"Cisco how could you not tell any of us about this!?" Barry exclaimed. Before Cisco could answer Felicity spoke up.
"I'm her best friend! Who cares about you guys! How could you not tell me!?" Felicity snapped feeling more than just a little betrayed. "How could she not tell me?" Felicity questioned softly. Oliver hugging her tightly.
"Because she didn't want anyone to know! The only reason that she told me was because I vibed it on accident and confronted her about it. She could barely get any words out when she was telling me" Cisco scrambled.
"How could you just keep this from us Cisco?" Caitlin questioned not understanding.
"It wasn't my secret to tell Caitlin" Cisco said shaking his head.
"Everyone let's just calm down. I'm sure Cisco had his reasons for not telling you all." Harry said jumping to Cisco's defense to the shock of many.
"But the Clarity on my earth is a cold blooded murderer so it's not that shocking to me that she would kill on this one too" Harry continued ruining his defense.
"Hey!" Barry snapped his voice booming making everyone in the room freeze at the power behind it. Sure they expected that voice from Oliver but never Barry.
"Clarity Springs is not a murderer. All that she said was that she killed people. She doesn't say how, why, when, or where so until we hear that story from Clarity herself she's still the same person that we all care about and she's going to be the same person we care about after we hear it. Nothing changes that. Everybody got that?" Barry questioned.
"Barry of course we do. I would never just turn my back on her like that, but keeping secrets is never a good idea. Especially in our line of work. I just wish she trusted me enough to tell me."Felicity replied.
"Maybe she just needed some time to try and find the right way to tell you. To get her confidence up." Oliver suggested.
"Not with me, Oliver. Never with me" Felicity denied
"She didn't tell you about her powers right away" Diggle pointed out.
"That was different Dig. She should know from me working with you guys that I would never think less of her" Felicity denied.
"We know" Oliver told her trying to be consoling despite the fact that he himself was beyond shaken. He just couldn't see it. Clarity was too sweet and kind. Her being a killer didn't make sense. It didn't add up.
"I just wish I knew more... Cisco you saw it in a vibe right? You can tell us all what happened" Felicity practically begged.
"I can't betray her trust like that, Felicity. I'm sorry" Cisco told her. Felicity nodded in understanding. If she had been in Cisco's position she would have done the same thing, but that didn't mean she wasn't desperate to know.
"Pardon me for interrupting but they have returned from the Sauna" Gideon informed.
"Saved by the Ai" Kara commented with a laugh.
She was met with complete silence.
"What too soon after a startling revelation to start commenting on what's going on again?" Kara questioned looking around at the somber faces of team's flash and Arrow.
"Yes" Harry stated bluntly.
"Dad go easy" Jesse berated.
"Jesse easy is for losers who can't take criticism." Harry replied.
"You never criticize me" Jesse pointed out.
"You're my daughter if I criticize you I criticize myself. That's counter productive"
"Hey earth 2. Zip it and watch the damned screen" Lisa glared.
"Thanks Gid. Uh we've still got some teammates to um rescue" Clarity said wiping her hands shakily on a napkin before she glitched back to the console Jax and Kendra slowly following still sort of freaked out over Clarity's revelation. The kitchen left as a disaster zone.
"They seem pretty shaken up" Alex observed.
"They're like we were a few minutes ago" Laurel murmured.
"I feel sorry for whoever walks into that kitchen next" Kara frowned.
"Yeah that's going to suck" Barry agreed.
"They should hire your maid" Tommy told Oliver.
"No! Rasa is my caretaker! They already took three main team arrow people they do not get my cleaning lady and or nanny when the time would call for it!" Oliver exclaimed.
"Now, according to Yuri, this is where his men have access. Got it?" Rip questioned the two.
"Weren't they there when Yuri fessed up? I feel like telling them this is highly unnecessary" Eddie frowned.
"You can never have to many refreshers. Especially with that group." Ronnie said.
"True but I don't think the assassin and the thief need a refresher. " Caitlin voiced.
"Memorizing info is what they do" Barry commented.
"They'd be dead if they didn't or caught in the act" Oliver noted.
"Umm what?" Laurel asked.
"The hell are you insinuating Queen? Robert get your kid in line!" Quentin ordered.
