"Labor Camp Number 54 Formerly known as the Koshmar or "Nightmare" gulag. Built in the 18th century -" Gideon began to explain. Rip, Clarity, Sara, and Leonard were standing around the console as Gideon explained the prison where Mick, Ray, and Stein were being held. Clarity was sitting on the console as the rest stood around it. It had been an unrestful night for everyone Jefferson Jackson in particular. So they were all just itching to get the three men back so everyone could rest properly and get back into full strength.
"Rays in some kind of nightmare gulag!? Oh my god!" Anna cried out in worry.
"Don't worry Anna. Ray is strong he'll make it through this" Felicity assured taking the girls hands.
"How can you be so sure?" Anna sniffled.
"He's got Mick watching out for him" Lisa told her from where she sat with Cisco.
"What?" Cisco asked making a confused face.
"Mick may seem like he doesn't care about anyone but himself, and he can be a real asshole but he's always one to stand up for the little guy when it's life threatening" Lisa explained.
"that doesn't sound right" Eddie frowned.
"He hates cops because most of them are corrupt or are only in it to get their next paycheck. He hates cops because of my father. Mick never got the chance to kick his ass for himself. He hates cops because they don't care what happens to the little guy as long as they get off squeaky clean." Lisa explained.
"And here I thought he just hated everything except fire" Barry frowned feeling guilty for assuming that was all there was to Mick Rory.
"Can we skip past the Wikipedia crap and get to the good stuff, like how to break in?" Snart questioned walking forward a few steps but there was only silence that followed his question. Cold waited for Clarity to shock him for being rude to Gideon but it never came. Leonard looked at her confusion in his eyes before he saw the unmistakeable glow of power and he realized it was taking all of Clarity's control to keep her powers in check. It would seem dear old Rip wasn't off Clarity's hit list yet. Too bad. Breakfast had been pretty civil this time.
"10 bucks says clarity's going to fry Rip alive" Diggle said.
"20 bucks says she'll have the control to not kill him" Oliver said.
"30 bucks says...wait can I borrow 30 bucks babe?" Roy asked Thea.
"Your not betting with my brother Roy!" Thea snapped.
"Guess I'm not betting thirty on anything" Roy winced.
"You can bet a penny" Thea told him.
Roy sighed. "I bet one lousy penny that Clarity will be amazing as always"
"Roy what kind of bet was that!?" Thea questioned
"I'm not taking a bet with a penny seriously Thea! It's a penny!" Roy exclaimed.
"Your really pissing me off" Thea growled.
"You gave me a penny"
"And you should be thankful for the penny! What kind of boyfriend isn't thankful for a penny?"
"Roy? I suggest you shut up" Oliver told him.
"Yeah good idea" Roy said as Yao fei laughed to himself.
"Stupid boys" He chuckled in his mother tongue.
"Indeed" Gideon said understanding the translation.
"Perhaps you didn't register that as a question, Gideon." Sara suggested.
"You just don't care?" Cat guessed.
"Some questions don't have easy answers" Gideon told her.
"Or they can be more easy if you just think about it. Which which you shouldn't because that would hurt your brain and uh give you a major headache" Kara scrambled why had she just said something!? Stupid Kara!
"Supergirl did you just call me stupid?" Cat asked.
"What!? No no no no no Miss Grant I would never do that-"
"Save your breathe Kara. I've known you were Supergirl since day one" Cat told her.
"I have no idea what your talking about. My name isn't Kara" Kara said.
"Do you prefer Keira now over your actual name?" Cat asked eyebrow raised.
"I no wait-" Kara struggled.
"The blinding white light that transported us here hit us when you and your sister were standing in my office. Since Kara disappeared and Supergirl miraculously appeared there's only one conclusion that can be made. Now you can relax I'm not going to scream your secret identity to the world" Cat told her.
"Your not..?" Kara questioned uneasily.
"Kara what do you take me for? An evil villain? Leaking your identity would spell trouble for everyone you know including myself. Besides it pays nicely to have a personal superhero as my assistant" Cat told her.
Kara smiled. "Thank you Miss Grant."
"No Supergirl thank you. Oh and Blur?" Cat called.
"Uh yes?" Barry asked uneasily.
"You make this hero happy or I'm going to move to your earth and make your life a living hell" Cat warned.
"Nope, that's my job" Harry said pointing to himself.
"Did you just correct me?" Cat asked turning around.
"Yeah got a problem with that?" Harry questioned adjusting his glasses.
Cat hummed giving him a once over.
"Are you rich?" Cat asked.
"For the most part" Harry told her.
"If Rip ends up getting his family back or something of the sort...give me a call." Cat grinned.
"I'm nobodies rebound" Harry told her.
"Dad!" Jessie hissed.
"What honey?" Harry asked turning to her.
"You need to get back out there! You haven't seen anyone since mom died. Maybe it's time?" Jessie asked hopefully.
"I don't know Jessie" Harry told her.
"Please for me?" Jessie asked.
Harry sighed. "Alright fine. One date. One." Harry said holding up a finger.
"One's all I ever need" Cat told him smirking lightly.
"Did you just get asked out by Cat Grant? And did you just say yes!? I am taking back my invite to hang out more with you" Cisco glowered at Cat.
"Oh no what a loss. I'm shaking in my designer heels" Cat said with an eye roll.
"I understood, but in its 200 years of operation, no one has successfully escaped from-" Gideon started to inform them only to be cut off by Snart.
"Well that records about to be broken" Barry said.
"Lenny can escape out of everywhere. He's even broken me out of prison" Lisa said proudly.
"Yay for crime I guess? But I don't understand how he could have broken you out of a woman's prison?" Tommy asked.
"I was still in transit. I never even saw the inside of a cell" Lisa smiled.
"Want me show you one?" Joe asked.
"Hey the one's in my city are pretty nice too" Quentin voiced.
"Now your just being rude. Yet another reason to hate you coppers" Lisa said turning back around to face the screen.
"No offense, Gideon, but I never met a building I couldn't break into." Snart interceded.
"See? I told you!" Lisa sing songed.
"He's not breaking in he's breaking out" Eddie frowned.
