Note: Okay, everyone seems to be confused as hell about the last chapter,
and why it is the way it is. That was bad writing on my part. To me it was
obvious, but that's because I wrote it and I make inferences that no one
else does, so, sorry about that. Anyway, what I did in the last chapter was
jump ahead through a good portion of time. Why you ask? Because if I didn't
I would have probably wound up writing another ten chapters just to get to
that point. Frankly, I want this to end sometime this year, so I cut out
some stuff that can be explained later through little flashbacks or
whatever. Hope that cures the confusion.
Disclaimer: You know what, if I did own them, the show wouldn't have been cancelled. You know why? Cause I would've hired some better writers.
"Now now, no need for such hostility. I have a proposition for you."
Dinah stared at the man who served as her tormenter completely dumbfounded. The man who stole the love of her life, who stole her team's trust and used it against them, who knew that she would rather jam a serrated knife into her eyeball than be forced to sit in a room with him for ten minutes, was offering her a proposition. Fortunately by now it seemed that her voice was working a little bit better. "What the hell is wrong with you? You're more of a moronic asshole than I thought." Another shock spread throughout her system, and she collapsed to the floor trying not to scream in agony. It stopped and she was left quivering upon the floor.
"Well, it's nice to see that that little gadget works." Reese commented regarding her position on the floor, and taking interest in the look of pain etched upon her face. "But, really there was no need for that." This time he looked to the two men who were still in the room. "Give the remote to Helena here, and then leave."
"Of course, sir." Once the remote was exchanged the two left the room, and Helena examined her new toy.
"Don't get carried away with that now Helena." Reese warned. "I want our guest here to at least be coherent."
"Fuck you." They heard muttered from the floor.
Helena went to push the button, but Reese halted her. "Don't worry so much, she'll change her tune." As Dinah was finally making her way to a kneeling position, Reese gestured towards a chair. "Why don't you have a seat?" Dinah glared at him, but managed to make her way into the proffered seat. "Well ..." Reese trailed off indicating that he was waiting for Dinah to say something.
"What makes you think that I would accept any proposition from a low life scum bag like you?" Dinah asked with venom dripping from her words.
"I'm so glad you asked that." Reese smiled at her, and for the first time since entering his office, Dinah was afraid. "Well, you see Dinah, I don't know if you remember or not, but you've been receiving injections daily for about two weeks."
"Two weeks!" Dinah exclaimed. She hadn't thought it had been that long, and now she found herself very worried about Barbara and Alfred. "Why?"
"I want you to suffer, Dinah, that's why."
"Bastard. You couldn't handle it that she picked me over you."
Reese rose from his chair, and stalked out from behind his desk circling around Dinah like a vulture. "She didn't pick you. How dare you imply that she would prefer the company of women over men. Anything that she might have felt for you would have never gone beyond friendship, if that even existed between you two. Face it Dinah, you two were trapped alone in the woods thinking that you wouldn't be rescued, it was a simple case of temporary insanity." Reese had reached the front of her chair, and with one hand on each armrest he leaned in towards Dinah as he spoke each sentence.
"She loved me. No matter what you say, no matter how she acts now, she loved me, and I loved her. Nothing you say will ever change that." Her words were quiet, but were intense and forceful. Her eyes bore into his, and eventually he looked away, and Dinah mentally celebrated her victory.
"It doesn't matter." Reese groused walking back to his desk this time towards Helena. He looked pointedly at Dinah as he caressed Helena's shoulder's moving down her arms, then up her waist to brush the side of her breast's. Dinah was forced to use all her will power not to get up and kill Reese especially when he cupped Helena's face, and brought her in for what was definitely an R rated kiss. Looking away Dinah fought the urge to vomit and cry as she held the armrests in a white knuckled grip.
When he finally finished putting on his little show of power, he turned back to Dinah and continued. "It doesn't matter, because she's mine now." The look of lust on Helena's face burned a hole in Dinah's heart. Seeing that he had won, in his eyes at least, Reese returned to business with a smirk adorning his face.
"For the past two weeks, you have been receiving a series of daily injections." He began and paused to see Dinah's reaction. She was shocked; she hadn't known that it had been so long. "In fact, you've been receiving three a day. There were two separate drugs, one that you received around midday that all but neutralized your powers, and another one in the morning and night, which gave you a high."
