"We're gathered here today to say good-bye to a good friend."
Robert James, better known as RJ, hardly heard the pastor, for he was lost in his thoughts.
He had returned from vacation and was greeted with news that shattered him.
While he had been gone, Master Finn had been murdered.
Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were but I walked away
RJ felt as though it had only been yesterday that he had last seen his father, but now he was gone. He had rejected his father when he was younger and when the Shark Master was training Casey.
If only I knew what I know today
Ooh, Oooh...
I would hold you in my arms
I would take the pain away
RJ ached to hold his father and feel his father's strong arms holding him.
Thank you for all you've done
Forgive all your mistakes
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To hear your voice again
The Wolf Master longed to hear Master Finn's voice, to hear his laughter.
Sometimes I want to call you
But I know you won't be there
RJ wished he could just call for his father and have him be there, but he knew that it would never happen.
Ooh, I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself, by hurting you
It had always hurt the Wolf Master when he saw Master Finn hurt, physically and/or emotionally.
Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit
Sometimes I just want to hide, cause it's you I miss
And it's so hard to say goodbye
When it comes to this
Oooh, Yeah...
The young Pai Zhuq pizza chef knew that he probably would end up burying his father, but he never wanted to do it so soon. He wasn't ready to give the final good-bye.
Would you tell me I was wrong?
Would you help me understand?
Are you looking down upon me?
Are you proud of who I am?
RJ wondered if his father could see him from Heaven and if he was proud of RJ simply being a pizza chef now that the threat of evil was gone.
There's nothing I wouldn't do
Just to have just one more chance
To look into your eyes
And see you looking back
He wanted to be able to look into his father's chocolate brown eyes and see the warmth and fatherly love and pride in them.
Ooh, I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself, Oooh...
If I had just one more day
I would tell you how much
That I've missed you since
You've been away
It had been a few weeks since he had returned and learned of his father's murder. Every single moment of every single day since then had hurt and tore at his heart. His father had been all he had since his mother had died when he was a baby, and the knowledge that his father would never be there for him again was too much.
Oooh, It's dangerous
So out of line...
To try and turn back time...
Part of him wished he could go back in time and stop the murder, but he knew it was dangerous to change the past even a little bit.
I'm sorry for blaming you
For everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself...
By hurting you...
Tears flooded his green eyes and spilled over onto his face. He made no attempt to hold them back or wipe them away, grateful that they blurred his vision as Casey, Domonic, Theo, Jarrod, Master Phant, and Master Swoop carried the casket out to the grave prepared.