Robin walked back into Batman's room. Dick gave him a nasty look, but he ignored him. Robin walked straight up to Batman's face and kissed his cheek. Robin began to speak.

"I love you Bruce. Thank you for giving me a home, for giving me the best home I've ever had. Thank you for everything you've done for me. I'm really scared now because I don't know what's going to happen to me, but I know that it's right to tell you this. You've been a wonderful father and friend and we all love you. But if . . . if you need to go, then that's okay. You deserve peace and rest and if it's your time, then you should be able to go peacefully; no regrets, no worries, just go with God." Robin whispered the last phrase, then Nightwing slapped him across his face.

"How dare you! How dare you! Who do you think you are? Who are you to tell him to leave?"

"I'm someone who loves him," said Robin holding his face.

"No, I love him. I'm his son; you're just some kid he pulled off the street."

"You're not his son; you're just some selfish ingrate who thought you were better than him. Why do you care that he stays now, when you're the one who left him first," said Robin.

"Shut up!"

"You're just selfish."

"Shut up!"

"You don't care that he devoted his whole life to taking care of other people. Even now when he needs you, you won't let him go. You still want someone to take care of you."

"You don't understand, he's my father."

"He's my father, too. Do you think I want him to die? Don't you think I'm scared too? What's gonna happen to me after he's gone? I don't want to live on the street again, but I know it's wrong to make him suffer. He's dying, and you have to say goodbye. You have to say goodbye or he's going to leave and he's going to be sad that you didn't say goodbye to him. He's gonna think he did something wrong. Do you want him to spend the rest of eternity being sad? Do you want him to think he did something wrong to you?" Robin was crying.

"But I need him. I need him. I can't go through this again. I'm not a child anymore. If he dies, I'll be alone. I won't have anyone." Nightwing was crying and shouting.

"You see, you're still being selfish."

"Shut up! Shut up!" said Nightwing. He moved to Robin's side of the bed and actually shook the boy by his collar. There was already a crowd watching them, but the fight drew an even bigger one. Green Arrow and Vigilante ran in and pulled Nightwing off of Robin. Vixen contacted Green Lantern and told him what happened. Green Lantern contacted Superman and related the story to him. Superman rushed down to the room and cleared it off everyone except himself, Nightwing, and Robin; although a second later Wonder Woman chose to insert herself into the mix.

"What's going on here?" asked Superman. No one answered him. No one spoke until Nightwing did.

"I'm sorry, Tim," Nightwing whispered.

"I know, I'm sorry, too," said Robin.

Nightwing sat back down and Robin left the room. Wonder Woman and Superman felt very ineffective. They wanted to take care of Batman's boys, but were doing a horrible job. Wonder Woman followed Robin out, and Superman turned to Nightwing.

"Are you all right, Dick?"

"No, I'm not all right Superman, and frankly I'm tired of you asking."

"I'm just trying to help."

"You're always trying to help. Well, this time you can't help. You can't do anything for me, so just leave me alone," said Nightwing. Superman left and Nightwing was alone with his father.