Author's Note: Okay, so it's been a while since I lasted up dated but I've
been trying to figure out what to write this chapter about and I've been
working on Helena's Christmas. So, here's the story and luckily my muse was
knocked out so there isn't any input from him, well not until he becomes
conscious again, anyways. So, um. here's the chapter and the next part to
Helena's Christmas is up. Oh, and by the way it's the next day, and I
decided to give the DA a name, cuz calling her the DA was getting really
annoying, so the DA's name is Sarah; cuz I think that was what her name was
in Split.
** Date with destiny
"So where's Dinah?"
"Miss Dinah is spending the night at Miss Gabby's and Miss Gabby's mother is taking them to school, Miss Helena."
"No wonder Barbara got to work so early this morning."
"Now lets get started with your table manners. Miss Helena sit down. Stop slouching. Don't cross you legs, you may cross your ankles. We don't sit like that at a table; your knees must go under the table. No elbows on the table, Miss Helena. Don't use your fingers, Miss Helena. Use your butter knife for the butter. Use the other fork, Miss Helena. That is your soupspoon, Miss Helena. That's you salad fork, Miss Helena. Miss Helena what did I just tell you?!"
And for the next three hours that's how it went, Helena would do something wrong and Alfred would correct it. Helena on the other hand was getting pissed every time, she knew he was helping her but it was just annoying her and it made her wonder how people ate like this every single fucking day. She appreciated how much Alfred was helping her, at least she wouldn't look like a fool at the police thing, and she'd have the best looking guy as an accessory. (A/N: Okay, does that sound corny? I was watching this thing on TV and I just had to use that.) Finally, when Alfred found that Helena had learned everything she would need to know to get her through a whole elegant evening without looking like a complete fool, he finally let her stop.
"Miss Helena, I believe you could pull this off," Alfred said as he pulled out her chair.
"Now if I only had something to wear."
"Miss Helena, we are in you apartment. What outfit do you have?"
"I was thinking this one," she said as she walked out of her room in the outfit she wore to meet Sandy.
"No, Miss Helena."
"And why not?"
"You are attending an elegant evening companied by Detective Jesse Reese. It's a date with destiny Miss Helena and you must astonish destiny."
"Remind me again why you don't write poetry, Alfred?"
"Because I am a butler."
"Well you'd make a much better poet."
"Do you have another outfit?"
"Yes."
Helena came out with another outfit and Alfred said no and so that's how it when for the next three hours. Helena picked some outrageous outfit and Alfred raised his eyebrow in response. Of course it surprised Helena when Alfred had said she should wear a dress or shirt, it was as if he'd never seen Helena's clothes. But what Alfred had said ran through her mind, "It's a date with destiny, Miss Helena and you must astonish destiny". How could she astonish destiny if she didn't even know who destiny was.
"Miss Helena, how about I find an exquisite dress for you and bring it over Saturday?"
"That would help me so much Alfred, thank you so much Alfred."
"It's what I do, Miss Helena, It is what I do. I better be on my way. I would like to get back to the clock tower before Miss Barbara and Miss Dinah."
"I'll go with you, I need to talk to Barbara anyways."
"Well, lets go than. After you, Miss," Alfred said as he opened the door and bowed.
"What a gentleman," Helena said walking out the door.
They walked out of the bar and onto the streets of New Gotham and headed towards the clock tower.
** Reese wrapped his arms around Helena as he kissed her, but suddenly she pulled away, her eyes changing as she did.
"How could you?!" she shouted walking away from him.
"Huntress!" he shouted back.
"You're the son of a murder!! You're the son of Al Hawke!!"
"Huntress, wait let me explain!"
"How can you explain this your just like him, he killed canary!! I can't trust you, you'll end up just like him!!"
"Huntress!! Huntress!! Huntress!! Please come back!! Don't leave!! Huntress!"
** "Reese! Reese! Reese!" someone shouted as they shook him.
Reese lifted his head from the desk and looked up at Sarah, "Oh, sorry. What were we working on?"
"The crawler case."
"I thought we were done with it."
"We still don't have a motive, Jesse."
"His motive was love."
"How do you know Jesse?"
"A friend of mines was held captive by the crawler and he told her."
"Interesting can this friend make a statement?"
