I was hazy as Rip walked us off the Waverider back in Star City 2016. Mick grunted out, "What are we doing back here?"

"Savage has a timeship, courtesy of the Time Masters. The timeline is unclear, due to our destruction of the Oculus, meaning Savage is lost to history. Which is why I brought you all home."

"Mission's not over, man," Jax spoke up protesting Rip's decision.

Ray agreed with him adding, "Jax is right. We've lost Savage before. We'll find him again."

"And then what? We have no way of killing Savage, particularly now that Kendra and Carter are in his possession, assuming that they're still alive, which is highly unlikely."

"So that's it? We're... we're just giving up?" Ray spoke again protesting harder.

"Do we get a choice in this?" I asked absentminded as I started to drift from the soft heat starting to fill my veins.

"I'm on my way to the refuge to retrieve our younger selves and return them to the timeline. It will be as if you never left."

Sara spoke up sarcastically, "What, you think that we can just return to our old lives, and then pretend like none of this ever happened?" Not likely.

"Mm, that might be a tad difficult. So I had to bring you back to May 2016, not January 2016."

"Great, so what you're saying is for the last five months, my mom probably thinks that I'm dead. Thanks a lot, man," Jax said sarcasm dripping from his voice.

Sara spoke confused, "Okay, wait, why? Why the change of plans, Rip?"

"If you're getting back on that ship, we get back on that ship," Mick said as he poked at Rip. The thing was instead of hitting Rip his finger went right through the image of Rip that started fritzing out.

"In truth, I never left it. I'm sorry for all that I've asked of you, and that it all came to nothing. I wish you all well."

"I never liked that guy."

Everyone slowly started to drift apart after the Waverider took off, Ray moved towards where I stood hazily as the first stages of my heat set in. I leaned into his side snuffling at him taking in his comforting presence. Mick looked over at where I was with what looked like a flash of concern in his eye, but he quickly turned away and left still not comfortable being part of a pack. Sara moved over to Ray and I, she brushed a hand against me as she scented my heat, she and Ray quickly started discussing plans to coax me through it. They escorted me out of the lot, we moved quickly and by the time my heat was in full swing we got to an apartment somewhere. I whimpered as a fire burned in my veins. I longed to feel skin on my own to be filled, to be knotted. I sighed as I felt the press of skin against my own. Everything moved quickly after that and I was lost to the haze of it all aware of Ray and Sara's presence but not much else. Days later the haze lifted. I could hear the beating of Ray's heart under my ear, feel Sara behind me running her fingers through my hair. I relaxed between them and drifted into a light doze, I was aware of Sara rising to leave. I hummed as she whispered in my ear that she was going to check in with her family and would see us later.

Eventually I woke refreshed, sore, and starving. I gently roused Ray knowing we could both use some food. We ended up at Big Belly Burger, I moaned as I bit into my burger, "so good. I didn't realize how much I missed fast food."

Ray chuckled before looking into the distance, "do you feel like we left something unfinished? Like we abandoned Kendra and Carter?"

I put down my burger thinking it over for a moment before I responded, "Yeah I do. We all got on the ship to complete a mission." I breathed deeply before I continued, "the mission still isn't done and we all lost five months and a team-a pack mate to the mission," I winced at the fresh memory of losing Len.

Ray looked at me seriously, "so what are we going to do about it?"

"We'll need the rest of the pack and the Waverider."

We left Sara a message before heading to Central City to find Mick. We found him pretty quickly, he was robbing some bank. Ray and I bribed the idiot that was supposed to be the getaway driver and waited for Mick to come out. He got into the car after barbecuing the other idiot he had been working with. "Hey, Mick. Oh, it... it's me. It's Ray. I-I thought we should talk," Ray talked quickly pulling off his ski mask to show Mick his face.

"I told him not to wear the mask," I said as I leaned forwards from the backseat, "And where's this Flash that's supposed to be protecting this city?"

I pouted as Mick ignored my question, "Drive."

Ray pulled his mask back on before speeding away from the bank. He pulled into a garage on the other side of the city. He and Mick climbed out of the car. Mick started pacing while Ray leaned against the door. "Well you didn't waste any time getting back to your old habits." I climbed over the seat to sit behind the wheel, Ray can sit in the back.

Mick stopped turning to look at Ray, "I like stealing stuff. It makes me feel good."

I poked my head out the open window to comment, "it's kinda fun too. Isn't it?" Mick smirked and chuckled his agreement while Ray looked at me a little disbelieving.

I pulled my head back into the car when Ray turned back to Mick, "Did you ever think that maybe you weren't meant to do this anymore?"

