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It was late at night when she made her way through the door. Immediately she noticed something was off as she walked through the entryway. She wasn't alone.

"Who's there?" Irey asked, she really was not in the mood for this.

The speedster flicked on the lights and found Damian Wayne of all people sitting at her breakfast table sipping tea.

"Get out." She demanded calmly wasting no time with hello.

"We need to talk." He said, kicking out a chair for her to sit in.

Irey pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration; she was trying to keep her cool. "What the hell are you doing here Damian? I thought you were traveling the world finding yourself."

"I was until I saw the news a few weeks ago."

"Again, why are you here?"

"Irey, we need to talk." He said in a very serious, concerned voice.

"No we don't. Damian." She growled.

"Yes we do, I'm very worried about you."

"What part of we're through don't you get? It's been almost two years. You don't need to care about what it do, it's my business." She glared at him.

"First off, I did not come to talk to you as your Ex, I came as a concerned friend."

"Since when have we been friends?" Irey snarled.

"That's not the point Irey. I came here to tell you something you needed to hear."

"I don't need to hear anything you have to say!" she hissed

"Yes you do!" he shouted but then calmed down, "Irey, I know how you feel, you've been through a lot the past few months…"

"I'm fine." She lied. Damian didn't believe it for a second.

"For as long as we've known each other, do you really expect me to believe you're fine after what happened? I know you've been through too much to be ok…."

Irey then lost it…

"Oh? You think I've been through a lot? You don't know what I've gone through! Not even a clue! You don't know the shit I've had to take! I've been through hell and back! My own goddamn brother betrayed his whole fucking family!" She screamed.

"Irey…"

"DON'T YOU FUCKING IREY ME! You don't know how it feels to see your whole family disappear. I watched my father run himself out of existence! You didn't have to tell your mother that her only son left for good. You didn't have to see the look on the face and listen to her cry! I watched my own damn twin turn into a monster. And I did nothing to stop him until it was too fucking late!" Tears now streamed freely out of her emerald eyes.

"Irey…"

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP! Don't you dare say you know what I've been through! You'll never know what I've been through. You didn't have to watch as your whole damn family fell apart. All I have now is my mother and Jay! That's it! Dad's gone, Lian's gone, Roy's just as good as gone, Barry's gone, Iris's gone, Bart's gone, both of my dad's parent's are gone, so is my mom's mother, I don't know where the hell Jade is and now Jai's gone too!" A pair of strong arms wrapped around her as her voice broke and her knees gave out. No longer caring about her pride she buried her head into his shoulder and cried.

"Shhh, It's going to be alright Irey." He cooed.

"No it isn't! My own fucking twin betrayed us all!" she bawled.

"I'm so sorry that you had to go through this, I know I don't know what exactly you've been through, but I do know how you feel." He held her in close as she continued to sob.

"Why? Why would he do this!" she wailed. "To me, to our mother!"

"There's no good reason Irey. Even I don't know."

"It just hurts so much." She whimpered.

"I know, he was my best friend."

"HE WAS MY BROTHER! MY OWN TWIN!" she snapped before melting into a puddle of tears in his arms.

Damian patiently sat there while Irey got it all out of her system, she had kept it all in for too long. It was time for her to vent.

Finally the speedster got a grip and was able to calm down. "So what was it that you wanted to tell me?" she croaked, her voice was hoarse from crying.

"Irey, what I'm about to say is going to be hard for you to hear, but I need you to listen."

"Go on."

"I heard about what happened today, you need to stop letting your emotions get the best of you. Irey, Jai knew that you would react badly and he is using your weaknesses to his advantages. He knows what nerves to hit and that will lead to your demise." Damian really hated seeing Irey this way, especially the look on her face when he mentioned Jai.

"I can't help it." She sighed shaking her head.

"Yes you can! Irey, you're tougher than that! You're giving up. The Irey I used to know never, ever gave up, no matter what the odds were. You're stronger than this!"

Irey nodded.

Damian sighed, what he was about to say was going to be hard. "Irey, you need to let him go."

"What?" she said, not sure if she heard him properly.

"You need to let Jai go, you need to move on."

"What do you think I've been doing these past few months? I've moved on!" she denied.

"Can you honestly tell me you've let him go? Irey, I saw the footage from the fight you two had in Keystone. You were holding back, way back. I've seen you fight before and you didn't put fourth much effort. I know you don't want to hurt him, but Jai's gone. He's not coming back. You can't afford to hold back. What if he got in one too may lucky shots. I don't ever think I'd ever forgive myself if I had to watch your mother bury you. Your family has already buried too many people who have died too young."

"You don't think that I'm not careful! I'm not going to let something like that happen!"

"Irey, sometimes things are out of your control, you cant help it, but you can prevent it. Jai's gone, you're not fighting him, you're fighting Zoom."

"I know that! But I know who's under the mask too!" she shouted and Damian grabbed her by the shoulders so he could look her in the eye.

"Irey! You can't hold back, you cant slow down! It doesn't matter if Zoom's your brother or not! He's not going to give a shit that you're his baby sister. You're going to have to accept that. It's unfortunate, but life isn't always fair. This is just something you must deal with. You're the only one who can!"

"Damian! I know that, but it's so hard. It's impossible to let him go, I've known him for literally my whole life."

"Irey, you have to." He almost pleaded. "Think of what you're mother will have to go through if you held back and he got to you!"

"DO NOT BRING MY MOTHER INTO THIS!" she shouted.

Damian got up and headed for the door. "Irey, please, let him go. If not for anyone then do it for yourself. You need to." And with that he was gone.

Irey sat there staring at the wall for what seemed like an eternity. Finally she made a decision, Damian was right. He was gone; she needed to let him go.

Irey took a giant trash bag and started in the kitchen. She piled all of Jai's astronomy and computer programming books into the sack along with his favorite coffee mug. Next, she made her way into the living room and started taking down all the pictures of him, she also threw away all of his knick knacks he'd collected over the years. Then she went into the bathroom and trashed his toothbrush, shampoo and other toiletries. Last, she got to his room. Irey filled five trash bags of the things he left behind.

At last it was almost all gone, there was just one thing left to go. Irey stood in the middle of the room that was no longer his. His old costume lay out on the floor next to her in a heap. Then with a sigh and a heavy heart she tossed it in the bag with all the other things she was going to throw out Finally, she let him go. Jai was no longer a part of her life. He was just a figment of her past, and like other speedsters Irey didn't dwell on the past, she lived in the moment.

A rueful smile crossed her lips as she felt an immense weight lift off of her. She hated it when Damian was right. She chuckled to herself as she found a note tucked under the teacup he was drinking from earlier.

Irey,

The red suits you well, just be careful.

-D

Irey studied the careful script, she was pretty sure Damian was one of the few people left that still wrote in cursive, it was one of his many quirks. Grabbing a random book out of her shelf she slipped the paper inside so it'd be safe. Irey then dragged herself off to bed so she'd it least get some sleep before work in the morning.

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