Well, we all know what happened to Gar and Rach, but what happened to Dick and Kori…?

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Dick and Kori's day.

When Garfield and Rachel went back to the hotel room, they found Terra's suitcase missing, along with a hundred bucks and a bus schedule.

They sat on the couch and Gar got them both towels to dry off with. A few minutes later, Dick and Kori came through the door.

They were both soaking wet, and looked exhausted. Kori looked dead on her feet and was clinging on to Dick, who looked like he had just climbed over the Himalayas.

Rachel immediately helped Kori inside and gave her a clean towel. And as soon as Dick got inside, he collapsed in a chair. He was covered in bloody cuts and bruises.

"Dude," said Gar, "what happened?"

Kori looked fearfully at Dick.

"Why don't you go take a shower?" he advised her. "You'll feel better."

She nodded and went into the bathroom.

"So what happened?" Gar repeated…

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"Dick, can I talk to you for a second?" said Kori. It was just after they had discovered the article in the paper.

"Sure," said Dick and followed her into another room. Kori shut the door and locked it.

"Kor?" he said. "Kori, what's going on?"

"Um," she said, not looking at him, "something's come up."

"What?"

"Well, um, yesterday, remember when that guy wanted to talk to me?" She still would not look at him.

"Yes?" he said, suspiciously.

"Well, um, apparently, he saw our performance in Gotham, and, well, um…"

"What?"

"He – he wants me to sign a record contract."

He blinked. "What? But – when he says you, he means the band… right?"

"Um, well, actually, he just wants me."

"You – you didn't sign it, did you?"

"No!" she said looking at him for the first time. "No, of course not!"

He let his breath out. "Good."

"But, you know, he offered me a lot of money and the way things are back home… I mean, Galfor can get the care he needs, and we can pay for all of those repairs around the house, and I won't have to work at jobs I don't like, and –"

"Wait," said Dick, "do you mean – do you mean you're considering this? I can't believe you'd even consider leaving the band! I mean, you're the reason I started it in the first place!"

"I – I am?"

"And now you want to leave us? I nearly canceled this entire trip because of you! We didn't almost go because you said you couldn't! Now all of a sudden you want to leave because there's more money involved? I mean, you're going to leave your friends, not to mention your boyfriend, because some guy wants to give you money?"

Tears came to her eyes. "I – I'm sorry, I just –"

"Yeah, yeah that's it; cry. Cry like a little baby!" (A/N I know that Dick's OOC right now, but I have to make him like this because of what he's about to do)

"Listen, I never said I was going to sign it! I just wanted to talk to you about it!" she sobbed.

"No," he said, shaking his head. "No, Kori. There's nothing to talk about." And he un locked the door and stormed out.

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How could she even think about leaving us? he thought, viciously as he zoomed down the street on his R-Cycle. How could she think about leaving me? I mean, after all I've done for her? Well, there's gratitude for you.

He parked his motorcycle in front of an old motel. He looked at the slip of paper that was in his pocket it read:

The Big Apple Motel

Room 2B

Jinx.

He put the peace of paper in his pocket and knocked on 2B's door. Jinx opened the door and said: "Oh, good, you came. Come in, have a seat."

Robin came in and looked around the place (A/N I'm making his name Robin here because that's what Jinx calls him).

There were two crummy queen beds, a cot, and a small TV. Around the corner, Mammoth and Gizmo were talking and immediately stopped when Robin came in. They both gave him dirty looks, but Robin ignored them and sat down on one of the beds. Jinx sat down beside him.

"So," she said, "what made you change your mind?"

He simply shrugged.

"Wanna beer?" she asked.

"Excuse me?"

"Do you want a beer? We've got Coors."

"Uh, incase you haven't noticed, I'm not 21."

She laughed. "You're cute. Hey, Mammoth! Throw us a couple of beers, will ya?"

"Heads up!" he grunted. And he tossed two beers which Jinx caught in both hands.

"Here," she said, handing him one. Then, she snapped open her own and clinked it against his. "Cheers". And Robin watched she downed it in one swig. Then, she crushed it in one hand and threw it behind her. "I started when I was twelve," she explained. "Aren't you gonna drink yours?"

Robin snapped open the beer and took a sip. The bitter liquid seared his throat and he put it down.

"So," he said, "why did you want me here?"

"Look, Robin," she said, "I'm gonna get right to the point. I want you and the rest of your band out of the running. Look, I know you want to win, but we need to win. Unlike you, we don't have mansions and fancy cars. We need that prize money. Of course you can talk about this with that girlfriend of yours. What's-her-face, Star-borg, or something?"

"Oh, well, we're not exactly talking"

"Oh," she said, moving a bit closer to him. "So you guys are on the rocks?"

"Um," he said, taking no note of her action, "yeah, we, uh, had a fight."

