Chapter 2
We Made The News
Several Days Later In Central City, Missouri At STAR Labs
Several days later would see Sara waking up with a groan and vaguely hearing voices as she did so. "Oh God, you're finally awake!" Came Ava's as Caitlin gently reminded her to not be too loud in case Sara's head was hurting her.
"How… How'd I get here? Last I remember I was on the Waverider." Muttered Sara with a wince as her Fiance fussed over her while Caitlin went to go inform the others that Sara's awake now.
"Superman showed up just before you crashed into the Ocean and brought you here. That was 4 days ago, babe." Ava informed her and causing Sara to gape at her in shock.
An action she somewhat regretted due to the twinge of pain she felt. "And you made the news too."
"We did?" Sara asked weakly and not just because of the throbbing pain she was feeling in her head and neck.
Ava grimly nodded and showed her a news report on a tablet she had with her. The report was discussing the situation that had occurred in Texas several days prior and had become a National story in the process. Even including the fall the Waverider had gone on until Superman had stopped it from crashing into the Ocean and bringing the ruined Ship to STAR Labs afterwards. Sara groaned over the whole thing and ended up regretting that. "Ray, Jax, Cisco, Zari, Mr. Holt, and a few others have been going over the Waverider the last few days to assess the damage and so far its not looking good. Also… Your mother's been demanding to be allowed to see you."
Something that no one had allowed her to do as they all had heard by now of how things went in Sara's last conversation with her mom. "Gary and the others?"
A sad look came over Ava's face. "Nothing, not even the DEO's been able to help since their main base of operations was destroyed recently."
"Damn." There was no telling if Gary and the others were even alive at that point considering the amount of time had passed.
But there was no way Sara could just leave it alone as there had to be hope that they were still alive and could be rescued! Ava also went on to describe how badly John had been taking the whole thing and Sara couldn't help but blame him for that. Feeling like she'd have been doing the same if she were in his shoes while Ava made to hug her Fiance, something that was brief thanks to the others finally showing up and being quite happy about Sara waking up! A little while later would see Sara gingerly making her way to the parking lot where Superman had helpfully dropped off the Waverider since he couldn't have done so at the STAR Labs hangar since it was supposed to be kept secret. The outside of the Ship didn't look too bad aside from some scorch marks from the aerial battle but the inside was a lot worse and Sara absolutely hated that. As the Waverider had become her home and to see it in the condition its in? It was heartbreaking for her and she had a feeling the others felt the same way. "So, what's the verdict? Can we get her back up and running?"
Ray, Zari, Cisco, Jesse, Wally, Harry, and Jax all looked at her and it'd be Jax who'd speak first. "Unfortunately, its gonna take months to get everything fixed as the damage was that bad."
Sara frowned at that. "And that's time Gary and the others don't have."
"And that's assuming we'd be able to track where that Ship went if any kind of trail from it hasn't already dissipated in the past 4 days." Ray added with a frown of his own.
Not wanting to even think unpleasant scenarios where Gary, Zed, Chas, and those Texans were concerned. "What's even worse is that we had to transfer Gidget before we completely lost her and even that's not a great situation because she can't communicate with us and we also can't talk with her either." Zari added with a frown on her beautiful features.
Hating that that beautiful AI was stuck in this situation and wishing there was something that could be done. "This just gets worse by the minute." Muttered Sara unhappily.
"Then maybe I have the solution."
The group all turned their attention to the source to see a beautiful dark haired woman in a black outfit. "Hi, Lucy Lane, DEO."
Author's Notes: Why hello there, Lucy!