"No, she not exactly law friendly."
"Jesse, if she's a criminal she should be."
"She's not a criminal!" Reese shouted cutting her off. "She's a sexy, smart, independent women who just happens to kick ass for a living."
"Well, Jesse you don't have to overreact, I was just saying."
"I've got to go."
"Jesse, about the New Gotham police ball, are you going?"
"Yeah."
"Do you have a date?" she said hopefully.
"Yeah, she's pretty rare girl, too," he said as he walked out of the room.
** Barbara wheeled herself into the clock tower, Helena was seated on the kitchen counter and Alfred was cooking dinner.
"Now why weren't you like this when you were in high school?" Barbara asked.
"What are you talking about?" Helena asked as she hopped off the counter.
"When you were in high school you never came back to the clock tower after school, you were always somewhere else and I had to hunt you down."
"So, where's Dinah?"
"She said Gabby's mom was giving her a ride home," Barbara said a second later the elevator doors opened.
"That must be the Jr. Super girl, now."
They walked over to where Dinah was, "Dinah what happened to you?" Barbara asked. "God, I'm getting flash backs of when Helena was in high school."
"So did you win, kid?" Helena asked.
"Helena!" Barbara shouted.
"What? It's a good question."
"What happened Dinah?" Barbara asked ignoring Helena.
"Well, I got into a fight."
"No, really?" Helena said sarcastically.
"Anyways, I was talking to this guy, who is in my history class and his girlfriend got jealous and that's pretty much how the fight started."
"So did you win?" Helena asked.
"Of course."
"Helena! Dinah!" Barbara shouted.
"Barbara, um.you need to come to school tomorrow and talk to the principal," Dinah said and then added, "And the teacher who stopped the fight."
"Oh, no! I'm not going I had to deal with that when Helena was going to high school. Helena can go," Barbara said.
"Me, why me?" Helena asked.
"Because I can't, I tutor on Fridays remember?"
"Fine, I'll go."
"Good, it'll save me time," Barbara said wheeling herself over to the computers.
Dinah walked into the kitchen where Alfred had laid out a snack for her.
"Barbara, can I ask you something?" Helena asked as she followed her.
"What, Helena?" Barbara asked turning towards Helena.
"I was wondering if I could have Saturday off?"
"What do you mean?"
"I want the night off of sweeps Saturday."
"Why?"
"It would help Dinah with her training."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she needs to know how the sweeps work."
"Alright."
"Really?"
"Sure, just make sure you have your comm set on while you're out just in case."
"Okay, I will," she looked at the clock on the computer. "Oh, shit I'm gonna be late! Bye Barbara, Dinah, Alfred see you later guys later."
Helena ran into the elevator and quickly ran out and headed to the dark horse bar.
**
Finally Saturday came around; Helena was waiting for Alfred to come over with her dress. There was a knock at the door and she went to answer it.
"Miss Helena, here is your dress," Alfred said the dress still in a garment bag.
"Thank you so much!!" Helena shouted.
"Now, go get dressed."
Helena took the bag and went into the bathroom; she got dressed and walked out. She had on a black dress with a wide silver collar that went all the way around her neck. Her back was bare and the front of the dress went to mid-tight and the back went into a V shape that went past her knees. She had on black leather spiked heels with straps that wrapped around her legs. She walked over to Alfred, "So, what do you think?" Helena asked.
"You look beautiful, Miss Helena," Alfred replied.
Helena smiled, "Thanks, so where did you find this dress?"
"It used to belong to Miss Barbara but she doesn't wear it anymore. I made a few adjustments to it, so now it's more of a Miss Helena outfit."
Alfred put a small silver clip in Helena's hair, "I better get going," Helena said walking out of the apartment. "Wait, Miss Helena," Alfred said. "What?" she said turning around. "Here, I've put your comm. set inside," he said handing her a small black leather purse. She took the purse and ran down the stairs and down to the bar; she got a quick drink and then walked outside.
"Huntress, you look great.I mean beautiful," Reese said when he saw her.
"Thanks you don't look bad yourself," Helena replied.
"Well, let's go," he said taking her arm.
He opened the door for Helena and she got into the car; he drove to the ballroom and opened the door for Helena. She got out and Reese took her arm and led her inside.