"Why? What does that have to do with anything?" Dinah's head was spinning, she just didn't understand.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that the one drug is highly addictive. That's why." Reese gave her a sickeningly sweet smile.
"But ... I ... What?" Dinah was almost speechless.
"You see, I knew that you wouldn't agree to anything I asked of you, not as long as it helped me anyway. So, I came up with a plan. I figured that if I had something you needed or wanted badly enough, I could get you to do anything. I had Helena of course, but we both know that I wasn't about to give her up, so I decided on drugs. The second one was just so that I could keep you here long enough not to escape though, so you won't have to worry about that one anymore."
"I'll fight it till the end." Dinah declared vehemently.
"That's what you say now, but give it some time, and soon enough you'd be ready to give me, your sworn enemy, a blow job just to get that fix." Reese smiled at her again, and Dinah couldn't decide whether she wanted to vomit or break his jaw. In the end, she did neither. "I'm going to give you some time to think after I say what I have to say. Here's the deal Dinah, when I took over this company, I didn't realize how much competition there was, and I didn't realize that that competition made so much money. What I want you to do, is become my little assassin. If you don't agree, well, have fun with the withdrawal. Of course, what I've been giving you is so strong, and you've been taking it for so long, that it'll be incredibly painful. Might even kill you." He shrugged at the last part.
"I-I-I." Dinah could only stutter.
"Anyway, like I said, I'll give you some time to think before you give an answer. Helena, if you would show her to her new accommodations, I would appreciate it." Reese nodded towards Helena.
"Of course, love." Helena purred lowly into Reese's ear after she got off the desk.
"If she gets out of line, you know what to do." Reese said looking pointedly at the remote still clasped in Helena's hand.
In response Helena merely smiled at him. There was something not quite right about it thought, a certain something was lacking. A well of curiosity arose in Dinah at that observation making her wonder what was going on behind the scenes. Maybe Helena really was on their side and this whole betrayal was to fool Reese. That idea seemed foolish after a time however, but Dinah now had an iota of hope.
"Let's go." Helena grabbed Dinah's arm roughly, lifted her up, and began pushing her out the door.
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Dinah didn't know where the hell they were going. Whatever building they were in seemed to be filled with hallways that were carbon copies of the ones before them. If you didn't know your way, Dinah could easily imagine how simple it would be to become lost. Helena kept a firm pace that Dinah found herself almost jogging to match, not that she had any choice in the matter since every time she would try to slow down, Helena would give her a sharp nudge in the back. "Where are we going?" Dinah finally asked after the 20th hallway.
"To where you'll be staying for the next while." Helena answered simply, and continued walking.
The silence continued on with only the clack of Helena's heels providing any noise. Finally they arrived at an elevator, and Helena shoved her inside, and pressed the button leading them to abasement floor. "Remember this, your room is in basement four. If you accept Jesse's offer, then you will be allowed to leave it on occasion to carry out your missions. Maybe if you do well he'll even give you some free range."
"What if I don't accept his offer?" Dinah asked regarding Helena closely, looking for any trace of the woman she loved.
"Then prepare yourself for a living hell. You'll be begging for those drugs before long." Helena's eyes transformed to their catlike state, and she observed Dinah closely. Smirking, and seemingly trying to hold in a laugh, Helena turned back to the front of the elevator. "Look at your hands, they're already shaking."
Holding up her hands, Dinah realized that it was true, her hands were shaking. Already it was affecting her, and she had to wonder how long she could last. Suddenly she was over come by a potent burst of sadness, and she had to know. "Why Helena? Why did you do it?"
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"Hey, Hel. You know I'm really glad that we got our friendship back." Reese smiled. "It means a lot to me that after the way I acted you could forgive me."
"Well, we all make mistakes right?" Helena answered in a flippant and rhetorical manner.
"None the less, I'm very grateful towards you and Barbara. I hope that once we've caught these three Meta's our friendship will still remain." Reese said hopefully.
"There'll always be other cases." Helena teased him.
The mood between them had been a playful one, but Reese seemed to sober, and his face became serious. "Helena, I know that you and Dinah have a thing between you." Reese started.
"It's not just a 'thing'." Helena spat angrily.
"Right, sorry. Anyway, I know there's something between you two, but there was something between us once too." Reese stated placing his hand on her shoulder.
