When You And I Collide
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans.
Chapter 10
- Everything Changes -
"Three months and I'm still sober. Picked all my weeds but kept the flowers."-From the song Sober by Kelly Clarkson
A beautifully lush river flowed through the spring valley mountains, making it's way to each flower blowing in the valley. The wind blew softly, playing with the green grass that sprouted from the ground. Everything was peaceful and calm, not a single storm cloud in sight. A small deer leaped through the field carelessly.
"Honestly Kory this is suppose to be relaxing?"
Rachel glared at the TV screen, her arms crossed over her chest. She felt like she could strangle the deer leaping through the ever so calm field. Kory giggle for the first time since the boys had left for the fight. It was like a weight was lifted from her shoulders. She briskly walked over to the TV, turning it off.
"Hey! I didn't say I wasn't enjoying it."
Natalie joined in the babble of giggles and Rachel, too, cracked and began giggling with them. A slash of thunder silenced them and the whole house became quiet. Kory's strangled smile fell into a flat line as her thoughts were pulled to Richard.
Come home, be safe.
Natalie walked over to the window, resting her elbows on the ledge. She silently watched the rain fall into the gardens below Kory's room. She squinted her eyes, seeing four figures stumbling through the darkness and the rain. She gasped upon seeing four very familiar faces and all looked in bad condition.
"It's them! They look hurt! Oh we have to help them!"
All three didn't hesitate and were down the stairs. Kory ripped opened the door and ran through the rain, Richard didn't see her as she leaped into his arms. The action caught Richard off guard and he was sent to the ground.
"Kory!"
Rachel and Natalie weren't far behind. Rachel pulled Gar into a tight hug and Natalie pressed a hand to Xavier's wounds. Tears came to her eyes, but Xavier gently wiped them away.
"Yo-you're hurt."
"I'll be fine, but Wally got shot in the leg."
Rachel pulled away from Gar's arms, her eyes were wide with fear.
"Shot! Guns were used?!"
Gar avoided her eyes, he felt his body give off a shiver as he remembered the last mad minutes. Richard wrapped his arms around Kory's small frame, she shivered against his chest. Richard managed to sit up they didn't seem to notice anyone else.
"Richard you're safe…." Her voice trailed off as her fingers clung to his shirt.
Richard helped Kory to her feet, he still hadn't said anything since they had left the park. Natalie was helping Xavier over to the car as Gar and Rachel carried Wally. They were on their way to the hospital, but Richard refused to budge from his spot.
"Kory we're going to the hospital if you need us, Richard…."
Richard wasn't listening to Gar, he stared absent mindedly into space. Gar sent a reproachful look to Kory before climbing into the car after Rachel. Kory followed the car a few steps before watching it drive off into the rain. She whipped the wet hair from her eyes and turned to look at Richard.
"Richard are you okay? You haven't said a word since you got here."
She walked over and gently placed a hand on his arm, but he shrugged it off. He took a few steps away from her while pushing the wet hair from his eyes. Kory gaped at him for a moment, not knowing what to do.
"Richard talk to me."
"I don't want to talk."
She walked over and placed herself in front of hi, crossing her arms over her chest. He sent her an icy glare which she managed to match just as easily.
"What is your problem? You've barley said a word to me, you didn't even care that your friends are going to the hospital and your completely ignoring me."
Richard's hands balled into a fist, Kory's glare fell as she backed up away from him.
"You want to know what my problem is Kory?"
She could hear the anger in his voice, she kept backing up until her back hit the cold, wet bricks of her house. Tears formed in her eyes, but they couldn't be seen because the rain covered them up.
"Victor got shot I don't know if he's dead or alive. Aaron and his gang are on the loose somewhere, everyone in the gang is either dead or hurt and to top it all off I'M THE NEW FUCKING LEADER OF THE GANG!"
"I-I didn't know…I was worried you were…"
Richard rolled his eyes as he turned on his heels, stomping down the gravel path.
"Of course you didn't know, you have no idea what the hell I've been through! All you've done is sit here in this nice house, not needing to worry about anything!"
Kory's jaw tightened as she marched in front of him.
"How dare you! I've been worried about you and everyone else in the gang! It's been eating away at me all night Richard!"
"I'm so sorry, maybe if we would have never met you wouldn't have to worry about me!"
Kory became furious at how far Richard was taking this argument, she was only trying to help him.
"Well maybe if you never would have stopped me from jumping off the bridge we wouldn't have this problem!"
Richard's lips curled into a snarl as he turned on her.
"God Kory well maybe if you were more like your sister then your parents might love you and you wouldn't have had to jump!"
Richard regretted the words right as they left his lips. Kory stood there, shock struck through her as she repeated the words over in her mind. She bit her bottom lip, tears were pouring down her face.
"Oh Kory no I didn't mean…."
