A/N: Well, I'm finally back from my trip. And it was AWESOME! Three trips and we covered 14 sightings of Asiatic lions. You'll never believe how magnificent those creatures are until you see them with your own eyes. :)

Anyway, here's the final chapter. The next chapter will be an epilogue.

Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own YJ

Chapter 11

His eyes quickly take in the scene before him. The blue thing is starting to form into a chrysalis. Beside him, he hears Zaina gasp.

"We're too late!"

But, the thing that has his eyes is the red and yellow blur circling the chrysalis. He can just barely make out three shapes running inside the blue. He doesn't know how, but he thinks it's because his father was a speedster. A normal person wouldn't be able to spot it, but he does. Among the red, cream and yellow, he can see a particular yellow suited man who was a bit slower than the other two. His eyes widen as he hears an agonizing moan as a blue streak of energy hits him.

"DAD!"

Zaina turns to him. "Jason, what's going on? What do you see?"

"My dad's slower than Uncle Bart and Grandpa," he says, not really paying attention, "The chrysalis is letting the energy out through my dad because he's slower."

"He's going to die in a few seconds, isn't he?"

He nods, words catching in his throat. They were too late. His father was going to die, his mother was going to get all depressed for her whole life, and he and Zaina were going to be stuck in the past. He runs a hand through his hair as he begins thinking of how he was going to introduce himself to his mother once this was all over. Zaina also looks down and he knows that she feels for him. She had tagged along with him on this crazy adventure, for nothing. He felt bad for putting her through this. She might also die, but was risking it. And for what? For him.

Suddenly, a thought strikes him. A last desperate attempt to save his father. He had seen how his mother had turned out without him. He wasn't going to let that happen. Not again.

Judging by the look on her face, he figures that his best friend has the same idea. She turns to him and meets his eyes for a moment. There was a chance that none of them was going to return from this. That look communicated all that needed to be said. He narrows his eyes and nods in response to her nod.

He looks back as another bolt of blue energy hits his father. That's all that it takes for him to be overcome by rage. His father did nothing wrong to deserve this. No one close to him did. Then why were they always taken away? As they both begin running towards the chrysalis, his head begins spinning. He realizes just how exhausted he is now. Everything he's been going through just seems like too much now. He feels like drooping on the spot, but he pushes himself.

Just one more run, he tells himself, just one last run, and then it'll all be over.

He can't really think in the next few seconds as the two of them collide into the yellow clad speedster and send him to the ground. By pushing Wally out of the way, the chrysalis uses them to release its energy instead. A blinding pain shoots across his back and into his muscles, making them go weak. He struggles to stay up, but the pain seeps through his body like a drug. He lets out a restrained yell as he hears Zaina scream beside him. He uses his hands to stay up, but the pain is too unbearable.

The last thing he can think of is how happy his mother would be before everything goes black.

He feels a throbbing pain in his head, making him groan. Now that he thinks of it, his entire body feels like exploding. He still manages to sit up and hold his head as he opens his eyes, blinking against the sunlight.

Wait, sunlight? The last he could remember, he was in the Arctic. How could there be sunlight in the Arctic at this time of year?

He hears someone stirring beside him and a feminine groan. He heaves a sigh as he recognizes Zaina. When his eyes adjust to the light, he looks around to find himself in Palo Alto. He turns to his side and finds Zaina with practically the same expression on her face as his.

"Palo Alto." She says.

"How on earth did we get home?" he asks.

Jason then touches his shoulder, surprising him even more. "Um, Zen, where are our Arctic coats?" The look she gives him is enough to tell him that she doesn't have the faintest idea what's going on. He shakes his head and looks at the house behind her and his eyes widen so much that they hurt. "Hey! That's my house. And there's yours, over there." She looks at her hands and is definitely as confused as him, if not more.

He pulls himself to his feet, groaning at the pain that shoots through his arms. After helping her to her feet, he sets his hoodie to help release some of the confusion, but it doesn't work. He sees Zaina rub her arms through the blue t-shirt. He takes a gulp and walks forward, beckoning to her to follow him.

She eventually does follow him, though very reluctantly. She's still very unsure of her surroundings. Sure, everything looks like home, but one thing her father taught her was that appearances could be deceiving. She brushes a bit of dirt from her jeans and scopes out her surroundings. She looks around, narrowing her eyes at the extremely familiar scenery.

"So, where do we go?" she asks Jason.

"I think we should go to my house." He suggests. Then, his eyes widen. "Jason?"

"It may have worked." He grabs her shoulders, his voice tingling with excitement. "Maybe our plan did work."

"Are you sure about this?" she asks. He nods.

"There's only one way to find out."

She nods in agreement. Together, they both walk to his house. She tries to ignore the pain in her lower back. She knows that the bolts had targeted her lower back the most. Even though her whole body would have a dull ache, her back hurt like hell. She can only imagine what Jason was going through since she knows that he took most of the blow. She blindly rubs her back. Jason notices it and stops.

