Future Rachel POV- "And powerless" Rachel said pointing at herself and past Nate.
"Look the Spear ended up in the Legion's hands. Bad things happened and it sucked. But if we prevent the Legion from ever getting the Spear in the first place everything goes back to normal and you all get to live" future Sara explained.
"Where are you going?" future Sara asked as her past self walked away.
"To think" past Sara replied.
"Perhaps you should go with her" future Rip suggested.
"Two heads are better than one" past Rip added.
"Yeah" future Sara agreed following her past self.
Past Nate went off towards the library no doubt with future Nate following him. The others sort of drifted towards their past selves and began talking. Soon future Rachel was sitting next to her past self.
"So…why is your hair a different color?" past Rachel asked.
"Damn I thought Gideon got it almost spot on" future chuckled.
"Almost but I can tell. So why?"
"Because in the future the Legion creates Thawne took away our power and without it turns out we're brunette" future Rachel explained.
"What else happened there?"
"You don't want to…"
"Tell me…please."
"Well you saw him at the church didn't you? Leonard? In the future you're…we're married to him but Thawne made us compliant to the new reality. So we didn't care that Barry and Oliver were dead. We didn't care that Leonard was the King of crime we just shrugged it off" future Rachel explained.
"And? I know there's more."
"We owned a criminal bar with Lisa and we loved it. We're the Queen of crime and he owns Central City and the thieves bow down to him and us basically. We love him but right now… I also hate him he…he killed Amaya in front of us" future Rachel said slowly.
"Oh my God…"
"Yeah… we're kind of a wreak inside" future Rachel laughed slightly.
"Yet somehow we deal and come out stronger" past Rachel said bumping her future self's knee.
"Yep" future Sara said entering the bridge with her past self.
"Still weird" past Sara agreed.
"Please tell me you two have figured out a way out of this mess?" Martin asked.
Another explosion rocked the ship. "Clearly not" Martin got his answer.
"Was that another time quake?" future Nate asked running in with his past self.
"I don't think so. Someone's firing at us" future Jax explained.
"Captain our shields are nearly depleted" Gideon informed.
"Copy that" both Sara's said.
"Sorry habit" both Sara's said when they tried to sit in the Captain's chair.
"That was a bit powerful for World War I air artillery" Amaya said as the ship was blasted repeatedly.
"That would explain it" Ray said when the front window shield dropped showing the Legion attacking them.
"The ships taking too much damage. We gotta make a time jump" past Jax ordered running for his seat.
"I really would not recommend that" future Rip said.
"Outta my way" future Mick told his past self in his seat.
"Hey that's my seat" Ray argued with future Jax.
"Traveling through time with ourselves could create a paradox exponentially larger than the one we have already created" past Rip tried to explain.
"What do you thnk?" past Sara asked herself.
"That we have to do whatever it takes to keep the Spear out of the Legion's hands.
"Hold on!" past Sara ordered.
However when she tried to time jump the ship a green cloud caught the ship. They were spun around and around by the green cloud.
"What's going on?" past Mick asked.
"It's the result of us interacting with our previous selves. It's a time storm" future Rip explained.
As the ship was tossed and turned future Mick was somehow able to enjoy a beer. Both Rachel's held onto their harnesses like most of the team. Future Rip gripped the center console while future Sara held onto the back of the Captain's chair. Finally the ship crash landed.
"We're still in World War I" Martin noted.
"Gideon get us out of here" both Sara's ordered.
"Negative Captains. The ship has sustained critical damage" Gideon replied.
"Well good news the time storm seems to have caused a temporary ceasefire" Ray said as all the Legends got out of their seats.
"The bad news is the Legion of Doom's still trying to kill us" past Jax said.
"Wait. How far do you even think we'll be able to make it out there?" past Sara asked as future Sara headed for the door.
"You only have to make it as far as the other Waverider" future Sara said.
"You want us to time jump together again? Uh you saw what just happened" Ray commented.
"We won't be jumping together" future Sara corrected him.
"You're not coming with us" Amaya guessed.
"This has always been a one-way ticket for us" future Nate explained.
"Your team has to get the Spear of Destiny away from here" future Sara ordered.
"We won't fail you guys" past Sara promised.
They all exited the broken Waverider and engaged its cloaking shield. The future Legends stood in front of the past Legends who had the Spear.
"Guys we've got company" future Sara said.
"I see 'em" past Sara replied.
"Everybody clear on the plan?" future Sara asked.
"Run like hell. Try not to die" past Sara answered.
"What about you guys? You ready?" future Sara asked her team.
"Other than the fact that I can't Firestorm, Rachel can't shock, shield, or heal and Nate can't Steel?" future Jax asked holding a laser gun.
"You bet your sweet ass we're ready" future Nate replied.
