White Knights
"That wasn't so bad, was it?" Rip said as the Waverider flew out of the temporal zone and into 1986. The Waverider turned on camouflage as it flew through the sky.
"Walk in the park" Leonard said sarcastically as the harness lifted off them making Vyra chucked.
"So, where are we?" Leonard asked looking over at Vyra.
"Washington, D.C. The year is 1986" Vyra explained as she stood up and walked over to Mick, placing a hand on his shoulder making sure he was okay. Mick cracked his neck and nodded.
"We've landed at the height of the Cold War in a world poised for nuclear annihilation" Martin said standing up along with Raymond.
"We've travelled here because I have a new lead on Vandal Savage's location" Gideon explained showing her head in the middle of the computer table.
"Yes. Gideon managed to intercept this telefax concerning Savage's last known whereabouts" Rip explained standing up as Vyra walked over to Gideon and brought up a copy of the blacked-out piece of paper.
"Tele-what?" Jefferson asked confused.
"It's like an email... on paper" Raymond chuckled. Vyra flipped through the file while Mick walked up next to her.
"Wow, that's totally useless" Mick laughed.
"Dude, this whole thing's crossed out" Jefferson said.
"Really? We hadn't noticed that" Vyra replied sarcastically making Leonard and Mick chuckle.
"Yeah, redacted by the U.S. government, which is why we are here to steal the original file on Savage back from those who are tracking him" Rip explained as he walked over to the window with the rest of the group following him. The clouds disappeared and they saw the Pentagon building.
"Uh, that's the..." Raymond said worried.
"Now, now... Don't worry. We are cloaked" Rip assured them while Vyra watched with a smirk on her face.
"You want us to break in to the Pentagon? Sounds awesome" Mick said looking at Vyra grinning who playfully rolled her eyes at him.
"It sounds crazy" Kendra corrected walking next to Mick.
"What's the plan? She-demon over there going to teleport into the safe and steal the file?" Sara asked looking over at Vyra. Vyra rolled her black eyes, her tail swishing behind her slightly.
"No, Vyra can't teleport where she can't physically see or hasn't been before. And her tail and black eyes stand out a bit too much to allow her to get close enough to the safe to be able to teleport inside" Rip explained as Vyra leant an elbow on Leonard's shoulder casually.
"I would have still done it" Vyra muttered with a shrug making Rip smirk at her.
"So what is the plan, Captain?" Leonard asked curiously, not liking the friendliness between Rip and Vyra.
"Oh, the Fabricator will fashion you the necessary Pentagon credentials" Rip explained.
"Ooh, and don't forget our G-man disguises" Rip said excitedly making Rip turn around and look at him deadpanned.
"I always wanted to be a spy" Raymond explained as Rip looked over at Vyra, who teleported next to Raymond and hit him up the side of head.
"Ouch!" Raymond said rubbing his head.
"Focus" Vyra said firmly.
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"Now, the file we're after is kept in a secure records room. To gain access, we're going to need to, uh, borrow a magnetic key card" Rip explained from The Waverider with Vyra by his side while the rest of the team were in position inside the building.
"Because this is so much easier than just shrinking down and stealing it" Raymond said as he and Leonard were dressed as janitors.
"Or teleporting in there" Vyra muttered from beside Rip. Rip gave her a side glance that silently said 'you know why you can't do that'.
"Let me show you how it's done... old school" Leonard said as he dropped the mop on the floor just as a pretty blonde haired lady walked past him. She gasped at the noise and slipped on the wet floor only for Leonard to catch her perfectly.
"You okay, ma'am?" Leonard asked smoothly.
"I wasn't watching where I was going" She said flustered as Leonard pulled her upright, secretly swiping the key card.
"Thank you" She added as she reluctantly let go of his hand.
"Just doing my job" Leonard said simply as the woman fixed her hat and walked off.
"Smooth talker your old partner" Rip commented off the comms unit to Vyra. He looked over at her when she didn't reply to find her glaring jealously at the screen and holding onto the table tightly. Rip gave her a knowing look and placed his own hand over hers in comfort. Vyra snapped out of her glaring contest with the screen and relaxed slightly, giving Rip a small smile. They turned back to the table that had the cameras on it to find Leonard pulling out the key card.
