A/N: Okay everybody, please read this before you read my chapter! I just want everybody to know that I have nothing against blondes (I'm a brunette). The whole reason I'm making a big deal about this is because there is one point in the story where Nightwing says that he's fed up with blondes or something like that, and the only reason he is was because he ad to put up with Supergirl for a gajillion years. Anyways, read, review, and enjoy!

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"Wakey wakey, Princess."

The subconscious redhead lightly stirred. "Where am I-"

"My lair, Cutie," interrupted a slick voice.

Kori began to pant lightly, which soon turned into hyperventilation, and tears formed in her eyes. "Wh-Why am I here? What do you want with m-"

Normally in a situation like this she remain in her calm, levelheaded persona; she would act feisty and fight until she could no longer move a muscle. But this time was different, a lot more different than her previous experiences. As her eyes wandered the room she grew…scared. Metal staffs and sharp blades were hung against the rough wall, shining as if to taunt her. On shelves were neat rows of circular objects, and soon she made them out to be bombs. Daggers lay sprawled across the floor smothered with ruby blood. She whimpered silently but loud enough for Red-X to hear, tears now streaming down her face.

He gently held a finger to her mouth to silence her. "I don't want to do this, especially to you, but I have no choice. I only do what I'm told to do, I don't make the assignments."

Kori shook her head tenderly, throwing her auburn-hair in the air to get his finger off her lips. "If you don't, then who-"

A dark figure stepped out from the shadows. With a tint of orange on his mask, a familiar black-suited man made his way towards the giant screen panel without even bothering to turn and face the poor frightened girl.

"I do."

He beckoned for Red-X to go away, and Kori glanced one last time as the villain ran out of the building. And with the slightest tilt of his head, he clasped his hands behind his back. Kori could almost picture the evil and horrid gleam in his eyes and she knew that there was something more to her kidnapping.

"Slade," she spat out. Her tears had dried at an enormously quick rate and disappeared as if she had never really even cried at all.

"Hello…Starfire."

Her eyes narrowed into thin slits as she glared at him. "I go by another name now. 'Starfire' is only my-"

"-Past?" he finished sarcastically. "Well, then it seems your past has been catching up with you lately," he said as he continued to walk towards her.

"Your 'new' home, all the Titans. "

Kori shook herself violently in her chains, wishing she could just lunge towards him at that moment. He stopped when his face was only a foot away from hers.

"But don't give the slightest care about them. What about you, my dear child? I hear you've been in hiding since your friends abandoned you. Oh yes, and I forgot, Nightwing. Is it because of him? I hear he and Supergirl slobber all over each other like dogs. No need in the world to worry about him any longer, though. He would never want someone as weak and naïve…as you"

She winced as she felt his cold metal finger trace lightly up her neck and onto her cheek, and just when she couldn't take anymore of his ridicule and gloating, she gathered up her saliva and shot it in his face.

He swiped his hand across his mask viciously and swung his hard steel gloves against her face with the back of his hand. Bruised and weakened, she looked up. But she didn't see anything after that. In fact, the only thing she saw was a white cloth before she felt it get smudged up against her face. The intoxicating smell of chloroform filled her senses and reacted quickly, making her vision fade out to her own, little, dark world.

Richard stood still in a dumbfounded slouch and out of breath. He was only too happy to get away from that-that…blonde! It only took him a matter of seconds to realize that she was hitting on him, and he spent practically the whole flight locked in the bathroom by himself trying to get away from…whatever-her-face.

He waved his hand wildly for a cab, and after a few minutes later, he knew that it would be useless for him to keep waving his hand out like a retard. Sighing, he decided to carry his suitcase and walk to his hotel instead, which was a couple of blocks away.

The streets were bustling with people. He wondered how Kori could ever live in a place like this.

'It's so lively, like-like…her.'

His thoughts went back to her as they usually did whenever he started to think about something. She was so full of life. Everything about her; her smile only made it worse for every man that craved for her heart.

