A/N: Thanks for all the really encouraging comments. Hope you like this part as much.
Part 6
Helena's eyes snapped open. She looked around, Barbara had just awoke with a start aswell. They were Still gripping each others hands.
To their disappointment, Dinah was still unconcious on the bed between them.
"You ok?" Barbara asked.
Helena answered, "Yeah. Is she?"
Barbara let go of the two younger girls hands and made her way to the computer opposite them. She checked Dinah's condition.
"She should wake up any minute, her brain activity is returning to normal." Barbara informed as she went back to the young blondes side.
It was then she noticed that Helena was still holding Dinah's hand in silent comfort. So much had changed lately, Helena especially. She no longer kept them at a distance. She'd given in and finally shown her emotions and fears and it was about time in Barbara's mind.
She had spent the past 8 years worried about Helena. Waiting for the bad guy to just say the wrong thing and end up dead. She had always expected Helena to find out about Clay Face and go after him, or worse, go to Arkham and kill The Joker once and for all.
Batman's daughter had always bottled her feelings up, she held it all in. She rarely spoke to Barbara about things that hurt her and that was dangerous, so much pent up frustration inside one vigilantee. It was easy to cross the line, she herself had been there more than a few times.
The sudden groan from Dinah pulled her from her thoughts.
"Barbara, she's waking up." Helena stated the obvious with concern that was truely new to them.
Barbara just gave Helena a half smile before putting her hand to Dinah's cheek. When her eyes gently fluttered open she smiled, "Hi."
Dinah's eyebrows knotted, she kept blinking, her vision was blurred.
"You're in the clocktower. You're safe." Helena said gently, sensing Dinah's distress.
"I... Sick." She muttered.
Helena was about to ask what she meant when Barbara told her to grab the empty trash at her side. She quickly caught on and lifted it to Dinah and helped her on her side.
When Dinah was finally done heaving up everything in her stomach, Helena dumped the trash can and helped Dinah roll over again. Her face was just a mask of pain as she cried out.
"You hurt your ribs, honey. Do you remember?" Barbara asked her.
Dinah froze and slowly looked up into Barbara's eyes. Her face crumbled as she again burst into tears. "Oh god, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry. I didn't do it, I didn't even know! I was only 9, I tried to get to New Gotham but I couldn't!" She rambled.
Barbara felt an immense guilt. She hated herself for having to say those things to Dinah and now the poor girl was sobbing her heart out because of the things she'd said.
"Shhh, Dinah? Dinah look at me." She ordered as she took Dinah's head in her hands and forced her to make eye contact and stop her shouting for forgiveness. "You didn't cause any of this. You are a good person, you have done nothing but helped people. Everything I said was a lie, I never meant a word of it I just had to get us out of that vision. You understanad?" she asked seriously with tears in her eyes.
Dinah gave a small nod, not sure her voice would work even if she wanted it too. She was surprised to feel arms softly wrapped around her in a comforting hug. The surpise was it was Helena but in that moment she didn't care, she just let the hug swallow her.
******
Dinah was contently tucked under Barbara's arm. They were sitting on the sofa watching junk TV. Something she'd never witnessed Barbara or Helena do but it was a nice change.
The last few days had been hard but she was given nothing but love and support from the two women who were now her family.
They hadn't spoke too much about the vision incident but they had spoke enough. They had mainly been focussing on just getting through the nights, each of them suffering nightmare's as the aftermath.
Dinah turned her head as she heard the lift doors open and Helena walk in. She had just finished a shift at the dark horse and intended to go to the watchtower to check in before patrol.
When she saw her mentor and younger partner sitting on the sofa quite the thing she stopped dead. She couldn't remember ever seeing Barbara watching the TV when it wasn't for some particular purpose like the news.
"Hey." The two slackers greeted in unison.
"Hi." Helena replied as she moved further into the living room. "Whats going on?"
"Not much, we're just watching some TV. I've given us all the night off, I think it's about time." Barbara told her.
"Yeah, so take a load off." Dinah said as she patted the cusion to her left.
Helena stood, still not believe her ears. "You should be in bed." She said seriously.
Dinah sighed, "I'm fine. Besides, I'm practically healed. It's not like i'm out here training or making any kind of movement apart from using the remote."
