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Chapter 10: The Last Star

"Nightmare!" Kori said grinding her teeth.

"Who is he?" asked Richard confused.

"He is a mastermind that controls your worst nightmares like killing loved ones. He is kind of like the 'Brain'. Nightmare controls other villains into doing his nasty work. He must have used Gizmo to go into Roy's mind. But who killed Ariel?"

"Wow, he must be the villain."

"He is way worse than Slade."

At that name, Richard narrowed his eyes. Because of this monster, he almost lost his star in battle. However, he died after an encounter with Starfire. "Worse than Slade, huh? It seems that you can take care of him."

"No, he's..." She was interrupted by a beeping in her trenchcoat. "Trouble." Kori immediately turned on the television only to find a special news bulletin.

"Chaos has struck the city. Three well-known criminals are on the loose; Cinderblock, Overload and Plasmus. Where is Fireblaze when we need her? Red X can't deal with these creatures alone."

"Care to be Nightwing in our lil' town?" asked Kori smirking while taking off her coat revealing her uniform. Her uniform has changed over the years. She wore a green and lime stripped off shoulder with a matching mini skirt. Underneath her off shoulder, she wore a green haltertop. On her feet were green knee length boots. Her hair was in a half pony tail. On her neck was a star-shaped locket given to her by Red X.

"It'll be my pleasure," he replied also taking off his coat revealing his 'Nightwing' costume.

"Let's go!" With that the two superheros fled to the scenes. As soon as they reached downtown, they met with a very unpleasant sight. The buildings were torn inside out, the streets had huge crevasses. Most of all, there was blood. Blood...

"You will pay for doing this to Jump, Nightmare," said Fireblaze as she grinded her teeth. Nightwing just looked at her with concern. This women looked as if she was ready to kill. Before he could say anything, someone called her name. "Hey Blaze!" Both of them turned around to find Red X grinning at her but then his facial expression changed. "What is he doing here?" Red X scowled looking at Nightwing.

"Don't worry, X. I have confronted him and we agreed to be friends," said Fireblaze giving Red X an assuring smile. Before her husband could say something, something struck him on his back. He fell on the street face first, only to find a dagger on his back.

"X! X, X, X, wake up honey. Xavier..." said Kori between panicked sobs. Nightwing just looked at Red X; his mask widened.

Struggling Red X was able to say a few words, "I'm sorry that this is the end of my life, hun. I have enjoyed my life with you and our daughter. Please enjoy your life."

"No! Don't talk like that! The ambulance is on it's way. You are going to be ok!" Fireblaze couldn't back her tears any longer.

"Always stubborn." Red X coughed dryly which only made Fireblaze hold him tighter. "Hey Rich."

Nightwing looked at him with attention. "Yeah?"

"Take care of her. I'm sorry that I was mean to ya ever since I met you. But Kori is the whole world to me. Kori, I'm sorry that it has to end this way." Before the life went away from him, Kori placed a passionate kiss on him. "I'm sorry..." Red X had died. Xavier had died. Mr. Kent had died. The husband of Kori Kent had died in the line of duty. All Kori could do was cry. And cry. She thought no one was there for her now. Until she felt strong arms around her slim body. She looked up into the masked eyes of Nightwing.

"He's gone, Richard. Never to be alive again!" Kori sobbed into Nightwing's chest. In return Nightwing stroked her hair. "I am not going to break Xavier's promise," he thought to himself.

Once again Kori pulled herself together, "This is the last straw, Nightmare." She just flew off into the sky without telling Nightwing where she was going.

(A/N: I am going to skip the fighting scenes. I suck, sorry! Just bear with me!) T-E-E-N-T-I-T-A-N-S

It has been weeks since Kori's encounter with Nightmare. He died in her encounter. She found out that Gizmo was the one who killed Roy, Cheshire killed Ariel (in revenge for Roy's love, she had a crush on him) and a new villain, Blade killed Red X (he owns all kinds of knives and swords). Today was the funeral of Roy, Ariel and Xavier. After the service was over, Kori went outside the church and sat at the steps. It overlooked the bay just as the T tower's roof. She sighed, so many painful memories had been haunting her ever since Xavier's death. Suddenly, she felt someone's hand on her shoulder. Out of instinct, Kori turned around to find Richard looking at her with concern through his sapphire eyes.

"Mind if I sit down?" asked Richard. Kori just briefly nodded.

After a few moments of silence, Richard said, "I'm so sorry."

Upon Kori's face crept a sad smile. "It's ok. There isn't much you could have done anyway."

"It's just that I am so sorry that I broke your heart in the first place. I just hope that we can keep a promising friendship."

"Don't worry we can."

"How's Roxanne taking all of this?"

"She is doing fine. What does she know? She is merely a 3 year-old."

"Are you...ummm..."

"What?" Kori flashed her million dollar smile which melted Richard's heart.

"Thinking of remarrying?"

"I don't know. Maybe when I meet the right guy..." She was interrupted by a kiss by Richard. Kori's eyes widened then closed as she was completely into it. Finally they broke up.

"Kori I have been searching for the right person but you can never get out of my life. As a result, will you do the honor of being my wife?" Richard asked as he went down on one knee with a velvet box with a beautiful diamong ring in it.

Ooooooh cliffhanger! Thank you so much for your reviews! I am sorry to say but this is the last chapter of the story. I am sorry if I rushed it. There will be an epilogue. Please review!