Guys, I'm sorry, but I lied; Daddy dies this chapter.

It was going to be next chapter, but I ran out of ideas for this chapter, so I combined the two.

Sorry.


Artemis was now in her second trimester of her pregnancy, and her stomach was growing like a weed every day.

Wally loved kissing her belly, just like he did during her pregnancy with Jai.

"Wally stop; that tickles!" She laughed, as he kissed her belly button.

He smiled at her, before kissing her cheek, his hand skimming across her gut.

"You excited? Next week we find out the genders." Wally reminded her. Artemis smiled at him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"We could always ask Bart..." Artemis reminded him.

"What's the fun in that?" He groaned.

"So do Zee & Dick have a date set up?" Artemis asked, referring to their best friends coming wedding.

"I think it's November 15 or something. A few days after my birthday, and a few days before Abbie, Amistad, and Joseph's birthdays. But I might be wrong." Wally shrugged.

"But I do know that it's after Johnny's birthday." He added.

"That's good. We need to come up with names for the demons." She told him.

"We've already got Iris Jade for one girl, and Nathan Alexander for a boy. We just need to come up with another boy and girl name." He sighed.

"Joshua." Artemis suggested.

"Joshua and Nathan? I like it for twins. Now all we need is a middle name for Josh and another girl name."

"We'll think of them later. Right now, I have to pee." Artemis groaned, getting up off of the couch.


A few nights later, Artemis woke up suddenly, with an idea in her head.

"Wally! Wally!" She cried, shaking him as she tried to wake him up.

"What? What?" He groaned, sitting up, rubbing his shoulder.

"If you had been a girl, what would your name have been?" She asked.

"Huh?"

"Did your Mom and Dad have any girl names picked out for you?" Artemis snapped.

"Uhh... Melissa or Melinda. Something like that." He shrugged. "Why?" He asked.

"I like that name." Artemis told him.

"Which name?" Wally questioned.

"Melissa."

"For the second little girl?"

"Uh huh." She nodded.

"Cool. All she needs is a middle name." Wally yawned, before laying back down.

"Wally?"

"Hmm?"

"I want some hot wings. Go get me some." She ordered softly.

"Goddamnit." He cursed.


Their unborn twins had names.

If they were boys, their names were going to be Nathan Alexander and Joshua Christian.

Boy and a girl was Iris Jade and Nathan Alexander.

Two girls were Iris Jade and Melissa.

Unfortenetly, Melissa didnt have a middle name yet.

Wally like Lynn and Artemis liked Rose, but neither could compromise on a middle name.

They would just have to wait and see.


An ultrasound with Dinah at nineteen weeks confirmed that the babies, in fact, were little girls.

Wally and Jaiyden were officially going to be outnumbered.


"Hey Wally, how's everything going?" Dick asked, as he entered the loft with an eleven month old Johnny on his hip.

"Good. The babies are girls." Wally grinned.

"I know; Artemis made the mistake of telling 'Tanna about it. She won't quit cheering about it." Dick smirked.

"Neither can Artemis. I believe her exact words were "Thank God I'm no longer going to be the only one with a vagina in this house!"." Wally said.

Dick gagged.

"So what's up?" Wally asked, sitting down next to Jaiyden on the couch.

"Dad? What's a vagina?" Jai asked.

"It's how Mommy's and Daddy's know if you're a little girl instead of a little boy." Wally said, eyes wide.

"Oh. Okay." Jai said, before gluing his eyes back to the t.v.

"About a week after Johnny's birthday, I'm going to be excepting an award for Bruce... On international television. Can't say I'm not a little whelmed." Dick sighed.

"Why can't he except it?" Wally asked, putting Johnny in his lap.

"Batman has to do something on that day. So instead of sending Nightwing to do it, Bruce Wayne is sending Dick Grayson to accept an award for him." He groaned.

"Sorry to hear that, man." Wally frowned, patting him on the shoulder.

"It's okay." Dick shrugged.

"It's going to be on Channel 6 news. Barbara is going to introduce me. I'm going to step up, say Bruce says he's great full for the award, and disapointed he couldn't accept it himself. I'm going to say the speech Bruce has written, with Zee, Tim, and Johnny on my left, Alfred on my right, and Babs somewhere near Al. I'm not sure where she'll be." Dick groaned.

"Zee and Babs will both be in dresses; you, Tim, and Al will be suits; and Johnny-Boy will be in the most adorable outfit the nations ever seen on a baby." Wally joked.

"Shut up." Dick growled, his face turning red.


"Poor Melissa, still no middle name." Artemis sighed, as M'gann, Conner, and their kids came over for dinner.

"Still hasn't talked?" Wally asked, referring to Abbie, who was asleep in Conner's arms.

"Not even a syllable." M'gann frowned.

