Winner Take What's Left

Round One

"Nightmare vs. Blackfire. Jynx vs. Raven. Bumblebee vs. Terra. Reverie vs. Starfire." The Master of Games shouted, and the contestants were soon teleported to different stages.

Bumblebee and Terra were in a barren wasteland, Reverie and Starfire were in a grassy green meadow, Raven and Jynx were in a large space with floating candles and demonic antiques while Nightmare and Blackfire were in a vampiric temple.

"Begin!" The Monkey-man's voice echoed to each stage, though he remained unseen.

"Guess I'll start this show!" Bumblebee said, pulling out her B-shaped weapons and twirling them around her fingers before firing them at Terra's feet. She dodged and resurrected a large clump of rock to levitate on while sending small rocks at her opponent, who zapped them with her stingers, disintegrating them. She then flew after Terra, shooting at her as she dodged.

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Nightmare took in all of her surroundings, then smirked. "You have no idea what you're up against, alien."

"Haha! I think you underestimate me, vampire." Blackfire said in her usual suave tone.

"I assure you, I do not." Nightmare replied, creating an onyx sphere in her palm. "And I'll prove it!"

She thrust out her palm and from the orb flew a horde of green gremlin looking creatures with wings that seemed to be covered in green goop.

"Eek! Zahngaboos!" Blackfire yelped and scurried away as the creatures threw globs of green acid at her, which melted nearby pews and candles. Nightmare jumped backwards and perched herself on the rod of a hanging tapestry in a crouched position, humming to herself as her opponent blasted the creatures with purple starblots. She jumped away, however, when a starbolt was fired at her perch, melting it.

"Perhaps I have underestimated you." Blackfire said, eyes and fingertips aglow with purple energy. "But not anymore."

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"I do not wish to harm you, Reverie, but I must win this tournament of earthly girl heroes." Starfire said, charging her energy.

"I don't want to hurt you either, but likewise, I have to win." Reverie claimed, forming a light-blue orb within her hand. "I'm sorry."

Starfire was about to destroy the orb when she blinked and suddenly found herself on the Titan's island. It was nearly sunset and the breeze was calmly pushing the waves up onto the shore. She looked around, awestruck, before a voice behind her snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Star?" Robin's voice caused her to turn to face him.

"Robin, you have returned unharmed! I was...worried." Star trailed of, staring at the ground.

"I'm sorry, Star. I'm glad to see you're okay too." He replied, placing a gloved hand on her shoulder. "You are okay, right?"

"I am well, Robin. I thank you." She plastered a large smile on her face, looking up at him.

"Are you sure there isn't something you want to tell me?" He asked, boring into her emerald orbs from behind his mask.

"Robin..." She began, a pink blush creeping to her cheeks. "I believe I have 'the crush'."

Reverie concentrated on the frozen girl before her, a look of sorrow dancing across her features as she focused on keeping the trance in place. As much as she didn't like tampering with people's feelings, she felt she had to.

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Raven glared at her opponent from underneath her hood. "We meet again, Jynx." Her tone held a hint of a growl.

"You remembered? I'm flattered!" She squealed in a mocking tone, creating a wave of magenta lightning in her hands. "Then you'll remember this!"

Jynx threw the strips of electricity at her nemesis, who jumped up into the air and encircled herself within a black ball of energy before releasing it outwards and at her opponent.

"I remember that I beat you!" Raven retorted, encasing nearby pottery within the same energy that cloaked her hands and beckoned the objects to fly at Jynx. She managed to block the major impact, but the items still hit her arms dead-on, shattering to lay in shards upon the floor.

"Not this time, I don't have my 'teammates' holding me back!" The miniature villain claimed, tossing a ball of dark pink lightning at Raven, who easily deflected it as she inched closer, a menacing look in her violet eyes...

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"Hrrah!" Terra yelled as she forced two large boulders to fly at Bumblebee, one hitting dead-on while the other narrowly clipped her left wing, sending her plummeting to the ground.