"What do you want, haircut?"

"To apologize, sort of. For Snart. I was the one who was supposed to die, and I can't help feeling that…" I grabbed Ray's hand and pressed it to my cheek hoping to reassure him that neither option would have been acceptable.

I was glad when Mick cut him off, "It wasn't your fault. It was his. Son of a bitch never did anything without a plan."

Ray gently pulled his hand from my grasp as he stood up and started walking towards Mick, "Maybe you're right. Maybe he wanted this."

"What are you doing with your hand?"

"Maybe he wanted us to, you know, be partners." I smiled at Ray's enthusiasm.

"Think I'm going to be sick," he still hasn't gotten used to the fact that we're a pack or almost a pack.

"I think Snart knew. He knew that I'd keep an eye out for you, and you'd keep an eye out for me."

"While doing what?"

"What we haven't finished doing."

We heard Jax as we walked through the lot Rip had left us in, "Ship's not going to be here, Gray. We saw it take off, remember?"

"Yes, and in doing so, it would have left a…"

Ray finished Stein's sentence as we walked towards them from the car, "Quantum signature. That's what I've been trying to tell Mick. Radio beacon," Ray said as he waved the device he had spent all night making.

"Quantum entangler," Stein said, indicating his device.

Mick stopped them from geeking out, "Boring. When do we get in contact with Hunter?"

Sara stormed over to us with a dark look on her face, "Ms. Lance, are you all right," Stein asked.

Sara ignored him, "How do we get the Waverider back here?"

We waited after Stein and Ray turned on their devices. "I don't understand. This should have worked," Ray said, he and Stein went over a couple of things that could explain it.

"Did you account for subspace interference?"

"It's the first thing I thought of. Did you adjust for temporal polarity?"

"Oh, Raymond, you insult me."

"Can you reach the Waverider or not," Sara asked impatiently. I moved towards her and gently released calming pheromones not sure why she was so upset.

Ray and Stein answered in sync, "We're working on it."

"Actually, guys, I think it just worked," Jax said pointing out the Waverider as it flew towards us. Ray and Stein high fived as it landed.

Rip stormed out, "I thought I made my intentions perfectly clear."

Stein spoke for us all, "And we wish to be equally clear about ours."

Rip spoke as Mick shoved his shoulder, "Do you mind?"

"Just checking to see if you're real this time," Mick explained, rightly justifying his action.

Jax spoke firmly, "You're not ditching us again. When the mission's over, then we can all go our separate ways."

"And this mission is not over," Stein said decisively.

I piped in, "I hate leaving things unfinished."

Ray agreed with us all, "Yeah, just curious how much headway you've had tracking Savage without all of us," he pressed his point.

"None. But neither have I got myself into bar fights in 1975 and the Old West, put dwarf star technology into the hands of terrorists, or got myself turned into a scary bird monster." We all had to reluctantly agree with Rip on those points.

Mick stepped up to make our stance clear, "We get your point. Now get ours. That ship's not taking off without us. You got that?" Rip looked us all over seeing the determination on our faces, and Jax gesturing towards the ship he reluctantly nodded.

We walked onto the bridge as Rip spoke, "Despite my wishes to pursue Savage alone, it seems that you're all intent on seeing this thing through till the bitter…"

Suddenly Sara shoved him against the wall and punched him in the face."Oh! Speaking of bitter," I whacked Mick as he laughed.

I moved forwards to intervene but was held back as Sara started talking, "You knew. You dropped us off five months later because you knew." Sara held Rip against the wall with a knife to his throat.

"Knew what," Jax asked in confusion.

Sara went on, "You knew that Laurel was going to die, and now you're going to take me back, and I'm going to save my sister." I quickly worked to flood the bridge with calming pheromones trying to deescalate the situation.

Rip spoke quietly, "I'm afraid that that…"

"You should be afraid," Sara spoke harshly, cutting him off.

"I can't allow you…"

Sara stayed angry despite my attempts to calm her, "I don't care about the timeline. You're taking me back now."

Ray spoke up hesitantly trying to help, "Look, Sara, I'm sure there's a valid reason why Rip didn't…"

Sara turned away from Rip to yell at Ray, "Stay out of this!" When she turned back Rip held up the device to knock her out. Mick knelt down hauling her over his shoulder as she collapsed.

Jax reeled, "What the hell, Rip?"

