Okay, here we go, chapter four. Again, I don't own any of it just having a
little fun. Please don't sue me.
As Thaddeus walked through the shadows of the alley, he watched the group of girls leaving the club. They were beautiful, but not as beautiful as the wild thing. How he wished that he knew her name. Aphrodite would be most appropriate, but not many parents bestow such a name on their child. His attention refocused on the girls as two of them spited the main group. They were giggling and jostling each other like two little schoolgirls. Checking to be sure that the other group was far enough and that no one else was around, he appeared from the dark alley and quickly walked up behind them.
Both girls turned to see what the flurry of movement behind them was. One of the girls screamed. "Shut up, bitch!" Thaddeus gave a roar as he punched the girl in the face. Her friend started to run away but Thaddeus was too fast for her. Grabbing her arm by the wrist, he spun her around. She flinched as he brought his fist up and turned it palm up. He smiled with satisfaction as he opened his hand and blew the fine powder into her face. There was a look of confusion and then recognition as she whispered "Jason?"
"It's me." Thaddeus replied.
She looked around frantically searching for her assailant.
"He's gone. I chased him away." He said soothingly. The girl looked close to tears as she collapsed in his arms.
"C'mon, we have to go incase he comes back." He urged as the sounds of people coming in their direction grew.
"O-okay" she calmly replied. As they walked away Lisa Desmond never stopped to wonder what her boyfriend, who was supposed to be finishing up med school in Metropolis, was doing here in New Gotham. If she had, maybe she would have lived through the night.
The Clock Tower
Dinah was just coming through the elevator doors when the Delphi alarm started blaring. "Ugh!" she blanched. The young blonde was tired and still has to study for a quiz tomorrow. Barbara was typing furiously on her keyboard as Dinah approached her. "What's going on?" she asked.
Barbara glanced up and said "Assault and kidnapping." She took a good look at her newest protégé and noticed the fatigue in her eyes. The girl started to turn around and head out but Barbara interrupted the movement. "Dinah, you don't have to go. The police are already there and are working on it." Oracle said, "Why don't you go take a bath and get some sleep."
Her weary head nodded and headed down to the apartment. She didn't bother to tell Barbara about her trig quiz. Barbara had enough on her mind right now. The other day she had 'accidentally' made physical contact with her. The images that flooded teen's mind had almost brought her to tears. She knew that Barbara blamed her self for Wade's death. She also knew that her guardian was taking the loss a lot harder than most people thought. But what Dinah didn't know was how to help Barbara.
Talon Island, Bennet Family Beach House
As Jesse stood next to the now blind folded Helena Kyle, he took the opportunity to observe her beauty. 'Damn she's beautiful'. His breath caught as a soft breeze ruffled her hair, the ends of the silk scarf he had used as a blind fold her caressed her shoulders. It was enough to knock him off his feet.
Helena could feel the tension coming from Reese, hearing his breath catch in his throat, her own heartbeat sped up with the knowledge that he was becoming aroused. Being denied her vision, she highly attuned to Jesse's physical state and found it exceptionally erotic. The blinded woman had been reluctant to allow someone so much control over her. But she trusted him, and besides, he seemed so excited about his surprise that she couldn't say no. So here she was being lead to God only knows where, hanging on to Jessie's arm for dear life. As the waves breaking, she knew they must have been near the ocean. But nothing had prepared her for what she saw when he took off the blindfold. "Oh God, Jesse. It's beautiful." Was all Helena could manage to say. They stood on the back deck of an immense beach house. It was decorated rail to rail with roses of every color and candles that twinkled in the breeze. Beyond the railing a full moon hung over a black ocean, it's silver light glittering on the wet sand.
Jesse stood quietly only inches from Helena watching emotions play across her face. "Not as beautiful as you." He whispered into her ear then kissed her softly on her neck. Smiling he took her hand and guided her to the table that what placed in the middle of the deck.
"How did you do this?" Helena gave him a puzzled look still mystified by its beauty. Jesse looked kind of sheepish as he took his seat beside her. "I kind of borrowed your butler."
