I'm back! My internet has been fized. I repeat, the internet is repaired. haha. Anyway, the long awaited chapter as arrived. Enjoy

SR09

"Well, since you said you would never kill Richard for me…I guess all that's left is you working for me."

"But I already do."

"No kid, not in the fashion business, the villain business."

"What? There is no way I would ever…"

"Tick tock tick tock. That bomb is lost somewhere in your hotel and I have the detonator in my hand as we speak. What you gonna do?" he said evilly.

"I…I…" she looked at Richard. I have to do it. I hope Richard understands. "I…I accept." Red X grinned.

"Nice choice kid. You might wanna tell your dear Richard and Maria to duck." Kori's eyes widened as she pushed her two friends down. All of a sudden, her window was busted open and a black figure swooped in and grabbed Kori.

"Richard!" She screamed as she disappeared out the window. Richard got up and ran to the window screaming.

"KORI!"

Richard watched as Kori disappeared in the air. He slammed his fists on the ledge before turning around. He noticed that Kori had dropped her cell phone on the floor. He picked it up and handed it to Maria.

"Maria, I need to call Victor and tell him to go to my room." He handed her his room key. "Then I need you to go next door and get Gar and Raven and do the same thing. Then when everyone is settled, call my cell." He made a dash for the door.

"Wait, where are you going?" she called out to him. Richard stopped just before he ran out the door.

"I'm going to track down Kori." He said in a low tone. He turned back around and left the room. Maria stared at the door for a second, and then she looked down at the cell and flipped it open. She searched the cell's phone book for Victor's number. She dialed it and held the phone to her ear.

"Yo, Vic here."

"Oh thank goodness Victor. It's Maria. Look Richard wants you to meet me, Gar and Raven in his room ASAP. Something has happened to Kori." She said hurrily.

"What happened? Tell me" he demanded.

"You need to get to his room first. I think all of you need to know at the same time." There was silence.

"Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Alright, see you then."

"Bi" Victor hung up his phone. Maria put the cell in her pocket and ran out the door to Gar and Raven's room. She knocked on the door.

"Gar, Raven! Get out here now! It's Maria!" she heard the locked being unlatched and the door opening. There stood both Raven and Garfield.

"What is it?" Raven asked as she cocked a brow.

"It's Kori. Red X took her." She reported. Garfield's eyes narrowed. "You need to come to Richard's room pronto." Gar and Raven nodded and followed Maria to Richard's room. Maria opened the door and they all walked in.

"So, why did Red X take her? How did he take her? If Richard was there, he wouldn't have let it happen…right?" Gar asked.

"Gar, this isn't twenty questions" Raven shook her head. "Anyway, can you explain what happened?" she turned to Maria.

"Well…" she began. There was a knock at the door.

"Hey, let me in!" called a masculine male voice. Maria opened the door and saw it was Victor. "What's going on Maria? Where's Richard?" he questioned. Maria sighed.

"I was just getting to that. Everyone just sit down and I'll explain everything." She sounded stressed.

"Okay mom..."grumbled Victor as he sat down on a chair. Gar and Raven sat down at the end of Richard's bed.

"Alright, so here's what happened. Red X kidnapped me yesterday at Bizarre's studio. Kori told me that when she and Richard got there, Red X told her to meet him at an abandoned warehouse to make a proposition or something. So when she got to the warehouse, he told her he wanted her to kill Richard. Or else he would kill me" Maria looked down sadly. "But Kori refused and fought him. She saved me, but also never went threw with his plans. I woke up on the side of the street next to Kori, who was out cold. I called Richard and he came and took us to the hotel room. Richard was there when she came too, and she explained to us what had happened. But then her phone rang. I guess it was Red X because the next thing I knew, she was talking about a bomb and then agreeing to something. She then dropped her phone and pushed me and Richard to the ground and disappeared out the window; screaming Richard's name." she finished. The others looked confused.

"Where is Richard now?" Gar asked. Maria looked up.

"He said he was going to track Kori down. He really cares for her you know"

"We know….trust us." They all said in unison. Maria remembered something important.

"Oh…and Red X…is Bizarre Clair." She said sadly.

"No way!" Gar sounded surprised. "But, he seemed so cool. He had great style too. How could a guy like Red X be so….stylish?" he was waving his hands in the air. Raven hit him in the back of the head.

"Who knows…We all changed as we grew up…except you." She teased. "But he has Kori, and we need to save her." Maria took out Kori's cell.

"I need to call Richard and tell him that we are all here and ready to go."

MEANWHILE

Richard was on his motorcycle zooming down the highway. He took Kori. He did have everything planed out. He did have inside information. That Bizarre Clair…Red X, I hate him. He'll pay for taking Kori he thought angrily as he turned off and exit ramp. He stopped at a huge mansion and parked his cycle on the front. He bursted threw the font door and stormed into a secret room. He walked over to a case that held a black costume with a blue bird on the chest. He entered a code on the computer key and the glass opened with a hiss. He grabbed the costume and a black mask. He packed everything in a backpack and then grabbed a utility belt as he ran out the door to his motorcycle. He hopped on, revved the engine and left the mansion. As he got on the highway, his phone rang. He reached in his belt and pulled it out.

"Hello?"

