The Lost Girl

Earth 42. Earth 42. Sara and Laurel Lance led very different lives.

Summary: Sara al Ghul has trained since she was child for only one thing, to kill. She's traveled the world assassinating those who they were hired to kill. She never questioned her orders; this was the only life she knew. During a hit in Central City she crosses paths with a thief, that brings her out of the darkness, but it would be the hit on a lawyer in Star City named Dinah Lance that would change her life forever.

Ch 1.

She crept quietly through the second floor of the mansion, carefully taking everything in as she passed. His home was as opulent and flamboyant as he was. There was a large floor to ceiling mirror of dark varnished wood mounted on the east wall. She imagined he'd gaze at his image as passed it every morning. There were at least seven bedrooms in the house, excessive for one person, she thought. She had entered the home through balcony that led to a small room that he used as storage for cleaning supplies. Otherwise a room he didn't care about and didn't put any security on.

She kept walking when she suddenly stopped. Someone was moving around in the master bedroom. Impossible, this man had almost addictive quality to his routine. He always did everything in exactly the same way each day. He never deviated from it since she'd watched him for the past week. He should be in a deep sleep right now. /p

The door to the parlor of his bedroom was open, which raised another alarm in her head. Flattened against the wall, she peeked around the corner and scanned the room. The door to his bedroom was closed, her eyes glanced around the extravagant room with a white marble floor, and it was filled with priceless paintings, jewels and artifacts. It was more of a museum then a bedroom. She saw a man moving around the room sticking some jewels into a bag on his shoulder. He spun around and pointed a strange looking gun at her.

Sara al Ghul was surprised; no one has ever known she was there until she wanted it known. This man however was very aware of his surroundings.

As he carefully placed the priceless emerald in his bag he felt a presence in the room with him. He pulled out his gun and turned around to see a ninja standing in the door way, a petite ninja, most likely a woman. He sighed; he never understood the need to dress up in a costume to rob people. A good thief was in and out without being seen, so wearing a special outfit was pointless. "I was here first" he said in a menaced whisper.

"I'm not here for this, I'm here for him" she replied with nodding her head towards the door. He turned around and looked at the bedroom door of the owner of the house. A ninja assassin, not a ninja thief, interesting he thought. He lowered his gun. "He's all yours" he said with a small smile. She nodded her head towards him and silently made her way towards the door.

Leonard Snart holstered his gun and pulled the bag more securely over his shoulder and watched her stand in front of the door studying the hinges before slowly opening it and slipping inside. He wasn't expecting to run into anyone, especially not someone sent to kill the guy he was robbing. He didn't care so much about the killing; he was intrigued by the ninja. Not much intrigued him anymore. He smiled, turned around a walked away with his take.

The man was sleeping on his massive four poster cherry wood bed. She stood above him, slipping the knife out from her wrist, even evil looks peaceful when they sleep she thought as she stared down at him. In a quick precise movement she sliced the knife across his throat.

She quietly made her way back out of the house the way she came in. When she slid down the drainage pipe she saw the thief leaning against the wall. "I was going to get in that way, but figured why make it more difficult" he said as she landed softly on the ground. She stared at him, the moonlight illuminating the bluest eyes he'd ever seen. He couldn't see the rest of her face, her eyes were enough to draw him in.

"You went in the side entrance of the servant quarters" she replied.

"Easy lock to pick and no scaling walls" he smirked at her. He didn't know why he stayed, he should've just left with the jewels but he wanted to see the ninja again. He never met a real live ninja before. "You want to get a drink?" Her eyes squinted at him. "To celebrate…successful heist…successful hit"

"Okay" she replied surprising him. "There's a bar down the block, it's a real dive but we'll left alone"

She nodded. "Give me 15 minutes, I think showing up like this would draw attention."

As he was sitting a booth in the corner of the bar facing the door, he was going over in his head what possessed him do this. He'd never asked out a stranger before. That wasn't his style. Being with people wasn't something he typically sought out, sure he'd bedded people when felt like it but that was it. There was something about this mysterious woman that made him want to get to know her. Sure meeting a ninja assassin was interesting, but there was something more.