"Mr. Rory, take Ms. Lance to sleep it off." Rip sighed ignoring Jax, he walked into the study. I followed Mick as he carried Sara to her room and placed her on her bed. Climbing up I moved putting her head in my lap, I started gently running my fingers through her hair and released calming pheromones so she hopefully wouldn't be so distressed when she woke.

When she woke she sat up and moved to the edge of the bed, where she started to silently cry. I slid forwards embracing her from behind I rested my head on her back. I started to purr as I felt her heart breaking. I sat with her until she finished crying and dried her eyes. I continued to sit with her offering her my presence, knowing she wasn't ready to accept anything more.

I peeked over Sara's shoulder when the door opened, "Please try very hard not to kill me," Rip said as he cautiously walked in.

Sara spoke, she sounded so broken that my heart hurt, "Rip. Please take me back. I need your help. I need to save my sister." I leaned farther into her providing her all the support I could.

Rip spoke so softly that we almost couldn't hear him, "And you know that I would do this for you, Sara, but I just can't."

Sara broke out of my hold she stomped up the Rip anger flaring, "I've not asked you for anything. And you of all people should understand." I rose from the bed moving to leave, I knew they needed to have this conversation without me. I nodded to Rip and brushed my hand against Sara's as I passed them.

We've arrived in Saint-Lô. No sign of Kendra yet, but I have located Vandal Savage, and he does not seem to be alone.

We moved quickly upon our arrival. Reaching the spot where Savage was attacking the Nazi convoy we moved behind them knocking them out to get to Savage. "Get them!" Savage signalled his soldiers when he saw us.

We engaged them as Rip spoke over the comms, "Keep Savage and our Nazi friends occupied. Gideon has detected a temporal signature consistent with a timeship. If Kendra and Carter are alive, that is where they're going to be."

Firestorm was able to scout out the ship from the air, "Yeah, I see it," was said over comms. The fight continued as Firestorm went to get Kendra and Carter, "Kendra's down," Firestorm said from where he and Carter were in the air.

Sara, Mick, Ray, and I moved to cover each other as we began to be overwhelmed, "Rip, we're kind of outnumbered here," Mick reported.

Rip spoke, "Fall back. Staying here to fight Nazis is exacerbating the damage that we have already done to the timeline."

"But Kendra…" Jax trailed off worriedly.

Rip stopped him before he could do something stupid, "Is alive, thankfully, and we will rescue her in due course."

St. Roch 2021

Rip, Carter and I watched Savage's men unbox the meteorite from behind a fence box. Savage stood by where Kendra was bound to a ventilation shaft. Carter shifted angrily, moving to get to Kendra, Rip grabbed him before he could blow our cover, "Patience, Mr. Hall. All our teams need to act simultaneously." Savage moved to the meteor, he poured some of Kendra and Carter's blood on it as he started chanting. When it was time, Rip turned to us nodding, "Now." We launched out from behind the fence moving to attack Savage's men. I launched myself at the foot soldiers ducking under laser fire or throwing up shields to deflect them. I glimpsed Kendra joining the fight launching herself in full winged glory at one of the soldiers. "Rip," Carter called just before Rip got sent over the side of the roof by a laser blast.

We paused in shock, no not again I thought we just lost someone. Then, we saw Rip come back up on the roof of the Waverider, I laughed in relief before going back to beating up Savage's soldier's. I noted that Kendra and Carter went after Savage himself. Rip and I dealt with the rest of Savage's men before we moved over to Kendra and Carter watching as Kendra dug one of Savage's knives into his chest. Rip rushed forwards and grabbed Savage, "Ah, you can feel it, can't you? Things are different this time. You're mortal." Rip taunted Savage pushing the knife in harder.

Savage sputtered out his own taunt, "But yet, my death does not save the lives of your family. I may die, but you'll live knowing that you failed to save the lives of…"

"Aah!" Rip screamed as he threw Savage into the generator. "Never speak their names again," he finished as Savage collapsed, finally dead.

The Waverider appeared and the rest of the team quickly made their way out. "Damn it! I wanted to be the one to kill him. Again, I mean." Mick said, I guess everyone was successful. Rip bent over with a sigh of relief.

We turned as Sara arrived, "Um... I don't think our problems are over yet."

"Fuck," I said hearing the meteor start to sound like a machine being powered on.

Firestorm landed, "I'm on it," he said as he slammed a hand onto the meteor.

"On what," Mick asked confused, as we all gathered around the meteor.

"It's not working," Firestorm said as nothing happened.

"I got this." Ray said ripping another side off the crate. A red beam shot out of his suit before it fizzled out, "I don't understand. I must be all out of power."

"What happens if only one of these goes off," Sara asked.

