Yes, I am back, and I am not gone. This is one of many original DCTV fics that I'm doing, so there's no way I'm not finishing it. Just keep in mind I do have other stories to write, including ones I have on Wattpad. If I haven't updated here in a while, I could be stuck on something else or could be taking longer to write this than I originally anticipated.

The remaining members of Team Flash realize something is wrong, a few of the Legends get in on some action, and the number of abductees rises. Also, please answer a few questions at the end of the chapter!

Joe West

Joe hummed to himself as he prepared a cup of coffee before he went to work, then looked up when he heard footsteps on the stairs. He was expecting Barry, but blinked when it was Jesse who came down, tapping on her phone. "Jesse," he said in surprise. "Good morning."

"Morning," Jesse smiled distractedly. "Do you mind if I grab a granola bar?"

"By all means," Joe gestured to the pantry, and Jesse hurried over to grab one. "Everything OK?"

"Yeah, Dad just texted me asking for help at S.T.A.R. Labs," Jesse nodded.

"Oh," Joe nodded. "What for?"

"Not sure," Jesse shrugged, grabbing her jacket. "Guess I'll find out when I get there."

"Guess so," Joe nodded, tipping his coffee mug her way. "Good luck."

"Thanks," Jesse smiled, speeding out the door.

Jesse Wells

Jesse finished the granola bar as she entered the cortex, looking up from her phone and opening her mouth to call to her dad. She faltered when she was greeted by complete silence.

She blinked in confusion, looking around. There was no one in the general area, even. Usually she could hear Cisco tinkering with tools or Caitlin with machinery, or computers humming. No, there was no noise to be heard.

"Dad?" she called, adjusting her stance to run if she needed to. "Cisco? Caitlin?"

No answer. And Jesse knew something was terribly wrong.

That was before she felt a needle stick itself in her neck.

Jesse tried to speed away, only for her powers to short out in the middle of the cortex. Her eyes widened in horror as she looked down at her hands, trying to vibrate them, only to find her speed gone. "Nice try," an accented voice called, and Jesse turned to see Talia approach, assassins in black melting out of hiding places Jesse never would have thought to check. "But I admire your effort, Ms. Wells."

Jesse threw a hasty punch, but the assassin blocked easily. Her heart in her throat, Jesse tried to land a hit that could give her time to escape; any hope was gone when she felt an arrow slam into her leg. Her vision went hazy immediately, and Jesse gulped, swaying on her feet. "Good night, Ms. Wells," Talia smirked tauntingly as Jesse collapsed on the ground, eyes sliding shut.

Barry Allen

"Barry!"

The speedster stopped with one foot out the door of Jitter's, poking his head back in to see a familiar blond coming to catch up with him. "Julian!" he grinned, holding the door open for his fellow forensic scientist. "Good to see you."

"You, too, mate," Julian smiled, the two walking side by side towards CCPD. "Any progress?"

"Yeah, actually," Barry couldn't contain how widely he was grinning, and he ducked his head, lowering his voice. "We got Savitar."

"Really?" Julian's eyes bugged wide.

"Yeah," Barry nodded eagerly. "I can't really tell you how because even I don't know how it happened because I was Savitar – "

Julian blinked rapidly. "Come again?"

"Long story," Barry waved a hand. "But the point is, if I fought Savitar and remembered how we defeated him, Savitar would be able to find a way around that. So I didn't fight him. I don't even know where he ended up or how he got there. But he's gone."

Julian looked extremely lost for the first part of his statement, then smiled at the end. "That's brilliant, mate," he said, clapping Barry on the shoulder. "Finally, the bloody bastard's gone."

"Finally," Barry agreed. "But a friend of mine from another universe appeared a bit before, so all of us heroes have sort of mutually agreed we're taking out all the enemies we've been dealing with this year."

Julian halted in his tracks, looking at Barry in surprise. "Blimey, how many friends in different universes do you have?"

