"I thought that Bane was more capable," Hawke grunted "I thought that he
would know how to give you a slow and painful death. But he's a moron. So,
now, it's my turn. Do you want that I blow your head off first?" Hawke said
and fired.
Huntress closed her eyes; she heard the bullet near her ear. The bullet impacted the wall. She glared Hawke angrily, he was playing with her.
"No," Hawke smiled "it is not going to be so easy, a bullet and everything ends up; no, better we play a while, let us play to see how so much pain you are able to endure before you die. Ok, we can begin with your legs." he aim the weapon to her knees. "Which do you prefer? The right or the left?"
"You bastard." Huntress mumbled.
"Tell me." Hawke oppressed the trigger, the bullet smashed next to her foot, the girl jumped in her place. "I am very skilled marksman," Hawke smiled "Is difficult that I fail, tell me which leg you prefer or your agony is going to be slower."
"I can't understand how you could be Reese's father." Huntress said angrily.
"Don't talk about him now!! This is my business and you interfere with it. I'm not going to ask you again! Tell me or I will begin with your toes." Hawke shot again, she felt the heat of the bullet touching and breaking the leather of her left boot.
Dinah felt her heart beating faster, she moved her hands trying to release the chains, but was useless, again she began to struggle trying to remover the mask.
"Wow, wow, that was very close." Hawke smiled "Do you know? I will shoot you and watch you bleed to death. So." he aimed her to her knees "What do you think if I shoot first your legs and later your elbows. Do you agree with me Huntress? Maybe you don't believe me, let me show you now my good aim." He fired again.
Huntress yelped in surprise feeling a bullet burning in her right foot, she held it with her hands and threw her head back.
"I still don't know what Reese saw in you." Hawke said with a cold voice.
"Son of bitch." Huntress said gritting her teeth in pain.
He began to circle her. "It hurts my dear? So, we are starting the game. Well if you are gentle and you answer my questions we can finish it fast. Tell me now, where do you want the next one?" Huntress heard him load the gun again, she raised her eyes and saw him aimed the gun at her face.
"You are crazy son of a bitch!" Huntress yelled.
"Huntress, don't play games with me, will be worst for you. Now tell me, I shoot you in your elbow or in your knee?" Hawke inquired.
Huntress looked him angrily, trying to endure the pain.
"My dear, I'm enjoying this, we can play all day or maybe just a few hours, depends on you, if you don't answer you are adding more time to your suffering, I choose, your elbow." Hawke said as he aimed his gun.
Huntress closed her eyes, suddenly she heard a metal noise, before he could fire, a batarang hit his hand and the gun fell to the floor. Oracle was in her wheelchair, in front of the door. Huntress sighed with relief when she saw her.
"Better late than never." Oracle said grabbing the batarang again. He tried to grab the gun again and Huntress kicked the gun far with her good leg. Hawke looked angrily at Oracle and walked toward her.
"Well, who are you?" he said.
"An old friend of Black Canary." Oracle stated proudly.
"A pissed off friend of The Black Canary." Hawke smiled "No mater, I will finish with you without guns."
Oracle surprised him using her Escrima sticks, she throw him to the floor. He rolled. "What the.?" Hawke said stunned.
"Sometimes the first impression is wrong:" Oracle said.
"I can fix that." Hawke took out a gun from his leg holster and aimed it at Oracle. "A stupid stick will help you avoid a bullet?"
"No!" Huntress shouted as she tried unsuccessfully to stand up.
Dinah took hold of Hawke's weapon with her mental power, and threw him against the wall. She had taken off the mask and later, opened the chains using her mental powers. She ran toward him and began to fight with him. Oracle wheeled over to Huntress, who was lying on the floor holding her foot.
"Game over, Hawke.." said Dinah raising him by the lapel and putting him against the wall. "You must return to Arkham. Reese is a great man, I can't understand yet how you can be his father."
