I'm sure you will enjoy this fic, as my lovely editing team (In alphabetical order): DixieFaithful, Harley Fan, NightStalker, Reese's Girl, and introducing Shan..

And specially to Yank to annoyme all the last week with er "more, more, more" to wrote it in record time...

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A BIRD-CAT THING

Oracle worked in the computer guiding Huntress and Dinah. A killer had been taking the streets of New Gothman. The bodies appeared drainded, their skin gray, the police couldn't find the cause of death. There weren't connections between each murdered, opposite people, opposite places. She received the images that Dinah sent to the computer. The girls were in the park, taking pictures and scanning a new body.

"I got it" said Oracle opening the pictures, she observed it "Uh. the same. it's a serial killer."

::I thought the same:: Huntress said in the mic.

"Ok, leave there, the police are near." Barbara searched for some info in the data, she was confused about the dead people. She couldn't find anything that gave her some track.

"Any luck miss Barbara?" asked Alfred giving her a cup of coffe.

"No, it's been a very disappointing night." She scratched her head.

"Want some dinner now or do you want to wait for the girls?"

"I'll wait for the girls, they're returning here now. what did you cook?"

"Mmmm, an international food. 'quesadillas'"

"What is that?" Oracle looked at him surprised.

"Tortillas folded with cheese inside fried." Alfred said proud.

"Uh? Let me guess. you bought a new book."

"Yes, I bought a book of Mexican food. I found many interesting things, like how to prepare iguana meat, fried crickets, a stew of armadillo."

"Stop, stop. Stop.

" Barbara raised her hands. "Remember the cooking rules. first one is.?"

".Never let miss Helena cook.."

"Second one?"

".Nothing about experiments with meals." Alfred raised his brows.

"You got it" Barbara pointed at him smiling. "The 'quesadillas' sounds good but forget the other things, ok? Anyway where are you going to get an 'Armadillo' or an 'iguana'?"

"Good point miss Barbara, good point."

* * *

The next evening, Barbara fixed her transponder, Dinah was at school, Alfred shopping and Helena maybe was sleeping at her apartment. The transponder was too damaged, she cleaned her forehead with the back of her hand and took a screw driver. The Delphi alert turned on, Barbara put her glasses over the table and wheeled toward the monitor. Someone had broken the security system in the lower level. She watched the monitors, a shadow walked in one of the corridors.

Barbara turned on the mic "Huntress, do you copy?" she said typing in the keyboard to close some doors while she wait Huntress' answer.

::I'm here, what happened?::

"Some one broke the security system of the Clock Tower, come here inmediately."

::On my way:: Barbara noticed that the elevator ascended, she prepared her escrima sticks. "whoever it is, is using the elevator." she said to Huntress. "I'm coming."

::Hold on, I'm on my way!:: Huntress said in a hurry.

Barbara wheeled to the elevator, and hid on one side. When the door opened, she hit the first foot that cross the line making the person fall. Faster she put the another stick over the neck of the intruder. She shocked when she saw the intruder's face.

* * *

Helena was giving beats with her palm to the door of the elevator while it took her to the lab. "Come on, hurry" she said to her self. The elevator door opened and she jumped out looking for her mentor.

"Barbara?" she shouted "Where are you?"

"It's okey, I'm here" she listened her voice came from the kitchen, Helena ran upstairs, when she entered the kitchen she froze. Carolyn, Black Canary, who was supposed to have died in a explosion, was sit at the table drinking coffe with Barbara.

"What.?" she blinked surprised.

"Hi Helena." Carolyn said.

"But."

"Carolyn came here to talk with Dinah and with us." Barbara sip a bit of coffe "Sit down..."

"To talk with Dinah and you, with me I don't think so." Helena became angry "Why did you deceive us?"

"I had my reasons." Carolyn put her cup on the table.

"I imagine they must be very good, enough to break your daughters' heart again."

Carolyn knew that the problems came, she bit her lip before she said: "That isn't your problem."

Barbara interrupted trying to avoid a discussion "She is here explaining what happened."

"I'm interested." Helena crossed her arms and leaned against the fridge. She didn't understand why that woman could call her self a 'mother', she couldn't understand how a mother would lie to her own daughter fakeing her death, knowing how much Dinah had suffered.

Carolyn sighed deeply, for her it would be better if Helena disappeared but it wasn't possible. That girl didn't like her. She didn't understand why Barbara could took care of Selina's daughter, she seems to be a very problematic and violent girl.

