: Don't worry there's another part, and we'll see what happens when it's up to Helena to save her father and how badly Jack screwed up. What? Every story needs comedy, and here's our and he's name is Jack. He, he, he, he!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! ::Evil laugh::