A killer in the night
Barbara stayed after school for a parent-teacher conference. She was late. Helena would be worried now; she never was late. It was dark; the parking lot was almost empty. She heard a noise behind her; she turned around but all seemed quiet. She continued wheeling to the Hummer and looked in her bag to search for her keys. She stopped just before the door.
She heard the noise again and when she raised her head, she saw a big shadow over her. A hand covered her mouth and the shadow raised a knife. She knocked it away with a fast movement surprising him and she twisted his hand, the man took her by the neck and she grabbed his wrists; both fell to the floor. Barbara hit him in the head and he rolled dazed on the floor. Barbara dragged trying to take her escrima sticks in her bag, but the man got on top of her too fast. He held her hands and raised the knife.
Helena stumbled across them. She rolled with the man and he stood up showing her his long knife. Her mind went back to the night where her mother was murdered; she saw again the man grabbing the blade with blood in front of her. Helena's eyes looked hypnotized the blade shining at the night.
The man tried to stab her but she avoided it and broke his nose with a blow. He fell backwards. Barbara saw the girl fight, was amazing, Helena was faster and really moved as a wild cat; she didn't have control of her own strength; but she was worried, he could hurt the girl because she was fighting without precautions.
Helena was blinded by rage, she all she could see was her mother; she didn't listen, she was focus only on finishing the man. The image of her mother lying bleeding over the ground was in front of her. She took him by the neck and smashed him against the floor. "You are dead!" she said squeezing his neck.
"Helena no!" Barbara sat on the floor looking her.
"Never touch my mother again" Helena snarled, flashing her feral eyes.
"Helena stop!" Barbara screamed, knowing that Helena's mind was in another place and she could kill him, but all Helena could see was her mother bleeding and she trying to finish the one that had hurt her. "Did you listen to me? Stop!"
The man hit her in the stomach, she released him and he tried to run, but Helena jumped an amazing distance and fell in front of him hitting and kicking him. The man barely could defend himself, he fell to the floor and Helena continued beating him without control. "You hurt my mother! I'll kill you!" she shouted, the girl just could think of that man had stabbed her mother.
"Helena wake up!" Barbara shouted "You will kill him!"
The man held Helena's feet and made her fall. He was angry and fell over her. They rolled over the ground. She felt a blow on her thigh and she kicked him off. He fell backwards and ran, she stood up and ran to follow him. Barbara thought fast and she shouted her again loudly: "Helena help me!"
The word "help" worked. Helena stopped and hesitated a second.
"Helena help me!" Barbara shouted.
The girl blinked and turned to see her lying on the floor. "Barbara" she mumbled. She felt as awakening of a dream. She shook her head.
"Are you okay?" Barbara asked.
"Yes. I'm okay" she looked back and the man had disappeared "And you?" she walked to her. In the middle of the way she felt a stab of pain in her leg. She took her hand to her leg and felt warm. He had stabbed her and in her anger she didn't feel the wound until that moment.
"What happen? Are you okay?" Barbara looked her worried.
"Ouch. He hurt me." Helena's leg throbbed and she covered the wound with her hands.
"He hurt you?" Barbara felt her hart beating fast "Come here, let me check you."
Helena walked to Barbara slowly and limping.
"Let me see it. " Barbara examined her thigh.
"I didn't realize that he hurt me. Owww."
"Doesn't seem to be deep. He just scratched you."
"Hurts me."
"I know. Don't worry you will be okay. What are you doing here?"
"Was too late, you always are on time and you worry me, I came to see if something was wrong." Helena lifted the wheel chair.
"Easy, everything is fine." Barbara lifted her self up the chair. "Hel, you put your life at risk; it's not the same girls in orphanage that beat a criminal; you must be careful."
"He was hurting you." Helena said in low voice.
"I know" she caressed her cheek "Thanks so much. Now we need go, come on."
"Are we going to a hospital?"
"No, to Clock Tower, I could heal you there."
"You?"
"I have experience in this Helena, don't worry. All heroes must learn some medicine and surgery, is useful. I can't take you to the Hospital, the doctors sure would test your blood and if they discover that is different will ask questions."
The girl picked up the wheel chair and helped Barbara to sit there. She was grateful that Barbara were so strong and almost could lift her own weight alone. She picked up the books and bag of Barbara from the floor and opened the back door of the Hummer to put them in. Helena's eyes changed suddenly and she turned. A big man with a large body was in front of her. She looked him surprised. "This party still don't is over." He said taking her by her sweater and smashing her back against the back door.
Barbara had opening the front door when she listened the cry of Helena. She saw her flying and falling heavily over the ground; she couldn't see what had beat the girl, an instant later she saw a figure appeared by the back of the Hummer that walked toward the girl on the floor.
"Run Helena!" Barbara screamed when she recognized Killer Croc.
Killer Crook stood up in front of her. "Stupid girl; after I kill you I'll finish the job that my stupid man couldn't do, kill Barbara Gordon. Say goodbye."
