Rachel POV- Once again the ship was being attacked. With Ray, Sara, and Kendra headed back to them not knowing the danger the team on board had to act quickly.
"Not this guy again" Snart growled as the team glanced down at the center console showing Chronos was the one attacking them.
"Captain Chronos has breached the starboard hatch" Gideon informed them.
"How is that possible?" Rip questioned.
"Clearly he's received some new toys from his Time Master friends since our last encounter" Martin replied.
Rachel, whose left arm and hip were still wrapped in bandages, stood next to Leonard knowing a fight was coming. Over the last couple days Rip had been making sure she could get outside to recharge the energy she was using to heal. However, currently her left hand was useless in a fight still.
"Gideon seal the bulkheads from here…" Rip ordered.
Though it was no good Chronos entered the bridge and shot Rip blasting him backwards. Leonard shot an icy blast at Chronos who dodged the attack and returned fire. Rachel and Rip fired their own blasts at Chronos who either took their hit and kept coming or avoided the attack.
"Grey come on! Let's do this!" Jax said to Martin.
Chronos was quickly gaining ground. It appeared he'd gotten tougher than the last time they dealt with him as well as his new toys he'd acquired.
"If we merge on the Waverider it could destroy the entire ship!" Martin said.
"Are you not paying attention to what Chronos is doing?" Jax asked.
"Fall back! Get to the Jumpship!" Rip ordered.
Rachel and Snart slowly made their way to the door giving Jax and Martin the cover fire they needed to get out. Rip provided Snart and Rachel's cover fire as all three quickly escaped the bridge.
"Hey come on!" Jax urged leading the way as they walked quickly towards the Jumpship.
"You sure it was a good idea leaving the Terminator on the bridge?" Snart asked.
"Gideon has lockdown protocols which…" Rip explained.
"Have been overridden Captain. Chronos is utilizing superior Time Master technology. I cannot counter mind his orders" Gideon said.
Suddenly the ship jolted and sent them stumbling into the walls.
"You okay?" Snart asked as Rachel hit the wall on her left side.
"I'll be fine" she replied through clenched teeth.
"He's time jumping the ship" Rip said.
"The ladies will be left in 1958" Snart said.
"What about Ray?" Jax asked.
"Like I said" Snart replied.
"Let's go! We have to stop him!" Rip ordered.
They quickly headed back to the door leading to the bridge. They had to fight to keep their balance as the ship time jumped. Rip held his gun and stood on one side of the door. Rachel kissed Snart and took a little energy the grin on his face said he didn't mind.
"Power boost" she explained to Rip as he stared at them in clear confusion.
"Gideon open the doors on my mark. Get to the Jumpship and escape" Rip told Jax and Martin.
"We are not abandoning you" Martin said.
"No you are obeying a direct order from your Captain."
Jax and Martin turned and ran back the way they'd come towards the Jumpship. Rip looked at Snart and Rachel and nodded they nodded back they were ready.
"Now Gideon."
Rip rushed in first firing. Rachel then Snart followed also attacked Chronos. They all ducked behind the seats as Chronos returned fire. Neither of them were doing any damage to him while Chronos was clearly the superior in this fire fight.
Rip managed to get to his lounge while Rachel headed towards the Captain's chair. They planned to hit Chronos from three directions since he couldn't stop them all. Halfway to cover a searing pain in her upper thigh dropped her to the ground.
Looking down she saw her pants start to darken with blood. She heard Leonard call her name and saw the fear on his face as he rushed towards her. The last thing she saw was a blinding green flash before everything went dark.
She came to when Firestorm burst into the room destroying the door. Jax and Martin separated and Jax went to check on Rip who was unconscious in the lounge and Martin ran over to her.
"Oh God what happened?" Martin asked looking her over.
"I…I'm not too sure. Rip?!" Rachel yelled.
Martin pulled off his jacket and tied it tightly around her leg.
"Oh God. Where's Chronos?" Rip demanded and he jolted upright.
Martin helped Rachel limp over to Rip and Jax.
"Where's Leonard?" Rachel asked looking around.
"Chronos has absconded with Mr. Snart on the Jumpship. I'm sorry Captain" Gideon informed them.
Rachel took a little energy from Rip and Jax just enough to get the bleeding to stop for now on her new wound.
"Why would Chronos take Snart?" Jax asked.
"I don't care we need to go after them and get him back" Rachel replied though she wasn't really in top condition to do that.
"Gideon can you track them?" Rip asked getting up.
"We have a more pressing matter" Gideon said.
"Strap yourselves in" Rip ordered looking down at the console.
Jax helped Rachel into her seat before taking his own next to Martin. Rip knelt down and began pulling panels off the console and pulling out wires.
"What's going on?" Jax asked.
"Chronos has sabotaged the navigation system. Unless we can find a way to alter the course we'll be trapped in the Temporal Zone for all time" Rip told them.
"Gideon…" Martin tried.
"Cannot override Chronos' commands" Rip cut him off.
"What did you do?" Martin asked when the engines could be heard shutting down.
"Rebooted Gideon. Until she's fully operational we're freefalling through time" Rip said getting in his seat.
They all gripped their harnesses as the ship flipped, twisted and rammed into the walls of the Temporal Zone. The mild pain this put on their minds and bodies was enough to make them all cry out. It felt a bit like some of the side effects of normal time jumping only worse.
Rachel welcomed the black out that came to her if only to escape the pain. The pain in her left side, the pain in her thigh but mostly the pain of knowing Chronos had Snart. She woke up to Jax slightly shaking her uninjured shoulder.
