Chapter 5: Legends
It's been a day since Soron was rescued by Rip and he started feeling much more relaxed after he got to know a few things about the others. "So. You're supposed to be more powerful than our resident flamehead." said Leonard as he walked up to Soron as he stood looking through some historical artifacts in Rip's office. Soron glanced up once before he saw a familiar object. "It can't be…" said Soron as he reached for the object before G.I.D.E.O.N said, "I advise you not to touch that Mr. MacLeod. When Captain Hunter acquired this artifact it was not in a stable condition." Soron was about to respond when Rip walked in as he said, "I used the same time stalling device I saved you with to acquire that before the building it resided in collapsed during an earthquake." Soron turned back to Leonard before he barged past him which received a chuckled from Leonard and a raised eyebrow from Rip. "I like the new guy. Can I keep him?" said Leonard jokingly before Rip said seriously, "No. He's here for one job only. After that we must return him to his timeline." Leonard sighed before he turned to the exit of the office and said over his shoulder, "I was making a joke, Rip. You really need to buy a sense of humor." Meanwhile, Soron was in his temporary room staring at a picture Rip had given him a day earlier when Sara leaned against the doorway. "How did you survive Mr. Sinister?" asked Sara as she stared at Soron quietly standing in the doorframe. Soron quietly put the picture of a redheaded woman down before he stared at Sara and said with a voice full of pain, "I didn't. I died back there after...after I had killed all of our friends. I keep telling myself that it was Mr. Sinister's drug that caused me to see nothing but demonic creatures ripped straight out from H.P Lovecraft's novels. However I know the truth. I killed them because that's what I am. I'm a fucking killer. I knew that they were hallucinations, but I never hesitated when I killed them. even when I...I heard her voice." Sara clenched her fists as she glared at him hate before she leapt at him wailing at him with her fists till her knuckles split with her blood leaking out and Soron's face was slowly oozing blood as he healed.
4 years ago on the first day…
When Soron gasped awake he saw that he was in a white room and was wearing white gauze all over his chest. He suddenly fell unconscious again when a strong spike of pain flared up through his chest from sitting up too fast. The next time he woke he slowly sat up and stared around for a few seconds before he asked with confusion in his voice, "What the hell?" Soron slowly walked towards the door and looked both ways before heading towards the right. When he made it a couple of corridors down the hallway he saw a sign that indicated that he was in a hospital but the desks around were empty and the lights were flickering. He noticed someone walk into his line of sight. "Hey! Where am I, and how did I get here?" asked Soron loudly which caught the attention of the person who suddenly started running at him. Soron widened his eyes as he heard the feral snarling and noticed the smell of dried blood around his lips. Before he could get to the scissors that were on the nearby desk the man jumped on him and tried to bite down on his neck. Fortunately, Soron was strong enough to keep him at bay but was unable to push him off. "Oh come on! Just what the fuck is your issue man?!" yelled Soron with evident strain in his voice. Suddenly his attacker was knocked to the side and into the wall right before an arrow impaled it's skull. "We need to get moving Ta-er al-Safer. It is no longer safe in this hell." said the hooded woman with cleavage showing who had shot the arrow. Ta-er al-Safer walked a few steps before helping Soron up and letting him lean on her. "Thanks for the help but who are you two ladies?" groaned Soron inquiringly but didn't hear the answer because he fell into a daze as he continued walking off alongside Ta-er al-Safer. A few hours later Soron woke up and groaned in pain, "Man I feel like I was impaled by a thousand bulls, then trampled by them." Ta-er al-Safer kneeled by him and gave some sort of liquid that immediately made him start to feel better. "Rest now. We'll talk later." said Ta-er al-Safer quietly before Soron fell back to his sleep for another few minutes.
