A/N: Hey everybody! I hope you liked the last chapter! I did get a couple of things sent to me though by anonymous reviewers, so:
Um, somebody mentioned to me in a review that they didn't really like the cussing. I just wanted to make it clear that Nightwing and Kori ands that one person in the hotel was really mad. I don't usually put a lot of cursing and everything in my stories, this in fact has been my first time, but if it's really an issue…
And another thing was the last chapter really that confusing? Long story made short: he rescued her, he took her to a hotel suite, she told him how she felt, they both got mad, she ran away (to the roof), and he ran after her.
Thanks to my anonymous reviewers: cutiepie101, 12345, kawaii, Tatiana, Christy, cutiepie101 (again! Thanks for reviewing!), and Samanthe2121. Thanks again! If you're an actual user, then that means I sent you a review reply or something.
Anyways, I would like to dedicate this chapter to Aveplateada! Thanks for being the best reviewer ever; you rock!
Kori dragged herself in the rain, her head in her hands. Icy drops of water pelleted her as the cold sunk in her skin, but she didn't care one bit. After what happened in there, she didn't care about anything anymore.
Couldn't he see? Was he really that blind? She loved him; she wanted him all for herself, so much that it almost hurt. In fact, it did hurt- she could feel her heart being ripped to shreds right that second.
Was being heart-broken always this exhausting? When you hated someone because you loved that person so much but they didn't love you back? If the answer was yes, then she didn't even want to live to see him another day. She had no will to live.
She hated her life, the world- everything. Because every time she felt loved, the world would hate her back and take everything away from her. She couldn't even count how many people still wanted to get even with her- Supergirl, Slade, and even her own sister.
Her leg hung off the roof and she leaned over to gaze at the busy streets. Everywhere she looked people were either hugging or sucking on each other's lips. It was almost as if God was torturing her, haunting her with the images she had always dreamed of- finding true love, getting married, and living happily ever after. She had told this once to her sister on Tameran when she was young- but the only response she got was, "Koriand'er, those things will never come true. The happiest you will EVER be is when you are kneeling down before me as my servant when I am grand ruler."
And so far with the way her life was going, Blackfire had actually proven a theory of hers right. All those dreams were shattered as of now; it would be of no use if she even tried picking up the pieces to her broken heart and putting them back together.
She could've sworn though, that the cars below her were practically begging for her to jump- jump and get away from all her troubles. It was almost as if Trigon himself was trying to pull her down into her own death.
'Nobody wants you, just go,' hissed a voice that she had never knew existed within her. And it looked oh so tempting. She could almost feel the wind wail as though she were already falling off the building.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the roof door being slammed open.
"Kori? Kori!"
She could hear his calls getting louder and louder, she had never heard him sound so desperate. His footsteps got louder as well, as they splashed in the rain. This was her chance to jump.
With her heels planted onto the edge of the twenty-story building, she held her arms out eagle spread and stepped off the building. She could feel the adrenaline rush through her blood and into her veins. And as the rain added more speed to her descending, she realized what she was leaving.
'Damn building! Why did there have to be twenty stories in this freakin thing?'
"KORI!"
He reached into his coat pocket and a three-hooked claw was swung in the air as he quickly gripped onto the rope tight and jumped down towards the descending Kori, not even caring how dangerously fast he was lowering himself down. He extended his arm to her, and when she didn't try to reach back he realized that she was barely alert! Her eyes were drooping and rolling towards the back of her head. He slung her body on his shoulder and climbed up the building this time slowly, with bewildered hotel guests wondering what on Earth some guy was doing stepping on their windows carrying a half-conscious girl.
As soon as they reached the top, Kori shivered slowly. "You-you saved me…"
Her eyes narrowed into thin slits as she glared at him. She had had so much of his nonsense, too much of it in fact. Why didn't he just leave her alone? Roy would have.
Wait, did she just tell herself that she knew her own boyfriend would let her die?
Her anger came back quickly though, and fire raged in her eyes viciously.She lunged towards him, capturing him in a tackle. This made it so that she was on top of him while he lay stiffly against the cold cement on his back. She glanced at him, and after a few moments of hearing nothing but the raindrops hitting the floor, she added, "You saved me! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT!"
Richard flipped over to his side. "Me! What about you Kori?" he yelled as his face was inches away from hers. "You were going to KILL yourself! I couldn't just watch you!"
Again the cycle continued- rolling over swiftly and cunningly, she straddled herself on his stomach with each leg on both sides of his body. "I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SAVE ME! Richard, don't you get it?" she asked in a softer tone. "I don't wanna be like this anymore."
"Kor," he said. But soon as he felt her grip around his waist relax the tiniest bit, he flipped over again, settling himself on his knees so that he wouldn't crush her frail and fragile body, but holding her writs down forcefully, unable for her to escape.
