Helena blinked. She flinched against the bright light and closed her eyes tightly. Her head was pounding and everything felt confused and out of place. When she finally forced her eyes opened, she looked around. She she didn't recognize it. Or know how she's gotten to it. The last thing she could remember was being held down by a few of Hatter's thugs. "Helena? Its me, Dinah." The girl snaped her fingers in front of her. Helena looked at Dinah, disconcerted and confused. Several long seconds passed. "Hel? It's me. Are you okay?"

"...Kid?" said the brunette.

"Yes it's me!" Dinah smiled "The kid! How do you feel?"

"As if I... have been inside a laundry machine..."

"More or less."

"What happened?" she felt really dizzy."Where am I?"

"Mad Hatter put one of those devices into your head." Dinah explained "You tried to trap me but your healing system began to destroy the device and that gave you a big headache. You were unconscious for almost twenty-four hours." She paused. "In short anyways."

"I remember... Barbara?" Helena noticed that Dinah had a scratch over her eyebrow.

"She is still under the control of Mad Hatter."

"Where are we?" Helena sat up slowly on the couch, testing her limbs as she moved. She groaned as a few creaked in protest. Even her amazing healing process couldn't completely eradicate the whole pain thing altogether.

"In a safe place. She is hunting us now." Dinah tried to avoid talk about where they were "I'm glad that you are better. We need to rescue Barbara before it's too late."

"What is wrong with her?"

"That device is killing her. Apparently your immune something or other rejected it but that's because of what you are. If we don't get it out of her..."

"What?" Helena looked down, she had a bandage over her ribs. "What is this?"

"You have a rib broken and several bruises." Dinah explained hurriedly. "We need to move faster. I've been looking for a way to rescue Oracle." Dinah said "But the Clocktower is a fortress. I don't know what to do."

Helena frowned as she again tried to sit fully up. Her ribs hissed at her and she stopped her upwards movement. "Where are we?"

"Wayne Manor," Dinah finally admitted.

"Why? Why are we here?" Helena demanded as she pushed herself up. Dinah clamped a hand onto her shoulder to slow her. "It was the only safe place! Barbara is still hunting us!" the blond explained.

"Are you crazy?"

"Hel, calm down... I didn't have many options."

"We could go in a damn hole in the underground but not here!"

"She is awake and herself I see," Alfred quipped dryly as he entered the room. He smiled when saw Helena. "I heard her yelling all the way from outside. And don't worry, we are in the underground Miss Helena."

"Alfred brought me here before Barbara could trap me," Dinah informed her, her voice very low and shaky. She hadn't expected Helena's angry response. "Okay, fine, we're safe." Helena grumbled looking around for her boots. "Now we can go find another place to be safe. Anywhere but here."

"Helena, did you hear a word I said? The henchmen of Mad Hatter are looking for us, they are hunting us: he is using everything Barbara knows about us and all the high-tech what's its of Delphi's to trap us."

"I heard you just fine," Helena replied, dropping a hand to her wounded ribs. "We're still going. Where the hell are my boots?."

Dinah walked toward her, anger in her stance. Eyes narrowed she snapped off, "Would you stop being so damn selfish for one minute?" "What?" Helena felt her jaw drop. It was unlike Dinah to ever really get pissed at her.

"Barbara is under the control of Mad Hatter! She trapped you and gave you to him! They beat the living hell out of you for almost two days! You attacked me! You almost killed me! Barbara just sent our descriptions to the police department, they are looking for us now as criminals! We need to help Barbara before that damn device kill her and all you are thinking about is your damn father. Get the fuck over it will you please?" "Dinah..."

"We need to work as a team to rescue her and the Clocktower. If you want to put your life at risk again and Barbara's life too, for your stupid pride...well, then you know what? Fuck you!" the blond head shouted and walked out of the room.

Helena was as stunned as Alfred. They looked at each other with matching expressions of astonishment. "What a mouth! Where did she learn that? ...Alfred, she..." Helena stammered, looking directly at the butler. "Yes, I heard that." Alfred said.

"She never shouts at me... and she never says words like that. Me...yeah...but her?"

"Do you have a plan in mind Miss Helena?." Alfred asked giving her the boots she had been searching for.

"She was way out of line, right?" Helena was still stunned. "I mean how dare she?"

"Well, maybe because she is worried for Miss Barbara."

Helena exhaled and grumbled in low voice. She took the boots and sat on the couch again to put them on. She hissed in pain as her body constricted.

