Disclaimer: I Don't own any of it. I was just inspired to play with the characters. I have incorporated elements from the movie S.W.A.T. and a few other showa. Please don't sue me.

I would really appreciate feed back. Sorry it took so long, I had a series of personal crisis. Thanks for being patient.

Thaddeus Rule stood in his dark apartment watching the detective talking to the beautiful woman. He had been startle by the sight of her scaling Maria's building; clearly she was not a normal person. His interests grew when he saw the detective show the flower and then kiss her before she left. "Who are you?" He asked the quiet around him. Walking over to his art cabinet he pulled out his sketch pad and turned to a clean page, only briefly lingering on the picture of Maria he had drawn. As he sat down at his drawing table, Thaddeus started spouting incoherent prose. "Beautiful wild thing, Darkest angel of the night. What name doth thy call thyself? Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis. Your beauty rivals that of the goddesses." As he spoke a perfect image of the Huntress began to form on the page. Finally it was done; Thaddeus stared at his rendering and wondered. "Who are you my beauty?"

Mean while at the Clock Tower, Dinah was walking through the door when she heard Barbra talking to Helena. "It looks like a rare orchid that can only be found in the New Gotham Green House and this one island off the coast of Brazil." Barbra said as she looked through the microscope. "And this means?" Helena asked as she walked out of the kitchen. When she saw Dinah she said "Hey kid, how was the movie?" "Both of them were great." "You sure that you can handle patrols on your own tonight?" Helena asked hopefully. "Helena, you and Reese have been planning tonight for almost a month, don't worry." Dinah replied with a grin. She knew that Helena was a little nervous about tonight. Reese was taking her to some kind of police function. Not to mention the fact that up till now Helena had managed to not spend the whole night with Reese, even though they had been lovers for almost two months. Helena scowled at her partner then said in almost a growl "Watch it junior!" "Whatever, have fun." Dinah replied then grinned at the older girl. Helena shoved her playfully then walked towards the elevator. "Hey Dinah!" "Yeah?" "Kick some ass." The girls grinned at each other then Helena was gone. Dinah looked at her mentor who had been examining something in the Microscope. Barbra so engrossed with the specimen she didn't hear what Dinah was saying until she heard the word 'sex' come out of the youth's mouth. She looked up and gave Dinah a hard stare. "You're planning to what?" "Thought that would get you attention." Dinah replied with a grin. Then asked "What are you looking at?" Babs relaxed when she realized that Dinah was just trying to get her attention by making an off the wall statement. "A sample of some kind of dust that was on the flower that Helena scanned earlier. There were some trace elements on her hands when she got back from the scene." As she glided over to one of the computers that looked like it was running a diagnostic program she said "At first I thought that it was some kind of pollen, but so far it appears to be a synthetic compound." Dinah stared at Barbra and said "I have absolutely no idea what you just said." As she grabbed her new gadgets and hooked them to the harness Barbra had designed for her she asked "So is the new ascender ready for a test run, or should I stick to old faithful?" In the weeks after they took down Harley, Dinah had tried to keep up with Huntress by following in the Hummer. Everyone had agreed that it was not a practical thing. So Barbra had pulled her old Batgirl gadgets out of retirement and modified them for Dinah. Things had run a lot smoother since then. Plus it gave Barbra something to distract herself with. When Dinah had all her gear on, she pulled on her duster. It had become their unofficial uniform, and Dinah loved it. It made her feel like a part of the team, and she liked that a lot. "Okay, I'm ready. Anywhere in particular I should start?" Barbra looked at her computer screen. "There seems to be a lot of activity over on west and 33rd. You could start there." When she looked up at Dinah she said "Becareful, please." The teen smiled then walked into the elevator. As the doors closed she wondered what adventures she would have tonight. She was excited, even though she had a curfew, she loved doing independent patrols. It made her feel more like an adult and that after all was what every teenager longed for.