"Good bye" Helena said kicking him in the face. Killer Croc tried to hit the girl but she ducked to avoid the blow and hit him again making him step back. He attacked her again and she avoided his blows. Barbara looked worried she fighting, she didn't have the experience, was hurt and didn't have the enough training to face a killer as Killer Croc was; but she couldn't deny she was fighting very well.
"You are a damn kid!" He took by the sweater and raised her.
"And you an ugly alligator!" she shouted kicking him in the chin with her leg. He released her and Helena fell on her feet, he noticed her limping and the blood spot on her pant. He moved faster and kicked her harder in her tight. Helena groaned and fell on her knees. He took her thigh with his hand and pressed hard, Helena cried in pain and grabbed his hands trying that he released her.
"Your time is over!" he shouted and put a hand over her throat and with the other he continued squeezing harder. Helena could hit him with her knee in his crotch and he screamed releasing her. She rolled and tried to stand up unsuccessfully, her leg hurt her so much. She just could dragged to try to go far away. Suddenly he caught the ankle of her hurt leg stopping her.
"Let me go!" she shouted.
"You are dead now!" He turned her on her back violently hitting her head hit harder against the ground. Helena took her hands to her head, that had hurt.
"Stupid girl!" he laughed squeezing her neck.
A hard blow on his head made him release the girl. He turned and just could fell a rain of blows over him. Barbara had grabbed her escrima sticks and was over him. He tried to attack her but Barbara moved very well her hands using the sticks. She felt mad, mad as she had ever felt seeing him hurt the kid. Until that moment she realized that it didn't matter how difficult the last must had been, she cared for her so much.
He tried to blow her but she blocked his fit using both sticks. She smashed a stick on his stomach and another on her knees, he bend down. Barbara attacked him faster, didn't give him opportunity to recover; he fell to the floor. He rolled and was going to attack again when he saw people running to them.
"I'll see you later bitch" He said to Barbara and ran to the forest.
Barbara wheeled immediately to Helena. "Helena, are you okay?"
"My leg..." she mumbled.
Some school guardians arrived running. "Something happened?" one of them asked, "we saw a fight"
"It's okay, a man tried to assault us." Barbara explained.
"The girl is okay?" One police said.
"She was stabbed in her leg. I just need take her to the hospital. Help me to take her to my car."
"We should call the police."
Barbara gave them a card with a phone number "Call my father, he can send some men to investigate. I'll call him and explain everything, but first I need your help with Helena."
The men helped her to take the kid to the Hummer.
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Barbara stayed after school for a parent-teacher conference. She was late. Helena would be worried now; she never was late. It was dark; the parking lot was almost empty. She heard a noise behind her; she turned around but all seemed quiet. She continued wheeling to the Hummer and looked in her bag to search for her keys. She stopped just before the door.
She heard the noise again and when she raised her head, she saw a big shadow over her. A hand covered her mouth and the shadow raised a knife. She knocked it away with a fast movement surprising him and she twisted his hand, the man took her by the neck and she grabbed his wrists; both fell to the floor. Barbara hit him in the head and he rolled dazed on the floor. Barbara dragged trying to take her escrima sticks in her bag, but the man got on top of her too fast. He held her hands and raised the knife.
Helena stumbled across them. She rolled with the man and he stood up showing her his long knife. Her mind went back to the night where her mother was murdered; she saw again the man grabbing the blade with blood in front of her. Helena's eyes looked hypnotized the blade shining at the night.
The man tried to stab her but she avoided it and broke his nose with a blow. He fell backwards. Barbara saw the girl fight, was amazing, Helena was faster and really moved as a wild cat; she didn't have control of her own strength; but she was worried, he could hurt the girl because she was fighting without precautions.
Helena was blinded by rage, she all she could see was her mother; she didn't listen, she was focus only on finishing the man. The image of her mother lying bleeding over the ground was in front of her. She took him by the neck and smashed him against the floor. "You are dead!" she said squeezing his neck.
"Helena no!" Barbara sat on the floor looking her.
"Never touch my mother again" Helena snarled, flashing her feral eyes.
"Helena stop!" Barbara screamed, knowing that Helena's mind was in another place and she could kill him, but all Helena could see was her mother bleeding and she trying to finish the one that had hurt her. "Did you listen to me? Stop!"
The man hit her in the stomach, she released him and he tried to run, but Helena jumped an amazing distance and fell in front of him hitting and kicking him. The man barely could defend himself, he fell to the floor and Helena continued beating him without control. "You hurt my mother! I'll kill you!" she shouted, the girl just could think of that man had stabbed her mother.
"Helena wake up!" Barbara shouted "You will kill him!"
The man held Helena's feet and made her fall. He was angry and fell over her. They rolled over the ground. She felt a blow on her thigh and she kicked him off. He fell backwards and ran, she stood up and ran to follow him. Barbara thought fast and she shouted her again loudly: "Helena help me!"
The word "help" worked. Helena stopped and hesitated a second.
