Night life (A Nightwing and original character Fanfiction)

Chapter 14

((Nightwing/Dick's POV))
(The night he got shot)

"Where'd he go?" Jason panted looking around.

"I don't know." Barbra mumbled also glancing around.

"There." I pointed to the old amusement park. "That's where he's going."

I called my bike and climbed on and Barbra got on the back. She wrapped her arms around my waist like Emma used to, but it just didn't give me the same warm feeling.

"Are you alright Dick?" she asked leaning closer to my ear so she was pressing her chest into my back.

"I'm fine." I mumbled revving up the bike and driving away with Jason close behind us.

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"Well well well... Look at all the little birds that came to play!" Joker cackled from somewhere in the funhouse. We had all gotten split up and were trapped in different parts. "And look! If it isn't Nightwing! I believe I might have a pretty little birdie of yours."

"What do you mean?" I asked still looking around me.

"Oh you don't care for your sidekick anymore? Or should I say girlfriend? You know pink really isn't her colour." He laughed.

Panic and anger settled in and I started rushing through the house looking for any sign of Emma or the Joker.

"Where is she!?" I shouted angrily.

"The better question is how much time does she have *laughter* tick tock Nightwing tick tock!"

"Joker!"

His laughter rang out over the speakers again and I heard the steady tick of a bomb in the background noise.

My heart pounded in my chest and I raced through my part of the house screaming her name.

"Emma!? Emma where are you!?"

"Fifteen seconds left Nightwing better hurry!"

I felt frantic and started screaming her name again prying that I would get some sort of response.

"Tick tick Boom!"

Right on cue the wall behind me exploded and I was sent flying through the next.

My ears were ringing and my body felt numb as I tried to push myself up. I looked behind me and my heart sank to the pit of my stomach. "No..."

I scrambled to my feet and tried to run over to the flaming rubble but someone grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back into a hug.

"Dick your ok!" Barbara cried clinging onto me.

I pushed her away and started to run forward again.

"What are doing!?"

"She's in there!" I yelled panicked.

"*cough* What's happening?" Jason said coming out of some part of the building.

I ignored him and started frantically searching through the rubble.

"Lose something?"

I froze and clenched my jaw, looking up at the Joker's smiling face coming through the flames.

I lunched myself at him and started swinging. I punched him over and over and all he did was laugh.

"You killed her!"

"On the contrary boy! I merely got your attention! I mean do you honestly think I'd hurt a lady!?" he said grinning.

I stopped and held him by his throat.