"Some day girl. " Hawke said angry "You and your friend are going to pay.." he tried to hit her but Dinah avoided his fist. She punched him in the face.
"I feel sorry for Reese." Dinah tied his hands behind his back "He deserved a better father. I'm sorry that you don't understand why we are fighting for. I hope that you will understand it some day."
"Are you okay?" Oracle said to Huntress.
"That son of a bitch ruined my boots." said Huntress gritting her teeth.
"Let me see, raise your leg." Oracle said.
Huntress obeyed, "Ow, careful." she said.
Oracle examined the wound "I need cut the boots, you're lucky, he used a gun of low calibre, if not he would have blow off your foot."
"Hurt likes hell." she covered her eyes with her hands.
"We need go and call Reese. Everything ok Dinah?" Oracle asked.
"Yes." said the girl walking over. "Let me help you Huntress. sorry, I was late."
"Don't worry kid, you did very well" Huntress said taking her hand to stand up.
"Sit on the arm of the chair" Oracle said to her.
"No, I need first talk with him, help me Dinah." Huntress said.
Dinah nodded and helped Huntress to walk toward Hawke. He looked her annoyed.
"Hawke." she mumbled.
"You were lucky this time." he said.
"Maybe you never accept me, I understand, we are in opposing sides. I just will ask that please think of Reese, he loves you, he needs you, as a father. Your anger is destroying you and him. He is a great man." Huntress tried to explain.
"I know girl, I'm sorry, but as you said, we are in opposing sides."
* * *
The police and Reese arrived to the old laboratorye and found his father tie against a pillar. Bane was lying on the floor as a normal human uncounsciouss. Reese stood up in front of his father.
"Why?" Reese said with sad voice "I asked you don't hurt hers. why is so difficult for you.?"
"My son, someday you will understand, bussines are bussines."
"Yea, yea, and your bussines always are more important than your family."
"She is not my family!"
"But mi mom and me yes, and you let us alone! You never mind about us! Do you know how many nights I heard my mother crying for you? I will ask you that if you don't care my mother or I, please don't destroy our lifes and the persons that love us!!"
"Detective." a police interrupted them.
"Yes, take him and to Bane to Arkham." Reese said angry.
"You come with us?" the police asked.
"No, I have something most important to do." Reese walked outside.
* * *
Reese entered the Clocktower a half hour later. Alfred looked at him, surprised.
"Detective, nice to see you."
"Hi Alfred, thanks, where is she?" he asked.
"Oh, she is in the infirmary with miss Barbara. It's ok.She is just finishing scanning her."
"May I.?."
"Yes, she is awake."
Barbara and Dinah were at the infirmary preparing to operate on Helena, Oracle was using a local anesthetic on Helena, who was lying in the infirmary bed.
"Don't cut my boot, don't cut my boot" mumbled Helena resting on her elbows in the bed trying to see what was Barbara doing.
"If I don't cut your boot, I will hurt you more." Barbara said looking at her with the knife in her hand.
".But I heal fast." Helena protested.
"You better close your mouth and put your head down, please." Barbara began to work while Dinah smiled.
"Please don't cut it too much." Huntress looked the ceiling.
Barbara finally took off Helena's boot, cutting the leather.
"Uh." said Dinah "that looks bad."
"My boot?" Huntress asked worriedly, raising her head.
"Forget your boot!" said Barbara "she's talking about your injury."
Dinah smiled evily and raised the broken boot showing it to Helena.
"Oh, no!" Helena exclaimed "Those boots are so expensive!"
"It's your fault" said Barbara cleaning the wound and looking for the bullet "Why do you insist on buying expensive clothes in which to fight?"
"The cheap ones break easily. and don't look as good as these."
"I see it." Barbara raised her eyebrow "give me the pincers Dinah. "Don't move Helena please."
