Sorry I haven't updated so soon. It's been a while and I just finished the state tests. Hopefully I can update more now, especially when summer comes.
Chapter 9: A Poisonous Trap
Cora's P.O.V.
Ever since our first date, Dick and I have gotten closer than ever. And the closer we get, the more hate I get from the girls at the top of the social pyramid in school! It's not that bad. Dick defends me, but I can't say the same about the other bystanders (thank you very much). At least today was Friday so I had the weekend to relax without having to worry about it … until Monday.
"Hello … Cora …" I turned my attention to Dick as I got pulled out of my train of thought.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Are you okay?" he asked with a hint of concern.
"Peachy," I replied. I tried to pay attention to class but lunch was 5 minutes away. Who can pay attention?! I just doodled in my notebook the whole time. Besides, it's not like I was failing the class so no need to listen to the teacher. Thankfully, the bell rang, letting us go to lunch.
We walked to the lunchroom and we sat with some of Dick's friends. I can't believe we're one year into the school year and I don't have any school friends! Why is life so cruel?!
"Hey Cora, are you sure you're okay?" Dick asked, pulling me out of my thoughts again, "You seem a little out of it."
I sighed. The last thing I want is for him to worry. Trust me, he baby's me enough. "Just tired I guess," I replied.
"HEY CAROL!" I sighed again. "Well, tired of all the teasing," I mumbled. I looked up to find Lindsey. She's the same fake blonde that picked on me on the first day of school.
"Okay, one, my name's Cora. C-O-R-A. Not Carol. Not Carly. Cora. And two, what do you want Mrs. Fake-Face?" Today my fuse was short so I'm close to snapping.
She just smirked and pulled on my hair. "If I were you, I wouldn't be so rude."
I winced a little at the pain. "If I were you, I wouldn't be such a b*t#%." She yanked at my hair and some came out.
"Ha, and you call me fake. At least my hair doesn't come out!" She yelled. Probably to makes sure everyone was listening to her.
"Oh, that's because you glued on your wig this morning!" I yelled to make sure everyone was listening to me. I heard a bunch of people snicker. Ha, I know, I'm a natural. Lindsey just growled and pushed me off my seat. Then she walked up to Dick and placed her plastic butt on his lap.
"See, this is how it should be," she purred. Are you kidding me? Dick got up immediately and went to help me up.
"Are you kidding me, Lindsey?" said some random person. Hey, that's exactly what I was thinking. I looked up to find a new girl that started yesterday. She was in my homeroom, I think her name was Janette.
"Watch it new girl, before I start coming after you to," Lindsey sneered.
"Whatever bimbo, but I don't see what Cora did to you," she defended.
"Whatever," and with that Lindsey walked away with her wannabes trailing behind her.
I turned my attention to the new girl. "Um, thanks, Janette," I said.
"Anytime," she said with a smile. I smiled back. After that we switched numbers and agreed to meet up after school.
After school
Lindsey's P.O.V.
I can't believe I have two annoying pains against me. If Cora would've given me Dick in the beginning, we wouldn't have to fight.
"Hey Lindsey, are you coming to Mark's party later?" Amber asked.
"Yeah, I'll totally be there," I said before walking off to a club. Might as well have a little fun. I walked down the busy street before I felt something grab my ankle. I was yanked into a dark alley.
"Hey, who do you think …" I stopped and turned my attention to the annoying laughter.
"Who are you? It better not be you Cora. You don't scare me," I hissed.
"Interesting, you seem useful," the mystery person said. It sounded like a woman, but not Cora, older.
"Who are you?" I asked demandingly. I felt something crawl up my leg and inject something into my body.
"Just call me Ivy," she laughed. That was the last thing I heard before blacking out.
Cora's P.O.V.
I'm so glad school was finally over for this week. And I'm soooo glad someone other than just Dick stood up for me. Dick and I were at Mt. Justice waiting for the other members to join us.
"Hey love birds," Wally greeted as he sped into the room. Robin/Dick blushed and buried his face into my hair. I just giggled at his silliness.
"Hey, don't you still got to make a move on M'gann, Wally," I teased, "I think Conner's starting to show that he's into her."
"Ha, yeah, right. In fact I'm going to ask her out as soon as she comes into the room," he said.
"Ask who out?" M'gann walked in just in time.
"Nobody," he said quickly. I laughed and M'gann gave me a funny look. I just gave her the I'll-tell-you-later face.
"Okay, so how about we go shopping," M'gann said. The boys groaned.
"I'm in," I said.
"Me too," Artemis said as she walked in.
"Hmm, three against two … okay let's go." We went to Gotham City to shop.
"Okay, so how about Cora, Artemis, and I go to a store together and you guys can go wherever and we meet up at the food court in half an hour," M'gann said.
"Sounds good," Robin said. Of course it does. He didn't want to go shopping.
Half an hour later
Wow, time flies when your having fun. We met up at the food court to talk about what we're gonna do next.
"How about we go …"
I kind of zoned out on what M'gann was saying. I noticed a vine from a plant next to our table was sticking out a little too much. I looked around and saw that the other plants in the mall seemed a little oversized, too.
"Cora, are you okay?" Rob asked.
"Umm, yeah, I just got a bad feeling." I couldn't hide the fact that something was bothering me from Dick. It was impossible. Then, a second after I said that, I heard a big crash and I saw giant vines overflowing in the mall. I looked over at the others.
"Poison Ivy," Robin said. We all nodded and got into costume. Nobody noticed with all the terror.
"Well, hello Boy Wonder, looks like we meet again," Poison Ivy purred. Yuk.
