Dinah felt the cold of the iron collar around her throat. She still felt
dazed and hazy thanks to the drug that Gibson had slipped into her drink.
She tried to move but quickly found that she had no latitude available to
her due to the fact that she was tied down to a metal slab on her belly.
"They're on their way up," Oracle said to Mad Hatter, her eyes scanning the monitors. It annoyed to her no end that she couldn't see inside the elevator car that Reese and Helena thanks to a little accident that Huntress had had with the camera a few weeks earlier. He snapped his fingers and the two henchmen and Polly stood up in front of the elevator.
The door opened.
"She escaped!" Polly shouted.
Oracle and Mad Hatter looked into the elevator. Reese was lying unconscious on the hard metal floor of the car.
Oracle snapped around and slapped her hand against a red knob on her switchboard. Immediately loud blaring alarms started going off. She turned her chair and started towards the lab. "Dinah," she muttered.
One of Hatter's men stepped into the elevator car and looked upwards. He could see that the ceiling was cracked. He turned towards his companion, "She must have gone..."
Before he could get the next word out of his mouth the rest of the ceiling crumbled forward and Huntress jumped down. She struck out with her left foot and cracked the one who had been talking in the jaw. Reese jumped to his feet and punched the other goon. Both of them dropped like rocks. Reese turned to Helena and tilted his head. "Not bad."
"I'm impressed," she grinned. She reached down and started to disarm the two thugs, unloading their guns. "Look alive though, more will be on their way and I won't be at your back."
"I think I can handle myself," Reese replied, shaking his head. "Don't always need my girl to cover my ass."
"Uh huh," she laughed. "Give me your belt."
"Should I ask?'
"Reese, your belt," she said with a laugh. "And they say I'm the bad one." She took the offered accessory from Reese and tied it around the hands of both of the thugs, wrapping them together in a hug she was positive that they wouldn't be too happy about. She stood up and started to move. "Keep them away from me, okay?"
"Got it," he replied, pulling his gun. "You going to be okay?"
"Sure, go," Helena nodded. He reached out and squeezed her hand. She returned the affection and then broke away. He moved out of the elevator and went directly towards two of the henchmen who were both barreling towards him at full speed.
"On me girly," Polly hissed out at her as she charged against Huntress. Helena groaned and stuck her foot out, easily knocking Polly down. She watched as Reese fled towards the lower floor, the two thugs in tow.
Huntress looked at Mad Hatter. "This is over."
"Glad you're here. We have a lot to discuss." Oracle said, turning her chair to face Helena. She was holding her fighting sticks in her hands. "But first, I need to teach you a lesson." "Kill that annoying girl!" Mad Hatter shouted.
Barbara stood up; she had the transponder on her back.
Huntress shook her head. "Barbara, that thing hurts you! The device in your head is killing you!"
Barbara took out her escrima sticks and walked toward Helena. She threw the first punch, one which Helena easily blocked. Huntress struck out with her foot, attempting to trip her mentor. Barbara wisely moved back and, turning on her, she kicked Huntress hard in the gut making her crash against the computer table. There was a spray of glass as one of the monitors crashed to the floor and shattered. Oracle jumped over her, breaking the table. They both fell to the floor and rolled until Huntress pushed her back with her feet.
"Oracle..." Huntress stood up quickly and turned to see her mentor who was ready to attack again. "I don't want hurt you... let me help you."
"You screwed it all up!" Oracle shouted. "You are making this more difficult than it has to be. As usual." Oracle tried to hit her with the stick but Huntress jumped back. Oracle was agile and moved just as fast. Huntress kept jumping back to avoid having to trade blows with her her mentor. Mad Hatter watched the two women fight. Polly was out cold. Oracle was his last chance.
Huntress grabbed Oracle's wrist over her head. "Oracle stop this!"
Oracle pushed her back. Dinah slowly recovered her senses. She turned her head. Huntress and Oracle fought near her; her mentor hit Huntress hard under her ribs. The brunette knew she could beat Oracle but she was afraid to hurt her. That prevented her from being able to fight back in the manner that she knew she should. Dinah closes her eyes and focused her hands. She smiled in relief when the escrima sticks flew out of Oracle's hands. Oracle turned to her angrily and turned the table with Dinah on it over. "Stay out of this!" she shouted.
