Star City
Ray, Zari, Alice, and Nora entered the Jitters cafe, instantly smelling the coffee.
"A chance to go anywhere, and you two chose a coffee shop?" Ray asked Alice and Nora.
"She just wants to feel normal." Zari said.
"And I need something to wake me up." Alice added, before checking on Nora. "Hey, you okay?"
"Yeah, feels good to be in normal clothes." Nora smiled.
"Tell me about it." Zari agreed. "So, what are you gonna order?"
"Hot chocolate." Nora said. "With whipped cream and caramel sauce."
"She just got off her meds." Ray interjected. "You really want her hooked on sugar?"
"Know what, I think I'll have a donut, too." Zari threatened.
"Nora, Alice, could you find us a seat, please?" Ray asked politely. "Thanks."
"I'll take a regular coffee." Alice said, before walking off. "With a shot of espresso." As Ray and Zari waited in line, Alice and Nora found a table in the middle of the shop.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Alice asked. "Anything that you remember?"
"Not really." Nora muttered angrily, staring at a napkin. "My life has been Hell ever since I was sent to the asylum. Nothing they can do will fix me." Nora looked up, seeing Alice's concerned look, before quickly saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound irritated. It's just that… before I was in the asylum, I was put in foster care. All the kids were mean to me, calling me a witch because of my father."
"No, it's fine." Alice reassured Darhk. "After my family was killed, I was almost put into foster care too. Eventually, I got to live with my grandmother, before Chucky killed her. My uncle was in foster care too, after he was attacked by Chucky. Nobody believed him, except for his foster sister."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Nora said with sincerity. "I just wish that my father was still alive." Alice had no idea what to say to that, knowing full well what Damien Darhk tried to do, and stared intently at the floor. Before long, Zari came to join the two girls.
"While we're waiting for the drinks, let's play a game." Zari suggested, taking out her phone.
1969
"No, no, no!" Leo quickly screamed, as the doctor was about to pierce a needle through his eyeball. "No, you are making a serious mistake! I'm not insane, I promise! You don't know what you're doing!"
"Ma'am, you might want to take his word for it." Andy suggested, being strapped down right beside the doppleganger.
"I've performed thousands of transorbital lobotomies." The doctor boasted. "After I'm finished, your disease will be cured." Just as she was about to perform, the door swung open, and Sara and Constantine walked in.
"Who are you?" The doctor asked, alarmed.
"We're also from the future." Sara said with a smirk. "And spoiler alert: you don't age well." Sara quickly knocked her out, while she and Constantine freed Leo and Andy.
"They found the note." Leo frantically said. "And we need another way out."
"Well, what about the symbol Nora drew?" Andy asked. "It was a time travel spell, right? Maybe we can use that."
"Oh sure, if you can channel Mallus' power while you do it." Constantine said, helping Leo up. "Not even I have that juice."
"I do." Sara spoke up. "You said Mallus can use me like he uses Nora. Just summon Mallus into me so I can draw the rune and we go home."
"So what happens if the demon gets inside you, eh?" John argued.
"You said yourself I'm strong enough to hold my own." Sara reasoned.
"I only said that to seduce you." Constantine denied.
"Oh please, I was the one seducing you." Sara scoffed.
"Are you saying that while we almost got our brains scrambled, you two were fucking?" Andy asked, annoyed.
"Well, I hope no one was trying to seduce anyone while we were about to be lobotomized." Leo yelled, standing up.
"This is why I like working alone." Constantine muttered, before they all left the operating room.