Later that night. The elevator door opened; Helena appeared, she had a lollipop in her mouth. Diana, Barbara and Dinah were at the Delphi. The "princess" was dressed in... a swimsuit? How she could fight in a swimsuit? Well, anyway she couldn't criticize her costume, her father used to dress like a big bat and her mother as a cat; and her mentor dressed as a bat, as well. Her family was really weird, she was the only one that dressed like a normal person. She took a deep breath and walked inside. It had been difficult for her to accept Wade, even knowing he was Barbara's boyfriend, and now seeing another strange person there wasn't pleasant.

Barbara raised her head. "Where have you been? It's late, your comm is off."

"I was busy and you were working," Helena said in casual tone walking inside to the Delphi. "What's up?"

"We have problems. We think Circe is in New Gotham."

"We?" Helena took the candy out of her mouth.

"We." Barbara said with a firm voice, glaring to her.

"Who is this Circe?" Dinah asked.

Diana explained, "Circe is the most powerful of all the witches, she was trained by Hecate, the Goddess of Witchcraft, herself. Circe is the sorceress who transforms people into animals with her Bestiamorph potion. She can teleport, create complex illusions, and transform hersef to resemble anyone or anything she wishes."

"Don't tell me you believe in things like Gods and witches..." Helena frowned.

"She was born from clay." Barbara turned her chair and saw her protégés. "Hippolyta, the Queen of the amazons molded a baby out of clay. She waited for a miracle and the goddesses of Ilympus granted life to the child: Diana, that was almost 300 years ago."

"Let me explain," Diana interrupted "The goddesses gave me the soul of a child that my mom had lost 32,000 years before," Diana said with sad voice. "My mother was a prehistoric woman pregnant with a child. She was reborn in the time of ancient Greece, Hyppolyta and my amazon sisters were created by the gods of Mount Olympus to bring Glory to Gaea, the Earth Mother. Dedicated to peace, the amazons founded the city-state of Themyscira."

"That is the weirdest story that I have ever heard," Helena said.

"But it's true." Diana smiled. "The goddesses gave me powers, special gifts, speed, strength..."

"Wow!" Dinah exclaimed, excited. Her eyes shone. "You really are 300 years old?"

"Many women would feel offended by that question." Diana touched the girls shoulder and smiled. "But yes, I am... we are immortals."

"Well, the problem is Circe, she has a potion called the Bestiamorph," Barbara explained "This potion transform men into beasts."

"Men and women?" Dinah asked.

"No, just men." Barbara answered. "Diana gave me some clues, we followed them and did some research; we are sure that Circe will try to contaminate canned food."

"New Gotham has more than 15 canned food factories," Helena said.

"Yes, I found some names." Barbara showed her a computer screen with a list of five names. "All these guys are scientist. She could influence in any one of them."

"So this means..." Dinah said.

"We need to follow them."

"Okay, let's go to work." Helena said.

Barbara sent the three woman to different places. They needed to move quickly before Circe could start to put her plan into action. It was a long and boring night following people. Huntress crouched on a tall building of 30 floors, looking at the window of the building that was in front of her. She had spent more than three hours there.

"This is boring Oracle. Do you think something will happen here?"

::Be patient::

"I am... he just walked in and turned off his lights." Suddenly Huntress heard a loud noise. "Wait... something is happening." The next sound was breaking glass.

::What's going on::

"I'll tell you in a second." Huntress jumped to the next building, landing in the emergency stairway, that was in front of the doctor's apartment, and she broke the window to enter. She was shocked when she saw a big... animal inside the apartment. It was almost as tall as the ceiling with big fangs and claws. She had never seen anything like that.

"Damn..." she whispered.

::What's happening?::

Unexpectedly, the creature hit her with its long tail. She crashed against the bar, breaking bottles and the furniture. The blow had been powerful.

::Huntress?:: Oracle asked ::Are you okay?::

The crime fighter instinctively used her legs to push him back when he tried to charge against her again. She stood up and hit him but he didn't seem to feel it. He threw her several punches that she blocked, but she didn't expected him to use his tail again, and she was hit in her side with it. As she bent over, a fist smashed against her face. She fell backwards grabbing her nose, she touched blood. His growl make her turn her head, he was over her. She took a piece of broken wood and smashed it against him to make him step back. She hit him again and the beast fell to the floor.

From nowhere, she felt a blow on her back that make her fall forward. The talons of a big eagle grabbed the back of her coat and the enormous bird flew through the broken window hitting her head hard against the window frame before she could react. The eagle was incredibly fast; she shook her head and saw that it was going to crash her against the wall of the next building. All she could do was cover her head with her arms to minimize the strong impact.