"Oh, yeah, you never met Kara," Barry tilted his head. "Anyway, if I'm missing for a few days at any time, that's probably where I'll be."

"I swear, mate," Julian shook his head as they entered the police building. "I don't understand half the things you say sometimes."

"Yeah, I hear that sometimes," Barry chuckled.

"Barry!" Wally ran up to them, a panicked look on his face. "Thank God!"

"What is it?" Barry's smile faded from his face, Julian realizing something was wrong when Joe hastily stood from his desk to join them. "What happened?"

"Have you heard anything from S.T.A.R. Labs?" Wally asked. "Anything at all? From anyone?"

"No," Barry shook his head, pulling out his phone to check. "I've got nothing. Maybe they're just busy."

"No one's there," Wally shook his head. "I was just over there. It's empty, Barry."

"What?" Barry blanched, fumbling to find Cisco's number.

"How's that possible?" Julian frowned. "Where would they go?"

Barry swallowed as he listened to the dial tone on his phone. "It's not where they would go," he shook his head. "It's who would take them."

Alex Danvers

Alex was woken up in the morning to the lights slowly turning on in her room. "Gideon?" she mumbled thickly, almost incoherent due to her face being buried in her pillow.

"I apologize, Agent Danvers." And how the A.I. actually managed to sound slightly apologetic, Alex didn't want to know. "But Captain Lance is outside your door."

"She's what?" Alex bolted out of bed, almost collapsing in a heap.

Laughter came from the other side of the door, and Alex scowled, reaching for a sweatshirt to pull on. "Sorry, Danvers," Sara called. "But I come bearing gifts, if that helps!"

"Depends on the gift," Alex glowered, angrily pulling the door open.

Sara raised an eyebrow, holding up a cardboard tray with two coffees in it with one hand. The other one hefted up a rectangular box, the sweet smell of sugar wafting from it. "You're not a cop, but I figured you still like doughnuts," she offered. "Star City's best."

Alex blinked, trying to comprehend what she was seeing. "You got me breakfast?"

"I got us breakfast," Sara corrected. "Am I forgiven for waking you like this?"

Alex stared at her for a few seconds, then cleared her throat. "I'll let you know after I eat."

"Fair enough," Sara smirked. "I'll meet you in the galley, Danvers."

"Yeah," Alex trailed off as Sara practically strutted off, and when the blonde finally disappeared from view, she shut the door and leaned against it. "Did she seriously just do that?" she sputtered.

"I believe she did, Agent Danvers."

And the A.I. had a sense of humor, too? "What the hell?" Alex mouthed, finally running around her room to get dressed.

Sara Lance/Alex Danvers

Sara was reclining with her feet on one of the chairs when Alex trudged into the galley. "Coffee," the agent mumbled.

"Right here," Sara held up the other cup. "Didn't know what you liked, but I figured not decaf."

"You figured correctly," Alex dropped into another chair, taking the cup handed to her. "Thank you, Sara, you didn't have to do this."

"Hey, in the days you've been here, what you've done is panic over your sister, worry about an insane future version of Barry who called himself a god, and go up against those Cadmus bastards," Sara smirked, popping open the doughnuts box. "You're not making breakfast today."

"Oh, God, those smell heavenly," Alex eagerly reached for one.

"The chocolate filling in these is the best in the city," Sara grinned, picking up her own doughnut. "How big is your sister's sweet tooth?"

"Alien metabolism," Alex said simply.

Sara winced. "Poor Ollie."

Alex almost choked on her doughnut. "Should I have warned him about that?" she coughed, covering her mouth so she wouldn't cough up powdered sugar.

"Oh, I think it would be much funnier if he found that out on his own," Sara laughed, sinking her teeth into a vanilla crème-filled doughnut. "Oh, that's good."

Alex could only make a noise of agreement as she chewed. Sara was right – the chocolate filling was incredible. "Consider yourself forgiven," she told the assassin after she swallowed.

