Hawke walked to the wall and opened one of the cages."Get in." he ordered to Huntress.

She looked at the small space, a cage located in the middle of the wall, she saw Hawke "Are you kidding?"

"No, get in, I don't want you trying to escape or to hurt some of my men, these are special cages that will hold a bear. Maybe you will be a little uncomfortable, but I prefer my security. and, remember your friend." Hawke pointed the radio.

"And Dinah?" Huntress walked, concerned toward the cage.

"Be happy, you have just given her one more day of life. Get in."

The girl obeyed, she took the bars of the cage in her hands to jump into the open cage. She entered, first her legs, she had to bend her knees to enter. Hawke closed the door over head once, she was inside. Huntress raised her head to see him, it was a very small and uncomfortable place, she couldn't stretch or sit, she was crouching. Hawke closed the insurance, big and strong.

"I don't understand, why just don't kill us?." Huntress looked at him furious, she wanted to fulminate him, she didn't care if he was Reese's father.

"It is not necessary, you will soon understand. When Bane use your blood to improve the Venom"

"What?"

"Do you remember Bane?..."

Huntress was freezed when she heard the name.

"Your look tell me 'yes', good, Bane has just found that you are the daughter of his enemy Batman and he has a great interest in killing you. He is powerful because of the Venom, that substance that you could see in the tubes back in his head. Harley told me that you are special, you are half meta, and you are strong and fast. Bane get the idea that he will improve the Venom using the composition of your blood before he kill you."

"Why Hawke?" Huntress asked rabid hitting the bars with her hand.

"I don't want you to interfere again in my business, neither your friend, I was planning killing you by myself, but I find that is going to be a pleasure to see how he will do it. Hawke looked her, amused. "After your death, Dinah and I are going to have a very fun time. Bring the blond girl here!!"

Two men entered grabbing Dinah by the arms. She had the mask yet and her hands chained to her back. The animals began to bark and scream.

"Dinah?" Huntress' hart began to beat faster.

"Huntress? Are you ok?" Dinah move her head where she heard her voice. The man caged Dinah not to far from Huntress.

"You should pray," Huntress groaned "as soon as I get out you'll wish you were dead"

"Huntress, my dear," he stood in front of her cage, "Soon, soon is going to be your turn, I think that your friend is lucky, she is going to live more than you. Bane will be here soon, pray awhile." Hawke said. The men went out and Hawke closed the door of the room after him.

"Dinah, Are you okey?" Huntress asked, the animals continued yelling.

:: Huntress::: she listened Oracle's voice :: Are you two alright?::

"Yes, at the moment yes, Hawke trapped me in a small jail... Did you heard? He took a sample of my blood, Bane wants to improve his strength with it."

* * *

"Yea, I heard that" Barbara leaned in her seat trying to analyze the situation at the Clock Tower. "Dinah?" she asked.

::Is okay now, later I don't know,:: Huntress responded ::Hawke placed a strange mask over her head, it's like a mesh, somehow it blocks her telepathic powers, he caged her too::

"What is all that noise?, I can't hear you well."

::Hawke trap us in a lab with cages, are many animals here that Bane is using to make experiments. I can't move, it's like being in a shoe box, around me are more metal cages with animals, and, below, an iron wall. Damn dog shut up!!!:: Huntress hit the cage. Barbara heard the monkeys screamed louder.

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"I see you on the monitor, Bane is making experiments?" Barbara looked a point in the monitor "Huntress, describe the door and cage to me"

:: I can't see it, it's over my head, it's going to be hard to break. I am not able to stretch my arms or legs::

"Ok, let me figure out a plan. Don't do anything crazy." Barbara sighed deeply. The transponder had burned during the fight with Live Wire and she still hadn't had time to repair it. The girls were in serious trouble and Bane was a strong man. It was obvious that Hawke was giving Huntress to Bane with the biggest disadvantage possible.

* * *

Two hours later, Huntress stretched her hand trying to reach Dinah's head and open the mask, there were separated by an empty cage. The dogs were barking so she couldn't concentrate.

"Dog, shut up. Dinah. try to move your head back! Maybe I will put that mask off." Dinah moved her head to her front "No!" said Huntress "back Dinah, back!"

"I can't see." Dinah responded.

"I know, just move your head back!" Huntress said.

Huntress moved as she attempted to find a comfortable position, her legs and her arms were stiff after many hours of be cramped, the small cage hardly allowed her to move. She grunted in frustration.

"Oracle, any ideas?" she asked.

::I'm trying, patience, Huntress.::

"I don't have patience nor time, I need to stretch out!" Huntress was impatient. In that moment the door opened, Hawke entered to the room.

"They're here." Huntress mumbled.

::Trust me, just hold on:: Oracle said.

Bane walked inside the room too, Huntress shivered when she saw him, it was really the first time that she got a good look at him, he was a quite tall and stout man.

"Ooooh god" she mumbled.

"Huntress, what's happening?" Dinah moved her head as she tried to release the metallic mask unsuccessfully.

Bane walked to the cage where Huntress was. "Oh. Nice." he said "As I can see, you are the little daughter of Batman? If I would knew it before, I had finished with you the first time."

"I'm very disappointment." Huntress mocked.

Bane stood up next to her "See this?" Bane raised a empty small tube, I prepared my 'Venom' formula mixing it with your meta blood. Now is inside me, now I'm most strong and faster!!" He raised his hands and broke a iron table in the middle of the lab.

"We are going to change her to another cage and take her to the special room where you can fight and finish with her." Hawke said leaving the room. "I'll be back. It will be a great show. Huntress: fun time!"

Bane walked to the cage where Huntress was, and looked her.

