"Hey Kori, I wanted to ask you something," NightWing asked nervously hiding the small box behind his back.
"Yes boyfriend Richard, what is it you wish to ask me?" She asked completely oblivious. He took a deep breath.
"Will you marry me?" He asked bringing the small box out and opening it to reveal a beautiful ring.
"Yes, yes, yes, Dick!" She shouted and he grinned, picked her up and spun her around before bringing her down to kiss her passionately.
"I love you Kori," he whispered into her ear.
That was when the alarm went off announcing Slade attempting to steal from the museum. It had become a regular occurrence for them lately. This time was different though. What they didn't know was that Slade had a laser gun. That gun. The gun that would take the life of NightWing.
"Nnnnoooo," Star screamed as NightWing collapsed to the ground in a dead heap. She shot Slade with an eye-beam that took him down seemingly permanently but that wouldn't save Dick's life. She ran to NightWing's lifeless body and sobbed over it.
*One Week Later*
"He is truly gone, is he not?" Star asked her friends with a tear running down her pink cheek standing in front of a coffin and a tombstone. She already knew but couldn't come to terms with it. He was dead. He was gone.
Five years later he was joined by six of his friends. Kid Flash, Red Arrow (Speedy), Jinx, The Changeling (Beast Boy), BumbleBee and Artemis.
A/N: They thought Slade was dead until the big fight in Losing Everything.