"I'll go!" Ray said a huge smile on his face.
"By all means Dr. Palmer" Rip said with a gesture of his hand.
"Okay so it all started a little while after I hired Felicity at Palmer tech. Clarity's best friend..."
*flashback*
"Hey, Felicity we need to-oh" Ray said halting in the doorway of Felicity Smoak's office seeing Felicity laying back in her desk chair her tablet in her lap as she typed away. A woman with chestnut brown hair sitting on the glass desk facing away from him holding Felicity's foot in her hand a bottle of pink nail polish deposited next to her. Her hair was pulled into a bun a headband of silver roses nestled in her hair. She wore a bright blue one shoulder top with ruffles at the upper edges, silver pants, and silver heels with a black bow strap.
"Sorry to interrupt. Are you busy? I can come back later" Ray offered not wanting to inconvenience her.
"Ray! Hey no no no Cmon in" Felicity said motioning for him to enter. Ray smiled walking into the room making his way over to the desk where the two woman were.
"What did you do hire a personal makeup artist er stylist? I'm honestly not sure what the difference between those two things are? Is there even a difference?" Ray questioned. The women didn't look up at him as he approached. Merely continuing to do Felicity's toe nails coating them with the pink polish.
"Hiring would imply that I'm paying her. She doesn't get anything for this" Felicity said with a smile. Felicity's comment rewarded her a slash of nail polish on the top of her foot in the shape of a zig zag. The woman painting Felicity's nails smiled playfully up at her a spark of mischief in her eyes.
"Oh real mature Riri. This is what I get for asking my bestie to paint my nails." Felicity commented but there was no malice in her words simply a sort of fondness.
Ray stood there awkwardly not really sure what to do. He sort of felt like he was intruding in his own building. Felicity smiled at Ray's awkward look.
"Ray this is my best friend Clarity. Clarity I'd like you to meet my boss Ray Palmer" Felicity introduced the woman finally looking up from her task. Her head turning to face the billionaire. Ray making eye contact with her for the first time. His brown eyes meeting her pale blue ones.
"Hi Clarity, it's a pleasure to meet you" Ray said sticking out his right hand. Clarity bit her lip her eyes flicking to Felicity who nudged her with her foot encouragingly. Clarity smiled up at Ray holding out her hand. The two briefly shaking hands before Clarity went back to silently painting Felicity's nails as Ray got down to business and gave Felicity the file he had been holding and explained what he wanted her to do.
"Okay thanks Ray. I'll get right on that" Felicity told him placing the file beside her.
"Great. Uh It was nice meeting you Clarity" Ray told her.
Clarity nodded with a smile waving soon as Ray walked out of the room he heard immediate giggling from two females echo out into the hall before the door shut.
"Well I hope that means I made a good impression" Ray said speaking to himself.
*end flashback*
"Her eyes were pale blue? You've got to be kidding" Snart said in disbelief.
"No, her eyes are only the way they are now because of her powers. It was a side effect of the particle accelerator explosion and her getting struck by lightning" Ray denied.
"Wait wait wait you're saying that the first time you met Clarity she didn't say a single word to you?" Jax questioned shocked.
"Well she's really shy and Felicity did introduce me as her boss so that might have intimidated her, but she never spoke a word" Ray said taking a sip of his coffee.
"Wow" Todd said in disbelief.
"What?" Sara asked him.
"Nothing it's just I can't believe that's how Amelia used to be" Todd said.
"Amelia?" Stein inquired confused.
"That would be Miss Springs. It was her amnesia name. Apparently she got that from Doctor Who" Rip said rubbing at his temples.
"Guess that show was good for something afterall" Snart drawled.
"Not in the slightest. She called me Rory" Rip complained.
Ray grinned and burst out laughing. "Haha oh man that is great"
"She thought you were mick?" Snart asked his eyebrows shooting up.
"No she thought he was the character that the character she was pretending to be was married to" Stein corrected.
"It's not that funny Ray" Sara frowned at the laughing genius.
"you just need to watch more Doctor Who" Ray told Sara who looked ready to pull a knife on him for telling her what to do.
