Sorry I could post this one up sooner. I was on vacation in California and when I got back I was sent skooooool . So here's the chapter, hope ya like it! Oh and it may have been confusing in the last chapter so let me clarify; while Rich was hugging Kori the 'running shadow' shot Kori. Heh…sorry about that.

Chapter four:

My mind raced. How could this be? Slade killed my parents? Why?

"You see, the owner of the circus, Mark, talked to Slade right before the show. At the time, Slade was just the boss of a 'protection agency' against gangs in Gotham. Slade told him to pay up or else something bad will happen during the show. Mark shrugged him off and went to begin the show." She said to me.

"How do you know this?" I asked.

"Well I am a detective you know." Kori said with a faint smile. I found myself grinning too. She stopped smiling, "Can you stay with me?" She asked, "J-just for awhile." I looked at her for a moment.

"Of course." I said. She suddenly enveloped me in a hug. I love her touch, so warm and friendly. Something…no…everything about her makes me feel so compelled to protect her. Slade will find out she is still alive. He will try to kill her…but I'll be there to stop him.

A few hours later…

"Where are we? Can I take this blind fold off now?" Richard said curiously. Kori laughed.

"Do not worry, we are almost there." She said happily. They were walking in a park, Kori was holding his hand and guiding him up a grassy hill. Kori stopped. "You may remove the blind fold now!" Star exclaimed. Richard did as he was told and took a look around.

"A…park?" Richard questioned.

"Yes! Is it not beautiful?"
"I guess…" Richard said plainly. She frowned.
"You are not happy? I even brought food for a picnic." She plopped onto the ground. Richard felt horrible for hurting her feelings.

"You've got it wrong. I am happy." He said with a fake smile. She smiled back. Richard took the basket. "So whatcha bring for us to eat?" Kori laughed lightly.

"Just some sandwiches and fruits."
"Great." Richard said digging in. 'Why am I so compelled to make her smile?' Star giggled,

"Sandwiches are all I can make. I have never been a good cook."
"Well, you do make sandwiches just fine." Kori smiled.

"…Why did you bring me to the park?" Dick asked laying under a tree. Kori laid beside him.

"You loved the outdoors, you used to play football with me," she smiled, "We would play with Gar and Vic…Raven was always watching."
"Who are they?"
"Our old friends from school, our team were called the Titans, we only lost one game…against the Hive Academy kids." Kori frowned.
"Oh, well one loss isn't that bad."
"I suppose not, we were but of the age of ten." There was a long silence.
"Do you still talk to, Gar, Vic and Raven after I…disappeared?"
"No, after you disappeared our foster home got into trouble for having one of their children taken. Luckily I was adopted right before the home was closed. From then on I was Kori Anders. I became part of a family, with a mother and father and two siblings."
"I see…" Richard said looking down.
"Do you remember them at all?" Kori whispered. Richard closed his eyes and repeated their names over and over again. He began to see blurred images and muffled voices.

"Star it's all you!" Robin said throwing the football to her. Kori caught it and quickly passed it to Vic, he ran to make the touch down succeeding.

"Oh yeah!" Vic said happily throwing the football on the ground starting his victory dance.
"Victory!" Star shouted. Gar joined Vic by performing his own dance. Raven smiled from behind her book as Robin and Star laughed

"Robin?" Kori's voice begged.
"Y-yeah…I remember, a little." Rich murmured with the last laugh still echoing within his mind.
"You may sleep here on the spare bed." Kori said pulling blankets and a pillow out from a closet.
"Thanks, this will do fine."
"Good night Rich."
"…Night Star." He said. Kori smiled and left the room.
Rich tossed and turned in his bed, the blankets tangled along with him.

"Robin? Robin where are you?" Kori's voice pleaded. It was raining, she ran through the park, "Robin?" No answer. The red head fell to the ground and sobbed. "Robin where are you…?"

"I'm here Kori!" Rich's voice echoed, "I'm h-"

"HERE!" he yelled sitting up in his bed. Covered in sweat he sighed heavily.

Sorry if its a lil confusing but thats the course of one day R&R