After the day the team had had, you all decided it was time to take a break and recoup. Music was playing in the study as you all gathered to celebrate your victory of rescuing Stein, Ray, and Mick. Drinks were being handed out.
"Courtesy of Yuri the bear," Mick told everyone.
"How did you even have time to steal this?" Sara asked glancing at the drink being poured into her glass.
"Multitasking?" you ask eyeing Leonard.
He glanced sideways at you with smirk before answering Sara.
"There's always time to steal."
As your glass was being filled Sara looked at you.
"I thought you didn't drink?"
"Once again, I am saying we are in Soviet Russia at the height of the cold war with stolen alcohol from a Russian mobster. How could I not at least try it?"
Sara just smiled and shook her head as if to say fair point.
Just as drinks finished pouring Ray went over to Mick. "Thank you," Ray said holding up his shot at Mick "and just so you know I know your more than just a thief."
"You took a beating for me. Were even. End of story." Mick said looking unphased.
"Well thank you" Ray reiterated.
"More drinking less feeling" Mick grunted out. You knew he must feel uncomfortable as he was not usually the one getting thanked.
" A toast," Professor Stein started, "to the first time we haven't completely ruined the timeline."
"Please tell me that's true Gideon." Rip grimaced looking up at the ceiling.
"The projections of the future are back to normal." Gideon answered. You all smiled with pride.
"I'll drink to that" Kendra said as you all held up your glasses.
"To Rip" Leonard said " to things not going according to his plan."
You knew Leonard was referencing Rips plan to kill Stein. You wondered if Professor Stein would ever know what Rip's orders really were as he also toasted the captain. "To the captain."
You all followed in sync. "To the captain."
You took a drink. It was strong. You made a face and quickly sat the glass down. "Yeah...no." You said laughing at yourself.
Some of the others had taken a drink and laughed along with you but Stein was quick to interrupt Jax suddenly remembering something. "Now hold on Jefferson you're not quite 21."
Jax gave Stein a pointed look.
"In 1986, the drinking age in Russia was 12 so..." Sara suggested.
Stein seemed to think for a second before letting out a sigh. "Well perhaps we can let it slide this one time. After all you were the hero today. You saved my life."
"Oh that?" Jax joked "that was no biggie."
"Having merged with an insane Russian scientist, I now know how lucky I am to have you as my partner" Professor Stein smiled.
"Partners" Jax smiled as they clinked glasses before drinking.
You watched their nice moment smiling to yourself. Your gaze shifted when you felt someone burning holes into you. Sitting across the study in a chair was Leonard who seemed to be in a trance. Your smile dropped. Even if you had joked with him moments before you were still mad at him. Leonard suddenly seemed to notice you were staring back and slightly adjusted his head now staring at you instead of through you. You narrowed your gaze and folded your arms. You had thought you and him were growing closer. That you were a team. But the way he acted in the jail cell was not very team like. Leaving Ray, you were not surprised to hear but you felt like he was just gonna abandon you. Yet he rushed to help Sara. You looked away first with a small scoff. Just as you started to walk out of the study the ship was hit sending you all to the floor.
"We have been struck with an explosive projectile" Gideon came on.
"No kidding" Ray said as you all attempted to stand up.
"Everyone get strapped in now" Rip instructed.
You went to stand up when you see a hand reach out in front of you. It was Leonard's.
"I'm good" you said standing the rest of the way up and hurrying to take a seat. Instead of your usual spot next to Leonard you went over to take a seat next to Ray. He looked at you sort of confused for a second and then over to Leonard but quickly let it drop as you strapped in.
"Were in the temporal zone. I don't understand no one should be able to--" Rip was cut off with another loud bang.
Gideon informed us that it was Chronos again and began firing counter measures. After a minute Gideon came back on and said while we had lost him, his missile was still following us.
"Initiating evasive maneuvers" Rip said to no one in particular.
The shaking of the ship just did not seem to stop.
"Ah vodka was a bad choice" Ray said struggling next to you.
Gideon began to count till the impact of the missile. "Three, two, one..."
You braced for impact, but none came. Just a slight nudge of the ship.
"Sir we've just been knocked out of the time stream" Gideon said to Rip.
"What does that mean?" Kendra asked.
"It means were crash landing in place and time" Rip said somewhat emotionless.
"Again?" you said sighing.
After landing safely you and the team make it out of the ship and enter a city. You liked city life; however, this city was on fire.
"Gideon camouflage the ship" Rip said "this doesn't look like the type of place we want to linger out in the open."
You walked further into the city when Ray and Sara started recognizing some of the buildings.
"That looks a lot like a Palmer Tech building but why does it have a Smoak logo written on it?" Ray asked confused.
"Wait." Sara said suddenly realizing. "This is Star City. I thought you said the timeline was safe?" she said now looking towards Rip.
"Yeah, Star City was intact in 2016." Rip got out a device looking at it "this... this is 2046."
"Don't move!" a masked figure says jumping onto a car.
Rip immediately points his gun at him as you all stop walking.
"Oh, thank god" Sara says relieved for a second taking a few steps towards him before the masked figure repeats "I said don't move."
Sara stopped taken aback.
"It's me. Its Sara."
"Hey Oliver look," Ray begins "I know it's been a long time, but don't you remember that Rip Hunter recruited us to become legends?"
Finally, he steps into the light, and you see a man who is not Oliver Queen. "I never heard of any legends." He then shoots an arrow in your general direction before it hits its target behind you guys and explodes.
Mick was the quickest and shot his heat gun right at him. The Green Arrow took a different approach and shot an arrow into the air creating a line he used to slide up and away from you.
"Get back" you hear Rip yell as you all clamor to hide behind something.
The Green Arrow got closer and started to shoot more arrows.
This goes on for a minute or two until Rip yells "we need to return to the ship" and you all make a run for it.
Once aboard the Waverider you all make your way to the council room which was still smoking with sparks flying from the hits it took.
"Alright Rip" Sara started "tell us the truth."
"You've all seen how the timeline is malleable, in flux until it is set. Well, this future is not set. Remember when I told you it was dangerous for any of you to know too much about your own futures? Well, the events that you dread could very well come to be due to your actions to prevent them." Rip tried to explain.
"You know what I think?" Mick started "I think you think too much."
"Believe me when I tell you that the best thing for yourselves and for this mission is to make the repairs to the Waverider here in 2046 then head back to your own timeline and make sure none of this ever comes to be."
Sounded like a good idea to you. You hoped this would give you time to clear your head as you were still stewing from being mad a Leonard.
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