"Okay and I think you've had enough coffee pal" Jax said reaching over swiping Ray's mug away.
"So who's up next?" Kendra asked.
"I suppose I will. Jefferson I can feel your anticipation. It's rather annoying" Stein told Jax.
"Your the one saying I ought to have more curiousity professor" Jax shot back.
"Yes well perhaps this will be a slight step in the right direction for you, now please settle down while I tell you a tale of how a wise old man met an enchanting young lady." Stein said to the group.
"Please" Rip said with a nod.
"Once upon a time in the bustling city of central city their lived a wise man whose brilliance was unparalleled-" Stein began.
"Seriously? That's how your starting this?" Jax interrupted.
"Don't be a critic and interrupt Jefferson. I'll lose my place." Stein berated.
"You're telling it like a fairytale?" Jax complained.
"Who doesn't love a fairytale?" Snart questioned.
"It's his story Jax let Stein tell it how he wants" Sara told him.
"Thank you Miss Lance, Mr. Snart" Stein said with a nod.
"Now as I was saying there lived a wise man whose brilliance was unparalleled..."
*flashback*
Stein sat on central city's train gazing out the window. The train coming to a halt at a station. Moments before he had come across Barry Allen. The doors opened and he heard the sounds of people walking on and off the vehicle. Stein's attention was drawn to the right of him however when he heard a loud thump. He turned his head to see a woman lying on the ground having tripped over her own two feet. Her eye glasses had gone flying off her face landing by his seat. She frowned sitting up reaching around for the blue rectangular item.
"Are you alright?" Stein asked the woman. Stein studied her a bit more closely seeing that she wore a black short sleeve shirt with an image of two sparkling rainbow unicorns on the front, her pants were a lightly colored rainbow tyedye of blue, pink, yellow, green, and orange. Her boots of similar coloring. In her chestnut brown hair tucked on the side of her head was a butterfly hair clip made of rainbow colored ribbon.
The woman squinted in his direction still reaching around her trying to find where her glasses had gone to.
"Uh yes...but I can't find my glasses" Clarity said with a frown rubbing at her eyes. Everything blurry and fuzzy. Her tone showing worry. She knew she should have put contacts on today but she had been far to lazy as it was easier to just put the glasses on then poke her eyes.
"Here" Stein said bending from his seat passing her the glasses. She reached out in his direction missing the glasses a few times before latching onto the frames finally picking the right shadow.
"Thanks...um..." Clarity said trailing off as she put her glasses on Martin coming into focus as well as the rest of the passengers.
"Stein. Martin Stein. Would you care to sit Miss? The train is about to start moving" Stein advised her.
"Yeah sure. I hope a lot of people didn't see that." Clarity said taking the seat next to the old man.
"I'm afraid it might've been hard to miss" Stein told her truthfully.
"Well I suppose that's alright. A slip of the foot you may recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never recover. Thanks for being honest" Clarity said clasping her hands in her lap twiddling her fingers biting her bottom lip.
"Benjamin Franklin. I'm impressed. I thought most people your age would be to busy snap chatting to bother being interested in such a thing" Stein said genuinely surprised.
"Oh they are, I'm just the odd one out. Did you know Benjamin Franklin created the very first lightning rod thus proving that lightning and electricity were one and the same. I mean it could just be me but that's a pretty amazing feat." Clarity said with a smile.
"Yes, it is rather astonishing" Stein agreed a silence falling between the two. Stein noticing how she continued to twiddle her thumbs. Her gaze seemingly off in the distance. She was clearly worrying about something.
"Something on your mind uh I didn't catch your name" Stein realized.
"Clarity Springs and it's nothing really. I wouldn't want to bore you sir" Clarity replied.
"Please call me Martin. And I have quite a long ways til I get off. Perhaps I could offer some assistance" Martin offered.
"If you're sure" Clarity said said biting her lip thinking it over nipping at the skin slightly as she pulled it between her teeth.
"Quite" Martin assured her.
