Brooklyn Archer //Book Six// - Legends of Tomorrow - COMPLETE

Chapter 21 - The Fungus Amongus

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= Odessa Texas, 1925 =

Sara and Astra had checked on Spooner and talked with Spooner's mother. Brooklyn waited with the rest of the Legends (besides Mick who was on the ship fixing it with Kayla) with Maddie sitting on the couch next to her and reading a picture book

"We should take her back to the ship." Nate says. "The med bay is... scratch that... totally broken.

"It wouldn't help anyway." Astra says. "Spooner is like this because of what's happened to the Fountain. The two of them are linked."

Something rumbles in the distance and the group runs outside. Brooklyn grabs Maddie, putting her on her hip, as she rushes out with the rest of the Legends. They look off into the distance

"Chances of that being a coincidence?" Nate asks

"You know our chances of coincidences." Brooklyn says. "It's us." She says, shooting Sara a look

"Slim to none." Sara answers. "Come on, let's go check it out." She looks at Brooklyn. "Do you wanna leave Maddie here so you can come?"

"You know the answer to that." Brooklyn tells her

"I know your answer is to take Maddie with you and come anyways." Sara says

"You're damn right." Brooklyn says

"Brooke–" Sara tries

"Sara, look at the size of the gun Ava has." Brooklyn says, gesturing to Ava's gun. "We'll be fine. Plus, Maddie has been learning combat skills."

"You're teaching your almost four year old combat?" Nate asks as the group begins to walk into the woods

"I was younger when I learned how to defend myself." Brooklyn says with a shrug as they near the area where the rumbling occurred

"That's it?" Nate scoffs at the small ship. "So much for an invasion."

"It's a scout." Sara says. "They're watching us." Something growls in the woods. "You need to run now." Sara tells the group with her. She looks at Brooklyn. "You and Maddie, get to cover." And with that, a few aliens emerge from the woods and start attacking

Brookyln quickly manuevers Maddie onto her back, tucking her daughter under her jacket and forming a baby carrier on her back. She tosses the hood over Maddie's head and makes sure she is secure. Maddie holds onto her mother's shirt and straps, the two having done this many times and Maddie knowing what she needed to do: hold on tight and stay hidden

Doing that only took a few seconds – since it was very practiced – and Brooklyn jumps into a fight with an alien. As she fights, she keeps all the combat in front of her, never turning her back to the alien in order to protect Maddie. She keeps an eye over her shoulder as Nate, Ava, and Sara also fight

"Shoot it!" Sara yells

"I don't have a clear shot!" Ava yells

"Well, then shoot us both!" Sara yells

Nate shoots the alien Brooklyn was fighting and then shoots through Sara to get to the other alien. The aliens fall to the ground dead and Sara coughs, her wounds healing

"Sara, you okay?" Ava asks, rushing over

"Thanks, Nate." Brooklyn says, helping him off the ground

"Any time, Brooke." Nate promises her

"Where's the other one?" Sara asks. And with that, a blast is heard and the group looks over to see a beacon of light shooting into the air

"If they were the scouts, then..." Nate starts