"Damn it, Kori! Suicide? Why the hell did you even THINK about doing that!"
"I…I really don't know," she quivered. Lifting her hands slowly and gently setting them on his ab-toned chest, Richard unwillingly allowed her to pry herself from his seize. She walked at a snail's pace, with Richard following her every step, to a brick wall and warily leaned against it, as if it depended on her life.
"Kori," Richard whispered. She was drenched from head to toe, not to mention her clothes clinging to her every curve, and her eyes were nothing but red and puffy, though they still sparkled with a wisp of hope. But now that flame disappeared right before his eyes.
"Kori," he said again, trying to rest a hand on her shoulder, only to be turned away from. He had done this to her. He changed her beautiful outlook on life to nothing but a dark wasteland.
"What do you want?" she asked fiercely, but her feistiness withered away quickly as she looked down at her puddle-dipped ankles. "Whatever you have to say…just say it already then." When he didn't respond, she focused her glare back at him. "SAY IT! You don't have to pretend to be nice anymore, Richard! I'm so tired of trying to make you feel the same way I feel, but some things will never change."
"Even no matter how much you want them to," she uttered to herself in a whisper that was barely audible from the strong pellets of rain.
"Kori, you have to listen to me. I-"
"You know what? I've heard enough! You don't have to say anything to me because there's nothing left to-"
"KORI!"
Her eyes widened; he never, ever, EVER yelled at her…so why did he do it now? It's not like this time was any more important than their previous moments.
"I'm sorry," he whispered as his eyes softened at her frightened gaze towards him. "I just…you don't understand, Kori. I-"
"You love her, Richard," Kori intervened once more, except this time sobbing silently.
"You love her and I HATE both you and her for it because there's nothing I can do to change it! Nothing! You-"
" I DON'T LOVE HER, OKAY KORI? I DON'T LOVE HER! I DON"T WANT HER!" he roared as he clenched his fists. "I WANT-…I want…" His listened to his own voice trail off in uncertainty.
The only thing that could be heard between them was the pitter-pattering of the raindrops falling from the sky. Kori broke the silence
"Why did you come up here?" she whispered, as though she was afraid of getting hurt again. Tears swam in her jade eyes, twinkling in the dark, moonless night.
"I-I-I just…I didn't want to …"
Surprised at his own loss of words, he knew only one thing could explain the strong emotions that had wanted to burst out so long ago. He grabbed her wrists and pressed her body against his, tenderly brushing his lips upon hers.
It took every one last ounce of her strength for her not to be tempted to kiss him back, for every time he did she found it more and more alluring. At first she tried fighting back by trying to move away and pounding on his chest as hard as she could, but his firm grip remained strong around her wrists, and she soon found herself surrendering to him and kissing him back.
They sank back to the ground still in lip lock as Kori still sat backed into the corner with her legs in a tangled heap, leaning against the wall, and Richard on his knees, gently holding up her chin but pressing her into the tiny corner as he continued to kiss her. They both pulled closer together, relishing every sensation that the kisses created. She placed her free hand over his heart. Feeling it beat was more of an aphrodisiac than she had expected it to be and she found herself pressing against him harder, even lifting her leg to wrap around his hip.
And as the rain poured down on them harder than ever, neither objected.
"I'm gonna beat you, Raven! Yeah, who's in da house now! It's like you ain't even tryin!" Cyborg fiddled with the buttons on his game controller fiercely.
Raven lay bored on the sofa in front of the giant screen with a book in her hands and an untouched controller in her lap. "You're right. I'm not."
"Well, at least things are back to normal again…sort of."
"You mean 'back to normal', as in Richard and Kori in the New York, Beastboy disappearing every now and then, Supergirl in Texas with her family, and you and Bee killing me with your stupid 'quality' time lying here on the couch like love sick monkeys? Yeah, I guess you can say things are back to 'normal'," she remarked sarcastically as Cyborg blushed at her last statement about him and Bumblebee.
The door suddenly slid open and there stood who else but Beastboy in the doorway…empty-handed? He said he had been in the grocery store buying food, but it had been at least three hours since he had left.
"Beastboy! Beastboy!" Raven flung herself in her beau's arms.
"Jeez Rae! I've only been gone a couple of minutes! Maybe I should go to the supermarket more often," he chuckled jokingly.
Raven smiled. "So…did you get my tea? Or-"
"-The milk, the cheese, ham, steak, diet soda, and pork chops?"
Raven and Beastboy turned around looking aghast at Cyborg. "Um, no…they were- um- they-…they were out!"
Raven raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "They were out of milk? What kind of flipping farm do they get their stuff from if they don't have milk?"
"Wow little lady, I didn't know you were so into milk."