"Well my boyfriend of a few years wants me to move in with him, but I'm not sure if I'm ready and I have no idea how to tell him. Not to mention I see him in T-minus 30 min or so and he expects an answer from me because I told him I'd need a week to think about it and it's been a week" Clarity explained.
"I see. Well you could always simply tell him you aren't sure yet" Stein pointed out.
"Yes, but then he might feel like I wasn't taking the matter seriously and if I say no then he'll feel rejected, rejection leads to anger, anger leads to fighting, and fighting leads to a really nasty break up. I really like him. He's a good guy and I don't want to lose him all because I'm being well me." Clarity explained resting her hands on her cheeks with a huff.
"Don't rush into anything you aren't ready for. If he truly cares for you then he'll understand your predicament" Stein told her.
"I hope you're right" Clarity told him.
"I assure you my dear girl I am rarely ever wrong." Stein told her.
"Well let's hope this isn't one of those rare times. This is my stop. Thanks for your help Martin. I hope we see each other again someday." Clarity waved walking backwards stepping on her shoe laces stumbling slightly bumping into someone Clarity apologizing to many people the word sorry flying from her lips numerous times in various directions.
"Clarity maybe try and pay more attention to where it is your walking" Martin told her.
Clarity gave a nervous giggle waving goodbye as she walked out the door successfully getting off the train disappearing from Martin's view.
*end flashback*
"Boyfriend!?" Obsidian practically screamed.
"I believe they broke up" Stein admitted.
"Oh yeah they did. I remember Felicity wanted to have Oliver...actually I Probably shouldn't say"
"Anybody know why they broke up or who broke up with who?" Jax wondered.
"Guess we won't know unless we ask" Sara said.
"No! No one is asking her about that. No digging up old scars for her. What is wrong with you guys? Leave her alone." Kendra said defensively shocking everyone in the room.
"So now you're defensive of her?" Snart asked.
"Clarity may be dangerous but I didn't always see her that way...like when I first met her" Kendra smiled in thought.
"Care to explain?" Sara asked.
"6 months ago I was a barista. I was working at jitters and I had just started my shift for the day. It was aWednesday morning so the place was fairly empty..." Kendra began.
*flashback*
"So are you going to order...?" Kendra asked uncertainly at the brunette in front of her. She had extremely bright blue eyes and chestnut brown hair. She wore a pink one shoulder tank top, a navy blue skirt, and a pare of hot pink heels with matching accessories. The woman's nose scrunched up slightly at Kendra's question.
"Why no glitch?" Clarity asked cocking her head to the side.
"I'm sorry?" Kendra asked confused.
"The Flash gets a drink named after him but The Glitch doesn't? How is that fair? The Glitch does just as much for this city as he has arguably more. Not to mention the Glitch was around at least 4 months before the flash showed up" The woman complained crossing her arms a pout to her lips.
"Wow I didn't know any of that. Guess that's what you get for being new in town" Kendra said drumming her fingers on the counter.
Clarity smiled at her giggling slightly. "Oh I know what that's like. It can be hard moving to a big city for the first time, but don't worry you'll get the hang of it" Clarity assured.
"Thanks for the assurance." Kendra told her.
"No problem. Okay I'd like a medium hot chocolate with whipped cream and if you could just drench the whipped cream in chocolate sauce that would be completely amazing" Clarity requested as she pulled some money out of her pocket.
"Uh...yeah sure anything else?" Kendra asked.
"Umm yes, actually could I have a slice of that chocolatey whatever that is in the window?" Clarity asked.
"Yeah sure. Your total comes to $5.47." Kendra said ringing the order up putting the money in the register giving her change back.
"Name?" Kendra questioned waggling a black sharpie holding up a medium sized cup.
"Clarity But Uh would you mind writing it in this? Please?" Clarity asked holding out a sparkly blue sharpie.
"Uh yeah okay" Kendra said putting down the black sharpie writing her name with the marker Clarity had passed to her.
"Oh and put a heart on the I" Clarity added.
Kendra paused to give Clarity an Are you serious look. Clarity bit her lip looking sheepish.
"Or a regular plain dot is fine too" Clarity said quickly. Kendra rolled her eyes finishing writing Clarity's name.