"Oliver don't ship Sara with a criminal" Robert told his son.
"What?" Oliver asked confused.
"Oliver think for second" Tommy told with with a smile. Oliver pulled a face a few seconds later.
"Not like that! Laurel! Get your mind out of the gutter!" Oliver told her annoyed.
Laurel and Alex burst out laughing.
"This isn't my first prison break. We got it covered." Snart said annoyed. Mick was in trouble and he was sick of planning. It was time for action. With the way Captain Hunters plans go it was highly likely they would be throwing away the plan pretty quick so to the ice villain this was pretty much pointless.
"Hell yeah you do" Lisa smiled silently cheering her brother on.
"His plans aren't that bad..." Oliver said defensively.
"They're pretty awful Oliver" Diggle replied shaking his head.
"I don't think so..." Oliver frowned.
"He does not have good plans" Yao Fei told Oliver.
"I never said they were good plans" Oliver said defensively.
"You implied it" Shado told him with an eye roll.
"So how can we help?" Kendra questioned as the three of them walked into the room.
"Well since you asked you can either start being useful or go die. Stay out of the way of Clarity and Max" Cat helpfully supplied.
"His name is Jax"
"Miss Grant! Enough! It's not nice to tell someone to off themselves!" Kara berated.
"I gave her a choice this time Kara" Cat said defensively.
"Yeah, I don't think that makes it okay" Barry frowned.
"By staying on the ship. We don't need any more casualties. Besides, Mr. Snart and Sara have got it covered." Rip told the three.
"Whoa, man. Why does it feel like we're on the JV team all of a sudden?" Jax asked.
"I sense he was on varsity in high school" Thea smirked.
"Or wasn't on jv very long" Roy supplied.
"Well he was the quarterback" Caitlin said.
"What you are is one half of everything Savage needs to change the face of the Cold War. And you are the only person who can kill him."
"Yeah, but what about Clarity?" Caitlin asked.
"Clarity? On a stealth mission?" Barry said slowly hoping Caitlin would understand the ridiculousness of that statement.
"Yeah, dude I know, but she's going to want to help. She's worried and there's no way she's going to want to be stuck on a ship with them after telling them that" Cisco pointed out.
"You sure you want to be talking to anyone after that?" Lisa questioned him.
"I didn't do anything, but respect Clarity's wishes. If anybody's got a problem with that..." Cisco trailed.
"Shut up, Ramon." Harry told him.
"Yeah, so you can't just bench us" Jax snapped.
"Uh...I I think that's actually exactly why he should bench you" Thea corrected.
"Jax is probably just so worried about Stein he's not thinking straight" Caitlin offered.
"I know I wouldn't be. How long have they been in there?" Ronnie questioned.
"At this point? About two days Mr. Raymond"
"Ray..." Anna whispered clutching her hands over her chest. "Please be okay"
"Martin stay strong" Clarissa urged.
"I am not going to gift wrap the two people in the world that Savage wants the most." Rip snapped his tone final.
"He's got a point for once. It's stupid to send those two in" Tommy noted.
"Yes, but their chances are better if all of them go" Alex countered.
"What are you talking about? No they aren't" Laurel denied.
"Yes, they are. If Jax can get to stein then-" Alex started.
"You mean if he gets to stein. They're both feeling the affects of torture right now"
"Please could you all stop speaking about my husband being tortured? Do all of you have any decorum?" Clarissa snapped hearing enough.
"You two should feel ashamed agonizing the woman like that." Cat berated.
"Your one to talk. I'm sure Kendra would feel agonized if she heard all the things you've been saying about her" Kara frowned.
"What about me?" Clarity questioned challengingly crossing her arms the lights flickering. Kendra and Jax shifting slightly away from Clarity what happened in the kitchen still fresh in their minds.
Barry frowned as he watched Jax and Kendra inch away from Clarity pain in his eyes. He looked down at his hands. He could imagine himself in her position too easily. He was just as deadly as she was...his powers were just easier for him to control.
"Dude...don't do that to yourself. It's not your fault if they treat her with a little caution." Cisco told him.
"Yeah and i'm sure they'll get over it really quickly" Caitlin smiled.
"Thanks guys, you're probably right" Barry nodded.
"As I stated before Miss Springs, Sara and Mr. Snart have things under control" Rip told her.
