I'd like to thank you all again for sticking with me through this story. I've really appreciated your support. Now all we have to do is try to talk down Lisa from her rampage.

Cisco had managed to regain his footing and started heading towards the exit when he heard it. He would recognize the sound of one of his inventions anywhere. Especially when he kept the wielder of it in his mind so fondly (though even before he met Gypsy, things were the very definition of "complicated" with the criminal… Apparently his type was dangerous and very scary women who specialized in mixed signals).

But it kicked off his panic instinct when he heard the Gold Gun fire and Cisco broke into a run before his brain could fully register what was happening. He would never be mistaken for the fastest man alive, but he raced towards the sounds of fighting with more speed than he realized he was capable of.

He shoved his way through the small group, everything in their postures declaring they were switching to the offensive. But they hesitated slightly as Cisco moved into the line of fire. He barely noticed, spotting a familiar brunette young woman ducking behind her motorcycle. And she looked murderous.

"Lisa!" he shouted, flinging himself down the ramp. "Wait, stop!"

"Get out of the way, Cisco," snarled Lisa. "I will shoot you too."

He believed her. For the first time, he could see the resemblance to her brother. There was the same ruthlessness in her expression as there was in the early days of Captain Cold. But not the emotionlessness. Her face was twisted in fury, but her eyes were red. Cisco tried to shove down his fear and concern.

"Why?" he yelled back, keeping between her and the time-travelers. He met her eyes, trying to force her to look only at him. "Come on, you don't want to hurt me. Let's talk this out."

Cisco hoped she would hesitate at shooting him, that some of her past affection for him would save his life. The others didn't have that protection. He had no idea why Lisa seemed determined to kill someone. He figured that she would be in a good mood. He did ask someone to pass along a message to her. But she looked furious and heart-broken. Cisco just couldn't figure out why.

"Who is she and why is she shooting at us?" asked Jax from somewhere behind him, his voice tense.

That seemed to be the wrong thing to say because her expression darkened further and she fired, a stream of shining metallic substance barely missing Cisco's head. The lack of screams of horror from the heroes was promising; it suggested that no one was hurt. But he couldn't risk checking. He needed to focus on her, to keep things from escalating further. Lisa was not messing around.

"Because you heroes took everything from me," she snapped, cold and sharp. "First Lenny. And then that idiot called and said Mi…"

Her voice cracked briefly before she fell silent, her Gold Gun never wavering. Confusion swirled in his head, preventing him from finding the words to talk her down. Cisco couldn't figure out what she meant, but she was definitely upset enough to try killing them. And he was increasingly aware that he was between Lisa and her targets. Hopefully they would have the sense to dodge after she entombed Cisco in metal.

"No more," she said quietly, shifting her weapon towards someone behind him.

"Look, they're nerds, but try not to kill them. We need them alive."

Lisa froze, nearly dropping her weapon. Cisco turned to spot Rory coming down towards them, moving between his still-tense teammates. He looked mostly relaxed, but there was a hint of unease as he took a position next to Cisco.

"You're… you're…," she said quietly, weapon dangling at her side.

"Yeah, I know you don't want to see me," said Rory slowly, "but—"

Whatever he intended to say was cut off as Lisa flung herself at the arsonist, wrapping her arms around him and making Rory stiffen. Cisco would have laughed at his statue impression if it wasn't for the fact that she was clinging rather desperately to the man.

"I'm sorry, Micky," she said quickly, her face buried into his chest. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it. I never should have said it. It wasn't your fault."

"Lisa?" asked Rory uneasily.

"I thought you were dead. That idiot called and said you were dead too," she said, fighting to keep her voice steady.

Twin thoughts hit Cisco hard. First, that was not the message that he sent STAR Labs. No wonder she went a bit crazy on them. And second, the "idiot" that called was probably Julian. He was going to smack the man when this was over.

Mick tried to figure out how to react to the young woman who wrapped her arms around him, shaking slightly while trying to hide it. She hadn't called him "Micky" since she hit double digits. And last time he spoke to her, Lisa made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with him and he hadn't been able to consider approaching her since. But she wasn't mad at him anymore and apparently thought he'd died.

Even when she was small, he wasn't the best at this. He'd tried at different points, but it didn't come naturally to him. But he awkwardly wrapped his arms around Lisa, hugging the upset young woman that he'd watched grow up. She relaxed slightly in his grip. That probably meant he was doing something right.

"I'm fine, Lisa. Do you really think anything could take me out?" he said.

"Actually, he did come very close to—" began Ray before someone had the good sense to cover his mouth.

"See?" said Cisco as she reluctantly ended the embrace. "No one needs to kill anyone. Right?"

Nodding slightly as she stepped backwards, no tears on her face and putting on the familiar Snart mask of control, Lisa said, "Right. I shouldn't have attacked like that. Or I should have at least cased things out better first. If I did, I would have figured out that idiot was lying. No hard feelings?"

"My arm is trapped in a glob of gold," reminded Nate, still in his steel form and waving the offending appendage.

"I invented the thing. I can get it off. Eventually," Cisco said. "You'll be fine."

Chuckling a little, Mick said, "Got to admit. Didn't expect you to try killing the whole team to 'avenge me' or something. Not that the team deserved that. They're pretty good at trying to keep people alive. Myself included."

"Makes me wonder what she had planned for the Time Masters," said Leonard dryly as he and Sara reached the ramp. Then, with a half-smile, he said, "Hey there, trainwreck."

