Blood Ties
Leonard, Mick and Rip ran into Vyra's room with the rest of the team following closely behind to find her curled into a ball, holding her head screaming.
"Vyra" Leonard said knelling down next to Vyra with Mick. She lashed out at them but her eyes were glazed over. She was living in her memory right now.
"Gideon what happened?" Rip asked worried.
"Vyra started reading through the files I gathered and when she reached age 14 she started screaming and holding her head" Gideon replied as Mick and Leonard shared a concerned look.
"What happened at age 14?" Rip asked curiously.
"She was attacked and almost raped by three men in an alleyway" Leonard muttered angrily.
"Snart saved her life" Mick added as they both looked down at Vyra who had finally stopped screaming. She looked around the room at the others until her eyes landed on Rip's worried face. Vyra smiled reassuringly to him before turning to Mick and punching him hard in the face. The impact from the hit dropped Mick to the ground shocking the entire room.
"Ah…just like old times" Mick said amused while holding his cheek.
"Why did you hit Mick?" Martin asked shocked.
"Not that we all haven't thought about it" Sara added smirking but Vyra ignored them and glared at Mick.
"It was your fault! I was attacked by those punk men whose car you stole! They recognized me and were going to RAPE ME because YOU STOLE THEIR DAMN CAR!" Vyra yelled at Mick, walking towards him as he crawled backwards. Leonard's eyes widened for a moment as Mick pushed Vyra back with force and stood up angrily.
'WHAT?!" Mick growled out angrily making Vyra stop in her tracks and cock her head to the side confused.
"You didn't know?" Vyra whispered and Mick was growling and breathing heavily with anger.
"We didn't tell him because you didn't want him burning the whole city down to find them and…" Leonard started to explained to Vyra before he was interrupted.
"I'M GOING TO KILL THEM!" Mick shouted making Leonard look pointedly at Vyra as if say 'that's what we were trying to avoid'. Mick stormed out of Vyra's room, pushing past Raymond and Jefferson in the process.
"Just leave him for a half an hour and I'll go find him… this ship is fire proof, is it?" Leonard asked seriously making the team look at where Mick had stormed off too worried.
"Don't worry, he left his gun" Vyra said sitting on her bed and placing a hand on the heat gun that was beside her. The rest of the team took a relaxed breath before turning back to Vyra.
"So do you have your memories back?" Leonard asked, trying to keep the hopeful tone out of his voice. Vyra looked up at Leonard and focused on only Leonard.
"Only up until you saved me" Vyra admitted and Leonard couldn't work out if he was happy or frustrated. Rip came and sat next to Vyra.
"Well, it's better than nothing" Rip stated and Vyra smiled looking over at him.
"We've arrived in Leipzig, Germany, the most current location for Vandal Savage. And by the way, Captain, you are needed urgently needed in the MedBay" Gideon said suddenly. Rip looked over at Vyra, worried.
"You guys go, I'll find my homicidal brother and make sure he isn't breaking too many things" Vyra explained before Martin and Rip ran out of her room.
"I thought she'd stabilized" Martin said as they ran towards the MedBay.
"As did I" Rip added as they ran into the MedBay to find Kendra tossing and turning on the table with alarms going off.
"Carter! Where's Carter?" Kendra cried
"He's gone, Kendra. I'm so sorry" Martin said placing a hand on her forehead. Kendra started crying.
"Gideon, urn that bloody noise off!" Rip shouted
"Yes, Captain" Gideon said and the alarms stopped.
"What happened?" Raymond asked walking into the MedBay.
"Saunders appears to have had a complication" Martin said
"Yes... I know, what kind of complication?" Raymond snapped and Kendra sat up straight.
"How could you leave him?" Kendra cried before falling back onto the table quiet.
"Is she..." Raymond started to ask.
"MedBay gave her a sedative, but obviously, her condition is worsening" Martin said
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It wasn't hard for Vyra to find Mick, all she had to do was follow the sound of things being thrown around. She walked into a nearby storage unit to find Mick picking up a box to throw at the wall. He paused when he saw her walk in and dropped the box to the floor with a loud bang. They stood there in silence for several moments before Mick sat down on the box he was about to throw minutes earlier.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Mick asked even though they had already gone over that information earlier, it just seemed like the appropriate place to start this conversation.