His sweet thoughts were soon interrupted by a shrill scream from a nearby store.

"Oh my freaking gosh! It's him!"

Now running, he stared at his familiar nemesis when he reached the restaurant. He dropped his suitcases, not caring what was inside them, and hid behind a dumpster in a dark alley, ripping his business suit to reveal his famous costume, applying his mask before stepping out.

But by the time he reached the store, Red-X had already gotten away. Sighing in defeat, he sulked, and just as he was ready to give up, a flash of black streaked past him. Nightwing inwardly cheered and hopped from building to building to follow his only clue to where Kori was.

It was sooner than he expected when he saw Red-X slip into an abandoned warehouse.

'Typical hideout,' he thought to himself.

Just as he crept towards the building, his thoughts of rescuing Kori were interrupted by a green beam of light shooting through the brittle building. And a massive explosion.

Nightwing laid the beautiful angel on his bed and just sat there, gazing at her. The girl he once loved. The girl who changed his life.

"What?"

He jumped, not realizing she was awake.

"Uh…nothing really."

And they just stayed like that for what seemed like forever until Kori lowered her eyes, almost like she was sad.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"N-n-nothing…"

His stare remained fixed towards her, making her feel uncomfortable by the minute.

"I-…I'm sorry." She paused for a minute. How was it that he was the only one who could do that to her? Even Roy couldn't break her whenever there were tense moments like this. She stared at those pools of blue. No words were needed to be spoken whenever she was around him; he always knew whenever something was wrong with her…

"For what? If you mean blowing up that place they call a 'lair' with your powers, then no big."

Kori patted the empty space on the bed, beckoning for him to lie beside her. He heeded her request and faced her.

"I meant- I- I'm sorry for doing this to you. Treating you like your some lowlife even when you were always there for me," she said, now with a lump in her throat. She hoped he wouldn't notice that she was on the verge of crying but unfortunately for her…he noticed.

"Just forget about the past, Kori. It's all over now."

"I-I-I can't Richard. I…I just can't!" Kori now exclaimed in tears. "It's not easy, Richard. You think you can just pretend that I never left? Do you know how hard it is to walk into a room knowing that you and blondie will be making out on the couch! Nothing's easy, Richard! Not with you!"

Richard slumped at the sound of her cracked voice, but then grabbed her shoulders as they were now sitting up. "Kori…Kori! Listen to me! I was stupid then, okay? I didn't know what to think!"

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she grabbed her coat, Richard following behind her. He grabbed her shoulder and turned her around swiftly.

"Where are you going?"

"Where the hell do you think? Outside!" she yelled crying.

"B-but it's…it's raining!"

Kori stopped shortly in the hall of the suite. "That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard you use, so-"

"Would ya'll shut up already? Hell, it's midnight for Pete's sake!" came a voice from the room next door. "People are tryin'na sleep!"

She bit her lip and more tears swam in her emerald orbs before turning the knob.

Richard laid his hand on hers. "I'm sorry, okay! I was fucking stupid!"

"We're all stupid, Richard," she whispered as he looked pleadingly towards her face. She slowly pulled her hand away ever so gently. "That's why I can't believe I ever loved you." She turned her heel and ran towards the door that led to the roof.

The door closed behind him and he slammed his fists on the wall, creating a hole that went through the bathroom door. His heart ached for her, he didn't even know why.

'Why? Why! If you can't figure this out then that just proves that you don't deserve her,' scolded a voice in his mind.

"Maybe I really don't," he murmured to himself.

'Prove to her that you do. That's what she wants from you, proof that you want her as much as she wants you.'

Suddenly realizing how right his conscience was, moments later, he found himself running up the stairs to the roof. To Kori.

A/N: Was it good? It took me forever to think of this chapter because I couldn't really think of a good reason for Red-X to kidnap Kori; remember, I'm making some of this up as I go along. Anyways, hope you keep reading!

And also, I was just wondering, does anybody here want some BbxRae in this story? Because my friend told me I should. Anyways, just tell me when you review. Thanks!

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