That cracked her mask of control, shock and something a little broken overtaking her features. Fragile hope slowly followed as she stepped forward. The team, while still nervous about the woman previously attacking them, had the wisdom to move out of her way. Then anger surged up in her expression. Lisa stomped up and punched her brother in the face, Leonard having the good sense to let her. And to throw an arm up to warn Sara not to help.

"You jerk," she snapped. "I thought you were dead." Lisa spun around and pointed an accusing finger at Mick. "You said he died."

"I thought he was when I told you. Turns out he was only mostly dead," said Mick quietly. "Still took a while to find a way to get back to him."

She accepted his vague explanation with a shaky breath and a nod. Lisa turned back around to trap her brother in a desperate hug that made the one she gave Mick look half-hearted. And she was shaking in a way that suggested she didn't completely prevent tears this time. Leonard wrapped his arms around her, his smile a bit softer.

Quietly, almost too quiet for Mick to hear if he wasn't listening for her voice, Lisa whispered, "You were dead. You left me. You were dead."

"Sorry to put you through that, Lisa," said Leonard, still holding her close. "Forgive me?"

"Only if you and Mick promise to stay alive," she said, her voice cracking in a way that everyone purposefully ignored.

"Deal."

Watching the reunion for a moment longer, Mick finally said with a mildly teasing tone, "You going to introduce her to Blondie or not? I think your sister should meet the resident assassin. We're stuck here for at least a few days before we can time travel again. They can bond over you."

He struggled to hide his grin as the siblings pulled apart, Leonard looking mildly annoyed since he knew that Lisa would get exactly what Mick was hinting at. Lisa was gaining a rather mischievous smirk that mirrored Sara's. Both women would definitely get along well. Especially after Lisa finished teasing her brother for his new relationship.

She was allowed. Family prerogative and everything.

Unsurprisingly, shore leave essentially morphed into a miniature party.

Not a huge party and certainly not as childish as the slumber party and movie marathon they dragged him into on the Waverider, but there was food and drinks at STAR Labs (which really needed some serious security upgrades). Apparently that's what happened with Cisco called ahead and let people know when they were returning. Leonard didn't have much of an interest in the socializing aspect, but Sara was and Mick wasn't going to say "no" to free food and beer, so he ended up watching things from a corner.

Cisco, after reluctantly admitting to Lisa that he was seeing someone, was doing his best to avoid her. Not because she was mad at him, but because she'd started asking questions about the other woman that gave off the impression she intended to either team up with this Gypsy person the first chance she found or she planned to attack her. According to Cisco, either option was scarier than he wanted to imagine and that it would probably end in him being seriously maimed somehow. Even with powers, he was still the same nerd.

Iris and Barry ended up having to spend about ten minutes of dealing with their cop father, trying to reassure him that they were both safe and that the young woman was sorry for sneaking away in the first place. The man didn't seem too mad. Just worried about them. It was a little unnerving to see a father who clearly loved his grown children and wanted to protect them. And maybe a bit uncomfortable in a way, a flicker of that quiet wanting Leonard buried the same way he did since Lewis made his particular parenting style clear. He was perfectly content to stay on the other side of the room from that family reunion. No reason to tempt the cop into trying to arrest him.

A new face, some British nerd named Julian who apparently worked with Barry in his day job, had been dragged in briefly. He didn't last long, leaving the building for self-preservation almost as soon as he opened his mouth. Cisco had to grab Lisa to keep her from trying to attack the "idiot who made that phone call" even as Cisco yelled at Julian for almost getting someone killed because he couldn't "even pass on a message without ticking someone off."

Most of the nerd squad had ended up clumping together, talking excitedly about various topics. There was some discussion about how to deal with the shattered timeline and put it back together, but they kept shifting around. Leonard could only follow about a fourth of the conversation when he bothered to eavesdrop. At one point, they did discuss whatever process Cisco used to remove the golden metal from Heywood's arm without hurting their steel teammate. Leonard tried to at least remember a little of that. It wouldn't hurt to keep that information in case Lisa ever needed it.

But around the point where Heywood and Ray started seriously discussing the possibility of karaoke, Sara slid up next to Leonard with a small smile.

"Want to get out of here?" she asked quietly.

He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Getting tired of this already? Wait long enough and some of the heroes from Star City might show up."

"It's fun and everything, but I had a better idea," Sara said slowly. Shifting in a way that might be considered nervous from someone else, she said, "I know we aren't going to get a lot of chances if we stay on the Waverider and nothing about us is really that traditional, but I was wondering… Would you like to go on a date with me?"

Even though he was the man who would purposefully provoke and fight a speedster without a trace of hesitation, her question made him stiffen. He turned to look at her more directly.

"Like what? A 'dinner and a movie' type of thing? Me and you waltz into a fancy restaurant together?" asked Leonard slowly.

It wouldn't be his first choice. Not unless he planned to rob half the other patrons of the place. But he didn't want to even try to figure out when the last time he went on anything resembling a date might have been. And it didn't count if he was working on a job or trying to scope out a location for a later job. If this was what Sara wanted, then…

"Actually, I was thinking about something a bit more fun," she said, interrupting his thoughts. "How about we find a bar and probably start a fight? Kind of like when we first met?"

Leonard smiled at her suggestion. That sounded a lot more like them. And definitely more fun.

"Well, if I remember right, we also stole a car on the way back," said Leonard. "And Mick was with us, so I don't think it counted as a date."

"He can come next time. We're going to be here at least a few more days. And I won't rule out the possibility of stealing another car if the guy who owns it is a jerk."

And thanks again for all the people who followed along with this story for so long. I appreciate all the feedback and support I've received. I know it isn't the greatest story ever written, but I had fun with it. I hope that you liked reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.