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Summary: Kori Anders, news reporter, has seen a lot in her time. With the recent killing of civilians, Kori is putting away her papers, and testing out her investigation skills. Not only worrying about becoming the next target, she is worrying about her old flame Richard Grayson who seems to be appearing a lot more often, especially when she is with billionaire and rival to Bruce Wayne, Slade Wilson. Who is killing the people and will Kori be next? Oh, and who is Nightwing? 15

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Ten

Richard Grayson was never a fan of meetings. He especially hated work related ones…was there any other kind? Richard grimaced as he heard a fellow board member drone on and on about the manufacturing of clothing…or was it toys? Richard played with a pen on a piece of paper; he drew circles…lots of them.

"Richard what do you think?" He heard the voice of Bruce ask. Richard looked up at Bruce. He cocked an eye brow and Richard rolled his eyes looking away and outside through the floor to ceiling glass windows.

"I think that we don't need to do any manufacturing but selling. Last quarter we were close to not selling all we made. Let's raise our sales numbers and with that it will raise manufacturing and salaries." He sounded like a robot as Bruce nodded and continued with the conversation. He would do anything to get out of this meeting. He had a lot on his mind…Kori being one major issue.

"I think we could all take a recess break. Be back in ten." The room cleared out at the sound of Bruce's voice. Richard followed in suit and as he got to the door Bruce stopped him.

"You need to pay attention more. The two men walked out the door together and into the private lounge of the executive board. The windows gave a great view of the downtown area.

"Bruce, I answered your question! I'm paying attention. It may not look like it but in the back of my mind I am. I mean really that guy's voice sounded like a robot. I was going to rip my hair out." Pouring himself a steaming cup of coffee he put two sugar packets in.

"As much as I agree you need to start putting more effort on your work."

"Which work?" This got Bruce to roll his eyes and Richard to smirk.

"Richard…" Bruce had a testing tone to his voice and now it was Richard's turn to roll his eyes.

As Richard was about to talk though, the sounds of sirens could be heard. Richard looked out the window to see cops, a fire truck, and a helicopter rush past the building and forward downtown…he saw them stop at the bank.

"Bruce I might miss the next half of the meeting. I have somewhere to go." The coffee was dumped at a sink as he threw the cup out into the trash.

"Don't even think about it Richard." Bruce looked as his adoptive son stopped at the door.

"I think this is a good chance to get myself known no? People can see me as a hero again." Richard began walking out the doors leaving Bruce behind.

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Nightwing ran down the street not caring who saw him. As he ran down to the bank he looked at all of the cops on their radio and the gathering crowd of people. He ran to the front past the barrier and a cop held him back.

"I'm afraid you can't go back there." The cop said. He looked nervous, his face was red.

"Todd…remove your hands from the boy." Nightwing saw Commissioner Gordon coming closer. He smirked at the old man. He looked exactly the same as the last time he had seen him. He just hoped he wouldn't recognize Nightwing as the old Robin.

"I can help." Nightwing offered. His voice was deep and the commissioner stared skeptically at him.

"You're Nightwing aren't you?" His rubbed his mustache as he looked at the costume. He looked similar to batman almost…

"I can save those people." He nodded his head.

"Then what are you still doing out here?"

Nightwing didn't need any other words to be said as he ran past the cops and to the side of the building where he used his graveling hook to be pulled up the top of the roof. Once on the roof he ran to where he saw a broken window. He took a deep breath before plummeting below.

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Kori was still on the ground from where she hit. She sat up though with a gun pointed to her head. Silent tears fell down her face as she knew she didn't want to die from this. She bit her lips as she nervously waited for the cops to somehow get inside. Everyone had heard the sirens, and hope was restored…at least for a few minutes until the criminals had shot another hole into the ceiling.

"I'll kill someone if a cop comes in." The tall man that had hit Kori spoke. His voice was deep and angry ensuing fear in all of the hostages.

"Well then I guess that won't happen since I'm not a cop." A body dropped through the broken window and hit the ground with a light thud. A built body in black latex stood before the crowd. A mask covered the man's eyes and he looked confident as he stood tall.

"Who are you?" The fat man yelled. Kori whispered the name the same time the mysterious man had said it.

"Nightwing."

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Malchoir felt nervous as he knew this wasn't part of the plan. Deathstroke had only ordered them to break in, take the money, and keep the people hostages. He had told them to wait for further instruction, and they were waiting alright. His only rule was not to kill anyone…though he never said he couldn't hurt someone.

"Stay calm," Malchoir heard the ear piece that he had forgotten in his ear talk. He felt his heart racing as he nodded. Nightwing came closer and he held the gun up to the approaching figure. "Take the red head and hold her hostage. Mention to Dowd to point the gun at the little kid.

In a moment's time Malchoir nodded to Dowd to grab the little kid. He did so and the little boy began to squirm as the gun was placed over his heart. He couldn't move as Dowd put a death grip on him.