The eagle released her before it flew up and she smashed with an incredible speed against the brick wall. Huntress felt everything turn black; she tried to hold onto something with her hands, but she was stunned; her body went limp and she fell more than 200 yards. She felt something take her by the back before she passed out.

"I got her," Wonder Woman said through a mic that Oracle had given to her. She had called her when she heard the sounds of fighting and the non- response of her protégé. Wonder Woman had flown at high speed to catch her an instant before she hit the ground.

::Is she okay?::

"I think so, just stunned..." Wonder Woman heard a screech. She turned and saw the big eagle behind her back. She flew up trying to avoid it but it was almost as fast as her. She flew down but the big bird was approaching dangerously. She passed her right arm around Huntress's waist and unexpectedly she turned around, surprising the eagle and hitting it hard in the back with her fist. She heard the crack of it's spinal column breaking. The eagle screeched and fell down to its death below. She took Huntress' knees with her other arm and flew toward the next building landing gently. She put her down and sat on the rooftop.

"Are you okay?" she asked examining the bleeding girl's nose.

The brunette nodded dizzily. She had been out cold for just a few seconds.

"I'll be right back, don't move." Wonder Woman flew toward the apartment where she saw the eagle had exited. The apartment was empty. She began to examine it. "Now I'm sure, Circe is trying something." She said through the mic. "Huntress was attacked by her beasts."

::Is she near there?::

"I don't think so." She kneeled looking at papers all over the floor. "Maybe he was one of the beasts. She was looking for him and he escaped. I don't know." She suddenly saw a strange metal piece on the floor inside the bedroom and picked it up.

::Take pictures and come back.::

"Alright."

A few minutes later Wonder Woman landed again on the rooftop where she had left Huntress. The girl was standing up, supporting her weight with a hand on a wall.

"How do you feel?" the princess asked trying to help the brunette, but she refused it.

"Better... thanks." Huntress said, feeling her pride hurt. "I can do this alone..."

"What happened?"

"I found a big beast inside the apartment. I have never seen anything like that. It was very big. I had knocked it over when something hit my back. When I opened my eyes I saw a brick wall in front of me and I just had time to cover my head..."

"Circe's beast, nothing pleasant." Wonder Woman put her hands on her waist. That was bad news. Circe was in New Gotham.

"Yes, they are really strong." Huntress cleaned her nose with the back of her hand. She felt stupid for letting those "beasts" knock her around so easily.

"Yes, I'm sure. Her potion turns men incredibly strong." Wonder Woman took out a cloth. "Raise you head," she told Helena.

"I can do it alone..."

"Raise your head, I'm not going to hurt you," Diana almost ordered.

Huntress raised her head in a bad mood and Wonder Woman cleaned her face and put the cloth under her nose.

"Do you always fight in a swimsuit?" The unexpected question took Wonder Woman off guard.

"Sorry?" she asked.

"Do you fight always in a swimsuit? Isn't it uncomfortable?" "It's not a swimsuit." Diana couldn't avoid laughing. "Hold it."

"Looks like one..." Huntress took the cloth with her hand.

::Please girls, come back; we need to check what you found..::

"All right," Wonder Woman said. She looked at Huntress "Oracle needs to check your nose. Wanna a ride up?"

"No thanks, I'll go on my own."

Wonder Woman knew that in some way Huntress felt angry at herself because she had been defeated by the beast. "You did well, those creatures are not from this world. Keep that in mind. It's not easy to fight against one of them and less against two. They don't fight in a clean way."

"I'll keep that in mind."

Wonder Woman turned and flew toward the sky. Huntress lowered her head. She knew she had been one of her father's best friends. She had been rude and the amazon had helped her and didn't seem be angry or annoyed with her. It was a confusing situation. Stumbling she walked toward the edge of the building holding the piece of cloth under her nose.

That was Helena Kyle. I had met heroes before but none like her. I was the sure that behind her rage and constant bad mood she was hiding something. Maybe a sad story of her life. Usually people act like that when they are mad at life. She fought incredibly, she impressed me. She loved the adrenaline rushing over all her body. Her movements were clean and fast. She fought as if her life didn't matter to her. Maybe inside, it didn't matter to her.

She intrigued me, Dinah was warm and sweet, had a lot of Barbara in her; them both were almost the same, but Helena, Helena was the bad girl of the team. Being friendly wasn't a side of her, She was a big kid always being scolded by Barbara and she seemed to love it, it was call for attention. Barbara wasn't easy too, she hid her emotions too. Both hid their emotions. They talked frequently and they were together almost all day; I could feel how much they needed one another. A strange bond kept them together, I was sure.