A Hero's Dealing
Chapter 9-The Final Chapter
~The Clocktower~ "Helena?" Dinah called softly trying to see something in the vast darkness.
"Dinah get down," she heard Helena's voice whisper from behind her.
Dinah slowly moved to the ground feeling around for Helena's arm or something to give her comfort.
"Get under the desk," Helena whispered giving her a tiny shove.
"Where are you going?" Dinah asked softly as she felt Helena move away.
"I'm going to help my dad, he went to look for where the intruder is," Helena whispered, "stay here, yell if you're in trouble, I'll come running."
Suddenly another gunshot was heard, this time accompanied by a small groan of pain.
"Shit," Helena swore, "come on Dinah I can see him, he's headed this way."
"Come out come out wherever you are," Curly Ayer's voice rang out through the air.
Helena pulled Dinah behind the desk; "look do you remember the ropes that we used when we broke into the Clocktower when Harley had control?"
Dinah nodded, "Barbara put them on the balcony rail as a way to climb up to the balcony if it were ever to happen again."
Helena nodded, "listen I want you to get out of here, climb down the ropes to the next level, then take the stairs down, I want you to find Reese and tell him what's going on.go."
Dinah shook her head, "I can't leave you, and I think Bruce is hurt, it'll be you against a gun."
"Nothing I haven't dealt with before, now go.I'll be fine," Helena said, "I'm going to create a distraction, go."
Helena jumped up and Dinah heard another gunshot, running quickly she jumped over the rail and grabbed onto the rope. Dinah was halfway down the rope when she felt something drop on her head it was raining.just like the night Barbara had died. Hearing another gunshot Dinah doubled her efforts to get down the rope, she wouldn't let Helena die like Barbara had, she wouldn't.
"Not fast enough are you?" Helena teased from behind the intruder ducking as he swung his gun at her.
"You bitch," he swore, "I'll get you yet."
"I highly doubt that," Helena said kicking him in his stomach, knocking him to the floor. Grabbing his gun, Helena threw it out the window where the rain quickly washed away all evidence of Helena and Curly.
Curly pulled out a knife, "I don't need a gun to take down a hero," he said with a grin.
Helena was momentarily stunned when she saw the knife; it looked almost exactly like the one her mother had been murdered with.
Curly quickly took advantage of her surprise and was about to kill her when he was tackled to the ground. "A good hero never lets her guard down during a fight Miss Helena, you of all people should know that," Alfred said as he pried the knife out of Curly's hand.
Helena nodded before hauling Curly to his feet and throwing him into a wall, knocking him out cold.
~At the police station~ "Dinah are you okay?" Reese asked looking at Dinah's hands that were red from climbing down the rope.
Dinah nodded, "someone's in the Clocktower, it's Curly Ayers, he's the son of Corey Ayers, Commissioner Ayers brother. He hurt Bruce, Helena was fighting when I left, she told me to come find you."
"Lets go," Reese said grabbing his gun and police badge.
"I don't think so," Commissioner Ayers said, "you and your little friend are just too smart for your own good Detective. You're one of my best officers Reese, it's a shame I'll have to kill you."
"Sir you don't have to do this," Reese said.
"You're not responsible for what your brother does," Dinah added.
"You see that's where you're wrong," the Commissioner said, "you see my brother Corey is dead."
"He's dead!" Dinah said in surprise.
"Commissioner Ayers nodded, "yes I finally got the guts to kill me dear twin brother. It's a shame his son wasn't home, I would've killed the boy too but I will just have to get him later."
"Why?" Dinah asked, hoping to stall for time.
"I did a lot of work to keep my brother's indiscretions under wraps, if the press found out, I would be ruined," Commissioner Ayers rambled on, not seeing Reese activate his ring to let Helena know they were in trouble.
"Help is on the way," Reese whispered to Dinah softly, while Dinah watched the Commissioner pace around while he ranted about his brother.
"He was always the stupid one, even when we were kids, I always knew he was a little mad, though mother refused to believe it. Stupid hag, I think she was short of a few brain cells too, if must have run in her family. Dad and I were the only sane ones, Corey killed him, that's when we stopped speaking, and I never even knew he had a son, till they found me in San Diego. Corey wanted to reconcile, but we didn't, I wasn't interested, and neither was he after mother died, he blamed me I suppose.I did leave her with that criminal.how was I supposed to know he had issues with my brother, I'm not his keeper." the Commissioner rattled on, not even talking to Dinah and Reese anymore.
