The next day Barbara was working at the Delphi, Dinah and Helena were with her looking at the monitors.

"I got these pictures from the doctor's apartment. One of them shows a plan," Barbara explained and opened another screen. "Those pictures of the plans are similar to the New Gotham water treatment plant."

"That sounds really bad," Helena said.

"I did research on the missing doctor, the one that Helena was keeping an eye on," Dinah interrupted. "I found that he also works at the New Gotham water treatment plant."

"That was very smart, Dinah." Barbara smiled.

"So... that beast that I fought was the doctor?" Helena asked standing up behind her.

"I guess so." Diana opened the balcony door. She had been looking for more traces of the missing doctor, unsuccessfully "And the metal piece that I found?"

Oracle went to her computer and began typing. "It's a key, the logo on one of the sides, let me identify it easily."

"We can go there to investigate."

"You two go to the New Gotham water treatment plant," Barbara said to Wonder Woman and Huntress. "Dinah, I need you to come with me. We are going to visit Dr. Smith's office, he's the last one on the list; he is an old friend of mine."

"Back up?" Dinah raised her brow.

"Yes, I don't know what I will find there. If Circe is around here; she will try something against him."

"Okay."

"Helena take this." Barbara gave her a small object with a string around it, like a pen. "Put it inside the water tanks, if the signal at the top turns red, it means that the water is contaminated."

"Okay." Helena walked toward the elevator.

"And... Helena?" Oracle looked her protégé. "Be nice please."

"Yea, yea."

Diana smiled. Oracle looked at her and said in low voice. "Be patient with her."

"I will." The amazon patted her shoulder and went to the balcony. "Don't worry."

Wonder Woman and Huntress went along opposite sides of the New Gotham water treatment plant. It was big. Wonder Woman went to the lab and Huntress to the water tanks. The brunette began to check each one, there were ten.

::How is it going, Huntress?:: Wonder Woman asked.

"Six now, clean. Maybe we are wrong." The brunette kneeled at the seventh tank and moved the small computer inside using the string. She checked the time with her watch. "And you?"

::Nothing yet, I'll keep an eye on the storage room.::

"Right." Huntress raised the small computer and pressed a button. "Bingo!" she said. "I found one..."

::Are you sure?::

"It's one of the reserve tanks... it's contaminated with a strange substance... eighty percent."

::That's too much.::

"I'll disconnect this one and check the other ones." Huntress felt danger. She crouched and looked behind her back. The place seemed to be empty. She heard a growl over her head and ducked just in time to avoid a big beast falling on her. It was the same one that had been at doctor's apartment last night. "Hi, nice to see you too," she said. She jumped to avoid his tail sweeping at her. "That wasn't nice." She hit him twice and the beast moved back. She heard another growl at her back. Another beast appeared on the other side of the handrail where she was. She ran toward it and kicked it with both legs making it fall.

She turned to find the other beast on its feet. She grinned and attacked. The beast stumbled back and fell down. "One." She heard a screech. She saw two big eagles flying toward her.

She rolled to avoid them. Another beast, similar to a monkey, jumped from the floor to the handrail. "Dammit, I'm in a zoo." She hit the big monkey with her fist.

::Huntress, are you all right?:: Wonder Woman asked.

"I have a party now, would you like to join us?" Huntress kicked another beast. One of the eagles flew toward her, she bent down in time and the big bird hit the monkey. She stood up again and continued fighting against the strange animals. The tail of one of the beasts took her ankle and make her hit the ground. She kicked it with her other free leg. Wonder Woman punched one of the eagles that was flying toward her.

"Behind you!" the amazon shouted to Huntress, and at the same time smashed the beast that was grabbing Huntress' leg with both fists.

The brunette rolled in time to avoid the other big animal stepping on her. "Where did they come from?" she growled.

"I don't know," Wonder Woman answered hitting the monkey "Circe's guys I presume."

Helena hit two beasts with both hands. She felt a blast of energy hit her back; was a painful sensation. Huntress bent down and one of the beasts coiled its tail around her neck. She turned and charged against it hitting its chest with her head. Both feel inside a water tank.

"Circe!" Wonder Woman turned when she saw her old enemy in the mid-air.

"What are you doing here?" Circe threw a blast of energy at her that she blocked using her bracelets. She began to fly in circles trying to avoid the eagles and the shots of Circe against her.

The beast pressed Huntress' neck forcefully inside the tank water. She struggled trying to get free and kicked it in the gut. The beast released her, she tried to swim up but the beast held her waist and pulled her down again. She needed to breathe. She used both fists and smashed one of the tanker walls breaking it.

