Barbara was working late on the computer, Canary was in the streets looking
for any trace of Huntress. Dinah fell asleep in a chair next to Barbara.
Suddenly, the girl began to move restlessly, Barbara watched her. The girl
was sweating; Barbara moved her shoulder and the girl woke up abruptly
breathing quickly.
"She is dying!" Dinah said.
"What?"
"Helena is dying. I saw her " Dinah said scaredly and stood up.
"Where did you see her?" Barbara asked, worried.
"It was a dark place. she was trapped. looked like a storage facility. "
"Where?"
"Was a place. old... alone. cold. She is suffering Barbara, I felt great pain! We need to do something!"
"Calm down, calm down, ok?, focus. Breathe and focus your mind, what did you see?"
"It was an old building. I could see pipes, tubes... big storages. oil. She is inside a glass box, but, she couldn't move. It's a circular room." Dinah explained "The floor is gray."
"The walls?"
"Green. I think. I could see a big computer. and a "Danger" sign.
"I got an idea. Call Canary, tell her to come back" she told Dinah "Meanwhile, I need to do something. Maybe we can find him..."
* * *
A few minutes later, canary arrived back to Clock Tower. She walked into the lab.
"What happened? Did you find something?" she asked.
"I get now why I couldn't find the source of the spot grass." Barbara said looking at a paper with the results of her experiment "The spot of grass that the necklace had, was of a new kind of oil that was out of production since 3 years ago. The plant was closed, the oil was of really bad quality" Oracle said. "I did a comparative, it had the same composition than the one in Helena's necklace." "He's in that old plant?" Dinah asked.
"It is a possibility, we don't have much more choices, you two need to go. Huntress doesn't have much time." Barbara showed the a map on the computer screen "You need to enter by the river, it is the safest way.Carolyn, take Huntress necklace, we need to stay in contact."
"Okay, let's go Dinah." Canary said. "We need to move faster." Black Canary and Dinah swam through the river and entered in the old refinery. "Wow" Dinah said while she took off the diver costume "Cold water. Are you sure she will be here Oracle? This is full of dust."
::I hope. The spot grass is identical that the one produced there and you described to me a kind of refinery that must be that one. The green color was usual in that company.::
"Trust her." Black Canary said "She is a great detective."
"How did you meet her?" Dinah asked.
"Batgirl? Well. in the Justice League." Canary turned on a pal.
"Justice League?"
"Long story, maybe I can tell you later. We were a great group. And later, well, we had some things in common and we became friends."
".And who is my father?" Carolyn froze and swallowed. Oracle froze too, and kept silent.
"Dinah. I don't think this is a good time to talk about it." Carolyn explained "I promise to talk about it with you, but not now."
". Yea, you're right." Dinah nodded.
"Oracle, we are inside." Canary said.
::Ok, go to the air conditioner tunnels entrance, should be to your right::
They found the air conditioner tunnels and dragged themselves in. They had a map, Carolyn examined it.
".We need tp separate Dinah, to do it faster. In your dream, you saw a circular room, there are six rooms here like the one that you describe, you go to the left and I to the right. ok?"
The girl nodded and began to search for the room.
* * *
In the Clock Tower, Barbara waited, as she watched the signal on the monitor.
"Dinah is asking dangerous questions." Alfred said.
"Well, not exactly dangerous but. difficult yes." Barbara scratched her head "and at a bad time."
"Do you think they will find her soon, Miss Barbara?" Alfred asked.
"I hope. If we will surprise him, it will give us the advantage." Barbara looked at Alfred, concerned. "I'm praying for her, wishing that she is still alive."
* * *
* * *
Huntress was again returning to consciousness. She raised her head a few inches and looked around. Nobody would help her, she needed to try and escape in some way. She looked up, where the cables were connected to a main one. She took it and slowly began to use it to climb to the top. She examined it, but it was airtight, and too heavy to try to push or move.
"Damn" she thought to her self and closed her eyes taking a deep breath, this was a nightmare.
