A/N: Umm, hi. This may or may not have been ready for the past month or so. And I may or may not have forgotten to post it until now, so... Kill me if you want. Enjoy!

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"Um, I have a question," Leo said, raising his arm like he was in a classroom. "How are we all going to get there at the same time? And also, how do we know where we're going?"

Jesse held up the piece of Savitar's armour triumphantly. "This thing keeps trying to snap back to him. I figured we'd follow its pull." She lowered the claw to her side.

Jason raised an eyebrow. "That sounds convenient."

"Whatever works," Jesse shrugged. "As for how we're getting there, I thought you guys could all hold on to one another like, in a chain, and then I could pull all of you at the same time."

"Would that work?" Annabeth asked. "Technically, I think the forces involved would break our grips on each other like that," she finished, snapping her fingers.

"I think so," Jesse responded. "When it comes to speedsters, the laws of physics tend to be a bit...flexible. The Speed Force should protect you."

"Do we really want that thing protecting us right now?" I asked. "This is the same Speed Force that's holding Wally prisoner at the moment, right?"

"I think we should try it," Cisco broke in. "It can't hurt. If it ends up not working, we can just look for something else."

Hazel nodded. "He does have a point."

"Good enough for me," Frank added with a glance at his girlfriend. "Everyone hold hands."

We linked hands, Nico surreptitiously moving to the end of the line (or so he thought), as far from me as possible. He ended up holding hands with Leo, who waggled his eyebrows at him suggestively.

"Won't your man at home get jealous?" he teased.

Nico's face reddened and he growled, "Shut up, Valdez."

Jesse flashed into her suit and came back to grab my hand. She gave me a small smile. "Let's do this." She raised the claw in her hand again and stared at it fiercely. "Okay, you stupid piece of metal. Take me to your leader."

She whisked us away, the scenery blurring around us as we were whipped around corners that were way too tight way too fast. The ride was a Hades of a lot wilder when you weren't being carried and had seven or eight other people attached to you.

Finally, we came to a halt in a nearly empty parking lot by the water. At first, there was a lot of gasping and groaning on our part, except for Jason, who never seems to get motion sick...when he's on dry land. Eventually, though, we all straightened up and looked around.

"There's no one here!" Piper said indignantly. "What are we gonna do, fight the air?"

Leo imitated a cat fight, flapping his hands and generally making a fool of himself.

"He'll be here," Jesse replied grimly.

Sure enough, not five seconds later, Savitar appeared.

"Gotcha," Jesse muttered.

Savitar straightened marginally, extending to his full height. "Jesse Quick. I knew you would come for me. I know everything that's going to happen, because I've lived it." He waved dismissively towards the other demigods and I. "Not brave enough to take me on without the help of the ensemble, I see."

Jesse shifted uncomfortably. Apparently independence was a bigger issue for her than I had thought.

"Seriously, though," Nico broke in, "is no one going to examine that 'I've lived it' statement?"

Savitar turned his livid gaze towards him, but remained silent for the moment, contenting himself with curling his freakish hands into fists.

"Obviously he's referring to the fact that he's actually the future version of Barry Allen," I said. "I don't know how or why, but he is. He literally admitted it."

Jesse sighed without taking her eyes off Savitar. "Not this again."

Annabeth's eyes raked up and down Savitar's form. "Hm. An interesting theory. It would explain the odd similarity in how he carries himself. He stands the same way Barry does when he feels over-confident. And the suit obviously exaggerates his actual size. The voice, of course, is completely different, but there are ways of altering that."

"I am not Barry Allen," Savitar hissed.

"Suuure you aren't," Leo drawled with an exaggerated wink in our direction.

Savitar began advancing. "You should show me more respect," he started. "I am a god-"

"Oh, please," Piper cut him off. "You wish you were."

"We aren't afraid of you," Jesse chimed in.

Somehow, Savitar's mask seemed darker. Like, you know when someone gets mad and their face changes? That was kinda what it was like. I don't know. Maybe I'm not explaining well. Anyways, he must have been mad, 'cause he started growling even more than usual. "You should be."

Jesse dashed forward and started circling around him, gearing up for a lightning toss. Savitar swiped at her, but she dodged easily.

"Should we do something?" Hazel asked.

"Not yet," I answered holding up a hand. "Give her a second."

Jesse threw her lightning and dashed away, but Savitar's armour seemed to catch the blast and redirect it back in Jesse's direction. Almost before I could blink, the lightning abruptly changed direction and headed for a spot behind me.

I twisted to avoid it, belatedly, and saw Jason holding the blue lightning in a small ball of electricity, the light illuminating his face eerily, causing the small scar above his lip to stand out even more than usual. His mouth twisted into a smile at all the shocked expressions. Even Savitar stopped moving.

"Sucks for you," he said.

Savitar shook himself out of his surprise and zoomed forward, grabbing Jesse around the throat. "I have such plans for you in the future, Jesse- ARG!" he cut himself off as Jesse stabbed him with his own claw.

Savitar fell back, dropping Jesse. He turned like he was about to run away and then froze.

"Percy!" Annabeth exclaimed.

"What? It's not me!"

"I know it isn't," Annabeth retorted. "But grab him before he phases out!"

I thrust my hand forward, latching onto the guy in front of me and holding him in place. I glanced around, looking for what had stopped him in the first place and saw Hazel mimicking my position almost exactly.

"His suit's made of metal," she shrugged, seeing my glance. "Frank's idea."

"Nice one," Nico nodded.

Piper cocked her head. "Hey, Leo. Can you get that thing open?"

He rubbed his hands together excitedly. "I dunno. Let's give it a shot."

He walked towards the immobilized Savitar, the rest of us following and Jesse joining on the way over.

"That was awesome," she commented. "You guys would really come in handy around here."

"We try," Frank smiled.

"Quiet please!" Leo aid, extending his arms to either side. "The master is at work."

Everyone rolled their eyes, but stayed quiet.

"Thank you," Leo smiled. He placed his hand on the center of the suit's chest. "Uh, Hazel? Could you get this guy on all fours? Seems like that's the only position this thing'll open in."

Hazel complied, and Leo once more placed his hand on the suit.

"This is so exciting," I whispered. "It's like the end of a Scooby-Doo episode." I turned to Jason. "Dude, you could totally be Fred."

"Who does that make you?" he asked.

"Scooby," Annabeth answered for me.

"Rude," I muttered.

"Ah-ha!" Leo exclaimed as the suit began to open.

At first, we just saw the back of someone in a black shirt. Then I let them straighten up.

"Well I'll be gosh-diddly-dang-darned," I said. "I was right."

The furious, disfigured face of Barry Allen did not reply.