"Score," Sara smiled smugly.

Alex sighed, taking a sip of coffee. "Thank you," she added. "I probably would have run around like a headless chicken if you didn't do this."

"Oh, no problem," Sara waved her hand, brushing the thanks off. "Everyone deserves a chance to relax. You sound like you need it."

Alex looked long and hard at Sara as she took another sip of coffee. "Is this some sort of date?" she blurted out. Sara's eyes widened, and she started to choke on her coffee, dark brown liquid splattering on the table. "I'm sorry!" Alex stammered, lunging for paper towels to mop up as Sara stood up from her chair to avoid the hot liquid, putting her cup down to get her own paper towel. "Oh, my God, I am so sorry!"

"It's OK," Sara managed to say, cleaning her hands off and checking her clothes. Luckily, no coffee had stained her jeans or shirt. "I was just . . . well – "

"That came out of nowhere." Alex's face was almost as red as Barry's suit. "I'm sorry."

"Stop apologizing, Alex," Sara shook her head, and Alex's mouth snapped shut at the use of her first name. "As for is this a date . . . well." She tilted her head from side to side. "It's not ideally what I would pick for a first date, but what would you think?"

Alex was sure she resembled a fish. "Uh . . . "

"Too forward?" Sara winced.

Alex closed her mouth and sat back down. "Uh," she absently picked at an invisible spot on her jeans. "I . . . " She took a deep breath, then looked up at Sara. "I just had a few problems with my girlfriend back in National City, and until I figure out what I want now, after what I learned about her . . . can we not label anything?"

"OK," Sara nodded in agreement. "This is just a friendly breakfast between two allies getting to know each other."

"That sounds better right now," Alex sighed in relief. "Thank you, Sara."

Sara smiled back at her, but before she could respond, Gideon's voice came over the intercom. "Captain Lance, I apologize, but I have a priority message from Central City."

"What about, Gideon?" Sara asked, grabbing one last doughnut and walking towards the bridge.

"Sara?" Barry's panicked voice came over the intercom. "Chase's team just got five of us."

Sara choked on her doughnut. "Five?!" she sputtered, running for the bridge, Alex bolting after her. "Who?!"

"Cisco, Cait, Harry, Lena – "

"Oh, my God," Alex blanched.

"And now Jesse," Barry finished.

Sara stopped in her tracks, almost making Alex crash into her. "What about Firestorm?"

Jefferson Jackson/Sara Lance

"So I asked for a distraction," Jax was telling Lily animatedly as Clarissa walked over with breakfast, Stein grinning from his place across from Jax. "And it's silence for a few seconds, you know? And then Grey just starts belting out a song in the middle of the NASA command center!"

"You what?" Lily grinned at her dad.

"Oh, that's not the best prat," Jax shook his head rapidly. "The best part was when he encouraged Mick to join in."

Lily's jaw dropped. "No!"

"Yeah!" Jax nodded, face nearly split with a grin.

"Only you, Martin," Clarissa smiled fondly, sitting down at the table with them.

"I merely provided a distraction," Stein said innocently. "It's what Jefferson needed."

Jax all but cackled. "Yeah, but getting Mick to sing, too? That was awesome!"

"Nice job, Dad," Lily giggled, taking a bite of her eggs.

"Thank you very much," Stein smiled smugly.

Jax's cell phone started to trill, and Clarissa frowned, looking at him. "Is that important?"

"Maybe," Jax frowned, reaching to pull his out.

Then Stein's started to go off, and the older man blinked. "Oh, dear," he mumbled, standing to find his on the counter.

"Sara?" Jax asked as he answered his phone.

"You and the Professor need to get to CCPD, now!" Sara barked as Stein reached for his phone. "S.T.A.R. Labs has been compromised!"

Jax's eyes widened, and he stood from his chair just as Stein answered his phone. "Hello?" he asked.