"So you like chocolate a lot. That's a little stereotypical" Kendra said as she filled up the cup with the rich liquid, putting whipped cream on top and drizzling a small bit of chocolate sauce on the top placing the cover on and slipping the cardboard holder around the cup. She grabbed the chocolatey desert placing it in a bag before passing them over to Clarity who was waiting patiently by the cash register.
"I just like what I like" Clarity replied.
"Here you go" Kendra said passing her the items.
"Thanks so much. Have a nice day" Clarity said with a wave walking out the door.
"I doubt it" Kendra muttered to herself.
*end flashback*
"Pachirisu really does have a sweet tooth" Sara said fondly.
"How she doesn't have millions of cavities is beyond me" Rip said.
"That sharpie thing...that sounded so extra but I can picture that happening so easily" Jax admitted.
"Yes I agree Jefferson" Stein said with a nod.
"So you three which of you is going to go next?" Kendra asked resting her chin on her hand feeling somewhat tired after all that talking. Damn Clarity for waking her up. She should be resting right now. They all should be but instead they were sharing stories.
"Rock paper scissors?" Sara suggested.
"The kid goes next. We save the best for last" Snart said with a light smirk.
"How do you know that your first meeting with Clarity was better than mine?" Sara asked eye brows furrowed.
"I never said it was I just know ours will probably be longer than the kids am I right?" Snart asked turning to Jax.
"Yeah you're right okay. So I'm storming out of Star labs after first turning down the offer to become firestorm cause I was an moron." Jax began.
*flashback*
"Oh!" Clarity said bumping straight into Jax at the front gate of star labs her earbuds falling out of her ears. She had been texting while she was walking and not looking where she was looking.
"Sorry, sorry I wasn't watching where I was going..." Clarity apologized to Jax. Jax looked her over. She had bright blue eyes and chestnut brown hair. She wore a purple butterfly sweater and denim jeans a with painted black hearts and swirls and a pair of purple ankle high boots.
"It's alright" Jax replied going to walk off. Jax froze when she suddenly Glitched in front of him.
"Hey you're the new half of firestorm they were trying to find to help save professor Stein right?" Clarity questioned.
"Yeah...I'm Jax" Jax introduces himself as his mind tried to come to terms with the fact that The Glitch was standing in front of him.
"Clarity" Clarity said with a nod.
"So are you coming back?" Clarity asked curiously.
"I don't know" Jax replied causing Clarity to bite her lower lip.
"Okay but we could really use your help" Clarity told him.
"Your the Glitch and that other guys The Flash. I doubt you need yet another superhero flying around"
"The world will always need hero's. All that matters is that it has the right one's" Clarity told him.
"Well I'm not one of them. Look I appreciate you guys trying to help me out but I don't want it. Any of it! I don't want the powers! So you can do me a favor and forget that you even met me" Jax exclaimed walking off shocking Clarity into silence. This wasn't a good sign for stein.
*end flashback*
"I can't believe you almost turned down super powers" Ray said completely floored.
"Clarity should have slapped you" Todd said with a nod of his head.
"Jax is just lucky she's too nice for that." Sara said giving Jax a knowing look.
"It's a shame though it would have knocked some sense into you" Snart agreed.
"Snart, Sara? Which one of you goes next?" Ray asked.
"Now Rock Paper Scissors?" Snart asked.
"Actually I changed my mind. That's to boring. Let's play Flash, Arrow, Glitch." Sara smiled.
"What's Flash, Arrow, Glitch?" Rip asked in confusion.
"It's like Rock Paper Scissors but with our friends as the rock paper and scissors. Okay you listening thief?" Sara asked.
"I'm all ears" Snart told her with a smirk.
"Arrow shoots flash," Sara said making a shape with her hand. Her middle finger and thumb making a crescent shape against her straightened pointer finger. Her index and pinky finger completely curled to her hand.
"Flash catches Glitch," Sara said making a different shape with her hand. Her thumb trapped between her middle and index finger.
"And lastly Glitch Shocks Arrow" Sara explained forming a claw with her hand.