"Yeah that's true but they do still have to get in" Ronnie said.
"Why doesn't Clarity just glitch them in?" Laurel asked.
"She doesn't know where their being held." Cisco told her.
"Well, I hope you're right. Savage knows that Stein created Firestorm, but if he finds out that he is Firestorm.." Rip trailed off.
"Yeah that's almost as bad as when Eiling found out.." Ronnie said looking down.
"Well hopefully Savage won't have any special toys that are attracted to lightning." Barry said shaking his head.
"I still can't believe you sped in front of her like that"Caitlin snapped.
"Well they didn't seem like they would just glitch through her" Barry said defensively.
"Barry" Caitlin said sternly.
"Cait I have super healing and she doesn't. It's better if I take the majority of a hit because I can recover faster" Barry told her consolingly.
"Barry's right Caitlin." Cisco told her.
"That doesn't mean I like seeing either of you skewered!" Caitlin exclaimed.
"It's not like it was fun for me!" Barry exclaimed.
"Dude you were so lucky you didn't get skewered in the dick"
"Thank you cisco for that mental picture that I will never get out of my head" Harry said kicking Cisco's chair.
Cisco leaned forwards slamming his chair against Harry's legs making him groan slightly in pain. "Anytime Harry" Cisco replied.
"Always Savage with you, isn't it? My partner's in prison too." Snart reminded.
"That isn't anything new" Eddie frowned.
"Could we leave him in there?" Joe added.
"I'm all for it" Quentin nodded.
"Hey!" Lisa exclaimed making the three men quiet and look at her.
"Mick may have made a lot of mistakes in the past but he doesn't deserve to be locked up for the rest of his life" Lisa said defensively.
"He kidnapped me" Caitlin said.
"He's murdered and burned countless people" Joe added.
"He's tried to kill me more times than I can count" Barry said crossing his arms.
"He's had a rough life. And yes he's killed a lot of people but he's good at heart."
"Yeah how deep are we talking Lisa cause to me it looks like there's nothing but a deep dark pit of...fiery love just waiting to burst out of his chest" Cisco said changing his tune as he saw Lisa's murderous glare.
"Careful Cisco, Smarty is Sexy but being a dick is not" Lisa warned.
"And Ray." Sara added.
"Please don't let him be dead" Anna prayed.
"He's not going to die Anna. We know he makes it out of this" Felicity told her.
"But what if he's tortured!?" Anna cried.
"Oh god Martin..." Clarissa whispered worriedly the thought having never crossed her mind.
"Those who are strong in mind are strong in heart. They shall make it through" Yao Fei assured the distraught women calmly as he sipped his jasmine tea.
"What about Mick?" Lisa questioned.
"He is different kind of Smart. He shall survive" Yao Fei assured.
"Father why do you keep commenting? You don't even know these people" Shado questioned.
"Sometimes it helps to have an outside perspective." He replied.
Shado huffed crossing her arms going back to looking at Oliver and Felicity jealously. Shado had taught Oliver to shoot, Why was he choosing to cuddle with some dumb blonde instead of her? It enraged her, making her wish Slade was here.
"Yeah, whatever. The point is you didn't lift a finger." Cold accused.
"Uh oh" Kara frowned hugging Barry.
"This is about to get ugly..." Barry said.
"And Clarity looks like she's a few sparks away from exploding" Felicity gulped crawling into Oliver's lap.
"How can you tell?" Oliver asked Felicity.
"She's my best friend Oliver. I just know" Felicity told him.
"You know damn well it was never my intention to get them thrown into a gulag, but I had no other option." Rip snapped.
Yaofei swore in mandarin.
"You lying piece of-" Lisa began.
"Whoa easy tiger they're going to rescue them remember?" Cisco asked before Lisa could throw anything at the screen.
"This guy is clearly used to working alone" Diggle commented.
"How do you know?" Oliver questioned.
"Because I work with you, man" Diggle told him.
"Alright fair point" Oliver agreed.
"No other option? I was about to Glitch in there when you-" Clarity started to object immediately. The console glowing brighter as lightning flowed from clarity's right palm and into the machine.
"Yeah I'd start running if I were him" Quentin said arms crossed.
"I'd be so far out that door" Roy laughed.
"I'd be in the parking lot hiding behind a car" Cisco said.
"I'd be in the next state" Barry said joining in.
"Wimps. Stand your ground" Oliver chastised.
"Sorry we can't all have your nerves of steel" Barry told him.
"Oh I do! I have nerves of steel!" Kara said her hand shooting up.
"Kara please shut up. No one likes a boasting hero. And why are you making poor Gideon write your notes!?" Cat questioned.
"Because I'm Supergirl" Kara said placing her hands on her hips.
"Supergirl don't just use your hero status as a way of getting out of doing your hard work." Cat warned.
"But-"
"Your making poor Gideon do all your work for you when you can-"
"I'm not writing your stupid notes when there's a machine who can do it for me!" Kara yelled.
Cat blinked. "I was just going to suggest you say thank you to the kind computer"
"Oh...uh thank you Gideon.." Kara said uneasily.
"You're quite welcome" Gideon answered.
"And then where would you be Clarity? Hmm? Thrown in the gulag with the rest of them? My apologies. Excuse me if I had no intention of having you water boarded in a Russian Prison with the nature of your abilities." Rip snapped his voice raised on the cusp of yelling. Rip looked at her with a glare. Was she still mad about this? He had thought they had gotten past this. How could Clarity not see that she would have just gotten captured as well? That she would probably be in agony if he had not intervened? Rip had been horrified to see her in such a state earlier. He wasn't about to let her get hurt because of one of his decisions yet again. Things were bad enough as they were.
"Okay I know they're fighting but...there is so much chemistry" Thea grinned.
"Thea darling is now really the best time to ship them? For goodness sakes" Moira said tiredly.
"Mom you don't understand! He cares about her getting hurt! He hasn't really cared about anyone else on the team getting hurt has he?" Thea questioned.
"Not from what I can tell..." Moira frowned.
"Then it's something more Mom" Thea told her.
"I think your mother may just not be a shipper Thea" Roy said placing a hand on her shoulder. Thea sighed.