The kitchen window shattered, and as Lily shrieked in surprise, Stein was shot in the back by a pitch black arrow. "Grey!" Jax shouted as Stein's eyes widened, his knees buckling under him.

He ran to reach him, but a blonde woman in all black suddenly leapt up into the now broken window and screamed at him. The sonic blast hit Jax and catapulted him back, right into Clarissa, who had just stood as well. Both collapsed by the wall, Lily shooting up out of her seat. "Mom! Jax!"

Black Siren climbed through the window, followed by a few assassins clad in black, led by a girl who looked no older than a teenager, another arrow nocked in her bow. "Who's next?" the metahuman sneered.

Lily dove for Jax's phone on the ground, and Evelyn aimed at her. "Sara!" she managed to shout before Evelyn fired, hitting Lily in the wrist.

"No!" Clarissa screamed as Lily yelped in pain, dropping Jax's phone as she fell to the side.

More assassins started to climb in through the window, and Jax swallowed hard, watching Stein get dragged away, a few hauling Lily up. "Run!" he tugged Clarissa to her feet. "Come on!"

Black Siren's mocking laughter followed them as they ran for the front door. Clarissa gasped when they saw the assassins getting ready to burst through, and Jax braced himself for a fight.

Except the door wasn't broken by assassins. All Jax saw was gold lightning and red before he suddenly found himself on the bridge of the Waverider. "Jax!" Sara ran to hug him.

"Thank God," Barry took a few deep breaths.

"They got Grey and Lily," Jax looked at him with wide eyes.

Barry nodded and took off again. "Why the hell are they going after us?" Mick growled.

"Because we're working with Oliver," Sara guessed darkly.

"Guys!" Barry yelled over the comms, making everyone jump. "They got Ray's nanite formula from S.T.A.R. Labs! I need a hand here!"

"Oh, God," Ray blanched as Sara ran for the command chair. "That disables their speed!"

"But Wally's there, too!" Nate's eyes widened.

"Gideon!" Sara yelled, everyone running for seats.

"Course plotted, Captain Lance."

"Nate, Mick, Ray, you're coming with me," Sara spared a quick look over her shoulder. "Alex, watch for us to come back." Choruses of understanding came from the others, and Sara took a deep breath. "As fast as you can, Gideon."

Barry Allen/Sara Lance

Barry grimaced and yanked the nanite arrow out of his leg, checking his hand and hoping this arrow wasn't going to work. Unfortunately, it did.

His speed was gone.

"Not so powerful now, are you, Flash?" Black Siren sneered, stepping over Wally's unconscious form, Talia's assassins taking him away.

"Why?" Barry asked, keeping Clarissa behind him, eyes darting back and forth between everyone crowding around him. "It's Oliver you want. What do you want with us?"

"We don't just want Oliver," Evelyn narrowed her eyes, drawing back her bow. "We want him to suffer."

"And that includes taking his precious team," Black Siren smirked.

"We're not members of his team," Barry pointed out.

"But he cares about you," she retorted. "And that means by taking you, we can make him suffer."

Barry braced himself as she opened her mouth, Evelyn about to fire –

Blasts of blue energy hit both women, throwing them back. "Not today, ladies!" Ray grew to full size, punching the nearest assassin.

"Get her out of here!" Sara ran into view, snapping her staff to full length, Mick and Nate behind her. "Barry, go!"

"Come on," Barry took Clarissa's arm. "Come on!"

Sara waited until Barry was past her before clenching her staff closer and approaching Black Siren, the metahuman staggering to her feet. For a few seconds, the blondes stared each other down, Mick and Nate taking on the assassins who tried to approach their captain. "Laurel," Sara finally swallowed hard. Hearing about Black Siren and seeing her in front of her . . . those were two completely different things.

"I'm not her," Black Siren sneered, opening her mouth to scream.