"Aah!" She managed to roll out of the way as the second fell towards her. Terra formed a rocky barrier around Bumblebee, trapping her inside it.

"Winner, Terra!" The Master of Game's voice echoed and in a flash of white lightning, Bumblebee disappeared.

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"Take this!" Blackfire shouted as she shot a barrage of purple starbolts at Nightmare, who was forced to jump back and torpedo off the wall at her opponent, stopping right in front of her face only to vanish and appear behind her.

"My turn." Nightmare said in a chilling tone, gripping the back of Blackfire's neck and slamming her into a nearby stone wall, which crumbled.

"I-I won't lose to a m-mixed-breed Vamp-girl!" She growled, shooting at Nightmare with her eyebeams as she attempted to stand up from the rubble. Her opponent dodged the poorly-aimed blasts and appeared kneeling before her.

"Oh, but this mixed-breed Vamp-girl is very intent on winning." She hissed, picking her up by her neck and tossing her into an incense canister, knocking it on top of her.

"Winner, Nightmare." The Master's voice bellowed, then Blackfire was gone with a flash of light.

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Reverie sighed and looked at the entranced girl in front of her. It wouldn't be long until the illusion was completed and her opponent would fall into a long slumber. She couldn't help but feel bad about messing with the alien's emotions, and the fact that she could see exactly what she was dreaming was not helping.

"You mean a crush? On who?" Robin asked, genuinely curious.

"You..." Starfire replied in a small voice.

"Star...I...I love you." Robin blurted out.

"This is like a dream come true..." Starfire mused. "Wait! Dream? Reverie! This is..."

Reverie gasped as she saw the eyes of the girl in front of her twitch into a blink, then glare at her angrily.

"But how?!" Reverie asked, completely aghast.

"You have injured my heart greatly, controller of dreams, and you shall pay!" Starfire growled, firing starbolts at Reverie, who didn't bother dodging or even shielding herself from the blasts. She lay sprawled across the grass, body slightly scorched.

"Winner, Starfire!" The Master of Games claimed, and Reverie vanished behind a wall of light.

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"C'mon, Raven, we have great history together, I never really wanted to hurt you...hehe..." Jynx laughed nervously and backed away slowly from her, rubbing her sore arms.

"Yeah, really great." Raven lifted her aura-encased hands into the air and beckoned a large desk to fly at her opponent. It smashed Jynx into the ground and she just lay there, moaning, in too much pain from the impact to move.

"Winner, Raven!" The Master of Games called before allowing Jynx to 'return home' in a flash of light. Soon after, Raven and the others were back in the main room where they had first appeared.

"It seems my sister has been defeated." Starfire said, noticing Blackfire's absence.

"Mine as well. Humph, she never did like fighting 'innocents'." Nightmare huffed, noticing that Reverie was not in the room as well.

"So, where did the losers go?" Terra asked, inwardly concerned.

"They have been returned home safely." The Master assured. "For the 4 of you that managed to claim victory this round, you must rest, for tomorrow we begin Round 2!!!"

In a flash he himself was gone, leaving the remaining contestants to find their rooms.

"I did not enjoy the dreams that your sister bestowed upon me." Starfire said to Nightmare, though she made sure to stay a few feet away.

"If you didn't like her dreams, then you'll hate my nightmares. Hahaha, sweet dreams." The part-blooded vampire laughed, going into a nearby 'guestroom' to sleep for the night. The others followed her example, knowing that tough competition was awaiting them the next day...

NS: Muahaha! I tried to do what the episode itself did with the fights, switching from one to the other to the next and then the last, but I only gave each 2 parts instead of 3 or more. Hope you enjoy! Round 2 is up next! I want to keep this story more original, so it will be a complete round, not a 1 on 1 on 1 like "Winner Take All". Sorry. I'll update prolly tomorrow. Toodles! And thanks for the reviews!