Huntress held her by her back and Oracle moved like a wild animal trying to free herself.
Dinah struggled to get loose, now she couldn't help, she couldn't see what was happening. She tried to yank away her binds.
Oracle pushed Huntress until she got to the clock face and hit her back against it hard, Huntress released her feeling a sharp flash of pain rip through her wounded side. Oracle took her by her lapel and slammed her head against the face. Lifting her knee up, she kicked Helena hard in the ribs knowing full well that it would hurt her opponent. The brunette moaned and fell to the ground stunned. Oracle picked up Huntress, holding her again; and threw her against the glass of the clock. The crystal broke. Huntress rolled over the ground to avoid getting cut to ribbons by the shattered glass. "Sorry Huntress," Oracle said walking out. "I'll ask you to surrender now."
"Curious, I was going to ask you to do the same," the brunette said standing up, her hand against her side.
Oracle grimaced suddenly, her hand going to the back of her head. A loud buzzing noise echoes through her skull, throwing off her balance.
"Oracle, that device is hurting you, it will kill you. Let me help you, let me take it out. Please."
Oracle looked at her, her face growing angry. She tensed her body and charged towards Helena. They began to fight again. Huntress punched her and kicked her. Oracle moved back and attacked her. She instinctively used her feet to push her and sent Oracle over the edge of the balcony.
Huntress realized what she had done and and ran toward it. "Barbara!" she screamed, her voice filled with panic.
She sighed with relief when saw her mentor holding of the border of the cornice of the window on the floor below. Huntress rested her stomach over the edge and extended her hand.
"Give me your hand," she said.
"You know I'll kill you," Oracle replied, water dripping down her face. The storm was getting worse by the moment.
"Yes, I'm sure you will," Helena agreed. "Give me your hand anyways okay?" Huntress cried out as she felt a flash of red hot pain erupt from her shoulder. She spun around to see Mad Hatter was standing behind her. He was holding a large bloody shard of glass in his hand. She slapped at him, knocking him away.
"You screwed it all up, bitch!" Mad Hatter shouted.
Huntress put a hand to her back, feeling the hot slick blood against her fingers. "You really are one sick bastard!" She kicked him and punched him twice. She pushed him against the wall, her eyes dilating. "Damn dwarf! You are going to pay for this!"
"Huntress!" she heard Barbara's voice. Huntress turned her head and then glared at Mad Hatter again.
He smiled. "She is lost."
"No, you are lost." Huntress hit him hard knocking him unconscious. She ran to the border. Huntress took Barbara's hand, but unexpectedly, Oracle pulled her down. Huntress fell on the surface below with a hard thud and grunted. She rolled to her side. Barbara climbed down quickly and pushed her hard against the wet ground. She twisted Helena's arm back and put her foot over the smaller woman's bloody wound. Her used her foot to keep Helena from moving.
"Huntress when you will learn to listen me?" Barbara asked, jamming her foot into Helena's back.
"Damn Barbara you are hurting me!"
"That's the idea," she smirked, pushing the toe of her shoe into now gaping wound in Helena's shoulder. The girl cried. Barbara was about to press harder when a jolt of pain rushed up through her body, lighting her up. She screamed in agony and dropped to her knees.
Helena jerked to her feet and stood above her mentor, looking scared. "Barbara it's that device, it's hurting you... please let me help you." She went to her and took her shoulder. "Let's go inside."
Barbara suddenly stood up and pushed her back. Huntress stumbled against the cornice and fell down, she barely caught hold of one of the ledges under the cornice with her hands. It was slippery because of the rain and she could barely keep her grip without falling. She was holding herself up with just her fingers and her back and ribs hurt like hell.
Barbara felt dizzy, she went to where Huntress was hanging. The girl tried to climb up grabbing the cornice with her hand; Barbara smiled and stepped on her fingers. Huntress growled and moved her arm back.
"Barbara stop this!" she yelled. Barbara shook her head in disdain. "Why do you always have to complicate everything?"
"Maybe because I'm as stubborn as you..." she tried to climb up again but Barbara stepped on her again. Huntress slipped back and held on desperately to the ledge. She looked down, she couldn't survive a fall so high, more than 100 floors. She forced her fingers into cracks on the wall, using them for balance.