Meanwhile at Helena's apartment, a very frazzled Huntress anxiously awaited her date. "Really Kyle, you are acting like you're in high school. Get a grip!" She lectured her reflection as she adjusted her peasant top. Just as she began thinking about changing her clothes a knock sounded at the door. "Annoyingly on time, as usual." Helena mumbled as she opened the door. Reese leaned against the door holding a single red rose. Helena almost forgot to breath at the sight of him, he was dressed all in black from his leather jacket and pants to the tee shirt that stretched nicely across his chest. It directly contrasted to her all white ensemble. It took a great amount of effort for Reese to keep his jaw from hitting the floor but he finally managed to speak. "You look beautiful." Was about all he could manage as he handed her the rose. She took the rose and inhaled its scent, it was magnificent. "Not bad yourself, detective." She said then pulled him into a fiery kiss. Helena snaked her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. Reese pulled her body tight to his leaving no doubt about how he felt at that moment. Reluctantly pulling away, he said "Helena." She was grinning devilishly at him as she took his hands and began pulling him towards her bedroom. "We can't, as much as I want to, we can't." She cut off his words with another kiss, still backing towards the room. "Oh I think we can, Detective." Helena breathed as she ran her hand over him, eliciting a tortured groan. Swearing under his rapid breathing Reese captured Helena's roaming hands in his. When he looked deep into her eyes, it was almost his undoing. There he saw not just her cat eyes, which he had come to associate with their lovemaking, but something more. He knew in that instant that he had fallen in love with this woman. He had known for a long time that she meant a lot to him, but now as they were staring into each other's eyes.he knew. He was in Love with Helena Kyle, the Huntress. With a sigh she said "This must be some party we are going to." "Its Lt Donnelly's retirement party and the introduction of the new Lt. Some sort of surprise." He replied and handed her the little purse sitting on the table by the door. Helena checked to make sure that her hair was still okay and stepped through the door Reese was holding open. "Oh joy, a night surrounded by New Gotham's finest, My idea of a good time." She said none too enthusiastically. Reese just grinned; he had a big surprise waiting for them at the end of the evening. But that could wait.

Thaddeus stood in the shadows and watched as the police man exited the bar with the wild beauty on his arm. Curious, he thought, either they were having a clandestine tryst or the beauty lived at the bar. No matter, Thaddeus was quite pleased with himself. He had decided to follow the police man in hopes that he would lead him straight to the woman. And again his boundless patience had paid off. He started his car and followed them through the traffic. His patience was going to be tested again. But he was prepared for that, after all...One must wait for true love, not go and seek it out. "You will be mine beauty." Thaddeus, mumbled. "Mine and mine alone!"

Standing on the roof of an apartment building, Dinah closed her eyes and breathed deeply. A million thoughts racing through her head, and one of the thoughts that stood out was 'I wonder what Huntress thinks about when she stands here she hadn't realized that she had spoken out loud until she heard Oracle reply. :There is only one way to find out, ask her.: "I don't think so." :Why not, I think that she is getting used to you.: Dinah smirked at that. Huntress tolerated her, but she still wasn't the type to share her innermost feelings. "What did you think about when you stood over the city, Oracle?" Dinah heard Oracle sigh. "I mean if you don't mind me asking, that is." :I used to think about all the good that could be done, about how I could help and.: Dinah heard the Delphi alarms going off in the background. "What do you have for me Ba.Oracle?" :There is a robbery in progress on Jackson, a little liquor store. It's about seven blocks south of you.: Oracle replied. :Dinah?: "Yeah?" Oracle thought twice then said :Never mind.: Dinah started running over the roofs and using the jump lines to cross the alleys and streets. She was coming to like the feeling of flying; something about the possibility of falling just gave her an adrenaline rush that lasted the rest of the week. In a few minutes she was looking down on the Liquor store. "I'm here." She said to Oracle as she took in the situation. :How many bad guys?: "I count five visible baddies. I don't see the employees." :Maybe you should wait for the police to handle it.: Oracle was saying. But Dinah already had her jump line out and was firing it. "I can handle this, Oracle. Have a little faith please." Then she jumped off the ledge and swung down to the street below. As she strode through the door of the liquor store she said "Is this a private party, or can anyone come play?" At first the men were shocked by the sight of a young lady walking through the door. One of the men finally got over the shock of seeing this waif of a girl challenging them he growled "Go home little girl. Before you get hurt." "I don't think so." Dinah replied and as the goon came at her she launched him across the room with her telekinesis. The other me stared at her for a second, then all attacked at once. Dinah pulled a batarang out and sent it whirling through the air. It found three of it's targets but the last man ducked at the last minute avoiding the weapon. "Uh-oh!" Dinah squeaked and dove behind the counter as the guy started blasting away. :Uh-oh, no uh-oh's what is going on?: Dinah looked over at the owner and gave him a strained smile. "Hi." The shop keeper gave her a tentative smile, then they both had to cover their heads as bullets shattered the bottles above their heads. To Barbra she said" I missed one with the batarang." :You missed? How can you miss, they have targeting systems?: "Not now Oracle," Dinah said. She heard the sound of the goon reloading his gun. Dinah was vaguely aware of Barbra's voice in her ear piece but the adrenaline rushing through her veins quickly she stood up and focused on the guy and sent him flying across the room. "Ooops!' :Dinah!: Oracle's angry voice came through clearly. And for the first time she was vaguely aware of the sirens sounding in the distance and getting closer. :The Police are almost there, get out!: "I'm going." To the owner she said "Sorry." And then left the same way she came in. As she fired the jumpline she thought to herself I could definitely get used to this!