"Jesse, who's your date? I don't think she could be your girlfriend," Sarah asked.
"She's my girlfriend," Reese replied. Sarah's mouth dropped open and she stared at Helena.
"You might want to get your girlfriend home before her curfew, you don't want her to get grounded, do you?"
"Don't you have to be back at the home by nine, I wouldn't want them to kick you out," Helena said.
Sarah walked away angry; Reese and Helena walked to a table, "Girlfriend?" Helena asked.
"What was I suppose to say, 'this is my vigilante friend who fights crime in black leather and saves my life on a nightly bases'?"
"It would have been a nice introduction."
"Jesse, how are you?" another detective said.
"I'm good, I'm good," Reese replied.
"And who is this picture of sexiness next to you?"
"Barbara Ashley Scott, but you can call me Ashley," 'Ashley' said.
"Ashley, what an interesting name."
"Thank you."
"I'm guessing that's not your real name is it?" Reese asked as they walked away.
"You are correct," 'Ashley' replied.
** Quick Author's Note: Okay, so as you figured out by now, Helena is using Ashley as a name at the party so I'll be referring to her as 'Ashley'. I was gonna call her Barbara but that would just be too confusing so she's 'Ashley' at the party. ** "Barbara are you sure Helena said for me to do sweeps by myself?" Dinah asked as she walked over to the elevator.
"Yes, now get going and try to be home before curfew," Barbara said as she handed Dinah and earpiece.
"Did Huntress ever have a curfew?"
"No, she was over eighteen when she started."
"Great, I'm the only superhero with a curfew."
"Just get going."
"See ya later Barbara."
"Be careful and the comm. set is no a Walkman you can't turn it off when ever you want."
"I got it Barbara, so can I go now?"
"Go, and you curfew is one."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome, now get going!"
"Bye."
"Be careful!" Barbara shouted as the elevator doors closed.
** "Here," Reese said handing 'Ashley' a glass of champagne.
"Thanks," 'Ashley' replied.
"Are you sure she can drink alcohol, Jesse?" Sarah asked. "You do have to be twenty-one."
"And how long have you been drinking alcohol, thirty years?" 'Ashley' snapped back.
"Sarah, I brought the file you asked for," Jennifer, Sarah's assistant, said.
"Aren't we supposed to be off today?" Reese said.
"I just have to finish this case and I'm done."
"Which case?"
"The crawler one."
"I thought, you finished that case, Reese," 'Ashley' asked.
"We did a few days ago," Reese replied.
"Then why is she still working on it?"
"I don't know."
"We don't have a motive yet, Jesse."
"I already told you, love was his motive," Reese replied.
"We don't have proof of that and we have no witness to prove that."
"You don't need a witness to prove every case, sometimes you just need to review the evidence more closely."
"And what do you do for a living, kid?" Sarah asked with an attitude.
"Take down the bad guys or girls make sure they get locked up and don't get out and make sure they don't get out, ever. And don't call me kid, Blondie."
"So, you're a rookie."
"Not even close."
A bunch of guys came over and started talking to 'Ashley' and asking Reese about her. 'Ashley' started to get bored, "Let's go sit down," Reese said as he lead her over to a table with the rest of his friends. He pulled out her chair and 'Ashley' sat down and the lessons Alfred had given her ran through her head, 'don't put your elbows on the table. Don't cross you legs, but you may cross your ankles'.
"So, Ashley, what do you do?" An officer asked.
"You are out of high school, aren't you?" Sarah asked.
"I suggest you close your mouth before you dentures fall out, no one wants to chew your food for you," 'Ashley' replied. "I'm a crime fighter."
"So, you're a cop?" he asked.
"You could say that."
"So, you like what you do?"
"The pay sucks, but the outfit is great."
"How much you get paid?"
"Not enough."
"So, do you have an assistant?" Jennifer asked.
"Yeah, Dinah but she more of an ally than anything else," 'Ashley' said checking her comm. set.
"Oh, an ally. Okay, I've never heard that."
"Yeah, well she's not your typical assistant."
"Freak," Sarah said under her breath.
"Watch it with the F word."
Sarah rolled her eyes at 'Ashley', which of course pissed her the hell off; her eyes changed and Reese noticed this, "Huntress, please don't use your.abilities."