"Dinah was very happy living with you" Carolyn said "I could see it, "she told me so. She loves the idea of be a great super hero some day, nd she really amazed me, her potential was so big. Barbara you are training her as best as I could ."

"Carolyn." Barbara said.

"Is the true, you are an excellent mentor. She run away from me because I hurt her so much leaving her alone when she was a child, maybe it was a mistake, but in that moment I thought it was the best for her, to keep her alive. With the explosion I found a good excuse to disappeared again, to let her live her life, I didn't have the right to interfere with her and her choices."

"As you didn't have the right to break her heart faking your death." Helena added annoyed.

"I understand that" Carolyn glared at Huntress "I came here to try to fix the things. I miss her."

"Wouldn't it be better to just say 'I'll leave you here Dinah' instead your 'dead'?" Huntress asked.

"I'm not going to discuss that"

"No? yea," Helena rised her shoulders "I imagine that you don't care neither about the nights that she was crying alone in her room because of your 'death'."

"I'm not going to discuss that point, I said." Carolyn became angry.

"Yes, you are right now," Helena nodded "who would care if it took her heart many months to recover of your 'death'? And who cares what she could feel now, when she discovers that it all was a lie."

"Kid." Carolyn put the cup of coffe on the table.

"Don't call me kid."

"First, I'm her mother, not you."

"Doesnt looks like it." interrupted Helena.

"Helena!" Barbara locked her eyes in her.

"Second," Carolyn continued " the relationship between me and Dinah isn't your problem. I'm not going to waste my time with you talking about that. You aren't an example of a family, know?"

Helena took a step and Barbara stretched her arm out putting her hand over her stomach to avoid that she continued walking. "Carolyn, please." she said to the blond woman.

"Ok, third, I just came here to tell you two that I'm going to try to make her understand. Ok. kid?"

"Helena" Barbara saw Helena eyes,they were two lines "I don't want a fight here, ok? We are talking about Dinah"

"I couldn't understand how a mother could do this to her own daughter." Helena pressed her teeth.

"Better not try to touch the point of what a mothers would do or not, because if we start to talk about your mother you will not like it." Carolyn drink a little more coffe.

Barbara held Helena's arm hardly able to avoid a fight.

"Ouch!" Helena grimaced.

"What are you going to do?" Barbara asked with out letting Helena go.

"This is going to be very difficult for Dinah. When are you going to talk with her?"

"I'm thinking about that." Carolyn said.

"..Do you mind? Helena asked in low voice to Barbara pointing her arm. Barbara release her with a hard glare, Helena rubbed her arm.

"I need to find the correct moment" Carolyn continued "This is going to be so difficult for her and for me."

"I really think that maybe she wouldn't understand you." Barbara sighed "She is a very mature girl, intelligent, fragil. has a big heart, but is too innocent yet. Excuse me if I tell it to you but you are giving her very strong blows."

"I know, I don't want to hurt her anymore, I want this to end it was all a mistake. I want to give her the love of a mother that she had never felt. I need to try it, I couldn't quit before I tried."

"You are right."

"I will ask you two things." Carolyn looked at both women."Don't tell her that I'm here, let me face this on my own."

"Okey.." Barbara said. Helena wasn't too convinced.

"I need for you gave me your word." Carolyn asked.

"Don't count me in on this lie." Helena said moving her hands.

"I'm going to tell you in another way Helena," Carolyn turned her chair to the brunette and said firmly "Don't interfere with me and Dinah, get it?."

"Ok, instead," Helena puckered the frown "maybe we can ask you don't interfere with our relationship with Dinah trying to involve us in your stupid games and lies."

"Helena," Barbara said in cold voice "Carolyn is Dinah's mother, it is her choice and like it or not, we must respect it."

"I'm don't want to be part of this." Helena walked out of the kitchen.

"Helena." Carolyn said standing up "I'm just asking you for time to talk with Dinah, I more than anyone want her happiness. But as you said, I could hurt her more If I don't do it in a correct way. Do you want that I hurt her?"

"You almost did it no?"

"Do you want to hurt her more?"

"No."

"So. just give me a little time to do it in a correct way. okay?"

Helena took a deep breath and moved her head.

"We can do it Helena" Barbara wheeled toward her "Give her time." Helena wasn't convinced but maybe it will be the best to the blond girl.

"Ok." she finally said.

"I want your word both of you" Carolyn asked

"Yes, count on me." Barbara looked Helena.

The brunnette hesitated a moment ".Ok." the girl finally said in bad mood.