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Questions encircled Nightwing's mind. But rage and anger were also there in the mix.
"When were you going to tell me?" He said. His heart was breaking with every second. Amelia began to speak when he cut her off. "I thought you loved me!" normally he would have felt foolish for saying such a thing. But right now he didn't care. "I loved you." he said in a softer voice. The rage and anger melted away. It was replaced by sadness and grief.
Tear began to leak from Amelia's eyes. She didn't love Valentin. She loved Nightwing. Her father had arranged this marriage against her will. She had no say in the matter. She had to make Nightwing understand. In a quick movement she grabbed Valentin's hand, twisted it, and broke free of his bond. She ran over to Nightwing who had his eyes looking down.
"Nightwing." She said. "Dick." she tried again. Amelia brought her hand up to his face and gently lifted it up so she could look into his dark glasses. "Look into my eyes. I'm not lying. My father set up the marriage. I had no say in this. I don't even love him." She finished.
Valentin was doubled over, clutching his wrist. He started cursing in Russian.
Nightwing's sorrow suddenly turned to joy. Amelia truly loved him and didn't care for anyone else but him! He smiled at Amelia and she looked relived.
"Come on." He took her hand. "Let's get out of here." Together they left the scowling Valentin. Valentin was furious. He would not lose his bride to be. In fact, he never would. When he had grabbed Amelia, he planted a tracker on her, but Nightwing and Amelia didn't know.
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It was finally time. They walked casually toward to the building in which the Middlemist Red was securely located. They had worked out a plan to get inside, and out. Nightwing would patch the security systems. Amelia would distract the guards, she was nervous about this, while Nightwing grabbed the one blossom they needed.
It began. Amelia ran into the front entrance.
"Hey! You can't come in here!" one of the guards said. There were three guards: two young ones, and one older man.
"I'm sorry. I was just looking for someone." Amelia gushed. She knew she had to keep the guards talking while Nightwing slipped in and got the flower blossom.
"Can we help you in any way?" one of the younger guards asked. The younger guards were totally entranced in Amelia's beauty.
"Yes. You, uh, could..." Amelia looked around. At this time Nightwing was slowly creeping past the guards. But the older man wasn't as transfixed on Amelia as the younger ones.
"Hey! Who goes there?" He shouted. Amelia knew their cover had been blown.
"Sorry boys." She smiled. Amelia quickly swept her leg, knocking the guards down. They hit their heads and blacked out. Nightwing somersaulted out of his hiding place and threw a smoke bomb at the guard. He and Amelia held their breath and ran into the stair case.
"Well, that went well." Amelia joked. Nightwing nodded but didn't laugh. He was in mission mode.
"The flower is on the third floor. Let's get moving." He said.
They quickly ran up the stairs and knocked out any of the guards that came along.
"This is it." Amelia breathed as they came up to a huge wood door. Nightwing pushed the heavy door open.
Inside was a large marble room. There were large windows that let in the moon light. Rays of moon light lit up a small plant in the middle of the room. It was the only thing in the room. Amelia started walking toward it.
"Wait." Nightwing said, stopping Amelia in her tracks. He took out a canister of powder from his belt. He poured some into his hand and blew it into the room. Small red beams began to shimmer into view.
"Beams." Amelia whispered.
"Break one, and we get stormed." Nightwing replied. "Move carefully." he said. They started to slowly make their way through the maze of red beams shinning in the moon light. They finally got to the small block where there were no beams; where the plant sat.
"It's beautiful." Amelia gasped.
"It sure is." Nightwing said. He carefully removed one of the delicate blossoms. He handed it to Amelia as he grabbed a mini portal out of his belt.
"For you, Elizabeth." Amelia said. She kissed the petals and placed it on the portal.
"This will make sure Elizabeth gets the antidote as quickly as possible." Nightwing said. He pressed a button on the pad and with a quick burst of light, the blossom disappeared.
"Well, well." Valentin said. He was standing in the open door. Amelia and Nightwing looked at him. But he wasn't alone. Behind him was a massive Krolotean army. "You aren't the only person with connections, Amelia."
"Valentin!" Amelia yelled. "What do you think you're doing? I never remembered you being the one to side with evil doers."
"Well." Valentin spat. "Once you've had your heart broken you will go to extreme lengths to get the one you love back." everyone word he said was saturated with poison. Amelia gasped.
"So you were the one who handed Elizabeth over to those creatures!" Amelia screamed. Tears dripped down her face. "How could you!" Nightwing put his hands one Amelia trembling shoulders.
"Kill the boy." Valentin said with a smirk. "He is not a man. He is not fit for a princess of such beauty. Bring me the girl. Make sure she is," he paused to think for a moment. "Relatively," another smirk. "unscathed." The Kroloteans charged, not caring about the beams.
"And I beat him up now?" Nightwing was seething with anger. Who was that little prissy to say he wasn't a real man.
"Only if I get in on the fun." Amelia smiled.
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