You didn't really think I'd end the story on a totally lame note, did you? Nope! Here's the REAL ending!

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Rocky just sat there on her swing, completely taken away by Wally's story. Her brown eyes were wide and her mouth was unhinged as Wally reached the conclusion of his story.

"And, well..." Numbuh 4 sighed. "We never saw him again."

Rocky had been silent, her feet planted firmly on the sand, taking in everything.

"So, Numbuh 1..." Her voice was barely above a whisper. "He's not missing..." She looked up toward the sky. "He's...he's become a bigger hero." She dropped her head, gazing at the ground, unable to blink as her eyes widened.

"And he'll always be your hero, cousin," Wally assured her as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "And no matter what, he will always be with us...no matter how far he is or that we might never see him again..." He looked down, his bottom lip quivering.

He remembered Numbuh 1's goodbye all too well. Their final moment. There were tears, there were hugs...and then Wally had watched his former leader board the ship and headed off to become more than he was worth.

It really hurt Wally. It hurt him the most out of the rest of his team. And Rocky...she seemed extremely saddened by this. More than sad.

She was devastated.

"I know you miss him, Rocks," he told her gently, "even though you never met the guy...But still, we all miss him. Heck, even the adults miss kicking his butt." He forced chuckled, a lump in his throat.

Rocky just looked at the ground, her lip quivering. Finally, she turned to Wally. A small, sad smile on her face.

Then she hugged him.

Wally was quite surprised by this sudden change in emotion. Sure, Rocky was completely overwhelmed by his story, he never had expected her to hug him afterwards.

"Thank you for telling me..." She whispered into his ear. "I promise...I won't tell..."

Wally's eyes widened. Looks like he didn't have to ask to be discreet. This is why he loved her very much. She was just so understanding.

Finally, he returned the embrace. "Yeah, if you did, I'd kick your butt and we'd all be in trouble..." And he chuckled at his own lame joke, his arms tightening the hug.

Rocky just laughed as she rested her chin on his shoulder.

And she silently wept.

Wally patted her back assuringly, allowing her to cry on his shoulder, letting his hoodie get soaked in the process.

He wept as well.

So what if he broke his promise to Sector V? It wasn't like they were going to know...and besides, Rocky truly deserved to know.

She was definitely the next Numbuh 1.
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From high above a building, standing atop the roof, Cleo gazed toward the city, wearing shades.

But there weren't ordinary shades.

Cleo pressed a tiny button on them before the tiny screens that served as her eye protection began processing like a computer. She scanned the city once more as the screens furthered the images that were far away, until finally, she got a good observation...

...of Rocky and Wally.

Cleo smiled sadly as she watched her daughter and her nephew lean on each other, tears brought down on the sand as they embraced each other as if life was about to end. The woman folded her arms, a pang of guilt engulfing her. But she quickly shook it aside as she took out her cell and dialed a special number.

"Hello?" She called. "Hey..." She listened carefully. "Yes, he finally told her..."

She smiled a bit more as she watched her daughter wipe Wally's tears away and they both laughed. She listened to the other end of the line for a while, nodding her head and shuffling her heels a bit as she took in the sudden breeze that blew through her black dress.

"Thank you..." She said gratefully to her cell, watching as Rocky and Wally left the park and continued on their way. "And I promise you, Rocky is a loyal girl. She would never rat out Numbuh 4 and the rest of your team to Numbuh 362. Though she likes you...she knows that this is what you were meant to do."

Cleo sighed to herself, before shutting off her glasses and placing them above her head, once again enjoying the view of the city. She tapped her foot impatiently as she listened to her cell once more.

"Yeah, Nigel..." She said with a smile before running her fingers through her curly black hair. "...she's just like you."
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