The next day, Becky was all ready to leave for Lexicon. She had spent all morning packing the last of her things and putting them in the spaceship, so now the only thing left to do was her least favorite.

Saying goodbye.

First thing's first, she thought, I have to tell the citizens about the trip.

So Becky flew downtown as Wordgirl and made an announcement for everyone to gather round. As soon as the whole town was around, Becky took a deep breath and released it slowly.

"I've gathered everyone here today because I have something important to tell everybody." Wordgirl began nervously. She looked around at everyone's faces to see all curious looks.

"As you all know, I'm not human, like you, I'm Lexiconian. And though I know Earth is my home, and I'd never ever abandon it, I have a great desire to see Lexicon that I just can't ignore any longer. The only thing I could hope for is for you all to understand why I'm leaving, but I know that's too much to ask. So I'm just going to tell you what I've told everyone else I know." Becky continued. The look on the crowd changed from curious to rather sad. This part was her least favorite, and she hated that they all looked so sad, but she swallowed nervously and continued speaking.

"I love Earth, I really do. And I'm definitely coming back. But what you have to understand is that my life is very different from yours. You all know your birth parents, and you have for your whole life. They're not just some mystery dangling over your head for your whole life for any of you. Sure, some people are adopted on Earth, but those people are human. Their parents are here somewhere. Mine are light-years through space, somewhere into that dark abyss that I've never dared explore. And on a planet I know nothing about. Lexicon is part of me, and that part of me has been a big black hole filled with mystery looming next to me for my whole life.

"I've done so much for you for the past fifteen years I've been here, so please, just do this one thing, for me. If you do, I'll be grateful for the rest of my life." Becky finished. She looked around at everyone's faces. They changed from sad to understanding. Becky was surprised to see their looks of understanding, but at the same time thankful.

"What will we do without you to stop all the villains from committing crime after crime?" One person asked.

"I've trusted Tobey to be my replacement. It's not for long, it's a month, tops. I trust him immensely, and I think you all should too." Wordgirl explained. The asker shrugged in a manner that said 'I can deal with that'.

There was a bittersweet silence.

Then someone said, "We'll miss you Wordgirl! Safe travels!" which triggered a roar of similar comments from everyone else. Becky smiled widely at the amount of trust and understanding that had just occurred. It was more than she ever could've hoped for. Becky waved goodbye to the city as she flew off to the spaceship, where her family and friends were waiting to say goodbye.

~…~

Becky and Bob stood outside the spaceship, her family, Tobey, and Violet standing with her.

"Well…" Becky began. "Goodbye I guess." Her parents each gave her a hug first, followed by Violet.

"Goodbye, TJ." Becky said, hoping TJ would give her a hug as well. TJ folded his arms and turned his back to her. Becky sighed.

"Come on, TJ, she has to get going. Hurry up." Sally said. TJ dropped his arms and quickly hugged his sister before he took off to go home with his parents and Violet.

After Becky's family went home, Tobey stayed with Becky a little longer, so they could be alone when he said goodbye.

They were silent for a long moment.

"Well…I-I guess this is goodbye, huh?" Becky said quietly, trying as best she could to hide her sadness.

"Y-yeah." Tobey said quietly, twiddling his fingers nervously and looking down to his shoes. Becky lifted his chin with her finger so his eyes could meet hers.

"Look, I don't like being this far away from Earth either, but I have to do this, for myself. I'll try to come back as soon as I can." She said as she placed her hands on either of his cheeks. Tobey looked back to the ground. Becky dropped her hands to her sides as she watched an expression form on his face that he wasn't letting her see.

"Words aren't good enough. I trust you with all my heart, I do, but…" Tobey paused for a long moment. He almost couldn't say it. "It's just that…its space were talking about here. Plenty can go wrong. A-and never seeing you again just isn't something I can handle." He said quietly. He lifted his gaze to meet her eyes and Becky saw in them that he was dead serious and very worried. Becky placed a hand on his cheek and ran her thumb across it.

"You must have no idea how scared I am." Becky said quietly. Tobey's look of worry turned to a look of confusion.

"Really? You, scared of something?" He asked, surprised.

"Of course. I'm going to a whole other world, and I'm going so I can find two people who may or may not even remember that I exist. What's not scary about that? I'm so scared that they won't like me." Becky admitted. Tobey smiled and grabbed her hand, squeezing it tight.

"There is absolutely nothing about you, and I mean not a single thing, that anyone in the right mind couldn't like. Which quite literally means that if they weren't to like you, they'd have mental issues, because you are the best girl I know." Tobey said comfortingly. Becky smiled.

"You're pretty great too…" She said. But Tobey could tell that she was still nervous. "Ugh, if you could come with me it'd make all of this so much easier." Becky said.

"Well, then, why can't I?" Tobey asked. Being completely honest, it'd bring an end his uneasiness as well.

"Oh, I need you here on Earth in so many ways. I need you here so I have one more reason to come back. I don't know anything about Lexicon, and I can't put you in danger like that." Becky explained.

"Plus, I need you here most of all because without Wordgirl here to protect the city from evil, chaos will erupt very quickly. I need you here to take my place until I get back. I need someone here to keep hold of justice, and I know that if I trust you and your robots, those villains don't stand a chance. I need you to be my superhero." Becky explained, grabbing both his hands in hers.

"I really need you to stay here and do this for me. If there was another way to protect the city, believe me, you'd come with me and be my rock, help me through all this. But I just can't abandon my responsibilities. Can I count on you?"

Tobey was silent for a moment.

"I don't know, I haven't gone near my robot building equipment since I went good…the only reason I had that robot the other day was because it was the last one I built since I went good." Tobey said. Becky squeezed his hands and looked deep into his eyes.

"I know you can do it. I know I can trust you, and I need you to trust yourself enough to put your best food forward for this. You can even recruit my Bampy if you need to, he's been known to help me a great deal quite a few times." Becky explained. Tobey was silent for a while as he looked into her eyes. They were filled with more hope than he'd seen in a while.

"Alright. For you, I'll protect this city as if it were a newborn baby." Tobey explained. Becky smiled widely.

"Oh, thank you Tobey, I knew I could count on you!" She said as she proceeded to hug him tightly. Once she released him, she fished something out of her pocket.

Becky grabbed Tobey's hand and opened it, proceeding to place a clay star- or, what he assumed was supposed to be a star- in it.

"What's this?" He asked.

"Something to remember me by. I made…well, tried to make it in art class the other day. I want you to take it, and when you start missing me, I want you to keep it close to you. Look, I made one for myself, too, so I can do the same." Becky explained.

"I love it, it has you written all over it." He said as he gave her a hug.

Before they could do anything else, Bob popped out of the spaceship door and squeaked to Becky to hurry up, because they had to get going. Becky sighed.

Instead of saying goodbye (for that'd be far too painful), she placed her hands on his cheeks and kissed him for a long while. Upon separation, she waved, and then got on the spaceship.

Tobey simply backed up and watched as it took off, quickly getting farther and farther away; unknowing that Becky was looking out the window at that same moment, saying goodbye to Earth for a while.

Yeah, I know, took me long enough. But whatever, I'm happy with it, so there. Plus, I know you are too, so there XD Review?