"What are you going to do?" Alfred asked, watching her intently.

"Eat my damn pride and help to rescue Barbara, what else?" Helena growled "Dinah is right... She is damn well right!"

Alfred smiled lightly and said to her: "I think that's an excellent idea, Miss Helena." He paused. "And yes, she is right and if I may say so, I think that's what bothers you the most."

Helena just snorted.

* * *

Helena and Dinah walked down the street that cut to the side of the Clocktower. They had been silent for the majority of the twenty minute journey.

"How do you feel?" Dinah asked, watching the way Helena was grimacing in pain with each step. "I'm okay, don't worry." Helena replied, sounding distracted. She was trying to figure out how to gain access to the Clocktower. Maybe they could go in through the basement and try climbing up the elevator shaft. The drawbacks of that idea involved a long drop and getting smashed by the car if they were discovered. The other way would be by the rooftop. They looked up at the big buiding.

"Won't be easy will it?" Dinah sighed looking up.

"Ah, who wants to do things the easy way? I mean where's the fun in that?" Helena said. "Besides, we're heroes, no?"

"So what? Does that mean we have to do really stupid and insane things that promise certain death?"

Helena winked at her. "Relax. Up is the easy part."

She jerked around when she heard the sound of a car approaching. Narrowing her eyes she realized that it was a patrol unit coming around the corner.

"Do you think they're after us?" Helena asked.

"No, I don't think... I'm sure." Dinah said at the time that the patrol increased it's speed. "Run!"

Both girls began to run to the oppositte side of the street, towards a dark alley between two tall decrepit buildings.

"Barbara changed the police files around...we're wanted criminals," Dinah shouted to her. "Why you didn't tell me that before?" Helena asked.

"I did tell you but if you recall, you were a little more focused on where we were hiding out," Dinah snapped back. Another patrol unit blocked their way to the alley. Helena pushed Dinah to her right towards a door and both entered inside the broken building. They locked the door and went up the creaky stairs.

"This place is so going to fall down around us," Dinah grunted, wrinkling her nose as a rat passed over her feet. Helena made a face of disgust. "I hate rats." She looked out of a half obscured window. "Barbara really sent everyone after us didn't she?""

"What are we going to do?"

"Keep going. We'll try to jump from the roof."

"Says you," Dinah muttered.

They arrived at the rooftop a few minutes later. Shutting the door behind them, Dinah locked the rusty bolt in place. Helena looked around. She saw the next building. Other patrols were arriving on the street and she could pick up what looked like a helicopter on the horizon.

"Just great. What exactly did she say we did?"

"You so don't want to know."

"You're probably right." She looked across at the next building. "You ready for this?"

"What?" Dinah asked stunned.

"We are going to jump, the next building is not far, is a small alley in the middle; just five meters. I can do it."

"But..."

"Just run with me and pray."

Helena took Dinah's hand and jumped. They fell on the next rooftop on their sides and bumped against a water tank. They rolled a few feet before stopping. Helena was laughing even as she was grimacing in pain. "That wasn't exactly polished and pretty." Dinah shook her head.

"Damn..." Huntress gasped holding her hurt side. "but was fun..."

"Helena?"

"We don't have time." Helena stood up putting a hand over her ribs and broke the lock of a door next to her.

They were inside an apartment building. They went down stairs but Dinah stopped suddenly. She heard noises downstairs. She looked at Huntress. "They are here."

Helena looked around, all the floors were similar, no windows. She ran by the corridor and Dinah followed her; she knocked on the door of one of the apartments.

"What are you doing?" Dinah asked.

"Looking for an exit."

A young woman was watching TV distractedly. She had the lights off; the woman heard the knocks at her door *My pizza* she thought. Without taking her eyes off of the TV she opened the door. She grunted in shock as she felt someone push her up against the wall and cover her mouth. She heard her door lock. "Don't shout, I'm not going to hurt you." A female voice said.

"What?" the girl mumbled behind the hand that covered her mouth.

"Don't worry, we just want exit by your window." Dinah said.

"Dinah?"

Helena turned her head and recognized the girl "Gabby?"

"Gabby?" Dinah asked and turned on the light.

"Uh, what's going on?" Gabby asked.

"I didn't recognize your building." Dianh said.

Helena released the blond girl and turned off the light again. "We can't explain it now, but we need your help. Could you hide us?"

"My parent's aren't here but this apartment is small... "

"She's right, it's cramped." Dinah looked at Helena.