"Woah this awesome!" Ray exclaimed his face lighting up.
"Oh I am so playing this with Clarity later" Jax grinned.
"It's very inventive miss Lance" Stein complimented.
"Thank you...now we say Flash, Arrow, Glitch, ...Crisis!" Sara said.
"Crisis? I like it. Alright assassin. I'll let you know that I have never lost a game of Rock Paper Scissors in my life" Snart warned.
"Well I guess you haven't played against me yet" Sara challenged. Both looking at each other with steely glares.
"Flash, Arrow, Glitch, Crisis!" Sara and Leonard chanted. Sara shouting out Glitch as Snart called out Flash. Snart smirked at her and Sara huffed.
"I should've know you'd choose Barry" Sara complained crossing her arms.
"Well Scarlett's real useful whenever I'm in a bind." Snart told her.
"Miss Lance you lost the match therefore it is your turn" Rip told her.
Sara huffed. "Alright fine." Sara said as she glared at Leonard.
"But I'm not happy about it" Sara said.
"You don't have to be. Just tell us" Todd said eagerly.
"Okay so it all started when the computers in the Arrow cave were a little much for Felicity to handle on her own" Sara began.
*flashback*
Sara paused in her knife sharpening as she heard Footsteps approaching. Sara saw Felicity who she recognized, but the other woman who was with her Sara had never seen before.
"You know Lis when you said you were taking me to the club I thought you meant we were actually going clubbing." Clarity said with a shake of her head. Sara could hear the smile in her voice.
"What else was I supposed to say? Meet me at the lair? That sounds so evil" Felicity replied.
"Lair would've saved me from having an anxiety attack. You made me freak out over talking to strangers and dancing. I couldn't stop picturing myself bumping into people and stepping on their feet or being caught in a mass of sweaty bodies with alcohol lowering judgement skills" Clarity said as she walked down the arrow cave stairs behind Felicity in a pair of black leather shorts, rhinestone heels, and a sequin blue and silver sequin tank top.
"Sorry Riri, you know I would never force you to do that. Name one time that I ever did?" Felicity questioned.
"Literally whenever your mom's in town" Clarity said with a laugh.
"Ugh point has been made. But you know I can't suffer through that alone." Felicity groaned as both girls heels clicked against the stairs.
"Don't worry Lis. I'm your girl no matter the trouble. So what's up?" Clarity questioned.
"I need your help" Felicity said pointing to the dismantled computer on Felicity's desk.
"What the hell did Oliver do to it? The poor baby" Clarity gasped hand over her chest pale blue eyes wide.
"I know, He said he could fix it without my help but...he did more harm than good." Felicity told her.
"Well bestie let's fix this mess" Clarity said sitting down on the ground.
"Where can we even start?" Clarity screamed jumping as she finally set eyes on Sara.
"Woah Clarity are you okay?" Felicity worried.
Clarity merely pointed to Sara.
"Oh that's just Sara Clarity. She's Laurel's sister. The one that died." Felicity told her.
"Sorry if I scared you. I didn't want to interrupt your little nerd fest" Sara said from where she sat.
"It's okay...sorry about the whole umm death thing. I mean it would have saved me a scream if you were dead but I'm really happy your not dead because a good fright is actually really good for causing excitement and well my life isn't really all that exciting so thank you for giving me something to excite about. Although you technically could be a ghost but I don't think a ghost would look as hot as you do. And I'm not saying that you wouldn't be a hot ghost I mean obviously you'd be very attractive in a ghostly form, but uh what I'm trying to say is welcome back from the dead?" Clarity rambled.
Sara smiled giving a small laugh. It felt like one of the first real laughs she's had in ages. Clarity crossed her arms feeling embarrassed.
"I'm Sara," Sara introduced herself.
"Clarity" Clarity replied with a smile.
"Well I better go out on patrol." Sara said walking over to the stairs.
"Have fun punching bad guys" Clarity called. Sara smiled.
"Thanks. Oh and Clarity?" Sara asked turning around on the stairs.
"Yes?" She questioned.
