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Starting Over: Chapter Fourteen

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Previously…

"Kori? Kori!" She heard her name being called but the voice sounded so far away. Turning her head to the voice she saw Richard a few feet away looking at her.

She turned back around but the guy was gone.

She turned once again to see Richard standing right next to her. "Are you okay?" He asked his faced was worried.

"I'm fine." Kori replied trying her best to smile so she could show him everything was fine, even though she wasn't so sure it was.

"Are you sure? You look a little pale. What's wrong?" Richard asked.

"Nothing." Kori said not looking at him.

Richard could tell something was wrong but he decided not to push it. "So how come you haven't gotten anything?" He asked noticing that her hands were empty of shopping bags.

"I didn't see anything I liked." Kori lied.

"Oh."

After that the two continued walking in silence. As they were walking Kori looked to her right and saw a game store but what caught her eye was a cardboard cutout of Nightwing. Seeing that made Kori remember her encounter with the famous superhero.

Kori turned to Richard and grabbed his arm and shoved her face in his, "Oh my gosh guess who I met."

Regaining his composure at her sudden closeness, "Who?" Kori grinned and pointed at the window jumping up and down excitedly.

Richard glances and gazes towards the window and raises his eyebrow,"Uh Mario?" His tone questioning and a little amused.

Kori scoffed and rolled her eyes, "As if. Besides him to the left."

Richard let his eyes wander further and he bit back a groan. "Nightwing." He stated.

Kori squealed, "Can you believe it!"

He shrugged as if he could care less, although he wondered what she had to say about his secret identity, "So what? A lot of people have met him."

Kori pushed him slightly, "You're no fun you could at least pretend to be interested."

Richard rolled his eyes and stood up straighter, "Fine. How'd you meet him." Kori batted her eyelashes.

"He saved me from a creep. You should have seen him. All his muscles showing through his sexy suit." Kori said dreamily. "He's gorgeous."

Richard tried to keep his lips from curling upward. He shoved his hands in his pockets and tried to compose a straight face.

He cleared his throat to grab Kori's attention, "We should meet up with the others they're probably waiting." Kori nodded and they walked towards the food court.

Kori smiled as she closed the door to her apartment. She loved hanging out with her friends, and having a good time. As she made her way to the living room she passed a window. Looking outside she saw it was still sunny outside and decided to go on a walk. Kori always liked being outside hearing the birds chirping, feeling the breeze, and smelling the fresh air.

Kori stepped out of the apartment and closed the door quietly behind her. She knew that everyone was most likely awake but she hated being loud and disturbing others.

Walking down the sidewalk she sees someone sitting down leaning their back against an old wall of a store that looked abandoned. Kori glanced around and saw that no one was outside on the street or in the small stores. As she continued walking down the street and was about to pass the apparent homeless man he spoke, "Excuse me miss, can you spare some change?"

Half turning so she could get a better look at him she saw he was wearing a dirty, brown jacket with the hood up so his face was shadowed and equally dirty jeans. He was also holding a sign the said 'Will Entertain For Food'

Kori feeling slightly creeped out replied, "Um, well I left my purse at home."

"How about a cigarette, I could really use a smoke." He said with a low voice.

"Well I don't smoke." Kori said.

"Hm it's just as well, it's a filthy habit it can kill you." He said laughing a little at the end. "Well can I offer you some entertainment?" He said while waving the sign a little.

Kori looked at him a little startled, "Excuse me?"

Setting down the sign he smiled. "It's worth it but it'll cost you." He said while digging into the pocket of his jacket. He pulled out a toy monkey and pressed a button on the bottom and set it on the floor. The monkey started clapping while making monkey noises. Kori looked down at the monkey in relief, it's not the entertainment she thought he meant, and then glanced at the man he was watching the monkey with a smile on his face and as if he could feel her looking at him he looked up.

She quickly gave a small smile then looked down at the toy again. "It's cute." Kori said. "Very weird, but cute."

Kori felt bad for the guy even if he was slightly creepy. Digging through her pockets Kori pulled out a 10 dollar bill and handed it to him. "That's all I have, sorry I don't have any food." She was still going through her pockets when she found a piece of gum. "Oh how about a piece of gum." She said handing it to him.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome." Kori said while turning and continuing to walk down the street. She got less than a few feet when she felt her arm being yanked behind her.

Kori let out a yelp and screamed, "Let me go!"

"Not a chance." It was the homeless guy and as she looked at him she saw his hood was down and she could see his face and neck. Looking at his neck she saw the horizontal lightning bolt scar.

"Help." Kori yelled out as she was desperately trying to free her arm from his grasp.

In the corner of her eye she saw a dark figure swoop down to the ground. The homeless guy also saw the figure because she quickly let go of Kori and pushed her making her fall to the ground and took off running.

"Kori!" She glanced up and saw Nightwing's masked face. "Are you okay?" he asked as he helped her to her feet.

"Yeah." She replied and then registered who exactly she was talking to. "That's him that's the guy that murdered my family." Kori told Nightwing quickly.

Nightwing looked into Kori's eyes slightly shocked. "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Stay here." Nightwing commanded as he started running in the direction of the culprit.

It had been about ten minutes before she saw Nightwing heading over to her. And even though he was still a while away from her she could still hear him and all the colorful words coming out of his mouth.

And as he got closer he voice grew louder and suddenly he punched a wall of an old building. Kori shrank back slightly at his angry and aggressive ways.

Nightwing finally stopped cursing and made his way back to Kori so he was standing in front of her. "How did you know that was him?" Nightwing asked.

Kori looked at him and replied, "His scar the one on his neck. I saw him earlier today while I was at the mall."

'So that's why she looked terrified at the mall when I was calling to her.' Nightwing thought 'That also means she doesn't trust me as Richard seeing as how she didn't tell me.' That thought pained him more than he liked to admit.

"Kori you need to be careful. You can't keep going out alone, especially since the person who killed your family and is after you hasn't been caught yet." Nightwing said a little mad at Kori for being so clueless.

Sighing Kori couldn't help the fact that she was making him mad, "I know and I won't do it again, I promise." She said as she starting walking back to her apartment.

Nightwing fell into step beside her as he walked her home. Reaching her apartment Kori unlocked the door and turned back to look at Nightwing.

"Goodnight." Kori said with a small smile.

"Goodnight." Nightwing said to her, watching as she closed the door behind her.

AN: Hope you guys have enjoyed this chapter. Another Nightwing appearance.

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