After breakfast Helena saw Barbara and the "princess" still working at the Delphi. She changed her clothes and went to the training room. Darkstrike had been the enemy at home and she didn't want that it to happen again. It would be dangerous for all. She remembered Harley Queen too; she had created chaos in the city when she had access to the Delphi. She kicked the punching bag harder and put her hands on her waist. She felt like a caged lion and began to pace, growling in low voice.

After finishing her work out, she went to the kitchen to drink some water. She noticed the Princess had gone. Barbara was alone, working at the Delphi. She put her towel around her neck and went downstairs.

"What are you doing?" she asked, nonchalantly, and standing up behind her mentor.

"Doing some research on laboratories, we will have trouble," her mentor answered, typing at her keyboard.

"Trouble?"

"Yes, we think that..."

"We?"

Barbara turned her head and glared at her. "We. Diana and I."

"Now it's Diana? Not the 'princess'?" Helena's voice couldn't hide her sarcastic tone.

"I like to be respectful with her."

"She is your 'friend', so why do you call her princess?."

"Because she is a princess and my friend, like you." Barbara sighed. "Stop being a child."

"I'm not a child." The brunette frowned.

The red head explained with a calm voice. "I don't like that you annoy my friends every time they come to visit me."

"Your friends are never inside the Clock Tower."

"Darkstrike, Wade had been inside the Clocktower; and you always made a face."

"I didn't 'make a face', and Darkstrike had two personalities and caused trouble."

Barbara took a deep breath. "I'm just asking you to be more polite. Okay? You can trust her. She is Diana, princess of amazons, Wonder Woman."

"She is Wonder Woman? She doesn't look like it."

"She is, and I must ask you to be respectful with her, first of all because she is my friend, second, because she is a princess, alright?"

"Barbara, you never go out, you don't have many friends. In all these years, I have never seen her."

The red head raised her brow. "Who and when I talk with my friends is my business, not yours."

The balcony door opened and the amazon appeared with a bag over her shoulder. "Hi, I'm back."

"She never uses doors like normal people to enter?" The brunette raised her brow.

"Like you..." Barbara grinned.

Helena rolled her eyes and moved. "Whatever, I need go, bye."

"Bye."

Diana walked toward the Delphi, looking with curiosity as Helena walked inside the elevator. "Is she still angry?" she asked.

"She always is... Don't worry about her Princess."

"May I ask you a favor, Barbara?"

"Sure." The red head took off her eyeglasses.

"Call me Diana... You always call me princess."

"Oh... sure... well, most of the time we are just online and..."

"It's okay, it's just too formal. We've know each other many years, but more as partners than friends, and now, if we are going to work on this, it's much better to each other our names, right?" Diana smiled; she had a special smile, a smile that exuded peace and made anyone feel comfortable. Like her voice, her voice always was soft but firm.

"Right." Barbara smiled back. "You are right, we spend so much time working that usually we forget we are people too."

"Exactly. I brought you the files." She took some folders out of her bag.

"Well, let's get to work."

()In comic books Oracle always calls Diana "princess".

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Helena arrived early at the Clock Tower. She had promised the kid that she's train with her. She looked around and noticed that the Delphi was alone. Barbara and the "princess" didn't seem to be near.

"Hey Helena!" Dinah greeted her from the second floor and ran toward her almost bumping into the stairs. Helena stood there looking at her.

"Hey, calm down!" the brunette said looking at the excitement in her friend.

"It's great!"

"Great?"

"Yes! Great and exciting! Don't you think so?" the blonde said unable to avoid her emotion.

"Exciting?" The brunette raised her brow.

"She is here! I never imagined I would meet her!"

"Know who?"

"Wonder Woman!"

"Ahhh..." Helena rolled her eyes.

"Yes! She is cool and fun! Did you see her?"

"Yes, this morning." The brunette looked at her nails. "Well, I came here to train as I promised... I see you are ready." Helena noticed Dinah's training outfit.

"Oh! I forgot." Dinah felt surprised. "And I asked her if she could train with me and she told me she could show me some moves. She is waiting for me in the training room." She took Helena's hand. "Come on! This will be great."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Helena stopped her. "You what?"

"Oh sorry, Helena," the blonde excused herself. "I forgot you were coming, but come on, we can train with her, she has a lot of experience and... Are you angry?"

"No, no, of course not..." The brunette tried to hide her annoyance "I just came here for you, I, I have things to do... so, you go and train with her and I can go to finish my things."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, yes... I'm sure... Don't worry, go..."

"You are so cool, Helena! Thanks!" Dinah held her neck and gave her a kiss on her cheek.

"Just remember Barbara that I work today from 8 pm to 3 am. I'll back tomorrow."