Helena sighed wearily. They had been through this a few times before and he never seemed to get the message. "Reese, you know that nothing is going to happen between us again. Maybe had all of this not happened, we'd be together, but it did, and we aren't. Deal with it." She didn't want to be so abrupt with him, but she was tired of these conversations, and it was time for them to end.
"But we can still be together. There's still that potential there. I still love you." Reese pleaded stepping in front of Helena and squeezing her arms tightly.
"But I don't love you Reese." Helena finally shouted at him. "That's the problem with me and you getting back together. It won't work because I have no feelings for you beyond friendship."
"I could change that you know." Reese's voice took on an odd tone as he said that.
"What?"
"Look into my eyes Helena. Just look into them and see the truth." Reese instructed
"Fine, but you have to promise me something." Helena finally agreed.
"Sure, what?"
"If I do this, and still feel nothing, you'll drop it."
"Of course Helena. Anything you want. Now, look into my eyes, and see our love." Reese gently took hold of her face making sure that she was always peering into his orbs of brown. Quickly she seemed to relax, and she looked as though she were sleepwalking. "Now, tell me Helena. Who do you love?"
"You."
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"I found out who I truly loved, and who truly loved me. Not some lying whore like you." Helena sneered remembering that day which hadn't been too long ago.
"When did I ever lie to you?" Dinah asked sounding broken.
"All the time. I know that you and Barbara were having an affair together." Helena threw at her.
"We kissed one time, once. How many times do we have to apologize for that? I didn't even kiss her back." Dinah ground out angrily.
"Yeah, once." Helena said sarcastically. "We're here." They stood in a large room much like a studio apartment. There were all the basic needs, a bed, kitchen, tables, chairs, a desk, and a few other things. "From now on you'll stay here. The elevator will not come down to this floor if you press the button from the inside, so don't even bother trying. Reese will phone on the black phone over there, when given a mission the elevator will come down and you will proceed to a given location. If you attempt to leave the room through any means, that collar will continuously shock you until someone notices."
"Fine." Dinah sighed, sounding defeating. She was so tired right then, just wanting to collapse on the bed in the corner of the room.
"Also, Reese has decided that I will be your primary care taker. I'll be coming down here every day to check up on you. Now, I have other things to attend to." With that said Helena turned sharply on her heel and strode from the room.
Dinah took one last look of her accommodations before crawling onto the bed, and succumbing to slumber.
Note: Yay, another chapter done. Hopefully it explained at least a few questions. I'll give a cookie to whoever knows what exactly happened to Helena during the flashback. Anywho, till next time.
Disclaimer: You know what, if I did own them, the show wouldn't have been cancelled. You know why? Cause I would've hired some better writers.
"Now now, no need for such hostility. I have a proposition for you."
Dinah stared at the man who served as her tormenter completely dumbfounded. The man who stole the love of her life, who stole her team's trust and used it against them, who knew that she would rather jam a serrated knife into her eyeball than be forced to sit in a room with him for ten minutes, was offering her a proposition. Fortunately by now it seemed that her voice was working a little bit better. "What the hell is wrong with you? You're more of a moronic asshole than I thought." Another shock spread throughout her system, and she collapsed to the floor trying not to scream in agony. It stopped and she was left quivering upon the floor.
"Well, it's nice to see that that little gadget works." Reese commented regarding her position on the floor, and taking interest in the look of pain etched upon her face. "But, really there was no need for that." This time he looked to the two men who were still in the room. "Give the remote to Helena here, and then leave."
"Of course, sir." Once the remote was exchanged the two left the room, and Helena examined her new toy.
"Don't get carried away with that now Helena." Reese warned. "I want our guest here to at least be coherent."
"Fuck you." They heard muttered from the floor.
Helena went to push the button, but Reese halted her. "Don't worry so much, she'll change her tune." As Dinah was finally making her way to a kneeling position, Reese gestured towards a chair. "Why don't you have a seat?" Dinah glared at him, but managed to make her way into the proffered seat. "Well ..." Reese trailed off indicating that he was waiting for Dinah to say something.
"What makes you think that I would accept any proposition from a low life scum bag like you?" Dinah asked with venom dripping from her words.
"I'm so glad you asked that." Reese smiled at her, and for the first time since entering his office, Dinah was afraid. "Well, you see Dinah, I don't know if you remember or not, but you've been receiving injections daily for about two weeks."
"Two weeks!" Dinah exclaimed. She hadn't thought it had been that long, and now she found herself very worried about Barbara and Alfred. "Why?"
