Huntress was cold, but still alive. Carolyn noticed that Huntress's mic was off and she turned it back on. She put one of Huntress's earrings in her own ear and put her mouth near the mic.

"Barbara, I need help here, the Parasite touched Huntress. He drained her!"

::The Parasite?:: Oracle exclaimed. ::

"He was here; he ran away. He almost killed her! I stopped him but she is too weak. She looks bad, needs attention immediately!"

::I'm on my way, hold on::

Carolyn cradled Huntress's head in her arms. "Helena stay with me," she said. "Come on, stay with me." The brunette mumbled almost unconscious. "Shh, don't talk. Just stay with me." Carolyn rocked back and forth slowly. "Just stay here. Barbara is coming."

Huntress rested her head in Canary's lap. She felt so weak. That man had really sapped her. She closed her eyes.

"Helena, stay with me! Don't go." Carolyn clapped her cheeks, trying to keep the girl awake. Huntress opened her lids again. "Don't sleep, please, don't.." Carolyn said brushing her hair "I need apologize to you."

".what?" Huntress tried to keep from closing her eyes.

"I said many awful things about your mother. It was a mistake. The differences that I had with your mother were our differences, not yours." Carolyn hugged her tightly.

"My mom.?"

"Yes, excuse me, our relationship always was crime fighter - cat burglar. We never had a normal conversation or a nice talk. I never met her as a woman or a mother. Barbara told me that she was a marvellous mother to you."

".My mom."

"The only important thing is what she was for you. And if she had the character to change all her life because of you, it shows what a great person that she was." Huntress was closing her eyes again, she felt so tired, Carolyn moved her "No, no, stay with me. stay with me, Helena. Barbara is coming. hey, girl look at me!"

".Where. am I.?"

"You fought against parasite, he is very dangerous, I don't know what is he doing here. if he touches you, he drains you, he touched you. Huntress I need you to stay awake, don't fall asleep."

Huntress raised her eyes and looked her. "... Why. you help. me?"

"Huntress, am not so bad.don't think that. I had committed many mistakes not only with you, my principal mistake has been leave my own daughter alone. I am guilty of that, I am also guilty of being so unfair towards with you... but I am not evil, I am just a human that had committed a lot of mistakes"

". I'm cold."

Carolyn touched her face with her back hand, she was really cold, she rubbed her arm trying to give her a little bit of warmth and looked at her worried. "Barbara." she said "I need you here now!"

* * *

Barbara followed Huntress's signal and arrived at the alley with a screech of the Hummer's tires a few minutes later. She drove inside it and stopped a few meters from Carolyn and Huntress. She felt her heart break when saw Helena's grey face illuminated in the car's headlights.

Carolyn brushed back Huntress's hair and said, "Barbara is here. We are going to be home soon. I need you to try to keep conscious, ok?" Helena nodded weakly, she had her lips dry. Carolyn put one of her arms over her shoulder and dragged her to the vehicle. She put her in the back seat, climbed in next to her and closed the door.

"Let's go," she said cradling her. "Helena, are you here with me?" The girl nodded her head.

"How is she?" Barbara asked worriedly, putting the Hummer in reverse.

"He drained her. If we let her go to sleep or fall unconscious, her heart will stop. She is too weak."

"How did you find her?"

"I was looking for Dinah. I walked to Gabby's house when I heard them fight."

"Was lucky that you were there." Barbara looked Carolyn in the mirror. "Thanks."

"No need for thanks. This is our work and she is like your daughter."

"Yes, she is." Barbara drove faster to the Clock Tower.

* * *

Dinah was in bed thinking, she felt confused. Her mother had lied to her. She had been crying night after night. First because of her mothers' abandonment, and now her fake death. She couldn't understand how her own mother could do that to her. All her life spent living like an orphan because of her mothers' fears. It was simply unfair.

On the other side there was Barbara whom she trusted. Barbara was the mother she never had. Always lovely with her, taking care of her problems, helping her to face her powers, and her frights. Why didn't she tell her about Carolyn? Dinah knew Carolyn was her friend, but she knew her deep down in her heart, Barbara had been crying with her on those long nights and giving comfort when needed.

Barbara knew how important this could be for her. She felt betrayed but at the same time she missed her. She always guided Dinah when she felt lost and at this moment she felt really lost. She was dying to call her by phone but she couldn't make her hand pick it up and dial.

Then there was Helena. Dinah tried to be friendly to her but she always felt that it only annoyed her. Helena avoided her and was rude in her answers and attitudes.She always was ready with a sarcastic remark just to bother her.

But now. when she had slapped, hit, and uttered hurtful words, Helena never had raised a hand against her. Quite the opposite, she had hugged her trying to give comfort and an excuse because her lies. Helena never accepted her mistakes. But for the first time in her life, Helena had been talking to her with patience and love, like a real sister. Dinah know she wasn't acting, she really cared. Helena was worry about her.

Dinah had come very close to killing her but Helena ignored it. She expected everything of her,nothing less was allowed. Dinah began to cry. She decided to head down stairs so that she wouldn't wake up Gabby.

