𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

We arrived at Central City where we dropped our two favorite criminals to the museum so they could steal the emerald as Jax and I were waiting for them.

"That's what I call a clean heist." I look up from my sit when I hear Mick's voice as they get back.

"And thanks for not setting the museum on fire, partner. And you, thanks for being our getaway driver." Snart says as they both look happy to get back to their old habits.

"𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧." I mutter sarcastically.

"And thanks for the moral support, sweetheart." Snart tells me with one of his famous smirks again.

"𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭...."

"Speaking of, let's get the hell back to the ship." Jax says seeming happy it's over, but Leonard wasn't having it that way.

"Oh, one more stop." He says holding up a finger as we all look confused.

"What're you talking about, boss?" Mick asks also clueless.

"1629 Handley Avenue." He ignores Mick question. Wait, why does this address sounds familiar.

"What's on Handley Avenue?" Jax asks frustrated.

"It's where he grew up." Mick states as we all look at him taken back. Right, CCPD's files. "That's why you wanted to steal the Maximilian Emerald." Mick starts putting everything together.

"Mick, enough." Snart starts getting irritated.

"You wanted to give it to your old man so he wouldn't go to jail trying to steal it for himself." Mick state as I get it all in my mind, and also shiver thinking back to when I met Lewis Snart.

"Your father was a thief too?" Jax asks in disbelief.

"And unfortunately, not a very good one."

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞." I mutter under my breath as they all glance at me but don't say anything as Mick speak up again.

"Didn't Rip say something about not messing with the timeline?" Mick reasons as I agree.

"𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚."

"You could accidentally blink yourself out of existence." Jax adds. "You're screwing with history here, man."

"Yeah, well, history screwed me first." Leonard state as he gets the final word to this and Jax starts the engine again while I look at Snart with slight worry.

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"Alright stay put, I won't be long." Snart tells us heading out without looking at any of us. The second he's out I give a look of pleading to Mick before he sighs and say "Be my guest..." holding a hand out toward the door and it's all I needed to get up and head out myself.

I quietly head toward the house as I see Leonard on the porch, messing with the door lock. I stand in silence behind him before I say, casually, not too loud "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐩?" He jumped a bit before looking at me letting out a sigh as I smile like a child to him.

"What are you doing here? Go back to the Jumpship." He tells me all serious trying to intimidate me before I respond loosing all playfulness I had.

"𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐲?" I tell him narrowing my eyes as him as he only sighs looking away but I don't back off. " 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫....𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬-"

"Exactly, he's dangerous. And don't 𝐲𝐨𝐮 remember what I told you when you saw what he was capable of?" He asks me as I'm the one looking away now, remembering what he told me...

"𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘢, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" I says back looking at him as he sighs so I boldly take a step closer than we already were. "𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

".......Do I have a choice?" He asks sarcastically after a pause with a small smile lightening the mood. I shake my head giving a small sad smile. "Alright, don't be a burden." He jokes as I scoff playfully before we enter the house.

I follow him through the house as we pass a table with cards all other it, and as we pass bottles and bottles of alcohol it's not hard to put two and two together. We make our way to the living room where Leonard's old toys and kid stuff are spread on the small table.

"I came down for a glass of water." A child's voice make us both turn around. "I'm Leo. Are you friends with my daddy?" Leonard's old self asks us holding his glass with his two tiny hands as I'm speechless.

"Kind of."

"I think my daddy's sleeping." Leo says before Leonard takes a step closer and lowers down to his level.

"Can I tell you something, Leo? It's important." Leonard asks his voice cracking a bit as Leo nods shyly. "Don't ever let anyone hurt you. Ever. Not here..." He starts pointing to his own head, "and especially....not here." He finishes pointing to Leo's heart. "No matter what, you always have to look out for yourself. Okay? Understand?"

"I think so." Leo responds before I hear a gun cock just beside my left hear, as I hold my breath.

"You get the hell away from my boy, you son of a bitch, or I blow her head off." Lewis warns as Leonard gets up taking a step back from his old self. I turn slowly to face Lewis as he points to me to get closer to Snart so he can have us both in his sight.

"Lara do you mind tucking Leo to bed?" Snart asks me before Lewis points his gun back to me.

"Move and I shoot you."

"You won't do anything if you want your precious emerald." Leonard warns his father who looks taken back, Leonard nods me toward Leo but I only start moving when he give me a nod of reassurance. I carefully make my way toward Leo before I hold him in my arms, him resting on my hip as I take him upstairs.

"𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐝." I smile at him as he nods smiling.