"Yes, sure!" Dinah ran upstairs. "See you later."

"Yes, yes..." Helena put her hands inside her pockets and looked around biting her lip. That was really disgusting. Dinah always waited for her to train and now... Damn She growled in a low voice and walked to the elevator. She didn't have anything to do that afternoon, but she preferred to return to her place than be there.

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Helena wasn't easy, I tried to be friendly with her but she had a wall in front of her. It seemed as if she didn't like my presence there. I think she thought I was invading her space. Barbara felt uncomfortable with her attitude and ashamed. I was wondering how she could manage and live with a stubborn girl like that. Barbara is the opposite, prudent, polite, kind, gentle.

I tried to be discreet and avoid questions about her. I was respectful of their relationship, they had been together... and I needed all my patience to handle the brunette.

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Helena was intrigued. Barbara always called her, but last night the comm had been silent. She went to Clock Tower in the morning; she found Barbara and the "princess" working again at the Delphi. That was suspicious. It was the second day that Barbara was not at school, a record. "All right, what is happening?" she asked crossing her arms.

Both women turned to look her. Barbara took off her glasses. "Nothing is happening... why?"

"Well, first, you are not at school; second: your friend is still here; third: you are still working yet at the Delphi; and fourth: you didn't call me yesterday."

"You worked all night, remember?" Barbara grinned.

"Yes... I know, I know but... you always call me whether I'm working or not!" Helena said, almost frustrated.

"You were working and we were busy."

"And you were busy with...?"

"We are doing research," Diana explained. "I have suspects that we can't prove yet. Maybe I am be wrong, we don't want jump the gun if we are not sure."

"Jump the gun?" Barbara smiled. "That's new, you got the lingo down."

"Hey, I like to be updated." Diana winked.

"Okay, okay... very funny, now what's going on?" Helena interrupted.

"I told you," Barbara took some folders and showed it to her, "we are doing research on some clues, we don't have anything yet. Wanna help? I still need to check this."

"Oh no, no..." Helena denied with her hands. "Office work is for you and the kid. I'm the one that kick ass in the street. Remember?"

Diana couldn't avoid laughing and she stood up. "Well I'll let you talk, I need to go to pick up my things. I'll back in a couple of hours."

"Okay," Barbara said. "In time for lunch, maybe I will have some answers when you get back."

"That would be marvelous. See you. Bye Helena."

"Bye" the girl answered; she observed the tall woman walking inside the elevator until it closed. She looked her mentor, who kept working at the Delphi. "Want to have breakfast with me?"

"No thanks, I ate breakfast with Diana."

"Ah.... I see... This is going to take you both much time."

"Yes, she went now to pick up some things. We are going to work a lot it will be easier if she is here. Alfred is preparing the room for her now."

"My room?" Helena opened her eyes with surprise.

Barbara smiled lightly. "Your room? You don't live here."

"But that is my room!" That idea was really unpleasant. That room had been hers and Barbara hadn't even given it to Dinah.

"Helena you moved a few years ago, you have your own apartment. You asked for that and you never sleep in 'your room'." The older woman rubbed the bridge of her nose. Helena was definitely a big child.

"But it's!"

"Helena please! I have a lot of work to do!"

"I'll go to my apartment."

"Okay, just be here tonight, we have work to do."

"Yea, yea."

Dinah walked downstairs at that moment with her school bag on her back; she watched her friend leave. She went toward Barbara. "Bad mood again?"

"When isn't she?" Barbara sighed.

"Now why she is pissed?"

"I hate that Helena is so rude with my friends or your friends. Since Diana appeared here, she is not being exactly nice to her. She came here asking me for help and I'm going to give it to her. Helena needs to learn to be gentle with people."

"Barbara, she is just jealous."

"Mmm?" Barbara turned her head to look at the blonde.

Dinah smiled. "She is always the focus of attention, it's normal. She thinks her space has been invaded. All your attention was on Diana these few days, and mine too. Knowing Wonder Woman is amazing."

"Yes, Diana is an amazing woman, not just for who she is, she is, incredible."

"Don't worry about her."

"I'm not. It's her problem, not mine."

Dinah kept silence a few seconds. She relaxed against the desk looking at her mentor. "Barbara... does she know?"

"Who knows...?"

"Does the princess know who Helena is?"

Barbara stopped typing.

"You told me she and Batman were close friends," Dinah added.

"Yes, they were.. are..." Barbara took off her glasses and rested her back on the chair.

"She didn't ask you?"

"She is very discreet and respectful. She never asks personal things. She knows about your mother and your life because you told her yesterday in the gym."

"Are you going to tell her?"

"I guess so, but I need to wait for a good moment."

"Well... I'm going to the library with Gabby."

"Okay, have fun."

"Sure."