"I guess your right" Thea told him.
"You know as fucked up as leaving the rest of them to get taken is...that's pretty sweet of him" Tommy noted.
"Well I guess it's good to know he cares about Clarity but that doesn't make me any less worried" Barry frowned.
"Timecist" Oliver coughed.
"Oh so you trust him?" Caitlin asked backing Barry up.
"Why not? He's just made a few bad calls. He's trying to fix them. Give the poor guy some slack" Oliver said calmly.
"Ray is in prison! The only slack that he is getting is the fact that my hands aren't around his neck squeezing the life out of him" Anna said darkly.
"Is she still drunk?" Diggle asked pointing to her.
"Drunk and maybe going through the stages of grief? She might be on anger" Felicity said thoughtfully.
Clarity looked away from him arms crossed saying nothing more. Her lips pursed together into an angry pout as the lights flickered then stayed somewhat dim to go along with the female's mood.
"Oh I would hate to be on the receiving end of that look" Tommy commented.
"No sane person would want to be" Thea agreed.
"I doubt insane people would be lining up" Oliver added.
"Yeah he's screwed unless Clarity forgives him" Barry said.
"And it's Clarity so..." Caitlin trailed.
"She's going to forgive him at some point" Cisco said knowingly.
'Don't act like you care. I'm just a name in a book to you.'Clarity thought to herself. He was just like Eobard. Thinking that he could control her. Well no. Clarity wasn't going to fall for that trap ever again.
"Can she stop bringing up dickobard?" Eddie complained.
Barry burst out laughing clutching his stomach.
"Barry? Are you okay?" Kara asked in concern touching his arm.
"D-dickobard! Haha oh man that is good." Barry grinned.
"Congratulations blur you have the gall to imitate a laugh track on a hit sitcom show. This isn't the Big Bang theory so at least attempt to keep your laughter at the normal level" Cat told him annoyed.
"I love that show" Kara muttered.
"I think we all do" Barry gasped out.
"Nerds" Oliver muttered.
"Ollie you like that show too" Thea pointed out.
"Shh speedy don't give away my secrets"
"What is 'the Big Bang theory?'" Yao Fei questioned confused.
"It is a hit television show. You'd quite like it. Plenty of smart but dumb gentleman to make fun of and there's a very pretty blonde as well" Gideon answered.
"The only woman I desire to lay my eyes on is you" Yao Fei told her.
"Oh stop it you, you know I can't do that" Gideon replied.
"You shall walk in my dreams" Yaofei replied wistfully.
"That can be arranged"
"Father stop flirting with a computer! It's creepy!" Shado exclaimed.
"You can not control love dear daughter. The heart wants what it wants"
Shado frowned thinking of Slade.
"Besides, I doubt that it's Mr. Rory's first time in prison or second or, I imagine, tenth." Rip pointed out with a slight sigh his tone softer. Rip could tell by the way the lights flickered slightly that clarity wasn't letting this go anytime soon. Although he was glad she wasn't firing any blasts at him again. So progress.
"Yeah that's true" Lisa sighed.
"Wait for real?" Cisco questioned.
"Counting break outs it's at least twenty" Lisa admitted.
"That's nuts" Barry frowned.
"You know how the system is. Once you get time it's harder and harder to get out" Lisa frowned.
"It's Ray's" Clarity said her eyes glowing for a second the lights flickering dangerously before she forced herself to calm and the lights maintained a slight darkened atmosphere. Shocking Rip would do nothing to help Ray and Mick. She needed to calm down. She could do nothing about the situation now. All She could do now was help break them out. Oh man What was she going to tell Felicity? Oh sorry bestie. I couldn't save your ex so he got tortured in a Russian prison. But it's okay! Because savage didn't get the giant silver marble that they can probably just remake!
"Riri don't worry about it. I don't blame you" Felicity said with a shake of her head.
"If she would stop blaming herself we would be all set" Cisco noted.
"Giant silver marble? Finally something I understood" Eddie grinned.
"Tell me about it" Joe agreed.
"Shock him! He deserves it!" Anna exclaimed.
"All right, that's enough, arguing is not gonna bring the team back any faster. And Rip's right. Criminals usually do feel more at home in prison, and they know it better than anyone else." Sara said firmly ever the voice of reason.
"Hey! That's only half true. It's only home because we keep getting thrown in there" Lisa scowled.
"Well if you people didn't keep doing crime we wouldn't have to keep throwing you in there" Eddie told her.
"Keep telling yourself that, pretty boy" Lisa said crossing her arms.
Iris glared at her.
"Don't strain yourself sweetheart. Might stretch out your tape" Lisa said her eyes dancing before she turned away from the fuming west.
"So?" Snart inquired ready to speed things along and get Mick the hell out of there. He wasn't too happy with his partner sacrificing himself like that.
"He's one to talk" Gideon said.
"What does that mean?" Lisa questioned.
"You'll see" Gideon cryptically replied. Barry frowned. He did not like the sound of that. Lisa didn't either.
"So what if the key to breaking in is asking someone who's been in and out of Soviet prisons their whole life?" Sara asked leaning on the console. A small smirk beginning to grow on her face as she spoke.
"Baby girl stop fraternizing with criminals" Quentin complained.
"Now now Quentin I'm sure she can handle herself" Donna assured.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean I want my daughter hanging with these scumbags"
"I hear that" Joe agreed with a nod.
"Dad stop trying to dictate Sara's social life. Let her make her own choices" Laurel told him.
"Yeah I know your right" Quentin sighed.
"And who might that be?" Rip asked her.
"Don't you dare say it" Oliver glared.
"Are you familiar with the Bratva?" Sara questioned the others.
"Damnit Sara I told you not to say it!"
"The Russian mob?" Tommy questioned.
"The very douches" Roy agreed nodding his head.
"Dang team arrows dark" Kara whispered to Barry.
"Don'y forget Broody" Barry whispered.
"Well not Felicity" Kara pointed out.
"She's the exception" Barry replied.
"It's like looking into a mirror" Kara whispered to him.
