Author's Note: Wow I can't believe I'm finishing this story. It feels like yesterday I had started this. Its been a blast guys and just remember that a lot of things are going to change in this chapter.

Summary: After the battle, the gang goes back to the Arctic Ocean. Barry agrees to go forward in time to save Wally. It ends off with Wally being pulled out of the vortex and stares at the gang...

Chapter 21: After the Battle

After the battle, no one was really the same. Most of the people went their own way; Superman continued to do his heroic acts while also finding out about this "Letos".

The team was still broken up over the loss of Superboy especially M'gann. She was still mourning over him and isolated herself from the group; she too started to do heroic acts.

Tigress, on the other hand, had to be analyzed because she took the temporarily Velocity 9. The dangerous substance only managed to destroy a few red cells but she still has to take some medicine to restore it and the power of Velocity 9 was cleansed off her body for good.

Tim sighed as he shuffled around, putting on a costume.

"You okay?"

Tim stopped what he was doing, recognizing who it was but he didn't turned around.

"I guess...I don't know. So much has happened I don't even know if I'm okay anymore."

Cassie sighed, hugging herself. "Yeah. Guess I feel the same way. I feel so sorry for M'gann."

"Has anyone be able to talk to her?"

Caddie shook her head. "No. No one has." she answered, sadly.

A saddened look etched on Tim's face. He was worried that their team won't ever be the same again.

"What are you going to do? What's your mission now?"

Tim stared at his mask that was on his bed; Cassie followed his gaze. She also now notices that he had a different costume now.

"I'm going to continue as a hero but under a new alias." Tim said, grabbing his mask and putting it on as he turned around.

"I'm going as Red Robin."

:(/\):

After hearing the announcement, the group slowly started to make their way to the computer room. Even M'gann was.

Tim reached the doors but when he did, he suddenly stopped and had his eyes wide, unable to believe what he was seeing.

There, at the front of the computer, the figure clicked away only to stop as he sensed another person in this room.

The person tore his gaze away from the screen and stared down at the wide-eyed shocked Tim. He made a smile, giving a crooked grin.

"I see you've changed."

"Nightwing..."

Nightwing grinned. "Hey-oof." he looked down to see Tim hugging him.

"I thought I lost you." he whispered, quietly.

Silence settled in as Nightwing returned the hug, grabbing hold of him tightly.

Eventually, the two let go and the rest of the members came in. Just like Tim, they looked at Nightwing with a mixture of disbelieving and shock expressions.

"How are you-I thought you were..." Beast Boy began but trailed off, twitching as he lost his mind. "Dudeee, I give up! I thought you said you wouldn't keep anymore secrets!"

The green one then looked at where Nightwing was staring which was at M'gann: Tim also followed his gaze before everything made sense.

Well to him, anyway.

"I had help." Dick answered, ruffling the green one's hair.

"So, what are you doing here?" Tigress asked.

"I came here for a bit more scanning before I retire-"

"You what?"

"Its another story." Dick shook his head, dismissing it. He then started walking away, his back facing the team. "Besides, we aren't really done yet. We still have one last mission as a team..."

Nightwing then pulled out a device and on the screen showed a blinking red dot. Being in thought, Dick turned to the side and threw the object towards Tigress who caught it.

"The right way..."

Tigress looked down and saw the red dot and her eyes widened...

:(/\):

Arctic Ocean

The freezing wind whipped through, sending cold bites at their faces. The group met up at the place where Wally had died and everyone seemed to be in silent.

"This is the spot." Dick said, checking on his tracking device. He turned to Barry who nodded. "Alright, Flash. You're up. You know what to do."

Barry nodded and as everyone moved out of the way, Barry got into his stance and the familiar speed ran through his eyes. He then zipped back and forth in a rapid speed until the familiar vortex started to appear and then Barry was gone within seconds.

The group waited with anticipation, anxious, hopeful...Tigress glued her eyes to the spot where Barry vanished as though she was afraid that she would miss something important.

And then, a few seconds later, the vortex appeared and the familiar speedster came through. Except this time, he was holding something close to him.

Just like that, the vortex was closed with a harsh zap and Barry was standing up while the person was on his knees. Frozen with shock, Tigress and the group looked down to see Wally who was staring back at them...

Author's Note: Alright, folks! This is the last chapter of this story! Up next is the epilogue..."one month later". Thank you so much for sticking around till the end! See you in the finale!