Rip looked up, "Uh... time will remain intact. The world? Not so much."

"Okay, guys, let's fly this thing out of here," Firestorm spoke to all of us that could fly.

Kendra spoke up, "To where? We would never get it far enough away.

"I could try to contain it," I proposed, trying to find a solution.

"Maybe the Waverider can. Rip, we need…" Ray said trailing off as he looked for Rip, "where's Rip?" We looked as we heard the Waverider powering on.

"And the meteorite?"

The Waverider jumped into the air moments after it had flown off. "Will somebody please tell me what just happened," Ray asked.

I patted Ray on the shoulder, "let's go find out."

We walked onto the Waverider, looking around the place was trashed. "Rip," Kendra called worriedly.

"Sorry if I gave you all a fright," Rip said calmly.

Sara asked, "What happened to the meteor?"

We walked further into the ship as Rip started explaining, "Uh, I flew it into the heart of the sun. Well, I angled the ship to eject the meteorite before impact, and then, uh… time jumped away."

"You could have been killed."

"Should have been. You're a moron."

"Now, who fancies a return trip to 2016?"

"Can the ship even handle that without repairs?" I asked as Rip forced the door to the bridge open.

Kendra spoke in relief, "I can't believe it's over."

"Well, for some of you, yes. My journey, it seems, is only just beginning," Rip said.

"How does that work? Savage is three times dead," Mick said as we gathered around the console. I was uncertain of where the pack would go from here.

"The Time Masters are no longer of growing concern, due to our destruction of the Oculus. Someone needs to be responsible for protecting the timeline. Who better than a former Time Master? And any of you who'd like to join me." Hope bubbled up inside me, I think that maybe we'll be just fine.

"So for the last five months you've been traveling through time to kill an immortal hellbent on taking over the world."

"Pretty much."

"And now that you've done that you're what coming back to Gotham to try and live a normal life," Mary said skeptically. "I don't think that's going to work too well. You need to go to Star City tomorrow and get back on that ship because there's no way you can pass up on the adventure of a lifetime." Mary paused before she continued a little quieter, "I think if you don't go you'll regret it for the rest of your life."

"Thank you Mary you have assuaged all my doubts, and I will be eternally grateful. Unfortunately I can't let you remember this conversation." I quickly whispered a spell that wiped her mind of our conversation and replaced the memory with one about my nonexistent travels.

The whole team had gathered at the lot to return to the Waverider. Right on time the ship appeared and Rip walked up to us, "A full complement." Rip chucked before going on, "To be honest, I had my doubts that all of you would be willing to throw in with me for a second go."

Carter spoke up, "Well, actually…" he trailed off, "We're not coming with you." Kendra finished before Carter spoke again, "With Savage gone, we want to start fresh, see what happens."

"I give it three months, tops," Mick chuckled doubting their relationship would last.

Kendra shook her head before stepping forwards, "Look, I just... I want to say thank you. To all of you. Ray, I…"

Ray cut her off, "No. This is... it's meant to be. I wish both of you nothing but the best." They hugged before they both stepped back.

I darted forwards throwing my arms around Kendra, I tried to convey that she would always be welcome with us even though she was leaving. "Be safe," she said before I released her.

"See you guys around," Carter got in the last word before they took off.

We watched them fly away. "Every time they do that, I get hungry for chicken," I choked on a laugh as I slammed my elbow into Mick's side.

Rip looked to us, "So, shall we," he said before he started to lead us to the ship.

We stopped as we heard the sound of a ship time jumping. Looking up, "Is that…" Sara asked, wondering if we were seeing things right.

"The Waverider," Rip confirmed.

"Another Waverider," Stein asked amazed.

Ray spoke as it continued its course at high speed, "Whatever it is, it's not slowing down."

We started backing up as Jax yelled, "Get down!" The other ship crash landed on the other side of the lot. "What the hell's going on?"

Rip glanced at Jax before refocusing on the new ship, "To be honest, Mr. Jackson, I have absolutely no idea."

A guy in a black hood emerged from the ship, "Is this 2016? Is this May, 2016?"

Jax answered, "Yeah."

Hood guy, who now that he was closer I could smell was an alpha, spoke amazed, "You're exactly where you said you'd be." He turned serious fast, "Do not get on that ship. If you do, you're all dead." I bristled, is he threatening us, I dare him.

"Says who?"

"Says you, Mr. Rory. You sent me."

Rip stepped closer to Hood, "I'm sorry. Who exactly are you?"

"My name is Rex Tyler. I'm a member of the Justice Society of America."