"It'll happen." Artemis cooed, turning her head to watch as Jai, Lisa, and Mark ran into Jai's room.

"Dick's still nervous about that speech next Saturday." Wally sighed.

"He'll be fine." M'gann said, taking a still sleeping Abbie from Conner.

"So, when are you two going to welcome baby number 4?" Wally teased them.

"Are you kidding Wally? We barely have room for the ones we already have! I don't want anymore." Conner scoffed.

M'gann stared at her husband, blinking rapidly a few times.

Artemis and Wally instantly recognized the look in M'gann's eyes; their was about to be a fight.

"Maybe I won't more kids later on. Obviously not right now, but maybe I want another kid five years from now. Ever think of that, Conner?" She asked, sternly.

Conner gulped, knowing full well his wife was about to explode.

"Can we talk about this later? When we're not infront of them?" He asked, referring to Wally and Artemis.

"Nope. This conversation started infront of them, and it's going to end infront of them." M'gann said, a fake smile on her face.

"I'm hungry!" Wally said, standing up.

"Sit." M'gann ordered him.

"M'gann, I'm sorry I commented on having more kids in the future without talking with you about it first. I love you." Conner said.

Before M'gann could respond, Abbie woke up with a loud yawn, stretching her chubby, pale arms. She blinked her blood red eyes rapidly, adjusting to the lighting of her new surroundings.

"You missed it Abbie. Your Daddy said something that's gonna result in him sleeping on the couch tonight." M'gann cooed, kissing Abbie's cheek.

Conner groaned, his eyes dropping to the ground.


"I'm going to go grocery shopping, I'll be back in an hour. Tell me how Dick's speech went if I miss it." Artemis said, grabbing her purse and heading out the door, leaving Jai and Wally alone in the loft.

Wally turned on the t.v., while Jai hopped on to the couch beside his dad.

"Dad, what are we watching?" Jaiyden asked.

"Uncle Dick's speech on the t.v." Wally said, changing it to the channel Dick was going to be on.

"My name is Barbara Gordon, Daughter of Police Commissioner James Gordon, and I'm pleased to introduce Bruce Wayne's ward and future successor- Richard Grayson!" She said happily into the microphone, as the crowds of Gotham cheered loudly.

Dick walked up, shaking Barbara's hand, before stepping up to the podium.

Before he could even open his mouth, much less speak, a bang was heard on the television.

This didn't faze the citizens of Gotham; they were used to gunfire. So no one panicked.

Until they saw the blood pool out of Dicks's chest.

There were screams, as Tim tackled Zatanna and Johnny to the ground, keeping them out of the line of fire, in case more bullets were fired.

Wally grabbed the remote, and turned the t.v. off just as Dick fell limply to the ground.

His best friend had been shot.

But was the bullet for him?

Or Bruce?


Conner and M'gann had also been watching the speech with their kids. Mark and Lisa were on the floor, while Conner and M'gann were on the couch, with Abbie in her Mother's lap.

As soon as Conner saw the blood, he nearly broke the coffee table trying to turn their t.v. off, flipping the piece of furniture on to it's side in the process.

Lisa and Mark sat wide eyed, M'gann's jaw dropped at what they had just witnessed.

"Bye-bye Unca Dick!" They heard a voice coo, followed by a small giggle.

They looked at Abbie, as she repeated herself, "Bye-bye Unca Dick!"

If only those weren't her first words.


While she was out grocery shopping, Artemis got a phone call from Wally's cell phone.

"Yeah Wally?" She said, pushing the cart into the check out line.

"Mommy?" Jai said softly into the phone.

"Jaiyden, why do you have your Daddy's phone? You know you're not supposed to mess with Daddy's phone." Artemis sighed, as she put the groceries on the conveirer belt.

"Mommy, you need to come home. Daddy won't stop crying." He mumbled.

"Sweetie, why's your Dad crying?" Artemis asked, concerned, as the cashier rang up the groceries for her.

"I don't know. There was a weird popping sound on the t.v., Uncle Dick fell down, and Daddy turned it off. Then he started crying. He won't stop, please come home." Jai begged.

It took Artemis a few minutes to realize what had happened; Dick had been shot.

"Okay baby, I'm on my way. Love you."

"I love you, too." Jai said, hanging up.


Jai had been right. When Artemis came home, she found Wally crying on the couch.

She quickly put the groceries down, and wrapped her arms around him, burrying her face into his neck, as he cried against her shoulder.

He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into his lap. Her belly got in the way because of the girls, but Wally didn't care. He wanted the love of his life and the Mother of his children in his arms.

Jaiyden, being the good little boy he was, pushed his way into his parents arms, trying to comfort them the only way he knew how to; by climbing into their laps.

They all sat on the couch, a tangle of limbs, as realization set in.

They had lost a friend and a leader.

Bruce had lost another son.

And Johnny had lost his Father.