Teen Titans

A Circus Escapade

A/N: Okay, guys. This is Dash's sad ending to the story. If you choose to read this, we can't be held responsible for your reactions. Dash wrote it his way. You got a problem with it, please say so nicely. Regardless, he won't do anything about it, since this is already published.

Enjoy!

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"Relax and just enjoy the show." The acrobat said, then also climbed up on his side. He sent a signal to Kory and she sent one back. They were ready. With strong grips, they held on to the bar. Kory took off. Dick's heartbeat quickened as he looked up. She let go of the bar and was caught by the acrobat in the legs. He swung her a few times until she was close enough to flip in the air and get a hold of her bar. They repeated this again and again until they felt that the man below felt relieved.

He called to her as she reached the other side. "Okay, you've made your point. Get down here now. You don't know what you're doing!" Then he noticed that the net that was supposed to be under the trapeze wasn't there, just as the stands were being taken down and packed up. They were leaving.

Kory was having the time of her life on the wires, floating effortlessly through the air. 'How can Richard be scared of this? This is amazing!' she thought to herself. She flipped off from her bar, only to be caught by the other acrobat. She was quickly tossed back to another wire as he leapt from his own to another one nearby.

Just then, the rope she landed on started to unravel. Dick noticed it right away with his keen eyes and yelled, "KORY! SWING TO THE PLATFORM! THE ROPE IS GONNA GIVE OUT!"

He spoke too late. Just as she had predicted, the rope snapped at halfway. She screamed as she began her freefall to the ground below.

The other acrobat quickly leapt back to the middle wire, swinging forward, trying to catch her, but missed her ankle by about an inch.

Richard was already moving, trying to get under her to break the fall, but he realized he was going to be a second too slow. Her body hit the ground with a thud and an audible CRACK was heard.

He dropped to his knees beside her body, tears falling onto the dirt ground below. Just seeing the way her head was, he knew that the fall had broken her neck, as well as an arm bone. "Why does this always happen to me?" He removed his sunglasses and stared at the ceiling of the tent. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?" he screamed to the heavens, as if expecting an answer from God. "Did I do something to deserve this? First my family and now my best friend in the world."

The acrobat landed and came over to him. "Oh God," he kept repeating over and over again. "I'm sorry, man. I shouldn't have let her up there in the first place. This is all my fault." He placed his hand on Richard's shoulder before walking away to call an ambulance.

He put his sunglasses back on after wiping his tears away and gingerly picked up his girlfriend's corpse. Walking out of the tent, he vowed to himself that he would somehow make a change in the world.

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A week later, a small funeral for close family and friends was held at Wayne Manor. After a small ceremony, including a very emotional eulogy from Richard, they moved to her body to the cemetery in the back of the house, where a large tombstone had been erected.

Richard had spent hours carving out the tombstone himself. The white marble had cost him three months of his pay that he'd been saving for his new motorcycle. The stone read

KORINA OPAL ANDERS

1989-2007

BELOVED DAUGHTER

BEST FRIEND

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A/N: Hope you all enjoyed my chapter and that it was somewhat of a tearjerker. That was what I intended it to be.

Gimme a review to let me know what you thought.

Love, peace and chicken grease!

Dash