"Can anyone hear me?"

Nate dropped his head against the wall he was sitting against frustrated. He'd been stuck in this cell for hours, his cellphone wasn't working except to tell him that the minutes were ticking by while he was trapped and unable to transform.

Remembering Gideon's eyes glowing as she left him here Nate sighed sadly. He honestly hadn't thought that Gideon was upset at Rip's death because he never thought about her having feelings at all. Sure she had attitude but that was the way she was programmed.

And now if he couldn't get out of this cell to warn the others then she was going to kill them all.

"Nate?"

Stunned to hear the call Nate scrambled to his feet, "Wally? Wally, I'm in here."

"Hold on," Wally called back, "I need to work out how to open this."

"There's no key?" Nate demanded.

An annoyed huff came from outside the door, "No. That would make this easy. I could phase through but I couldn't phase you back."

"Okay," Nate sighed.

Several minutes passed before Wally called through, "You might want to get as far back as you can."

Frowning Nate pulled himself into a corner, wincing when the lock exploded but the door swung open and Wally stood there grinning at him.

"Nice," Nate told him.

Wally nodded, "Knowing Cisco has its advantages. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Nate assured him, "But Gideon is going to go after the others. We have warn them."

Wally sighed, "She already did. Zari, Ray, Mick and Constantine are all missing."

"What about Sara?" Nate demanded.

"Gideon trapped her and Ava in the Time Bureau," Wally told him, "Then set the place on fire."

Nate stared at him.

"They're both alive," Wally assured him, "But we need to find the others. Ready?"

"For what?"

Wally grinned and, grabbing him, ran them back to the Bureau.

x

Sara hugged Nate, relieved that one of the team was back safely.

"Okay," she said taking a seat, "We need to find the others. So I am open to any ideas you have."

Wally shrugged as did Nate.

"You two are a lot of help," she sighed rubbing her eyes; "John and Mick went to check out one of Constantine's alarms being set off. I haven't heard from them since."

"Are we assuming Gideon did something to them," Nate stated, folding his arms in thought, "She didn't hurt me, well not exactly. It's more than likely she's just stuck the others somewhere out the way too?"

Before anyone else could speak Sara's phone began to buzz, "Felicity?" as she listened to the woman on the other end of the phone her eyes widened in surprise, "What?"

"What?" Nate and Wally demanded.

"One sec," Sara said to Felicity before looking at the two of them, "Well, we know where Ray is. He appeared at Palmer Tech this morning thinking he was still running the place with Felicity."

"What?" the two men demanded again.

Sara held up her hand to shut them up, "Okay, Felicity I'm sending Wally to pick him up. He'll be there in a few minutes."

Wally threw a mock salute to Sara before he disappeared.

"I'm guessing Gideon used the memory flash thing on him," Nate frowned, "Do we know if it can be reversed?"

Sighing Sara stood, "Let's find out."


Mick swore for about the tenth time in the past sixty seconds as they hiked along the trail hoping that a car would pass them soon. He had a slight limp thanks to several rocks he'd encountered seconds after Gideon had closed the portal while Constantine was dripping wet with a huge bump on his head. But as much as they were lost, Gideon hadn't dropped them somewhere where they would have no chance of survival. Just somewhere with absolutely no cell service.

"Car," Constantine called bringing Mick's attention back to the road.

The two men waved it down, relieved when the car stopped.

"Hi there," the man greeted them, "You boys look like you've gone through the mill. Can we give you a lift somewhere?"

Glancing behind the driver Mick grimaced to see the two bright-eyed brats looking at them with interest.

"If you can get us to somewhere with a phone," Constantine said before Mick could speak, "We'd be grateful."

"Climb on in," the man grinned at them.

Mick turned to Constantine who motioned with his head for Mick to get in the car, an annoyed look on his face. With a growl Mick climbed into the passenger seat while Constantine took the seat in the back with the kids. At least they were heading back to civilisation.

x

"Sara," Constantine called, grimacing at the bad connection between them, "Sara, can you hear me love?"

"Barely," the crackling response came.

Constantine frowned, "Can you at least find where we're calling from?"

