A sharp pain in her side made Huntress open her eyes. It took her a few seconds to focus on the white ceiling of the cell. She moved slowly, trying to get comfortable, but her whole body hurt. Her arms were numb after so many hours with them behind her back. She could just barely sit up resting her back against the wall. She looked at herself. She had different clothes on and saw a bandage around her waist. Barbara had cleaned her up and changed her.

The door opened and she saw Polly walk in, followed by two henchmen, Barbara and Mad Hatter. Huntress looked at the two men walking towards her and she moved back. It was too soon for another beating.

"Now what?" she growled trying to kick them. But they restrained her. Huntress looked at Barbara who was holding a syringe with liquid inside. Polly extended her arm and Barbara gave her the needle. It had some strange orange concoction in it. "Do you know what this is?" the woman asked.

"Orange juice?" Huntress quipped.

"Do you know what this 'Orange juice is'?" Polly said allowing some of the liquid out of the needle. "You are going to talk to me and tell me the absolute truth."

"Forget it!" Huntress tried to avoid her, but she was easily overwhelmed. "Oracle!" she yelled.

"Now where are your jokes?" Polly smiled and leaned over her.

Huntress felt the needle burying in her thigh and she groaned, feeling totally frustrated. Oracle watched her in silence. Polly stepped back and the henchmen released the girl.

"This is useless!" Oracle protested to Mad Hatter "Sodium Pentothal slows the metabolism and minimizes stress and excitement. This drug produces the state of full relaxation and makes patients more susceptible to suggestion. It allows the psychiatrists to uncover repressed feelings or memories. But she will not tell you the truth if she doesn't want to."

"Shut up and go fix that damn pistol!" Mad Hatter yelled. Oracle turned her wheelchair and exited the room. She was annoyed and felt a headhache coming on. She put her hand to her head. Mad Hatter looked at her and smiled. "Is something wrong?"

"No, Im okay" the red head said and wheeled to her lab.

Mad Hatter looked inside the cell again. Huntress's eyes had turned glassy. The brunette felt her mind fog and and her body seemed to slow down and relax. She was wondering what the hell they had injected her with. Polly leaned over her, "Huntress do you hear me?".

".Yea.." Huntress felt relaxed and foggy. Whatever they had given her was very powerful.

"Tell me where your friend is." It was an order not a question.

"Mmmm?" The brunette blinked, trying to clear her mind. Everything was blurred.

"Where is Dinah?"

".I don't know." Huntress struggled trying to move back.

"Huntress, we need to find her, where is she?" Polly held her. Helena groweled. "Huntress? Where is she?"

".Not far."

"Not far? Where?" Polly brushed her hair. "Tell me."

"I. can't." Huntress hated feeling so powerless, but she couldn't avoid it.

"Yes you can, tell me."

"Dinah?"

"Yes, where is Dinah?"



* * *

Barbara was finishing up fixing the pistol. She felt sick; she took some pills and looked worriedly at her watch. She was having a hell of a time trying to recover all the files and software of Delphi system. Polly walked around the platform and stood up in front of her.

"We got her." Polly smiled crossing her arms.

"She talked?" Barbara asked surprised.

"Yes, I told you she would."

"I doubt it. Huntress is not easy. That drug."

"I'll bring the damn blonde back and I'll show you!"

Barbara watched her go and continued on with her work.



* * *



A few minutes later the phone at Clock Tower rang insistently. She was surprised when she heard Dinah's voice on the other end of the line. Mad Hatter was with her at Delphi system.

the blonde called out.

"Where are you?"



"That's the same question that I was going to ask you. Stop this!" Barbara said. "Give me back my files!"

I

"Dinah, you don't understand. Let's go fix this in a peaceful way. I don't want to hurt Huntress." Oracle began to search the signal of the phone line.

"I can."

Dinah said.

"But I can." Mad Hatter took Oracle's her mic "Your friend Huntress will not be able to walk for a few days after the meeting that we had a little while ago; maybe you will like to see a pic of her but I don't think you would recognize her."