As Nightwing was about to make move he stopped as he noticed that the tall man had grabbed Kori. She struggled as he pulled her up and placed a gun to her head. He could feel her tense as the cold metal teased her temple.

"Now click the trigger. After he makes a move…you're on your own." Malchoir could hear a bunch of fuzz as the ear piece was disconnected. He threw the small device to the floor which didn't go unnoticed by Nightwing.

"Let them go…" His voice was intimidating as he stared down both of villains.

"Make me," the gun of Malchoir clicked as did Dowd's gun.

Nightwing shook his head at the two for in a moment's time reaching into his utility belt he threw his wing-dings and knocked the gun out of Dowd's hands. Before Malchoir had time to react Nightwing came charging at him and he dropped the girl and the gun as a boot struck his face knocking him to the ground.

"No you don't" Dowd came running at Nightwing as Malchoir struggled to get off the floor taken down from his previous hit.

Nightwing dodged Dowd's attack and Dowd ran past the hero. Nightwing took out his bo staff as he watched Dowd grab one of the poles from the velvet rope. Bringing it up with all of his strength Dowd struck Nightwing but missed when Nightwing's bo staff interfered and blocked the attack.

In the meantime the people sat all scared of what was going to happen. Who was this guy, and though he had given them hope, how was one guy going to take out five villains? Everyone froze as Malchoir shot the gun up again.

Nightwing delivered a final swing at Dowd who fell to the ground in defeat. He turned his head to see Malchoir with his gun again, and he was taking Kori hostage. The gun was around her neck as he began to drag her to the door. Nightwing began to run forward but yet again Malchoir put a hole in the roof.

"Follow me Nightwing, I kill her. Next I'll kill the woman with the baby. You call yourself a superhero? By the end of the day there is going to be a lot of blood on your hands.

Malchoir then began to drag Kori to the back where his fellow cronies should have been done stealing the money. Dragging her past the desk she disappeared with him into the vault.

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As much as the Richard part of Nightwing wanted to save Kori he knew he had to save the rest of the building first. He began with throwing a wing-ding at the door and it let out three small beeps before exploding. The people stared at Nightwing in shock.

"Go on, and leave. Get out of here before they come out. Tell the police to come back in, in eight minutes."

They didn't wait for any further instruction as all of the people began to leave. They piled out the door and Nightwing could hear cheering and clapping as the hostages left the building. He had no time to give himself a pat on the back, Kori was still in danger.

He ran to the back where she was carried. He heard talking and yelling. He quickly ran back and got his bo staff out. As he entered the dark vault a bunch of gunshots were heard. The room was illuminated as the crooks shot at the hero.

Using his bo staff all of the bullets ricocheted off of Nightwing's staff. They fell to the floor, and as the lights turned on again. Nightwing looked into the eyes of the five frightened men. He noticed the one who had grabbed Kori earlier still had her in his grip as he watched Nightwing, trying to figure out his next move.

"Just let us take the money, and we'll get away, no harm done." The fat one spoke. A hand full of cash was in his right hand, while a gun in the left. He stared at Nightwing, his heart pounding. Right now he was thinking this was all some big mistake…he would have preferred to be anywhere but here.

"I don't take orders from crooks like you." He charged forward and knocked into the fat man. The gun fell out of Dowd's hands and onto the floor, along with the rest of his body. He was knocked out his head slammed to the floor. The others watched in shock.

"Now, we can do this the easy way…or the hard way." Nightwing raised an eyebrow. The crooks felt themselves losing will power, all of them that was, except for Malchoir. He wasn't going down without a fight.

"Well I guess it's going to be hard for you to see an innocent life die." He pulled Kori forward and the rest of his friends watched in shock. Sure they weren't good guys, they did bad things. None of them had though to kill someone though, that was out of their comfort zone.

Nightwing watched Kori cringe as the gun pressed against her head. He ignored all thoughts as he acted on instinct. He ran forward and threw a wing ding at the gun. It knocked out of Malchoir's hands and a curse could be heard escaping his lips.

Nightwing grabbed Kori. She was light in his arms as he began to back away from the four men standing. He looked around at them; their eyes held fear, yet excitement from the adrenaline rush. He could see the large looking guy charging out him and Kori let out a scream.

"Just hold tight." Nightwing commented.

Baran rushed forward towards Nightwing, only for him to dodge the attack. With another charge, he got out his fist ready to meet part of his body. Instead he found a boot kicking him against the wall, he slumped to the ground.

"Get out of here!" Nightwing set Kori down at the front of the vault. He gave her a look and she pouted before leaving his sight. He looked back at the remaining guys left. He had yet to face Mikron, Otto, and Malchoir.