"So? That doesn't mean Clarity has to be sidelined" Kara argued.
"Why mess with an already perfect match?" Oliver questioned.
"Oliver stop shipping them" Laurel berated.
"I'm not shipping them Laurel! I'm just saying they work well together and adding Clarity to the mix might mess things up" Oliver argued.
"So you want us three to just sit back and wait? Again?" Clarity questioned.
"Aw their flirting again" Thea smiled.
"Their arguing" Shado corrected.
"You grow closer after you argue and they use their arguing as a means of flirting" Roy said backing Thea up.
"Precisely yes" Rip told her.
"but I can help-" Clarity tried to protest.
"She can help. She could at least Glitch them in the facility now that they know where they need to go" Joe pointed out.
"Or she could help them get out once they got the three" Quentin added.
"The mission will run more smoothly without her there" Moira argued.
"Clarity I highly doubt your powers are very helpful for a mission that requires a high magnitude of stealth. So unless you've miraculously made leaps and bounds of progress and now have perfect control of you're abilities your staying on this ship. Got it?" Rip said his voice raised. The last thing Rip needed was for Clarity to glitch in there and get the three of them captured. It was safer to just send the thief and the assassin because they were good at stealth related tasks. Clarity would simply get in the way. Besides Rip didn't want to see her hurt again.
"Oh my god he doesn't want to see her hurt" Thea sighed.
"Could you stop it with the damn shipping? Damnit why can't a single earth be free of it. It's annoying and it needs to stop I'm getting a headache from all the Rarity,'" Harry told Thea.
Thankfully for Rip before Clarity could protest further Snart intervened.
"Thank God for Snart that was getting intense" Cisco sighed relieved.
"bet you never thought that was something you were going to say cisco" Lisa smiled.
"Not a chance. Must be the end of the world" Cisco replied.
"Or the end of time since barry fucks with it so much" Caitlin smiled.
"Caitlin!" Barry exclaimed with a wince as Oliver hit him on the back of a head with a pillow. Barry was unsure how Oliver could make a pillow feel like a cinder block but he suceeded.
"What? It's been a while since someone brought it up" Caitlin defended herself.
"True and besides that is the whole reason we're watching this right? To teach Barry not to mess with time and not spy on your guys' friends?" Kara questioned.
"That may have been how all this started Supergirl however I don't believe thats the sole reason we're watching this anymore. After Glitch's reveal...i'd say we're all watching this to learn more secrets. This would make a good tv show" Cat said speaking up.
"Let's go Sparky. You can help me find Raymond's toy suit" Snart lied taking her hand walking her out of the room briskly and around the corner stopping just outside the door. Clarity made to snap at him and protest but paused when the thief put his pointer finger to his lips signaling her to be quiet. He nodded his head to the door just as Rip spoke again. Clarity nodded in understanding and the two eaves dropped on Rip and Sara's conversation.
"Eaves dropping? Clarity don't get sucked into his criminal ways!" Joe exclaimed.
"Eaves dropping is a helpful life skill. Good for survival" Yao Fei nodded.
"yeah! up high mr. Nyagi!" Cisco exclaimed raising a hand for a high five. Yao fei stared at him blankly.
"Do you wish to have your fingers broken?" Yao Fei questioned.
"You know what nevermind" Cisco frowned lowering his hand.
"Oh, Ms. Lance, could I borrow you for a moment? I have something that might help you out with the mission." Rip told her.
"I don't think i'm going to like where this is headed" Quentin frowned.
"I don't think that I am either." Clarissa agreed placing her hand over her chest.
"Is he going to give her some futuristic kind of weapon?" Cisco wondered excitedly.
"The old weapons are better" Oliver denied crossing is arms.
"Of course you would think that foxy" Felicity smiled.
"Foxy?" Oliver parroted in confusion.
"You know cause robin hood was a fox in that disney movie...? Forget it nevermind"Felicity denied.
"So what did you really want to talk to me about?" Sara questioned calling bullshit immediately. Rip was a horrible liar.
"He's almost worse than you Supergirl" Cat commented.
"Hey! I'm a great liar!" Kara protested.
Alex snorted. "No your not"
"Your just as bad as I am!" Kara snapped at her sister.