"Looks like the infamous Huntress is in trouble now," Barbara smirked.
"They're on their way up," Oracle said to Mad Hatter, her eyes scanning the monitors. It annoyed to her no end that she couldn't see inside the elevator car that Reese and Helena thanks to a little accident that Huntress had had with the camera a few weeks earlier. He snapped his fingers and the two henchmen and Polly stood up in front of the elevator.
The door opened.
"She escaped!" Polly shouted.
Oracle and Mad Hatter looked into the elevator. Reese was lying unconscious on the hard metal floor of the car.
Oracle snapped around and slapped her hand against a red knob on her switchboard. Immediately loud blaring alarms started going off. She turned her chair and started towards the lab. "Dinah," she muttered.
One of Hatter's men stepped into the elevator car and looked upwards. He could see that the ceiling was cracked. He turned towards his companion, "She must have gone..."
Before he could get the next word out of his mouth the rest of the ceiling crumbled forward and Huntress jumped down. She struck out with her left foot and cracked the one who had been talking in the jaw. Reese jumped to his feet and punched the other goon. Both of them dropped like rocks. Reese turned to Helena and tilted his head. "Not bad."
"I'm impressed," she grinned. She reached down and started to disarm the two thugs, unloading their guns. "Look alive though, more will be on their way and I won't be at your back."
"I think I can handle myself," Reese replied, shaking his head. "Don't always need my girl to cover my ass."
"Uh huh," she laughed. "Give me your belt."
"Should I ask?'
"Reese, your belt," she said with a laugh. "And they say I'm the bad one." She took the offered accessory from Reese and tied it around the hands of both of the thugs, wrapping them together in a hug she was positive that they wouldn't be too happy about. She stood up and started to move. "Keep them away from me, okay?"
"Got it," he replied, pulling his gun. "You going to be okay?"
"Sure, go," Helena nodded. He reached out and squeezed her hand. She returned the affection and then broke away. He moved out of the elevator and went directly towards two of the henchmen who were both barreling towards him at full speed.
"On me girly," Polly hissed out at her as she charged against Huntress. Helena groaned and stuck her foot out, easily knocking Polly down. She watched as Reese fled towards the lower floor, the two thugs in tow.
Huntress looked at Mad Hatter. "This is over."
"Glad you're here. We have a lot to discuss." Oracle said, turning her chair to face Helena. She was holding her fighting sticks in her hands. "But first, I need to teach you a lesson." "Kill that annoying girl!" Mad Hatter shouted.
Barbara stood up; she had the transponder on her back.
Huntress shook her head. "Barbara, that thing hurts you! The device in your head is killing you!"
Barbara took out her escrima sticks and walked toward Helena. She threw the first punch, one which Helena easily blocked. Huntress struck out with her foot, attempting to trip her mentor. Barbara wisely moved back and, turning on her, she kicked Huntress hard in the gut making her crash against the computer table. There was a spray of glass as one of the monitors crashed to the floor and shattered. Oracle jumped over her, breaking the table. They both fell to the floor and rolled until Huntress pushed her back with her feet.
"Oracle..." Huntress stood up quickly and turned to see her mentor who was ready to attack again. "I don't want hurt you... let me help you."
"You screwed it all up!" Oracle shouted. "You are making this more difficult than it has to be. As usual." Oracle tried to hit her with the stick but Huntress jumped back. Oracle was agile and moved just as fast. Huntress kept jumping back to avoid having to trade blows with her her mentor. Mad Hatter watched the two women fight. Polly was out cold. Oracle was his last chance.
Huntress grabbed Oracle's wrist over her head. "Oracle stop this!"
Oracle pushed her back. Dinah slowly recovered her senses. She turned her head. Huntress and Oracle fought near her; her mentor hit Huntress hard under her ribs. The brunette knew she could beat Oracle but she was afraid to hurt her. That prevented her from being able to fight back in the manner that she knew she should. Dinah closes her eyes and focused her hands. She smiled in relief when the escrima sticks flew out of Oracle's hands. Oracle turned to her angrily and turned the table with Dinah on it over. "Stay out of this!" she shouted.
Huntress held her by her back and Oracle moved like a wild animal trying to free herself.