"What do you want Ivy?" he demanded.
"Oh, just Batman and soon Gotham city. But don't worry you won't be lonely …" What is she getting at? "I have someone who would definitely enjoy you."
Then we felt the mall shake all over again and another wave of vines came and they supported another girl that was dressed like Poison Ivy and had her same green skin. But she was our age and she seemed like somebody I knew, I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"Venus Fly Trap, destroy the sidekicks …" I pulled out a dagger. I don't think so. "… and take the Boy Wonder." This Venus Fly Trap smirked and sent a tsunami of giant waves at us. I ran towards her cutting vine by vine.
"KF, Miss Martian, Robin, where are you!?" It was like a jungle. I didn't even know where the floor was let alone everyone else.
"Miss User, I'm over here!" I turned my attention to Robin's voice. I followed it and we bumped into each other.
"Robin!" I cut a vine that was about to grab him. Of course Venus Fly Trap would try to snatch Rob while we were all busy.
"Thanks," he said. We stood back-to-back. "Does something seem familiar to you about her?" he asked.
"Yeah, I know, like someone from school or something." Let's see. Past the vines and short, tattered dress. I chopped the vines that came at me. Who could she be past the green skin? A vine wrapped itself around my leg and turned me upside down.
"Hey Robin, a little help." He cut me down and caught me.
"There," he said with a smirk. I blushed and he put me down. We went stood back-to-back again. She has super straight light hair and a tight, fake body. Wait …
I felt a vine grab Rob's torso and I chopped him down.
"Thanks."
"I know now."
"Know what?"
"Who that is …" I lowered my voice and whispered into his ear. "It's Lindsey."
He looked a little taken back but it seemed to make sense to him. We ran through the vine jungle and cut the vines that got in our way. We finally made it to the heart of the jungle, the vines that were holding Venus Fly Trap up.
"What do we do?" I asked.
"Distract her, maybe I can freeze her vines." He took out a pod. I'm guessing it had liquid nitrogen. I handed him a pod I had of liquid nitrogen.
"Okay, but your gonna need as much as you can. I'll be right back." I started climbing up the vines to her face.
"Hey Venus Fly Tramp! The only way to get to Robin is to get rid of me first!" She growled and shot a vine at me. I dodged it and pulled out my disk.
"You don't want to get in the way of me and my man," she hissed. Wow, first Dick, now Robin? Are you kidding me!? I just lifted my eyebrows and cut one of her supporting vines. She fell and pulled me down with her. I got up and went to kick her face in but a bunch of vines came and wrapped me in a cocoon.
"I don't think so," she said out of breath. The vines seemed to tighten the more I struggled. I used my disk to free myself. Good thing it was in my hand. What was taking Robin so long?
"Ha, I'd like to see you take Robin away from me. He's to good for you anyway." Uh oh. I really did it this time. A vine pushed me to where Rob was and a vine came and pulled him up to her.
"After he gets a few spores in his system, he'll do whatever I say." She laughed.
"MU! Catch!" Rob threw the pods at me and I caught them.
"Your gonna have to water bend the liquid nitrogen to all the vines!" What?! I'm new at this whole water bending. There's no way I can spread it out that much.
"But …" I saw the vine tighten around his waist. His are seemed to be cutting off, too. I had no choice now. Not if I want to save Robin.
I threw the liquid nitrogen pods into the main vines and immediately I saw Venus Fly Trap weaken. She fainted right away. I focused all my strength on the frozen liquid. It started spreading through all the vines. I closed my eyes and I felt sweat coming down my face. My muscles started to ache and my head hurt. The liquid nitrogen spread all the way to Poison Ivy. All the vines shriveled up and died. But I didn't stop. All the plants had to be dead so they couldn't use their powers. I felt my knees shake. If I keep this up for 5 more minutes, my legs will give out. I opened my eyes to see if anything was left. Nothing was and my legs gave out immediately. Luckily, Robin caught me in time. I felt so tired. I was mentally and physically strained.
"Miss User, are you okay?" he asked. His voice was full of concern. I've never heard him so worried.
"I-I-I'm fi-fine," I said out of breath. I felt him wrap his arms around me and gave me a squeeze. I rested my head on his chest and closed my eyes.
"Cora, can you stay awake for me please?" he whispered. I just nodded. I was breathing heavily. I've never been so worn out. I heard Kid and M'gann join us.
"Is she okay?" I heard M'gann ask.
"She's fine," Robin replied, "just tired."
"I called the cops," Kid said, "Don't worry Cora, we'll be back at Mt. Justice before you know it." It was getting harder and harder for me to stay awake. If this keeps up, I'll lose consciousness.
In minutes the cops came and started dragging the weeds away. Poison Ivy was still knocked out but Venus Fly Trap seemed to wake up 'cause I could hear her screaming.
"No! Robin is mine! That little slut doesn't deserve him, or to live!" She kept screaming out insults, but I assume the policemen were just ignoring her and dragging her away.
Then, I don't know how, but I felt a sharp pain enter my mid back. I couldn't stop the blood curdling scream from slipping through my lips.
"Try escaping the pain of that thorn, Miss User," I heard her yell. I heard some struggling and then her voice started to slowly disappear. In fact all their voices were disappearing. All I could hear was Dick calling to me.
"Cora. Cora! Come on, stay with me. I need you."
I started slipping into unconsciousness. The darkness was consuming me and it was so overwhelming. The last thing I could hear was Dick's soothing voice. The words I need you stayed with me before I felt myself slip away completely.
Oh, will she survive? Will Dick cope? Let's see in the next chapter. Also, I know I haven't been updating but I'll try to more.