"The spoiled Russian brats who like killing people? Yeah those guys are real swell. I hear they're friendly with the Arrow." Clarity said with a nod making Sara's lips quirk up just a bit. She almost laughed. Almost.
Everyone laughed save for the duct taped Iris who merely rolled her eyes at the juvenile attempt at humor.
Oliver couldn't help his own chuckle shaking his head. Leave it to Clarity...
"Clarity is my spirit animal" Kara decided.
"Mine too girl. Mine too" Cisco agreed with a nod exchanging a smile with Kara.
"Sprinamon" Jessi whisper squealed.
"Oh that reminds me Cisco how are we with our ship names problem?" Thea questioned arms crossed. Cisco winced.
"I...uh...I'm working on it" Cisco said quickly.
"Liar" Harry coughed.
"I am!"
"No your not"
"Boys! Don't start" Caitlin snapped.
"Sorry Caitlin" Both men chorused.
"Ooh, the Russian Mob. In 1986, they would have ruled the criminal underground inside every prison." Snart grinned clearly interested at the prospect. Maybe he's just watched The Godfather to much but Leonard Snart loves the idea of a mob. Not a killer one with pitchforks but one that's led by a single head of the family. One that looks out for their own and deals with the traitors.
"You know that actually explains a hell of a lot" Barry frowned.
"Snart needs to lay off the God father" Cisco frowned.
"Lenny watched Zootopia and just fast forwarded to all The Godfather mole scenes" Lisa said eating some popcorn.
"Snart's a total godfather fanboy. Who knew?" Barry wondered.
"Well godfather was more obvious than Harry Potter dude" Cisco said.
"So true Cisco" Caitlin agreed.
"Gid...current leader please.." Clarity requested waving a hand. She wanted to rescue them yesterday. This was taking too long. Man she wished Barry was here. He could just race them out of there. She wished she could Glitch in and get them but she had no idea where they were being held or where Stein was. So that unfortunately wasn't an option.
"Aw I wish I was there too Clarity" Barry frowned.
"Why you miss your boyfriend Barry?" Kara giggled.
"You've got a major crush on Clarity don't you?" Barry replied turning the tables.
Kara blushed. "Shut up Barry"
"Yuri the bear real name unknown. He is currently at a sauna where he will remain for the next four hours if my logs are correct." Gideon answered quickly sensing her creators bad mood.
"Yuri? Isn't that two lesbian girls smut in anime?" Alex questioned.
"How...why do you know that!?" Kara asked horrified.
"How do you know that?" Alex questioned back.
"I-I don't! I just learned it from you!" Kara exclaimed.
"He sounds pretty gay. I mean a bear? Seriously? That's the fiercest name he could come up with?" Tommy questioned.
"Might as well change his name to yogi bear and get himself a booboo"
"Don't mention that movie to me Ramon" Harry glared.
"I was just-"
"The actor who played the park ranger was awful so I don't even want to hear it" Harry viciously snapped.
"Okay Harry hates national parks. Duly noted"
"I don't hate national parks Ramon. I hate the fact that the guy just decided to go for the blonde writer"
"And what's wrong with being a blonde writer?" Cat questioned fiercely.
"Nothing unless your in terrible cinema" Harry replied.
"Great. Let's go" Snart said and Sara followed quickly. Clarity went to get up to but Rip grabbed her wrist.
Thea squealed into her hand Roy comforting her with a hug as Thea's father rolled his eyes.
"He's touching her" Thea whispered.
"I know" Roy whispered back amused at Thea's cuteness.
"What? Clock's ticking. They've already been in there for two days. Let's move." Clarity said trying to walk after Sara and Leonard again, but Rip pulled her back.
"Stop wasting time! My husband is suffering You British arse!" Clarissa exclaimed.
"What the old lady said!" Anna screamed.
Clarissa's eye twitched. "I'm not that old"
"Yes, and your staying here" Rip said making Clarity freeze.
"Aw shit" Tommy frowned.
"Clarity do not cost me twenty bucks"Oliver muttered with a glare.
"No don't sideline her! That is not what her confidence needs right now" Cisco complained.
"I -what? Why!?" Clarity asked a look of betrayal in her eyes.
"That's what we all want to know. He may be handsome but he needs some better judgement" Cat said crossing her arms.
"Finally see your Prince Charming isn't that charming?" Harry questioned.
"Maybe I just found myself falling for a different prince. Although I believe this one is still an ass" Cat grinned. Harry smirked to himself.
"Hat? Carry? Catry? Harat? Grantwells? Grells? Went?" Jessi muttered to herself trying to think of a ship name for her father and cat. She would have asked Cisco but he seemed as if he didn't like the pairing very much.
"Because you need to get your powers under control Clarity. I'm not letting you off this ship til your less..." Rip trailed off looking for the right word.
"That is true and it's also why Clarity should get trained by Sara" Laurel grinned.
"Go Sarity!" Alex cheered.
"Keep Your Sarity out of my Rarity moment! He's clearly just worried about her well being!" Thea exclaimed.
"If he was worried he would keep her close" Laurel denied.
"Could you two please not fight? This is awkward for me" Tommy frowned.
"Yeah there's no stopping a shipping war Tommy" Roy frowned.
"I don't care! I don't like my sister and my girlfriend fighting!"
"Well maybe if Laurel took her blinders off-"
"Do not spin this on me!"
"Likely to kill you?" Clarity asked a brow quirking.
"I'll kill him for wasting this precious time!" Anna screeched.
"Fuck.." Barry muttered Anna had let her voice go to it's highest shrillness pitch right by his left ear.
"Barry are you okay?" Kara asked.
"In a few minutes." Barry frowned.
"Look Clarity, I know your still upset and rightfully so, but if you had gone in there without a plan then you'd be just as bad off as the rest of them" Rip told them.
"You don't know that" Barry said shaking his head.
"But it could have happened Barry" Caitlin pointed out.
"I don't know if I should trust this Rip guy or not" Cisco sighed.
"Me neither" Caitlin frowned Ronnie rubbing her upper back.
"We really don't have time for this-" Clarity said shaking her head.
"Truer words have never been spoken. Thank you Clarity" Clarissa said still worrying for her husband.
