A/N: Takes place in the middle of Episode 1x4 right after Rip asks Kendra to help Sara find her humanity and the two begin to fight with the staffs.

"What, are you baiting me?" Sara asked, without looking up from her knives.

"No," Kendra began. "I'm training you." She walked away a bit and spun her staff. "Come on. Are you scared?"

Sara looked up, sufficiently baited. She grabbed her own staff and spun around to face Kendra and the weapons clashed.

"I'm telling you!" Sara yelled. "There's no hope for me!"

Kendra dodged a hit and smiled. "She's in there, Sara."

"I can't get to her anymore. Did I ever tell you that I tried to kill my sister? Twice."

Kendra lost focus for a second with that knowledge and took a hit to the arm for it. "Ouch! No, no you never mentioned that."

The battle continued, the clanging of the staffs rang and echoed around the room.

"Well, I did. After I came out of the pit, I wanted to attack everyone. And when she was trying to save me, I wrapped my chains around her neck."

Sara spun around and got behind Kendra, putting her staff across the hawk goddess' throat.

"My chains, Kendra. They had to chain me up." She released her unceremoniously and the battle continued.

"I even tried to kill Thea."

Kendra swiped at Sara's feet, but she easily jumped over. "But you didn't kill her."

"Not for lack of trying! My own father wanted to kill me because I wasn't me."

More clashing of staffs.

"But something changed!" Kendra countered, almost landing a blow to Sara.

"They had to send friends into the underworld to save me. And even then, the bloodlust was there."

"Yeah, and I've got an inner hawk goddess wanting to come out and play. What's your point? Ever think you just need to get laid?"

Sara stopped long enough for Kendra to get a tap to her shoulder. "What?"

Kendra smiled. "Gotcha."

Sara rolled her eyes.

Kendra continued as the fight slowed considerably, "Come on, Sara. You need a little fun."

"When I have fun, trouble follows."

"Like the bar fight?"

"Exactly like the bar fight."

"But I heard it was a damn good bar brawl. And I also heard that a certain villain couldn't keep his eyes off of you."

"What? Snart?"

Kendra nodded.

"Please, Snart just talks a good game."

"So? Let him play."

The "training" is now over.

Sara rests her staff. "Kendra, that's not why I'm here. No hook ups needed."

"I'm not saying plan a honeymoon."

"Good!"

"But you did ask him to dance."

"How do you know everything that happened at the bar?"

"I overheard Mick regaling the tale to Ray."

One of Sara's eyebrows went up. "What do Mick and Ray care?"

"Well, Mick was pretty drunk and Ray is a good-natured busy body. He loves the gossip, I guess."

"Nothing to gossip about. We went to a bar, a little Captain and Tennille came on, I asked a cute guy to dance."

Kendra pointed at her. "So you do think he's cute!"

"Sure, I had a thing for older guys. But that's in the past."

"Doesn't have to be. We all know you have at least a little spark with him. You both can't stop flirting with each other!"

"It's just flirting."

"I'm not so sure with you two. I mean, you've got chemistry bubbling over and you barely know each other."

Sara, realizing the session was over, began putting away the weapons. "Thanks for the assessment."

"Hey, it's just a cute guy that's willing to put the beat down on people for you." Kendra then singsonged, "Right down the hall."

"Look, I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it. Really. But I can't be with anyone. You still don't understand what the Pit did to me. I don't think I still understand what the Pit did to me! No one deserves this level of crazy in their life. No one needs to deal with me."

"What do you think you're going to do?"

"That's just it! I don't know. What would happen if we were in bed and the bloodlust took over? How would I feel if I killed him in cold blood and not even realize it?! What would it do to me to see him dead by my hands?"

"Are we still talking about just anyone, or are we back to Snart?" Kendra asked, eyes mischievous.

"Kendra, it can't happen. I'm dangerous."

"Can I at least ask you to keep an open mind?"

"My mind is about as open as it can be, but I really don't see things going anywhere. I'd rather keep Snart as that cute older guy, rather than that guy I murdered in my sleep."

Kendra just stared.

Sara decided the conversation was over. "Come on. Let's go get ready to help with this Russia thing."

Kendra knew when she was being blown off. But she also knew what she saw with her own eyes. Plus, there was the testimony of Mick about Leonard's longing looks at Sara.

Hawkgirl was definitely going to keep her eyes on this situation.