The message that we sent out to the world kept replaying in my mind. Each of the remaining five of us taking some screen time, pretty much saying a speech on how we could never give up hope. Even though it was made for the other people of the world, it gave us hope as well.

I grabbed some of the heavy duty explosives and helped attach them to Robin's chest. These were the biggest explosives we had available. And they were more than strong enough to wipe out the mother-ship.

"You ready to do this?" Robin whispered to me.

I paused for a second. "No," I admitted. "Are you?"

"No."

"I don't think anyone could be ready," I murmured, getting back to preparing the explosives. We were silent for several minutes until I spoke up. "I miss him," I whispered so quietly I wasn't even sure he had heard me.

"Me too," Robin replied, just as quietly. "But he would have wanted us to do this," he assured me, squeezing my hand.

I nodded. "Let's go."

****YOUNG JUSTICE****

"Stay close to J'onn," Robin ordered as Miss Martian joined the two of us. "He's still," he shook his hand.

The Martian nodded.

"First team deploy!" the Boy Wonder ordered and the Martians flew off in camouflage mode.

'Ready and in position,' Miss Martian informed after a short break of silence.

Robin nodded to Superboy and he jumped off, gaining the aliens' attention.

'Careful! Don't disconnect the power source,' Robin supplied before the clone could completely rip off the laser.

'Now or never,' Superboy told us.

Robin hopped onto Kid Flash's back while the speedster scooped me up bridal-style before rushing past the departing alien ships and into the mother-ship.

Immediately, KF let me go and the three of us hid behind the ribbing along the insides.

Peaking around the edge, I checked the area. 'Coast is clear,' I informed.

'Go,' Robin ordered.

Running down the ship's hallway, we paused beside a pillar to let a drone float by. Another creature flew down beside us and I was about to call out a warning when something slammed into it, knocking it aside.

Miss Martian and Martian Manhunter landed beside us. Robin nodded and he took the lead as we rushed down more hallways, through several doors, and past multiple aliens.

Suddenly, Miss Martian fell back, de-camouflaging and holding her head. 'No. He's gone,' she collapsed to her knees and KF went to her side.

Everyone was gone. What made one more teammate any different?

'It's alright,' the speedster assured her. 'We'll find him with Artemis. I know it.'

It made me wonder, did he care more about Artemis than his own uncle Barry? He certainly reacted more to her death. Then again, we all did. Something was definitely up. None of us shed a single tear when we watched the entire Justice League get eliminated, but as soon as Artemis was out of the picture, we practically broke down.

What was going on around here!

'No,' Martian Manhunter disagreed. 'My mind is clearer now. The disintegration machine is just that. There is no detention facility. No prisoners to rescue. Our mission holds no purpose.'

'No! You're wrong!' KF grabbed the Martian's collar angrily. 'The zeta radiation proves she's alive!'

Robin put his hand on the speedster and turned him towards himself. 'Stop it KF! I've been scanning for Team and League life signals since we got inside. They're not here.'

'Artemis and all the others, they're gone KF,' I told him coldly. We had to get to work. And as Batman had taught me at a young age, there were times when emotions got in the way.

'But our mission still holds purpose. To destroy the mother-ship,' Robin informed the others.

Once Miss Martian had picked herself back up, I turned on my heel and continued towards the control area with Robin.

The door slid open to reveal a cavernous room drenched in orange light. At the center, the aliens' source of power.

Ducking behind a raised piece of the mother-ship, I assessed the area. Several aliens were scattered around the area, seemingly fixing or modifying the ship. They all seemed unaware of our presence.

'This is the power core,' Robin explained. 'Blow this and the entire ship goes with it.'

Leaping over the material, I ran after Robin and Kid Flash, darting from platform to platform in order to get closer to the core.

There was a gravity shift that began pulling us down. I saw the boys fall and it wasn't long until my own feet gave way and I slipped after them.

Before I hit the core, Kid Flash, who was being held up by Robin, grabbed onto me.

