They don't know how the contest started but now Dick, Tim, Damian, and JAson (though he will say that he is not participating despite everyone knowing that it is a lie) have 48 hours to perfect the bottle rocket.

Damian had already seen Dick sitting with alfred and cutting fins out of cardboard, and knew that he is behind. So Damian calls on the only person who can help.

"Hello?"

"Maps, I need your assistance."

"Whats up?"

"I need to build a bottle rocket."

"Sweet! How soon can you get here? Oh, and I'll text you a list of things to get."

"I will be an hour."

"Alright. I'll warn up the glue gun."

"Why did we need popcorn?" Damian asks climbing in the window.

"Mindsnacks. Did you get Pepsi?"

"Yes."

"Now we can get to work."

Maps sketches out the fin shape on the sheets of thick aluminum that they have. Damian cuts them out of the metal, as they work in a focused silence. When the wings are done, they wrap their hands in latex gloves and adhere using epoxy. Damian sketches a cone pattern while Maps hold the rocket together while everything dries. It takes four hands to bend the aluminum and secure it. Then they rock back and admire their handiwork.

"Is it done now?"

"Almost." Maps darts over to her desk and grabs a Sharpie. In her messy script, she writes 'BEST ROCKET EVER' along the side. "Now it is done." She passes the rocket to him.

"Thank you."

"No problem. Make sure you let me know if you win."

"I will."

"You know I have faith in you, but tim is really smart. He probably put a jet engine on it."

"I will win." He responds with a sly smile."

"What did you do?" No response. "Dami?"

"Got to go. Love you." He says getting his stuff and moving to the window.

"Love you too, but what'd you do?"

"Bye."

"Dami-" and hes gone. Maps sighs and runs her hand through the thin layer of aluminum that covers everything.

O.0.o

The October air wrapped around them in the field. Dick is bend over the launcher trying to follow the box's instruction. Jason sits in a lawn chair with his feet kicked up on a cooler. Damian sits in a similar chair fiddling with the rocket and waiting for Tim to finally show up.

"Where Have you been?" Asks Jason as he spots the younger boy running up to them.

"Well, someone took every bottle from my apartment four different times." His eyes move between Jason and Damian who both look equally guilty. As Tim walks away Jason turns to Damian and goes "You too?"

"-tt-"

"Let's get started!" Yells Dick from over by the launcher. "Who wants to go first. "

"Have Tim go that way we can all lose faster." Remarks Jason.

"Uh Dick," interrupts Tim who is turned away from the group. "Did you invite the girls?" All four of them turn and look are the four figures carefully approaching.

"No. Jason?"

"Not me. Must of been Demon Spawn."

"I did not." The girls finally reach them.

"Hi" says Stephanie lightheartedly.

"What are you doing here?" Asks Jason.

"We're here for the rocket contest." States Barbra. "We did help build yours"

Damian, Jason and Dick all share a look knowing that they are going to lose terribly. "So," starts the latter, "We're judging this by time spent in the air. Everyone got it?" There is a chorus of agreement from the group. "Alright Barbra is first."

"Why?"

"Alphabetical order." SHe passes Dick the rocket and helps him set it up. The rest of the group divides and Damian pulls Maps aside.

"How'd you know we'd be here?" He asks.

"Barbara told me, or better yet. Hacked my computer with the message, 'build a rocket and be ready at 8am.'"

"Who will win?" Maps looks over at Tim and Barbara's rockets that are decked out with different types of tech that Maps probably couldn't even name.

"Not us."

Cass' rocket goes next and does a modest flight, but it's not even close to Barbara's record. Damian brings his up and fills it with water and then sets it up. His hand closes around the cord and 3.. 2.. 1. Maps' head tilts up as it follows the simple rocket. The rocket reaches zero-g before beginning it's decent and Dick's finger hits the timer as soon as the tip touches the ground. "Sorry Babs little D takes the lead by .0004 seconds." Maps looks over at her shocked that their simple design actually worked.

Damian holds the lead through Dick and Jason's launches. Maps goes to set her's up and begins the countdown. The rocket shoots up and half way a compartment drops sending confetti and glitter onto the ground and people below. They all look around at each other shocked and silenced until Tim pulls a piece of paper from his hair saying, "That is actually kind of cool." The rocket hits the ground and dives for the forgotten timer.

"You didn't win." He remarks "Stephanie you're next." She takes her rocket over to the launch pad. Maps picks a piece of confetti out of Damian's hair.

"You are covered in glitter."

"Thanks to you."

"Hey, it won't be the last time." Comments Jason as Stephanie's rocket goes up into the air.

Tim sits tinkering with his rocket as Stephanie's hits the ground. "Tim you're up come beat us all."

"If you added an engine-" starts Stephanie

"There were no rules." Tim rocket goes off and he pulls out his phone to trigger something. His finger touches the screen and boom. THe rocket send small pieces flying down at them, but everyone is too busy laughing to notice. Tim looks around confused and shocked, as Stephanie's arm slinks around in shoulders. The melted metal remains his the field right before his feet.

"On that note," Says Dick between laughs, "Damian win, by .0004 seconds."

"Yass." Maps pulls Damian into a hug while everyone starts to clean up Tim's rocket's remains. Then they leave still covered in glitter.