Huntress had been walking around the enormous manor, she went upstairs and
opened all the doors. She didn't know what was she looking for. When she
opened the last one she was inside a big bedroom, she turned on the light.
There was a chimney, and over it hung a picture, she walked over to it. It
was an old picture, a blond woman with a little girl in her arms, both were
smiling.
Huntress felt something strange, her heart began to beat faster, her mind was cloudy; everything spun around her. She felt her knees weaken and put her hands on the chimney to prevent herself from falling. She was blinded by flashes of light in front of her, she saw images of the Clock Tower, and an ancient man in a black suit and that red head woman talking and smiling at her. Her mind was in the middle of a whirlwind, the images were washed over her like a waterfall, the red head, the blond girl. She fell to the floor taking her haead in her hands.
Barbara walked inside the manor looking for her, carefully she walked down the long corridors, finally she found her in Bruce's bedroom curled up in a ball with her head in her hands. She had been there for a long time. Barbara felt her heart jump. "Helena." she mumbled.
The girl raised her head, Why did she turn? That wasn't her name. It was the red head again standing up in the doorway. How had she found her, and why was she walking? She had seen her in a wheelchair. Barbara looked at her concerned, the girl's face showed the terrible confusion that was inside her. Barbara felt her heart jump. "Helena, I'm Barbara."
"My name is Selina." The brunette stood up hesitantly.
"Helena let me help you, listen to me please." Barbara asked.
"My damn fucking name is not Helena" she shouted "Can't you see it? Can you hear me?"
"Because I see you I'm telling you that you aren't Selina Kyle, you are Helena, her daughter."
Huntress was dazed; the annoying flashes were back, her, the blond girl. She blinked and shook her head. "No, I'm Catwoman. I'm Selina." She stepped back.
"Helena, Selina is your mother's name, your mother was murdered almost eight years ago." Barbara walked slowly inside the room.
"No!"
"Do you know why are you here? This is your father's home, Bruce Wayne's manor."
Huntress looked around, she didn't know what she was doing there, her feet just took her there. She was in a bedroom, an unknown bedroom.
"You are her daughter, he never met you." Barbara explained "Your mother hid your birth from him. After your mother was murder you came to live with me at the Clock Tower, I was your mentor, I'm your friend."
"No, no!" Huntress shouted "Joker is my mentor, he trained me, I'm the fucking Catwoman! You are trying to confuse me because you know that I must kill you!"
"Look behind you! Look at that picture!" Barbara saw the photo over the chimney and pointed to it "That is Selina, that's your mother and the girl is you! Don't you recognize yourself? Those people are lying to you, I can prove it Helena. You lost your mother when you were sixteen. The Joker sent someone to kill her."
Huntress turned her head to the right, the eyes of the blond woman in the photo trapped her. Once again, she felt herself inside a whirlwind. Confused images danced around her, she saw the blond woman in the picture smiling her, talking to her and hugging her. She felt a great pain in her heart and put a hand on the bed to avoid falling.
"Helena" Barbara tried to be near her, she could see her eyes changing to feral form. "Please, listen to me, you fell from a building and hit your head a few weeks ago, you have amnesia, I can help you to remember."
"What are you doing to me?" Huntress stumbled against the night table, she was blinded from the images. The redhead was in most of them, discussing, talking, in the wheelchair outside on a balcony. She saw her self jumping and fighting in the streets. She could see Harley Quinn too, talking, hugging her. All that hurt her, hurt her so much.
"You are half -meta, you are a crime-fighter." Barbara said in soft voice walking toward her slowly "Joker shot me, I haven't been able to walk since then, I was Batgirl. And since the accident, I'm Oracle, I guide you every night on your patrols." Barbara felt a knot in her throat seeing the pain on Huntress' face "Harley Quinn tricked you, she was your doctor, you trusted her and she betrayed you. She killed Wade." a tear appeared in her eyes. "She hypnotized you and you did many awful things."
"Leave me alone!" Huntress screamed and slipped on the wall.