Sara leapt aside, letting the scream go past her, then rushed the doppelgänger of her sister. Black Siren pulled a knife from her belt and swung, Sara easily deflecting it off her staff and dropping to her knees, swinging outwards. Black Siren did a flip over her staff, this time kicking outwards. Sara leaned backwards, letting the momentum take her into a backroll, coming up on her feet and bringing extra force with her as she slammed her staff into Black Siren's chin. The metahuman stumbled back, winded, and Sara broke her staff into batons, walking forward.

A silver metal arm suddenly appeared in her line of vision, and a tranquilizer arrow bounced harmlessly off it. Sara blinked and looked to her left, seeing Nate's eyes meet her. "Watch your six, captain," he warned.

Sara nodded gratefully, then took another look around the house. Barry and Clarissa were gone, and more assassins were starting to pour into the house. She gritted her teeth, seeing Mick had backed up behind one of the couches to avoid being hit by tranquilizer arrows, and Ray had shrunk back down. Only Nate was standing any chance against arrows, and that was because his metal skin wasn't getting punctured.

They only had one choice. "Let's go!" she yelled, sprinting for the door.

Mick was right behind her, a buzzing in her ear letting her know Ray was flying past her. Nate brought up the rear, deflecting arrows away from them, Evelyn's face red with rage at the thought of potential captives getting away.

Assassins were starting to run for the Waverider, but Alex and Jax covered the entrance, Jax firing with an energy gun, Alex with one that seemed alien in origin. "Gideon, get ready!" Sara heard Alex call.

"Boss, head!" Mick roared.

Sara instinctively ducked, and a throwing knife narrowly missed her head, Jax jerking to the side so it wouldn't hit him. She jumped up into the cargo bay, Mick with her. Ray sprang back to full size, turning to fire some last shots, Nate still standing protectively in front of his teammates.

Sara swallowed hard, getting one last glimpse of rage-filled green eyes before the ramp shut.

Thea Queen

We have eight that have been abducted by Chase's group. Meet at the bunker ASAP.

Thea swore violently, almost slamming her mug down on the counter as she read the text she received. Across from her, Winn warily looked up from his muffin. "I'm very sorry for whatever I did?" he offered sheepishly.

"Not you," Thea shook her head, sliding her phone over to him. "We need to go."

"Why do we – " Winn began, then balked when he saw the text. "OK, yeah, we gotta go," he agreed, running to grab his bag.

Kara Danvers

Kara was licking her fingers off when her own phone chirped. She pulled it out to check the message she got, then paused when she heard Oliver's phone chirp with a message of its own. Oliver turned to look at his, then looked at her. "Who was that?"

"Alex," Kara answered, hastily pulling her messages open as Oliver pulled his phone to him. "You?"

"Sara," he answered.

Eight have been taken from Central City. Sara says meet at the bunker.

Kara squeaked and covered her mouth, eyes wide. Oliver swore, putting his phone in his pocket. "Get us there as fast as you can," he said.

"On it," Kara threw her napkin in the trash can, then grabbed Oliver by the shoulder and took off.

Oliver Queen

They landed by the door just as Thea and Winn ran up. "Did you – ?" Thea began.

"You too?" Oliver guessed.

"Uh huh," Thea nodded as Oliver punched in the code for the bunker.

The four hurried in to see Sara pacing anxiously, Barry sitting in a chair with his face in his hands, Iris rubbing his back in a comforting manner. Oliver did a quick head count of everyone else – only Dig, Felicity, and the Legends, he realized with a sinking feeling. "Barry?" he asked. "Your team?"

"Cisco, Caitlin, Harry, and Jesse were first," he said numbly. "They broke into S.T.A.R. Labs and also got some of Ray's nanites."

"Where's Lena?" Kara looked around.

"They have her, too," Alex said miserably.

Kara's face paled, and Oliver quickly put his hands on her upper arms, stopping her from falling. "Oh, God," Winn put a hand over his mouth.

"And then they took Grey and Lily," Jax fumed.

"And when Wally and I got there to get Jax and Clarissa, Wally got shot with nanites, then a tranquilizer," Barry told Oliver.