* * *

Barbara wheeled next to Helena and reached out to caress her hair. "Can you hear to me?" They were at the med-lab. The girl opened her eyes. "I need you to try to keep awake. It's important. Try to stay awake, until you recover a little of your strength. If you don't, your heart will stop. You are too weak. understand?"

The girl closed and opened her eyelids in agreement. Carolyn placed some cables on Helena's chest to monitor her heart beat. Barbara took her hand gently. "I'm going to stay here with you. If you feel like you are about to fall asleep, squeeze my hand, I need you to fight to remain conscious, I'm here with you. We are going to fight together, ok?"

Carolyn leaned against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest and watched them. Barbara talking to Helena and trying to keep her awake reminded her of when Dinah was a child and she read her stories at night. She almost could see Dinah's lovely face smiling at her. After a few minutes she turned to the elevator.

"Where are you going?" Barbara asked.

"I need find Dinah. she must help us find The Parasite and stop him."

Helena mumbled something that Barbara couldn't understand.

"Don't talk, please Helena." she asked leaning against her.

".she won't." Helena said in low voice. "she not. help."

"Did you talk to her?" Carolyn walked to the lab bed.

"She quit. she thinks that we betrayed her. She refused. to help that woman."

"What woman?" Barbara asked.

Helena swallowed and whispered "A woman. asked for help. Di told me. not anymore. and. I went to that alley alone." Barbara looked Carolyn, concerned. "We failed. her." Helena said with sad voice. "She hates us."

"No, she is just annoyed Hel." Barbara squeezed her hand gently. "Now please, don't talk.".

Carolyn walked to the elevator.

"Carolyn." Barbara called her.

"I'll be back soon." Carolyn entered to the elevator and leave Clock Tower. "I promise."

Barbara sighed deeply and looked Helena. She wet her dry lips with a wet cotton and squeezed her hand lightly. Her body temperature was still below normal. Helena's face was so pale, her half opened eyes were locked to the ceiling.

Barbara was worried, she needed kept conscious Helena and she felt she was losing her. She wheeled to the medical cabinet and took out a saline solution IV. She wheeled back and connected it to Helena's arm; she checked the tube to make sure that the drops fell correctly.

"Am cold." the girl said with a thread in her voice.

Barbara took a bedspread from a cabinet and wheeled back and covered her protégée with it. She put her arms out of it and crossed her hands in her stomach; she put her own hand up hers. "Feel better?" she asked.

The brunette nodded, she moved slowly her head.

"Helena, listen to me." Barbara said. "I'm here. listen my voice."

All was confused, Helena tried to understand what was happening but the only thing she knew is that she felt so tired. The girl tried to focus Barbara's face, but when she did it, she wasn't there, she felt surprised, was another person ".Mom?" she mumbled.

"Am Barbara." the read head caressed her hair holding her hand. "Don't talk."

"Mom.?" Helena was delirious.

"No, Helena, It's Barbara" she whispered in sweet voice.

"I need you mom." the girl said with low voice.

"It's ok Helena, I'm here." Barbara felt a knot in her throat.

"I miss you so much." Helena's eyes were moist. "So much."

"I miss you too." Barbara said almost crying "Fight Helena, don't leave me."

"Leave?... Where?... Where am going mom?"

"No, you are not going to go to any place, stay here, just stay here with me, ok?" Helena nodded with her eyes fixed on her "Focus in my voice just and don't talk, keep your strength. That guy that you meet is a very dangerous man, he drained you. Thanks of God Carolyn was walking near there and could help you."

".She hates me."

"No, she don't hate you."

".Becouse of you."

"Oh God, Helena. Please." Barbara cupped her check with her hand, Helena rest her head in her hand with her lost look, she was terrible cold yet.

"I love you mom." she barely could keep her eyes opened. Helena felt she was falling in a deep dark hole. Suddenly all was black. The hard voice of Barbara brought her back. She half opened her eyes.

"Helena, I need that you stay awake. I need you here. Am Barbara, look at me, Helena!" she moved the girl. "Helena!". Barbara took her face between her hands. "Helena listen to me please, look at me, come on look at me. Am Barbara, Am here, with you, don't give up."

Helena tried to stay awake, but was difficult for her. She needed do it, she knew it, she was fighting to did it, to focus in her mentor's voice to held on it to avoid fall.

"I need you, you are so important to me," Barbara pressed her teeth "you gave me the strength, the hope when I felt lost, when I felt alone. You are one of the principal's reasons for me to not fell, to keep going. Don't let me now! You are my friend, my sister. you are my family." Helena fixed her eyes in her unmoving. "Just resist. please, you are strong, you can do it."

".Barbara." the brunette mumbled.

"Yes, tell me."

".Am here." Helena tried to show her mentor that she was fighting against her own weakness.

"Yes." Barbara smiled holding her hand "I know that you are here, just don't go. Stay with me."

She saw her protégée; her breath was slow but most rhythmical. Her hand was most warm. She was recovering slowly; any other human being would be dead. She had held on for an incredible long exposition to Parasite's touch. Barbara checked the IV and examined the monitors, the only thing that she could do was just wait, and try to keep her awake.