"Harley Quinn is not your friend, she used you, you attacked me that time and almost killed me, don't let that happen again." Barbara needed to help her remember, this hurt her but she needed to bring her back "Harley Quinn is using you once more, don't let this happen again. Remember that night in Clock Tower? Remember when Clayface told you that he killed your mother?"
Huntress could see her mother lying on the ground, she was next to her, the blood covering her hands, she could smell the blood. She could feel the coldness in her heart, the anger. She felt the anger growing inside her, she hugged her knees. The pain was too much, she hated Harley Quinn, she needed to kill her, she wanted to see her die.
Barbara tried to figure out what was happening in Huntress' mind, she was hugging her knees with a look lost and was trembling. Barbara walked slowly toward her and kneeled at her side. She touched her shoulder. Huntress pushed her hard with her arm and took her by the lapel.
"Leave me alone!" she was blinded for the rage "I'll kill her!"
Barbara felt disconcerted, she look at her feral eyes changing from a light gold to a deep gold.
"Helena wait."
Huntress released her and stood up walking to the door. Barbara tried to stop her but Huntress turned violently and hit her hard in the face, Barbara fell and smashed against a center table. She fell to the floor, stunned. Huntress opened a window and jumped to the garden, in her mind there was only one thought: kill Harley Quinn, and she knew where she was.
Barbara shook her head, she looked for her protégé but she was gone. Suddenly she remembered her last words. She ran to the Hummer.
* * *
Huntress arrived at Arkham, for her it was easy to avoid the guards of the building. The problem was the security area. At night, there was few personnel, three guards, one inside the control room and two at the entrance.
She moved fast and knocked the two policeman at the entrance, she took the keys and opened the control room, she knocked the guy inside before he could turn on the alarm. She froze the images in all the cameras in the place, if the personnel in prison examined the cameras inside the security area, they would just see a frozen image. She looked for the Harley's cell and opened the door from there. She tied the guards and ran to the cell.
* * *
Jean-Paul was arriving at Wayne's manor following the trace of Huntress when he saw the signal had changed, now she was in Arkham, what was she doing in Arkham? He turned the vehicle and drove to the prison.
Huntress felt something strange, her heart began to beat faster, her mind was cloudy; everything spun around her. She felt her knees weaken and put her hands on the chimney to prevent herself from falling. She was blinded by flashes of light in front of her, she saw images of the Clock Tower, and an ancient man in a black suit and that red head woman talking and smiling at her. Her mind was in the middle of a whirlwind, the images were washed over her like a waterfall, the red head, the blond girl. She fell to the floor taking her haead in her hands.
Barbara walked inside the manor looking for her, carefully she walked down the long corridors, finally she found her in Bruce's bedroom curled up in a ball with her head in her hands. She had been there for a long time. Barbara felt her heart jump. "Helena." she mumbled.
The girl raised her head, Why did she turn? That wasn't her name. It was the red head again standing up in the doorway. How had she found her, and why was she walking? She had seen her in a wheelchair. Barbara looked at her concerned, the girl's face showed the terrible confusion that was inside her. Barbara felt her heart jump. "Helena, I'm Barbara."
"My name is Selina." The brunette stood up hesitantly.
"Helena let me help you, listen to me please." Barbara asked.
"My damn fucking name is not Helena" she shouted "Can't you see it? Can you hear me?"
"Because I see you I'm telling you that you aren't Selina Kyle, you are Helena, her daughter."
Huntress was dazed; the annoying flashes were back, her, the blond girl. She blinked and shook her head. "No, I'm Catwoman. I'm Selina." She stepped back.
"Helena, Selina is your mother's name, your mother was murdered almost eight years ago." Barbara walked slowly inside the room.
"No!"
"Do you know why are you here? This is your father's home, Bruce Wayne's manor."
Huntress looked around, she didn't know what she was doing there, her feet just took her there. She was in a bedroom, an unknown bedroom.