"Fine," 'Ashley' replied her eyes changing back to normal.
"Remember your partner Morton?" Sarah asked.
"Morton?" Reese asked looking over at 'Ashley'.
"Yeah, Muller Jr. as the captain called him?"
"Oh, him."
"Yeah, I heard he jumped off the roof of a building, is that true?"
"Yeah, he took his life, it was getting hard for him."
"He was talking about meta-humans, to tell you the truth I think they should be called freaks of nature."
"Meta-humans aren't freaks of nature, they're just like people except they have unique abilities," 'Ashley' said close to losing it.
"And what are you their queen?" Sarah said getting in 'Ashley's' face.
"No, I just happen to thinks you shouldn't judge people by what they are."
"Please meta-humans are nothing but myths. New Gotham is filled with myths, like Batman or the Joker or even Catwoman."
"I wouldn't be so sure if I was you."
"What are you saying there true?"
"Not all myths are true and not all myths are lies."
"So, are you saying you believe in these myths?"
"I'm saying that maybe you should, cuz sooner or later one of those myths might just come back."
"Sure, Ashley, sure."
"Don't treat me like a child."
"Kid, in this crowd you are a child."
It took what was left of 'Ashley's' self control not to fly across the table and beat Sarah to a bloody pulp; she took a deep breath, counted to ten and drank what was left of her Champaign. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, breath, calm down. Damn!! The one time I really do need Vodka they don't have it, shit, 'Ashley' thought.
"What another one?" Reese asked.
"No, I already get enough bull shit from my friend, I don't need anymore," 'Ashley' replied.
The first course of the meal arrived and Alfred's lesson rang in 'Ashley's' head and she hoped she wouldn't make a complete fool of herself. **
Author's Note: Okay, so the rest of the party will be in the next chapter, and I would also like to say that Birds of Prey still has two more episodes to go and they won't air till March; I think it's The WB way of trying to get the Birds of Prey fans to forget about the show but the campaign is still going on so don't give up yet. Go to birdsofpreyonlinc.com and check out the campaign page and check out newgotham.net. The squeal to Helena's Christmas will be started, well my friend and I don't know yet cuz there's finals until Friday and there's no school till Wednesday of next week so maybe Thursday because we have to get kicked out of one of our classes to start it. So, please read and review. Thanks you guys and girls rock!! Reviews rock!!
** Date with destiny
"So where's Dinah?"
"Miss Dinah is spending the night at Miss Gabby's and Miss Gabby's mother is taking them to school, Miss Helena."
"No wonder Barbara got to work so early this morning."
"Now lets get started with your table manners. Miss Helena sit down. Stop slouching. Don't cross you legs, you may cross your ankles. We don't sit like that at a table; your knees must go under the table. No elbows on the table, Miss Helena. Don't use your fingers, Miss Helena. Use your butter knife for the butter. Use the other fork, Miss Helena. That is your soupspoon, Miss Helena. That's you salad fork, Miss Helena. Miss Helena what did I just tell you?!"
And for the next three hours that's how it went, Helena would do something wrong and Alfred would correct it. Helena on the other hand was getting pissed every time, she knew he was helping her but it was just annoying her and it made her wonder how people ate like this every single fucking day. She appreciated how much Alfred was helping her, at least she wouldn't look like a fool at the police thing, and she'd have the best looking guy as an accessory. (A/N: Okay, does that sound corny? I was watching this thing on TV and I just had to use that.) Finally, when Alfred found that Helena had learned everything she would need to know to get her through a whole elegant evening without looking like a complete fool, he finally let her stop.
"Miss Helena, I believe you could pull this off," Alfred said as he pulled out her chair.
"Now if I only had something to wear."
"Miss Helena, we are in you apartment. What outfit do you have?"
"I was thinking this one," she said as she walked out of her room in the outfit she wore to meet Sandy.
"No, Miss Helena."
"And why not?"
"You are attending an elegant evening companied by Detective Jesse Reese. It's a date with destiny Miss Helena and you must astonish destiny."
"Remind me again why you don't write poetry, Alfred?"
"Because I am a butler."
"Well you'd make a much better poet."
"Do you have another outfit?"
"Yes."