"Hmm," she said, moving a little bit closer. "Maybe she just doesn't appreciate you. I know I would if I was in her shoes."

An alarm went off in his head. "Uh, well, it's not that, exactly." She was so close now that she kissed his neck. She reminded him of a vampire. "Woah! Uh, is that the time? I really had better be going…"

"Relax," she hissed, pushing him down as he tried to leave. "Don't be so tense." Her hand drifted from his shoulder down to his waist… and then a little bit farther…

"Ah!" He quickly removed her hand. "Ok! Um, look, you seem nice (in a strong, scary kind of a way), but I-I better go. (A/N Bedazzled)"

"Why can't you just stay for a little longer?" she said, making a fake-sad puppy face.

"Look I – MMM!" Suddenly, Jinx kissed him; well, it was really more of an attack then a kiss. His arms flailed about, until he was to tired to fight her off. Then, his hormones took over and he found himself pulling her towards him. Suddenly, she stopped and looked up. He looked as well.

There, standing in the doorway, was Starfire. Her eyes were brimmed with tears and her mouth was a gape.

"Star! Uh –" he pushed Jinx off of him. "This isn't what it looks like! I can explain!"

She turned and ran down the hall.

Robin ran to the door.

"Star!"

"What's the matter, Robin?" Jinx said, slyly. "She can't handle a little competition?"

"Game's been called on account of rain (A/N Bruce Almighty). Star!" And he ran after her.

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Kori walked out of the motel, crying. How could he do that to her? She understood that she was mad, but that didn't give him the right to go off with someone else!

"KORI, WAIT!" Dick yelled, running after her. "Please, let me explain!"

"Explain what?" she sobbed. "How you wanted to get back at me by slobbering all over that – that slut!"

Dick, who has never heard Kori call anyone a slut before, was slightly taken aback, but quickly regained his composer.

"Kori… Kori, look… Kor… Kori will you please stop and talk to me?"

She looked him straight in the eye.

"No, Richard, there is nothing to talk about." And she walked away.

Dick slumped down on a curb, and put his head in his hands. He didn't know how long he sat there; he just knew that it began to rain after a little bit. Then, inside of his head, something snapped.

HELLO! screamed a voice in his head. You just let your girlfriend wander into the streets of an unknown city! AND in the rain! AND in the dark!

He quickly got up and hopped on his motorcycle. He zipped up and down the streets, calling her name.

"KORI!" he yelled. "KORI, WHERE ARE YOU?" Suddenly, he heard a scream in a nearby ally. "KORI!" He got off of the bike and ran into the ally way, where Kori was pressed against the wall while some guy held a gun to her head. "LEAVE HER ALONE!" He yelled. And he jumped onto the guy's back, forcing him to drop the gun, and causing Kori to scream again.

All of a sudden, it was as if the volume was turned down.

The guy ran backwards into the ally wall several times, attempting to crush Dick in the process. When Dick finally had the wind knocked out of him and let go, the guy turned and proceeded to punch him in the face over and over again. Then, when the thug raised his arm for the final punch, Dick grabbed his left fist with his right hand. Then, the thug tried again to punch him, and Dick again, grabbed his rightfist with his lefthand. Then, he took the opportunity to knee him in the nose. The guy retreated backwards, covering his broken nose. Then, Dick punched him again and again in the face, causing him to spit a little blood. Then, he punched him so hard, that the guy fell to the ground.

Dick looked at him, to see if he was knocked out, when out of nowhere, his feet kicked him so he rebounded against the wall and fell on his hands and knees. Then, the guy pulled out a pocket knife and lifted Dick's head by his hair. He put the knife to his throat, and then –

BANG! The volume was suddenly back again asthe thug yelled in pain. Dick saw blood gushing from his left calf. He then let him go and limped away as fast as he could. Dick looked up and saw Kori standing rigid, smoking gun in her hand.

She dropped the gun and collapsed into tears. Dick hurriedly got up and held her. She cried into his chest.

"So sorry…" she said between sobs. "didn't mean… was mad… so sorry…" Dick attempted to calm her down.

"Shhhhh," he said softly. "It's ok. You didn't do anything wrong. He would have killed me if you hadn't done something. It's ok. Everything's ok…"

They stood there, letting the rain run down their bodies. Dick felt his blood run with the water as his wet hair stuck to his forehead. He stroked Kori's long, dripping hair and she began to breathe normally.

"Come on," he suggested, "let's go back to the hotel before you get sick."

She nodded and they rode back to the hotel, the rain mocking them as they went.

Ok, now I don't know how Kori got to the motel, she just did. And I know that Robin could have easily kicked that thug's butt, but remember, this is an AU story. Sorry if it was kinda long.

R&R

Tprinces