"What the...?" Circe exclaimed.

The water mixed with the poison flooded over the floor. Huntress and the beast rolled out.

"Stop this madness, Circe!" the amazon princess shouted hitting an eagle with her fist.

The sorceress laughed. "I don't know what you are doing here, but I promise it will be the last time that you bother me!" She raised her hand and shot a blast light at her enemy. Wonder Woman raised her bracelets to stop it.

Huntress coughed, she had swallowed so much water. She put her hands on the floor and kneeled; she felt her senses overwhelmed and her pupils changing from normal size to cat slits in a fast way. She closed her eyes and rested her forehead on the floor; her body felt numb and her breathing turned faster. "Oracle..." she gasped.

::I'm here.::

The brunette heard an involuntary growl from herself. "I... I'm feel..." she said almost with a whisper taking her hand to her chest.

::Huntress? Are you alright?::

The girl couldn't respond, she hit the ground and curled up, feeling as if she was falling into a deep hole. The monkey jumped over her and raising her over his head he threw her against another of the water tanks.

Circe was like a mad woman throwing energy balls at Wonder Woman energy that she blocked with her bracelets. The amazon kept flying in circles avoiding her magic energy balls.

Huntress crawled on the floor; the monkey went against her again. He took her arm. She reacted violently and hit him with incredible strength. Easily she knocked down three more beasts that tried to attack her. She gave a growl that wasn't human. Wonder Woman turned when she heard her growl.

"Wow... I never expected this," Circe exclaimed surprised looking her too "Seems as your friend was affected by my potion... Interesting... How could it be?" she looked at Wonder Woman. "Who is she?"

Huntress took a deep breath and looked around without understanding what was happening. Two more beasts appeared and attacked her. She charged against them and one of her kicks 7hit one of the beast sending it through the wall. Wonder Woman noticed something was wrong with her; she was strong, but not enough to do that. Circe tried to blow Wonder Woman away again with her energy blast taking advantage of her distraction, the amazon barely avoided it raising her hand in time.

Huntress ran toward the wall and smashed it with her body breaking the bricks. Wonder Woman continued avoiding the blasts of energy with her bracelets and looked at what the girl had done to the wall. Something was wrong. She needed to follow her, Circe would wait. She reflected one of the energy balls back at Circe. The sorceress was smashed with her own power. The amazon flew toward the hole that Huntress had made.

"Stop her!" Circe shouted to her beasts.

As soon as she exited the room, two big birds attacked her. She flew to avoid them. They began to follow her, she needed all of her ability to avoid them. She took her magic lasso to hold one and knocked the other one with her fists. She looked around searching for Huntress but she had gone.

Barbara and Dinah were in the hummer returning to Clock Tower after visiting the doctor. Barbara was driving at high speed toward the New Gotham water treatment plant after the last call of Huntress.

::Oracle, we have a problem:: they heard Diana's voice. "Can you find Huntress with your equipment?"

"What happened?"

::Circe. She appeared. Huntress fell inside one of the tanks with the potion. Something happened to her. I'm flying in circles trying to find her.

"The potion doesn't affect women," Oracle told her. Dinah opened the laptop an typed on the keyboard.

::I know, but it affected her in some way. She broke a brick wall and hit the beasts that were attacking her with an incredible strength, she wasn't herself.::

"She changed into something?"

::No, and I don't know how it affected her exactly, but she ran away after knocking the beasts out. Circe sent two big eagles behind me and when I went back to follow Huntress she had disappeared.::

"I got her..." Dinah said. "She is three miles to your right, is moving to the north... very fast. Madison street."

Without warning, Barbara turned the hummer screeching the wheels. Dinah hit her side against the door. "Hey careful!" she exclaimed.

"I've told you so many times use the seat belt."

"Right, right." Dinah took the seat bell and buckled it. Securely.

Huntress jumped over a rooftop, she crouched and raised her nose; she smelled food. She turned her head looking around to figure out from where the smell was coming. Finally, she found it and ran toward it jumping between buildings. A few seconds later she was in the back of a bakery. She looked through the window and tried to enter but the door was closed. Angry she broke it with a kick and walked in. The smell was strong. She opened a door and saw a place was full of cakes and pudding. She went toward one of the counters and took some cakes sitting on the floor to eat them.

"An alarm was activated in a cake shop..." Dinah said. "I guess it's Huntress, her signal is there too."

::Copy that:: Wonder woman said.

"What is she doing in a cake shop?" Oracle asked, pressing the accelerator.