Helena looked to Barbara for confirmation and recieved a nod. She sighed in defeat and sat down next to Dinah.
Barbara tore herself away from the show they were watching, "How was work?"
"The usual. Leonard wasn't in today so that was a bonus." She paused before adding, "Reese came by."
Dinah elbowed Helena playfully, "And?"
"Uh... They found Luna's hideout. They found the doctor's body."
Dinah's grin immediately disappeared. She had no idea what she was meant to say to that, so she didn't say anything, just tensed up.
Barbara sighed, they could never protect them all. "If nothing else, at least it gives them a good reason to lock him up for good."
Everyone was silent again.
"Awkward huh?" Dinah said quietly.
Barbara tightened her arm around the frail teenager beside her.
"Absolutely." Helena sighed in agreement
"Hey, come on, it's over now." Barbara tried to encourage although she still didn't feel they were ready to be over it.
Dinah's gaze fell to the floor infront of her. "It'll never be over."
"It will, it's just going to take some time." Helena told her.
When Dinah began to shake her head and the tears crept down her face, Helena took a leap and reached out for Dinah's hand.
"Everytime I close my eyes I can see it all again, all those visions. All those people I care about and their pain. I felt it all. Like it was my loss, over and over."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Barbara asked, growing angry at herself for not pushing Dinah to talk in the first place.
Dinah looked up at her adoptive mother. "Tell you that I felt that bullet rip through you? Or maybe how you felt when you had to watch it from a different body?"
Barbara had no reply to that. She knew how much it must have pained Dinah to experience the emotions she felt during the single most horrible moment of her life. It explained why Dinah was so detached in her visions.
Dinah watched as the two important people in her life were completely speechless. She always done this to people, always made it awkward and hard for them. She quickly stood up, her hand wrapped around her ribs.
"Where are you going?" Helena asked.
Dinah kept walking, "My room." She said trying to hide the tears in her voice.
Helena started to get up when Barbara reached across and grabbed her arm. "Leave her."
"Are you insane!?" Helena retorted angrily.
"Just give her a few minutes." The red head paused, "Then we're all going to talk."
Part 6
Helena's eyes snapped open. She looked around, Barbara had just awoke with a start aswell. They were Still gripping each others hands.
To their disappointment, Dinah was still unconcious on the bed between them.
"You ok?" Barbara asked.
Helena answered, "Yeah. Is she?"
Barbara let go of the two younger girls hands and made her way to the computer opposite them. She checked Dinah's condition.
"She should wake up any minute, her brain activity is returning to normal." Barbara informed as she went back to the young blondes side.
It was then she noticed that Helena was still holding Dinah's hand in silent comfort. So much had changed lately, Helena especially. She no longer kept them at a distance. She'd given in and finally shown her emotions and fears and it was about time in Barbara's mind.
She had spent the past 8 years worried about Helena. Waiting for the bad guy to just say the wrong thing and end up dead. She had always expected Helena to find out about Clay Face and go after him, or worse, go to Arkham and kill The Joker once and for all.
Batman's daughter had always bottled her feelings up, she held it all in. She rarely spoke to Barbara about things that hurt her and that was dangerous, so much pent up frustration inside one vigilantee. It was easy to cross the line, she herself had been there more than a few times.
The sudden groan from Dinah pulled her from her thoughts.
"Barbara, she's waking up." Helena stated the obvious with concern that was truely new to them.
Barbara just gave Helena a half smile before putting her hand to Dinah's cheek. When her eyes gently fluttered open she smiled, "Hi."
Dinah's eyebrows knotted, she kept blinking, her vision was blurred.
"You're in the clocktower. You're safe." Helena said gently, sensing Dinah's distress.
"I... Sick." She muttered.
Helena was about to ask what she meant when Barbara told her to grab the empty trash at her side. She quickly caught on and lifted it to Dinah and helped her on her side.
When Dinah was finally done heaving up everything in her stomach, Helena dumped the trash can and helped Dinah roll over again. Her face was just a mask of pain as she cried out.
"You hurt your ribs, honey. Do you remember?" Barbara asked her.