Reese stood up in the door looking at the woman working. He tried to not interfere and kept silent. Barbara took out the bullet and raised it to look at with her eyeglasses "I get it" she said putting it in a plate and she examining the wound. "He was just playing with you, he used a small caliber gun. You are going to be ok. I think that he wants to kill you in a slow way, just letting you bleed to." Barbara stopped talking when she saw Reese standing in the door.
"Don't worry" Reese walked toward them "It's the truth. He tried to kill Dinah and Helena, it's hard, but it's true. I had been talking with him." He took Huntress' hand and squeezed gently "It's hard to try to find my father in that man sometimes."
"I'm sorry Reese" said Oracle.
"It isn't your fault. How do you feel Helena?"
"She is crying because of her boots." Dinah said raising one of them.
"It was my best pair." Helena protested.
Oracle smiled "Give me the needle, Dinah, please, and come here, you need learn how to do it. I will finish in a minute guys."
"This is the part that I hate of being a super hero" Dinah said giving Barbara the needle.
Reese looked gently at Helena and kissed her hand. "I'm sorry Helena," he mumbled "I was talking with my father, now I understand that he never will change."
"Maybe some day Reese. don't lose the hope, remember my mom."
"I hope so, I hope so, really, I would like him to be a part of my happiness."
"I would like it too."
"I promise to buy you a new pair of boots."
Helena smiled "You said it."
"It's a promise." Reese raised his hand.
"Oops. sorry" Dinah said.
"Dinah" Barbara looked her angrily "That was bad, now I need stitch it again and the wound will now scar.
"Sorry oracle." Dinah said.
"What?" Helena raised her head.
"Well, you can use socks and nobody would see it" Dinah tried to apologize.
"No Barbara! Do something!" Helena exclaimed looking her wound.
Dinah and Barbara laughed.
"What? Lemme see!" Helena sat down "I don't see anything funny here."
"It was just a joke, you are so vain" Barbara smiled and patted her thigh "You are going to be ok, don't worry."
"It was a bad joke!" Helena groaned, Reese laughed. "What? I don't see the humour in this."
Helena try to pretend to be annoyed, but she couldn't avoid smiling as she listened to her friends laugh.
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Huntress closed her eyes; she heard the bullet near her ear. The bullet impacted the wall. She glared Hawke angrily, he was playing with her.
"No," Hawke smiled "it is not going to be so easy, a bullet and everything ends up; no, better we play a while, let us play to see how so much pain you are able to endure before you die. Ok, we can begin with your legs." he aim the weapon to her knees. "Which do you prefer? The right or the left?"
"You bastard." Huntress mumbled.
"Tell me." Hawke oppressed the trigger, the bullet smashed next to her foot, the girl jumped in her place. "I am very skilled marksman," Hawke smiled "Is difficult that I fail, tell me which leg you prefer or your agony is going to be slower."
"I can't understand how you could be Reese's father." Huntress said angrily.
"Don't talk about him now!! This is my business and you interfere with it. I'm not going to ask you again! Tell me or I will begin with your toes." Hawke shot again, she felt the heat of the bullet touching and breaking the leather of her left boot.
Dinah felt her heart beating faster, she moved her hands trying to release the chains, but was useless, again she began to struggle trying to remover the mask.
"Wow, wow, that was very close." Hawke smiled "Do you know? I will shoot you and watch you bleed to death. So." he aimed her to her knees "What do you think if I shoot first your legs and later your elbows. Do you agree with me Huntress? Maybe you don't believe me, let me show you now my good aim." He fired again.
Huntress yelped in surprise feeling a bullet burning in her right foot, she held it with her hands and threw her head back.
"I still don't know what Reese saw in you." Hawke said with a cold voice.
"Son of bitch." Huntress said gritting her teeth in pain.
He began to circle her. "It hurts my dear? So, we are starting the game. Well if you are gentle and you answer my questions we can finish it fast. Tell me now, where do you want the next one?" Huntress heard him load the gun again, she raised her eyes and saw him aimed the gun at her face.