"I- um…"
But in truth, Raven didn't give a freakin care in the world if some market didn't have enough cows. The only thing she did care about though, was Beastboy. Lately he had been hiding something from her; he was always sneaking about around 3:00 in the morning, and whenever she DID catch him in times like these, he would always use that stupid supermarket excuse and how they were out of products. On Monday it was Dog Chow, Tuesday it was Meat, and yesterday it was pencils!
"I'm gonna go to my room." And with that she stormed off and hid behind the steel metal doors.
"Dude, what's wrong man? Raven and I have been worried about you lately."
"Cyborg, you have to listen to me," came Beastboy's muffled voice. " I think I know how to get her back!"
"Get WHO back?"
"Terra! You see, I've been visiting her and…"
Raven felt his voice trail off as she blocked his voice with her mind; she didn't want to hear the rest and she suddenly felt sick to her stomach. Terra? Terra, as in the girl Beastboy used to love before he moved on to Raven? Terra! She still couldn't believe it. All this time she thought he had been having an affair of some sort or selling drugs (that's how much she worried about him), he had been visiting a stone statue of some old traitorous blond?
"Beastboy would never cheat on me. He would never love any other girl but me…right?"
Saying this to herself didn't make her feel anything but crazy and insane, since she was talking to herself, and her mind was about to explode in confusion and jealousy. Was she really jealous of some girl from the Stone Age? Did Beastboy really…dare she say it…still love her, Terra? Her mind whirled, with flashing images of the many possibilities.
'Again Raven, Beastboy would NEVER cheat on you. NEVER.'
For a second there she felt reassured. But her relief was short lived. If bringing Terra back to life was really no big deal, then why didn't Beastboy tell her? She felt her world spin around her and she crumpled to the ground in tears, trying not to lose her dignity by crying, curling up as Jealousy made it's way back into her head. The name "Terra" echoed constantly in her head, but the more she tried pushing the thought of her away, all she saw was Beastboy and Terra hand-in-hand.
And it was no more than a mere amount of seconds later, when Bumblebee found an unconscious Raven in that very spot.
A young couple huddled underneath a small roof was pictured on a wide flat-panel screen. The girl and boy were drenched completely, and were leaning on each other sound asleep.
"Ah, young love, I suppose. Well then, its nice to see that things have…patched up between the two." A sinister laugh came from the dark figure sitting in what somewhat resembled a throne.
"You!" he snapped as a mysterious shadow appeared instantly before him. "I need you to take care of something."
"Yes, Master."
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Ring…riiiiiing"Hello, New York Hospital."
A secretary sat alone in the empty hospital floor, busily jotting down appointments and times.
"Yes, m'am. We have your hospital bill here in our medical charts…yes, I completely understand…"
The secretary looked up and before her stood a figure in black; she couldn't quite tell if the person standing in front of the desk was either a man or a woman. The dim hospital lights only allowed her to see the muscular build in the shadow's outline. She put the phone on "hold" and placed a smile on her face.
"Hello, Sir…um...or m'am. How may I be of any help to you?"
"I need the number to Roy Harper's room. Now."
The woman only smiled gleefully. "I'm sorry, but visiting hours are only from 9 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the latest. Unless you are here to get your blood drawn or if you have an emergency, I don't think you should be here right now-"
"It's none of your damn business, woman. Just give me the number and you'll be lucky to be alive once I get out of here." The voice spoke with so much command that it took a while for the chummy woman to realize that the person was serious.
"Sir, I'm sorry, but-"
"SHUTUP!" the voice roared as it echoed down the hall. The He-she grabbed the woman's neck, gripping it as tight as they could. "Now give me the number. NOW."
Desperate to get out alive, the woman begged for mercy. "Please don't…kill…me," she managed to gasp between breaths and her gagging throat. But that only caused the grip on her neck to become tighter, turning her fair face into the reddest shade imaginable, swollen with the need for air.
"Room…thirefum…phiv…wont," she spat out as if the words themselves tasted as ghastly as she felt right then and there.
Impatient, the villain tightened their grip on the poor old lady's neck. "What was that?"
Now grasping her collar and trying desperately to pry the stranger's hands off her neck, she yelled as clearly as she could. "I…said…3...4...5...1!"
The shadow dropped her to the ground and a moment after she saw their silhouette run through the halls with a cape flying behind, she blacked out completely.
A/N: Was it okay? I tried to incorporate most of the ideas some of you sent me through your reviews and I hope you liked it. OmG, a new Teen Titans eppy today! I'm freakin crying my eyes out though. Only two more episodes and the show is forever gone! Few of the best Teen Titan Fan Fiction authors barely update their stories anymore; I will still keep reading and writing TT fics, but I have to ask, are you people still going to read the TT stories even after the show is canceled? I hope you do.
Stories that I seriously recommend you to read and review for:
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Summer Love
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A Real Love (I love this story!)
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and
Drifters (seriously, did I spell any of these wrong? I'm trying my best, so…)
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