"I still don't remember not telling you. I only remember up to just after Leonard saved me. Leonard said it was because I didn't want you burning the city down looking for the men but I don't know… I think it's because I didn't want you blaming yourself or thinking that I blame you" Vyra explained walked over to kneel in front of Mick.
"I don't blame you and you shouldn't blame yourself" Vyra said softly but firmly enough that Mick believed her. She gently pulled off the gloves that covered Mick's burned hands and held them in her hands, feeling the burnt skin on her own soft skin.
"What happened to you?" Vyra asked curiously, not pitying him just simply curious.
"The first job I ever went on with a partner was because she begged me to teach her the ways of being a thief. The job went wrong, when she started a fire by accident. I got obsessed with the flames and my partner couldn't break me out of the trance I was in until it was too late and I was in the fire" Mick explained taking his hands back and putting his gloves on.
"Who was your partner?" Vyra asked, though she already knew the answer; she was the partner.
"Do you blame me?" Vyra asked and Mick looked her dead in the eyes.
"No, never did. Still don't." Mick said firmly so that Vyra would believe him. Vyra nodded, believing him and smirked.
"Well then, it looks like we're even. You did something that changed my life forever, I wouldn't have met Leonard if you hadn't stolen that car and I did something that changed you forever, at least on the outside. You always were a son of a bitch" Vyra said joking at the end making Mick chuckle.
"Yeah, well you're a daughter of a bitch" Mick retorted, which is what they used to say to each other when they were children. Vyra patted Mick on the arm before standing up and leaving the room. Just as she left Leonard walked in and leant against the door frame with the arms crossed.
"When we return, I want to hunt them down and kill them" Mick said to Leonard, who smirked.
"I took care of them about 10 years ago. Vyra doesn't know and she doesn't need to know" Leonard explained making Mick hum a noise of approval and agreement; Vyra didn't need to know.
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"Pieces of the dagger have apparently broken off and are, as we speak, en route to her heart" Rip explained to the rest of the team in the main room.
"Can't we just time jump into the future where they got the stuff that can fix her?" Jefferson asked desperately.
"This Waverider is from that future and has been unsuccessful in saving her" Vyra explained leaning against the chair that Leonard was sitting in front of.
"Kendra wouldn't survive the time jump anyway" Leonard said simply making Rip and Vyra look at him.
"I pay attention" He said simply earning a smirk from Vyra.
"To sum up, Carter Hall is dead, he girlfriend's not too far behind, Vandal Savage is sitting pretty in 1975, which we're all stuck in. That how the plan supposed to work, Rip?" Mick asked pacing the room.
"Obviously not, but the mission is simple. We stop Vandal Savage here in the past and we save the future" Rip said
"Simple don't mean easy, Captain" Vyra said
"Oh, I never said it was. The benefit of being a Time Master is that the length and breadth of history gives one... perspective. I've seen darker days. I've seen men of steel die and dark knights fall, and even then, I accomplished my mission no matter what" Rip said making Vyra roll her eyes since she knew he didn't believe a word he was saying.
"Gideon, what is our status?" Vyra asked tearing her eyes off Rip's emotionless face.
"When the Waverider was attacked by Chronos, the Jump ship was damaged. Unless you make repairs, we will be unable to..." Gideon started to say
"Wait, Jump ship?" Jefferson asked
"It's a small expeditionary vessel at the belly of the Waverider... you're a mechanic!" Rip said suddenly turning to Jefferson.
"You have a look at it" Rip added while Jefferson looked confused.
"Uh... auto mechanic. Uh... spaceship" Jefferson said but Rip simply stared at him silently.
"Okay, if you've got a set of wrenches, I'll see what I can do" Jefferson said sighing.
"What about the rest of us? Do we just sit?" Mick asked annoyed.
"Capital idea, Mr. Rory. You're not nearly as thick as most people say" Rip said walking out of the room with Jefferson following.
"Thick... does that mean stupid?" Mick asked making Vyra chuckle.
"Shut up sis" Mick growled making Vyra burst out laughing now.
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