Helena came out with another outfit and Alfred said no and so that's how it when for the next three hours. Helena picked some outrageous outfit and Alfred raised his eyebrow in response. Of course it surprised Helena when Alfred had said she should wear a dress or shirt, it was as if he'd never seen Helena's clothes. But what Alfred had said ran through her mind, "It's a date with destiny, Miss Helena and you must astonish destiny". How could she astonish destiny if she didn't even know who destiny was.
"Miss Helena, how about I find an exquisite dress for you and bring it over Saturday?"
"That would help me so much Alfred, thank you so much Alfred."
"It's what I do, Miss Helena, It is what I do. I better be on my way. I would like to get back to the clock tower before Miss Barbara and Miss Dinah."
"I'll go with you, I need to talk to Barbara anyways."
"Well, lets go than. After you, Miss," Alfred said as he opened the door and bowed.
"What a gentleman," Helena said walking out the door.
They walked out of the bar and onto the streets of New Gotham and headed towards the clock tower.
** Reese wrapped his arms around Helena as he kissed her, but suddenly she pulled away, her eyes changing as she did.
"How could you?!" she shouted walking away from him.
"Huntress!" he shouted back.
"You're the son of a murder!! You're the son of Al Hawke!!"
"Huntress, wait let me explain!"
"How can you explain this your just like him, he killed canary!! I can't trust you, you'll end up just like him!!"
"Huntress!! Huntress!! Huntress!! Please come back!! Don't leave!! Huntress!"
** "Reese! Reese! Reese!" someone shouted as they shook him.
Reese lifted his head from the desk and looked up at Sarah, "Oh, sorry. What were we working on?"
"The crawler case."
"I thought we were done with it."
"We still don't have a motive, Jesse."
"His motive was love."
"How do you know Jesse?"
"A friend of mines was held captive by the crawler and he told her."
"Interesting can this friend make a statement?"
"No, she not exactly law friendly."
"Jesse, if she's a criminal she should be."
"She's not a criminal!" Reese shouted cutting her off. "She's a sexy, smart, independent women who just happens to kick ass for a living."
"Well, Jesse you don't have to overreact, I was just saying."
"I've got to go."
"Jesse, about the New Gotham police ball, are you going?"
"Yeah."
"Do you have a date?" she said hopefully.
"Yeah, she's pretty rare girl, too," he said as he walked out of the room.
** Barbara wheeled herself into the clock tower, Helena was seated on the kitchen counter and Alfred was cooking dinner.
"Now why weren't you like this when you were in high school?" Barbara asked.
"What are you talking about?" Helena asked as she hopped off the counter.
"When you were in high school you never came back to the clock tower after school, you were always somewhere else and I had to hunt you down."
"So, where's Dinah?"
"She said Gabby's mom was giving her a ride home," Barbara said a second later the elevator doors opened.
"That must be the Jr. Super girl, now."
They walked over to where Dinah was, "Dinah what happened to you?" Barbara asked. "God, I'm getting flash backs of when Helena was in high school."
"So did you win, kid?" Helena asked.
"Helena!" Barbara shouted.
"What? It's a good question."
"What happened Dinah?" Barbara asked ignoring Helena.
"Well, I got into a fight."
"No, really?" Helena said sarcastically.
"Anyways, I was talking to this guy, who is in my history class and his girlfriend got jealous and that's pretty much how the fight started."
"So did you win?" Helena asked.
"Of course."
"Helena! Dinah!" Barbara shouted.
"Barbara, um.you need to come to school tomorrow and talk to the principal," Dinah said and then added, "And the teacher who stopped the fight."
"Oh, no! I'm not going I had to deal with that when Helena was going to high school. Helena can go," Barbara said.
"Me, why me?" Helena asked.
"Because I can't, I tutor on Fridays remember?"
"Fine, I'll go."
"Good, it'll save me time," Barbara said wheeling herself over to the computers.
Dinah walked into the kitchen where Alfred had laid out a snack for her.
"Barbara, can I ask you something?" Helena asked as she followed her.
"What, Helena?" Barbara asked turning towards Helena.
"I was wondering if I could have Saturday off?"
"What do you mean?"
"I want the night off of sweeps Saturday."
"Why?"
"It would help Dinah with her training."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she needs to know how the sweeps work."
