-CHAPTER THREE-
"I am going to go find her." Helena said, getting up off the floor next to the wall, which Dinah had thrown her against.
Helena's head was still throbbing from the impact.
"Just be careful… Helena." Barbara said, wheeling out of the room.
"Don't forget to keep your comms on!" Barbara yelled.
"Yes… I know!" Helena shouted back at Barbara, running out off the room to search for Dinah.
The car that had been following Dinah stopped, seeing that it was the right time to strike. The two men sitted at the back of the car slowly got out, not wanting the target to see them. They slowly walked toward her. Dinah was walking with her head tilted towards the ground. One can tell she wasn't in the right frame of mind. When the thugs got close enough to grab her, she turned around at the last minute, right when one of the men punched Dinah in the face.
Dinah fell to the ground, stunned from the impact of the man's fist. The men held Dinah to the ground while the other man took hold of the rope he had in his jacket and tied Dinah's hands together. Dinah didn't even fight back, not caring about anything. All that she had in her mind was that she had let down everyone who ever cared for her.
The man that was holding her down punched her in the face again, this time effectively knocking her unconscious.
"Harley was right! She was not hard to get at all!" The man, who was picking the target up, said.
He threw her into the car, which the driver had driven up next to them while they had been getting the target ready. The two men jumped into the backseat, and they drove away with their catch.
They didn't notice someone was hiding in the shadows not far from them, watching the whole incident happened.
Later, the car stopped, arriving at a rundown apartment. They got out of the car and one of them picked Dinah up in his arms, carrying her inside while the rest followed.
Helena jumped to the next building. She had been looking around for Dinah for three hours, but there was still no sign of Dinah anywhere. She went to No Man's Land to see if she was there, but she wasn't. Where the hell could she have gone?
Helena stopped in her tracks. "Barbara?"
Helena did not hear anything from the comms.
"Barbara, are you there?"
Helena still didn't catch a single sound from the redhead.
"Barbara!" Helena yelled into the comms with frustration. Again, still not a sound. Why is Barbara not answering me?
Helena ran to the next building and jumped, landing smoothly on the roof before running towards the Clocktower.
Barbara was at the Clocktower when she heard the sound of the elevator.
"Helena?" Barbara called out.
She turned her chair around to look at Helena, but it wasn't her standing there. It was the Joker standing right before her. Barbara backed up instantly, her eyes wide with horror. The Joker slowly raised a gun.
"No! No!" Barbara yelled, trying to move away from the Joker, but she found herself glued to the spot, too shock to do anything. "This can't be happening! It just can't…"
The Joker pulled the trigger of the gun and fired it.
Barbara jerked back as she was shot in the stomach. She hit the floor.
"Knock, knock…!"
Barbara Gordon slowly turned her head to look at the Joker, crying.
"Who's there?"
The Joker held the gun out in front of him and aimed it on Barbara. "Batgirl… past tense." The Joker said, laughing hysterically.
Barbara was on the floor and a large pool of blood starting flowing from underneath her.
The Joker walked closer and stood over Batgirl. "It's been a long time… Batgirl!"
Barbara just stared at the Joker.
"You're speechless…" He laughed again.
"This isn't real…!" Barbara yelled.
"Oh… Batgirl it is! It is…!"
"NO!" Barbara yelled before blacking out.
"Barbara!" Helena shouted anxiously as she left the elevator.
She searched the place for Barbara. She went up to the Delphi and that was when she saw Barbara on the ground with blood pooling all around her.
"Barbara!"
Helena ran up to her mentor and got on her knees.
"Barbara! Oh… God! No!"
Helena held Barbara in her arms.
"Barbara! You can't die…!" Helena yelled, shaking her to get her to open her eyes.
"Barbara! Please… wake up!" Helena started crying.
She picked Barbara up from the ground and walked to the elevator. "Don't you dare die on me! You hear me… don't you die on me!"
Helena stepped into the elevator. "I won't let you die!" Helena said.
The elevator door closed behind them.
"Someone… Please help!" Helena shouted at the top of her voice as she ran into the hospital.
Blood drenched her clothes and dripped to the floor, creating an unsightly trail as she made her way through the crowd of stunned onlookers at the hospital. Helena was desperately trying to find a doctor for help.
A nurse rushed to their aid. "What happened?"
"Please, just help her! Please!"
Other nurses came running to them, wheeling a bed over. Helena, with the help of the nurses, placed Barbara on it and wheeled her to the operating theater, Helena started following them down the hallway but was stopped by one of the nurses.
"You can't go with us!"
"No! I have to go with her!" Helena yelled at her.
"Sorry, but you can't! You have to wait in the waiting room."
"Fine! But you better come and tell me when she is out of danger!" Helena shouted impatiently and went to the waiting room area. "Destiny is going to be very sorry when I get hold of her! No one messes with my family! No one!"
Destiny sat up from the couch which she was sitting on. She looked at Harley and Joker, smiling. "So?" Harley said.
"It went well, very well. Batgirl won't be seeing the light of day any time soon!"
"Good… this is very good!" Harley smiled. "Let's go see how our guest is doing."
"What about the Huntress?" The Joker said, coming close to Harley and Destiny.
"Don't worry about her, I have something big planned for her… something very big." Harley replied, not wanting to let in on the surprise.
Destiny, Harley, and the Joker walked out of the room, the door slamming hard behind them.
Dinah was lying on the hard concrete ground. Her hands were now chained together. One of her legs was shackled and had a small chain attached to it and this was connected to the wall behind her. Dinah also had a small device around her neck which prevented her from using her telekinesis power. It also served as an electric collar. The door opened to the room, and the three villains walked in.
"I see our little guest isn't up." Harley said as she reached for a device in her pocket.
"Why don't we give her a big wake up call…"
Harley pushed the button on the device. Dinah's body jerked forward as her was jolted by the electricity surging through her body. Dinah screamed in pain from the ordeal.
Everyone in the room was laughing at what was happening, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
"Let me have a turn my sweetheart!"
"Here you go, honey!" Harley said throwing the device to him, which he caught it with one hand.
The Joker pushed the button, laughing maniacally.
"Stop…! Please… no… more… please!" Dinah yelled in pain.
Harley walked up to Dinah and pulled her head back by clutching a lump of her hair in her hands. "Oh… Canary… this is just the beginning!"
Harley let go of Dinah and stood up, peering down at her. "Why don't we have a little bit more fun…"
Harley turned to Destiny. "You know what to do!"
Harley and her lover left the room, leaving Destiny to do her handy work.
Destiny approached Dinah who was lying on the ground, writhing in pain. "Now it's you and me… my little child."
Destiny knelt down next to Dinah, placing her hands on the kid's face and in an instant she entered Dinah's mind.
Dinah was at a graveyard looking around.
"You failed to use…" a voice said from somewhere.
"Stop! Stop it… please… I know… I know! I failed!"
Dinah turned around to find the source of the voice. She could see three graves in front of her.
"Noooo…" Dinah cried looking at the three stones and the names etched on them.
Dinah fell to the ground as if all the energy has been sapped away from her and cried. Just then, she saw a knife lying next to her and not really knowing or caring where it came from, she picked it up…