"She's always hungry."

"Damn," Oracle cursed.

Diana landed at the back of the cake store. She saw the broken door and she walked in. The place was in darkness. She heard noises at the front and walked toward it. She slowly opened the door that connected the kitchen with the store. On the floor there were several pieces of bread and cake but Huntress wasn't there.

She looked around, her eye stopped on a footprint in meringue; she kneeled next to it. Suddenly, she heard a growl and felt a hard blow on her back. Helena has sensed the intruder and she had hidden to surprise her. Wonder Woman rolled and prepared to attack but the girl had gone. The door to the kitchen was moving.

Hermes! She is really fast. Diana thought to herself and ran behind the brunette.

Huntress jumped between buildings. Wonder Woman landed in front of her making her stop her crazy run. Huntress crouched on the ground, hissing in annoyance and growling threateningly. Diana observed her, her eyes were feral. She never had seen anything like that and there was a strange orange color to her iris. And she definitely wasn't herself.

"Huntress?" The amazon stepped toward her. "Calm down, it's Diana."

The brunette moved back and looked around for a place to escape. Diana began to walk slowly toward her. Huntress tried to move to her left but Wonder Woman blocked her way. She growled and moved back again.

"We need to go home," the princess said with soft voice. "You need help, come with me."

Huntress attacked her; Wonder Woman grabbed her wrists. They struggled. The girl moved like a wild cat. The princess put her arm around her neck trying to control her without injuring her. Huntress grumbled and jumped with Wonder Woman on her back and turned in the air smashing the amazon's back hard against the ground.

"Ouff!!" The princess released Huntress; the young woman stood up and crouched defensively.

"You hit like a mule." Diana coughed standing up.

::Wonder Woman. Did you find her?:: Oracle asked.

"Yes, I guess she is pissed, she didn't like that I interrupted her lunch time. The poison has made her extremely strong and she doesn't recognize me."

Huntress circled her, preparing to attack again.

::Listen to me.:: Oracle said ::She is very fast using her hands and she usually use kicks and jumps to fight. Try to keep your distance, so she can't hit you.::

"Got it..." Wonder Woman moved her hand to her magic lasso. "Calm down, Huntress... I don't want to hurt you." She slowly removed it and began to move it over her head.

The movement caught the brunette's attention. Her eyes were fixed on the lasso moving over Wonder Woman's head.

"That's it... don't move... everything will be okay." She threw it at Huntress but the girl took it with her hand hissing and pulled it. The movement took the amazon off guard and she flew against a billboard with such force that she broke it. The spotlights that lit it exploded and it burned.

Oracle and Dinah heard the explosion from the street.

"What the hell?" Oracle groaned and looked up in time to see that the billboard was falling over her. Oracle put the Hummer reverse and pressed the accelerator to avoid the billboard.

"Don't go so far!" Dinah shouted to Oracle, she saw Wonder Woman falling too and moved her hand to stop her fall. Oracle stopped a few meters back and looked at the big fire in front of her, stunned. Diana was frozen a few meters above it. She looked at her protégé who had her arm extended.

"Now, you have really impressed me," Oracle said.

Wonder Woman took a second to recover. She noticed she was floating in id- air. Whatever had stopped her fall had impeccable timing. She saw the hummer and flew toward it, landing on Oracle's side.

"Are you all right?" Oracle asked.

"Yes... I..." she looked up still not understanding what had happened.

"Dinah, it was Dinah." Oracle explained.

"Uh? Thanks," Wonder Woman said. "Your protégé are really good." She rubbed her chin.

"Where is she?"

"She ran away again. She moves like a damn cat."

"Maybe you didn't notice, but she is." Oracle looked at Dinah "Where is she now?"

Dinah took the laptop again and put it on her knees. "Still on top of the building."

Diana looked up and flew up at high speed. She looked down. "I don't see her."

::The signal shows her there:: Dinah said.

::Yes, she is right::

"The place is empty." Diana examined the place and discovered the necklace on the roof. She picked it up. "I have bad news, while we were fighting her necklace fell off her neck."

::Damn!:: Oracle growled.

"I'll fly around up here, we must find her."

::Dinah and I will look down here.::

We had lost the rebellious girl. That was not good. She was almost impossible to control in all her senses and now, in her feral mode, things would turn worse. I looked around the city all night, but I couldn't find her. I knew Barbara was in anguish for her; I was too, we didn't know how the potion had really affected her and the consequences of it. I stopped my search when the morning arrived. I thought we needed to think a bit about where she could be and lay out a plan.