"Richard it's Maria. I have everyone here in your hotel room waiting for you come up with a plan." He nodded.

"Okay good. I'll be there in about 4 minutes"

"Okay" she hung up. Richard put the phone back in his belt and weaved threw traffic. He got off the highway and turned into the lobby of the hotel. He ran inside and up to his room. He knocked on the door. Maria went to open it. He nodded to her.

"Great, you're all here. Maria explained everything to you right?"

"Yeah, Red X took Kori." Raven said.

"Well, we need to come up with a plan to track them down and get her away from him." Richard said as he slammed his fist into his other palm.

"But, I thought you went to track her down?" Maria protruded.

"I was, but you called me before I could get to it." Richard covered. He didn't want his friends to know he was Nightwing, the hero of Gotham City. It would mean grave danger for them. Maria nodded.

"Okay, so what do we do?" she asked as she plopped down on a couch. Richard sighed.

"I'm not sure. Any of you got an idea?"

At the abandoned warehouse

Red X, aka Bizarre Clair kicked open the secret entrance while holding Kori over his shoulder. He had blind-folded her so that she would be too confused to use her powers. All she could do was kick and yell at him.

"Let me go! Let me go!" she yelled repeatedly as she kicked. X took a hold of her legs to stop the movement.

"I'm not letting you go Kori, not this time." He walked over to a chair and sat her down in it. He then tied her down, still leaving her blind-folded.

"Why do I have to work for you? Why did you have to choose now of all times to start your evil plot? Where are we?" she was demanding an answer.

"Fine, I'll tell you Kori Anders. I did all of this to get you. And I'm not going to tell you where we are." He said simply. Kori froze.

"What?"

"Kid, you have a lot to learn don't you? Look, you remember back in Jump when I first fought you and your stupid friends?" That set Kori off.

"My friends are not stupid! You are the stupid one for taking me right in front of Ro…Richard!" X glared at her as he suddenly appeared in front of her face and put his hand over her mouth.

"Ugh, why is it always about Richard? Richard this, Richard that! Why is he such a hero to you kid? Why!" he sounded annoyed and angry. Kori was silent. "You see, you can't even answer me can you? Ha, please Kid." He removed his hand and turned around to walk away.

"He is a hero to me because he can do things I have seen no other mortal do and I love him!" she finally yelled. "I had loved him then and I still do. He knows it too. That's why he's going to find me and…"

"Ha, he's not going to find you Kori!" X cut in. "You are going to find him first" she could feel him grinning evilly. She gulped.

"There was no bomb was there? You made it up to get me to agree did you not?" Red X smirked.

"Ding ding ding, we have a winner." He said sarcastically. "Looks who's been doing their homework. You are going to come in handy kid." Red X walked over to a wall that had a key pad. He punched in a few numbers and it opened up with a hiss. He smirked as he looked inside.

In the city

Victor, Maria, Raven, Gar and Richard were scoping the streets.

"Do you really think that we'll find her soon?" Gar asked in Richard's direction. Gar was sitting on the back of Richard's motorcycle, his legs hanging off the edge.

"I'm not sure. But I'm not giving up until we do." He said as he pushed forward on his motorcycle. Raven, who was flying near by, looked at Gar worried.

Raven; are you that worried about Kori? He asked her mentally.

Yes, I mean, she's stuck with Red X…Bizarre Clair...what ever. Anyway, he's evil…completely evil. If he tried to kill Richard, then who knows what he could do to Kori.

Yeah…I know what you mean….but we'll find her, I promise he smiled. She smiled back.

Thanks Gar She looked over on her left where Victor was driving his black Grand Prix, with Maria in the passenger seat. Victor, are you sure it was a good idea to bring Maria along?

Well, she is Kori's best friend, and she knows a lot about Red…Bizarre Clair. We could use her help. He answered.

What ever you say… Raven looked straight in front of her. Off in the distance, she could see a bright light coming towards them. She squinted to try and see it clearer.

Guys, there's something up ahead. She thought to everyone. The others stopped and looked at the light.

"What is that?" Maria asked Victor.

"Not sure but I think we should….DUCK!" he yelled as the light swooped over them like a bird going in after it's pray. Everyone jumped to the ground and covered their heads. Raven looked up and saw the light had changed green.

What kind of light is…Wait…GREEN!"It's Kori!" They all scrambled onto their feet and looked at Raven.

"That can't be Kori. It just can't!" Richard protested. But as the light came back around, he noticed it was green. Raven was right. "K…Kori." He ducked again. The light stopped and landed on the ground a few yards away. When the light dimmed, they saw a girl with ruby red hair and glowing emerald eyes. She had no emotion written on her face. She was not in her usual everyday attire either. She had changed into a black long sleeved shirt that had holes at the end of the sleeves for her thumbs to go threw. A red x was embroidered in the front. She had a black skirt and long black boots, like her purple boots form her teen years. She stood their, hands glowing and aimed at her friends. "Kori, what are you doing?" Richard asked as he approached her. Kori moved forward with an angry expression. She was now aiming at Richard, who took a few steps back. "Kori…" she lowered her arms and tilted her head as she gave an evil grin.

"What I am doing is getting rid of all of you," she powered up. "Once and for all"