"Blue's a good color on you" Sara said before walking out the door.
*end Flashback*
"It was you!" Ray exclaimed.
"What was me?" Sara asked lost.
"You started Clarity's blue obsession!" Ray exclaimed.
"Ray don't be ridiculous. I'm sure she liked blue long before she met Sara." Kendra told him.
"We'll have to ask her why she likes blue so much sometime. When she's feeling better of course" Sara stated her eyes flicking worriedly to a light fixture.
"Speaking of Gideon How's Clarity doing?" Rip questioned the Ai.
"A bit better Captain. Though I don't believe she's calm enough to join you all just yet"
"Tell her to take all the time she needs. She's had quite the experience recently" Rip told the Ai.
"Certainly Captain" Gideon replied.
"Well now that we have an update on Clarity, Snart, you wanna tell all of us how you met her?" Ray questioned.
"Oh why not" Snart said leaning back in his chair holding his coffee in front of his chest looking like a villain.
"Well you seem to be so sure that how you met her is truly amazing" Obsidian said as he crossed his arms.
"That's because I never first met her as Clarity Springs" Snart admitted.
"Neither did I" Todd said crossing his arms.
"I met her when she was first starting out as a hero. Allen and her hadn't gotten even gotten together yet. Now it was a dark cloudless night in central city. The Stars twinkling in the sky. A jewelery store had a very interested client" Leonard began.
"Can't you just say you robbed the place?" Jax questioned.
"No because that would mean I'd have to admit to the crime. Not to mention I never actually got to steal anything. I never even made it in the front door" Snart said.
*flashback*
"Planning to go shopping? Sorry stores closed" Glitch told him as she leaned against the store front door with her arms crossed. A smile was upon her face. Snart looked at her through the his ski mask. He merely stared at her. She looked like some kind of Halloween reject with that outfit she was wearing.
"Sorry sweetheart. Halloween was a while ago" Snart said twirling the crowbar in his hand.
Her hand shot out and Leonard dropped the metal bar as it coated with her electricity.
"Yes! It worked!" She cheered jumping up and down clapping her hands together beaming at him.
Snart looked from his numb hand to the crowbar on the ground to the woman in confusion. How had she done that? What was that?
"But anyways" She said clearing her throat placing her hands on her hips trying to act serious.
"No crime shall come to this shop. It's my favorite one you know" She said with a wink.
Snart blinked this girl was weird. He looked down at his watch and scowled. He had eaten up about half of his getaway time. He should have been out of there by now.
"You late for something?" Glitch questioned.
Snart frowned he would never have enough time now. The cops who frequented this way would be arriving in a few seconds.
"Not worth it now." He replied picking up his crowbar walking away.
"Good choice" Clarity replied she turned into lightning disappearing.
*end flashback*
"And she just let you walk away?" Ray asked.
"Well technically he hadn't done anything yet." Sara stated in his defense.
"Are you sure that's how it went down?" Jax questioned.
"Yes, I'm positive. I never forget a heist gone wrong" Snart told him.
"Astonishing. So some of us met her before she even got her abilities and others met her afterwards, but all of us save for Mr. Hunter and Mr. Rice met her before she even decided to go on the waverider. Fascinating" Stein said amazed at the prospect.
"It's a small world, except when your tiny then the world is huge" Ray said.
1. If Clarity got her own Drink named after her at jitters what would it be? What would it taste like? What would it look like? Tell me what you think!
2. Which flashback was your favorite and why?
3. Which of clarity's flashback outfits did you like the best and why?
4. What do you want to see Clarity wear more than anything?
5. Who do you want Clarity to meet more than anyone in the world?
6. Who do you want Clarity kiss? Why do you want her to kiss them? How do you want her to kiss them? And where do you want her to kiss them?
7. What historical or future figure would you like Clarity to meet and why?
8. If Clarity didn't get a drink named after her at jitters what do you think she should get instead?
9. How do you think each individual member of the waverider should find out she created Gideon?
10. What do you think makes my story so unique from other legends stories in your opinion?
11. Anything else you want to ask, rant, or tell me!