"Ladies, Ladies relax, neither of you could be a worse liar than Oliver" Laurel interjected.
"Laurel Barry is ten times worse than I am!" Oliver protested.
Barry opened his mouth to argue but joe gave him a stern look.
"You need to own your faults bear. Don't even think of trying to lie and say your good at lying because that will backfire on you" Joe told him.
Barry closed his mouth and hung his head knowing that he was right.
"Gideon, will you please show Ms. Lance the projection of 2016 should our rescue mission fail?" Rip questioned the Ai.
"Please don't..." Moira frowned.
"Lemme guess it ain't pretty?" Quentin asked.
"I'm afraid it won't be Mr. Lance" Gideon reported.
"I was afraid she was gonna say that" Joe sighed.
"At this point I just accept the worst all the time" Donna sighed.
"I'd be happy to, Captain." Gideon confirmed.
"So this is what will happen to Russia if we don't get Stein back?" Sara questioned unimpressed.
"I love how she's not even phased" Alex smiled nudging Laurel who had a horrified expression on her face.
"How are you not horrified by this?" Laurel questioned.
"It's not my Earth. I guess I feel a little unattached to your earth" Alex answered.
"Okay I guess that makes sense" Laurel agreed.
"Not Russia. This is Star City. The rest of world doesn't look much better." Rip told her shaking her head.
"What. The. Fuck. Did. They. Do. To. My. City!?" Oliver gritted out his fists clenching.
"They set firestorms loose and wreaked havoc upon it injuring and killing every person-"
"Barry your not helping!" Felicity hissed.
"Oh sorry" Barry frowned.
"That's impossible." Sara said shaking her head.
"Nothing's impossible just highly improbable" Kara denied.
"And That Supergirl is the kind of Girl Scout motto I expected to hear from you." Cat said.
"I was never a Girl Scout..." Kara pouted.
"Yeah I remember sis" Alex sighed rubbing her temples remembering all the times Kara had complained that she had been too old to become one.
"Not if Stein creates a stable Firestorm for the Soviets. Here in 1986, they're already perilously close to creating a prototype. Listen to me, Sara. Everything Everything we've tried to achieve so far could be lost. And not only will my family die 150 years from now, but your family, your city your entire 21st-century world will suffer." Rip told her.
"Damn.." Oliver muttered the only one able to get a word out after that revelation.
Clarissa clutched tightly at her shirt her eyes watering. She prayed this wasn't leading the way she thought it was.
"That's why we're gonna get Stein back before Vostok can break him." Sara with surety.
"Well, I, I hope so, but we need a contingency plan." Rip told her with a sigh.
"No...lord please no..." Clarissa whispered to herself worriedly. She couldn't lose him. Not again.
"It'll be alright Clarissa" Ronnie said reaching out taking her hand.
"Nothings going to happen to him. I promise" Barry told her.
"Thank you, boys" Clarissa smiled.
"What are you saying? I'm saying that if at any point throughout the operation it becomes clear that Martin is beyond our reach-"
"You want me to kill Stein?" Sara asked horrified.
No one said a word a tense silence falling through the air save for multiple gasps of shock from some people.
Clarity gasped rather loudly and Leonard covered her mouth. He made a head motion that clearly meant let's get out of here. So Clarity glitched them to her room. Once they arrived Clarity collapsed on her bed Leonard releasing his hold on her.
"That was close..." Cisco mumbled squeezing Lisa's hand trying to comfort her a bit.
"Well Rip's really starting to show a pattern here. First Carter's kid, Then the hawk himself, leaves Mick and the Boy Scout to die, and now he wants to kill the good professor. That makes half our crew dead or dying. Now you can say what you want about me Glitch. A thief, a murderer, I don't care but I never ever turn my back on one of my own" Snart said pacing the floor. He waited for a response of some kind. A flicker of a light fixture, the sound of a spark hitting the floor, the feel of static on his sweater, even the smell of something sizzling but nothing happened. Snart looked over at Clarity to find her with her knees drawn up to her chest her arms wrapped around them as she hugged them.
"Clarity..." Barry whispered concerned.
"Clarity?" Snart questioned with a frown. He was unsure if the woman had even heard him at all.
"go" Clarity said hugging her knees to her chest.
