Chapter 10: Injury from an Injury

Once we got home, we walked in on Bruce and Selina fighting. "Well if you had just listened to me he wouldn't have gotten away!" "Ya sure! Your plan was to let him come to us! That is such an obvious trap! At least I tried!" "Ya tried to get yourself killed! At least he told us what he was up to!" "Whatever!" Selina says then walks away. "What's all that about?" I ask. "Nothing. How did you guys do?" "Good, the Magician Mumbo's in jail. Ya you heard right a magician." "Wow, our mission wasn't so lucky. Some guy named Slade was trying to set of an atomic bomb." "Well you obviously beat him. Or else we would all be dead." "Dick, he got away with the bomb." I hear Barbara say behind me. My fists clench. "Well, can we find him?" Bruce shook his head no. I walk away. I hear footsteps behind me. I hear them stop. I tighten my shoulders, so the person behind me can see that I don't want to talk. I hear the footsteps again, but they seem to be getting quieter. I turn around and see Kori walking away.

Kori's POV:

I see his shoulders tighten. He doesn't want to talk. I turn around and walk away. Feeling a little depressed. I get changed out of my uniforms and into my Pj's. I hear a knock on my door. "Yes?" I ask. "Hey Kori, we were wondering if you wanted to watch a movie with us?" "Umm, no thank you I am awfully tired. Thank you though. "No problem, see you tomorrow." "Yes, good-night." I hear him walk away. I lay down on the bed. I close my eyes.

When I wake up I hear arguing downstairs. "We can go!" "No! Slade is to powerful for you five! We couldn't even beat him! Theres no chance of you beating him!" "Wow Bruce. If we are going to just stay home and do nothing we may as well quit!" 'If you want to you can! We will go. You five will stay here!" "Fine! Do whatever you want!" I walk down the stairs. I see Richard walk away from Bruce.

"You know what Dick? I might just send you back to school!" I see Richard turn around and storm out the door. No before he says something that I wish I never heard. "If you like your life, you won't do such thing!" With that he slams the door. I rush back to my room and change. I walk downstairs. No ones there, thank God. I walk out the door. I rush to my car and hop in. Once in I call Richard, since I don't even know where he is. I wait. Ringing ringing ringing, click. "Hello?" I hear his voice. "Hey Richard it's me Kori, I was wondering where you where?" "Oh hey Kori, i'm over at the park. Why?"

"Well I was wondering if I could join you?" "Sorry Kori, nothing personal I just wanna be alone right now. I'm just so mad at Bruce!" I hear his voice grow harsh. "That's okay, I understand. I'll leave you alone." "Kori-" Before he can say anything else I hang up. He says he always wants to be with me, now he wants me to stay away? Tears start to grow in my eyes. I look in my mirror to clean myself up before I go back into the house. I'm pale again. The doctor said that would only last for a while. Which was true my colour returned in a couple of weeks. But why was my face pale again. I shrug it of. Haven't been in the sun latley. I step out of the car.

A pain in my stomach appears. "Oh great! That time of month again!" I groan and walk inside. I shut the door behind me. I groan again. "What's wrong with you?" I hear Rachel say behind me. "Oh, nothing. That time of month." I hear her chuckle. "Ahh, that sucks!" "Ya." All of a sudden I feel the pain rising to where my knife wound was. I grab my stomach. I feel a liquid. I take my hand away. I see blood on my hands. Rachel turns around. Her face grows worried. "Kori?" "There was something in the knife, poison. I need to get to the-" Before I could say anything else, I black out and fall on the ground. Just before I faint I hear Rachel yell. "Kori! Bruce, Alfred! Help!" Then I close my eyes.

Normal POV:

Bruce and Alfred rush Kori to the infirmary. They lay her on the bed and call Dr. Carter. "I'm calling Richard." Rachel says. Bruce nods. Rachel takes out her phone and Dials Richards number. "What?" Richards harsh voice says. "Richard, I need you to calm down." "Why? What happened?" "We need you to come home. It's Kori, there was something in the knife that Joker threw at her. She's in the infirmary. Richard the knife inserted poison into her." I hear a click on the other end. He hung up 'Great!' Rachel thinks. "Now we are going to have to pay a fine of 1000 dollars." Rachel says.

Richards POV:

"Richard the knife inserted poison into her." I hang up. What did the Joker do to her. I start bolting to my car. Instead of going to the manor I head to the jail where Joker is being kept. I turn into an alley, and switch into my Robin uniform. Then i switch my car into a motorcycle.

I pull up the the police station. Then I walk in. I want to talk to The Joker. I say to the guard on duty. He nods and leads me to where Joker is being held. I walk up to the bars. "What was In that KNIFE!?"

I yell at him. "Oh, ha ha like I would tell you. But I will. It's called poison. You've heard of it?" He stands up and walks to me. Bad move. I punch him in the face. He falls backwards. "If she dies, your punishment will be worse." I say and walk out of the room. I hop in my Cycle, and drive back to the alley to change.

When I arrive at the manor I rush straight to the infirmary. I open the door and rush in. "How is she?" I ask Bruce. He shakes his head. I drop my head. "Will she get through it?" Bruce shrugs his shoulder. "She's strong Dick, Carters not sure though. Dick, this life is to hard for you guys while your young. I've decided to send you five back to school." "What? Bruce you can't!" "Yes, I can. Do this for you. If not you do it for Kori. What if she gets hurt again? I'll send you back to school till the end of high school. After that you can go back to being superheroes." I nod. He's right I can't risk letting Kori get hurt again.

After Kori gets better-if she gets better- we will all go back to the worst place I can imagine. School.