The bell above the door jingled as the door opened. A woman walked in wearing black combat boots, tight jeans and a motorcycle jacket. She had a baseball cap on her head with her blond hair cascading loosely down her shoulders. He knew it was her, even dressed down she was woman that commanded a room when she entered. She was prompt another thing he liked.

When she was changing into her street clothes, Sara wondered why she had said yes to the thief. She preferred women, but did date men when she was attracted to them. However this was just some thief that interrupted her assignment. He knew she was there and that was new, she prided herself on being a shadow, a ghost. He had still felt her presence. When she looked into his eyes she saw a cold intelligence that she didn't see in many thieves. He interested her, that's why she showed up at the bar.

She saw him in the corner, walked over and slid into the booth. He signaled the waiter over to take her order. They sat in silence until the waiter brought her beer. She didn't fill the silence with mindless chatter, another thing he liked.

"To us" he said and they clinked their bottles. "Do you work in Central City often?" he asked then grimaced. "And that sounds like a pick up line". He usually wasn't this bad at this. Something about this woman was flustering him.

She smiled. "No, this is my first time here. I mostly operate in South America and Europe". Why was she telling him that? He knew what she was, that didn't mean she needed to tell him everything. "So, what's thieving like in Central City?" she asked taking a sip of her beer.

"It's not bad, or wasn't. Recently we got ourselves a hero. Calls himself the Flash" He said through gritted teeth and took a long swig of his beer.

"The Flash" she replied incredulously. /p

"He runs really fast" he said as his only explanation of the name. It was too ridiculous for more thought on the subject. He'd find a way to stop the Flash and bring crime back to the city. "How does one join a…team…"

"A league" she interrupted

He nodded and smiled, "A league of assassins?"

"I was born into it. It's the only life I've ever known." She replied, she brought the beer up to her lips to stop talking. It was too easy to talk to him and tell him things she shouldn't.

He took another sip of beer and nodded. "You gotta name?"

"I have many names" she started to say and watched him raise his eyebrow. She sighed and told him. "Sara"

"Leonard" he replied with his.

As the night wore down, he didn't want her to leave. She had a plane to catch in a couple hours. He was working up the nerve to ask her to come to his place when she asked if he wanted to go to her hotel room.

They barely made into the room before his lips found hers. Their mouths strained together, battling for dominance. He pushed her up against the wall near the bedroom her arms went over her head as he slid her shirt off. She wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss; she stumbled out of her shoes as they both made their way toward the bed. Needing to breathe, she broke their kiss and slowly reached up to unbutton his shirt. She met his heated gaze with her own, sliding the shirt from his shoulders. She leaned forward and laid a kiss in the middle of his chest. She gently pushed him so that he was sitting on the bed.

Stepping back, she undid her jeans and slowly stepped out of them. Leonard pulled her forward and she moved, straddling his thighs, she wrapped her arms around his neck. Sara leaned over and kissed him behind his ear, reaching behind herself to undo her bra. She quickly tossed that aside and gasped in surprise as he suddenly stood and turned. Her back hit the mattress with a silent thud.

Afterwards her head rested on his chest her fingers tracing a scar on his arm, a gift from his father. She didn't pry as he didn't seeing the many scars that lined her back. His eyes were drawn to the tattoo of a white bird on her shoulder blade. "What's this" he asked reaching over to touch it.

"A white canary" she replied. "That's my name in the League. Tayr 'Abyad" It actually translated to white bird, but she used it to describe a canary.

"What's the significance of a canary?"

"I don't really know, it's a something I've had in my head since I was little. Then when I was able to choose my new name, I decided to use it."

Lying next to her with arms behind his head he felt content, something he hadn't felt in a long time. He felt the mattress shift as she off the bed. He turned to side to face her and watched her put her clothes back on.

He didn't want to sound needy, but he didn't want her to go. "Do you think you'll be back stateside?"

"I don't know" she replied. She hoped so, as much as she didn't want to admit. She liked the thief and wouldn't mind spending more time with him. She walked over to the bed, leaned down and kissed him. Then turned around and walked out the door.

Tbc…