-Planet zox98-

Another loud bang, closer this time, was followed by the doors to the Arena falling to the ground. In between the cloud of sand stood Mick Rory, holding his gun.

This view didn't last long though, because Rory was pushed aside by Ava Sharpe.

She was also holding a big gun, but didn't stand still. She scanned the surroundings until her eyes found Sara Lance.

"Sara!" She screamed. Her anxiety was palpable in her voice.

Ava dropped her weapon and ran towards her girlfriend crashing in her arms.

The rest of the Legends stepped in the Arena as well, looking around in awe.

"What is this place?" Astra asked.

"Is that Dreamer?" Nate asked.

"Is that an Ava clo-" Zari 2.0 started. She was quickly cut off by Zari 1.0 and Nora, each grabbing one of her arms as a signal to stop speaking.

Ava and Sara were still wrapped in a warm tight hug in the middle of the Arena. Standing near them was Dreamer, not knowing what to do next. On the floor near the Legends, they saw an unconscious Ava clone.

The sand clouds started to dissipate, and the aliens in the crowd started to recover from their surprise.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Ava asked breaking the hug.

"I'm… I had to fight." Sara said. She clearly hadn't recovered from the surprise yet.

"Hey, it's okay babe. I got you. We all got you." Ava said comfortingly, caressing Sara's cheek. "We'll get you home."

Sara cupped Ava's cheeks in her hands and tried to speak. No words were coming out of her mouth so instead, she kissed her girlfriend.

The kiss started as a sweet one at first, but it quickly escalated to a passionate, loving kiss, shared by two women who missed each other too much.

Suddenly the alien called Savior startled everybody with a loud rumbling of alien words, and the whole crowd got angry. It was like a bar fight, but 50 times bigger. And most of their anger was focused on the Legends.

They had to move fast if they wanted to keep the element of surprise as an advantage to escape.

Security guards were pouring in from the other entrances of the Arena. The Legends guided Sara and Dreamer out through the door they had broken, towards the hangar.

"The Waverider is just outside the tunnel." Behrad said.

"A tunnel?"

"Yeah, there is a tunnel that leads outside of the hangar."

"Oh." Was all Sara could reply. She was honestly feeling weird. Although extremely happy to see her family again, she was also confused and disappointed. Part of her was still feeling like an assassin who didn't deserve to be rescued.

Ava's hand squeezing hers called her attention, and the sight of Ava's smile at her brought some light to her troubled mind.

Sara almost blurted out those words that she had feared couldn't be said anymore. But she stopped herself and just smiled back. They were not safe yet.

As the Legends had infiltrated the planet using that same path, they had already taken care of all the guards and obstacles in the way. The ones that found them while they escaped were very easily handled by Mick, Behrad and John.

When they stepped inside the Waverider, an excited Gideon greeted them all, and welcomed Captain Sara Lance back on board.

It wasn't hard to tell when the A.I. was excited, because it was Gideon. She was uniquely human.

Zari 1.0 guided an amazed Dreamer to a seat and instructed everyone to buckle up. The ship was already being attacked by the aliens.

"How are the shields holding up, Gideon?" Ava asked.

"Perfectly fine, captain. We got this."

Sara smiled before speaking. "Alright, Gideon. Let's hit the power up and get out of here."

"Right away, captain." There was something enjoyable in Gideon recognizing them both as captains after so long.

Sara pulled the controls and the ship shook.

"What's wrong?" Nora asked.

"It appears the aliens have chained the ship to the ground." Gideon informed.

"Great." Nate commented.

"Can't we break them?"

"I'm afraid that's not possible, Mr. Rory. The chains have high elastic resistance."

"Wait a second." Zari said. "Gideon, is that resistance higher than Steel?"

"Well, they are made of steel..."

"No, I mean Steel. Nate. With superpowers."

"Mr. Heywood's superhero identity might be, indeed, stronger than these chains."

"How can we use Steel to break the chains?" Sara asked.

"It is possible to connect the accelerator for the time-jump to Mr. Steel. The vibration frequency generated in the jump might break the chains."

While Gideon was explaining the possibility the ship was continuously shaking because of attacks from outside. "Although with most of the energy keeping up the shields, we won't be able to jump very far away."

"How far can we jump?" Ava asked.

"One minute."

"Okay, that's enough. Let's do it." Sara ordered.

One minute later, the Waverider was flying free over the Arena. The Legends could see the confusion in the crowd of aliens. Some of them were leaving, others were gathering to speak or to fight.

"We should get out of here before they come after us." Sara said.

"Wait." Ava stopped her. "Gideon, is it ready?"

"Yes, captain. All set."

"Fire." Ava ordered.

The Waverider fired a missile right in the middle of the Arena. After that, they time-jumped again. This time to the time zone.

-Waverider, Temporal zone -

Sara came back to her room after a long shower. It was hard to believe that two hours earlier she was in a very dark place, fighting for her life, ending others.

Ava was patiently waiting for her. She stood from the bed when Sara stepped in and hesitated for a second. Then shook her head and wrapped Sara in her arms.

It felt so good and warm to feel Ava's touch again. Sara hugged her back but apparently something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Ava asked.

Sara sighed and they sat down side by side on the bed. "Ava I… I did bad things."

"Honey look at me. Look at me." Ava gently pulled Sara's chin up to find her eyes. She also squeezed her hand. "Do you want to tell me what happened?"

"I do." Sara said.

"Then I'll be listening. Whenever you're ready." Ava said with a smile.

"Ava what if…" Sara didn't finish the question. Her eyes unlocked from Ava's again.

"I am sure you did what you had to do, to survive." Ava said. "We all did."

Sara smiled softly. "Did the kids behave?"

Ava chuckled. "Well, we managed." She leaned her forehead on Sara's. Closing her eyes she softly whispered. "I missed you."

"I love you, Ava."

"I love you more."

And then the darkness of the night was filled with kisses and love.