"Is she okay?" Oliver questioned Felicity softly.
"No, Oliver she's not" Felicity replied.
"Why would he leave if she's upset?" Eddie questioned.
"Clarity's power's are connected to her emotions. When she gets upset they go a little haywire" Barry explained.
"So she doesn't want lenny to get hurt with her powers?" Lisa questioned.
"Yeah.." Cisco murmered.
"What?" Snart asked confused.
"Go okay? please just leave. Go save the team. I need to be alone right now" Clarity told the thief hugging her knees tighter. It was taking everything in her to keep her powers in check right now. She didn't want to accidentally hurt the thief when she broke down and to much had happened in the last few minutes for her to hold all the emotions inside.
"I know. I mean damnit!" Barry exclaimed jumping from his seat. "After everything we went through to save Stein, all the close calls with him and Ronnie and the fever and now Sara's going to kill him!"
"Sara, isn't actually going to kill him is he? I mean... He's her teammate" Kara frowned.
"They haven't been teammates for long, she might not be that attached" Cat denied.
"She can't do this. you don't turn your back on one of your own like that" Lisa frowned.
"This coming from a criminal" Joe remarked.
"The snarts have a code." Barry denied.
"Damn right we do scarlet" Lisa replied
Snart gave a curt nod in understanding but paused in the doorway. He looked back over his shoulder at Clarity. He didn't exactly want to leave her when she was upset but then again Mick was waiting for him to break him out. Snart almost asked her Why? Why she wasn't defying Rip's so called orders and coming with Sara and himself to rescue them but something about the look in Clarity's eyes stopped him. It was a look that he never expected to see on the female heroes face. She looked defeated. Snart left to go to find Raymond's suit with a shake of his head. Clarity was right. They didn't have time for any of this.
"Well at least someone recognizes that they need to stop wasting time and get their asses in gear" Roy commented.
"Tell me about it" Thea agreed.
"Now, if someone could get Clarity to suck it up we'd be set" Cat noted.
"It's not healthy to be holding in your emotions like that Miss Grant" Kara told her.
"That's true" Yao Fei agreed.
"I'll see what I can do Mr. Snart" Gideon told the man alluding to her creators mood.
"I'll do the same on my end Gideon." Snart told the computer.
"Snart and Gideon working together?" Barry wondered confused.
"Yeah that sounds really weird" Caitlin agreed.
"But it is for Clarity" Cisco added all of team flash humming in agreement.
The moment the doors to her room clicked closed Clarity broke down in tears the lights in her room flickering uncontrollably lightning buzzing every which way along the metal walls, ceiling, and floor. Small metal objects lifting and whizzing around but Clarity didn't notice. She was to busy crying her eyes out. It wasn't fair. It wasn't right. This shouldn't be happening. Martin Stein didn't deserve to die. He was one of the only other legends who knew about the reverse flash. They had done everything to keep him alive back on Team Flash and now she was just supposed to let him die? Not to mention it was highly likely that Jax would die as well because of their connection. That just made Clarity feel even more miserable. She couldn't just sit here and do nothing but what if Rip was right? What if she would only get in the way? she couldn't risk the chance that she would be a hindrance. It was too important to gamble with Martins life like that. It was a double edged sword and her tears were making her face sting with pain. Yet another lovely feature of her powers.
"Don't think about yourself like that Clarity. Your not a hindrance" Cisco denied.
"Over dramatic much? She might as well be bipolar with that reaction" Cat commented.
"She just found out that her friend is going to kill another friend and that will also cause a different friend to die and you think she's overreacting?" Kara questioned a bit angry defensive of Clarity.
Cat didn't comment not wanting to start an argument at such an emotional moment in time. Everyone seemed to be on edge for the Professor and the whole predicament the team was now in.
"Am I right Gideon? Does Rip really not care about us?" Clarity questioned aloud as tears streamed down her face her powers still out of control in the metal box of a room.
"Does he?" Barry couldn't help but wonder.
"You'll see in the future creator." Gideon told him. Barry nodded accepting the answer.
"That is not your concern right now Creator" Gideon said crossly not liking the sight of Clarity upset and crying.