Dinah froze and slowly looked up into Barbara's eyes. Her face crumbled as she again burst into tears. "Oh god, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry. I didn't do it, I didn't even know! I was only 9, I tried to get to New Gotham but I couldn't!" She rambled.
Barbara felt an immense guilt. She hated herself for having to say those things to Dinah and now the poor girl was sobbing her heart out because of the things she'd said.
"Shhh, Dinah? Dinah look at me." She ordered as she took Dinah's head in her hands and forced her to make eye contact and stop her shouting for forgiveness. "You didn't cause any of this. You are a good person, you have done nothing but helped people. Everything I said was a lie, I never meant a word of it I just had to get us out of that vision. You understanad?" she asked seriously with tears in her eyes.
Dinah gave a small nod, not sure her voice would work even if she wanted it too. She was surprised to feel arms softly wrapped around her in a comforting hug. The surpise was it was Helena but in that moment she didn't care, she just let the hug swallow her.
******
Dinah was contently tucked under Barbara's arm. They were sitting on the sofa watching junk TV. Something she'd never witnessed Barbara or Helena do but it was a nice change.
The last few days had been hard but she was given nothing but love and support from the two women who were now her family.
They hadn't spoke too much about the vision incident but they had spoke enough. They had mainly been focussing on just getting through the nights, each of them suffering nightmare's as the aftermath.
Dinah turned her head as she heard the lift doors open and Helena walk in. She had just finished a shift at the dark horse and intended to go to the watchtower to check in before patrol.
When she saw her mentor and younger partner sitting on the sofa quite the thing she stopped dead. She couldn't remember ever seeing Barbara watching the TV when it wasn't for some particular purpose like the news.
"Hey." The two slackers greeted in unison.
"Hi." Helena replied as she moved further into the living room. "Whats going on?"
"Not much, we're just watching some TV. I've given us all the night off, I think it's about time." Barbara told her.
"Yeah, so take a load off." Dinah said as she patted the cusion to her left.
Helena stood, still not believe her ears. "You should be in bed." She said seriously.
Dinah sighed, "I'm fine. Besides, I'm practically healed. It's not like i'm out here training or making any kind of movement apart from using the remote."
Helena looked to Barbara for confirmation and recieved a nod. She sighed in defeat and sat down next to Dinah.
Barbara tore herself away from the show they were watching, "How was work?"
"The usual. Leonard wasn't in today so that was a bonus." She paused before adding, "Reese came by."
Dinah elbowed Helena playfully, "And?"
"Uh... They found Luna's hideout. They found the doctor's body."
Dinah's grin immediately disappeared. She had no idea what she was meant to say to that, so she didn't say anything, just tensed up.
Barbara sighed, they could never protect them all. "If nothing else, at least it gives them a good reason to lock him up for good."
Everyone was silent again.
"Awkward huh?" Dinah said quietly.
Barbara tightened her arm around the frail teenager beside her.
"Absolutely." Helena sighed in agreement
"Hey, come on, it's over now." Barbara tried to encourage although she still didn't feel they were ready to be over it.
Dinah's gaze fell to the floor infront of her. "It'll never be over."
"It will, it's just going to take some time." Helena told her.
When Dinah began to shake her head and the tears crept down her face, Helena took a leap and reached out for Dinah's hand.
"Everytime I close my eyes I can see it all again, all those visions. All those people I care about and their pain. I felt it all. Like it was my loss, over and over."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Barbara asked, growing angry at herself for not pushing Dinah to talk in the first place.
Dinah looked up at her adoptive mother. "Tell you that I felt that bullet rip through you? Or maybe how you felt when you had to watch it from a different body?"
Barbara had no reply to that. She knew how much it must have pained Dinah to experience the emotions she felt during the single most horrible moment of her life. It explained why Dinah was so detached in her visions.
Dinah watched as the two important people in her life were completely speechless. She always done this to people, always made it awkward and hard for them. She quickly stood up, her hand wrapped around her ribs.
"Where are you going?" Helena asked.
Dinah kept walking, "My room." She said trying to hide the tears in her voice.
Helena started to get up when Barbara reached across and grabbed her arm. "Leave her."
"Are you insane!?" Helena retorted angrily.
"Just give her a few minutes." The red head paused, "Then we're all going to talk."