"Stay on the line," Sara told him, "We're getting one of the Bureau tech team to trace you."

He frowned wondering what had happened to Ray or Zari who would have been the normal choice to do that but decided not to ask until they got back.

"Hurry up," Constantine told her.

Standing with the phone against his ear Constantine waited, he watched Mick sitting with a clean bandage around his leg while the kids from the car kept trying to ask him questions. They weren't even scared when he growled at them.

It was hilarious.

"Okay," Sara came back on, "We have you. Go around the back so we can open a portal."
Constantine sighed in relief, "Give us five minutes."

Hanging up he moved to Mick, chasing away his young admirers, "Our ride is coming, say goodbye to your fan-club."

They exited the store and walked slowly, allowing for Mick's injury, round to the back of the building. The portal opened and Sara appeared on the other side waiting for them relief on her face.

x

"So," Ray said as he sat in the infirmary staring at the strange group of people standing in front of him, "You're telling me I finished my ATOM suit and I now travel through time stopping...what was it again?"

"Time aberrations and anachronisms," Nate told him.

Ray frowned at him, "That just sounds...crazy."

The blonde laughed, "You have no idea. I know you don't remember but we'll fix that."

"How?" Ray asked worriedly.

The five people standing in front of him all grinned before turning to a brunette woman who had been waiting to one side with a strange device. Before Ray could ask anything else or protest the thing was shoved in his face and a bright white light filled his vision.

Ray blinked.

"Are you okay?" Nate asked concerned while Ray rubbed his eyes.

Ray nodded, "Yeah, I'm just...a little overwhelmed."

"I'd love to be able to give you some time to get your head around this but Zari is still missing," Sara said, "We need to try and track her down."

"Gideon stuck me in a locked room," Nate noted, "Sent Mick and Constantine to the middle of nowhere but Ray, you were sent somewhere safe and warm. Why?"

Ray chewed his lip in thought, "Gideon said that I was a good man. She wanted me to continue to be the good man who cared for her when she became human. Zari helped her sleep that first day. Zari comforted her too," Ray continued, "What if Gideon did the same to Zari as she did with me?"

"Blanked her memory?" Nate asked.

Sara frowned at him, "Sent her home."

"Considering where Zari is from that's not exactly a great idea," Nate mused.

"But in Gideon's mind it was the best place for her," Ray replied, "Out of the way where she won't be hurt but somewhere she knows."

Silence filled the room.

"Alright," Sara said, "I'll talk to Agent Simpkins and see if he can trace her. Everyone else, start working on where Gideon might be. We need to go after her and end this." Seeing the grimace on Ray's face, she sighed, "She trapped me and Ava in a burning building."

"What?" he gasped.

"The Gideon we knew is gone," Sara continued, "I wish it wasn't true but she is. Now she has already tried to kill me and Ava. We know she's coming after the Time Bureau. That is a lot of people in the firing line."

Ray sighed before he nodded, "Then I better get to work."

x

Zari readied herself for a fight when she heard noise behind her, sighing in relief when she saw Mick and Wally standing there.

"Finally," she said, walking over to them, "It is so good to see guys."

Wally chuckled, "You didn't miss us did you?"

Zari grinned back giving Wally a quick hug before she punched Mick on the arm, "Are we getting out here?"

"Not having fun?" Mick asked with a smirk.

Rolling her eyes she walked through the portal back into the Bureau where the remainder of the team were waiting for her.

"Everyone present and accounted for," Sara noted, "Let's get to work."


"You should be very proud," Rip murmured as Gideon stood looking across her army in the caverns they had made below London, "They are all here to protect you, their brilliant beautiful Queen."

Gideon turned to look at him, "They will help me destroy the Time Bureau."

"Yes, they will," Rip said softly, "Are you ready?"

"Not yet," Gideon replied, "Whoever has the core for the Time Drive has access to power they do not understand. I need to retrieve that before we can leave. I will not allow anyone to have it."

Rip nodded, "Alright. Once you have retrieved that then we will go and your army will destroy the Time Bureau."

"Yes, Captain," she breathed.

A proud smile covered Rip's face, "For me?"

"For you."