"None of us do. just look at her for Christ's sake. Even I want to wrap her in a blanket and give her a consoling hug" Cat frowned. 'And possibly some pills to control her current mood swing'
"Gid...there's nothing...I can't do anything about it. You heard Rip. I'll just get the rest of them caught. My powers aren't exactly stealth friendly" Clarity said with a sniffle.
"That's true, but you can help in other ways! Cmon Riri don't give up" Felicity encouraged her best friend.
"Miss Lance is about to make a very big mistake. I doubt the words of a thief will be enough to convince her" Gideon told her.
"Hell no, they won't" Quentin denied.
"You better hope Clarity's enough or else we're about to watch your daughter do something pretty horrific" Joe replied.
"Martin.." Clarissa worried.
Clarity wiped her eyes on her sleeves. She took a breath and stood up. Her face stung because of her tears but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as it was a few days ago. It was bearable but annoying. Gideon was right. If Rip wouldn't listen to her then she would make sure that Sara would. She wasn't really sure what she was going to say to the assassin but she was sure that she was going to change her mind. Whatever her heart told her to say in that moment she would say. Clarity always listens to her heart more than her head. She was strange like that.
"She seems like that kind of person" Moira stated.
"Clarity's going to convince Sara not to. She has to" Caitlin told Clarissa.
"I pray you're right" Clarissa replied.
"We all do." Thea agreed.
"You're right. Thanks Gid. I don't know what i'd do without you" Clarity told the Ai. Clarity glitched into the waveriders systems.
"I don't want to think about it" Gideon replied.
"That's a scary world without you. You make things way easier Gideon" Barry told her.
"I'm aware" Gideon replied.
-in the cargobay-
"Impressive how many weapons you can fit in that outfit and how much stupidity Raymond can squeeze into this one." Snart said walking into the room shutting Ray's suit into the case.
"I'm not sure if I'd really call that impressive" Diggle notes with a shake of his head.
"Me neither" Oliver agreed.
"Boys, be nice. For Anna's sake" Felicity told the two.
"Is she passed out?" Tommy questioned.
"She drank a bit too much" Felicity replied.
"The plan is to save him too, not just Stein and your partner. We can't have Clarity be the only optimistic one around here." Sara pointed out sharpening her knives.
"There! See right there! Proof that Sara likes Clarity! She's good for my sister!" Laurel smiled.
"Good influence maybe, but that isn't proof that she likes her" Thea denied.
"Could you two not ship until my husband is safely returned? Please?" Clarissa questioned.
"Of course" Roy said with a nod covering Thea's mouth.
"Oh, I'm gonna save Raymond, all right, so I can beat some sense into him. And what about you?" Snart questioned.
"Good thing Anna wasn't awake for that" Felicity frowned.
"My brother might've been in trouble if that were the case" Lisa agreed.
"I hope they save Ray soon though. I mean how is he surviving in prison? He probably never did so much as get a parking ticket" Oliver frowned.
"What about me?" Sara deflected answering a question with a question.
"Sara baby don't deflect. That's the oldest trick in the book" Quentin frowned.
"Clearly I'm not the only one with a side mission. What did Rip keep you after class to talk about?" Snart asked her even though he already knew.
"Like you don't already know Snart. Taking Clarity on your little eavesdropping session for a quick get away" Barry frowned.
"Someone's jealous" Kara teased.
"Shut up Kara" Barry replied.
"He just wanted to go over a few details of the plan." Sara said shaking her head. Details. She couldn't believe she just called assassinating a teammate details.
"That word is never going to be the same for me again" Felicity frowned.
"He wants you to take out the old man, doesn't he? It's the obvious play. It's also heartless." Snart pointed out not holding back.
"For a man who just lost his family you'd think he'd have a little more heart for his crew" Alex noted.
"If it meant sacrificing them all to save his wife and child I doubt he would pick them" Tommy frowned.
"This is going to turn into a suicide mission real quick isn't it?" Roy frowned.
"Looks that way" Oliver frowned.
"The plan is to save Stein. And if, for whatever reason, we can't, Rip showed me what will happen to my home in 2016, to our families. If Stein breaks, the damage is irreversible." Sara said with a shake of her head.
"My husbands stronger than you give him credit for Damnit. He's not that old for Christ's sake." Clarissa glared her worry slowly turning into anger.
