THUD

Kayla looked out of new apartment in Gotham she had recently moved in being on the first floor. She stepped out she gasped as she saw the crumpled body of Red Robin. "Oh, no" she said. She went over to him to see the reason he fell. As a newly graduated LPN she drug him in her apartment whoever hurt might be around so she hurried. He was lighter than she thought. She pulled him on her bed and took off his shirt and saw what was going on. "Ok. You can do this. I can't ruin his I.D. so Gotham General is out of the question."

RR Pov

I woke up, I tried to sit up but found I couldn't. My ribs where bandaged, I wasn't in the batcave, it was a small room. My head throbbed I tried to think what happened drawing a blank. A young woman with light brown hair walked in. "Hello, Red Robin my name is Kayla, I found you outside my apartment building. I'm a LPN, I took care of you the best I could. Who can I contact to get you?"

She looked too young to be a LPN. I reached up my mask was in place. I sighed. "Thank you, Kayla normally people just leave me in the streets. What happened to me this time?" I was still thinking on the last question she had asked me.

She pulled out a notebook and read off of it, "Knife wounds on both sides of chest, blood loss, a nasty gash on your head, and at least two broken ribs." She looked at me. "I would have taken you to the hospital, but I figured you would want to keep your I.D. a secret."

I looked around at her. "Thank you for everything, I hope I haven't been too much trouble."

"You haven't. Do you want anything to eat or drink? I have some coffee or tea or cream of chicken soup or macaroni and cheese." I was thirsty and hungry so I replied, "Coffee sounds great and so does the cream of chicken soup." She turned around and walked out of the room. I looked around my shirt and cape were folded on a chair, my belt beside them. I hated to admit it, but it looked like Kayla bandaged me as well or even better than Alfred.

Kayla came back with a hospital tray it had a coffee and a bowl of soup on it. She smiled "Don't tell Gotham General I took this." As I ate I asked her why she helped me.

"I'm not from Gotham," she began "I grew up in Budhaven one night I stayed out too late my parents told me a million times not too. I thought I knew better. My friends left me and a man came after me." She faltered and then started again. "He tried to rape me, but out of nowhere Nightwing appeared he saved me. After that I decided I was going to help people too, anyone I could. I never got to thank him, he made sure I got home safely. " She said it with tears in her eyes.

So that was why she helped me. "Nightwing is my brother, I'll tell him you said thank you." I changed the subject. "This soup is really good."

"Thanks, try and get some sleep." She took the empty mug and bowl turned off the lights. Sleep came to me easily.

Kayla drove to Gotham General to get some medicine for Red Robin. That was much different than she expected her night to go. It was her day off, but no one commented on her being there. She was back in her apartment in less than thirty minutes. Red Robin was still asleep so she settled on her couch and fell asleep.

The next morning Kayla woke up and slowly. "That was a crazy dream. That wasn't a dream." Opening her eyes she knew she was on her couch. She got up saw Red Robin was still asleep. So she made her breakfast. She woke up Red Robin.

RR Pov

I was being lightly shook. "Hey, I need you to wake up."

"What is it?" I winced as I tried to sit up.

"I need to check your bandages and give you a shot. You aren't allergic to penicillin are you?"

She deftly checked my bandages replacing the one on my head. "I'm not allergic to penicillin, is it needed? I have a thing about needles." Completing the last round of white bandage on my head she looked at me.

"A tough vigilante like you can't handle needles?" She gave me a shot of penicillin to ward off an infection. she asked, "Do you need to call anyone?"

"Yeah, I haven't checked in they are probably all worried."

I'll get you some breakfast." She handed me her phone. She left so I got out her phone and called Wayne Manor.

"Wayne Manor, Alfred speaking." It was nice to hear a familiar voice.

"Alfred, this is Red Robin I got into trouble. I am fine now could use some pick up preferable Nightwing."

"Where are you, Timothy? Why Richard? "

"I will get back to on where in a second." Kayla walked in she gave me some coffee and more soup.

"Where am I?" I asked her before she turned to leave.

"Low income apartments two minutes from Gotham General Apartment 21H."

"Thank you. Agent A. I am two minutes from Gotham General first floor of low income apartments Apartment 21H. Come tonight with the Batmobile." We said goodbye.

"You can come back in." I yelled. Kayla did come in about a minute later.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

"No, I just wanted to tell you someone is picking me up tonight. Thank you for your nursing skills. What's your name?"

"That doesn't seem fair for me to tell you my name, but I will anyway, Kayla Livingstone." I laughed.

That night Nightwing picked me up. He thanked her for taking care of me. She told him she was returning a favor. At the cave Alfred looked over my stitches giving his approval. I gave him Kayla's paper work on me.

Kayla's POV

A month after that night I came home dead tired. It had been a long day in the E.R. I turned on the lights in the kitchen I saw a vase of calla lilies with a note: Thanks again. Signed R.R.

Nights like that I love being a nurse. I smiled as I smelled the pink lilies.