Just Hold On

Ch. 6: The Final Goodbye

Me: Here it is. The final chapter.

Artemis: *draging Wally by the ear* Next time listen to me.

Wally: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.

Robin: I'm glad this was all just a story, or you would really be fed to the sharks.

Me: *laughing nerviously* Heh, yeah... Well, I hope you enjoy this last chapter.

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Robin, Artemis, and the rest of the team, plus Roy, all walked into the Central City Funeral Home together and saw the open casket at the front of the room. They all walked toward it, but Artemis and Robin couldn't go up there yet. They still weren't ready to accept it yet.

M'gann started crying as soon as she saw Wally's body and Conner just pulled her into his arms and walked them to their seats, Roy and Kaldur just passed sadly, and Rocket and Zatanna had a few tears escaping their eyes as they said their goodbyes then they all headed to their seats too.

M'gann was still crying, but not as hard, and she and Zatanna just went up to Robin and Artemis and gave them both a hug. "I know this is hitting you two the hardest," Zatanna said. "Just know that we're all here for you."

Robin smiled. "Thanks, Zee."

"Yeah," Artemis agreed, "thanks."

"Are you going to say your final goodbye to Wally?" M'gann asked.

Robin and Artemis looked toward the casket at the front of the room. "I don't know if I can," Artemis said.

Robin grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently. "We can do it together."

Artemis smiled at him and they both walked up to the casket hand in hand.

Zatanna frowned when she saw them holding hands, maybe even a little jealous. 'No, they're just friends comforting each other. Robin still likes me.' However, she wasn't so sure. That morning she saw them together a lot and she could've sworn she saw them flirting with each other a little. She sat down in her seat and stared at both of them.

Artemis and Robin both looked down at Wally's body and Robin felt a little sick, but pushed that out of his mind when Artemis tightened her grip on his hand as tears started to fall down her cheeks. Robin looked up at her. "We're going to make it. We just have to hold on to all the good memories," Robin told her.

Artemis looked at him and smiled. "I know." She took one more look at Wally's body then turned around. "Come on, let's go sit down."

Robin nodded and followed her to two empty seats next to Zatanna and sat down.

Superman stood up and walked to the front of the room with the preacher that was going to do the service. "Thank you all for coming," Superman started. "We all knew Wally, Kid Flash, in one way or another, whether it be family or friends. I just wanted to say that we will all miss you, Wally, and we'll never forget you." He then went back to his seat and the preacher began the service.

The whole service took about an hour and a half because Black Canary sang one of Wally's favorite songs, Flash told everyone his and Wally's best crime fighting moments, Roy, Kaldur, and Robin told the good times they've had with him, and finally his parents told everyone what it was like to raise him and how much they would miss him.

After everything was done, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, J'onn, Green Arrow, and Roy all carried Wally's casket to the hearse and everyone went to the grave site.

It took about five minutes to get there and as soon as Robin stepped out of the Batmobile and saw all the gravestones, he froze. All the memories of his parents deaths and the funeral came crashing in and made him fall to the ground.