"That's a nifty little trick" Raymond commented before Leonard also pulled out the lady's wallet. Vyra chuckled slightly as if this small theft reminded her of who Leonard was and that he wasn't flirting with the woman, just distracting her.
"Really? We're trying to save the world and you're lifting wallets?" Raymond asked annoyed as Leonard searched through the wallet.
"It's called multitasking" Leonard replied simply before Sara and Kendra, dressed as two officers, walked past them and he slipped Sara the key card without anyone noticing. They walked up the steps and to the security gate before Sara swiped the stolen key card, allowing them access.
"The records room has closed-circuit cameras" Rip stated.
"We need a diversion" Vyra added looking down at a camera that showed Mick playing cards with some army men.
"Someone call my name?" Mick asked before challenging the biggest army man to an arm wrestling contest.
"Double or nothing says I put this punk on the pinewood" Mick said grinning. The commotion gained the attention of the security camera workers which allowed Sara and Kendra to slip into the Central Intelligence room unnoticed.
"Yeah, I'll take a piece of that action" The security camera worker said making Mick smirk. Meanwhile, Sara and Kendra searched the file room until they found what they were looking for.
"We got the file" Sara said as they left the room unnoticed.
"Okay, now for the tricky part. All personnel are subject to search upon exiting the Pentagon. Firestorm will divert the power long enough for you to exit" Rip explained as Firestorm, Martin and Jefferson combined, walked into the room where Vyra and Rip were standing.
"Vyra, teleport them onto the roof of the pentagon and then come back. Do you understand?' Rip said firmly and Vyra rolled her eyes at her friend being so cautious and saluted mockingly. She grabbed onto Firestorms arm before teleporting them onto the roof and then teleporting back to The Waverider.
'See, I did it without getting side tracked" Vyra said proudly, mocking Rip's worry.
"For once" Rip joked, though they both knew that Vyra had a tendency of getting side-tracked on the missions.
"Ready when you are" Firestorm said before grabbing onto the wires and short circuited the power.
"All clear" Firestorm said as Sara and Kendra opened the door to a restricted exit but something went wrong.
"What did you do, Jefferson? I warned you about the electromagnetic pulse. Now you've touched a neutral wire, causing the power to pass through us" Martin said in Jefferson's head.
"You mean, 'Pass through me'" Jefferson said making Vyra raise her eyebrow at Rip in regards to Jefferson's one sided conversation.
"If you knew anything about alternating current power..." Martin started to explain.
"Gray?" Jefferson asked.
"Yes, Jefferson?" Martin said with a sigh.
"Shut up" Jefferson said before being blasted away from the wires, making the alarms go off.
"The alarm!" Jefferson said worried just as Sara and Kendra bumped into an army man.
"This is a restricted exit" He said firmly, hands behind his back in true military form.
"Sorry, we must have gotten lost" Kendra apologized politely before trying to keep walking but was stopped.
"I'm going to need to see your key card, ma'am" The man asked firmly making Kendra look back at Sara.
"We have a Code Seven violation" The man said into his radio before being punched by Kendra. Sara quickly took out the other two guards as well. Sara stopped once they were unconscious to find Kendra had her wings out and her eyes turned red.
"We have a slight problem" Sara said stunned.
"Whoa" Vyra commented in shock.
Meanwhile, Mick had won his arm wrestling contest and as soon as the alarms started he pulled out his heat gun and started burning the room.
"Where is that smoke coming from?" Rip said worried making Vyra sigh and push past him. She clicked over to Mick's camera to find him burning things.
"Mick! Enough" Vyra ordered firmly making Mick stop and leave quickly. She turned back to the other camera to find Kendra attacking guards.
"We've got the file. What the hell does Kendra think she's doing?" Rip snapped as Sara ran outside after her.
"Good question" Sara muttered.
"Clearly she isn't in control of her actions right now" Vyra stated.
"All right, wonderful, we've got a demigoddess who's gone completely berserk. Abort. I repeat, abort. Get back to ship right now" Rip ordered.
"Roger that" Firestorm said and flew out of the roof. Rip and Vyra shared an exasperated look.
"He meant, 'Use the door'. Idiots" Vyra said to them before turning to Rip.
"I'll go get the Winged Avenger" Vyra said and Rip nodded reluctantly. Vyra teleported behind Kendra and knocked her out with one punch. Vyra looked up at a shocked Sara and motioned for her to come help her with Kendra.
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