Episode 1: My Heart Will Go On

Part 1

Six Weeks Later

The Legends storm onto the ship covered in green demon blood. They are all incredibly unhappy.

"I swear to God," Sara said angrily, "If David sends us on one more dragon hunt, I'm going to shove this sword-"

"This is worse than the leprechauns. At least they had beer." Mick was in an equally bad mood. "I'm going to watch TV."

As Mick walks away, Constantine walks in completely clean, acting very cheerful.

"Chin up, friends." Constantine lit a cigarette. "Gotta crack a few heads to make an omelet, as they say."

"Easy for you to say," Zari snapped as she flicked the green blood off her hands. "You hung back and let us do the legwork!"

"What? I was the one who learned how to destroy it! Figured I ought to sit this one out."

"I miss Wally." Nate was scooping green blood off of his shirt. "When's he coming back again?'

"His vacation ends next week. He wanted to go help out with the baby." Sara missed her speedster friend as well. The mission probably would have gone a lot smoother if Wally had been there, but duty calls when it comes to family. Sara knew that better than anyone these days.

"Where to next, Cap?" Despite looking like the Jolly Green Giant, Ray actually looked almost as enthused as Constantine. "I've always wanted to meet the Tooth Fairy."

Sara was less enthused. "I'll check in with Ava later. For now, hit the showers everyone, or Gideon will never forgive us for getting green goo all over the place."

"Astute observation, Captain Lance," Gideon chirped from the Waverider's speakers.

The Legends dispersed one by one. Finally, it was only Sara and Constantine left on the bridge. For a moment, Constantine dropped the giddy act and his expression turned serious.

"I heard about your father," he said. "I'm sorry for your loss."

Sara was taken aback by this. "Thanks, John. It really does mean a lot."

"Don't sweat it. I remember meeting your father twice, actually. The first time was when I came to restore your soul, and the other time was when I was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct. He was a tough bastard, but a good man. They're in short supply these days."

Sara was actually touched. However, the moment was cut short by a Timequake.

"Oh, not again!" Sara was getting sick of all of these fugitives.

Ava transported herself onto the Waverider. She took one look at Sara covered in the demon blood and said, "I'm not gonna ask."

"Probably for the best." Constantine started leaving the room. "I'm off to drink myself silly."

After Constantine left, Ava said, "We've got a new fugitive. This one calls himself 'King of the Vampires.' Apparently he terrorized London for several decades before he was destroyed, his spirit vanishing into the Demon Dimension after he was destroyed by-oh for the love of God."

"What?"

Ava looked annoyed. "According to our records, the King of Vampires was killed by none other than John freaking Constantine back in 2005. Poisoned him somehow and dragged him out into the sunlight after watching some crappy Keanu Reeves film."

"Hey!" A freshly-showered Mick came in wearing a bathrobe. "Don't disrespect the man himself. I love the Matrix."

"In any case," Ava said, "he's appeared at the Titanic, and apparently stopped it from crashing into the iceberg. However, once he made it to America, he will create an army and take over large parts of North America."

Sara looked at the readings on the bridge's console. "Well, I guess we're going vampire hunting."

"Aw, yeah!" Mick got excited. "I'm always up for killing vampires!"

Mick ran off, leaving the two alone again.

"I'd offer a hug," Ava said, "but I just got my suit dry-cleaned."

Sara smiled and wiped some blood off her mouth. "How about a kiss?"

Ava smiled back, and the two kissed. "When you get back, I wanted to talk to you about something."

Sara's smile vanished. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing!" Ava said quickly. "It's nothing bad or anything. It's just...something I've been wanting to ask you, and I don't want to stress you out before your mission."

Sara was still wary. "If you say so," she said. "I'll see you later."

"See you later, hun." With one last smile, Ava left.

Despite her wariness, Sara couldn't help but sigh happily. "She's a dream, isn't she?"

"Considering I cannot dream, Captain Lance, I will take your word for it," Gideon said. "Also, about the demon blood…"

"Don't worry, Gideon," Sara said. "Without Wally, we'll just clean it the old fashioned way."

"I suppose you mean having Mr. Palmer clean it up?"

"Exactly."

()()()()

Nate was watching a video on the computer in his room. On the screen was his ex-girlfriend Amaya Jiwe in a video he recorded ages ago.

"Alright, say it one more time for the camera."

"Nathaniel, are you sure-"

"We just need it for the records. Now, what is your all-time favorite movie?"

Amaya sighed. "Raiders of the Lost Ark is the best movie I've ever seen."

"AHA! In your face Palmer!"

Nate smiled, but his expression immediately returned to sadness. He heard someone coming and immediately tried to turn off the screen, but it just increased the volume.

"Stupid computer! I thought Ray fixed you!"

"He did, but Wally broke it again," Zari's voice said in the doorway. "Tried to download something for your birthday, but it kind of broke. He was gonna ask Ray to fix it, but he had to go home for the baby."

Nate winced. "So you saw it?"

"Oh yeah," Zari said, taking a seat next to Nate. "Kinda hard not to."

After a moment of silence, Nate said "It's been hard. I know we had to end it, but it still doesn't feel easier."

"Break-ups suck. At least the two of you ended on decent terms. Her last memories of you are happy ones, so you have that at least." Zari gave Nate a pat on the shoulder.

"You sound like you have experience with break-ups."

Zari looked up. "My ex-boyfriend was the one who sold my family out to ARGUS."

This revelation shocked Nate out of his stupor. "What?"

"When we were younger, I didn't tell him my family were Muslims. I was worried he was going to freak out and turn us in. After a while my family convinced me that we could probably trust him, but they were wrong. He reported us to ARGUS, and we had to go on the run."

Nate was appalled. "Zari, I'm so sorry. I had no idea."

Zari shrugged. "I never told anyone. Part of the reason I didn't trust you guys at first was because of this. I didn't want to get hurt again."

For the first time in his life, Nate saw a few tears well up in Zari's eyes. "You don't have to worry about that here," he said. "You can trust the people on this ship-well, maybe not Constantine, but the rest of us love you as you are."

Zari smiled. "You're just saying that because you don't know how to fix the ship."

"What? I totally know how to fix the ship!"

"You can't even fix the computer on your own!"

"That...is a very good point."

Before they could continue, Gideon's voice came over the intercom. "Sorry to interrupt, but Captain Lance wanted to inform you that we've arrived. She is waiting for you on the bridge."

Zari got up and walked towards the door. "Thank you, Nate."

"What are friends for?"

Zari left Nate's room. Despite feeling better, Nate pulled out a picture he had of the JSA. At the corner of the picture, he could see Amaya with his grandfather, Hank Heywood. To think that the two most important people in Nate's life were both out of his reach still upset him a bit. He put the picture back down and left to go see what was happening.