"Exactly so please just stay here. Look after Jax or comfort Miss Saunders or whatever it is you do with your time." Rip said as gently as he could trying to urge Clarity into just listening to him for once.
"Poor Kid...I know what it feels like to be in his position" Ronnie frowned.
Caitlin turned his head to face her and initiated a kiss.
Barry and Cisco started whistling and cat calling.
"Thanks Cait..." Ronnie muttered pulling away.
"Anytime" She whispered resting her head on his shoulder.
"Fine." Clarity sighed knowing that arguing with Rip right now would only delay the rescue plan. Once Rip was sure she meant it he ran off after Sara and Leonard.
"I love how he had to make sure she'd listen" Diggle chuckled.
"Well if she didn't he'd probably have yet another failed plan" Felicity grinned.
"Alright Dig we get it your a rarity shipper" Oliver said rolling her eyes.
"Nah man. I ship both Sarity and Rarity. I'm a multishipper" Diggle said.
"..."
"Huh I think Oliver's in shock" Felicity observed.
"Gid..?" Clarity questioned with a sigh.
"They're in the medbay" Gideon answered immediately.
"Thanks Gid. Please tell me when the others return?" Clarity questioned the Ai.
"Of Course Clarity" Gideon said before Clarity glitched to the doorway of the medbay.
"I ship giddity!" Anna exclaimed.
"I knew there was a reason I liked you" Gideon happily replied.
"You two definitely have a healthy relationship. It's good to see her have that again" Felicity smiled.
"Yeah after her asshole ex boyfriend-"
"Cisco we're not talking about him. Ever." Felcitiy snapped in anger.
"Give me a damn name" Oliver demanded.
"Oliver no, I promised Clarity that her ex would be spared from your wrath."
"He's a piece of filth that should be wiped off the face of the earth. He is a metacist-"
"Metacist?" Barry questioned confused.
"Racist towards Metahumans keep up Barry!" Oliver complained. Barry shot him a look as if to say for real?
"Can we please not talk about the asshole who broke my best friend's heart? Please? Thank you" Felicity said.
"Knock Nickity Knock! How's my favorite quarterback?" Clarity questioned appearing in the doorway. Her heels clicking a rhythm to match her words. Jax smiled for a brief second before it faded.
"Nice try Clarity" Kara commented.
"I'm surprised she even managed that. Jax must be in hell right now" Clarissa frowned.
"Stein's in hell, Jax is just feeling his symptoms" Caitlin objected
"Lousy. Can't sleep and the sedative Gideon gave me didn't do a thing" Jax told her rubbing an eye as he stretched. He was exhausted.
"Nice try Gideon" Barry told her.
"I only wish I could have done more for Mr. Jackson" Gideon replied.
"He looks completely dead" Eddie frowned.
"Yeah well you'd be too if your partner was being tortured" Ronnie said bitterly. He had really grown to like the stubborn old man.
"He'll be okay Ronnie" Caitlin tried to comfort him.
"Cmon let's go get you some coffee then. That might help a bit. If you can't sleep might as well try to stay awake." Clarity said helping him up. Kendra walking on Jax's other side as they made their way to the kitchen.
"Coffee is the answer to all Life's problems" Diggle said.
"No tea is" Yao Fei glared.
"Yeah. I'm not sure which has saved my life more so I'm not sure on this one" Felicity frowned.
"I vote for tea" Oliver chimed.
"Don't be a kiss ass" Shado warned Oliver.
"I vote for hard liquor" Oliver said changing his vote.
"My votes on water." Barry said.
"Shut up Barry. This isn't a team flash discussion" Oliver glared.
"He's not team arrow" Thea said nodding to Yao fei.
"He's more team arrow than you speedy. He is it's heart and it's soul and-"
"Oliver seriously stop with the kiss assing" Shado told him. Oliver gave a deadpan expression completely annoyed and done with life.
"You seem oddly cheery. Weren't you all upset yesterday?" Kendra observed as she punched in a coffee order for Jax as Clarity sat him down at the breakfast bar.
Felicity sighed at Kendra's question. "Clearly Kendra doesn't understand that Clarity doesn't like taking her anger out on anyone that doesn't deserve it" The blonde said.
"She still is upset. God...please make her die" Car begged.
"Tried that with him" Harry said pointing to Cisco. "Doesn't work" Harry told her.
"Pity" Cat scowled.
"Well yes and no. While I am still wicked upset at Rip there's no point in being mad when it could hinder or delay the rescue. Besides I'm not mad at the two of you. You guys did nothing wrong. Rip's the one who owes me the apology." Clarity said as she made herself a hot chocolate with mini blue marshmallows. She breathed in deep smelling the rich chocolate substance inside the mug. She smiled and sighed in relief. Nothing like some hot chocolate to wake you up in the morning. Chocolate could make any bad day just a bit better.
"Yes" Kara muttered and some hot chocolate identical to Clarity's own appeared in the kryptonians hands.
"Ooh" Barry said and the same thing happened for him.
"Dude I want one" Cisco complained a hot chocolate appearing in his hands as well.
"One cocoa please" Felicity requested the mug of said substance appearing in her hands.
"I'll have a splash of alchohol in mine" Oliver requested.
"I'll have what Oliver's having!" Tommy exclaimed.
"You really like chocolate don't you?" Kendra asked Clarity amused.
"Who doesn't!?" Cat exclaimed. Every word out of the hawks mouth was sooooo pointless it was giving cat gray hairs to fuss over.
"I don't" Robert Queen said.
"No wonder you're a dead man" Cat replied.
"Well not just Chocolate. Anything sweet and sugary really. Candy, fruit, all kinds of baked goods oh except for brownies. Those things are evil." Clarity said as if she was telling some huge secret and the three laughed. The laughing was cut short as Jax winced suddenly and gripped his head.
"She accidentally ate a pot brownie in college. She's hated them ever since" Felicity explained.
"She needs a healthier diet" Oliver decided.
"You try to tell her that. I'm not messing with her sweets man. Not after last time" Diggle said shaking his head.
"What happened last time?" Tommy questioned.
