Koriand'r & Dick Grayson: Short Stories

Starfire

Summary: Set after season two of Young Justice. After Dick Grayson also known as Nightwing left the team he moved to Blüdhaven to carve out his own reputation away from Batman and to become the city's protector. During one of his nightly patrols, something strange occurs in the sky.

The night had been going relatively well in Dick's opinion. He had stopped a couple of muggers a little while ago but other than that nothing of interest seemed to be happening that night. It seemed that for the first time since he arrived in Blüdhaven he would be able to enjoy some peace and quiet, and he was not complaining. He could use the time to catch up with some of his old friends. Leaving his current position on the roof of a not so tall building, he went down to the alley behind it ready to call it a night but not long after he was back on solid ground, a bright flash of green light lit up the sky before a small explosion could be heard from just a few blocks away.

"So much for peace and quiet," Dick murmured to himself, not that he truly minded the interruption, before taking off in the direction of the light not entirely sure as to what he was going to find.

Arriving at the scene, Dick found a small crater in the middle of the park and naturally he got closer to investigate it. Curious to know what had fallen from the sky. Around the crater, there seemed to be no debris or fragments from a ship or anything similar. And as he looked closer there was nothing in the crater either. That was strange... but then again, he was used to strange. As he inspected the sight before him, something else drew his attention. A soft noise coming from somewhere nearby. Hoping to get some insight on what had happened he decided to follow the noise, he had time to spare after all.

Walking among the trees, he followed the soft noise though instead of growning louder as he approached, it seemed to be growing softer. For a moment that made him wonder if he was going in the right direction. He soon figured out that he was indeed going in the right direction when he found a small device which without a doubt was alien technology and that could mean that whatever had crashed could be a dangerous alien.

Perhaps I'll need backup, Dick thought to himself as he caught something moving not far from him. Taking the device with him, he moved faster, not wanting whatever it was that he had seen to get away.

... But what he had been expecting to find was a far from what he had stumbled upon.

Before him was a female alien. She could have passed for human if it hadn't been for her orange skin and unnatural bright green eyes but despite that, he could see that she was beautiful. She was also wearing a very revealing outfit which distracted him for a moment though he would never admit that to anyone. Moving his attention back to her face, he stood still a few feet away from her not wanting to frighten her. 

Not certain as to what he should do, he settled on trying to speak to her. "Hey," he said in what he hoped she would think was a friendly manner. "Are you alright?" He asked yet she didn't respond. She only looked at him, tilting her head in confusion as he spoke. "So no English. Okay... I'm sure we can figure something out," he added as he approached her but was quick to stop when her eyes began glowing. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you," he said holding both of his hands up to show her he meant no harm.

As he raised his hands, her attention was drawn to the device he had picked up earlier. Narrowing her eyes, they seemed to glow brighter as she spoke to him in an unknown language. Dick did not know what she was saying but she cleary was not happy to see the device, that much he could tell.

Throwing the device to the side, Dick turned back to her. "See. It's gone," that seemed to calm her down because her eyes stopped glowing and when back to the way hey had been before she caught sight of the device Dick had been holding. "What's your name?" He asked after an uncomfortable silence, though she didn't seem to mind it.

Again the female alien simply looked at him with confusion in her eyes as he spoke. Communicating is going to be hard... Dick thought with a sigh as he rubbed the back of his neck.

As Dick contemplated his options, he failed to notice that his new female alien acquaintance had moved closer to him. It wasn't until she tugged him close to her that he looked up at her. She was truly beautiful. A little bruised and in need of some rest but she was beautiful.

Giving her a small smile, he wondered what she was doing. If she had wanted to harm him she would have done that already but she seemed more curious about him than anything. "We should probably get you out of here," he said even though he knew she didn't understand a word of what he was saying. "It wouldn't be good if the wrong—"

Dick never got to finish what he was about to say as she grabbed a hold of his collar and pulled him closer to her, pressing her lips against his in a kiss. To say he was surprised would have been an understatement. This was the last thing he expected to happen. And though at first, he tried to protest, his inner man got the best of him, faster than he cared to admit and simply kissed her back, closing his eyes as he left her soft lips against his own.

"That was unexpected," he whispered, a soft blushing covering his cheeks as he spoke.

A small smile played on her lips before she spoke. "I apologize," she said in near perfect English which caught him off guard. Only a few minutes ago she didn't seem to understand what he had been saying to her. "My kind can learn language from the act of kissing..." she added, her gaze moving to the ground as she explained the reason behind her actions.

"That's actually very useful," he replied, a small chuckle leaving him as he thought over her words. That was truly a very useful ability. "So... can you tell me what happened?" He asked pointing in the direction of the crater he had found earlier.

"Oh," she gasped softly as she looked back at him. "I apologize for that," she said, grappling her arms around herself before she began explaining what had happened. "My sister Komand'r staged a coup and took the throne. I had no other option but to flee..."

From all the thing he had been expecting to hear, that was not on the list. "Well... you can stay here for a little while. Figure out what you will do," he offered with a friendly smile even though he would need to speak with the Justice League about this but he didn't see why they wouldn't offer her safe haven for some time.

"I would appreciate that," she said, a beaming smile on her face as she spoke showing both her happiness and relief and Dick couldn't help but smile as well, "Thank you..." she added, stopping herself as she came to realize that she had yet to learn his name. Perhaps he had said it earlier but she wouldn't have understood him even if he had. "We have not been properly introduced. I'm Koriand'r from Tamaran."

"Nightwing,... From Earth," he added the last part a few seconds later. "Now let's get you out of here before anything else happens," he said as he led her away from the place, knowing that the only place he could take her at the moment where she would be safe was his apartment. At last, until he contacted the Justice League. They could definitely offer her better protection.

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