"Alfred?"
"It was my idea though." He quickly added. What was it about this woman that made him feel like an inexperienced teenager?
"Why? Why do you do these things?" Helena thought of all the romantic things that Jesse had done for her in last two months. Like the time he had two dozen red roses delivered to her at the Dark Horse, or the time that he had filled her apartment with a thousand candles and had greeted her with Champaign and a massage. And she just couldn't understand what would make an amazing man like Jesse want her, want to do things like this for her. Hel was familiar with being the object of lust, but to be treated like she was the most precious thing in a man's world was completely new to her.
Jesse took her hand and placed it across his heart, she could feel it's strong steady beat. "Because somewhere along the line Helena Kyle, you became the reason my heart beats. When I'm with you, no matter what's going on around us, I know everything will be all right. When I am away from you..." he paused choosing his words carefully. "I can't breathe, I can't think, all I want is to have you near me again. To talk to you, to just see you. I do these things because I'm fallin-."
"Don't, don't say it!" Helena cut him off; pulling her hand away she stood up and started to walk towards the beach. "You don't know what you are talking about Reese!"
For a moment he just sat there confused by her reaction. "Dammit Helena, wait!" Jesse growled as he struggled to catch up to her. Reese grabbed Helena's arm and spun her around. "Let go." She said, her voice deadly.
"Make me, because there is no way in hell that I will do it on my own." He challenged angrily " You mean too damn much to me."
The look that crossed Helena's face made him freeze. It wasn't the anger he was expecting. It was fear. Suddenly she leaned into him and groaned. "Oh God, Jesse." The only way to describe the tone in her voice was defeat. Reese brought his arms around her and held on tightly. Haltingly Helena returned the hug. They clung to each other desperately for a while.
Finally Helena allowed Jesse to take her back to the house. When they passed the table she stopped and picked up the rose he had given her earlier. Its beauty was perfect. As she looked at it she wondered again what she had done in her life to deserve a man like Jesse Reese, and what she would do if he were ever taken from her.
As Thaddeus walked through the shadows of the alley, he watched the group of girls leaving the club. They were beautiful, but not as beautiful as the wild thing. How he wished that he knew her name. Aphrodite would be most appropriate, but not many parents bestow such a name on their child. His attention refocused on the girls as two of them spited the main group. They were giggling and jostling each other like two little schoolgirls. Checking to be sure that the other group was far enough and that no one else was around, he appeared from the dark alley and quickly walked up behind them.
Both girls turned to see what the flurry of movement behind them was. One of the girls screamed. "Shut up, bitch!" Thaddeus gave a roar as he punched the girl in the face. Her friend started to run away but Thaddeus was too fast for her. Grabbing her arm by the wrist, he spun her around. She flinched as he brought his fist up and turned it palm up. He smiled with satisfaction as he opened his hand and blew the fine powder into her face. There was a look of confusion and then recognition as she whispered "Jason?"
"It's me." Thaddeus replied.
She looked around frantically searching for her assailant.
"He's gone. I chased him away." He said soothingly. The girl looked close to tears as she collapsed in his arms.
"C'mon, we have to go incase he comes back." He urged as the sounds of people coming in their direction grew.
"O-okay" she calmly replied. As they walked away Lisa Desmond never stopped to wonder what her boyfriend, who was supposed to be finishing up med school in Metropolis, was doing here in New Gotham. If she had, maybe she would have lived through the night.
The Clock Tower
Dinah was just coming through the elevator doors when the Delphi alarm started blaring. "Ugh!" she blanched. The young blonde was tired and still has to study for a quiz tomorrow. Barbara was typing furiously on her keyboard as Dinah approached her. "What's going on?" she asked.
Barbara glanced up and said "Assault and kidnapping." She took a good look at her newest protégé and noticed the fatigue in her eyes. The girl started to turn around and head out but Barbara interrupted the movement. "Dinah, you don't have to go. The police are already there and are working on it." Oracle said, "Why don't you go take a bath and get some sleep."
