Ch. 2 Broken

A/N: Yay! You kept reading! Thank you so much for viewing my story, and I hope you will stick around to see what happens next. I love reviews so much, even if they aren't positive. Shout out to anyone who hates this story, please tell me why so I can make it better. Ok, this chapter has multiple point of views, but I'm including a page break each time to avoid confusion. I love diving into different character's minds to see how they react to different things. I hope you like this chapter, it does have more action than the first. If you want to see something in chapter 3 or have any suggestions, let me know in a review. If you don't, don't get mad when I kill off your favorite character. (not really, I'm ok with violence, but I like everyone on the team too much to kill them, except maybe L'gann) But seriously, PLEASE REVIEW! Second shout out to everyone reading this from a country other than the United States. You totally made my day and I spent a few hours bragging to my friends. Now on to the story (after a crazy long author's note)

Disclaimer: Hey Greg and Brandon, can I say I came up with the idea of Young Justice? They said they'll get back to me on that.

Unfortunately all his plans to turn the battle around went out the door when he saw none other than Kaldur rising from the sea with a pale, black-haired woman next to him, a gold locket glittering around her neck. –Chapter 1

"Oh shi- ",

Nightwing's exclamation was interrupted by Miss Martian's cry screaming in his head through the psychic link. "How dare he? He won't get away this time. I'm going to make him pay for what he did. I'm going to make him pay for Arte- ". Miss Martian's yells got caught in her throat as she harshly sobbed. Nightwing was running as fast as he could from the first word. He had to reach Megan before she got to Kaldur and… unleashed her power. It wouldn't be her fault, she thought he killed her best friend, but Nightwing couldn't let her do the unthinkable. She would show no mercy. She would rip his mind into pieces so small they would fall through the cracks. Nightwing couldn't let her do that to someone who sacrificed everything to save the team from their enemy. He was still sprinting when he saw Megan shakily regain her composure, set a ferocious glare at the former Aqualad, and start forward.

Everyone else was still fighting their separate battles and didn't notice the confrontation. Nightwing streaked past troopers, only attacking when they were in his path of travel, but to those few he quickly and painfully took care of them. He had to reach Megan, but what would he do then? Simply ask her not to take revenge for her friend? Tell her the incredible truth? She wouldn't believe it, nor would she want to after all Kaldur had put her through. She wasn't the same person after Artemis had "died". He understood that; Nightwing had the same motivation for fighting. He missed his parents every day. But he had also lived through the hardest decision one could make: whether or not to kill the one person who had taken everything from him. In the end he had realized that Tony Zucco's death wouldn't bring his parents back, but Megan didn't know that. She was distraught and didn't know the consequences of her actions. Even if Kaldur was guilty, the thought of killing or permanently disabling her old friends would tear her apart inside. Once the truth came out, as it had to eventually, she would be inconsolable. Nightwing couldn't do that to Megan. If only he could get to her in time! He couldn't forgive himself if he was too late. And if she did get to Kaldur first, it was his idea, his plan to risk his friends. He might as well have killed Kaldur and Artemis himself.

Kaldur watched Megan slowly approach him and his companion with fury clear on her face. He glanced at Artemis with a worried expression. She shared his fear, but knew they couldn't tell Megan the truth, especially not in front of all the soldiers. She shook her head and he nodded his acceptance. They couldn't reveal themselves, no matter what. Kaldur's tense expression tightened further as he looked up again with determination replacing his fear. His gaze shifted as he saw a streak of shadow running toward Megan from behind. He squinted and realized it was Nightwing, sprinting as fast as he could to reach the Martian.

He wasn't surprised. Nightwing wouldn't let his friends get hurt if he could help it. He was still young, but Kaldur's friend had grown up so much. Now he was the leader of the team, had created his own superhero identity, and devised the infiltration plan for Kaldur, Artemis, and Wally. The crazy, ingenious plan that might just get him killed in a few minutes. He didn't blame Nightwing of course; the plan had worked perfectly and was the only solution to their problem. If the Light's partner wasn't captured, he or she could undo all the work the League and the Team had put into stopping the organization. They might take over the planet or start another intergalactic incident. The risk was worth the reward and all four members of the secret group accepted that.

Artemis gasped as Megan suddenly sprang into the air, her cape whipping dramatically in the wind, her eyes glowing a bright green. The archer knew this could happen, but she wasn't ready to die, or lose her mind. She didn't want to think about how Wally would react to her actual death. He and Nightwing's friendship would be shredded, completely ended. He would blame his best friend and his old team and ruin all the good he had done over the years in a fit of rage. Her death would bring about the death of her Wally, Robin's Wally, the KF that took souvenirs and ate everything in sight. The KF that laughed and joked. No, she couldn't die because she couldn't let herself be the murder of something so good. She stood straighter and automatically reached for her bow, compacted and disguised as a knife in her belt. She might not be able to tell Megan the truth, and she might not like being on the enemy's side, but she could still defend herself and Kaldur.

Aqualad and Artemis had become much closer during their time together on the submarine. She knew that Kaldur was strong to accept the undercover position, but he really was a gentle giant to his friends. He was fiercely protective and kind to everyone who deserved his respect. He had a quiet wisdom about himself that comforted Artemis when she was confused. Right now she wasn't confused though, just scared. Her best friend was about to destroy her mind and her honorary big brother's. Nightwing was coming close to Megan, but she couldn't tell if he would reach the Martian in time, or even what he thought he could do to stop her.

As her thoughts flew by, Megan slowly turned her face to look Kaldur straight in the eye. She was about fifty feet away from them in the air, but Artemis had seen her friend in action and knew that that was close enough to unleash her power. All of a sudden she was proved right by Kaldur falling to his knees and tensing his whole body. Artemis didn't hesitate to shoot a combustion arrow at Megan. The telekinetic simply willed it away with a casual gesture of her hand and it crashed into the mountain in a spectacular explosion. The flames caught the eyes of the rest of the team, and they turned as one to the beach and the sight of their old friend being subjected to Megan's punishment. They saw the raven-haired woman beside Kaldur shoot arrow after arrow at Megan to no avail. They saw Kaldur weakening and slowly collapsing to the ground. They saw the woman scream as she was also subjected to the mental attack and join her friend on the ground. Then they saw Nightwing, their leader and friend, yell at Megan to stop as he ran to her, saw him realize he was too late in a flash of horror visible on his masked face, saw him run past her and into the line of fire, saw him take the full blow of Megan's wrath, and saw him too collapse to the ground and lie face-down, unmoving on the cold sand.

A/N: I bet you didn't see that coming! Please review and tell me what you thought. I'll answer any questions you give me. My next update will come within a few days. Who knows, if I get lots of reviews, it might come tomorrow. ;)