Unknown To You: Memories
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.
"Help!" A muffled scream came from a young red-haired girl. Her green eyes were closed tightly as a man attacked her viciously. Punches and kicks were being thrown at her continuously and she could hear her breathing shallow slightly. Please, don't let me die. He needs to know. He needs to know that I didn't mean it. I love him more than anything in the world...she silently pleaded.
With the rest of her strength, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "I love you, Richard...Help!"
He stopped his motorcycle. He'd heard a scream. That sounds like Kori...All traces of anger were lost, worry and anxiety replacing them and he quickly rushed to the cause of the sound. He froze at the sight before him. Kori lay on the pavement, beaten, bruised and bleeding. He ran over to her. Her breathing wasn't good.
"Kori, Kori..." He shook her slightly, still embracing her in his arms. Tears spilled from behind his sunglasses and he began shaking her a little harder.
"Please, Kori, wake up!" he screamed at her. For a moment, he sat there in the middle of the alley, tears falling down his cheek with Kori in his arms. Suddenly, he felt her move.
"Kori..." he whispered. Slowly, but surely, she started opening her eyes. She looked up at her hero. Tears fell from her eyes and they soon advanced to sobbing. Richard held her tightly, but protectively.
"What happened Kori?" He had finally plucked up the courage to ask her after her sobs had declined to minor sniffling.
"I had just walked around and wanted to go to the park..." she began, never looking directly at him. Why doesn't anyone look me in the eyes! he thought to himself.
"But before I was able to get there, these men grabbed me from behind..." By now, Kori's voice had become a soft whisper. Her eyes were threatening to spill again and her throat hurt from the tears she was choking back.
"Then what?" asked Richard, anxious, but dreading, to fnd out what these men had done to the love of his life.
"They beat me and..." She couldn't say it; It was hard enough having to go through it, but telling him just made it real. The tears fell down her now bruised cheeks.
"They raped you, didn't they?" whispered Richard, hoping that Kori would say no. Unfortunately, she nodded her head and started sobbing again.
"I'm sorry, Richard. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm so stupid. I'm so sorry...Sorry for everything...I love you..." sobbed Kori.
Flashback
"Kori, what's wrong?" He asked, feeling pain from seeing his loved one in grief. She couldn't look at him. She had done something terrible. He would never forgive her. She had betrayed him.
"Kori?" With courage, she looked up at him and saw the look of pain etched onto his face. She had to tell him. She had to. Even if it meant losing him...
"Richard, there's something I have to tell you," Kori began. She sighed and closed her eyes. I don't want to hurt him, so why does he need to know? she asked herself. Because he deserves at least that, came the reply from which she knew her conscience had delivered.
"What is it?" asked Richard. He had a feeling he wouldn't like the next answer.
"I'm pregnant," she whispered. The hard part wasn't over yet...
"Oh Kori, that's brilliant!" He jumped off the bed and pulled her into a huge bear hug. He couldn't help, but notice Kori's worried reaction.
"Is there something else I need to know?" He never knew that he would dread those words...
"Richard, it's not your baby," she confessed.
End Flashback
"You aren't stupid, Kori..." He soothed her in the middle of the street, sitting there with his love, broken in his arms. A few minutes passed before Kori finally spoke up.
"Can we go home now...please?" she asked, no emotion present in her voice. Richard nodded and gave Kori a hand to help her up. However, the injuries that Kori suffered were worse than Richard had presumed. She couldn't get up without crying out in pain. What can I do? There's nothing I can do, except take her to hospital. Think Richard! She's counting on you...By now, Kori had retreated back to slumping against the brick walls, this being the least painful position.
"Kori, I can't let you on the motorcycle..." he explained. She didn't maintain eye contact. "So, I'm going to have to call Vic and ask him to pick us up..." Her eyes darted open and she felt nervous.
"No, don't, please...They can't see me like this..." she pleaded. He looked at her, sitting against the wall, lifting only her head because of the injuries her body had sustained.
"I'm sorry, but that's all I can do..." he responded. She hung her head back against her chest, not attempting to argue with him. She knew he was right. She didn't want to cause him anymore pain at all today.
Flashback
"What? I don't understand," quizzed Richard, not understanding the situation anymore. "How can it not be mine? You've only ever slept with me...right? Kori?" No reply came from her.
"Kori..." he asked, sadness and anger present in his voice. "Answer me," he asked her, more anger than worry present in his voice. He already knew the answer, but he just had to be wrong...
"I'm sorry," she breathed, tears rolling down her face. She could hear Richard walking around the bedroom, frustration, anger, sadness all present in him.
"Why? When? Who?" was all he could ask. He was standing in front of her now, demanding an answer as if she were the child and he were the dad.
"At our two year celebration party with someone that I can't remember," she mumbled, embarassed with her answer. A look of horror was painted on Richard's face. It quickle turned to one of anger.
"You slept with someone at the party? The party that was meant to celebrate us? Why that day! Did you plan it or something! Did you want to make it even worse for me!" By now, Richard was screaming at her. She doesn't even care, he thought.
"You know what, screw this. I'm not having a slut as my girlfriend. Consider yourself dumped!" he cursed at her, leaving her alone in the bedroom. She flung herself onto the bed and cried for what seemed like forever.
End Flashback