"Please stop that" she mumbled barely awake.
"You okay?" Jax asked.
"Peachy" she said using Leonard's word.
"So what happened?" Rachel asked more alert now that they were no longer falling through time.
"Martin can't speak right I briefly lost my hearing and we're currently in 1960" Jax explained.
"1960? Two years? We left Ray, Sara, and Kendra for two years?" Rachel asked sadly.
"The Temporal navigation system was compromised and did its best to return us as close as possible to 1958" Gideon said.
"Salypso changa" Martin said unable clearly to speak right.
Rip left to go get Ray and Kendra unfortunately Sara wasn't with them. Jax stayed near her in case she needed anything but after bandaging her leg Rachel just sat with it propped up.
"Raymond" Martin said as Ray and Kendra walked in.
"Good to see you" Ray said.
"Good to see you. Glad you're back" Martin smiled.
"Martin" Kendra smiled.
"It's just I have 50 midterms to grade next week by hand and I've just come to terms with living in the technological dark ages. I have students who count on me. Kendra and I have friends and a life" Ray ranted softly.
"Ray. This is what we've been waiting for. Remember the mission. We can finally be ourselves again. Look I'm sorry. This is all very intense. It's been two years for us. We thought you guys were dead" Kendra said.
"That very well might have been the case" Martin said walking closer to Rachel who Kendra and Ray finally saw.
"Oh my God!" Kendra said.
"Rachel what happened you look horrible" Ray said.
"Thanks Ray that's just what a girl wants to hear" Rachel said forcing a tired grin.
Kendra walked over to her with her hands out but Rachel held her hand up.
"Don't touch no touching the wounds" Rachel ordered.
"Chronos attacked us. He sabotaged the ship and…" Jax said looking down at Rachel sadly.
"And he took Leonard" Rachel finished softly.
"We need to recover Ms. Lance as well. Where is she?" Rip asked.
"Uh no idea. People go their separate ways lose track of each other" Ray said.
"Gideon search the timeline for any reference of a Sara Lance or a blonde vigilante circa 1960" Rip ordered.
"Right away Captain" Gideon replied.
"Why did Chronos take Snart? Couldn't he have taken you all in? Or why wound just Rachel why not Rip?" Kendra questioned.
"You sound dubious" Rip said slowly.
"If Chronos was gonna settle for taking one person you'd think it would be you. He took Snart for a reason" Kendra said.
"Don't know don't really care. I just want to get him back and if we happen to destroy Chronos at the same time then bonus" Rachel said.
"You are not going to be doing any destroying any time soon. You are going to rest" Rip said.
"You're benching me? You can't do that he's my…"
"You won't be any good to Mr. Snart dead. We will get him back but you know good and well what he'd do to us if anything happened to you. So you will sleep and rest nothing more."
"Fine. Since I don't plan on sleeping restfully until he is back could I get a coffee? And Gideon some pain killers would be lovely" Rachel said glaring at Rip.
"Gideon could provide you a sedative…" Rip said staring back at Rachel not backing down.
"I said I'm not going to rest until he's back I'll stay on the ship I'll rest leave the fighting to you guys but I don't want to sleep. No telling what nightmares my mind will cook up" Rachel finished softly.
Leonard POV- He came to with a start he was seated on some steps onboard a ship he didn't know and he was handcuffed to the railing. Fear ate at him as the last thing he remembered before passing out was Rachel getting shot in the leg.
He yanked at the cuffs to no avail but he had to try. Behind him he heard someone coming and when he saw it was Chronos he yanked on the cuffs harder his fear turning to terror. But Chronos walked right past him without even a glance. Snart's terror turned partially to anger.
"Uh hello?" he said as Chronos looked at his central computer.
"A UFO sighting in Hub City in 1960 has created a time anomaly. It looks like your friends survived" Chronos said with his back to Snart.
"And what would they be doing in 1960?" Snart asked.
Snart was relieved when he heard the team was alive because if they were alive they'd take care of Rachel for him. He just needed to figure out a way to not only stay alive but also how to escape. Good thing he was a brilliant thief.
"So uh what's so special about me? I mean aside from my sparkling personality. Back on the Waverider you could've taken your boy Rip. But you took me instead. Why? Hey if you're gonna kill me you could at least tell me what's going on" Snart said angry and desperate.
"You should have figured it out by now" Chronos said taking off his helmet.
Snart stared in stunned horror.
"After all I am supposed to be the dumb one" Mick said kneeling down in front of him.
"How?" Snart asked but Mick said nothing.
"I think I deserve to know what the hell is going on here!" Snart growled tugging the cuffs his anger coming out.
"You deserve nothing" Mick said calmly.
"Says the man who sold us out to the pirates. When I dropped you off in that forest I meant to kill you. That was the plan" Snart said.
"You should've stuck with the plan and done me a favor" Mick replied.
"I may not have trusted you on the ship with the team but I always, always was coming back for you" Snart said not quite sure if it was the truth or a lie.
"Seems like one of us lost track of time" Mick said.
"Well how long did you…"
"By the time they found me I'd nearly lost my mind. I was so weak I was strangling rats to survive."
"When who found you?"
"The Time Masters. They took me to a place called the Vanishing Point. Time doesn't exist there the way it does on Earth. I've spent lifetimes being restored by them, training by them, fighting by them being reborn."
"And uh when exactly did your new friends give you the uh lobotomy?"
"You think I was hunting you and your friends because the Time Masters made me? They barely had to ask."