Teen Titans

Chapter 14 The End

(I know the title is a little cliché)

Commissioner Gordon ran up next to Faith and Nightwing and knelt down beside his daughter. There were tears streaming down his face when he saw how much pain she was in. Nightwing had a hold of one of her hands, but the other was free. Gordon reached for his daughter's free hand and squeezed it tight. She looked at them all through pain filled eyes.

"Wh…What's everybody doing around here for? Should…shouldn't we be getting the bad guys?" She asked, her strength clearly fading away.

"We already got them honey," Gordon assured her. "My men are taking them away to Arkham now. Gotham is safe again." He smiled weakly at her.

She smiled weakly at him and then turned to Faith. "You have been such a brave little girl today and I am very proud of you! You did everything you could to protect your family…and I want you to know how muc…much I love you." She smiled at Faith and Faith smiled at her through tear filled eyes.

"I know you love me mommy. I love you too. Please don't leave me!"

"I will never leave you. I will always be right here," she said pointing to Faith's heart, "even if I am not here with you physically, I will always be there with you." She smiled and then turned to Dick, who by this point had taken his mask off, he didn't care now. "Hey sweetheart," she said with a smile.

"Babs, don't you dare say your goodbyes now! The ambulance is on its way! You ARE gonna make it!"

"I want to believe you, I really do, but I don't think I am going to pull out of this one. Face it Dick, we both knew the risks we were going to face when we took this job. We agreed to them…I need you to stay here…Someone has to be here to raise Faith…"

"Babs, please don't leave me," Dick pleaded.

"I love you all very…"Barbara winced, "very much…Take good care of each other, and Starfire…"Starfire floated up to where they were.

"Yes, Barbara?"

"Thank you for helping protect my family."

"Barbara," Starfire started out.

"Yes?"

"You can call me Star. That's what my friends call me."

Barbara smiled at her, "Thank you Star." Barbara smiled at everyone, the light in her eyes slowly fading away.

"Babs no! HOLD ON! I can hear the ambulances! HOLD ON!" But it was too late…Barbara was gone. Faith buried her face in her fathers chest and began to sob. Dick and Commissioner Gordon held onto Barbara's hands tightly. Everyone felt sad at Barbara's passing.

A week had passed since that horrible day and everyone stood in Gotham cemetery. There was a large crowd there. The Justice League had members there, all of the Wayne family was there. GCPD were there, and of course the Titans were there.

It was a lovely little funeral, just what Barbara would have wanted. At the end of it everyone went away truly sad, believing the world had lost a very good hero that day. Everyone cleared away slowly, everyone except one. Starfire lingered a little longer then the others. She floated up to where the casket was and sighed, a single red rose in her hand.

"To my new friend Barbara. I am most sad I did not get to know you better. I wish I had spent more of our short time together as your friend instead of feeling like you were my enemy. I will truly miss you." She sighed and laid the single rose on the casket and floated away, tears stinging her eyes, she truly had lost a good friend that day.