100 Days of Arrowverse 2017 Volume B: The Flash & Legends of Tomorrow
25 days until Supergirl - 26 days until Flash & Legends - 28 days until Arrow
"IN A STRANGE LAND"
(Legends of Tomorrow: Team, part 8 of 10)
The ride had been just shy of two hours, and really it had felt like it couldn't possibly have been less than ten. Sara had been somewhat lucky in that, having been at the helm of the Waverider for some time now, she'd been getting better and better at finding her rhythm in flying… and it wasn't much different in driving. It wasn't exactly the same, but it was enough that she didn't lose her mind.
Mick had slept through most of it.
In the back, the discomfort of close quarters, feeling like the closeness forced on them in sharing the room they'd shared for four days had only been made worse, the four men were now airing grievances like it was all they knew to do anymore. The problem was that they apparently only had so many, and so sooner or later they would cycle right back to the top of their lists and start again.
On second thought, Sara had hit her limit after nearly ninety minutes and she'd hit the brakes without warning, causing Jax to nearly fall between the seats, before the previously quarrelling trio reached out as one, as a team, and kept him secured. Mick still slept.
"You okay?" Ray asked Jax, who nodded, startled.
"Sara?" Rip asked their driver, who looked at them through the rear-view mirror. She looked ready to knock someone out.
"There are only so many times I can hear the four of you going on about blankets and who ate the chips and whatever else you were going on about. You don't even know what to be upset about anymore, so this is what we get. Are we so incapable of keeping it together?" There was plenty more she might have said, and not too long ago she probably would have said it. Right now she could understand what had them riled up, so she wouldn't have felt right to let them have it, but if they kept going she wouldn't show restraint anymore.
"I'm worried about Gray," Jax admitted after a beat.
"I'm worried about Amaya," Nate followed this.
"I need my suit back," Ray sighed.
"Can't stand not knowing what happened to the Waverider," Rip added, then, "But if I'm to be without it, I couldn't hope to be stranded with anyone better than all of you, especially with our last few… encounters. I have missed you, and our adventures… And I still can't thank you enough for all you've done, that I was even able to be stuck in this crowded car with you, listening to Mr. Rory snore." There were some chuckles at this.
"We're glad you're yourself again, too," Ray told him. "And that you're here."
"Miss Lance… Captain… If you wouldn't mind," Rip tipped his head.
The car pulled back on the road, and for the next twenty-odd minutes, Jax, Ray, and Nate had gone about telling Rip about some of the things he'd missed while he was off 'being psycho Rip.' Sara listened on, feeling her old driving calm come back to her.
They weren't out of the woods yet by far, but they were making their way through it, and by now there was little else for them to want. They were never good separated. This… this was how they had to be to get to the other side.
As they drove on, she had to spare a thought for Amaya and Professor Stein, wherever they were now. If things were actually the way she thought they were, and really there was no way it couldn't be, then they could have been even further out of touch than they had originally believed. But they weren't lost, no. Suddenly, they could have been on the verge of a way back. They had to be, they would be… They were a team, her team, for however long.
See you tomorrow in Volume A for Supergirl!