"Alright."
"Really?"
"Sure, just make sure you have your comm set on while you're out just in case."
"Okay, I will," she looked at the clock on the computer. "Oh, shit I'm gonna be late! Bye Barbara, Dinah, Alfred see you later guys later."
Helena ran into the elevator and quickly ran out and headed to the dark horse bar.
**
Finally Saturday came around; Helena was waiting for Alfred to come over with her dress. There was a knock at the door and she went to answer it.
"Miss Helena, here is your dress," Alfred said the dress still in a garment bag.
"Thank you so much!!" Helena shouted.
"Now, go get dressed."
Helena took the bag and went into the bathroom; she got dressed and walked out. She had on a black dress with a wide silver collar that went all the way around her neck. Her back was bare and the front of the dress went to mid-tight and the back went into a V shape that went past her knees. She had on black leather spiked heels with straps that wrapped around her legs. She walked over to Alfred, "So, what do you think?" Helena asked.
"You look beautiful, Miss Helena," Alfred replied.
Helena smiled, "Thanks, so where did you find this dress?"
"It used to belong to Miss Barbara but she doesn't wear it anymore. I made a few adjustments to it, so now it's more of a Miss Helena outfit."
Alfred put a small silver clip in Helena's hair, "I better get going," Helena said walking out of the apartment. "Wait, Miss Helena," Alfred said. "What?" she said turning around. "Here, I've put your comm. set inside," he said handing her a small black leather purse. She took the purse and ran down the stairs and down to the bar; she got a quick drink and then walked outside.
"Huntress, you look great.I mean beautiful," Reese said when he saw her.
"Thanks you don't look bad yourself," Helena replied.
"Well, let's go," he said taking her arm.
He opened the door for Helena and she got into the car; he drove to the ballroom and opened the door for Helena. She got out and Reese took her arm and led her inside.
"Jesse, who's your date? I don't think she could be your girlfriend," Sarah asked.
"She's my girlfriend," Reese replied. Sarah's mouth dropped open and she stared at Helena.
"You might want to get your girlfriend home before her curfew, you don't want her to get grounded, do you?"
"Don't you have to be back at the home by nine, I wouldn't want them to kick you out," Helena said.
Sarah walked away angry; Reese and Helena walked to a table, "Girlfriend?" Helena asked.
"What was I suppose to say, 'this is my vigilante friend who fights crime in black leather and saves my life on a nightly bases'?"
"It would have been a nice introduction."
"Jesse, how are you?" another detective said.
"I'm good, I'm good," Reese replied.
"And who is this picture of sexiness next to you?"
"Barbara Ashley Scott, but you can call me Ashley," 'Ashley' said.
"Ashley, what an interesting name."
"Thank you."
"I'm guessing that's not your real name is it?" Reese asked as they walked away.
"You are correct," 'Ashley' replied.
** Quick Author's Note: Okay, so as you figured out by now, Helena is using Ashley as a name at the party so I'll be referring to her as 'Ashley'. I was gonna call her Barbara but that would just be too confusing so she's 'Ashley' at the party. ** "Barbara are you sure Helena said for me to do sweeps by myself?" Dinah asked as she walked over to the elevator.
"Yes, now get going and try to be home before curfew," Barbara said as she handed Dinah and earpiece.
"Did Huntress ever have a curfew?"
"No, she was over eighteen when she started."
"Great, I'm the only superhero with a curfew."
"Just get going."
"See ya later Barbara."
"Be careful and the comm. set is no a Walkman you can't turn it off when ever you want."
"I got it Barbara, so can I go now?"
"Go, and you curfew is one."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome, now get going!"
"Bye."
"Be careful!" Barbara shouted as the elevator doors closed.
** "Here," Reese said handing 'Ashley' a glass of champagne.
"Thanks," 'Ashley' replied.
"Are you sure she can drink alcohol, Jesse?" Sarah asked. "You do have to be twenty-one."
"And how long have you been drinking alcohol, thirty years?" 'Ashley' snapped back.
"Sarah, I brought the file you asked for," Jennifer, Sarah's assistant, said.
"Aren't we supposed to be off today?" Reese said.
"I just have to finish this case and I'm done."
"Which case?"