He heard silence at the line.

"I'm tried to be nice. I'm done with that. Breaking a few of her bones to show you that I'm not playing... all fun and games really. But you know what after that I'll kill her and then Oracle." Mad Hatter said.

I

"You can't give me orders."

Dinah cut the communication. Mad Hatter went to the monitor. "Get her?" he asked.

"No, not enough time."

"No problem, Polly will bring her here. Huntress told her where she was."

"Forget it. 'Im sure Huntress lied about her." Barbara said giving him the pistol that she had fixed. "Use this, it's ready."



* * *

Helena woke up. She had a terrible headache and her side was flashing pain. She felt cold and thirsty. She didn't know what time it was or how many hours she had been unconscious. She hated every time that Oracle drugged her because she felt so stupid after it. She just could wait and hope that Dinah would find a way to help her escape soon because she didn't have any opportunity with Oracle keeping watch on her; but she needed keep trying to escape. If no other reason than to be doing something.

She tried to move but her entire body shrieked at her to stop. The last beating had just been too much. She slowly kneeled and pulled the chains again; she gasped feeling a sharp pain in her ribs; she bent down and put her forehead against the floor. Maybe she was hurt worse than she had initially thought; she stayed unmoving until the pain gone and she slowly sat on the floor resting her back on the wall. Her hair now was a mess; yes, she was sure, as soon as all that finished the first thing she was going to do was get it cut. "I'm glad you are awake." Mad Hatter said out of the cell his henchmen and Oracle were with him.

"Son of bitch, as soon as I get free I'll kill you..." Huntress grumbled, her eyes were two lines. She felt her blood burning.

"Are you in bad mood? I see, but don't be angry with me, wasn't me who betrayed you, it was your friend Oracle." He stood up behind the red head. "Why don't tell her how much you hate her for keeping you here? I never would have been able to trap you without her help."

"Stupid bastard!." Huntress growled. "You are going to pay for this."

"Oracle told me many secrets about you, are you interested in knowing exactly which ones?"

Huntress looked Oracle afraid.

"Oh I see," Mad Hatter said "Are you scared about what she's told me? What are you hiding?"

"Better be afraid about what I will do to you." her eyes shone. Mad Hatter shuddered as a chill slid through him. He felt the gaze of the girl in the cell. He was suddenly very thankful for the chains holding her down. "It's time that you join to us." Oracle said to Huntress.

"Why we don't we resolve this face to face you damn nutcase?" Huntress grunted to Mad Hatter.

"I guess you might need a shot from this to get you more cooperative." Oracle raised a device and showed it to the girl. Huntress looked her knowing her time was up and her heart beat faster. "I've programmed it to do what every master wants; in this case make you find Dinah for us and then later start with his robbery plans. You won't be able to reject it." Oracle put the device inside the gun.

Oracle opened the door of the cell. Huntress saw the henchmen walk over to her, she figured she could hit one of them on the face with her head and kick the another one but her great escape plans faded away when two other men entered the cell. One of them threw her against the floor. She groaned loudly as she slammed against her injured side. The thug hit her against the floor again, her chin scraping the ground. Huntress couldn't avoid crying out when one of the men put his knee against her side. Three men were over her trying to restrain the girl. The fourt one put the collar around her neck.

"Damn! Coward!" Huntress shouted. "Oracle stop this!"

Mad Hatter circled her. "You are pretty strong," He said watching the four men trying to hold on to the girl that was chained. Oracle gave him the gun and he kneeled next to Huntress.

"This won't hurt princess." Mad Hatter smiled.

Huntress struggled unsuccessfully as two stong hands pressed her face against the floor.

"I'll kill you!" she yelled.

Mad Hatter brushed her hair back and she heard the gun fitting into the collar. "Easy baby."

"Oracle! Help me!" Huntress shouted trying to struggle free.

Oracle watched her unmoving. Huntress fixed her eyes on her trying to find Barbara, but she just could saw a cold glaze; Barbara wasn't there; she growled before being hit on the back of the head. Everything went black.