Her weary head nodded and headed down to the apartment. She didn't bother to tell Barbara about her trig quiz. Barbara had enough on her mind right now. The other day she had 'accidentally' made physical contact with her. The images that flooded teen's mind had almost brought her to tears. She knew that Barbara blamed her self for Wade's death. She also knew that her guardian was taking the loss a lot harder than most people thought. But what Dinah didn't know was how to help Barbara.
Talon Island, Bennet Family Beach House
As Jesse stood next to the now blind folded Helena Kyle, he took the opportunity to observe her beauty. 'Damn she's beautiful'. His breath caught as a soft breeze ruffled her hair, the ends of the silk scarf he had used as a blind fold her caressed her shoulders. It was enough to knock him off his feet.
Helena could feel the tension coming from Reese, hearing his breath catch in his throat, her own heartbeat sped up with the knowledge that he was becoming aroused. Being denied her vision, she highly attuned to Jesse's physical state and found it exceptionally erotic. The blinded woman had been reluctant to allow someone so much control over her. But she trusted him, and besides, he seemed so excited about his surprise that she couldn't say no. So here she was being lead to God only knows where, hanging on to Jessie's arm for dear life. As the waves breaking, she knew they must have been near the ocean. But nothing had prepared her for what she saw when he took off the blindfold. "Oh God, Jesse. It's beautiful." Was all Helena could manage to say. They stood on the back deck of an immense beach house. It was decorated rail to rail with roses of every color and candles that twinkled in the breeze. Beyond the railing a full moon hung over a black ocean, it's silver light glittering on the wet sand.
Jesse stood quietly only inches from Helena watching emotions play across her face. "Not as beautiful as you." He whispered into her ear then kissed her softly on her neck. Smiling he took her hand and guided her to the table that what placed in the middle of the deck.
"How did you do this?" Helena gave him a puzzled look still mystified by its beauty. Jesse looked kind of sheepish as he took his seat beside her. "I kind of borrowed your butler."
"Alfred?"
"It was my idea though." He quickly added. What was it about this woman that made him feel like an inexperienced teenager?
"Why? Why do you do these things?" Helena thought of all the romantic things that Jesse had done for her in last two months. Like the time he had two dozen red roses delivered to her at the Dark Horse, or the time that he had filled her apartment with a thousand candles and had greeted her with Champaign and a massage. And she just couldn't understand what would make an amazing man like Jesse want her, want to do things like this for her. Hel was familiar with being the object of lust, but to be treated like she was the most precious thing in a man's world was completely new to her.
Jesse took her hand and placed it across his heart, she could feel it's strong steady beat. "Because somewhere along the line Helena Kyle, you became the reason my heart beats. When I'm with you, no matter what's going on around us, I know everything will be all right. When I am away from you..." he paused choosing his words carefully. "I can't breathe, I can't think, all I want is to have you near me again. To talk to you, to just see you. I do these things because I'm fallin-."
"Don't, don't say it!" Helena cut him off; pulling her hand away she stood up and started to walk towards the beach. "You don't know what you are talking about Reese!"
For a moment he just sat there confused by her reaction. "Dammit Helena, wait!" Jesse growled as he struggled to catch up to her. Reese grabbed Helena's arm and spun her around. "Let go." She said, her voice deadly.
"Make me, because there is no way in hell that I will do it on my own." He challenged angrily " You mean too damn much to me."
The look that crossed Helena's face made him freeze. It wasn't the anger he was expecting. It was fear. Suddenly she leaned into him and groaned. "Oh God, Jesse." The only way to describe the tone in her voice was defeat. Reese brought his arms around her and held on tightly. Haltingly Helena returned the hug. They clung to each other desperately for a while.
Finally Helena allowed Jesse to take her back to the house. When they passed the table she stopped and picked up the rose he had given her earlier. Its beauty was perfect. As she looked at it she wondered again what she had done in her life to deserve a man like Jesse Reese, and what she would do if he were ever taken from her.