Wow! 5 reviews already! I know a lot of you were surprised when it was Vic at the door, and not Raven. Oh, and I just reread the first chapter. There was one point where i said it was a black and white picture, but Ebony Shadow wore a red skirt. Duh! Sometimes I scare myself with how ditzy I am, and I'm not even a blonde! So, here's the next chapter.
I can't believe some of you figured out the whole thing with Raven all ready. You are such party-poopers!
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Richard felt like his head was spinning. Here he was, Victor Stone, standing in front of him. Victor stone supposedly died 5 years ago.
"V-Vic?" Richard stuttered.
"It's nice to see you again," Victor said in his deep voice. He stuck out his hand. Richard now knew he wasn't dreaming- it was that same computerized look Cyborg had had; only it was green now.
"But-but…how?" was all Richard could say.
"I'll tell you. Do you mind if I come in, though?" Vic said.
Richard led him in slowly. He sat at the table, while Victor sat across from him.
"Surprised to see me?" Victor said.
Richard said with his mouth open.
"Well, I guess I should start at the beginning. About one year after I died, the scientist who was there when the accident happened found my memory disk at the site of Terra's grave. He took it, and he still had the blue prints form my former body, so he rebuilt it with some upgrades. Two weeks ago, voila! Here I am again."
Richard smiled. "That's amazing. You don't know how much we missed you," he said.
"But that's not why I am here. First I need to know what happened after. Second, I need to know what happened at Wayne Manor with you and Rae," He said frowning.
Richard then went into the long-winded explanation of the break up. Then he began on the Starfire story.
"So, who was killed?" he said, furrowing his brow.
Richard took a deep breath. "Terra, Speedy, Aqualad, Kitten, Jinx, Mark, T'Keyah, and Gar," he said softly, as he saw Vic cringe at the mention of Bumblebee and Beast Boy.
"Raven and I were almost killed. Kori kidnapped Raven and held her as a hostage. Then, she tried to shoot me, but she shot Raven instead. Then, she shot me before herself. She tried to then make it look like Raven was the murderer."
Vic whistled softly. "But where's Rae now?"
Richard looked down at his hands. He knew that this question was coming. "I-I don't know. I left her in the hospital,"
"YOU WHAT!" Vic shouted.
"I knew I couldn't let myself harm her anymore. So, I left her. You don't understand. The only reason why Kori started this is because I broke up with her 5 years ago. She knew I was in love with raven, so she decided to formulate this plan. I knew the only reason why Raven had been hurt was because of me. She stayed in a painful coma for a month, if longer. It was because she had tried to save me. Oh my god, I sound like Raven," Richard said.
"What?" Vic said with a strange look on his face.
"…Raven blamed herself for your death. She thought that she should have died instead, because you died trying to save her. Now, I sound like her because I think that it's my fault that Raven made a choice to try and save me, just like you made a choice to try and save her," Richard thought out.
Vic nodded with a small smile on his face. "You do know what you have to do now, don't you?"
"Vic, I can't go find her. She'll hate me for leaving her. After dealing with her, I'll have to deal with Bruce for leaving as Nightwing," Richard said.
Vic shrugged. "So? The Richard Grayson I once knew didn't care what anyone thought. He would go up to the girl he loved, explain he left to protect her, and then apologize to her. Bruce? That's another story. …Listen, all you have to do is say you needed time to clear your head from what happened. Then, you say you're back," Vic said as he crossed his arms.
"I guess your right," Richard said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Of course I am. Hey, to even make you feel better, I'll go with you!" he said, standing up. He pushed a button on his wrist. Long probes with pieces of painted metal shot out of his body. They attached themselves like a jigsaw puzzle. Richard no longer saw Cyborg. He saw Vic; the amazingly strong muscular handsome yet bald African. He wore a Lakers Jersey with a pair of black jeans and sneakers.
Richard grabbed his jacket, and they soon left.
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They sped along in Vic's black Viper. When they arrived at Wayne Manor, the guardsman asked them who they were. "It's Mr. Grayson," Richard said.
The gates swung open. They sped in. Once they arrived, Richard jumped out of the car. He nervously walked up the stairs, wringing his hands as he went. He pulled the door knocker, and quickly knocked.
Alfred opened the door. "Ah, Master Grayson. Master Bruce has been looking for you. Follow me," he said before he turned around and walked away. Richard followed slowly.
Alfred took him to Bruce's main office. Richard slowly turned the knob to go in. He walked in. "Bruce?" he questioned.
"Richard, where the hell have you been?" Bruce said sharply without even looking at him.
"Did you ever think about what I had to endure during those eight horrible days? If I had gone on the job right after, I wouldn't have been able to concentrate, and someone may have gotten hurt. How would you have felt if someone had gotten hurt when it was your fault? I all ready have to deal with Raven being still in a coma because she tried to save me. I needed to clear my head. I'm done now, so you don't go yelling at me because I was trying to help myself!" Richard shouted.
Bruce turned somewhat alarmed. "Richard, I'm sorry I snapped at you. You are right. What you did was perfectly fine. I am happy you did. But, now that you have returned, so has Nightwing," he said as he grabbed a small TV remote.
"What do you mean?" Richard said.
"Gotham City desperately needs Nightwing again," Bruce said as he turned on the TV. There was a picture of the same girl Richard had seen in the paper.
"Who is that?" Richard said.
"Meet Ebony Shadow, or as you know her, Raven Roth."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! I'm so bad. I'm going to leave you guys hanging again! That is so awesome. R&R please! Thanks!