Part 3
As they closed the door to lab, Barbara ran her hand through her hair.
Helena immediately demanded, "What the hell is going on?"
"The drug has attacked the Meta part of her brain. Meaning, it's taken her powers and advanced them and has them on continuous use." Barbara explained.
"So right now, she's seeing things even though she's not touching anyone?"
She nodded, "Yes. It's... uncapped her powers, there's no limitations there anymore."
Helena let relisation sink in. "It'll kill her, won't it?"
The red head sighed, "We'll stop this, Helena. We've got the original drug, that means I can come up with a cure."
Helena turned away and stared through the diamond shaped window into the med bay.
Barbara had observed Helena for 8 years now. She knew how the young woman worked, understood the hard exterior, but the truely pain filled soul, just waiting for someone else in her life to die.
That's why she didn't have relationships or friends, she couln't allow herself to feel that hurt and grief again. It took her a long time to really admit she needed Barbara in her life. But Barbara was the one who had been with her throough her grief, the one who held her, who listened and told her the truth for once.
In the last year she;d again been infitrated, first by Dinah, then Reese.
Dinah was her little sister.
They may not be related by blood but blood family meant nothing more to either of them. Dinah needed someone to look after her and guide her, instead she got two people to do that.
Helena tried to hate the Black canary's daughter but that was impossible, she reminded her too much of herself before her innocence was ripped away in that one fateful night that her mother was killed.
That's why she felt such a great need to protect Dinah but so far she had been failing miserably. Dinah had finally got her mum back, just to have her ripped away again. She'd had to face her killer, she'd had to help him and she done so like a true hero, Helena knew she couldn't have done that if it were the other way round.
And now... Now Dinah might die. She'd probably be re-living some of the most horrible things she'd witnessed in her young life.
Barbara reached out and took Helena's hand. She gave it gentle squeeze. "Stop trying to be so strong, I know she broke down your barriers a long time ago."
Helena turned to face the woman she'd come to think of as a mother with tears in her blue eyes. She couldn't stop herself from falling into Barbara's open arms.
She burried her head in the older woman's shoulder, not allowing the sobs to escape, only the tears to fall. She did take comfort in the strong arms wrapped around her and soothing voice telling her it'd be ok.
After a few minutes Helena pulled away and wiped her eyes. "I need to be doing something."
Barbara nodded, "you will but not yet, I need you here. We have to get in there and move everything into drawers and tape them shut. There's too many dangerous things in that room and we don't want Dinah to hurt us or herself."
Helena looked into the trembling room again. "Can you sedate her? Do anything to stop her powers?"
"There isn't an on/off switch. Powers are a part of the peron, there's no way to stop them. If I sedated her, I don't even know if it would stop her visions and telekinsesis, but if I done that... it could end up doing more damage."
"You mean she wouldn't be able to pull herself out of it." Helena stated sadly.
Barbara sighed, it was killing her to see her family hurting. "Yeah. Let's start cleaning up the med bay."
Helena held her hand out to stop her mentor, "I'll go. I can dodge any flying dangers. It shouldn't take me long." She asured.
Barabara knew there was no point in arguing, Helena would win. Barbara felt useless as she sat outside waiting to get back in there and help Dnah.
The sound of glass amashing followed by Helena's voice brought her out of her thoughts. "Barbara!"
She wheeled through doors in seconds, "What is it?"
Helena looked own to the puddle of blue liquid and glass at her feet.
"Get away from it." Barbara ordered. She rushed to one of the drawers, untaped it and took out a syringe and a pair of gloves. "Put these on and get what you can on the stuff."
Helena quickly but carefully done as Oracle had asked. "Where do you want it?"
"Over there." she said pointing to the lab part of the room. "I'll work on a cure. None of it got on you, did it?"
Helena looked at her legs, "I don't think so." She answered. Some had splashed onto her pants but that wouldn't be enough to do anything, it pobablyonly got to Dinah because it broke the skin, she didn't want to go worrying Barbara needlessly.