"Will someone tell me what is going on? Dinah?" Gabby asked again.

Helena looked around. She walked toward the window. The street was full of cops. Gabby stood up next to her and looked down too.

"You two screwed up something big, eh?" Gabby said surprised.

Helena sighed and went to the door. "Sorry, we can't explain to you now, we need to go."

"Wait!!! I have an idea. Follow me" Gabby began to undress "Take off your clothes Helena."

"I'm sorry, what?" Helena demanded, eyes wide. She shot a look over to Dinah who just shrugged. "I'm trying to help you, okay? Take off your clothes." Gabby walked in her room.

"Like I haven't heard that one before," Helena snorted as she began to remove her coat. She glanced again at Dinah and then followed Gabby down the hall.

* * *

The police knocked on the doors and checked all the apartments in that building. They went to Gabby's abode. One of the officers knocked on the door. He heard a young voice inside.

"Open the door!" the policeman shouted.

"I'm coming, I'm coming" Gabby said from inside. She opened the door and a policeman faced her. "This had better be important. I was kind of in the middle of something.," she said, throwing off as much attitude as she could muster. "Sorry, we are looking for two women: white, one blond and other one has short dark hair. Both maybe five foot four?" He told her the description with his eyes on the wall, trying desperately not to look at the sheer gown she was wearing. "We need to check your apartment please."

"Okay, come in." she said crossing her arms and sitting on the coach. "Go on, and look but I hope you go fast; you interrupted us." A policeman went to the kitchen and the other one opened the closets. The leader of the team looked at the third door in the hallway; the only one that was closed. "May I?" he asked.

Gabby stood up and walked to the door, she opened the door and walked in. The policeman was shocked, only the night table light was on but what he saw was an eyeful. The sheets on the bed were a soft white but they were nothing compared to the exquisite long leg that was emerging from underneath them. He could just barely make out both the curve of a woman's breast and buttocks. He gasped when he saw a beautiful girl with brown curled hair sleeping on the mattress.

"Who is it?" the woman in the bed asked, her voice raspy with sleep.

"Don't worry honey." Gabby went to the bed and kissed the lips of the young woman. She drew the red blanket up over her, covering her breast. "Just officers keeping us safe."

"Sorry... madam..." the policeman said awkwardly. He stumbled backwards, exiting the room clumsily. "Happy now?" Gabby asked.

"Excuse us ma'am. Our apologies for the interruption," the police man said and he called his men. He apologized again, his face bright red.

"No problem."

"Have fun." He winked, seeming to have decided that he was now more amused than embarrassed.

"We are having it." Gabby smirked.

As soon as they left she locked the door and ran to her room.

"They're gone," Gabby said.

Helena took off the wig on her head. "Well that was entertaining." She offered Gabby a large smile. "Thank you."

"No problem."

Dinah slid out from under the bed. "That was really close." She looked at Helena. "And you kept moving. Did you have to keep tossing and turning like that?" "Thought you should enjoy the show too." Helena quipped. She brought the blanket up over her bare chest and looked around for her clothes. "We should go, we've already put you too much into the line of fire." "She is right." Dinah said. "You could get into some real big trouble for this."

"Then tell me what is going on? I deserve that at least." Gabby asked. "Helena what happened to you?"

"Some one confused us with criminals and sent all the police after us." Helena lied as she pulled on her pants. "Barbara is trying to fix it up right now. It's a real long story though." "You should stay here then until it all blows over," Gabby insisted. "Thanks Gabby, but we don't have time." Dinah said helping, offering Helena her short."But we will be okay."

"Are you sure?"

Dinah smiled and hugged her. "Yes, thanks."

* * *

"You never told me that your friend was lesbian!" Helena and Dinah were behind a trash container in an alley near Dark House Bar.

Dinah laughed "You never asked me."

"But she saw me naked!"

"Helena please! Many people had seen you naked!"

"That's not true!"

"Oh really? I've seen that pic Barbara has in her desk of you. It's...cute." Helena glared to her "Dinah, that's a very long story."

"I can't believe you're so shy and frankly, I don't buy that you've never tried kissing a girl."

"No comment," she muttered.

"So you are just shy then?" Dinah teased.

Helena blushed and moved nervously. "Well, I'm... is that bad?"

"Helena Kyle shy?" Dinah laughed.

"Is that bad?" Helena repeated, getting irritated.

"No, I mean not at all. It just doesn't...well it's not you. You're not shy." She shook her head. "Anyways, we should get going."