My editing team is really marvelous, thanks again, Dixie, Night, Yank, Shadow, Harley, Reese, Dark, Shan and often Dritz... Thanks again.

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Barbara was seated in front the Delphi. Like Helena, she was so worried about Dinah, she wanted talk with her. Maybe she would do that after Carolyn. Of course, if she would agree to talk.

"Huntress." she called through the mic.

Dinah was warm, still a little innocent, but very intelligent. She was so different from herself and Helena, but she loved the girl's character, she was a big girl.

"Huntress do you copy?"

The Helena's adaptation to her had been very difficult, but at least she had accepted the blond girl, and the most surprising, she felt affection for her.

"Huntress it isn't time for games, where are you?"

Barbara moved her head knowing her protegge again had turned off her mic.

She sighed deeply and continued working in front of the monitor. The brunnete would appear at any moment and she was going to listen to her.

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Huntress ran five blocks down, the streets were empty, the woman had come at a bad moment, now she needed another chance to talk with Dinah. Maybe she will back later to Gabby's house.

She arrived to an alley and stood in the corner, she saw a man kneeling over another. "Did I interrupt something?" she shouted.

The man turned his face and stood up, leaving the other man unconscious on the ground. His entire body was purple and he was tall and appeared to be very strong. "Well, well, my dessert is here.," he said. "Come here, little girl."

"I'm not a dessert!" Huntress looked at the man lying on the ground and saw that the color of his skin was the same as the other murdered people. "You are the murder! You are killing innocent people! Who are you?"

"I'm The Parasite. and you?"

"Who?"

"Come here and find out." He prepared himself to fight.

Huntress jumped over him. Parasite was surprised at her strength and agility. She kicked him in the jaw.

"Wow, wow," he grabbed it. "A new super hero, I see. this is going to be interesting."

He tried to touch her but Huntress avoided it and punch him in the stomach, he bend down. She turned and kicked him in the head making him fell.

"You are a bad girl," he said when he stood up.

"And you are a son of bitch!" Huntress hit him twice in the face. The Parasite became angry and threw a punch that she avoided.

"Fast, very fast." he said, throwing a punch at her face with his right fist. Huntress stopped it with her hand. The Parasite immediately grabbed her hand with his left one. She groaned in pain feeling like he was sapping her of her energy and strength.

"I need to touch to be alive," he said smiling. "I take all of the person that I touch: energy, abilities, memories, and if is a superhero, like you, your powers. My touch will weaken a person or it will kill if is lengthy."

Huntress kicked him away and he wobbled backward, hitting against the wall. She grabbed her hand, that had been hurted, who was that man?. The Parasite looked at her, surprised, he had read her mind. "Batman was your father, girl?"

"That's none of your business!" Huntress kept her eyes on him.

"It is going to be a pleasure to finish this with you!" Parasite jumped quickly next to her, surprising her. "See? Now I have your skills."

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Dinah entered Gabby's house with a great relief, she didn't expected to meet Helena that night, now she was sure Helena was going to tell Barbara everything, and she would look for her agai. She needed to leave, but it would be most prudent to do it in the morning.

"How was your day?" Gabby asked stepping down the stairs.

"Bad.. Helena found me." Dinah threw her bag in the couch.

"How?"

"I need go Gabby, Barbara will come soon. my mom, as well. I don't want see to her."

"Excuse me for saying so, but it is stupid to run, it's better to talk, say everything you have to say and that's all."

"Gabby.."

"Do anything you wish, but you are a kid doing this!" Gabby turned and walked to the kitchen.

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Parasite tried to punch Huntress, but she moved faster to avoid it. She kicked him once in the ribs and hit him in the face. He moved faster and swept her feet out from under her, making her fall. Then he tried to grab her, but she kicked him again and stood up faster than she could. Parasite ran over to her and start to fight. Huntress felt like she was fighting her own shadow.

She turned and tried to kick him, but he caught her leg in the air with his hand and held it strongly. "Now you are mine!" he shouted. Huntress groaned feeling a great pain in all her body when he touched her again. He quickly leaned over her back and held her. They fell to the ground.

"This feels so good" he said sapping her.

"Rrrgghhh" Huntress grunted and rolled on the ground with him on her back. She moved desperately, like and wild animal trying to break the hold, but he was draining her so fast.

Huntress knew that her mic was off, after the conversation with Dinah she didn't have time to turn it on. And now, she couldn't turn it on because he was holding her arms. No one knew where she was. He put her down on the floor roughly. She pressed her teeth and made a last effort to get lose, but it was unsuccessful. He hugged her tightly until he began to feel that her movements were weaker. Huntress looked with anguish to the end of the alley, wishing to see Dinah appear.

"You are the daughter of a great enemy," he whispered into her ear. "I will enjoy your death, feeling your life drain away. feel that, sweetie? How your life goes?"

Huntress didn't have any strength, she felt her mind foggy. The pain had changed into heaviness throughout her entire body.

"Do you want me to tell you what is going to happen?" Parasite asked, kissing her head and resting his face in hers. "Now you can't move and in a few minutes your heart is going to beat more slowly every time. It will be most difficult to breath, to think, and suddenly, your heart will stop, and you will be dead. A death in my arms, honey."

"Never." she mumbled weakly and began to close her eyes, she tried unsuccessfully to move, feeling his breath in her face. As he spoke, every time was difficult for her to breath; she opened her mouth trying to catch air. She began to see her life flash before her eye with Barbara, Dinah and Reese. All was like a fast movie.

A woman was standing at the end of the alley, she walked to her. When the light of a lamp illuminate her face, Huntress blinked, ".Mom?" she was surprised. She could see her blond hair and her beautiful blue eyes, Selina looked her with sadness.

"Help. me" Huntress whispered feeling the heavy body of Parasite in her back, holding her strongly. "Ouu.please."

"Hold on." Selina said kneeled next to her "Please hold on sweetie, I'm here with you."

A deep sleep was invading Huntress and her eyes began to close. The Parasite laughed as he looked at her. "Close your eyes my dear. When you do, you will never open them again."

A loud noise made him scream. He let go of Huntress and covered his ears. Huntress also heard the terrible sound, but was too dazed to protect her ears. She gritted her teeth in pain. The Parasite rolled on the ground, objects flying all around him.

He could see Back Canary at the end of the alley walking toward him. She closed her mouth.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, surprised, as he stood up.

It's you, I would guess that you are the murder!" she said.

"I'll kill you!" he tried to attack her.

"Not if I kill you first!" Black Canary opened her mouth again. The sound threw him back against a wall.

She stopped her cry. Parasite fell on the ground. "What are you doing here?" she screamed.

"That isn't your bussines!" Parasite woke up annoyed.

"You are killing people, and you almost killed her!" she pointed Huntress "So this is my bussines!".

"It was fun trying to kill Batman's daughter. and you interrupted me, I don't like the interruptions. And I like finish what I start."

"Am so worried about that."

He jumped angrily over her and fell in her back, Canary moved fast and rolled to avoid that his touching her. "I see." she stood up faster "You stole her abilities."

"..And a little more." he laughed trying to hit her. Carolyn kicked him in the stomach and punched in the face. He was preparing to attack her when he saw her preparing too, to use the Canary Cry again.

He moved his index finger "We have time. Now it' your choice. you catch me or you save the Huntress. Later. you and I will meet again later. have fun!" Parasite jumped over a stairway near Huntress and later over a rooftop.

Carolyn looked Huntress who had rolled on her side and ran toward her. She knelt next to her and gently turned her onto her back. "Huntress, are you ok?" The girl didn't respond. Her eyes were half-closed and her face had a grey color.