"So let's go kick theirs" future Rachel grinned as the Legion slowly made their way closer.
Past Jax and Martin merged into Firestorm and took to the skies with past Ray in his Atom suit. That's when Leonard, Darhk and Merlyn attacked. The future Legends raced to meet them first with Rip and Nate firing their laser guns rapidly.
Quickly the future Legends were forced to dive for cover from the firing of Darhk and Merlyn's laser blasts. Past Ray was knocked out of the sky by Leonard while Firestorm was shot in the shoulder by Merlyn with an arrow which caused him to crash and separate at Merlyn's feet.
Future Jax was already on the move sprinting towards them. Future Rachel jumped up to help but was too slow and without her powers she couldn't stop future Jax from diving in front of the arrow Merlyn fired at Martin.
"No!" she cried out causing Merlyn to look at her.
Past Jax snapped the arrow shaft off that was in his shoulder got up and grabbed one of Merlyn's arrows which he used to stab into Merlyn's leg. Then past Jax took Merlyn's bow away from him and hit him in the face with it knocking Merlyn out. Unfortunately future Jax was dead. As past Jax and Martin stumbled her way future Rachel looked at past Jax's wound.
"Go find me… past me. I…she can heal it get you back in the sky hopefully" future Rachel explained.
Future Rachel turned and saw her past self protecting past Sara and the Spear and she saw most of her team down and dazed but alive. Then she saw future Mick fighting Darhk and just when Mick put his heat gun to Darhk's chest Leonard walked towards him with his cryo gun.
"Lenny don't" Rachel begged softly watching the two men talk.
Slowly future Rachel began to move towards them. She didn't know if her presence would help the situation or make it worse. Also she didn't want to startle either of them by running into their talk. However once again she was too late to see what was about to happen in order to stop it.
Leonard circled around future Mick with his gun pointed at Mick's back. Just as Leonard blasted a spear of ice into Mick's chest future Rachel tackled Leonard to the ground.
"Mick! No, no!" she heard past Ray call out a few feet away.
"What's your problem?" future Rachel heard past Mick ask as Rachel rolled on the ground with Leonard each trying to get the upper hand.
"You're… you're alive" past Ray said.
"You hug me I'll kill you" past Mick warned him.
"Okay…later" Ray said.
"Just go!" future Rachel ordered them as she managed to pin Leonard down.
They took off towards the rest of the past Legends who were being aided by future Nate until Darhk stabbed him from behind. Her moment of distraction from Nate's death cast her gave Leonard the opportunity to reverse their position.
"Why are you fighting for them?! They let me die!" Leonard argued.
"No Lenny we didn't" future Rachel told him.
She was able to roll them over so she was on top holding him down. The rest of the team both past and future were being circled by a speeding Thawne. Future Rip was killed by Thawne who revealed he'd brought many versions of himself from the past to fight this war.
The many versions of Thawne began knocking out members of the past Legends until past Sara began chanting to activate the Spear. A sharp pain in her chest made future Rachel look away from the team and down at herself. One of Thawne's remnants had run past and shoved a blade trough her chest.
"No!" Leonard screamed.
Future Rachel rolled off Leonard feeling numb and on fire at the same time. Leonard sat up and cradled her in his arms.
"No, no, no, no, no you aren't supposed to die. Rachel hey stay with me. Please don't leave me" Leonard begged as he slowly rocked her.
"You die…to save us. Not weak…hero…Legend" future Rachel choked out.
Breathing was getting extremely difficult and she was pretty sure the wetness running down her cheek was either blood from her mouth or tears perhaps both.
"Please Rachel I need you. Don't leave me alone I love you" was the last thing she heard Leonard say before her world went black.
Past Rachel POV- Rachel got to her feet her whole body aching thanks to Thawne running and plowing into her but she was already healing. The rest of the team including future Sara was getting up off the ground sounding about as achy as she'd been.
"You did it" future Sara smiled at her past self.
"You would've done the same thing" past Sara said.
"Remember Legends never die" future Sara said as she faded from existence.
"Really? Goonies?" Nate asked.
"Sandlot" Rachel said looking at Nate like he was an idiot.
The team went about rounding up the unconscious members on the Legion. Rachel herself headed toward Leonard. He was crying a bit and kneeling on the ground with his gun a few feet away.
"Lenny…" Rachel said softly as she gently put her hand on his shoulder.
He spun around and jumped up so fast Rachel couldn't react. However instead of fighting her he grabbed her and dipped her back in a deep searing kiss. His hold on her was bruising but his kiss was hot and desperate. She kissed him back holding him just as tight knowing she couldn't let him stay with her.
"It's time" she said when they pulled back to catch their breath.
