The One

I'm not scared to die

Hope's pov

I sit on my bed and cover my face with my hands. I can't do this. I can't leave my family. I can't. I hear someone knock and open the door. I wipe the tears from my face and sniffle. Mia then enters my room. "Hey, Hope. Are you okay?" she asks as she sits beside me. "Y-yeah. I just needed to think." I say. A few minutes of silence then Mia breaks it. "What's going to happen to us now?" she asks. "I-I don't know. Everything's just a mess. The world knows. The world's in chaos and I'm just here sitting." I say. "We will think of a way to beat him." Mia says and I let out a scoff. "Everyone already knows how beat him. It ends with me dying. They're just avoiding it." I say as I look at Mia. Tears start forming from her ocean blue eyes. "Please don't say that." she says with her voice breaking.

She then holds my hands. "We will find a way, Hope. We will." she says tears falling down her face. "But what if we can't." I shrug. I then smile at her. "What if we can't find a way. We've been avoiding this moment for years already but all of us know we can't. We can't escape it. It's the future. It's destiny. It's my fate." I say as I kneel in front of her holding her hands. Mia cries more and hugs me.

"No" she chokes out. she then pulls from the hug and looks at me. She shakes her head. "It's alright, Mia. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid to die. I've come to terms with my fate. I'm not afraid anymore. As long as I know in the end, my family is safe." I say crying also. I then hug Mia tightly and rub her back. "You guys are my world and I promised that I would keep all of you safe. Even if it means me being gone. As long as I know I left you guys in a better world." I choke out. Mia tightens her hug. "Why does it have to end this way? Why can't you also have your happy ending?" she says. I pull from the hug and look her in the eye. "My happy ending is that you, mom, dad, Will, George, and everyone else is safe. It hurts me so much to do this but I have to. I can't let anything happen to all of you. So please. If I'm going to do this, at least I know I have your support." I say as I cup her face.

Mia shakes her head. "I can't agree to letting you die. I need my sister. How can I live without you." she says. "You'll always have me. In here." I say as I point to her heart. "Please." I say with my voice breaking. It takes her a few minutes then she closes here eyes and nods while sobbing more. "Okay." she chokes out crying more. "But please. Promise that even if that's what the fucking prophecy says, you'll still fight. You'll still live. For me. For us. For your family. For George." she says. "I promise." I say. I then lean my forehead against Mia's forehead.

After my talk with Mia, I head back to the Waverider. "There you are." mom(k) says. "We just received a message from Darkseid. You should see it." Aunt Sara says. She then motions her hands and a video pops up.

"Hope. You never cease to impress me. Revealing yourself to the world. I know you want peace in this world so I'll give you a chance. Meet me back in Earth Prime since you don't want your precious home in a mess. I'll be waiting for you in Star City." he says then the video ends.

"We can't just go there. Who knows it could be a trap!" Aunt Thea says. "Well then I'm risking it. If it means facing him and ending this war then I'll go. He's after me." I say.

Dad(o) walks towards me and grabs me by the arm. "We can't left you go there alone. We don't have a plan yet on how to end him." dad whispers to me. Even if he whispered, it could still be heard by everyone.

"Dad. You know how to end this already." I pull my arm from him and look him in the eye. I see the pain in his eyes. I then look to everyone in the room. Mia looks down on the ground as she knows where this is leading to. "You all know how to end this." I say my voice loud and clear. "No. Hope. We won't be talking about that." mom(t) says "Yes, mom. We will. We've been running from this moment for years. It's time to stop." I say trying not to look after Mia but I could hear her sniffling. "But if we do you die!" dad(j) says as he stands beside mom. Mom then holds dad's hand. "I'm not scared to die anymore. I've made my peace with it hundreds of years ago. Back when I was with Darkseid. I just never did it because I still had hope. Hope of seeing you again even if I thought you guys had died. Now I know that you guys are alive, I finally have the strength to do it because now I know I'm fighting for the people I love. The people who loved me and took care of me. I've accepted my fate already." I say looking at everyone in the room. George just stares at me. "But-but what if I can't. What if I can't let you go." George says looking hurt. "You just have to. I'm tired of running. I need to face this. I don't want to do this because it means that I would never get to see you again but I have to just to make sure that you're alive, George. I have to." I say as I walk towards him and grab a hold of his hands. A tear falls down his face. He then closes his eyes.

"What about you?" Will say crying. "All of you guys alive is enough for me. Just know that I will always be here when you need me." I say as I point to my heart. I cry again. Everyone then hugs me.
We head to Earth Prime and we prepare. It's time for me to end this once and for all.

"Your Majesties. You guys can go back to your homes already. I bow as I walk towards them and they stand. "Thank you. For treating me so kindly. Thank you for everything. You welcomed me into your home and I'm sorry that this is where i got you to." I tell them as I clasp my hands together.

Katherine looks at me sincerely as she holds my shoulders. "Oh, Hope. You don't have to be sorry. We knew the problems we would possibly face when we found out about you and we didn't care. You made our lives happier especially George's." she says as she looks at George. "Kate's right. So, no. We aren't leaving. We think of you as a daughter of our own. We are staying here to help." William says. Charlotte and Louis smiles. And i can't help but smile also.

"We're here." mom(k) says and I get ready. I get my weapons and I put on my suit. As I was headed out of my room, George blocks me. "Hope. I need to talk to you." he says and I nod at him. We sit at my bed and he stares at the wall for a second then he starts talking.

"I know we've talked about this before but. Please don't do this." he says with his voice breaking. He looks at me and I see fear in his eyes. "Please don't leave me." he says crying this time. "I'n sorry, George. But I have to." I say as I smile painfully at him. "No you don't. We can find another way. We-we could send him away like last time. We could trap him." he says as he then proceeds to get to his knees in n front of me. He holds my hands tightly. I bite my lip trying not to cry. "And what? Wait for him to come back again. Even if we do, he will always come back. We will always be running away. I don't want to run anymore. I'm ready to face him." I say as I feel tears form. "So you're just going to leave me then." he says sniffling. "Don't do that. Please. I don't want to do this. I know that if I do this, I won't ever see you again. Get to feel your touch. Your smile. Your kiss. I won't. But if it means saving you and leaving you in a world safer, then I will. Please, George. I'm not asking you to do anything but I just want to know that I have your support even if it means that you'd have to agree on me dying. I just need to know." I say with my voice breaking. He purses his lip and cries. He then nods. I pull him for a hug. I cry also.

I inhale and look up to the ceiling. "I'm so glad I got to see you again. Even if it was only for a while." I tell him. "I love you so much, Hope." he says as he kisses the top of my head. "I love you so much, George." I tell him. I then press my lips against his.

At that moment, I knew it would be the end.