Barbara eyed her suspiciously then wheeled over to her testing area. She soon figured out that it was a very basic solution that with her expert knowledge, wouldn't take long to get an antidote.
*******
Helena stood looking over Dinah while Barbara worked on the cure.
The teen looked so fragile in the bed. Her bouncy spirit wasn't there, her passion for doing what was right. Helena was losing patience to not go out and pummel the bastard that did this to her sister.
As thoughts of revenge played in her mind, the transformation from Helena Kyle to Huntress. Normally it was over quick, only a few seconds long but this time, she had that same rush but constant. Her eyes were stuck in the feline split, her rage level stayed high. She felt an intense need to hit out.
"Helena, I've got it." Barbara said, barely able to keep her calm.
Helena turned around and swaggered towards her mentor with smurk on her face. "Oh come on, you really think it's gonna be that easy?"
Barbara frowned, "Helena, what's going on?"
"Helena's not home right now." She said again as made one swift move and grabbed Barbara by the throat.
It didn't take Oracle long to figure out what had happened. Now she had two hyper meta's to deal with. That was just great. Her bitter rant was cut off by Huntress pulling her out of her chair by the throat.
"Helena?" She choked out, struggling to get a breath.
Huntress' eyes changed to there normal blue and her grip weakened, letting Oracle fall helplessly on the floor.
She put a hand to her head. This drug really wasn't pleasant.
"Told you I'd be back."
Next thing Helena felt was a hard punch to the jaw. And Huntress was back on full power.
She pounced on Luna and immediately they started a two person battle.
Barbara watched as Huntress seemed to get hit after hit at Luna without it taking much out of him but the rate she was going, he'd be dead in minutes. Her only problem was getting to the cure on the table and then getting close enough to give it to Huntress. She was thankful for the training she still did as she dragged herself to the counter top and grabbed the injector-gun. Dragging herself towards the 'fight' she waited for her moment.
As soon as Huntress stopped to continually punch Luna Barbara crawled forward and managed to get Huntress in the neck.
There was an immediate change as her she froze, shoulder's slumped and tried to catch her breath.
"Helena?" Barbara asked.
She climbed off of Luna and looked down at BArbara, guilt swimming in her eyes, "Barbara, I'm so sorry."
Barbara breathed a sigh of relief, "It's ok, just get Reese to pick up that jerk." She said indicating to the unconcious cause of their problems.
Helena reached down to help BArbara back to her chair.
"Don't." Barbara growled.
Helena bit her tongue, she knew when Barbara felt uncomfortable. Instead she slung Luna over her shoulder and walked out of the door and to the elevator, intending to dump him, tied up, in the ally outside fo Reese. Sh needed to get back up to the clocktower to make sure Dinah and Barbara were ok.
Meanwhile, Barbara made her way back to her chair as quickly as she could and strenuously pulled herself back up. Putting her head in her hands she took a minute to try and swallow her anger.
As good as she dealt wih her disability, it was still her weakness and she didn't like vulnerability. Being stuck there on the ground, helpless, was one of the single most humilating things for her as former Batgirl. It was something she'd never get used to or accept.
She knew Helena didn't see anything wrong with just lifting her back into her chair but she should be able to do that herself. Still, she'd have to apologise for barking at her. And then lectur her for not saying some of the solution had got on her.
Barbara Gordon shook herself out of her momentary self hatred and collected more of her cure for Dinah. She couldn't even begin to imagine what her young charge was going through.
As she Injected Dinah, she prayed or the instant reversal, like Helena but so far, nothing had changed. She told herself it'd just take a few minutes, after all, Dinah had been infected far longer.
"Have you gave it to her?" Came the worried voice of Helena.
Barbara noded, "yeah. There's no change yet"
Helena's head immediately snapped up to look at Barbara, "Well why not? It cut me off right away."
"Calm down. I'm sure it's just because Dinah has been infected longer than you were."
Helena sighed and took position at Dinah's side, watching her intently.
Barbara mirorred her actions, waiting was all they could do.