She let go of the cables and dropped back to the bottom of the tube. The breather was uncomfortable and was held strongly to the back of her head. She felt worst, her body felt too heavy and she felt confused in her mind, she knew that every time he drained her, she was less awake the next; and she knew too, that soon she would not think coherently; and that worried her. She needed to escape before it happened. But it looked almost impossible.
What would Barbara do? Could she find her? She trusted in her mentor, she knew she would find her, but she didn't knew if she would find her in time.
Lost in her thoughts, Huntress didn't realize she fell sleep again.
* * *
Dinah dragged herself along inside the long tunnels, all was in darkness, she saw a far light and went there. She saw through a grill the room where Huntress was, the parasite wasn't there. Dinah was scared when she saw her friend as she floated unmoving in a strange substance inside a tube, as she had see her in her dream.
"Oh God!" she said in the mic: "I found her."
::Is she ok?:: Oracle asked.
"Dunno" she began to examine the grille "She's not moving, inside a kind of glass tube with water. I can see a breather over her mouth and some cables in her body. The glass tube is connected to a big computer." Dinah took the grille with her hands and pushed it, it was very old and broke easily. She jumped down. "I'm in."
::Don't touch anything:: Canary said,
"Ok.." Dinah walked to the cylindrical tube where Huntress was held, and looked for a way to open it. She walked around. "She has a green light over her chest that is blinking."
::That would be a good sign, she is just unconscious. wait for Black Canary.::
"Hel!!" Dinah hit the glass with her hand "Hel! Can you hear me?" Huntress didn't move. "She isn't answering me Oracle" she said.
::How does the main computer look?:: Oracle asked.
"Uhhh. it's like the Delphi system, lots of screens and buttons. Maybe I can break the glass." The blonde girl said preparing herself to kick the container.
"No!" Carolyn exclaimed arriving. "Wait, it will be dangerous for her."
Dinah looked her. "What is all this about?"
"He is draining her. I imagine that he is storing her energy here in the computer, and he takes it by putting his hands there. I saw something like this many years ago. But this is so advanced. If we do something wrong, she could die."
Dinah looked concern to her firend. "Help her mom" she said taking Canary's hand "Please, help her..."
"She is dying!" Dinah said.
"What?"
"Helena is dying. I saw her " Dinah said scaredly and stood up.
"Where did you see her?" Barbara asked, worried.
"It was a dark place. she was trapped. looked like a storage facility. "
"Where?"
"Was a place. old... alone. cold. She is suffering Barbara, I felt great pain! We need to do something!"
"Calm down, calm down, ok?, focus. Breathe and focus your mind, what did you see?"
"It was an old building. I could see pipes, tubes... big storages. oil. She is inside a glass box, but, she couldn't move. It's a circular room." Dinah explained "The floor is gray."
"The walls?"
"Green. I think. I could see a big computer. and a "Danger" sign.
"I got an idea. Call Canary, tell her to come back" she told Dinah "Meanwhile, I need to do something. Maybe we can find him..."
* * *
A few minutes later, canary arrived back to Clock Tower. She walked into the lab.
"What happened? Did you find something?" she asked.
"I get now why I couldn't find the source of the spot grass." Barbara said looking at a paper with the results of her experiment "The spot of grass that the necklace had, was of a new kind of oil that was out of production since 3 years ago. The plant was closed, the oil was of really bad quality" Oracle said. "I did a comparative, it had the same composition than the one in Helena's necklace." "He's in that old plant?" Dinah asked.
"It is a possibility, we don't have much more choices, you two need to go. Huntress doesn't have much time." Barbara showed the a map on the computer screen "You need to enter by the river, it is the safest way.Carolyn, take Huntress necklace, we need to stay in contact."
"Okay, let's go Dinah." Canary said. "We need to move faster." Black Canary and Dinah swam through the river and entered in the old refinery. "Wow" Dinah said while she took off the diver costume "Cold water. Are you sure she will be here Oracle? This is full of dust."