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As I focus on tucking him and not what's going on downstairs Leo's sweet innocent voice makes me look up at him.

"You're very pretty." He tells me shyly holding his teddy bear as I smile and let out a small chuckle.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

"Are you married?" He asks as I raise an eyebrow at him.

"𝐍𝐨, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭." I answer softly, smiling at him.

"If I ask you to marry me...." He starts as I look up rolling my eyes and shaking my head smiling at this adorable version of Leonard. ".....would you say yes?" He asks me frowning with hope in his eyes as I think about it before answering.

"𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬?" I tell him as he smile at me and I just chuckle at his reaction. "𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐋𝐞𝐨." I tell him kissing him on the forehead before I get up and turn the lights off as he answers "Goodnight." before shutting his eyes as I smile looking at this kid one last time before going back downstairs just as Leonard makes his way towards the door. I give him a look of confusion as he looks irritated but he doesn't say anything as he opens the door getting out as I follow him.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲." I call softly but he ignores me. So I take a hold of his wrist turning him around. "𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭....𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲?"

"I'm always okay." He tells me trying to walk away but I hold him back again.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" I tell him honestly but he only nods with a small smile giving a squeeze to my forearm with his hand of which I'm already holding the forearm before letting go, turning back again toward to Jumpship as I sigh before following him.

"Looks like you didn't write yourself out of the timeline." Micks comment.

"Looks like." Snart answers back as he tries to look casual but I can see he's a little shaken up about seeing his father again.

"But?" Jax asks seeing he didn't look please either.

"I don't know, I just thought maybe things would feel differently." He states looking disappointed.

"The Englishman says it takes time for time to change." Mick points out. Huh....looks like he pays attention too.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞?" I ask him softly, because it couldn't be just the fact that he went to prison.

"My dad was never father of the year, but at least he never raised a hand to any of us." He says a bit bitterly and sadly as I think back to Lisa and her scars. I sigh softly closing my eyes, they didn't deserve this kind of childhood, no one does.

"Until he went to prison, which now he won't." Jax realises.

"Let's get out of here."

∙ ∙ ∙

We were on our way back as we heard Professor Stein's voice through the comms.

"𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯? 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?"

"Well, it's not a short story."

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦! 𝘎𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳." Stein informs us as Snart reassured him.

"We're on our way, Professor."

It didn't take long for us to arrive just outside of the building a few seconds after Gideon told us the danger we were facing was Savage. After the few things I learned about my family I admit I flinched a bit at the mention of his name, but I became quickly filled with anger more than anything, which Snart noticed. Jax and Mick got out first, me following behind but Snart stopped me, turning me around to face him.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭!?! 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐨!" I snap trying to walkaway but he hold me back with both arms as I take a deep breath to calm down.

"Listen....I know I'm asking a lot to you." He start sarcastically as I give him a look. "But you have to calm down, you can't just go in there and rip his head off." He tries to reason me but I'm not listening.

"𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞." I tell him with determination before I try to walk away but he keeps his hold on me.

"Lara....The guy is immortal you can't kill him."

"𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥." I tell him and this time he let me go knowing I won't listen anyway.

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"Let's get this party started!" Mick announce as we make our way in the room with red lights where Sarah and Rip are being captured.

"Here's our invitation!" Snart adds before they both use their guns, I only had knives on me at the moment but that will be enough. I punch and slice all the guys standing on my way as Snart and Rory take care of Rip and Sarah. I see Savage standing back behind Carter's body before I threw my knife at him but only succeed in giving him a small cut on the cheek.Which just got him angrier.

"Enough!" He yells before attacking us all with a blast of energy. We all get cover before Rip tells us what to do.

"Get Carter's body out of here. Sarah?Lara?"

"We got this." She assures him before we go back to kick ass, Mick and Jax take care of Carter's body as Snart and Rip cover them. But Vandal throw us all away again with his power as we all finish on the ground.

"Go! I'll deal with Savage." Rip orders us.

"Good luck with that." Snart tells him before starting to run away but stop hearing me answer Rip.

"𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞!" I tell him getting up before attacking Vandal as I hear them calling me.
I scream with anger as I plant my knife in his shoulder. He also screams in pain before trying to punch me but I dodge it lowering quickly my head, I take hold of his wrist holding the dagger with my left hand before hitting him with my right elbow. He stumbles a bit allowing me to hold his dagger in both hands before I watch over my shoulder as I kick him in the stomach with all my might with my left foot. I come back to a defensive position ready to attack again as he takes his breath back standing straight before laughing nodding at me.

