Oracle waited expectantly in front of the elevator door with Alfred, she was playing nervous with her fingers. Carolyn and Dinah appeared almost dragging Helena, she was so pale and she looked really bad. Barbara had a concerned look on her face.

"Hi." Helena mumbled weakly, she smiled lightly when she looked at her. ".I know, infirmary."

Barbara nodded. Alfred brought closer the stretcher

"Has she always had this strange sense of humor?" Carolyn asked Dinah as they were putting Helena on the stretcher.

"And sometimes it's worse." Dinah answered.

"Very funny." Helena said. Alfred took her to the infirmary.

"How is she?" Barbara asked Canary while wheeling toward the lab.

"She slept in the hummer; she is better now, but needs attention. We used the machine against him, and to save her. Before we left, we destroyed it."

"Good idea. Help me with the scan. she don't looks good."

Barbara injected Helena, she couldn't avoid feeling so worry about her protégée. The girl had black rings under her eyes, her colour was almost grey, and she looked so thin. Barbara finished scanning and checking her. Carolyn was receiving and analyzing the results in the computer. Dinah helped to clean her of the dry plasma that covered all her body.

"I look terrible?" Helena asked with low voice, looking at Barbara while she took a pair of scissors and wheeled next to her.

"Well. I promise not to take a picture of you and show it to Reese." Barbara smiled and cut a sleeve of the plastic white costume that Helena wore to prepare her arm to give her a serum. "How do you feel?"

".Numb. drowsy. tired. I'm not in a good moment. Do you know it?"

"Yes, I guess that. I must change the codes on time," Barbara said feeling guilty of the condition of Helena "this wouldn't happen to you. I never could forgive me for this."

"Isn't your fault. How. could you know it?"

"My job is cover you back. I always need analyze all. I failed. and it almost cost your life." she throw in the basket the sleeve and took the serum, she had tears in her eyes.

"Barbara. Don't please." Helena mumbled.

"If I fail, you will not have a next time Helena, as today. you are so lucky" Barbara explained preparing the serum, her expression was cold. She was so mad with herself. "I couldn't allow me the fact of fail."

"Ouch. careful. with that needle." Helena jumped.

"Sorry." Barbara focus her mind immediately in the serum again.

"Don't be angry with your self. As you said us many times, we are humans." Dinah heard the conversation and interrupted touching Barbara's shoulder.

"Well. just she, I am half." Helena joked trying to make feel better Barbara.

"You don't have an idea about how I'm happy to see you here again." Barbara said to her taking a deep breath..

".Are you? ."

"Why you ask me that?"

"I had been many times unfair with you." the brunette said. "I thought."

"We must talk later Helena, not now. Let me focus in this."

"We need to wash her hair" Dinah cleaned her hands with a napkin "this drool is disgusting."

".The plasma. had proteins.Parasite said " Helena looked her ". is good to my hair."

"Helena shut up!" Dinah didn't like the joke.

"Yes, Helena, please, keep quiet." Barbara said smiling.

Carolyn stood next to her. "I checked the exams, you stabilized her, and her system is normalizing."

"Yea, I see that. Her bad sense of humor is on." Dinah moved her head.

"I want to sleep for two weeks." Helena said in low voice and closed her eyes.

"Uhh. I think that you need wait for a while." Barbara looked her protégée "You really need a bath. Carolyn, will you help me to prepare it?"

"Of course." Carolyn walked out the lab.

"Water now?" the brunette growled "Later. Am tired."

"No, I need to give you this plasma. And later you can sleep all you want."

"Damn! Somebody. tell her that cats hate water! "

"You are a big cat that loves water; don't tell me now that you hate it." Barbara said finishing injecting the serum.

"I see that you forgot the last time that you tried to do it." Helena smiled to herself drowsy.

"No, I didn't forget it, but that was different." Barbara shook her head.

"What happened?" Dinah asked curiosity.

"Before you tell it. Would you help me take this off, it's too tight and uncomfortable." Helena whispered to Barbara referring to the white costume that she wore.

"It was many years ago," Barbara said wheeling back to look for the scissors. "She had a great big fight on some rainy day, she arrived almost frozen and the next day she had a fever and was shivering. I needed to lower her temperature quickly so I prepared a cold bath with ice."

"But sure she couldn't get into the bathtub alone." Dinah said.

"Of course," Barbara found the scissors and wheeled back "she couldn't, the fever made her delirious. Alfred helped me to load her, and he put her in the cold water. As soon as she felt the cold water, she jumped over Alfred and scratched him trying to run away. Have you ever seen a big cat hung in a lamp?"

Dinah laughed.

"Wasn't funny." Helena said.

Barbara gave the scissors to Dinah. "Cut the suit, I'll go to help Carolyn to prepare her bath." She went outside the lab.

"And my clothes.?" Helena asked.

"I'll go for it later, I promise, it must be in that old refinery. Why don't you try to rest? You talk too much."

"I don't talk so much."

"Yes, of course." Dinah began to cut it in the middle of her left arm. Helena looked her.

".The Parasite?..."

"Helena Please, shut up, you need rest!" Dinah glared at her.

"I want to know. I missed everything!"

"The police kept him in a special cell in Arkham. They are going to transport it to Metropolis in a few weeks. We destroyed the machine and the computer he was keeping you prisoner, it was creepy. Your arm is free now."

"Cool.its tight." Helena mover her arm slowly up and down. "I'm feel like a 'cat sausage. Please. cut the custom in my neck please."

"Ok, don't move and don't talk. I could cut you" Dinah began to work on it.

".Which day is it?"

"My God! You talk so much! Don't move I'll cut you! It's Saturday.."

"Reese returns from his trip this Sunday. He knows anything?"

Dinah stopped to cut the suit "No, you can explain it all to him when he gets back. Now would you please shut up?"

".Am glad. to see you. that's all."

Dinah looked her with out know what to said.

"Hel. I told to you many awful things. and I hit you. Would you forgive me?"

"Was our fault." Helena said sad looking her "We hid something important from you. I'm sorry"

"But."

"Dinah. I am not the best example of a good friend. sorry, is difficult for me. I don't trust in many people. but. I trust in you."

"But I."

"You maybe committed a mistake," Helena interrupted "as I committed mistakes. and believe me kid, I have committed a lot. But that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate you."

"Am I annoying to you? Sometimes looks like."

"Dinah. oh" Helena felt inside a big trouble, but now she couldn't avoid answering the kid as usually she did it "You know why I'm. I'm like this. Don't ask me to change. I Am in this way. I never could be as you. I never could be sweet or polite. Am difficult sometimes, I know, I know it's not good, but it isn't you. I have problems to. control my character. Dinah. you are taking advantage of my situation!" she said feeling trap, she hated confess her weakness

"Do you want to patrol alone? If you wish I can."

"No!" Helena sighed and closed her eyes "Just. just was difficult to have someone here... Barbara and I always had been working alone, I always worked alone, and suddenly had a partner. well it took me time to accept it. Understand me." the brunette looked her "I don't hate you, I never could... You are a great partner, you do a great job keeping my back. Dinah forget that, ok? Please. give me that pleasure. Don't discuss more. I'm not in mood to do that, am tired, and besides."

"Besides?"

"You get the scissors in your hands."

Dinah laughed looking the scissors "Ok."

".Just do me a favor."

"Anything."

"Took me off this damn costume."