"You are her daughter, he never met you." Barbara explained "Your mother hid your birth from him. After your mother was murder you came to live with me at the Clock Tower, I was your mentor, I'm your friend."
"No, no!" Huntress shouted "Joker is my mentor, he trained me, I'm the fucking Catwoman! You are trying to confuse me because you know that I must kill you!"
"Look behind you! Look at that picture!" Barbara saw the photo over the chimney and pointed to it "That is Selina, that's your mother and the girl is you! Don't you recognize yourself? Those people are lying to you, I can prove it Helena. You lost your mother when you were sixteen. The Joker sent someone to kill her."
Huntress turned her head to the right, the eyes of the blond woman in the photo trapped her. Once again, she felt herself inside a whirlwind. Confused images danced around her, she saw the blond woman in the picture smiling her, talking to her and hugging her. She felt a great pain in her heart and put a hand on the bed to avoid falling.
"Helena" Barbara tried to be near her, she could see her eyes changing to feral form. "Please, listen to me, you fell from a building and hit your head a few weeks ago, you have amnesia, I can help you to remember."
"What are you doing to me?" Huntress stumbled against the night table, she was blinded from the images. The redhead was in most of them, discussing, talking, in the wheelchair outside on a balcony. She saw her self jumping and fighting in the streets. She could see Harley Quinn too, talking, hugging her. All that hurt her, hurt her so much.
"You are half -meta, you are a crime-fighter." Barbara said in soft voice walking toward her slowly "Joker shot me, I haven't been able to walk since then, I was Batgirl. And since the accident, I'm Oracle, I guide you every night on your patrols." Barbara felt a knot in her throat seeing the pain on Huntress' face "Harley Quinn tricked you, she was your doctor, you trusted her and she betrayed you. She killed Wade." a tear appeared in her eyes. "She hypnotized you and you did many awful things."
"Leave me alone!" Huntress screamed and slipped on the wall.
"Harley Quinn is not your friend, she used you, you attacked me that time and almost killed me, don't let that happen again." Barbara needed to help her remember, this hurt her but she needed to bring her back "Harley Quinn is using you once more, don't let this happen again. Remember that night in Clock Tower? Remember when Clayface told you that he killed your mother?"
Huntress could see her mother lying on the ground, she was next to her, the blood covering her hands, she could smell the blood. She could feel the coldness in her heart, the anger. She felt the anger growing inside her, she hugged her knees. The pain was too much, she hated Harley Quinn, she needed to kill her, she wanted to see her die.
Barbara tried to figure out what was happening in Huntress' mind, she was hugging her knees with a look lost and was trembling. Barbara walked slowly toward her and kneeled at her side. She touched her shoulder. Huntress pushed her hard with her arm and took her by the lapel.
"Leave me alone!" she was blinded for the rage "I'll kill her!"
Barbara felt disconcerted, she look at her feral eyes changing from a light gold to a deep gold.
"Helena wait."
Huntress released her and stood up walking to the door. Barbara tried to stop her but Huntress turned violently and hit her hard in the face, Barbara fell and smashed against a center table. She fell to the floor, stunned. Huntress opened a window and jumped to the garden, in her mind there was only one thought: kill Harley Quinn, and she knew where she was.
Barbara shook her head, she looked for her protégé but she was gone. Suddenly she remembered her last words. She ran to the Hummer.
* * *
Huntress arrived at Arkham, for her it was easy to avoid the guards of the building. The problem was the security area. At night, there was few personnel, three guards, one inside the control room and two at the entrance.
She moved fast and knocked the two policeman at the entrance, she took the keys and opened the control room, she knocked the guy inside before he could turn on the alarm. She froze the images in all the cameras in the place, if the personnel in prison examined the cameras inside the security area, they would just see a frozen image. She looked for the Harley's cell and opened the door from there. She tied the guards and ran to the cell.
* * *
Jean-Paul was arriving at Wayne's manor following the trace of Huntress when he saw the signal had changed, now she was in Arkham, what was she doing in Arkham? He turned the vehicle and drove to the prison.