Alex wakes up with a start when Ray barges into the room. Sara jumps up from where she's sitting. "Found anything?" When Ray shakes his head, she deflates visibly. "That's just the thing. I can't find her anywhere. It's like she's outside of time." Sara looks up quickly. "Outside of time?" A look of realisation passes over Ray's face. "It can't be." Sara shakes her head. "We destroyed that place." "Destroyed what?" Alex asks. Both team members turn to face her. "The Vanishing Point." They say in unison.
Alex shakes her head to show that she still doesn't understand. "The Vanishing Point is where the time-masters used to live. It is the only place which exists outside of time." "That would explain why I haven't been able to find Amaya…" Ray adds contemplatively. "Well, then let's go there and get Amaya back." Alex suggest. "Well, the thing is, we blew up the Vanishing Point two years ago. I didn't think it existed anymore." Sara explains. "He must've rebuilt it." Ray says. Sara nods. "We have to try. It's not like we have any other options."
She turns on the intercom to summon the rest of the team. One by one, they arrive at the bridge, in various stages of sleepiness. Zari is still wearing her pajamas, and Mick has a bathrobe on. After almost everyone has arrived, there is still one member missing. Sara frowns. "Where is Nate?" "He seemed pretty exhausted earlier. I think coffee was the only thing keeping him up, so he might've collapsed." Alex suggests. "I'll go check on him." Sara nods, as Alex makes her way to the library.
Finding the library empty, she decides to check Nate's bedroom. Perhaps he's decided to follow her advice and get some sleep. But the man is nowhere to be seen. After she's checked the bathroom to be sure, she makes her way back to the bridge. "I couldn't find him." She tells the others. Sara frowns again. "Where could he have gone? I thought he'd be the first to want to find Amaya."
"Oh no." Alex suddenly exclaims. "What is it?" Sara asks. "Well, I was talking to Nate earlier. I might've mentioned how when I was kidnapped, Maggie broke a murderer out of prison to get me back." Sara groans. "Gideon, where's the jumpship?" "I'm afraid Mr Heywood has taken the ship for a little joyride." "He's planning to help Lucas get his sister back." Zari realizes. "We have to stop him." Sara says resolutely. "Gideon, patch me through to the jumpship."
When Nate's face appears on the screen, everyone is visibly relieved to see that he's still on the ship. At least the damage isn't done yet, Alex thinks. "Nate, you can't do this." Sara reasons. "I told you what would happen." "There's nothing you can do to stop me." Nate says, his eyes not on the screen but instead on the timestream outside of his window. "I need to get Amaya back. And I will do anything it takes. I love her." "Nate, Amaya wouldn't want it like this. There is another way." "Yeah?" Nate says sarcastically. "Because from where I'm standing, this seems like the only way to save her."
"It's not." Ray says empathetically. Finally, Nate's eyes stray to the screen. "We found a way to track her. He has her at the Vanishing Point." "I thought the Vanishing Point was destroyed." Nate says, but his tone is already less argumentative. "Apparently not." Sara says curtly. "I need you to come back to the ship, and then we can go find her and get her back." Nate hesitates for a moment, then nods. "Yes, captain." Alex sees the jumpship turn around, before the screen goes black again.
"Well, at least we avoided messing up history even more." Ray says optimistically. "Yeah, for the moment." Zari says, but even she seems relieved. "Alright, time to get ready for battle." Sara announces. "There's only one of him and six of us. The only way he was able to beat us before was because he had us divided and had the element of surprise on his side. In a flat-out fight on open ground, we should have the advantage. This should be an easy fight. But be careful anyway. We don't know what weapons he's got." The team nods, as they all make their way to their rooms to gear up.
Alex opens her bag for the first time in two days. If she's going to be fighting, she wants to be wearing her DEO uniform. Her fingers touch something made of hard metal as she pulls out the uniform. She grabs it and gets it out of her bag. When she realizes what it is, she grins. She'd almost forgotten she'd brought this along.
"What's that?" Sara asks with a nod towards the item in her hand. "Alien gun." Alex says, grinning again. Sara raises her eyebrows appreciatively. "Nice." She says, before continuing to gear up. Alex looks at the weapon in her hand. She figures that when fighting a lone wolf on the Vanishing Point, it won't really matter that her weapon is from another universe and another planet. She can't do any damage to the timeline if she's outside of time, after all.
When they meet the rest of the team in the cargo bay, the mood is decidedly more grim than before their previous expeditions. They all know that this is probably their only shot at getting Amaya back. If something goes wrong now, it could have disastrous consequences. But thinking like that won't help, Alex decides. Now is the time to get out there and fight to protect this team, this team that's taken her in when she's at her worst and made her feel welcome.
"Ready?" Sara asks. They nod. The cargo bay door opens onto a flat metal surface. Sara looks at Ray. "You're sure they're here?" Ray nods. "I tracked Amaya's signature all the way here. Besides, it's the only place her where it seems at all possible for someone to live. The rest is, well, rubble." Sara nods. "Well then. Let's get Amaya back."