"Helena help me!" Barbara shouted.
The girl blinked and turned to see her lying on the floor. "Barbara" she mumbled. She felt as awakening of a dream. She shook her head.
"Are you okay?" Barbara asked.
"Yes. I'm okay" she looked back and the man had disappeared "And you?" she walked to her. In the middle of the way she felt a stab of pain in her leg. She took her hand to her leg and felt warm. He had stabbed her and in her anger she didn't feel the wound until that moment.
"What happen? Are you okay?" Barbara looked her worried.
"Ouch. He hurt me." Helena's leg throbbed and she covered the wound with her hands.
"He hurt you?" Barbara felt her hart beating fast "Come here, let me check you."
Helena walked to Barbara slowly and limping.
"Let me see it. " Barbara examined her thigh.
"I didn't realize that he hurt me. Owww."
"Doesn't seem to be deep. He just scratched you."
"Hurts me."
"I know. Don't worry you will be okay. What are you doing here?"
"Was too late, you always are on time and you worry me, I came to see if something was wrong." Helena lifted the wheel chair.
"Easy, everything is fine." Barbara lifted her self up the chair. "Hel, you put your life at risk; it's not the same girls in orphanage that beat a criminal; you must be careful."
"He was hurting you." Helena said in low voice.
"I know" she caressed her cheek "Thanks so much. Now we need go, come on."
"Are we going to a hospital?"
"No, to Clock Tower, I could heal you there."
"You?"
"I have experience in this Helena, don't worry. All heroes must learn some medicine and surgery, is useful. I can't take you to the Hospital, the doctors sure would test your blood and if they discover that is different will ask questions."
The girl picked up the wheel chair and helped Barbara to sit there. She was grateful that Barbara were so strong and almost could lift her own weight alone. She picked up the books and bag of Barbara from the floor and opened the back door of the Hummer to put them in. Helena's eyes changed suddenly and she turned. A big man with a large body was in front of her. She looked him surprised. "This party still don't is over." He said taking her by her sweater and smashing her back against the back door.
Barbara had opening the front door when she listened the cry of Helena. She saw her flying and falling heavily over the ground; she couldn't see what had beat the girl, an instant later she saw a figure appeared by the back of the Hummer that walked toward the girl on the floor.
"Run Helena!" Barbara screamed when she recognized Killer Croc.
Killer Crook stood up in front of her. "Stupid girl; after I kill you I'll finish the job that my stupid man couldn't do, kill Barbara Gordon. Say goodbye."
"Good bye" Helena said kicking him in the face. Killer Croc tried to hit the girl but she ducked to avoid the blow and hit him again making him step back. He attacked her again and she avoided his blows. Barbara looked worried she fighting, she didn't have the experience, was hurt and didn't have the enough training to face a killer as Killer Croc was; but she couldn't deny she was fighting very well.
"You are a damn kid!" He took by the sweater and raised her.
"And you an ugly alligator!" she shouted kicking him in the chin with her leg. He released her and Helena fell on her feet, he noticed her limping and the blood spot on her pant. He moved faster and kicked her harder in her tight. Helena groaned and fell on her knees. He took her thigh with his hand and pressed hard, Helena cried in pain and grabbed his hands trying that he released her.
"Your time is over!" he shouted and put a hand over her throat and with the other he continued squeezing harder. Helena could hit him with her knee in his crotch and he screamed releasing her. She rolled and tried to stand up unsuccessfully, her leg hurt her so much. She just could dragged to try to go far away. Suddenly he caught the ankle of her hurt leg stopping her.
"Let me go!" she shouted.
"You are dead now!" He turned her on her back violently hitting her head hit harder against the ground. Helena took her hands to her head, that had hurt.
"Stupid girl!" he laughed squeezing her neck.
A hard blow on his head made him release the girl. He turned and just could fell a rain of blows over him. Barbara had grabbed her escrima sticks and was over him. He tried to attack her but Barbara moved very well her hands using the sticks. She felt mad, mad as she had ever felt seeing him hurt the kid. Until that moment she realized that it didn't matter how difficult the last must had been, she cared for her so much.
He tried to blow her but she blocked his fit using both sticks. She smashed a stick on his stomach and another on her knees, he bend down. Barbara attacked him faster, didn't give him opportunity to recover; he fell to the floor. He rolled and was going to attack again when he saw people running to them.
"I'll see you later bitch" He said to Barbara and ran to the forest.
Barbara wheeled immediately to Helena. "Helena, are you okay?"
"My leg..." she mumbled.
Some school guardians arrived running. "Something happened?" one of them asked, "we saw a fight"
"It's okay, a man tried to assault us." Barbara explained.
"The girl is okay?" One police said.
"She was stabbed in her leg. I just need take her to the hospital. Help me to take her to my car."
"We should call the police."
Barbara gave them a card with a phone number "Call my father, he can send some men to investigate. I'll call him and explain everything, but first I need your help with Helena."
The men helped her to take the kid to the Hummer.
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