"Dick? Dick, where are you?" Kory called out, running towards where she had last seen him fighting. Rubble and bodies littered the way and black smoke rose up to meet the unusually red sky.
"Dick!" She called out again. Dread filled her and her heart pounded against her ribcage. She knew something was wrong. She had no idea how she knew. She simply did.
Everyone had teamed up to fight a particularly nasty alien invasion. The good and the bad had come together because no matter how badly they wanted to cause chaos, no one wanted to die or worse be enslaved.
Making a quick decision, Starfire launched herself in the air for an aerial view of the ground.
She frowned at what she saw below her.
Everything was red. Every single thing with the exception of two figures standing at the center of the destruction. She recognized them instantly.
No, she thought, no. I did not go through all this for it to end this way.
She dived down towards Blackfire and Dick but just as she reached them, her sister raised her hands and shot her infamous Starbolt at the man she loved, a terrifying grin decorating her face all the while. She screamed and landed next to him, tears running down her face. She pulled him onto his lap, expecting to find him dead.
"Kory." He whispered, stroking her wet cheek with a trembling hand, "I'm sorry."
She sniffed, "Hush. You are going to be fine."
"I know." He smiled, all signs of any injury gone. A sharp pain took over her and she looked down at her side.
He had stabbed her.
She fell to the ground just as he jumped up and wiped his bloodied hands on a handkerchief that had magically appeared in his hands.
"I'm sorry, love. It's not that I don't love you." He told her as if they were having a casual conversation, "It's just that I love her more." He pointed behind him.
In Blackfire's place now stood a triumphant Batwoman with a smirk on her face. She walked over to Dick and leaned against him, declaring him hers with her body language. Though how she knew Tamaran ways of showing possession was beyond her.
Starfire felt like screaming and shouting but she found that she was unable to make any sound at all. She started to crawl towards them, fully intending on clawing their faces off but they simply laughed and stalked away.
"See ya!" Dick called out, his arm around Barbara.
Kory sobbed where she lay but instead of shedding tears, red digits streamed down her face and she started to make an obnoxious beeping sound.
Beeeeeeeeeep. Beeeep. Beeeeeeep.
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Starfire woke up with a start, sweating, entangled in a blanket. She patted herself down and sighed when she found no knife or stab wound. "It was just a dream. It was simply a dream." She mumbled over and over before looking beside her.
He lay there, his face peaceful in his slumber. She smiled softly, brushing a few stray strands of hair out of where they had fallen in front of his face right before she punched his arm hard enough to cause bruising.
Dick sat up, startled, unconsciously rubbing his arm.
"What!? What happened?" He exclaimed, fully alert, looking for any signs of danger. When he found none, he turned to Kori, confused.
"How could you!? UGH!" She shreiked, getting out of bed and into the bathroom, banging the door behind her, leaving a very confused and slightly scared Nightwing in bed.
Author's Note:
Hiya! This is my first DC fanfic and I really hope you liked it. Please review and feel free to leave suggestions! No hate, please! :3