And now the aliens knew we were there and were trying to get close enough to kill us. Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian managed to keep them at bay. The two landed on the platform that Robin's grapple was connected to and Miss Martian telepathically set us onto the core.

Robin undid the explosives from his chest and the two of us set them up for detonation.

'You two knew,' Kid Flash realized. 'You knew from the beginning why we were really here.'

'Four minutes,' I informed as the bombs flashed, showing they were ready for detonation.

'Let's get out of here,' Robin ordered.

'Great,' Kid Flash groaned as the door separating us from freedom and survival closed.

The droids had followed us from the core room. And they were not in a good mood. They were equipped with the disintegration beams and continuously shot them at us.

I ducked to the side with Robin and Kid Flash.

'Thirty seconds and counting,' Robin stated. 'Martian Manhunter, take Miss Martian and go.'

'No! We aren't leaving you!' she argued.

'That's an order!' Robin replied forcefully. 'We'll follow as soon as we blow this door.'

The two Martians reluctantly shifted through the floor of the ship.

I shared a look with Robin and Kid Flash and nodded. It wasn't one of our normal nods. This was a farewell nod.

Pain: inevitable. Death: absolutely. Taking the rest of them down along the way: just try to stop me.

The aliens put up a tough fight, and soon the three of us were forced to give more ground than take. Kid Flash paused for merely a second, and before any of us could do anything, the red-headed speedster was gone.

"KF," I mumbled. The tears were really beginning to get to my eyes by now. That idiot speedster was nothing less than my brother.

Unfortunately, his death had distracted me.

"Sparrow!" Robin yelled, knocking me aside and letting the disintegration beam hit him instead.

"Robin!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

By now, the tears were falling down my face. First the League and Batman, then the Team, now Robin. That just couldn't be true. Not the Boy Wonder, that goofy, laughing kid. Not that little circus boy. Not Dick.

Why did I feel so cold?

What was the point of living anymore? I was going to die in less than fifteen seconds anyway.

But I did have a purpose. I had to keep on going, for their sake. Because that's what Bruce and Dick would have wanted.

Forcing myself to stand, I faced the three aliens that had just killed my best friends. "You just destroyed people I love. You're life no longer matters to me," I clenched my hands before launching myself at them.

My fifteen seconds were up.

There was a blast of light and fire. I was burning and freezing at the same time. All was consumed by rage and pain. It felt like every fiber of my being was being thrown into the wind like dust. My vision went black.

I'm sorry.

I failed you.

****YOUNG JUSTICE****

I think I'm going to end it there you guys. I hope you all liked it. I must say, this one made me cry more than the last, so I hope my tears are worth it.

And killing Robin was one of the hardest things I've ever done! There's a reason he's my favorite character!

angel2u: It certainly made me cry! Thank you for reviewing!

Lil Miss Sunshine14: Thank you! I really think that Sparrow (and myself) have grown some during this whole experience (they grow up so fast! *dabs at eye*) I'm definitely going to keep Zatanna and Barbara levels to a minimum, but, sadly, there are some episodes that rely too much on Zatanna's presence to completely get rid of her. And I might just throw Barbara in there for some bashing! Thanks for reviewing!

KilalaInara: Everyone seems to like this episode! It's awesome! And I will so totally strive to be your first reviewer when your story comes out! Thank you for reviewing!

MapoTofu21: I don't really know what you mean. When did I say she was despised? Seriously, did I say that? I honestly have some short-term memory loss, so sorry if I forgot about that! Thank you for reviewing, though!

Hybrid301: I sooooo cannot wait for the therapy session! I love Black Canary! Thanks for reviewing!

Synk: Yeah, it was definitely one of my harder jobs as an author. But I'm pretty proud of it (though it's not my best)! I really hope it was good! Thanks for reviewing!

missmusiclover: It was hard killing off Robin, but I totally think it was worth it! Thank you for reading and reviewing!

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~AvenJackel