Back in the present…
"Sara. Rip needs to speak with you." said Martin Stein when he saw the condition Sara's fists and Soron's face were in. Sara immediately walked out too fast to be calm and Martin said seriously, "I've never seen Sara look that hateful before. What did you do to make her hate you that much?" Soron only stared back at the photo and as Martin walked off he saw a tear slide down Soron's face with obvious sadness and regret on his face. A few hours later the Waverider touched down in the year 2090 and Soron walked out alongside Leonard Snart, and Sara. "Now remember. Vandal Savage is one of the public officials and the reason behind your visit Mr. MacLeod is his chief of security. Whether or not you succeed you will be outlawed by the government. When you get to this year after we return you to your time you need to leave for a different planet or country. Yes, that does mean that you'll live for a very long time." Once they arrived at City Hall they saw Vandal Savage exit the building so they automatically hid behind a nearby dumpster as they waited for Vandal Savage to continue moving towards his limo. When Soron saw Omega Red he snarled and immediately charged at him, and when he had reached a few feet closer to him he leaped. He impaled him with his claws as he flew into him. The sudden attack surprised Vandal Savage, but when he saw who had attacked his chief of security he sneered. "Mr. MacLeod. Last time we met I told you I was going to turn you into my soldier. You are going to be my weapon to ensure I rule the world." Soron looked at him for a few seconds before he stabbed him in the stomach and said, "Go fuck yourself, asshole." Suddenly the cops arrived and aimed their laser pistols at him and yelled, "This is the American police you're under arrest!" However, Soron only got into a fighting stance and growled at them angrily. Just before they could fire a white-ish blue flame hit one of the cops encasing him in ice. "Listen up boys. Leave the man alone or else you're all going to become just like your copsicle friend." said Leonard as he walked out aiming his cold gun at the cops. The leading cop looked between Soron and Leonard angrily before he yelled, "Fire!" and fired his laser pistol alongside his co workers. As soon as the first shot hit him Soron stumbled back a step then snarled as he prepared to charge at them, but was stopped when Leonard creating a wall of ice to keep the laser bolts from hitting them. "We need to go, now. First, I'm going to turn the first guy you impaled into some ice." said Leonard right before he shot at Omega Red then smashed him by stomping down on him till he became a billion pieces.
Soron immediately ran off alongside Leonard with Sara close behind them, and they continued running till they arrived at the Waverider. "That was reckless Mr. MacLeod. However, you got the job done." said Rip as he rushed to the pilot's chair. As soon as he got in the chair he pushed on the controls taking them into the time vortex. After they got into the time vortex Rip looked at Soron and said, "I'm going to drop you off somewhere in your era. It won't be star city or New York because according to your historical documents you next went to Central City." A few minutes later Soron was staring at the picture again in his temporary room when Sara walked in and said, "I'm sorry for beating you up earlier today Soron. When I look in your eyes I see the bloodlust that I see in myself. How long did you have it?" Soron was quiet for a few minutes before he quietly said, "Ever since Mr. Sinister." Sara immediately walked in and sat next to Soron and embraced him for a few seconds. "You need to fight the bloodlust. We both do otherwise we'll become the monsters we see ourselves as. We need to prove to ourselves that we can be better than what's in our nature. No more killing." said Sara with understanding in her voice. Soron only nodded once before he went to look back at the picture, but the picture was taken from him by Sara who said, "You don't need to punish yourself anymore Soron. It's time for us both to move on." A few hours later Soron walked off of the Waverider's gangway before he looked back and waved once before he headed towards the nearest Big Belly burger.
This chapter clearly sets up a scenario involving the Flash. Just so you know Mr. Sinister won't be like he is in the comics. Think Arrow's Anthony Ivo on freaking steroids. Much crazier, much more psychotic, and dealing with more serums than just mirakuru. He may even have existed during WWII and may have created the mirakuru serum. I know this chapter was kind of short and didn't really have any fighting, but I didn't really feel like putting one for this chapter. I don't know if that was a zombie or something else in that flashback. We'll see eventually. Also the mystery of how he arrived at that hospital will be explained later on… maybe.