"You are crazy son of a bitch!" Huntress yelled.
"Huntress, don't play games with me, will be worst for you. Now tell me, I shoot you in your elbow or in your knee?" Hawke inquired.
Huntress looked him angrily, trying to endure the pain.
"My dear, I'm enjoying this, we can play all day or maybe just a few hours, depends on you, if you don't answer you are adding more time to your suffering, I choose, your elbow." Hawke said as he aimed his gun.
Huntress closed her eyes, suddenly she heard a metal noise, before he could fire, a batarang hit his hand and the gun fell to the floor. Oracle was in her wheelchair, in front of the door. Huntress sighed with relief when she saw her.
"Better late than never." Oracle said grabbing the batarang again. He tried to grab the gun again and Huntress kicked the gun far with her good leg. Hawke looked angrily at Oracle and walked toward her.
"Well, who are you?" he said.
"An old friend of Black Canary." Oracle stated proudly.
"A pissed off friend of The Black Canary." Hawke smiled "No mater, I will finish with you without guns."
Oracle surprised him using her Escrima sticks, she throw him to the floor. He rolled. "What the.?" Hawke said stunned.
"Sometimes the first impression is wrong:" Oracle said.
"I can fix that." Hawke took out a gun from his leg holster and aimed it at Oracle. "A stupid stick will help you avoid a bullet?"
"No!" Huntress shouted as she tried unsuccessfully to stand up.
Dinah took hold of Hawke's weapon with her mental power, and threw him against the wall. She had taken off the mask and later, opened the chains using her mental powers. She ran toward him and began to fight with him. Oracle wheeled over to Huntress, who was lying on the floor holding her foot.
"Game over, Hawke.." said Dinah raising him by the lapel and putting him against the wall. "You must return to Arkham. Reese is a great man, I can't understand yet how you can be his father."
"Some day girl. " Hawke said angry "You and your friend are going to pay.." he tried to hit her but Dinah avoided his fist. She punched him in the face.
"I feel sorry for Reese." Dinah tied his hands behind his back "He deserved a better father. I'm sorry that you don't understand why we are fighting for. I hope that you will understand it some day."
"Are you okay?" Oracle said to Huntress.
"That son of a bitch ruined my boots." said Huntress gritting her teeth.
"Let me see, raise your leg." Oracle said.
Huntress obeyed, "Ow, careful." she said.
Oracle examined the wound "I need cut the boots, you're lucky, he used a gun of low calibre, if not he would have blow off your foot."
"Hurt likes hell." she covered her eyes with her hands.
"We need go and call Reese. Everything ok Dinah?" Oracle asked.
"Yes." said the girl walking over. "Let me help you Huntress. sorry, I was late."
"Don't worry kid, you did very well" Huntress said taking her hand to stand up.
"Sit on the arm of the chair" Oracle said to her.
"No, I need first talk with him, help me Dinah." Huntress said.
Dinah nodded and helped Huntress to walk toward Hawke. He looked her annoyed.
"Hawke." she mumbled.
"You were lucky this time." he said.
"Maybe you never accept me, I understand, we are in opposing sides. I just will ask that please think of Reese, he loves you, he needs you, as a father. Your anger is destroying you and him. He is a great man." Huntress tried to explain.
"I know girl, I'm sorry, but as you said, we are in opposing sides."
* * *
The police and Reese arrived to the old laboratorye and found his father tie against a pillar. Bane was lying on the floor as a normal human uncounsciouss. Reese stood up in front of his father.
"Why?" Reese said with sad voice "I asked you don't hurt hers. why is so difficult for you.?"
"My son, someday you will understand, bussines are bussines."
"Yea, yea, and your bussines always are more important than your family."
"She is not my family!"
"But mi mom and me yes, and you let us alone! You never mind about us! Do you know how many nights I heard my mother crying for you? I will ask you that if you don't care my mother or I, please don't destroy our lifes and the persons that love us!!"