"You got your mother's fire." He says pointing a finger at me before I charge again trying to punch and slice him with the dagger. Every attacks he block, I let go of the knife before taking it right back in my other hand, flipping it in the air with experience as I also dodge his attacks. I anyway loose my luck as he stops another of my tentatives before holding me by the neck painfully as his other hand holds my wrist where I have the dagger. He pushes me against the wall, with my back and head hearting like hell, my feet barely touching the ground as I try to breath as much as I can. I try to loosen his hold on my neck with my other hand while he smiles like a maniac.

"Lara, Lara, Lara....Did your parents never learn you good manners?" He taunts before laughing again.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦." I accuse him looking at him with anger.

"That I did."

"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧?....𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞?" I ask him as he's taken back.

"So you know?...How?" He asks me but I keep quiet before he tightens his hold on my neck.

"𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦....𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 1864."

"Ah...Well why do you care so much when you could join them so easily." He snarls before tightening his hold even more with his two hands as I gasp for breathe and loose my hold on the dagger.

"You know Lara you could stop being the damsel in distress for once. You love attention, don't you?" Snart interrupts Vandal from behind before shooting ice on his feet, I take it as my chance to take support on his wrists as I kneed him where the sun doesn't shine, letting me fall on the ground coughing. Snart holds me up taking me away as I hear Rip saying he'll deal with Savage while Sarah's still fighting Vandal's minion by his side.

∙ ∙ ∙

"𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴." Gideon informs me before I get up from the MedBay's chair.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬, 𝐆𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐧." I say before getting out. I make my way to the bridge as I recognize Leonard's voice in the distance.

"Maybe you didn't understand me, I asked for the new timeline, Gideon." He says looking at some news article.

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳." Gideon tells him.

"Stupid son of bitch." I hear him mutter under his breath.

"𝘏𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥." Gideon adds as Leonard nods in defeat.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤." I tell him after a brief pause of silence as he slowly turns towards me.

"Well, you don't always get what you want in life." He smirks a bit as I only smile at him nodding sadly. "Does it hurt?" He asks me nodding towards my neck and I subconsciously put a hand on the bruises.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞."

"It's not what I asked." He says taking a step closer. Before I nod no.

"𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞."

"Good....You should have listen to me though." He tease as I roll my eyes smiling.

"𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨" 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?" I laugh as he shrugs. Jax then enters the room and see the news article on the screen,feeling sad for Snart too.

"Hey, you tried to save him. That's got to count for something." Jax conforts him but Leonard quickly hides his feelings.

"Turns out it doesn't." He says like it was nothing.

"Come on." Sarah calls us.

"Where are we going now?" Snart asks before Sarah answers and we all follow her outside.

"To say good-bye."

∙ ∙ ∙

After Professor Boardman and Carter's funeral we went back to the Waverider as we all wait for our next mission or whatever.

"Gideon, ready us for take off." Rip says entering the room.

"Woah, are we being chased or something?" Jax asks seeing Rip in a hurry.

"No, but I imagine that right about now, the museum has realized that their prized emerald is missing." Rip answers clearing pointing fingers at us.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡... 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭..."

"You want me to say I'm sorry?" Snart asks rhetorically.

"Sorry, I don't do sorry." Mick says next before Rip starts speaking again.

"Which is fine, Mr. Rory, because you are owed the apology. I should have told you all before that this wasn't my first attempt to vanquish Vandal Savage, but the reason I failed before-"

"Is because you didn't have all of us." Ray finishes his sentence in understanding. Rip nods before looking at me apologetically but I smile in reassurance, he shouldn't feel guilty about the loss of our families it wasn't his fault.

"Well, obviously Dr. Palmer and I had our hands full tending to Ms. Saunders, but now that she's back on her feet-" Stein starts as Rip finished also his sentence with optimism.
"We're back on full strength."

"Or as strong as we can be without Carter." Kendra states sadly.

"Quite true, but there is no point in us continuing any further. Unless we are all ....and myself included, committed to working in concert." Rip tells us.

"You don't ditch us, we don't ditch you." Snart says as I nod my head in agreement, couldn't have say it better myself.

"𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫."

"Deal?" Snart ask Rip as he nods in agreement before Gideon speak up.

"𝘚𝘪𝘳, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 98% 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 1986."

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫?" I smile as Rip talks back.

"Chart a course, Gideon."

"Guess we are headed to the '80s. Better break out your parachute pants." Ray comments as Jax is just confused and I just laugh at this team.

"What the hell are parachute pants?"