Barbara woke up early; she went to check on Helena. She wheeled into the infirmary and had a bad feeling when she didn't see Helena there. The bed was empty; her coat was on the table, and her boots under it.

She looked around and called her. Suddenly she froze; Helena's necklace was on the floor. She took it with her hand and called her again. Now she was seriously worried. She wheeled to the main computer and reviewed the security video tapes.

"No!." she mumbled when he saw the image of Parasite entered the Clock Tower and taking Helena with him. "I was so stupid!" she hit her hand against the table. "I was so stupid. how I could forgot that?"

* * *

"Carolyn! He was here!" Barbara shouted wheeling inside her bedroom, Carolyn violently woke up.

"What?" she asked, still dazed.

"Carolyn, he kidnapped Helena! He was here last night!" Barbara showed her, Helena's necklace.

"Calm down!" Carolyn sat up in the bed "Who was here?"

"Parasite.." Barbara couldn't avoid her concern. "Helena isn't in the med lab."

"What???" she stood up. "How could he avoid the security system?

"Remember, when he touches you, he takes your energy, abilities. and memories. I was so stupid! I forgot that! I needed to change the codes! He could see the codes in her mind and this place." Barbara explained.

"Why did he kidnap her?"

"I don't know. he could have kill her here, but he didn't. I don't what he's thinking."

Carolyn freezes. "Why he didn't attack us last night? He surely knows that you were Batgirl, why didn't he kill her and. you?"

"I don't know, is difficult to say, we need move fast to try and solve this riddle."

"What happened?" Dinah enters the room, rubbing her eyes. "Why are you two shouting so loud?"

"I need to get dressed..." Carolyn grabs her clothes.

"Dinah, you get dressed too, quickly, I'll see you in the lab." Barbara ordered.

"What happened?" Dinah didn't understand.

"Parasite was here last night, he got Huntress."

"What????" Dinah was surprised. "He was here.?"

"I'll explain it to you while you dress, come on" Carolyn said.

A few minutes later, the three women were working in the lab. Barbara was concerned, she examined the small spots of oil that he had left in Huntress' necklace. She felt bothered with her own self, she overlooked the ability of Parasite of stole memory. If she would have stopped to think about it, she could have changed the codes in time and avoid the trap for Helena.

"Exactly who is The Parasite?" Dinah asked to her mother looking over her shoulder. "An old enemy of Batman?"

Carolyn was seated in front of one of the monitors. "No, an old enemy of Superman." she answered.

"Superman? Sometimes these heroes sound like fantasy."

"They aren't. Rudy Jones was transformed while working as a janitor at Pittsburgh's S.T.A.R. Labs facility." She explained "Thinking a waste container might have held something valuable he opened it and was exposed to strange radiation that changed his body. When he mutated, he became purple. Jones had the ability to absorb the life energy of other people leaving withered corpses. When not feeding on life energy, he can feed on other forms of power, such as electricity."

"He feed people?"

"Yes. to say it in some way, yes. " Carolyn crossed her fingers.

"Why don't he just kill Huntress?" Dinah asked. "Why didn't he look for you Oracle? He knows you are Batgirl!"

"Yea, but we never had a real "fight" face to face. I really would like know what is in his mind. Maybe he is using her to trap your mother. Maybe he is looking for her," Barbara added "just for revenge."

"We were old enemies" Carolyn said "We haven't seen each other since many years ago. He surprised me, what is he doing in New Gothman? Did you get the results yet, Oracle?"

"I'm waiting for the results from the machine, those spots will tell us where he is."

"If he read Helena's mind he know everything about us, about this place, about where we work, what we do, he could surprise us at any moment!" Dinah sat next to her.

"I know. I know. Because of that, I need find him as soon as possible." Barbara couldn't hide her concerned. "We need to surprise him. Helena is defenseless at this moment and he will kill her."

".How do you know. she isn't dead now?" Dinah said in a low voice.

Barbara kept silence "Because... if he wanted to kill her, he would have done it last night, and he didn't. Damn! I hope he hasn't touched her again."

"He surely will contact us." Canary said.

"Yes, I know. but we need to find him before he finds us."

"I'll go hit the street." Dinah stood up.

"Wait, where are you going?" Barbara asked.

"We need search for."

"No, no. wait. We need a plan first and later you will go to the street. You can't expose your self to find him."

"Why not?" Dinah crossed her arms.

"Dinah I don't want to see you dead!" Barbara glared at her "He read Helena's mind! He knows you, he knows your powers! Before you could see him he will be over you and touch you!! He has Huntress' abilities too, and you know perfectly well that she is a great fighter, you still couldn't defeat her! He is not a common enemy; I don't want to put you at risk! I am as concerned as you, maybe more. but we need to use our heads, and not our heart, understand?"

"Yes."

".I don't want to lose you." Barbara added in low voice.

Dinah lowered her head and nodded. Carolyn looked at them in silence..

"I'm gong to start a plan," Barbara said "You and Canary are going to look for him in some places, but we need do it in order, to earn time. If he discovered us he will kill Helena, or kill anyone of us."

"This is the hardest part of this job" Carolyn sighed "Try to keep calm when someone that you love is at risk."

Barbara held Dinah's arm "We'll bring her back. ok? Don't worry. Help Carolyn search the files."

Dinah took the disk that Barbara gave her, and sat at the computer next to Carolyn.