"Nothing is irreversible Sara. I mean you came back from the dead after all." Clarity said glitching into the room her eyes slightly puffy from her tears. She forced herself to smile but it just turned out to be bittersweet.
"Okay Clarity your my Glitch work your magic" Cisco urged.
"Clarity don't make this harder than it is. I have to do this. I know Team Flash is all goody goody no killing but sometimes you have to make a difficult-" Sara told her.
"Sometimes no killing is a good thing" Barry said. "Like in your situation"
"Been on a lot of heists, and even when things got rough, I never took out one of my own." Snart told Sara more than a bit disturbed by how hard she was trying to justify Rip's cold orders. You never turn your back on your own. It didn't matter what was going on. It was against his code and Snart hated anyone who went against his code. His father went against his code.
Lisa shivered at the mention of her father. She inches closer to Cisco.
"Well, this isn't a bank heist." Sara told him.
"No, but it's a rescue mission. Not an assassination mission. Pay attention sis" Laurel frowned.
"No it's more important than that Sara. It's someone's life. Two peoples lives actually. You kill Stein Jax is going to die too. I've seen it happen before. To Stein when Ronnie his previous half of fire storm died." Clarity told Sara.
"It's okay Cait. I'm right here" He whispered pulling her close.
Caitlin hugged him tightly closing her eyes.
"If it's two people or the millions of lives in the future-"
"We don't trade lives" Kara told her.
"He does" Shado said nodding to Oliver.
"That's not fair." Oliver replied.
"Life's not fair and neither is death" Shado replied.
"That's Just it Sara! Rip doesn't care about us past people. Not really. He may say he does but that's not the truth. All he cares about is what happens in the future. In his time period. To him we're all just names in a history book, things that he has no attachment to. He thinks he knows so much more than we do just because he's from a time period more advanced than our own. Well you know what his way isn't the only way Sara. There are two sides to every story. There has to be a better way than this" Clarity pleaded the light's flickering as she thought of Eobard thawne.
No one said a word. What Clarity had said stunning them all into silence.
"There isn't. Rip knows more about time than any of us. If he says it's the only way then it's the only way. I don't care if he's from the future he knows what he's talking about." Sara said standing her ground.
Everyone sat tensely. No one was used to the two women arguing.
"First, he left my partner twisting in the wind. Now he's gonna have you ice old silver-top. We're all just pawns, Sara. Come on, I'm the crook, you're the assassin, Clarity's the hacker,." Snart tried to reason with her leaning on her weapons case trying to make her see sense. Snart was thankful Clarity had calmed enough to back him up. It had been unnerving to see her powers not working earlier. He liked to see her sparking.
A few people smiled at that a bit surprised the thief liked something about Clarity however a tense silence stifled any conversations.
"He's not just asking me to kill. He's asking me to save the future. And if, for whatever reason, we can't save Stein, then I'm gonna do what needs to be done." Sara told him with finality.
"No.."Clarissa whispered not wanting to lose her husband.
"Killing isn't an option Sara. Not in this circumstance. Not when it's one of us. You can't just kill Stein. He's a part of this team, he's...he's family" Clarity told her growing desperate the lights continuing to flicker.
Everyone on teams flash and Arrow thought similar variations of "Hell yeah we are"
"Clarity I'm not going to kill him unless I have to. Okay? You have nothing to worry about. We'll get Ray and Mick back in one piece and Jax will be fine." Sara said trying to assure her placing her gun down. Clarity glared as Sara left Martins name absent in her promise. She couldn't believe how heartless Sara was being.
Still no one could muster the courage to even comment a word. This was far too serious for jokes to be made. This was a teammates, a friends life at stake.
"You know Sara you being an assassin never really scared me. I knew I could trust you to have my back. Even your bloodlust never made me think of you as a monster but if you kill Stein...if you kill Stein that just might" Clarity said a single tear sliding down her cheek. A painfilled bittersweet smile upon her face.
"Clarity" Sara whispered hurt by the brunette's comment but she glitched away before Sara could say anything else a light shattering to pieces as she departed.
"Shit" Oliver muttered summing up everyone's emotions in that one word.
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And that's where this one leaves off you guys! I hope you enjoyed it! If you did please do the questions below because they motivate me to keep going and keep writing.
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