I know it's short, and it sucks, and I took forever to put this up. This contains some fights, not too much SuperMartian. The final pairings are revealed in this chapter as well.

Enjoy~

M'gann took a deep breath and opened her eyes, staring at the two boys. The rest of the team watched, most holding their breath for the long-awaited decision. And she spoke, in a soft, scared voice:

"Conner."

La'gaan knew he was defeated before she even opened up her mouth to sing. He wasn't dense; he could see the way she looked at Conner. It was awe, and love, and everything mushy and sweet and it made his heart hurt. When M'gann looked at him, it was friendly, and nice, but it wasn't love. And the lagoon boy knew this, yet he still tried to convince himself she wanted him.

Even though all hope had been lost.

The super teen couldn't help but smile at that; he felt joy, surprisingly, bubble up inside of him. He stood up, and M'gann gave him a shy grin and walked forward. He walked towards her as well, both aiming for a warm embrace when—

BOOM.

A thick cloud of smoke surrounded the group, and screams rang out. Through the slate gas, burning embers could be made out. Bart let out a scream of pain, and Tim rushed to his side, as he was the closest one to him. La'gaan had been hit as well, but he was keeping quiet, his teeth gritted in silent, burning pain. The smoke started to clear, and Tim helped a gasping Bart sit down. Dick quickly did a head count and then checked to make sure everyone was ok.

His eyes widened in concern when he realized La'gaan, Bart, and Roy were hurt. Wally looked around for the source of the explosion, grimacing when his eyes locked on a still smoking tree stump. The top was charcoal black and slowly crumbling.

"Is everyone ok?" Dick asked loudly, coughing a little on the heavy smoke that was slowly rising up.

Tim was helping Bart sit down; half of his left leg was shaking and bright red, the flesh pulled tightly over the bone. Roy was taking deep breaths, trying not to black out as he gingerly touched his side, his skin charred and smoky. La'gaan was unconscious, his shoulder and part of his right arm badly burned.

"Oh my…" M'gann ran and kneeled by the lagoon boy, touching his shoulder gently and wincing at the temperature. Cassie was leaning over Roy, trying to examine the injury, but the archer kept pushing her away, mumbling angrily under his breath. Bart's head was in Tim's lap as Wally ripped away the ruined shorts and frowned.

"I'm going to run and get Black Canary. Then we can move them to a hospital." Wally said, getting up and about to run.

"Wait! Look," Cassie gasped suddenly, her eyes wide as she stared at Bart's leg. The burned flesh was turning back into its normal color; La'gaan started to wake up, his shoulder perfectly fine; and Roy had stopped shaking from the pain.

"That's…not normal." Dick stated slowly, his blue eyes locking with Tim's.

"It might be Canary just messing with us," his younger brother suggested, and Garfield bit his lip. He felt guilty for being jealous of the post-injured boy, but he couldn't help it. He cast a quick glance at Jaime and saw the scarab bearer was wearing a similar expression as he watched Tim smooth down the speedster's hair.

"Are you alright?"` Kaldur asked Roy softly, who jumped to his feet and nodded roughly.

"Ow," Bart muttered as he lifted his head with a groan and then dropped it back on Tim's lap. The ebony colored slightly but didn't protest. Both looked up upon feeling two burning gazes. Jaime's eyes narrowed even further, and Gar crossed his arms, turning and walking next to his sister, who patted his shoulder before retuning her attention to La'gaan.

"Is it just me, or is this entire game falling apart?" Artemis mused to herself sadly. She was the only one alone; Wally had Dick, Bart had Jaime, M'gann had Conner, and for some reason, she could feel a spark between Roy and Cassie, and Kaldur and La'gaan, but she wasn't sure.

"It is," Conner answered shortly, his tone clipped as he watched M'gann help the lagoon boy to his feet. The archer just shook her head, watching Cassie fuss over Roy and brush ash from his clothes.

"I'm going to report this to Canary. Be back soon." Wally was off in a flash of blue and yellow—his civvies—leaving the team not knowing what to do. The three heroes who were previously injured were now completely healed; Bart was doing several super fast handsprings and cartwheels; Roy was telling Cassie a story about how the Russian prime minister blew up a famous bar with only apple juice and a sheep; and La'gaan was smiling, red eyes soft as M'gann gave him some water in a glass (where she got that from, no one knew).

The bottle in the center of the circle—well, not really a circle anymore—was now pitch black and seemed to radiate darkness. Artemis stared at it before muttering, "Oh, Zee."

She didn't pretend to dislike her; in fact, her feelings for the magician were much stronger than that. But Artemis didn't know if they were returned, so she kept her mouth shut and loved Wally. It wasn't really love though; don't get her wrong, the blonde really liked the speedster. He was funny, and cute, and smart, but he wasn't Zee.

Artemis was snapped out of her thoughts when Bart began to yell.

"Oh, I see how it is! You're jealous that you didn't get to help me! Well, let me clear things up for ya buddy—you aren't my mother!" the young speedster shouted, green eyes crackling dangerously.

Jaime opened his mouth and then closed it, looking away. A bright blush of embarrassment crept up his cheeks as he mumbled, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to—to—"

"Whatever!" Bart hissed, stomping off and ignoring all the shocked looks in his direction.

"And I don't care!"

"Clearly, you do!"

"…"

Tim just rolled his eyes and walked off. Gar stared after him, upset, angry tears in his eyes. Jaime felt a bit of sympathy for him, but didn't say anything, still stuck in trying to create a good apology for Bart.

"Like I said…falling apart." Artemis muttered.

Sorry it's short. I've lost inspiration :( and I didn't proofread this. Oops…

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~samx