Tanya nodded and walked calmly over to the controls and prepared to deactivate the life support. Nosedive gave her a forlorn look and she hesitated. She couldn't do this. She may have promised, but she couldn't bring herself to turn the machine off.

"Tanya please," Wildwing wheezed.

"I I I I can't."

Wildwing closed his eyes. The pain was unbearable. Dive watched his brother fight the pain that was engulfing his body. He turned to look at his friends and he could tell that this was hurting them as much as it hurt him. No one wanted to loose Wing. He didn't want to loose Wing, but he knew that this was the only way his brother was going to find peace. Dive let go of Wing's hand and walked over to Tanya, who was sobbing at the controls. He looked at Wing over the console and deactivated the life support. Tanya gasped and looked at Dive in disbelief.

"Thanks Dive," Wing gasped.

Dive drew in a long exasperated breath.

"Dive, tell Mom and Dad I love them. When you find Canard, tell him to keep his promise. Tell Leila and my friends" Wing cut himself short with several agonizing coughs. He closed his eyes and wheezed.

"I know bro, I know what to tell her and the others."

"Mal, please don't kill Dive. No matter how annoying he gets, please don't kill him."

"I won't Wing."

"Duke look out for Dive for me."

"Sure thing."

"Tanya, Grin," Wing coughed.

"Wildwing rest. Don't speak just rest," Tanya said as she choked back tears.

The team watched as their leader slowly faded from existence. Wing's breaths grew shallow and sparse. Nosedive stood trembling next to Tanya. He couldn't watch as his brother slowly died. The only sound in the room was Wing's labored breaths and everyone crying. Dive looked away from his brother and covered his face. He felt Tanya brush past him and he knew that she went to check on Wing. A minute later she choked on her tears, "he's gone."

Nosedive cringed at the words. He had killed his brother. He killed him by saying those horrible things and again when he turned off the machine. He was responsible. How was he going to tell his parents? Could he tell his parents? Mallory tried to give him a hug, but he pushed her away. He didn't want to be comforted. He wanted to run away from all of this. To run away from this life, the pain, the sorrow, the disappointments, the heartaches, everything. All he wanted to do was to hide his face in shame. How could he have done this? How could he live with himself?

He took a few steps toward the door. Something made him turn to look at Wildwing one last time. Tanya was covering his face with the sheet. Some how this action enraged the teenager. He closed the distance between himself and the bed in two giant strides and ripped the sheet away from his face.

"Nosedive!"

"No! Leave him alone!"

"But Nosedive"

"NO," he sobbed. Dive threw himself on top of his brother's body and wept openly. The tears burst forth like a dam that bursts after a torrential down pour. Duke tried to pry Nosedive off the bed, but Dive pushed him away.

"Let him grieve," Grin said.