"I want you to suffer, Dinah, that's why."
"Bastard. You couldn't handle it that she picked me over you."
Reese rose from his chair, and stalked out from behind his desk circling around Dinah like a vulture. "She didn't pick you. How dare you imply that she would prefer the company of women over men. Anything that she might have felt for you would have never gone beyond friendship, if that even existed between you two. Face it Dinah, you two were trapped alone in the woods thinking that you wouldn't be rescued, it was a simple case of temporary insanity." Reese had reached the front of her chair, and with one hand on each armrest he leaned in towards Dinah as he spoke each sentence.
"She loved me. No matter what you say, no matter how she acts now, she loved me, and I loved her. Nothing you say will ever change that." Her words were quiet, but were intense and forceful. Her eyes bore into his, and eventually he looked away, and Dinah mentally celebrated her victory.
"It doesn't matter." Reese groused walking back to his desk this time towards Helena. He looked pointedly at Dinah as he caressed Helena's shoulder's moving down her arms, then up her waist to brush the side of her breast's. Dinah was forced to use all her will power not to get up and kill Reese especially when he cupped Helena's face, and brought her in for what was definitely an R rated kiss. Looking away Dinah fought the urge to vomit and cry as she held the armrests in a white knuckled grip.
When he finally finished putting on his little show of power, he turned back to Dinah and continued. "It doesn't matter, because she's mine now." The look of lust on Helena's face burned a hole in Dinah's heart. Seeing that he had won, in his eyes at least, Reese returned to business with a smirk adorning his face.
"For the past two weeks, you have been receiving a series of daily injections." He began and paused to see Dinah's reaction. She was shocked; she hadn't known that it had been so long. "In fact, you've been receiving three a day. There were two separate drugs, one that you received around midday that all but neutralized your powers, and another one in the morning and night, which gave you a high."
"Why? What does that have to do with anything?" Dinah's head was spinning, she just didn't understand.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that the one drug is highly addictive. That's why." Reese gave her a sickeningly sweet smile.
"But ... I ... What?" Dinah was almost speechless.
"You see, I knew that you wouldn't agree to anything I asked of you, not as long as it helped me anyway. So, I came up with a plan. I figured that if I had something you needed or wanted badly enough, I could get you to do anything. I had Helena of course, but we both know that I wasn't about to give her up, so I decided on drugs. The second one was just so that I could keep you here long enough not to escape though, so you won't have to worry about that one anymore."
"I'll fight it till the end." Dinah declared vehemently.
"That's what you say now, but give it some time, and soon enough you'd be ready to give me, your sworn enemy, a blow job just to get that fix." Reese smiled at her again, and Dinah couldn't decide whether she wanted to vomit or break his jaw. In the end, she did neither. "I'm going to give you some time to think after I say what I have to say. Here's the deal Dinah, when I took over this company, I didn't realize how much competition there was, and I didn't realize that that competition made so much money. What I want you to do, is become my little assassin. If you don't agree, well, have fun with the withdrawal. Of course, what I've been giving you is so strong, and you've been taking it for so long, that it'll be incredibly painful. Might even kill you." He shrugged at the last part.
"I-I-I." Dinah could only stutter.
"Anyway, like I said, I'll give you some time to think before you give an answer. Helena, if you would show her to her new accommodations, I would appreciate it." Reese nodded towards Helena.
"Of course, love." Helena purred lowly into Reese's ear after she got off the desk.
"If she gets out of line, you know what to do." Reese said looking pointedly at the remote still clasped in Helena's hand.
In response Helena merely smiled at him. There was something not quite right about it thought, a certain something was lacking. A well of curiosity arose in Dinah at that observation making her wonder what was going on behind the scenes. Maybe Helena really was on their side and this whole betrayal was to fool Reese. That idea seemed foolish after a time however, but Dinah now had an iota of hope.
"Let's go." Helena grabbed Dinah's arm roughly, lifted her up, and began pushing her out the door.
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Dinah didn't know where the hell they were going. Whatever building they were in seemed to be filled with hallways that were carbon copies of the ones before them. If you didn't know your way, Dinah could easily imagine how simple it would be to become lost. Helena kept a firm pace that Dinah found herself almost jogging to match, not that she had any choice in the matter since every time she would try to slow down, Helena would give her a sharp nudge in the back. "Where are we going?" Dinah finally asked after the 20th hallway.