They head outside. Alex looks around her quickly, both to scan her surroundings because of the upcoming fight and out of curiosity. The area around her reminds her a little of space. They're walking on a large sheet of metal, and in the distance she can see something resembling a warehouse. The space around them is shrouded in darkness.
They arrive at the warehouse after a few minutes of walking. The ship is docked a little further away than Alex would like: it's not exactly positioned for a quick getaway. But if everything goes well, they won't need a getaway. "So what's the plan?" Zari asks. Sara shrugs. "We go in and get Amaya." "Sounds like a great plan." Mick remarks. Alex can't tell if he means it sarcastically. Suddenly, she thinks of something. "Wait a second. This guy, he's done a lot of research on all of you." Sara nods, not yet understanding what Alex is getting at.
"Well, he might know everything about you guys, but he doesn't know anything about me." "Are you sure?" Sara asks. "You were with us at the dance, and the ball, and on the ship… He's probably seen you already." Alex shrugs. "Maybe. But it's worth a shot." Sara nods. "Alright. We'll go in, distract him, and you can try to find another way inside." "How are you getting inside?" Alex asks. "Ray, you're up." Sara says, gesturing towards him. As the atom blasters on Ray's suit fire up, Alex starts running towards the other side of the building. She doesn't think it will be of much use; the team has Lucas outnumbered by far. Still, it's worth a shot.
The door of the hangar explodes off its hinges, and Sara is the first across the threshold. She knows the explosion must've been loud enough to tip Lucas off about their presence. And sure enough, the man comes running towards them within seconds. "The Legends?" He says, and Sara can see the fear in his eyes. For once, things are not going according to his plan. She grins. "I guess you underestimated us. Give up now, and we will let you go. We never intended for any of this to happen."
"But it did." He says slowly, a look of determination returning to his face. "And because of you, my sister doesn't exist." As he finishes the sentence, he pulls a gun out of his pocket. "Guess we're going to have to do this the hard way." Sara says, sighing. She whips out her bow staff, as she rolls towards the other side of the room, effectively dodging his bullets. "A little help here?" She shouts at her team, as Lucas pulls another, much more dangerous looking weapon off the wall. Ray is already behind her, shooting his atom blasters towards Lucas. But Lucas doesn't seem to be frightened by the weapon. He pulls the trigger of the device in his hands instead, and the blast of energy is directed back towards Ray's suit. Sara snaps her head towards Ray as he's knocked back into the wall.
"Hey!" Someone shouts. Sara recognizes Mick as he enters the room. "No one gets to hurt Haircut but me." He says, pointing his fire gun towards Lucas. Sara wants to shout at him that it won't help; if Lucas can deflect blasts from an atom gun, he will surely be able to resist a little fire. But then Mick is joined by Zari. Together, they fire towards Lucas, Mick with fire, Zari with wind. Lucas pulls the trigger of his gun again, and the streams meet in the middle. The fire and storm battle the gun, slowly winning ground. Now that his weapon is distracted, Sara decides to get in on the action. She pulls out her bowstaff, and runs towards him. But before she's made it across the room, the strange weapon that Lucas is holding loses its battle with Mick and Zari. Lucas is pushed back by the blast.
Realising he can't outfight the Legends like this, he runs away into the corridor. Sara follows him, quickly gaining ground. But before she can reach him, he ducks into another doorway. Sara dives after him. "Amaya!" She exclaims, as she recognizes the woman who's sitting in the room, tied to a chair. But before she can free her friend, Lucas reaches her. He pulls out a knife she didn't even realise he was holding, and sets it to Amaya's throat. "I tried to give you a chance to do this right away." He says, his face scrunched up in anger. "Now, because I'm a nice man, I'm going to give you that chance one more time. Take your timeship to rescue my sister, or your friend dies. Your choice." He says, as he applies more pressure to the knife at Amaya's throat.
"Don't give in to him, Sara!" Amaya shouts, the gag in her mouth ripped off by the knife. Sara has a look of despair on her face. She doesn't want to risk history, but she knows that whatever happens she cannot let her friend die. She already has a long list of deaths she's responsible for; she can't bear to lose anyone else. "Choose. Quicker." The man says in short bursts of anger. Sara can see the knife at Amaya's throat starting to draw blood.
Suddenly, a door at the back of the room bursts open. The look of surprise is evident on Lucas' face as he turns around; but before he can say anything, he is hit straight in the chest with a blast of the alien gun. "Alex." Sara exclaims, the relief so overwhelming that she has to sit down on the ground. Amaya takes a deep, gulping breath as the knife leaves her throat. Alex runs towards them, quickly slicing up the ropes tying Amaya to the chair. "It's over now." She says, as the woman slumps into her arms, exhausted.