A/N: I am so sorry for the long wait. I've had this one typed for a while, but I was waiting to finish the Summer chapter...well I didn't so I'll give you this one now.

Chapter 16

"What are you doing here?" Parker growled and got out of his seat.

"Someone saw you stealing their car Parker, what the hell do you think I'm doing here?"

"It's not my fault...I needed to borrow it," even in his mind the excuse sounded stupid.

"That's what they all say, and unless you can tell me the actual reason that you had to take the car...I'm going to have to take you to the station," the man sighed, his eyes filled with regret.

Parker's mind was racing. If he didn't tell, he was going to get charged for auto theft.

But if he did tell, then he'd still get in trouble...just not with the law.

"Fine," he sighed. "But I need to talk to you alone," he glanced at the two thugs–he supposed they were body guards, not that they were really needed–raising his eyebrows in expectation.

"Thought you might ask that," the man smiled and made a dismissive motion towards the two men. "Go get some food, I'll be fine."

They nodded and suppressed smiles as they walked out. Parker wondered if the hospital had a big enough food budget to feed them.

"So tell me what happened Parker, for God's sake tell me what happened."

Parker paused and tried to think of a way to tell his story without screwing himself too much, or more than he already was.

"I don't want to have to arrest you," the cop coaxed and Parker shook his head, swallowing hard.

"Yesterday, when I was out walking, I saw Slade out on the street. I was about to go–well–fight him, but then a bunch of teens got out of this car that was parked onside of the road. It was almost like they were waiting for him."

His expression changed to one of confused disbelief as he let out a bark-like laugh. "What I wonder is who would want to meet him.

"Anyway, they fought him...with powers and everything. And they probably would have won if he hadn't pulled out a dust bomb.

"When they heard the sirens, they drove away and they stopped in an alley and changed. There was a girl there, and she was checking something, and I went to talk to her. I kind of think that I scared her," he laughed again. "I told her to meet me at the warehouse on the docks."

"Why did you want her to go there in the first place?"

"I don't know. I guess I just wanted to find out how she could live such a normal life when she has powers that run on emotions.

"I mean, she could laugh and have fun and nothing would blow up. I can't even get agitated without causing a storm, and my powers are based on how secure my mind is. I just wanted to know if she could help me."

"But you'd you pick her and not one of her friends?"

"...because she needed someone to talk to too," was his only reply and he refused to say anymore on the subject, no matter how much he was asked.

"Ok, you win. Now finish telling me what happened."

"When they left, I walked around for a bit and thought about everything. Then I went home and I left half an hour before I was supposed to meet her.

"I got there fifteen minutes early...and that's when I saw a circle of Slade-bots. They had their backs to me. And one moved to the side and I saw her. She was barely conscious and it looked like they were getting ready to leave.

"I fought them but by the time I got to her, she was already unconscious."

"So that's when you stole the car."

"Not exactly," he said nervously, a blush flaming across his face. "I took her back to my apartment. It was only a stun gun that hit her; I thought that she'd be fine. But it didn't turn out that way.

"She woke up once and got mad at me for before. Then she got this headache or something. It made her pass out and I got scared. That's when I saw the car. So I took it and the guy saw me. But I couldn't not take it, she was starting to convulse, and it was scaring me."

"The car owner said you tired to run him over."

"He jumped at the car and I swerved. Why the hell would I want to run him over?"

"I know you wouldn't do it on purpose, I'm just telling you what he said."

"Anyway, I brought her here. No one asked me what happened and after they took her I came I here...that's when you showed up."

"I see," the man said thoughtfully. "So you did everything with good intentions?"

"Yah, but it didn't work out that way."

"I noticed," he sighed. "I'll try and convince the car owner not to press charges. But he may want to sue for damages."

"Ok."

"And you know I'll try to stop him from doing that too."

"But what if you can't. I don't have any money. How am I supposed to pay him?"

"Parker, you know that I'll figure it out. Have some faith in me will ya?"

"You're right Dick. And you know that I think you'll figure it out."

"You flatter me kiddo," Dick said and ruffled Parker's hair, much to his displease. "Now I got to get back. I found her," he winked. "But I haven't told her everything so I need to be there before she wakes up."

"I see."

"You stay here Parker; you should be there for when they let people in the room. And if anyone asks you what happened, just say that you saw a gang and they hit her with a stun gun. If they say anything about her blood or chemical makeup being different, don't tell them it's because of her powers–"

"No duh," Parker said and rolled his eyes.

"Tell them that she'd from a different part of the world or something."

"Ok, now go," Parker said smirking, and making shooing motions.

Dick grinned and complied, punching the teen lightly in the shoulder as he walked by.

When the older man had left, Parker slumped back in the seat. He was glad that Dick always found out when he was in trouble. But he was sick of him having to bail him out all the time.

The nurse walked in and he glanced at her from the top of his eyes. She walked and knelt down in front of him.

He didn't say anything but his eyes locked with hers, and she felt as if she couldn't look away.

"She's going to be fine; she has a concussion that's all. You can go see her when they finish her tests," she said, taking his cold hands in her delicately warm ones.

"What kind of tests?" he asked, fear flooding through him.

"Just memory, to make sure there's no brain damage," she saw the flash of horror on his face and she squeezed his hand, smiling reassuringly. "It's just a precaution that they take when admitting concussion victims."

"Oh," he said and looked down at his hands.

"She'll be fine," the nurse said and stood up and patted his shoulder. "I'll let you know when you can go see her."

"Thanks," he said quietly as she walked away.

He shifted in his seat, trying to make himself comfortable. He knew that he was in for a long wait.

A/N: hope you guys liked it, I'm trying to finish the Summer chapter. I'll try and finish it by next week...and if I still can't get it, I'll write the next section of this. R&R please.