"Think we can escape?" Dinah asked Reese.
"I'm not willing to try, the longer we wait, the better our chance of escape is," Reese whispered back.
"DAMMIT COREY," Commissioner Ayers screamed hitting the wall, "I'm going to kill you."
"Wait.didn't he already kill his brother?" Reese asked.
Dinah's eyes widened as she watched the Commissioner yell at the empty space in front of him, "I think he's hallucinating."
Helena appeared from behind the Commissioner and knocked him out with one hit, she raised an eyebrow "you needed help with him!"
"He was trying to kill us when Reese activated his ring," Dinah said defensively.
"Don't feel bad," Helena said, "Alfred had to save me from Curly."
"How's Bruce?" Dinah asked.
"He'll be fine, Alfred's cleaning him up in the infirmary," Helena said.
"Reese are you alright?" Detective Tucker asked bursting into the room.
"We're fine," Reese said, "I'm not so sure about the Commissioner though, he was rattling on about killing his brother Corey Ayers, and how his nephew Curly was next. Then he started yelling at an hallucination of his brother."
"And he said his brother was the insane one," Dinah said with a small laugh.
Detective Tucker nodded while handcuffing the Commissioner, "rumor has it the Commissioner's recent behavior aroused some suspicion in other people around the station, this comes as no surprise."
"Where's Helena?" Reese asked Dinah after the Commissioner was taken away.
"She gone," Dinah said with a smile, "I guess some things never change."
~Back at the Clocktower~ "You okay kid?" Helena asked.
Dinah nodded slowly, "it just brought back a lot of memories, of Barbara's death. When I was climbing down the rope and I heard Curly fire the gun I was so afraid I was going to lose you too."
"You'll never lose me kid, I will always be with you, just like Barbara, and I'm going to take care of you now, just like Barbara took care of us both. It's time to face it Dinah, Barbara's gone, and her murderer is too, and it's going to be hard, on us both, but it's time for us to move on. It's time for us to become a family, because that's what we are, together we are a family, the two of us can make it, but you have to trust me and work with me Dinah. There will be obstacles, big ones, but we're going to survive, together, I promise."
The End of the series
Chapter 9-The Final Chapter
~The Clocktower~ "Helena?" Dinah called softly trying to see something in the vast darkness.
"Dinah get down," she heard Helena's voice whisper from behind her.
Dinah slowly moved to the ground feeling around for Helena's arm or something to give her comfort.
"Get under the desk," Helena whispered giving her a tiny shove.
"Where are you going?" Dinah asked softly as she felt Helena move away.
"I'm going to help my dad, he went to look for where the intruder is," Helena whispered, "stay here, yell if you're in trouble, I'll come running."
Suddenly another gunshot was heard, this time accompanied by a small groan of pain.
"Shit," Helena swore, "come on Dinah I can see him, he's headed this way."
"Come out come out wherever you are," Curly Ayer's voice rang out through the air.
Helena pulled Dinah behind the desk; "look do you remember the ropes that we used when we broke into the Clocktower when Harley had control?"
Dinah nodded, "Barbara put them on the balcony rail as a way to climb up to the balcony if it were ever to happen again."
Helena nodded, "listen I want you to get out of here, climb down the ropes to the next level, then take the stairs down, I want you to find Reese and tell him what's going on.go."
Dinah shook her head, "I can't leave you, and I think Bruce is hurt, it'll be you against a gun."
"Nothing I haven't dealt with before, now go.I'll be fine," Helena said, "I'm going to create a distraction, go."
Helena jumped up and Dinah heard another gunshot, running quickly she jumped over the rail and grabbed onto the rope. Dinah was halfway down the rope when she felt something drop on her head it was raining.just like the night Barbara had died. Hearing another gunshot Dinah doubled her efforts to get down the rope, she wouldn't let Helena die like Barbara had, she wouldn't.
"Not fast enough are you?" Helena teased from behind the intruder ducking as he swung his gun at her.
"You bitch," he swore, "I'll get you yet."
"I highly doubt that," Helena said kicking him in his stomach, knocking him to the floor. Grabbing his gun, Helena threw it out the window where the rain quickly washed away all evidence of Helena and Curly.
Curly pulled out a knife, "I don't need a gun to take down a hero," he said with a grin.
Helena was momentarily stunned when she saw the knife; it looked almost exactly like the one her mother had been murdered with.
