Welcome To Hell
While Rip would never admit it out loud, they had what was pretty much the Buddy System when they disembarked from the ship. His buddy for today was Len, which was a bit of a problem.
The man would make an awesome Hell King. Like really awesome.
He was intelligent, and patient. Calm, composed, and level-headed. Ruthless when needed. And even though the only people he truly cared about was his sister, that fact that the man was able to care enough for the team showed potential of more. He also smelled like cookies! Specifically, Christmas cookies, Ray didn't think was possible for a person to smell like that naturally.
All of these did things to Ray.
What was worse, was that after the Incident, a bit of the Occulus still lingered in the man. Something Ray was sure was because either his Aunt purposely left it in there or she couldn't get it out without doing damage to the man. Either way, it intensified his scent, and made him want to rub up against the man, among other things. It also made Len sensitive to the Other World, which gave the good doctor the feeling that that Len knew who Ray really was, or at least suspected that something was off about the Atom because of it. On a side note, Mick wasn't fooling him either, you don't just stop being Chronos, not to mention being in the Vanishing Point also gave humans a sense of the Other World, extended periods of time traveling did the same thing….which probably explained the funny look Rip gave him that first day on the Waverider.
Len also stared at him more.
All in all, it tested his nerves being alone with the man.
"Something on your mind Raymond?"
Leaving his thoughts for another time, Ray turned his attention to the thief; those amazing eyes were staring at the building behind Ray despite asking a question.
"Nothing in particular," Ray answered, "you?"
Len's eyes flickered to him, before back to the building, "Nothing that would interest you."
"I doubt that."
Len smirked.
They were in New Zealand 2001, and they had tracked the Time Aberration to the building that Len was currently watching over Ray's shoulder. The little café they were in was an open Gay and Lesbian bar, it had been Sara's idea for the two of them to act like a couple on a date while doing recon on the building.
She had been very excited about it.
Ray had a feeling she's expecting something to happen.
Pushing that back for later, Ray turned back to the food he had ordered, "This is really good, here."
Len stared at the plate that was slid over to him, before picking up his fork. "It is good." The man said after swallowing.
Wow guys, riveting conversation going on.
Ray rolled his eyes, while Len smirked at Sara's dry tone, "If I had Mick as my date, you would be enjoying much more steamer conversations."
"I feel like I should be insulted somehow," said Ray.
"Only a little," Len teased, taking another bite out of Ray's food, Ray just let him at it.
Mr. Rory is busy. Came Rip's replay.
Besides, the two of you make a cuter couple, right Rip?
Adorable, came the dry reply.
Ray snickered, grinning when Len proceeded to ask the Captain which one of them was cuter.
After that it went better than expected considering it was, you know, them. So Ray should have known something would have happened.
One minute, he, Snart, Amaya, and Jax were making their way back to the ship. Bickering as usual, and making bets on who Rip will start into first during his usual scolding. The next, Ray heard the familiar sound of Time, and air ripping open; and his teammates were gone. He stared at the empty space, then he lifted a finger to his com.
"Rip? Mick? Doctor Stein? Sara? Nate?"
No response, eyes narrowing, he continued on his way to the ship.
It was gone.
"…I'm going to kill them."
~.~
"Ray is going to kill you."
"It was an accident!"
"Maybe we should just throw them back."
"They're not fish!"
While the unknown voices continued bickering, Rip continued upheaving the contents of his stomach, some ways from him; Mick was sprawled on the ground, grumbling about the world tilting. Sara was hunched over looking very green, Snart was blinking rapidly, Stein kept twitching, and Jax's teeth kept chattering. Amaya was furiously rubbing at her ears, and Nate's powers kept turning on and off.
"…..We should probably get them to Dane."
It took some convincing for the Legends to let themselves be escorted to a room, once there, they were looked over by a rather tall man, who switched between helping them and yelling at the ones who brought them. When he left, Rip was the first one to speak.
"I'm not sure how to procced with this," the Captain said, he was still in the bed, wrapped up in a soft cozy blanket. In his hands was some kind of slightly bitter tea that had helped calm his stomach.
The rest of his team was doing better as well, the man's, Dane, treatment working surprisingly quick. However, before the two could answer, the door burst opened and Ray came strolling in, looking one part annoyed and one part angry
"Mesya!"
"Oh, Raymond, there you are!"
"Don't "Raymond" me. Mesya, why did you kidnap my teammates? And why didn't you do anything to stop it Monroe!?"
"Since when has your mesya ever listened to me?"
"I was looking for you Raymond, did you know that your—"
"Well, now I do, but that still doesn't—"
"Erm, excuse me."
Ray, and the ones called Mesya, and Monroe, turned and looked at the curious and bewildered Legends.
"Oh," Ray scratched the back of head, realizing how this must look, "um….."
"Oh my!" said the one called Mesya, "Where are our manners, my apologizes for the sudden kidnapping. However, if it makes you feel any better, I was aiming for Ray."
~.~
The one called Mesya, was actually called Nick (which was actually a nickname), mesya was what Ray called them. Ray said it roughly translated to mother. Nick's appearance doesn't help at all in whether or not the Atom was joking. Nick looked neither male nor female, not even their voice helped to determine their gender, all this just added to their confusion.
Because apparently, they were in Hell.
…..Yeeeaaaah.
There may or may not have been some freaking out once it clicked.
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