"I almost got my head taken off by a lightning bolt cause I said she couldn't have chocolate sauce on her strawberries"
"Well maybe if you didn't try that on her birthday..."
"She already had a huge piece of ice cream cake!" Diggle said trying to defend himself.
"You okay Jax?" Kendra worried for the younger male.
"What the hell is wrong with you!? He can feel everything the old man is feeling!? Grow a brain!" Cat explained getting a migraine from Kendra.
"Yeah I am but steins not. They're playing these Jedi mind tricks on him. I can feel it. They're making him hallucinate. We have to get him out of there. I don't know how long gray can last. He's freaking out in there. He's putting up a strong front but..." Jax trailed off worried as Kendra passed him his steaming cup of coffee and rubbed his upper back soothingly before wresting her hand comfortingly on his left shoulder trying to offer some support. She knew what it was like to be hurting and losing sleep because of your other half. Even if other half means drastically different things for the two of them.
"Oh god" Clarissa said hand over her chest worrying escalating.
"Cmon Stein hang in there" Ronnie urged.
"If Ray isn't okay I'm going to kill them all!" Anna glowered.
"Damn girl drink some cocoa" Felicity told her leaning away.
"Cocoa isn't going to get My Ray out of prison! How dare you even suggest that!" Anna exclaimed in anger.
"How about a chill pill?" Felicity questioned.
Anna glared.
"Steins tough Jax. He'll be okay" Clarity said mixing the marshmallows around attempting to fight down her worry with great difficulty. She hated sitting around doing nothing when her friends were in trouble. It made her feel useless, unwanted, and Unneeded. Clarity hated that feeling but it was a feeling she had been accustomed to since childhood.
"Oh Clarity..." Kara whispered in concern.
"I know what she means..." Barry frowned.
"Same here man" Cisco said him and Barry fist bumping.
"Childhood bullies are the worst" Caitlin frowned.
"Don't worry Lexi will get what's coming to her" Ronnie assured.
"And psycho ex boyfriends" Felicity sighed.
"We broke up one time-"
"Oliver I was talking about Cooper" Felicity told him.
"Oh..." Oliver frowned.
"I'm confused...what do bullies and psycho ex boyfriends have to do with any of this?" Quentin questioned.
"Spoken like a true unbullied straight man," Roy frowned.
"For now" Jax mumbled concerned for his other half. Why couldn't gray have just listened to him? He should be the one getting tortured not him. Stein was old his body feeble from age. He shouldn't have been out in the field alone. Yes Jax knows he himself has a widow of a mother back in central city but for the first time in a long time. He wondered about Clarissa and what he was going to do if Stein didn't make it out of this. How would he explain what had happened? What details would Stein wish her to know? Would he even have the guts to tell the woman?
Clarissa shook her head moved by Jax's thoughts. "That boy..." Clarissa whispered.
"Jax don't blame yourself for this" Caitlin urged.
"He's worse than Clarity" Cisco said rubbing at his eyes tiredly.
"Someone get this kid a gameboy" Robert Queen groaned.
"How old are you!?" Roy exclaimed.
"Roy! Don't just ask my dad his age! That's rude!" Thea exclaimed.
"I thought that was only with women?" Roy asked confused.
"He's old" Thea told him.
"Now your being rude. You can't just call someone old without knowing their age"
"Age is just number. Love birds must shut up. Beautiful woman tape them if they continue arguing" Yao Fei requested.
"Anything for you" Gideon replied.
"Stop flirting with my daughter!" Barry told him.
"You can flirt with mine. He did" Yao Fei said gesturing to Oliver.
"Gideon I forbid you to date!" Barry told her.
"Oh don't get your lightning in a twist. We're just talking. I couldn't have sex if I wanted to without a physical form" Gideon voiced.
"Woah we just went there. Oh my God. I'm not ready for this" Barry lamented.
"You never are" Joe told him.
"He survived a super heated fever, what was basically a black hole and a fight with an evil speedster. He'll make it Jax" Clarity said softly gripping her mug tightly trying to quell her own worry and assure Jax that his other half would indeed be okay.
"Damn Stein's been busy" Joe commented.
"I did that too!" Barry exclaimed.
"So did I!" Ronnie agreed.
"Nobody cares" Cat told him. Ronnie and Barry frowned.
"Don't worry Barry, I care and I think that what you did was very brave" Kara told him. Barry smiled at her.
"Thanks Kara" Barry told her.
"You keep me happy and I'll keep you happy" Kara told him.
"So you'll make me breakfast in bed?" Barry questioned
"If you deserve it" Kara replied.
"Your my hero Ronnie" Caitlin told him.
"I know" Ronnie replied.
"Don't pull a Hans solo" Cisco accused.
"Okay okay I love her too"
"Better" Cisco nodded.
"I hope your right" Jax said before he took a long swig of coffee hoping to wake himself up.
Everyone silently agreed with Jax.
"We could knock you out" Kendra suggested as Jax rubbed his eyes tiredly his head pounding.
"What the hell?" Cisco questioned.
"Are you insane! Stein will feel that!" Ronnie yelled.
"Rao please make her at least a tiny bit likeable soon I beg of you. Miss Grant is beginning to win me over" Kara prayed.
"Don't knock the poor boy out what is the matter with you?" Clarissa questioned.
"Die. Just go crawl into a hole like the plot wasting cockroach you are and die" Cat said at her wits end.
"No that won't work. Stein might feel it and I think Jax agrees the man is already in enough pain" Clarity told Kendra already thinking ahead.
"Thank you Clarity" Ronnie exclaimed.
"I think we can all agree to that" Barry frowned.
"We definitely can" Kara said placing her hand on his. They both smiled at each other.
"Thanks for the thought though" Jax told the hawk woman glad that she cares.
"Don't thank someone for wanting to knock you out! Have some dignity" Roy exclaimed.
Everyone gave murmurs of agreement.
"Speaking of thoughts how are you holding up Kendra?" Clarity asked. They already knew how Jax and herself were feeling. The only one missing was the hawk goddess.
"Nobody cares" Cat frowned.
"Just give her another chance Cat." Kara urged.
"Not until she does something useful" Cat told her.
