"Ugh, thank God you managed to grab it" Rip said running into his office to find Leonard sitting at his desk and the thermal core on the table.
"Where was my backup, Captain? Half the team is gone... Because of you" Leonard said angrily pointing his cold gun at Rip.
"Only if I'd have sent the other half in to save them, they'd be captured too, and where would we be, hmm? Savage would have both halves of Firestorm, a dead Kendra on top of a dead Carter, everything he wants. It would be the end to our little crusade, and, most likely, the world. So, before you pull that trigger, ask yourself what would you have done?" Rip asked making Leonard lower his gun.
"That is a pretty cold calculation, Rip. Almost criminal, except we criminals have a code 'You never leave one of your own behind'" Leonard said firmly standing up.
"We will get them back. Now, if Savage even hopes to create a Firestorm, first, he's going to need a new one of these" Rip said firmly as Kendra, Sara and Jefferson walked into the room.
"A thermal core?" Kendra asked confused.
"Let me get this straight. You had Kendra and I training for the next mission, when we should have been out there helping them" Sara said annoyed walking over to Rip.
"We will help them, and our next mission is to get our compatriots back from Vostok" Rip said walking around the table.
"Who is to say they're not already dead?" Kendra asked making Leonard growl darkly at the thought of Vyra being dead.
"Vostok needs the professor alive in order to rebuild the thermal core" Rip said simply.
"And Ray, Vyra and Rory?" Jefferson asked.
"Savage will keep them alive too" Rip assured them.
"As leverage. He'll torture them if Stein tries to hold out" Sara explained to the rest of the team.
"Well, we'll have to pray that he does. If Savage's goal is to create his own Firestorm, then Stein himself is the key, the missing piece of the puzzle. And if Vostok figures out how to turn Stein's powers against us, then... I'm afraid the world is beyond saving" Rip said sadly, trying to keep his thoughts off Vyra.
"Stein's a lot tougher than he looks. I mean, it will take a lot to break him" Jefferson said confidently.
"That's the good news. The bad news is that our compatriots are being held in an impenetrable Soviet gulag" Rip said softly before Leonard walked over to Rip, who prepared himself to be assaulted.
"You don't deserve the loyalty that Vyra gives you and you damn sure don't deserve her friendship" Leonard whispered to Rip shocking the team at the pure hatred in his voice and Rip clenched his jaw and walked off; knowing Leonard was right.
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Vyra woke up to find herself on the cold hard concrete. She opened her eyes and blinked the fogginess away to find herself in a cell. Her arms were chained behind her back, around one of the poles of the cage.
"Ah, my little experiment awakes" Savage said from behind her. Vyra tried to turn around to see him but was restricted by her arms making him chuckle. Savage walked around so Vyra could see him.
"Now, don't try to… what is it called? teleport? Because much like the first time I had you in a cell, you have a collar that will stop you from teleporting" Savage said and Vyra noticed that she was wearing a black collar.
"I've got him" Vyra growled out as Leonard waved off some of the smoke and started walking over to them. Leonard was just about to shoot him when at the last minute The Flash used his speed to pull Vyra into Leonard, knocking them both out. Detective West appeared and stopped Leonard from grabbing his gun while The Flash ran over to Vyra and placed a black collar around her.
"This will stop you disappearing on us" The Flash explained. Vyra frowned and tried to teleport but found she couldn't.
"No!" She snarled thrashing about as the local cops ran over and restrained her.
"I didn't see that coming. I guess you win this time" Leonard laughed as The Flash walked over to Leonard.
"There won't be a next time" The Flash said simply.
Vyra came out of her memory to find Savage laughing at her. She clenched her jaws tightly at the pounding in her head and focused her attention on the man standing in front of her.
"How did you get this?" Vyra growled out because she was in a 1986 and not 2016 before remembering that he knew who she was at the weapons auction as well which was years before she died. Savage grinned at her.
"You and your team are not the only time travelers in the universe and I was not the only who was involved in your experimentation and I don't mean the Doc you so mercilessly killed." Savage said making Vyra chuckle darkly.
"Yes, The Doc told me all about the fact that and you and he were recruited to be someone else's lackeys. That must have been so hard for you" Vyra mocked while actually trying to remember seeing anyone else in the lab besides the Doc and Savage. Savage simply walked around the cage tauntingly before Vyra growled and wrapped her tail around one of his feet as he walked behind her, making him drop to the ground with a thud. Vyra smirked amused before Savage grabbed her handcuffed arms and yanked them backwards. Her spine and back of the head smashed into contact with the steel cage while her left shoulder was yanked so awkwardly it popped out of place. Vyra bit her lip to stop herself from screaming in pain.
"You are a stubborn one; let's see how stubborn that friend of yours is; the Professor and how much pain and suffering your brother and the tiny man can go through. I know you can go through quite a bit" Savage mocked before leaving her alone in the cell.
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