"Eight of us within half a day," Amaya shook her head.

"Oh, my God," Felicity whispered.

"What the hell is he after here?" Quentin looked around. "Rene, Dinah, Curtis, I understand taking them. But people who aren't even on your team? In the same city?"

"Who you barely know?" Winn added. "At least in Lena's case."

"They're a threat, and he wants that eliminated," Oliver guessed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he tried to think.

"Apparently, he still cares about us, and that means by taking us, they make him suffer," Barry announced dramatically.

"What a psychopath," Alex scoffed in disbelief.

"Tell us something we don't know," Thea mumbled.

Oliver turned to see Sara chewing her lip as she paced, seeming unable to stay still. "Sara?" he prompted. "You OK?"

Sara took a deep breath, then turned to him. "I saw her."

Oliver blinked, about to ask who she meant, when the only option sank in, and he closed his eyes. "I'm sorry, Sara."

"Well, I didn't freeze," Sara sighed.

"No, but you nearly got knocked out," Nate shook his head. "I would say take a break – "

"But where could any of us go to take a break and not be somewhere Chase could get to us," Ray finished the thought.

"I'm going to assume an attempt at a joke and saying Earth-38 is out of the question," Winn smiled uneasily.

"I appreciate the attempt," Thea patted his arm.

"Oh," he smiled. "Thanks."

"OK, if you all just came back from Central City and the last abduction was from there, then we have time before they come back here," Oliver started to pace. "Thea, Quentin, you two need protective custody."

"Oliver!" Thea protested at once.

"City Hall," Quentin began.

"I am not risking either of you," Oliver shook his head, turning to Dig and Felicity. "Or the two of you."

"I'll talk to Lyla," Dig nodded, though he looked reluctant to. "Felicity can stay with me."

"OK, if I'm doing protective custody, Winn is coming with me," Thea announced.

"He is?" Alex raised an eyebrow.

"I am?" he squeaked.

"He was a good housemate," Thea defended herself. "I won't get bored."
"Oh, thanks," Quentin rolled his eyes.

"Uh . . . " Winn's eyes flicked back and forth between everyone. "Can I even go into protective custody if I don't exist on this Earth?"

"Technically, it's not you in protective custody," Thea pointed out.

"If I could, I'd put everyone in it," Oliver looked around the bunker. "Almost the entirety of Central City's team has been taken, along with Lena, and then they attacked two of the Legends. No one in here is guaranteed not to be attacked."

There wasn't anyone without a grim look as everyone let that fact sink in. "Sleepover in Star City it is, then," Ray smiled nervously.

"We should warn Joe and Julian," Barry looked at Iris.

"We'll fly you there," Sara offered.

Oliver sighed, listening as everyone started making plans. "Hey," Kara put a hand on his shoulder, then gave him a quick hug. "We'll find everyone."

"I know," Oliver nodded, squeezing her back. "I just want this over."

A/N: I was not expecting to write a monster of a chapter when I came back to this story. Well, more for you all to enjoy, I guess.

Also, I have one (hopefully) last survey for people to take regarding a few last minute details for Lian Yu.

1: Regarding Amaya. I really cannot for the life of me decide hwere she's going, so there's no longer a "neutral option" for her. Oliver's team or Lian Yu? I know where I would like her to be, but I want your thoughts. Does the fact that the majority of the team are Legends influence your decision any?

2: Who fights Talia al Ghul? This will dictate if Nyssa's even involved. I get the sister vs. sister thing was very cool, but I also want to give each Daxam Four member their chance to shine in this part. For Savitar, it was basically Kara leading the charge to get Savitar to where he ended up, and everyone else was kind of background. I want Oliver, Barry, Kara, and Sara each to play an important part. So, with that in mind: Sara or Nyssa against Talia?

Answer either in reviews, or there is a SurveyMonkey link on this chapter on Ao3. Please let me know! I want to get to Lian Yu very soon!