"That's fair" Barry nodded.
"No one asked you blur" Cat glared. Barry ducked his head.
"Barely. Without Carter it's like I'm stuck in a freefall. Since he ..."
"No please fall to your death I encourage you" Cat told the screen.
"You're an evil woman" Harry commented.
"Only to people who piss me off." Cat replied.
"Guess I'll have to avoid that" Harry commented.
"Better hope our date goes well" Cat smirked.
"Five minutes in and one of our superhero's will need saving" Harry told her.
"Five minute date? Interesting"
"Gag"Cisco said making a choking sound.
"Shut up Costco" Cat told him.
"What did you just call me? I'm not a convenience store!" Cisco exclaimed.
"Costco almost as bad as bartholemew" Barry noted.
"Oh Barry. Nothing is as bad as bartholemew" Kara told him sweetly.
"I know..." Barry sighed looking down.
"Moved on to his next reincarnation?" Clarity supplied as Kendra sometimes struggled saying it out loud.
"Died. He died. He's dead. Let's move on" Shado muttered in annoyance.
"Yeah...everything's just been in a downwards spiral. I lost control of my hawkside which is something I didn't even know could happen. So now because of that Rip has assigned Sara the task of kicking my ass everyday to try and put hawky in check" Kendra said tugging at her hair.
"Ugh Kendra no. Hawky is not the right name for your badass side" Cisco sighed.
"You mean her interesting side?" Cat inquired.
"How has she not earned some bitch tape again?" Cisco questioned Gideon.
"Because I said so" Gideon replied.
"Barry build a better Ai!" Cisco hissed.
"I heard that" Gideon said menacingly.
Cisco laughed nervously. "Mercy?" He hoped.
"Only this time, Don't slip up again" Gideon warned.
"Is it helping?" Jax asked skeptically.
"Training is always helpful" Oliver nodded.
"Except when it gets you shot by arrows" Barry frowned.
"You still learned" Oliver told him.
"It hurt" Barry glared.
"Well if anything it's helping me learn how to fight better. So I guess that's a plus. Sara's not an awful teacher all bruises considered"Kendra said rubbing her still sore arm.
"Yes! That's my sister!" Laurel cheered.
"Wish my sister was like that. I have to teach her everything" Alex commented.
"Sara helped train me a bit" Laurel smiled.
"It's the exact opposite with me and Kara" Alex told her.
"I can hear you!" Kara told her.
"Should I tell her about that time in high school when-"
"No! Don't bring up the sex toys thing!" Kara cried covering her ear.
Barry looked at Kara confused and Kara blushed embarrassed. "I thought they were weapons..." Kara laughed embarrassed.
Barry laughed at her and Kara smacked him breaking a Rib.
"Control your strength" Barry groaned.
"Just hold it in place for a bit Barry. It'll heal on it's own" Caitlin told him.
Jax cracked a smile. Sara was a badass and it was kinda hot that Kendra could sort of hold her own against a lethal assassin.
"Jax you can do so much better" Cisco told him.
"What like you?" Caitlin questioned with a smile.
"Do you not see this woman who hasn't stopped holding my hand for the last thirty minutes!?" Cisco questioned gesturing to Lisa.
"Do you want me to let go?" Lisa questioned.
"Please don't" Cisco pleaded with wide eyes.
Lisa smiled and kissed his cheek. "That's the right answer" She replied. Cisco smiled triumphantly. Caitlin smiled seeing Cisco happy and in love.
"You know Clarity you might benefit from her training to. You won't always be able to rely on your powers in a fight." Kendra said catching the blue eyed woman off guard. Clarity jumped almost spilling her hot chocolate as she looked at Kendra startled.
"It sounds better when we say it..." Oliver trailed.
"Hell yeah it does" Laurel agreed.
"Clarity careful. Don't spill" Barry frowned.
"What? No. No I'm good" Clarity said shaking her head gripping her mug just the tiniest bit tighter. Hadn't Kendra been there when she went over this with Sara earlier? This wasn't a good idea. Clarity wasn't sure that she liked where this conversation was headed.
"Calm down Clarity it's fine. No one's forcing you into anything" Felicity tried to soothe.
"She can't hear you" Diggle reminded amused.
"I don't care it calms me down. Can't you see she's about to freak out?" Felicity snapped.
"Wait what?" Barry asked.
"You people are blind" Felicity frowned.
"We're not all best friends with her Felicity" Oliver said with a bit of a laugh.
"Well you should be" Felicity told him.
"Hey...okay" Oliver said pulling her into a hug to help her calm down as she worried about her best friend.
"How come? The chance to get trained by an assassin? Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me" Jax smirked trying to help Kendra out a lil bit and encourage Clarity. If jax was honest he wouldn't mind learning a few moves from Sara himself.
"I wish she had taught me" Barry frowned.
"You want her metal pole shoved up your ass?" Felicity questioned before slamming her fist into her forehead.
"Bad Brain! No" Felicity scolded herself as Oliver laughed at Barry's bright red face.
"Shut the fuck up Oliver" Barry glared.
"It's not as good of an idea as it sounds" Clarity said the lights flickering the more nervous she got about the whole thing.
Everyone but Cisco had a confused look on their faces.
"Why not?" Jax asked in confusion.
"Cause she said so and you should respect her privacy" Cisco said getting defensive.
"Cause I Uh..." Clarity trailed off her nerves growing. The lights flickering faster. No. No she wouldn't tell them. She couldn't tell them.
"Tell them what?" Barry asked confused.
"I don't know..." Felicity frowned.
A tense silence now fell throughout the room.
'Cmon Clarity be like Elsa. Be like Elsa. Conceal don't feel, don't let it show. Don't let them know' Clarity thought to herself in vain hoping Kendra would just drop the subject.
"Elsa is not a good role model for you Glitch. Your supposed to shine not keep all that light tucked away. Your not a bitchy ice queen either." Cat frowned.
Nobody else decided to comment. As they silently wondered what Clarity of all people could be hiding.
"Are you scared of Sara hurting you? Cause yes I know it's intimidating fighting with a trained fighter but-"
"Don't underestimate her" Felicity murmured a mixture of worried and pissed at Kendra's comment.