Dinah struggled to get loose, now she couldn't help, she couldn't see what was happening. She tried to yank away her binds.
Oracle pushed Huntress until she got to the clock face and hit her back against it hard, Huntress released her feeling a sharp flash of pain rip through her wounded side. Oracle took her by her lapel and slammed her head against the face. Lifting her knee up, she kicked Helena hard in the ribs knowing full well that it would hurt her opponent. The brunette moaned and fell to the ground stunned. Oracle picked up Huntress, holding her again; and threw her against the glass of the clock. The crystal broke. Huntress rolled over the ground to avoid getting cut to ribbons by the shattered glass. "Sorry Huntress," Oracle said walking out. "I'll ask you to surrender now."
"Curious, I was going to ask you to do the same," the brunette said standing up, her hand against her side.
Oracle grimaced suddenly, her hand going to the back of her head. A loud buzzing noise echoes through her skull, throwing off her balance.
"Oracle, that device is hurting you, it will kill you. Let me help you, let me take it out. Please."
Oracle looked at her, her face growing angry. She tensed her body and charged towards Helena. They began to fight again. Huntress punched her and kicked her. Oracle moved back and attacked her. She instinctively used her feet to push her and sent Oracle over the edge of the balcony.
Huntress realized what she had done and and ran toward it. "Barbara!" she screamed, her voice filled with panic.
She sighed with relief when saw her mentor holding of the border of the cornice of the window on the floor below. Huntress rested her stomach over the edge and extended her hand.
"Give me your hand," she said.
"You know I'll kill you," Oracle replied, water dripping down her face. The storm was getting worse by the moment.
"Yes, I'm sure you will," Helena agreed. "Give me your hand anyways okay?" Huntress cried out as she felt a flash of red hot pain erupt from her shoulder. She spun around to see Mad Hatter was standing behind her. He was holding a large bloody shard of glass in his hand. She slapped at him, knocking him away.
"You screwed it all up, bitch!" Mad Hatter shouted.
Huntress put a hand to her back, feeling the hot slick blood against her fingers. "You really are one sick bastard!" She kicked him and punched him twice. She pushed him against the wall, her eyes dilating. "Damn dwarf! You are going to pay for this!"
"Huntress!" she heard Barbara's voice. Huntress turned her head and then glared at Mad Hatter again.
He smiled. "She is lost."
"No, you are lost." Huntress hit him hard knocking him unconscious. She ran to the border. Huntress took Barbara's hand, but unexpectedly, Oracle pulled her down. Huntress fell on the surface below with a hard thud and grunted. She rolled to her side. Barbara climbed down quickly and pushed her hard against the wet ground. She twisted Helena's arm back and put her foot over the smaller woman's bloody wound. Her used her foot to keep Helena from moving.
"Huntress when you will learn to listen me?" Barbara asked, jamming her foot into Helena's back.
"Damn Barbara you are hurting me!"
"That's the idea," she smirked, pushing the toe of her shoe into now gaping wound in Helena's shoulder. The girl cried. Barbara was about to press harder when a jolt of pain rushed up through her body, lighting her up. She screamed in agony and dropped to her knees.
Helena jerked to her feet and stood above her mentor, looking scared. "Barbara it's that device, it's hurting you... please let me help you." She went to her and took her shoulder. "Let's go inside."
Barbara suddenly stood up and pushed her back. Huntress stumbled against the cornice and fell down, she barely caught hold of one of the ledges under the cornice with her hands. It was slippery because of the rain and she could barely keep her grip without falling. She was holding herself up with just her fingers and her back and ribs hurt like hell.
Barbara felt dizzy, she went to where Huntress was hanging. The girl tried to climb up grabbing the cornice with her hand; Barbara smiled and stepped on her fingers. Huntress growled and moved her arm back.
"Barbara stop this!" she yelled. Barbara shook her head in disdain. "Why do you always have to complicate everything?"
"Maybe because I'm as stubborn as you..." she tried to climb up again but Barbara stepped on her again. Huntress slipped back and held on desperately to the ledge. She looked down, she couldn't survive a fall so high, more than 100 floors. She forced her fingers into cracks on the wall, using them for balance.
"Looks like the infamous Huntress is in trouble now," Barbara smirked.