"Are you enjoying this?" she said to him annoyed.

"Well, I can't wait" he said "I want to try out my formula now" Bane took the cage with his hands and began to push and pull it.

Huntress looked frightened as she saw the metal began to bend, she moved her foot to avoid that he flattened it, she didn't understand what he was doing. Suddenly, she heard a loud noise. He had separated the cage from the wall and he lifted her over him.

With force he shattered it against the wall. "I will finish with you right now." he exclaimed while came closer again the cage.

Huntress raised her head, he looked like a big bear. She closed her eyes when he kicked and dented the cage.

"Huntress?" Dinah shouted, she couldn't see what was happening "Are you ok?"

Huntress was protected by the strong metal of the bars. She noticed that the lock of the door began to break, maybe she will have a chance. "You are a stupid mastodon!" she screamed to Bane "you are not nobody, What is Hawke, your babysitter?"

Bane, furious, lifted the cage again and shattered it against the floor.

"Jeez," Huntress grunted "That hurts." she saw Bane as came closer.

He lifted the cage in front of him. Huntress noticed that the fastener was broke and she pushed the door of the cage with her hand hitting Bane in his face. Bane stepped back stunned and the cage fell to the floor.

Huntress tried to get out of the cage, but it was difficult, her legs and arms were numb. Outside, she massaged her legs to help the circulation return faster. Bane walked to her, Huntress stretched her hand, she took the cage and shattered it against Bane's face making him back. She got up trembling, as feeling began to return to her legs.

"You are brave girl" he said laughing. "I'm stronger now and faster! It's party time!"

"I don't like the parties," Huntress jumped over him and kicked him in the back. She crossed the fingers of her hands and hitting him as if they were a single fist, two, three times, Bane went back and crashed against the shelf, it fell over onto him.

Huntress ran to Dinah's cage, took a piece of a bar and hit the lock strongly, she broke it with the third hit. She took Dinah by the arms and pulled her out, and sat her down on the floor.

"We don't have time." Huntress said trying to open the mask that covered her face, had strong knots. Huntress felt the hand of Bane pulling her backward, she flew and hit against a door denting it, then slumped to the floor.

"I hate that!" Huntress grunted getting up and rushing to hit him. Dinah felt the legs of Bane next to her and she hit his knees making him fall.

"Stupid girl!" he screamed Bane pushing her back. "Later I kill you!"

"Don't touch her!" Huntress exclaimed.

"Ok, first I kill you and later I kill her." Bane walked toward her. Huntress hit him in the face. Bane punched her too. Huntress stepped back, stunned. Bane grabbed her by the shoulders, sending her back against the wall.

"Ooff." Huntress grunted.

Bane went face to face with her. "Huntress, you are going to pay for all the times that your daddy foiled my plans."

"I.am not daddy's daughter!" She raised her leg and shoved him hard. Bane fell over some shelves.

The girl avoided two blows of Bane, one of those hit the wall and broke it. Huntress punched him hard. She tried to kick him but Bane was too fast and caught her leg. Huntress kicked him with her free, but Bane didn't let go of her. He threw her to the other side of the room. Huntress' back hit the wall and she fell down right next to Dinah.

"Are you ok?" the blond youth ask when she listened Helena moan in pain.

"Well. not as bad as the last time." Huntress put her knee in the floor to get up and stretched her hand to the head of Dinah pulling the strings of the mask a little more before Bane attacked her again. "But now he is very stronger and faster, thanks of my blood. Dinah you must try to take off the mask." She told her, Huntress jumped when Bane stalked over to her. She turned around and hit him in the chest with both legs.

The hood had been slack, and Dinah began to move in the floor looking for to take off the mask. She only listened the sounds of blows, groans and objects breaking. The fight was prolonged several minutes, Huntress began to feel fatigued, she hit him with all her strength and Bane seemed like an immovable object.

Bane hit her with his fist in the face and Huntress fell back, her nose was bleeding.

"You are mine!." He laughed and kicked her in the floor. Huntress hold her stomach, she felt as his leg was a brick.

Bane lifted her by the lapel, Huntress crossed her fingers and blow his jaw strongly with her hands, he loosed her. She tried to kicked him, Bane stopped her foot and he hit her with his fist, Huntress doubled over. Bane took advantage of that moment and bear hugged her, lifting her right off the ground, her arms were trapped. He didn't allow her to breathe, she moved trying to get loose.

She hit her face against Bane's but he just laughed. "You are going to die slowly in my arms." he said amused at Huntress' futile efforts to escape. He squeezed her with more force, Huntress groaned, he was suffocating her.

Dinah listened without being able to do anything, she pressed her head to the wall trying to pulled up the mask. She needed move faster to help Huntress.

"You don't have idea of the pleasure that gives me to see you die." Bane said.

Huntress opened her mouth trying to take air to her lungs, she suddenly eyed the tubes in the back of Bane's mask. With a huge effort she pushed herself, with her teeth she bit the tube hard, She pulled, breaking one of the tubes. The liquid came out. Bane screamed and dropped her.

"What did you do?!" he exclaimed, trying to staunch the liquid from leaving the pack.

Huntress fell to the floor as she coughed and tried taking deep breaths to restore air into her lungs. Bane ran bumping around the room. Suddenly he fell of knees and downwards to the floor.

Huntress felt tired, the fight with Bane had drained her, but she still had to help Dinah and to escape. She put her hands on the floor to get up, when she heard a gunshot. A bullet impacted near her hand. Huntress looked up, surprised. Hawke was standing in the doorway. He pointed a gun at her head.

"Don't move, or I'll shoot you." he said coldly.

Huntress froze, Hawke was at a distance where a shot would hit her and she couldn't get to him in time.