Curly quickly took advantage of her surprise and was about to kill her when he was tackled to the ground. "A good hero never lets her guard down during a fight Miss Helena, you of all people should know that," Alfred said as he pried the knife out of Curly's hand.
Helena nodded before hauling Curly to his feet and throwing him into a wall, knocking him out cold.
~At the police station~ "Dinah are you okay?" Reese asked looking at Dinah's hands that were red from climbing down the rope.
Dinah nodded, "someone's in the Clocktower, it's Curly Ayers, he's the son of Corey Ayers, Commissioner Ayers brother. He hurt Bruce, Helena was fighting when I left, she told me to come find you."
"Lets go," Reese said grabbing his gun and police badge.
"I don't think so," Commissioner Ayers said, "you and your little friend are just too smart for your own good Detective. You're one of my best officers Reese, it's a shame I'll have to kill you."
"Sir you don't have to do this," Reese said.
"You're not responsible for what your brother does," Dinah added.
"You see that's where you're wrong," the Commissioner said, "you see my brother Corey is dead."
"He's dead!" Dinah said in surprise.
"Commissioner Ayers nodded, "yes I finally got the guts to kill me dear twin brother. It's a shame his son wasn't home, I would've killed the boy too but I will just have to get him later."
"Why?" Dinah asked, hoping to stall for time.
"I did a lot of work to keep my brother's indiscretions under wraps, if the press found out, I would be ruined," Commissioner Ayers rambled on, not seeing Reese activate his ring to let Helena know they were in trouble.
"Help is on the way," Reese whispered to Dinah softly, while Dinah watched the Commissioner pace around while he ranted about his brother.
"He was always the stupid one, even when we were kids, I always knew he was a little mad, though mother refused to believe it. Stupid hag, I think she was short of a few brain cells too, if must have run in her family. Dad and I were the only sane ones, Corey killed him, that's when we stopped speaking, and I never even knew he had a son, till they found me in San Diego. Corey wanted to reconcile, but we didn't, I wasn't interested, and neither was he after mother died, he blamed me I suppose.I did leave her with that criminal.how was I supposed to know he had issues with my brother, I'm not his keeper." the Commissioner rattled on, not even talking to Dinah and Reese anymore.
"Think we can escape?" Dinah asked Reese.
"I'm not willing to try, the longer we wait, the better our chance of escape is," Reese whispered back.
"DAMMIT COREY," Commissioner Ayers screamed hitting the wall, "I'm going to kill you."
"Wait.didn't he already kill his brother?" Reese asked.
Dinah's eyes widened as she watched the Commissioner yell at the empty space in front of him, "I think he's hallucinating."
Helena appeared from behind the Commissioner and knocked him out with one hit, she raised an eyebrow "you needed help with him!"
"He was trying to kill us when Reese activated his ring," Dinah said defensively.
"Don't feel bad," Helena said, "Alfred had to save me from Curly."
"How's Bruce?" Dinah asked.
"He'll be fine, Alfred's cleaning him up in the infirmary," Helena said.
"Reese are you alright?" Detective Tucker asked bursting into the room.
"We're fine," Reese said, "I'm not so sure about the Commissioner though, he was rattling on about killing his brother Corey Ayers, and how his nephew Curly was next. Then he started yelling at an hallucination of his brother."
"And he said his brother was the insane one," Dinah said with a small laugh.
Detective Tucker nodded while handcuffing the Commissioner, "rumor has it the Commissioner's recent behavior aroused some suspicion in other people around the station, this comes as no surprise."
"Where's Helena?" Reese asked Dinah after the Commissioner was taken away.
"She gone," Dinah said with a smile, "I guess some things never change."
~Back at the Clocktower~ "You okay kid?" Helena asked.
Dinah nodded slowly, "it just brought back a lot of memories, of Barbara's death. When I was climbing down the rope and I heard Curly fire the gun I was so afraid I was going to lose you too."
"You'll never lose me kid, I will always be with you, just like Barbara, and I'm going to take care of you now, just like Barbara took care of us both. It's time to face it Dinah, Barbara's gone, and her murderer is too, and it's going to be hard, on us both, but it's time for us to move on. It's time for us to become a family, because that's what we are, together we are a family, the two of us can make it, but you have to trust me and work with me Dinah. There will be obstacles, big ones, but we're going to survive, together, I promise."
The End of the series