-Waverider-
"When are we?"
"We are in 1904, in Athens." Gideon answers.
"Are we still in our universe?"
"Indeed, Mr. Tarazi."
"Okay, let's focus. There is a group of people who have been relocated here after the crisis. They don't belong here, especially because their enemies owned the place first."
"So two rival groups of people have been relocated in the same place on a different universe... Now THAT is bad luck." Zari comments.
"Or destiny" Astra points out.
"Either way, our job is to fix this. Let's go."
"Ay Captain!"
- Athens, 1904 -
The Legends are walking down the streets of the beautiful city. There are flowers decorating the windows. The sea is visible and very blue.
The team stopped to contemplate the scenery in awe. It certainly was a beautiful place and it looked peaceful.
People were crowding the streets downtown because they were buying fruits and vegetables in the city market. Some crafters were also offering their works in wood or clothes to sell.
The Legends were starting to wonder how to find the conflicts they had to solve, when they heard a scream and everybody started running pass them.
"What the-"
"Get cover!" Ava said, and so they did.
The captain, Nate and John were hiding behind a wooden fruits' cart.
Zari and Behrad were hiding around the corner of the main street.
Astra and Mick were standing still.
"Damn, that was an order!" Ava whispers, wanting to choke them both.
But they were hypnotized by the creature coming their way.
There was an orange creature, taller than any other human, walking towards them. In fact, if it wasn't for the skin color and the size, it would look very similar to humans.
It didn't pay attention to them at first, seemed that it was looking for something.
That was until Mick fired his gun.
The following reactions happened very fast.
"Mick, no!" Ava shouts.
Nate steels up and tackles Mick to the gound. (He knows that is something he'll regret later...)
The creature screams and starts running away, but Behrad and Zari join hands and send wind his way to slow it down.
John and Astra join forces right away to stop it with magic.
The time courier is used to open a portal and they take the creature to the ship.
"Damn, Rory! You screwed up! You could get us killed!" Ava was furious.
"I froze" Was all Mick said.
"Yeah we all saw that!" Ava replies.
Mick walks away from the bridge.
"How did it g-" Gary started, walking in.
"Gary, help them lock this creature up, we'll deal with it later." Ava orders. "The rest of us, grab memory flashers and start cleaning the city. Let's split up. See what information you can get."
After four hours in the city, the team goes back to the Waverider and meet in the galley for a much needed, but quick, meal.
"The locals say these people have always been around, they usually don't bother until the spring." Nate tells the others.
"Most of them call them Bees, for that reason." Zari adds.
"Yeap, they get surprise attacks in the city like the one we saw today."
They think for a few seconds in silence. The tired atmosphere is clear now, the adrenaline rush they felt at the start of the mission was gone.
"Can I talk to you?" Mick interrupts from the doorway, talking to Ava.
Without a word she gets up from the chair and walks pass him to the library. He follows.
"Look I... Wanted to say I'm sorry." Mick says once they're in the library. They are facing each other four steps apart. Ava's arms are folded and she's leaning on the desk.
After hearing Mick she doesn't say anything, keeping her cold expression, causing him to break eye contact and speak again.
"I'm... Sorry. About earlier. I should have listened to your orders."
"Yes, you should have." Ava replies. She was going to say something else but Gideon interrupted.
"I'm sorry for the interruption, captain. There's an incoming call from Star City."
"Put it on."
They both turn to look at the screen.
"Hey Dad." Lita greets happily. And then she adds "Hey aunt Ava!"
"Hey sweetie!" The captain greeted back trying a sincere smile that still looked sad. "I'll leave you two alone." And with that she left, closing the door.
Her next stop was the lab. Ava grabbed the tablet that controls the creature's cage. She stood and paced around and stood again, watching the creature.
It watched her in return, with interest.
"Who are you? Why do you attack the city?" She asked. The whole team had taken the pills to speak Greek before landing so she was prepared to understand it.
No reply.
Ava takes a few steps closer to the creature and speaks in frustration:
"Answer to me!"
"Guilt." A soft voice sounds in Ava's head. She stops breathing.
"Guilt... Concern... Anger... Despair..."
The voice keeps saying.
"You're a telepath" Ava whispers.
"Guilt... "
Ava drops the controls and holds her head with both hands. She is feeling pain and one of her memories is playing in her mind.
She sees herself and the Legends, walking out of the bar that night... They say goodbye to Charlie and turn around. Everything is blurry and fuzzy because of the alcohol, she's feeling so happy and then... As the team keeps walking she stays a step behind and turns around. Sara's gone.
"Stop!" She screams, the pain is too much.
The memory immediately stops playing and the pain is gone. She's sitting on the floor of the lab, crying.
Apparently she was heard by the team, who came to the rescue and helped her get up and walk out.
They were taking Ava to the med bay to run a checkup. Nobody spoke, there was a heavy and sad atmosphere around them. She had stopped crying but her mind was in a dark place.
Suddenly, and before they got to the med bay, there is an explosion shaking the ship.
Everyone reacts like woken up from stasis and stay alert.
"Gidget?" Zari asks aloud.
"It appears that we are being attacked. Activating shields." Gideon informs.
"He called his friends." John says.
"Gideon, how many are we facing?"
"The ship recieved damage from five different sources, captain... Six now..."
"Can we jump?"
"Yes, captain."
Ava was already walking towards the bridge, the Legends following. Now the only hint of what had been happening minutes ago was her slightly red nose.
"Guilt... Concern... Anger... Despair..."
They all hold their heads, hearing voices inside.
"Loneliness... Frustration..."
Even though they are strong, the voices are not as strong as Ava felt it before, probably because the other creatures were outside the ship and not in front of them in the same room.
"Guilt... Concern... Loneliness... Sorrow..."
The whole team understood what was happening. The telepaths were exploring their minds and naming the feelings they all shared since Sara was taken. Feelings they never really allowed themselves to admit out loud.
"Frustration... Anger..."
Another explosion hit the Waverider. They need to do something now, before it gets more damage and they can't fly away.
Oh how great would be to go out there and kick their annoying ass! But there was still space in their minds for logic. They didn't really know much about the creatures yet, it was too risky.
"Buckle up" Ava told the others above the voices in her head. They sat on their chairs and, with a last explosion somewhere on the ship, they jumped to the Temporal Zone.