"You were stalking me! Why?" Helena demanded.
This was the first thing she'd said to him in weeks. He would have been glad about it, if this wasn't happening.
Just as Helena and Ferrando had been walking, they had been surprised. Or rather, Helena and Ferrando had been surprised. Terry really hadn't.
"I had a feeling something like this would happen." Terry answered.
Helena looked furious, she looked at her mother.
"You didn't know, Mai!" she begged.
After not receiving answer, she saw that Selina did know. Again.
"He wasn't stalking-" Selina began.
"I can look after myself!" Helena interrupted. "But it seems to me that Nando must have been their target."
She now seemed to have regained some control over herself, and looked absolutely calm. The whole thing seemed to have affected her very little. Apart from the fact that Ferrando had been kidnapped, and she herself had narrowly escaped, she seemed completely unscathed.
"You don't seem too upset by it. It seemed to me Nando is someone you really cared about." said Terry.
Helena ignored him. She was already angry enough with herself for having spoken to him.
"I know you probably don't like the media, so you won't say anything. I don't think this kind of publicity will do his image any good."
"You're worrying about his image!" he asked.
"He is worried about it, too, I know."
"The important thing is you're fine. And I'm sure Nando will be, too." said Selina.
"We-We'll find him."
She stood up.
Seeing that her cats stood up and walked over to her, Terry said, "'We're' not doing anything."
"And what if I do want to go!" she challenged.
"You're not going anywhere. You're staying here." Bruce said firmly.
Helena looked startled. She blinked and looked away. She didn't seem to want to contradict him. Or maybe she just didn't want to acknowledge he was in the room.
"Don't you dare speak to Helena that tone!" said Selina.
She went behind her mother. Seeing as she didn't like the way her daughter had been spoken to, Terry was sure Selina, or anyone else had never spoken to Helena in that way before. She seemed to be more upset now than she had been before.
"What if I don't want to stay." she turned to her mother.
"You are! And I'm not letting you out of my sight."
Selina glared at him.
"Y-You are my own personal wardens?"
She looked around the room.
"No, but we don't want the same thing that happened to Ferrando to happen to you." said Selina.
"But it was shown that the whole thing, it was just a lie. He was only acting. I still don't understand how people could possibly have fallen for it in the first place! I really didn't think anyone would think it could possibly be real."
"Obviously you didn't think." said Terry.
"But this was all my idea. If only I had never come up with this stupid idea, then none of this would have happened. I'm really starting to wish none of it ever had! I don't want you to be mad at me, Mai."
"Don't worry, it will be fine."