It was too late, the damage had been done and Richard felt Kory's hand across his cheek. The smack was so strong Richard stumbled a bit through the rain, crashing into the mud. Kory's anger subsided as she sank to her knees, wrapping her arms around them. Richard looked over at her broken down form, he could feel his own tears mix in with the rain and mud. He slowly crawled over to her, placing a gentle hand on her knee.
"Kory I didn't mean to say…I would never…." He trailed off, the stress of everything was too much for him to bare.
Kory placed a finger to his lips and curled up into his arms. She laid her head against his chest as he rested his upon her head. Despite the rain, the fear, the anger, the conditions, despite everything around them that had each other and they felt that was all they would ever need to survive.
Aaron and Roy watched from a distance, Roy had a smirk on his face and a crowbar in one hand and a gun in the other. Aaron turned to Roy and nodded, it was time to put their next plan into action.
"He's vulnerable, take her."
Roy didn't hesitate and marched through the iron gates and stopped in front of the two embracing.
"Sorry to spoil the moment, but I've come to collect something of yours."
Richard's eyes narrowed as a low growl escaped his throat. He pulled Kory behind him as he stood up, fist clenched tight.
"Get the hell away Roy."
Roy whistled lightly as he held his weapons behind his back.
"I don't want to cause trouble, I just want to leave in peace with her."
Kory backed up against the sides of her house as Richard's lips formed a snarl on his face.
"I'm not going to ask you again Roy. Get the hell out of here."
"Or you'll what?"
"I'll kick your sorry ass."
Roy made a mocking bow and suddenly charged at Richard. Richard was knocked to the ground and the two wrestled in the mud. Roy had dropped his weapons as they punched each other each blow hard than the last.
"Kory run!"
Roy looked up to see Kory take off, he grabbed the crowbar hitting Richard hard in the head. Roy then got up and was quick to grab Kory's arm.
"Let go!"
He began dragging her and picked up the gun on the way. Richard rubbed his head and looked up to see Roy pulling Kory through the gate.
"ROY!"
Roy turned to see Richard charging at him, with a small smirk Roy raised the gun and pulled the trigger. Kory screamed as the bullet raced through the air and hit Richard directly in the stomach.
"RICHARD!"
Richard grunted as he felt the blood pour from his wound, he clutched his stomach falling to the ground. Roy's smile lingered as he pulled Kory along through the gate.
"NO STOP! LET GO OF ME!"
Richard could barley see anything, he could feel himself begin to black out. He bit his tongue fitting the pain and stood up. He slowly walked to the gate, gripping it strongly. He could faintly hear Kory's calls for help and it pushed him to go. The rain was coming down even harder now and Richard wasn't exactly sure which direction he was going.
Got to get to the hospital and tell the rest of them.
Richard was in luck as he rounded the corner he could see the big white building of the hospital. He trudged through the doors, looking wildly around for the gang. A nurse came up to him, noticing the blood, she pulled him to a stop.
"Sir are you hurt?"
Richard didn't have time for this, he would care for himself later, Kory was in way more danger than he was.
"N-no I'm fine, look I'm looking for some people. Wally West, Xavier Red, Gar Logan, any of these names sound familiar?"
The nurse shook her head and persisted that his wound needed t be taken care off. He shooed her away and walked over to the receptions desk, asking her for help. She told him to check the third floor and he soon found himself on the little elevator. His stomach was a flame with pain, he grinded his teeth, fighting it. Once the doors opened he saw three familiar faces sitting in the lobby, Gar was the first to see Richard limp over to them.
"Bloody hell Richard, what happened?"
Gar caught Richard as he fell to the ground, the walk from Kory's house to the hospital nearly killed him. His breathing become harder and his stomach practically screamed at him.
"Roy, he came. Took-took Kory, shot me."
He closed his eyes, still fighting the pain. Rachel and Natalie were now by him, Rachel was calling over a nurse.
"You have to save her, he's got her, please."
Gar hated seeing Richard in this state, he looked Richard directly in the eyes.
"I promise, I'll save her."
Richard nodded and then the whole world went black.
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Aaron and Roy smiled down at the unconscious girl at their feet. There plan was going very well, with two leaders remotely out of the way they were ready to finish off the Black Rider's once and for all.
"Perfect, I've been waiting for this moment to destroy them for as long as I can remember."
Roy's smile only widened as his eyes drifted down to Kory, her hair covered her face as she laid unmoving on the floor.
"And if Richard isn't broken enough, we're going to break him even more."
-Smacks forehead- Okay I know this took too long to put up. I wanted to update sooner, but I couldn't find the time to do it. So you can kill me if you want to XD, but anyways Roy went a bit far there and nothing seems to be going right for the Riders. So this time I pinky promise to update sooner! Thanks to all my reviewers you guys rock my socks!
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