"The crawler one."
"I thought, you finished that case, Reese," 'Ashley' asked.
"We did a few days ago," Reese replied.
"Then why is she still working on it?"
"I don't know."
"We don't have a motive yet, Jesse."
"I already told you, love was his motive," Reese replied.
"We don't have proof of that and we have no witness to prove that."
"You don't need a witness to prove every case, sometimes you just need to review the evidence more closely."
"And what do you do for a living, kid?" Sarah asked with an attitude.
"Take down the bad guys or girls make sure they get locked up and don't get out and make sure they don't get out, ever. And don't call me kid, Blondie."
"So, you're a rookie."
"Not even close."
A bunch of guys came over and started talking to 'Ashley' and asking Reese about her. 'Ashley' started to get bored, "Let's go sit down," Reese said as he lead her over to a table with the rest of his friends. He pulled out her chair and 'Ashley' sat down and the lessons Alfred had given her ran through her head, 'don't put your elbows on the table. Don't cross you legs, but you may cross your ankles'.
"So, Ashley, what do you do?" An officer asked.
"You are out of high school, aren't you?" Sarah asked.
"I suggest you close your mouth before you dentures fall out, no one wants to chew your food for you," 'Ashley' replied. "I'm a crime fighter."
"So, you're a cop?" he asked.
"You could say that."
"So, you like what you do?"
"The pay sucks, but the outfit is great."
"How much you get paid?"
"Not enough."
"So, do you have an assistant?" Jennifer asked.
"Yeah, Dinah but she more of an ally than anything else," 'Ashley' said checking her comm. set.
"Oh, an ally. Okay, I've never heard that."
"Yeah, well she's not your typical assistant."
"Freak," Sarah said under her breath.
"Watch it with the F word."
Sarah rolled her eyes at 'Ashley', which of course pissed her the hell off; her eyes changed and Reese noticed this, "Huntress, please don't use your.abilities."
"Fine," 'Ashley' replied her eyes changing back to normal.
"Remember your partner Morton?" Sarah asked.
"Morton?" Reese asked looking over at 'Ashley'.
"Yeah, Muller Jr. as the captain called him?"
"Oh, him."
"Yeah, I heard he jumped off the roof of a building, is that true?"
"Yeah, he took his life, it was getting hard for him."
"He was talking about meta-humans, to tell you the truth I think they should be called freaks of nature."
"Meta-humans aren't freaks of nature, they're just like people except they have unique abilities," 'Ashley' said close to losing it.
"And what are you their queen?" Sarah said getting in 'Ashley's' face.
"No, I just happen to thinks you shouldn't judge people by what they are."
"Please meta-humans are nothing but myths. New Gotham is filled with myths, like Batman or the Joker or even Catwoman."
"I wouldn't be so sure if I was you."
"What are you saying there true?"
"Not all myths are true and not all myths are lies."
"So, are you saying you believe in these myths?"
"I'm saying that maybe you should, cuz sooner or later one of those myths might just come back."
"Sure, Ashley, sure."
"Don't treat me like a child."
"Kid, in this crowd you are a child."
It took what was left of 'Ashley's' self control not to fly across the table and beat Sarah to a bloody pulp; she took a deep breath, counted to ten and drank what was left of her Champaign. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, breath, calm down. Damn!! The one time I really do need Vodka they don't have it, shit, 'Ashley' thought.
"What another one?" Reese asked.
"No, I already get enough bull shit from my friend, I don't need anymore," 'Ashley' replied.
The first course of the meal arrived and Alfred's lesson rang in 'Ashley's' head and she hoped she wouldn't make a complete fool of herself. **
Author's Note: Okay, so the rest of the party will be in the next chapter, and I would also like to say that Birds of Prey still has two more episodes to go and they won't air till March; I think it's The WB way of trying to get the Birds of Prey fans to forget about the show but the campaign is still going on so don't give up yet. Go to birdsofpreyonlinc.com and check out the campaign page and check out newgotham.net. The squeal to Helena's Christmas will be started, well my friend and I don't know yet cuz there's finals until Friday and there's no school till Wednesday of next week so maybe Thursday because we have to get kicked out of one of our classes to start it. So, please read and review. Thanks you guys and girls rock!! Reviews rock!!