As they closed the door to lab, Barbara ran her hand through her hair.
Helena immediately demanded, "What the hell is going on?"
"The drug has attacked the Meta part of her brain. Meaning, it's taken her powers and advanced them and has them on continuous use." Barbara explained.
"So right now, she's seeing things even though she's not touching anyone?"
She nodded, "Yes. It's... uncapped her powers, there's no limitations there anymore."
Helena let relisation sink in. "It'll kill her, won't it?"
The red head sighed, "We'll stop this, Helena. We've got the original drug, that means I can come up with a cure."
Helena turned away and stared through the diamond shaped window into the med bay.
Barbara had observed Helena for 8 years now. She knew how the young woman worked, understood the hard exterior, but the truely pain filled soul, just waiting for someone else in her life to die.
That's why she didn't have relationships or friends, she couln't allow herself to feel that hurt and grief again. It took her a long time to really admit she needed Barbara in her life. But Barbara was the one who had been with her throough her grief, the one who held her, who listened and told her the truth for once.
In the last year she;d again been infitrated, first by Dinah, then Reese.
Dinah was her little sister.
They may not be related by blood but blood family meant nothing more to either of them. Dinah needed someone to look after her and guide her, instead she got two people to do that.
Helena tried to hate the Black canary's daughter but that was impossible, she reminded her too much of herself before her innocence was ripped away in that one fateful night that her mother was killed.
That's why she felt such a great need to protect Dinah but so far she had been failing miserably. Dinah had finally got her mum back, just to have her ripped away again. She'd had to face her killer, she'd had to help him and she done so like a true hero, Helena knew she couldn't have done that if it were the other way round.
And now... Now Dinah might die. She'd probably be re-living some of the most horrible things she'd witnessed in her young life.
Barbara reached out and took Helena's hand. She gave it gentle squeeze. "Stop trying to be so strong, I know she broke down your barriers a long time ago."
Helena turned to face the woman she'd come to think of as a mother with tears in her blue eyes. She couldn't stop herself from falling into Barbara's open arms.
She burried her head in the older woman's shoulder, not allowing the sobs to escape, only the tears to fall. She did take comfort in the strong arms wrapped around her and soothing voice telling her it'd be ok.
After a few minutes Helena pulled away and wiped her eyes. "I need to be doing something."
Barbara nodded, "you will but not yet, I need you here. We have to get in there and move everything into drawers and tape them shut. There's too many dangerous things in that room and we don't want Dinah to hurt us or herself."
Helena looked into the trembling room again. "Can you sedate her? Do anything to stop her powers?"
"There isn't an on/off switch. Powers are a part of the peron, there's no way to stop them. If I sedated her, I don't even know if it would stop her visions and telekinsesis, but if I done that... it could end up doing more damage."
"You mean she wouldn't be able to pull herself out of it." Helena stated sadly.
Barbara sighed, it was killing her to see her family hurting. "Yeah. Let's start cleaning up the med bay."
Helena held her hand out to stop her mentor, "I'll go. I can dodge any flying dangers. It shouldn't take me long." She asured.
Barabara knew there was no point in arguing, Helena would win. Barbara felt useless as she sat outside waiting to get back in there and help Dnah.
The sound of glass amashing followed by Helena's voice brought her out of her thoughts. "Barbara!"
She wheeled through doors in seconds, "What is it?"
Helena looked own to the puddle of blue liquid and glass at her feet.
"Get away from it." Barbara ordered. She rushed to one of the drawers, untaped it and took out a syringe and a pair of gloves. "Put these on and get what you can on the stuff."
Helena quickly but carefully done as Oracle had asked. "Where do you want it?"
"Over there." she said pointing to the lab part of the room. "I'll work on a cure. None of it got on you, did it?"
Helena looked at her legs, "I don't think so." She answered. Some had splashed onto her pants but that wouldn't be enough to do anything, it pobablyonly got to Dinah because it broke the skin, she didn't want to go worrying Barbara needlessly.