He bent down and picked up his gun but she didn't even tense up for a fight. Without hesitation he handed his gun over to her and nodded.
"I watched you die…I wish I could forget it. I'm sorry you have to remember me like that" Leonard said taking Rachel's hand.
"I hated you for the longest time for what you did. You didn't trust me to protect us both instead you had Sara knock me out and take me away while you faced the blast alone. I get it now though I'd have done the same to protect you. We just want to protect each other always" Rachel said leading him back to the Waverider.
Unfortunately the team decided Leonard had to go sit in the brig with Damien Dark instead of letting him stay in Rachel's room. Once again though Leonard didn't fight them he just simply walked into the cell where Darhk was starting to wake up. Sara finally walked into the room while Rachel was just simply just sitting in the room watching over the two in the brig.
"All right, Malcolm is back in 2016 where he belongs" Sara said having used the Jumpship to transport Merlyn.
"In prison?" Darhk guessed.
"No. His crappy apartment" Sara explained to them.
"And what are your plans for the two of us? We're dead in 2017 remember?" Leonard asked looking at Rachel.
"Unfortunately I'm not taking you back to 2017" Sara replied with a look of sadness on her face for Snart.
Rachel knew it was hard for Sara to take Leonard back to his time because that meant he would once again die saving them. No matter how bad he was now he would become their friend and teammate. Sara had the strength to resist the Spear's temptation to save her sister, Rachel had to have the same strength to let Leonard save the team without her trying to save him.
Still Rachel had hope that someday somehow she and Leonard would be together again but for now she had to let him go.
Mick and Rachel took Leonard back to Central City 2016. Mick led them through a warehouse that looked out over the city.
"Should've done this in France, Mick. Could've saved us both a lot of time" Leonard said with his emotionless mask once again in place.
"I didn't bring you here to kill you Leonard" Mick explained.
"So what are we doing here?" Leonard asked.
"This is where Thawne recruited you for the Legion. I'm gonna wipe your memory and put you on the right path" Mick told him.
"You mean the path where I join up with some Brit twit and die trying to save the world?"
"No, you die trying to save your friends."
"Still a death sentence."
"You know what your punishment is Leonard? You end up being a better man. And so do I."
"Better? You mean softer."
"No. I mean better" Mick walked back to where Rachel was standing.
"Lenny... in this year I love you, the five years we were apart I loved you and that won't change. But I need you to get on that timeship and become the man I agree to marry. He's not soft but he is better. Remember even subconsciously always know this: I will always love you Leonard Snart" Rachel said before kissing him good-bye.
"I love you too Rachel" he said when they pulled back.
"I know" she smiled then nodded to Mick.
He stepped forward and used Rip's device to wipe Leonard's memory. Rachel and Mick silently returned to the Waverider. They had to wait for Sara to return with the Jumpship as she alone was returning Damien Darhk to 1987 Miami where Thawne recruited him.
Amaya made the choice to return to her time as well in 1942 so she could continue on her destined path. However they cancelled that jump as Nate convinced Amaya to stick around a little longer. Sara informed them that Rip had borrowed the Jumpship and left the team feeling he had taught them all he could and he was no longer needed.
"Mick you wanna do the honors? Plot a course? You earned it" Sara told him once the team was seated and had their harnesses down.
"Gideon set a course for Aruba" Mick grinned.
"Roger that Mr. Rory. Setting a course for Aruba the year 2017" Gideon informed them.
"What was that?" Amaya asked when the ship jerked and shook like it took a hit.
"This is what happens when you put Mr. Rory in charge of navigation" Martin said.
"It seems the disruption you created in 1916 was just the start" Gideon informed them as the ship rocked again and again.
"We've been ejected out of the Temporal Zone" Ray said.
"Get ready for a hard landing" Sara ordered.
"Oh come on! Can we please go five minutes without crashing the Waverider?" Jax pleased.
Rachel put a shield around the whole team so they'd be cut and bruised from the crash but at least they'd be alive. The Waverider spun back and forth over building rooftops until it crashed into one. Finally they crashed on the ground getting jerked around in their seats.
"Is everyone okay?" Sara asked.
"This ain't Aruba" Mick grumbled.
"No this is Los Angeles 2017" Gideon told them.
"Oh boy" Ray said.
He was stunned as he looked out the window. Slowly everyone got out of their seat and also stared out the window in shock. They'd crashed in the street like as asteroid but compared to what they were seeing no one would find a timeship in the middle of the street weird.
"Guys I think we broke time" Sara said.
Then a T-rex roared while three others checked out the ship. Some of the buildings looked futuristic, spirally, and high tech. Other buildings looked like they were from Victorian England. While the rest of the buildings looked pretty normal and that they belonged in 2017.
"We are in so much trouble" Rachel said.