::I hope. The spot grass is identical that the one produced there and you described to me a kind of refinery that must be that one. The green color was usual in that company.::
"Trust her." Black Canary said "She is a great detective."
"How did you meet her?" Dinah asked.
"Batgirl? Well. in the Justice League." Canary turned on a pal.
"Justice League?"
"Long story, maybe I can tell you later. We were a great group. And later, well, we had some things in common and we became friends."
".And who is my father?" Carolyn froze and swallowed. Oracle froze too, and kept silent.
"Dinah. I don't think this is a good time to talk about it." Carolyn explained "I promise to talk about it with you, but not now."
". Yea, you're right." Dinah nodded.
"Oracle, we are inside." Canary said.
::Ok, go to the air conditioner tunnels entrance, should be to your right::
They found the air conditioner tunnels and dragged themselves in. They had a map, Carolyn examined it.
".We need tp separate Dinah, to do it faster. In your dream, you saw a circular room, there are six rooms here like the one that you describe, you go to the left and I to the right. ok?"
The girl nodded and began to search for the room.
* * *
In the Clock Tower, Barbara waited, as she watched the signal on the monitor.
"Dinah is asking dangerous questions." Alfred said.
"Well, not exactly dangerous but. difficult yes." Barbara scratched her head "and at a bad time."
"Do you think they will find her soon, Miss Barbara?" Alfred asked.
"I hope. If we will surprise him, it will give us the advantage." Barbara looked at Alfred, concerned. "I'm praying for her, wishing that she is still alive."
* * *
* * *
Huntress was again returning to consciousness. She raised her head a few inches and looked around. Nobody would help her, she needed to try and escape in some way. She looked up, where the cables were connected to a main one. She took it and slowly began to use it to climb to the top. She examined it, but it was airtight, and too heavy to try to push or move.
"Damn" she thought to her self and closed her eyes taking a deep breath, this was a nightmare.
She let go of the cables and dropped back to the bottom of the tube. The breather was uncomfortable and was held strongly to the back of her head. She felt worst, her body felt too heavy and she felt confused in her mind, she knew that every time he drained her, she was less awake the next; and she knew too, that soon she would not think coherently; and that worried her. She needed to escape before it happened. But it looked almost impossible.
What would Barbara do? Could she find her? She trusted in her mentor, she knew she would find her, but she didn't knew if she would find her in time.
Lost in her thoughts, Huntress didn't realize she fell sleep again.
* * *
Dinah dragged herself along inside the long tunnels, all was in darkness, she saw a far light and went there. She saw through a grill the room where Huntress was, the parasite wasn't there. Dinah was scared when she saw her friend as she floated unmoving in a strange substance inside a tube, as she had see her in her dream.
"Oh God!" she said in the mic: "I found her."
::Is she ok?:: Oracle asked.
"Dunno" she began to examine the grille "She's not moving, inside a kind of glass tube with water. I can see a breather over her mouth and some cables in her body. The glass tube is connected to a big computer." Dinah took the grille with her hands and pushed it, it was very old and broke easily. She jumped down. "I'm in."
::Don't touch anything:: Canary said,
"Ok.." Dinah walked to the cylindrical tube where Huntress was held, and looked for a way to open it. She walked around. "She has a green light over her chest that is blinking."
::That would be a good sign, she is just unconscious. wait for Black Canary.::
"Hel!!" Dinah hit the glass with her hand "Hel! Can you hear me?" Huntress didn't move. "She isn't answering me Oracle" she said.
::How does the main computer look?:: Oracle asked.
"Uhhh. it's like the Delphi system, lots of screens and buttons. Maybe I can break the glass." The blonde girl said preparing herself to kick the container.
"No!" Carolyn exclaimed arriving. "Wait, it will be dangerous for her."
Dinah looked her. "What is all this about?"
"He is draining her. I imagine that he is storing her energy here in the computer, and he takes it by putting his hands there. I saw something like this many years ago. But this is so advanced. If we do something wrong, she could die."
Dinah looked concern to her firend. "Help her mom" she said taking Canary's hand "Please, help her..."