Barbara eyed her suspiciously then wheeled over to her testing area. She soon figured out that it was a very basic solution that with her expert knowledge, wouldn't take long to get an antidote.
*******
Helena stood looking over Dinah while Barbara worked on the cure.
The teen looked so fragile in the bed. Her bouncy spirit wasn't there, her passion for doing what was right. Helena was losing patience to not go out and pummel the bastard that did this to her sister.
As thoughts of revenge played in her mind, the transformation from Helena Kyle to Huntress. Normally it was over quick, only a few seconds long but this time, she had that same rush but constant. Her eyes were stuck in the feline split, her rage level stayed high. She felt an intense need to hit out.
"Helena, I've got it." Barbara said, barely able to keep her calm.
Helena turned around and swaggered towards her mentor with smurk on her face. "Oh come on, you really think it's gonna be that easy?"
Barbara frowned, "Helena, what's going on?"
"Helena's not home right now." She said again as made one swift move and grabbed Barbara by the throat.
It didn't take Oracle long to figure out what had happened. Now she had two hyper meta's to deal with. That was just great. Her bitter rant was cut off by Huntress pulling her out of her chair by the throat.
"Helena?" She choked out, struggling to get a breath.
Huntress' eyes changed to there normal blue and her grip weakened, letting Oracle fall helplessly on the floor.
She put a hand to her head. This drug really wasn't pleasant.
"Told you I'd be back."
Next thing Helena felt was a hard punch to the jaw. And Huntress was back on full power.
She pounced on Luna and immediately they started a two person battle.
Barbara watched as Huntress seemed to get hit after hit at Luna without it taking much out of him but the rate she was going, he'd be dead in minutes. Her only problem was getting to the cure on the table and then getting close enough to give it to Huntress. She was thankful for the training she still did as she dragged herself to the counter top and grabbed the injector-gun. Dragging herself towards the 'fight' she waited for her moment.
As soon as Huntress stopped to continually punch Luna Barbara crawled forward and managed to get Huntress in the neck.
There was an immediate change as her she froze, shoulder's slumped and tried to catch her breath.
"Helena?" Barbara asked.
She climbed off of Luna and looked down at BArbara, guilt swimming in her eyes, "Barbara, I'm so sorry."
Barbara breathed a sigh of relief, "It's ok, just get Reese to pick up that jerk." She said indicating to the unconcious cause of their problems.
Helena reached down to help BArbara back to her chair.
"Don't." Barbara growled.
Helena bit her tongue, she knew when Barbara felt uncomfortable. Instead she slung Luna over her shoulder and walked out of the door and to the elevator, intending to dump him, tied up, in the ally outside fo Reese. Sh needed to get back up to the clocktower to make sure Dinah and Barbara were ok.
Meanwhile, Barbara made her way back to her chair as quickly as she could and strenuously pulled herself back up. Putting her head in her hands she took a minute to try and swallow her anger.
As good as she dealt wih her disability, it was still her weakness and she didn't like vulnerability. Being stuck there on the ground, helpless, was one of the single most humilating things for her as former Batgirl. It was something she'd never get used to or accept.
She knew Helena didn't see anything wrong with just lifting her back into her chair but she should be able to do that herself. Still, she'd have to apologise for barking at her. And then lectur her for not saying some of the solution had got on her.
Barbara Gordon shook herself out of her momentary self hatred and collected more of her cure for Dinah. She couldn't even begin to imagine what her young charge was going through.
As she Injected Dinah, she prayed or the instant reversal, like Helena but so far, nothing had changed. She told herself it'd just take a few minutes, after all, Dinah had been infected far longer.
"Have you gave it to her?" Came the worried voice of Helena.
Barbara noded, "yeah. There's no change yet"
Helena's head immediately snapped up to look at Barbara, "Well why not? It cut me off right away."
"Calm down. I'm sure it's just because Dinah has been infected longer than you were."
Helena sighed and took position at Dinah's side, watching her intently.
Barbara mirorred her actions, waiting was all they could do.