Chapter 2

"That didn't sound ominous at all", said Jax sarcastically.

"He was warning us. Thoughts?" asked Sara.

"At least they want to talk first before they shoot", replied Martin. "It puts them a mile ahead of other organisations or people we have encountered."

"Yes they sound boring", said Mick.

"I found it interesting that he gave us the information that his agents are jumpy. Why give us the tip that his agents have weaknesses we could exploit?" asked Ray.

"Like Sara said, Agent Coulson was warning us, which means trying to exploit their alleged weaknesses could spectacular backfire", answered Snart quietly.

"Captain, a little ship approaches quickly", announced Gideon.

"Amaya, you will come with me", ordered Sara. "The rest of you stay on the bridge until we come back. Gideon, you observe our guests."

Sara and Amaya walked to the access hatch and opened it. They watched as the ship landed elegantly.

"A good pilot and a nice ship, fast and very quick to respond, I would like to fly it", said Sara impressed.

"Is this Earth ahead of you in matters of technology?" asked Amaya curious.

Sara sighed. "It is always difficult to say but a ship like this doesn't exist on our Earth."

A hatch at the rear of the ship opened and two people walked out.

"Gideon, are there other people on the ship?" asked Sara softly.

"No, Captain."

Both agents wore black leather suits with coloured elements, the elements from the woman's suit a dark red and from the man a dark purple.

The woman was elfin, slender and had red hair; she carried two pistols on her hips and had some kind of bracelets on her forearms.

The man was bigger and more compact; his suit was sleeveless and showed impressive muscular arms, he carried only one pistol on his hip but a bow in his hands and a quiver with arrows on his back.

"Huh, an archer", said Sara surprised and thought about Oliver. "I wonder how good he is."

"I imagine if it is his weapon of choice, very good", replied Amaya.

The woman walked straight to them, the man a step behind and at the side of the woman.

"I'm Natasha Romanov", introduced the woman herself. "This is Clint Barton. We are pleased to meet you." The man nodded politely but did not speak.

"I'm Sara Lance, the captain of the Waverider. This is Amaya Jiwe, a member of my crew, the rest waits for us on the bridge. We are pleased to meet you too. If you will follow me."

Sara turned her back on the agents and started moving. It did make her, a former assassin, nervous to let someone who she sensed was dangerous walk behind her. As hard as she was trying, she could not hear if the agents were following her but she could hear Amaya's steps and Sara knew that Amaya would walk behind the agents.

Amaya watched as the two agents followed Sara, their movements smooth and noiseless. It reminded her how Sara moved when she did fight, she would bet that both agents had a similar training.

She followed Barton in the same way he had followed Romanov and she had the eerie feeling that Barton could see her although she was behind him.

Both agents looked around as they followed Sara, there was no hesitation, no overt reaction to the technology they saw. They behaved as if they saw something like this every day.

As they arrived at the bridge, Amaya walked to her friends who were standing in a line. Barton walked until he was alongside Romanov, standing now opposite to the crew of the Waverider.

Sara positioned herself between the two parties. "Let me introduce the rest of my crew. Zari Tomaz, Martin Stein, Jefferson 'Jax' Jackson, Nate Heywood, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory and Leonard Snart."

As soon as their names was called the more polite members of the crew nodded or said 'Hi', Snart only blinked and Rory grunted.

Romanov took a step forward. "My name is Natasha Romanov; my partner is Clint Barton. I am a spy; he is a sniper and an expert marksman."

Sara blinked; it was a very peculiar way to introduce themselves. "I must admit I'm a little surprised."

Romanov smiled. "You were honest from the beginning we wanted to return the favour."

"So I assume that you rank higher than Agent Barton?" asked Sara.

"No, he is the senior agent because he is a SHIELD agent longer than I am. The reason I talk is, firstly, that making a first contact like this belongs more to my area of expertise." Natasha smirked. "And second, he doesn't like to talk if it is not necessary."

"A man after my own heart. Do you want a beer?" asked Mick loudly.

Sara closed her eyes and sighed. Rory could always be trusted to make a lasting first impression.

Therefore, she was surprised to hear a chuckle and to hear a deep voice answering. "Why not? Nothing says more over a man than what beer he likes."

This time sighed Romanov and both women changed long-suffering looks over the idiotic men they had to put up with every day.

Rory and Barton left the bridge and after a look from Sara Snart followed them.

"Would you like to see our ship?" asked Sara.

"Oh yes, I have never seen a time ship before. And if you want you can tell me about your home and where you come from." Natasha smiled at her and Sara smiled back. Both women left the bridge too.

The remaining legends looked at each other, shrugged and got back to their respective rooms or the places they were always to find.