"You okay?"

She nods. "I'm fine, Jason." They're almost at his door now and she wonders if it did work after all. For all she knew, this could all be just a dream and she was still laying face first in the snow. He puts a hand on the door and she sees him hesitate. He turns to look at her and she nods, encouraging him to open the door. He smiles at her and takes a deep breath and pushes the door open.

"Mom?" he calls.

She hears movement and peeks inside. Jason narrows his eyes and moves in and she follows him. From the living room, his mother comes out. Her hair is messed up and her eyes are red like she had been crying. She throws herself at Jason, engulfing him in a bone-crushing hug.

"Mom, can't breathe." He says, sounding choked but relieved at the same time.

"Sorry," the blond woman says. "I was just so worried about you. Both of you." She turns and smiles at Zaina, who returns it.

"We're fine." Jason assures his mother, hugging her back.

She pulls back and looks over her shoulder. "Guys, they're alright." She calls.

Jason shoots Zaina a confused look. She simply shrugs, as confused as he is. From the living room, a man of about thirty-six comes out, a look of relief on his face. The thing that catches her eyes is his fiery red hair and bright green eyes. Jason's eyes are wide as he stares at the man who pulls him into a hug and then ruffles his blond hair.

"I'm so glad you're safe, son." He says.

Jason smiles as he realizes that this man happened to be his father. He looks over at her and she laughs with relief. Then, she sees a strange look across his face as he turns back to his father. "How long were we gone?" he asks.

"The two of you didn't come back from school. You've been gone for two days." His father tells them.

"Two days?" she asks. He nods. "All of us were worried sick about you."

At that moment, a black haired woman comes in through the door and stops when she sees Zaina. As she wonders who this is, the woman runs to her and throws her arms around her, tears appearing in her eyes. As she looks over the woman's shoulder, she sees her father come in. He also stops when he sees her. He then walks over to them and puts his arms around them too.

"I was so worried about you." The woman says.

"Zen, you went missing for two days. Your mom and I were worried sick." Her father puts in. Mom? She never knew her mom, but she was certain that this lady was not her mom.

When they part, her father looks over at Jason's parents. "How long were they here?" he asks.

"Not very long. They just walked through the door a few minutes before you and Zatanna came in." his father says.

Zatanna? Zatanna was her stepmom? Her eyes travel over the black-haired woman. She had met the magician a few times before, and she could always figure out that her father still had a thing for her. He never had the courage to tell her how he felt, so she wonders how they were married. How long were her and Jason gone anyway? Everything was so familiar, yet so new at the same time. It was enough to make her head spin.

Before she can say anything, there's a patter of feet on the stairs and three kids come down. She narrows her eyes at them. They all seem to be around the age of eight. There were two girls and one boy. The boy has fiery red hair like Jason's father and grey eyes like his mother. The taller of the two girls has blond hair and olive skin like Jason's mother but what captured her face was the green eyes which were the same as his. The shorter of the girls has black hair and blue eyes like Zaina's father. You can see the resemblance between her and her father.

Who are these kids? She thinks before the black haired girl runs over to her and throws her arms around her waist. She awkwardly hugs the young girl as the boy and girl (who she guesses are twins) do the same to Jason.

"We missed you so much." The little girl around her waist says in a cute little voice. "Irey told me you both were dead."

"I did not, Maria!" the blond girl says. "I just said that they might not come back."

"Well, you shouldn't have said that." The black haired girl, who she guesses is Maria, sticks out her tongue.

"Well, Jai told me first." Irey protests.

Jason looks over at her and raises his eyebrow. She shrugs as he returns a hug to the red haired boy, who she knows is Jai. The young boy looks up at him. "Still, you promised that you'd take us to the carnival, but you never came." He says.

She is about to mouth an answer to Jason when she knows that her father has noticed her confusion. He walks up to her and puts an arm on the little girl's shoulder. "Step back, okay, Maria?" he tells her. "I just need to know something." The girl nods and steps back to Zatanna.

Her father looks up at both of them. Seeing his face, the twins also let go and stepped back. Jason puts his head down to avoid her father's gaze.

"Okay, what happened to you two?" he asks. "Did you go to another place?"

"Actually, Dad." She says. "We weren't in a different place. We were in a different time."

"Different time?" She can feel the surprise throughout the room. "How did you get there?"

"It's kind of a long story." Jason awkwardly says.

She gives a tiny laugh at the smile on her father's face. "Well, we have plenty of time." He leads the two teenagers to the couch in the living room and sits them down.

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. This is by far one of the longest chapters I've ever written, considering that I've also been going through a bit of a writer's block. Still, I managed to complete it for you guys.

Hope you guys liked the ending. Please review.