"Who's next?" Nightwing cocked an eyebrow as Otto let out a roar. He pulled out a drawer from the wall and threw it at him. He dodged the attack easily and ran forward. Otto began feeling angry and he could feel himself losing control, he had anger management. He felt his leg make contact with Nigthwing's shin and let out a slight yelp for joy as he saw the hero falter. It didn't matter though because in that one minute of time Nightwing regained his strength and delivered a swift leg kick to his ankles causing him to trip. Without wasting time Nightwing took a small capsule and as it fell to the ground over Otto, a net trapped him there.

"You think you can take on me?" Malchoir chuckled. His ski mask hid nothing as he felt fearless at that moment.

"Who are you working for?" Nightwing yelled. He noticed Mikron hiding in the corner away from the action, the small man acting as a child.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Malchoir snorted. He spit on the ground and Nightwing charged.

Running forward, time stopped as he saw a gun come out behind Malchoir's back. He lifted it bringing it up to eye level, and squinting one eye, he shot. The bullet came to Nightwing before he had time to react. It hit his right shoulder and he fell to his knees, stumbling to get up from the pain.

"What are you going to do now?"

"This!"

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Kori was never good at following instructions. As Nightwing told her to leave, she completely disregarded his orders. Who did he think he was? She had staid by the vault by a potted plant. Hiding behind it she glanced back to see the Nightwing had three guys down. Only two left to go.

"Who are you working for?" Nightwing's voice sounded so familiar as the tone was angry and harsh.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" The tall man said. Kori froze as she saw him spit and a gun come out behind his back.

Everything happened fast for Kori, from the sound to the gunshot from the pained cry from the hero. He had fallen to the ground clutching his right shoulder in pain. She could see a dark spot forming where he was hit.

Words were exchanged, and then there was a white smoke. It came from the ground when Nightwing threw something. She had moved away smelling the smoke itself and figuring it was no good if he was using it. She heard coughing from the room, and soon she saw a body leaving the vault. The wounded body of Nightwing stumbled out as he let out a cough. She watched as he pulled his hand away from the shoulder to see a violet color. He was losing blood and quickly.

Voices were heard in the building and Nightwing looked up. Kori watched as his ears seemed to perk at the sound of cop's voices. She followed his as he went out the backdoor unnoticed by anyone.

He limped against the brick wall of the back building and slid down to the ground. She watched as he pulled out white fabric from his utility belt. Within moments the pure sheet of cloth turned a dark red color. She cringed at the sight of blood but nonetheless walked over.

"You're injured!" Kori shocked Nightwing as he looked up. He could feel his shoulder becoming numb and he knew he was going to have to get home soon to get Alfred to patch him up.

"I thought I told you to go out!" He reprimanded the red headed girl and she rolled her eyes as she hurried over and fell to the ground on her knees in front of him.

"Well I had a feeling you would just disappear! You're not getting away that easily, I want answers."

"This is hardly the time." He nodded down to his shoulder and she sighed.

"Then when will I have time to see you?" Kori bit her lip as thoughts swirled in her head. She ignored every thought as she just concentrated on Nightwing in front of her.

"I don't do interviews Ms. Anders." Kori couldn't help but chuckle that he was brining up interviews right now.

"This isn't one that would go in the papers." She explained quickly. It was weird how after a situation like one they had just faced neither seemed to be bothered by the fact they had almost died.

"Tomorrow night." He stood up and Kori stood up as well. Her heart pounded as she watched him tighten his face in pain.

"Where?" Kori asked. He began to walk away, hunched over.

"Here at eleven. Don't tell a soul, and in the meantime…stop getting in trouble."

She watched as he disappeared just as fast as appeared that day. She slid down against the wall as she thought about Nightwing. The burglary wasn't on her mind, and for once Richard wasn't. The dark mysterious hero were the only thought in Kori Ander's mind as she stood up in a daze to go home, and prepare for tomorrow.

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AUTHOR'S COMMENT

*I suck at action scenes right? It's easier shown in my mind then explained through writing. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I hope I left you a good cliffhanger no? Well thanks for the reviews! Sorry if this felt a bit rushed. It's all of the action I think. Was it too confusing? I kind of kept switching back and forth between everyone's views in third person. Sorry if it was! I didn't want to keep doing the - - - - because then there would be a lot!

So I wrote a new story, a one shot with Raven/BB as Rachel/Gar instead though. I don't know if you guys are into them but you should read it. I don't think it's horrible I kind of enjoyed it. It's only M mostly for the f bomb being dropped other than that it's fine…but yeah you should R&R.

I want to apologize for not updating in awhile. Last weeks of my semester so a lot of work fitting into a small time period. If that's not enough, I have finals soon and my parents are flipping out on me. Track has been exhausting I have no energy anymore! Sorry for excuses just wanted to let you guys know I am not in the best shape for writing right now. On the bright side I met a guy! Ha, probably didn't need to know that but I needed to tell someone! He is adorable and sweet…and he inspired new stories!