"Shh..." Oliver soothed kissing her temple.
"No that's not it either" Clarity said shaking her head helplessly.
"Then what?" Kendra pressed on.
"Easy don't push her" Barry said worried.
"What are you doing Kendra? She said no. Sara knew to let her do this when she was ready" Laurel frowned.
"Your sister has shit judgement" Shado told Laurel.
"Laurel not now...later" Alex said hand on her shoulder. Laurel smiled back and nodded.
"I don't want to end up hurting the two of you! Okay?" Clarity said after a few moments of Jax and Kendra's pointed stares eating her alive until she cracked.
"That...that can't be it." Roy said shaking his head.
"Roy Shh" Thea whispered.
"What? Clarity don't be ridiculous. Sara and I are both terrified of that. You think Sara doesn't go all bloodlust on me? Or I go all hawk on her? It happens" Kendra said shrugging as if it wasn't a big deal, but to Clarity it was a big deal.
"How are you not dead then?" Cat muttered confused.
"Obviously my daughter has the control not to kill her" Quentin snapped back.
"She should try harder. Do us all a favor and end her" Cat said annoyed.
"It's different for me Kendra. I don't expect you to understand" Clarity said shaking her head lightning starting to buzz over Clarity's mug. Jax's eyes widened slightly.
"Oh no..." Barry breathed out.
"That hot chocolate isn't making it out of this..." Kara frowned.
Everyone could feel the tension. Even iris was now curling up into Eddie as she got scared from the feeling.
"Kendra-" Jax said trying to warn the Hawk who seemed to be unphased by Clarity's powers beginning to transform into something more menacing.
"You better move man" Diggle urged Jax.
"Now she's just being a dumbass. You see Clarity struggling to stay calm you don't instigate the poor thing" Cat frowned.
"Different!? Different how!? I have to get control of my powers so do you. In fact the only difference that I see is that your just to much of a coward to admit that. " Kendra said finally letting out what she had been thinking the day before when clarity had left the room. Sara should have done what she's doing now. Sara shouldn't have backed down. Sara should have stood her ground and fought to convince her.
"Oh no. Oh hell no! I know she didn't just call my Glitch a coward!" Cisco glared pissed off.
"The next time I see Kendra we're having a fun little girl talk" Caitlin said the coldness in her voice sending chills up Ronnie's spine. A clear sign that the talk was not going to be fun or little by any means.
"I'll join" Felicity chimed protectiveness cleat in her tone. No one said anything like that to Clarity. No one.
"I'll help too" Barry said.
"Same" Cisco said instantly.
"Thanks boys but we got this covered" Caitlin assured.
"You don't know what your talking about Kendra" Clarity said her blue eyes beginning to glow to match her mug. Cracks beginning to form in Clarity's mug. The hot chocolate inside beginning to bubble and menacingly steam. The marshmallows starting to lose their shape.
"You really don't" Cisco agreed.
"Clarity I know what it feels like to hurt someone.I just scratched that guy's face off for crying out loud! What are you so afraid of!?-"
"Like you even know what she's been through" Felicity glared.
"You've never killed people!" Clarity screamed cutting Kendra off. The mug in her hands shattering the chocolatey liquid seeping out onto the table. The blue marshmallows melted to nothing but blue goo. Lightning shot out from light fixture to light fixture forming a ring of light around the room before they all shattered because of the intensity. Once everything stopped the room was darkened, it was deathly quiet and Clarity's hands were shaking slightly.
You could have heard a pin drop. No one moved. No breathed. What in the hell had they just heard?
"What?" Kendra questioned breathlessly.
Clarity gulped her eyes wide with terror. Why had she just said that? Jax was looking at her in a mixture of horror and concern while the only emotion Kendra visibly showed was shock. The hawk had never expected Clarity to say that of all things. Critically injure maybe but murder? That was unbelievable. And she had said people meaning more than one. Kendra felt a bit guilty for pressuring her now. Perhaps Sara had been right on letting Clarity start her training when she was ready.
Nobody commented as everyone processed what they had just heard again. This wasn't...This shouldn't...just what? Clarity wasn't a killer. She wasn't evil. She saw the best in even the worst of people like Oliver. Nobody could believe this. Some people felt sick, others felt heartbroken, and a select few felt a mixture of both. This was the last thing anyone ever expected.
"How could she never tell me?" Felicity whispered tears in her eyes making Cisco flinch.
"I" Clarity tried to speak but the words got stuck in her throat. The only person she had ever told was Cisco and that was only because he had vibed it. She hadn't even told Felicity. The one person she trusted more than anyone else. Her best friend. Cisco hadn't looked at her like a freak. He had fearlessly hugged her assuring her she would be okay and that he was there for her. That he wouldn't tell a soul unless she wanted him too. He made her feel safe. In that moment she didn't feel this way. In this moment right here right now she felt as if she was being burned alive. The judgement in their eyes it was exactly what Clarity had never wanted to see on any of her friends faces.
Cisco didn't move a muscle. All eyes suddenly turned to him...
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And that's where I'm ending it cause I'm super evil! I hope this chapter was worth the wait I can't apologize enough for that. 2 months is a long time and I'm sorry for making you wait so long. But anyways to show me that you still care about this story and that I haven't wasted my time please answer as many of these questions as you can! If you answer them all then you will have made my day!
1. Who is your Clarity OTP and what are your top 13 reasons for shipping them together?(you can put more if you want)
2. How did you feel while reading this chapter? What made you feel this way?
3. Do you think Clarity should be a model, a fashion designer, or fashion critic on a mission to Paris? And why?
4. What did you think of Harry and Cat this chapter?
5. Who do you think Clarity is closest with on team flash and why?
6. What do you like or hate about Felicity and Clarity's friendship?
7. Who do you think should get bitch taped next?
8. What most shocked you this chapter?
9. What do you want to learn most about Clarity? And why?
10. Who do you think is most protective of Clarity?
11. What watching the glitch ships do you want to happen?
12. Are they questions annoying?
13. What makes you like this story so much?
14. Anything else you want to ask, rant, or tell me!