"Detective." a police interrupted them.
"Yes, take him and to Bane to Arkham." Reese said angry.
"You come with us?" the police asked.
"No, I have something most important to do." Reese walked outside.
* * *
Reese entered the Clocktower a half hour later. Alfred looked at him, surprised.
"Detective, nice to see you."
"Hi Alfred, thanks, where is she?" he asked.
"Oh, she is in the infirmary with miss Barbara. It's ok.She is just finishing scanning her."
"May I.?."
"Yes, she is awake."
Barbara and Dinah were at the infirmary preparing to operate on Helena, Oracle was using a local anesthetic on Helena, who was lying in the infirmary bed.
"Don't cut my boot, don't cut my boot" mumbled Helena resting on her elbows in the bed trying to see what was Barbara doing.
"If I don't cut your boot, I will hurt you more." Barbara said looking at her with the knife in her hand.
".But I heal fast." Helena protested.
"You better close your mouth and put your head down, please." Barbara began to work while Dinah smiled.
"Please don't cut it too much." Huntress looked the ceiling.
Barbara finally took off Helena's boot, cutting the leather.
"Uh." said Dinah "that looks bad."
"My boot?" Huntress asked worriedly, raising her head.
"Forget your boot!" said Barbara "she's talking about your injury."
Dinah smiled evily and raised the broken boot showing it to Helena.
"Oh, no!" Helena exclaimed "Those boots are so expensive!"
"It's your fault" said Barbara cleaning the wound and looking for the bullet "Why do you insist on buying expensive clothes in which to fight?"
"The cheap ones break easily. and don't look as good as these."
"I see it." Barbara raised her eyebrow "give me the pincers Dinah. "Don't move Helena please."
Reese stood up in the door looking at the woman working. He tried to not interfere and kept silent. Barbara took out the bullet and raised it to look at with her eyeglasses "I get it" she said putting it in a plate and she examining the wound. "He was just playing with you, he used a small caliber gun. You are going to be ok. I think that he wants to kill you in a slow way, just letting you bleed to." Barbara stopped talking when she saw Reese standing in the door.
"Don't worry" Reese walked toward them "It's the truth. He tried to kill Dinah and Helena, it's hard, but it's true. I had been talking with him." He took Huntress' hand and squeezed gently "It's hard to try to find my father in that man sometimes."
"I'm sorry Reese" said Oracle.
"It isn't your fault. How do you feel Helena?"
"She is crying because of her boots." Dinah said raising one of them.
"It was my best pair." Helena protested.
Oracle smiled "Give me the needle, Dinah, please, and come here, you need learn how to do it. I will finish in a minute guys."
"This is the part that I hate of being a super hero" Dinah said giving Barbara the needle.
Reese looked gently at Helena and kissed her hand. "I'm sorry Helena," he mumbled "I was talking with my father, now I understand that he never will change."
"Maybe some day Reese. don't lose the hope, remember my mom."
"I hope so, I hope so, really, I would like him to be a part of my happiness."
"I would like it too."
"I promise to buy you a new pair of boots."
Helena smiled "You said it."
"It's a promise." Reese raised his hand.
"Oops. sorry" Dinah said.
"Dinah" Barbara looked her angrily "That was bad, now I need stitch it again and the wound will now scar.
"Sorry oracle." Dinah said.
"What?" Helena raised her head.
"Well, you can use socks and nobody would see it" Dinah tried to apologize.
"No Barbara! Do something!" Helena exclaimed looking her wound.
Dinah and Barbara laughed.
"What? Lemme see!" Helena sat down "I don't see anything funny here."
"It was just a joke, you are so vain" Barbara smiled and patted her thigh "You are going to be ok, don't worry."
"It was a bad joke!" Helena groaned, Reese laughed. "What? I don't see the humour in this."
Helena try to pretend to be annoyed, but she couldn't avoid smiling as she listened to her friends laugh.
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