"To where you'll be staying for the next while." Helena answered simply, and continued walking.
The silence continued on with only the clack of Helena's heels providing any noise. Finally they arrived at an elevator, and Helena shoved her inside, and pressed the button leading them to abasement floor. "Remember this, your room is in basement four. If you accept Jesse's offer, then you will be allowed to leave it on occasion to carry out your missions. Maybe if you do well he'll even give you some free range."
"What if I don't accept his offer?" Dinah asked regarding Helena closely, looking for any trace of the woman she loved.
"Then prepare yourself for a living hell. You'll be begging for those drugs before long." Helena's eyes transformed to their catlike state, and she observed Dinah closely. Smirking, and seemingly trying to hold in a laugh, Helena turned back to the front of the elevator. "Look at your hands, they're already shaking."
Holding up her hands, Dinah realized that it was true, her hands were shaking. Already it was affecting her, and she had to wonder how long she could last. Suddenly she was over come by a potent burst of sadness, and she had to know. "Why Helena? Why did you do it?"
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Flashback
"Hey, Hel. You know I'm really glad that we got our friendship back." Reese smiled. "It means a lot to me that after the way I acted you could forgive me."
"Well, we all make mistakes right?" Helena answered in a flippant and rhetorical manner.
"None the less, I'm very grateful towards you and Barbara. I hope that once we've caught these three Meta's our friendship will still remain." Reese said hopefully.
"There'll always be other cases." Helena teased him.
The mood between them had been a playful one, but Reese seemed to sober, and his face became serious. "Helena, I know that you and Dinah have a thing between you." Reese started.
"It's not just a 'thing'." Helena spat angrily.
"Right, sorry. Anyway, I know there's something between you two, but there was something between us once too." Reese stated placing his hand on her shoulder.
Helena sighed wearily. They had been through this a few times before and he never seemed to get the message. "Reese, you know that nothing is going to happen between us again. Maybe had all of this not happened, we'd be together, but it did, and we aren't. Deal with it." She didn't want to be so abrupt with him, but she was tired of these conversations, and it was time for them to end.
"But we can still be together. There's still that potential there. I still love you." Reese pleaded stepping in front of Helena and squeezing her arms tightly.
"But I don't love you Reese." Helena finally shouted at him. "That's the problem with me and you getting back together. It won't work because I have no feelings for you beyond friendship."
"I could change that you know." Reese's voice took on an odd tone as he said that.
"What?"
"Look into my eyes Helena. Just look into them and see the truth." Reese instructed
"Fine, but you have to promise me something." Helena finally agreed.
"Sure, what?"
"If I do this, and still feel nothing, you'll drop it."
"Of course Helena. Anything you want. Now, look into my eyes, and see our love." Reese gently took hold of her face making sure that she was always peering into his orbs of brown. Quickly she seemed to relax, and she looked as though she were sleepwalking. "Now, tell me Helena. Who do you love?"
"You."
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"I found out who I truly loved, and who truly loved me. Not some lying whore like you." Helena sneered remembering that day which hadn't been too long ago.
"When did I ever lie to you?" Dinah asked sounding broken.
"All the time. I know that you and Barbara were having an affair together." Helena threw at her.
"We kissed one time, once. How many times do we have to apologize for that? I didn't even kiss her back." Dinah ground out angrily.
"Yeah, once." Helena said sarcastically. "We're here." They stood in a large room much like a studio apartment. There were all the basic needs, a bed, kitchen, tables, chairs, a desk, and a few other things. "From now on you'll stay here. The elevator will not come down to this floor if you press the button from the inside, so don't even bother trying. Reese will phone on the black phone over there, when given a mission the elevator will come down and you will proceed to a given location. If you attempt to leave the room through any means, that collar will continuously shock you until someone notices."
"Fine." Dinah sighed, sounding defeating. She was so tired right then, just wanting to collapse on the bed in the corner of the room.
"Also, Reese has decided that I will be your primary care taker. I'll be coming down here every day to check up on you. Now, I have other things to attend to." With that said Helena turned sharply on her heel and strode from the room.
Dinah took one last look of her accommodations before crawling onto the bed, and succumbing to slumber.
Note: Yay, another chapter done. Hopefully it explained at least a few questions. I'll give a cookie to whoever knows what exactly happened to Helena during the flashback. Anywho, till next time.