It was the day after Christmas. Ava and I were still at my mom's house. It had been nice spending some time with her since I hadn't done it in years. I was sleeping soundly until we were both woken up by Ava's phone going off rather loudly. At the same time, my phone also went off.
"It's Gary." She said.
"Mine is from Nate." I explained. "There must be a problem at the Time Bureau."
"I knew we shouldn't have left those idiots in charge." Ava replied as we both answered our respective phones.
"Nate, what's wrong?" I answered.
"Why does something have to be wrong for me to call? Maybe I just want to wish you Merry Christmas."
"You're a day late for that." I pointed out. "Now, what's wrong."
"So, one of the magical creatures that we captured has escaped." He explained.
"Is it something dangerous?" I inquired.
"Kind of. It's a Kaupe." He answered.
"A what?" I responded.
"It's a Hawaiian creature that resembles a wolfman." Nate responds.
"How do you let a werewolf escape?" I asked in frustration.
"I didn't let it escape." Nate argued. "Our creature handler that wasn't even supposed to be there let it free."
"Gary, don't do anything. We're coming there." Ava declared.
This was going to be interesting explaining to my mom. I hadn't told her about the dangerous creatures. It wasn't exactly something for the dinner table. I was also glad that we didn't have any family come over on the count of they were all dead. Well there was that other Laurel, but she wasn't my sister. I was glad that she didn't have to see me like this.
We headed to the Time Bureau and found that Oliver had been released. I could tell that Ava looked particularly unhappy to be there especially since she was not supposed to be there.
"Do you know how infuriating it is to have to come here because you two idiots messed up?" She asked. Hm, I would have expected stronger language. "Who hired this person that released the monster?"
"Technically, she was hired by my father." Nate explained. "Well he assumed that she worked for us and I didn't want to tell him that she didn't, so we gave her a job."
"Well now one of you is going to fire her." Ava declared. "Which one of you is it going to be?"
"Gary." Nate said quickly.
"Well now we have to see if we can clean up your mess." I remarked. "Don't do anything about the monster. Just tell us if you manage to find out any information."
"You might want to leave because my dad is still in the building." He declared. At that point, Ava grabbed my hand and started to run. I had to admit that it was kind of fun. I forgot how much fun it was to just run around buildings time.
We headed back to the Waverider and got the team together for a meeting.
"So we have a loose creature but we don't know where it has escaped to." I explained as I noticed John wasn't wearing a shirt. "John, put some clothes."
"What are we looking for?" Ray inquired.
"A Copay or something?" I responded.
"A Kaupe: It's a Hawaiian beast that has been known to eat people." John responded. He still didn't put on a shirt. "It can be very deadly, especially since it's similar to a werewolf."
"I can't believe that we're going to see a werewolf." Ray replied with glee. Only he could get so excited about it.
"Do we know if this creature has the ability to turn others into werewolves?" I questioned. It was something that we probably needed to be prepared for.
"Should be able to, but precise methods aren't currently known." John explained.
"That's not helpful." I remarked. The last thing that I wanted was to be a teenager and a werewolf.
"I'll see if I can find out more." John stated as he walked off.
"Put on a shirt while you're in there." I told him.
I then went back to my room. I needed to take a shower. I probably also needed to explain to my mom that I was going back to traveling through time.
"So at least you got to spend your birthday without any weirdness happening." Ava stated. "I have a feeling that I might need to go back to work."
"You know you shouldn't do that." I remarked. "Plus it's also not legal."
"Well no one else knows how to run it as well as I do." She pointed out.
"We'll get through this mess and you can stay with us." I assured her. "I like having you here. Besides, who else is going to help you through puberty?"
"I guess I do like spending time with you." Ava agreed. "I'm glad that I have someone that loves me so much, especially since I don't have parents."
"You did have a father, just not in the traditional sense. Rip was like your father." I explained.
"I'm not sure if that makes me feel better, but thanks for trying." She stated. "Even if he was a father figure to me, he's dead now. How do you deal with people dying so well?"
"It's something that the League of Assassins taught me, but I'm not sure if I'm the best. It still hurts every time you lose someone." I replied. "I don't want to lose anyone else."
"You're not going to." She assured me, "You're never going to lose me."
At that time, I got a call from Nate.
"So, it seems our handler escaped and sent the Kaupe somewhere into the timeline." He said.
"We'll have Gideon scan for any suspicious activity." I replied. "Thanks Nate. Gideon…"
"I'm already on it, Captain." Gideon interrupted. Her listening on all my phone calls was annoying sometimes. "It turns out that there is a disturbance in Mexico 1961. Shall I set a course and alert the team that we are going?"
We went into Mexico and I was at least glad that I could wear pants. I was a bit surprised when we got to the building that Gideon told us was the source of the supernatural activity.
"Why would a monster want to stay here in this dump?" I asked.
"This isn't a dump. It's home of the greatest sport in Mexico's history." John told us. "Lucha Libre."
"I never pegged you for a wrestling fan." I remarked.
"There's a big difference between professional wrestling and this. For one, this isn't staged." John pointed out. "From the looks of it, this is definitely where we'll find our monster."
I then saw a poster for someone called El Lobo, which if my high school Spanish was correct, meant the wolf.
"So, we need to watch first. We're not going to interrupt any fights and we'll see if we can catch him afterwards." I declared
"Are you sure that will work?" Ava asked.
"It's the best plan that we have right now." I pointed out.
The fight was kind of exciting, even though the monster won pretty easily. It was kind of unfair for someone with superhuman strength to compete against regular humans.
Once the fight was over, we went outside to see the monster. I knew that we needed to capture the beast and take him back to the Time Bureau. Before we could get to the beast, I got a call from Zari.
"So, it turns out that this creature handler says the footage of her releasing the monster was doctored." She declared.
"Can you check to verify that?" I asked. I hoped that this wouldn't be a probably.
"I am on it." Zari replied. "I'll let you know as soon as I find something out."
We then went to fight the beast. Ray had his suit, Mick had his gun, and John had his various magic. Of course, none of them were as well trained in hand-to-hand combat as I was. I was also skilled in taking down larger opponents as it was something that the League of Assassins taught me.
We got into a fight. I knew superhumans were a bit out of my depth, but I was up for a challenge. He turned out to be impervious to fire, so Mick's gun was useless. After a bit of a struggle, I managed to take him down. He managed to get a scratch on me, but it was nothing that Gideon couldn't patch up.
After the fight, I managed to get a call from Zari. Maybe she was the best hacker in the world not named Felicity Smoak.
"That was fast." I replied.
"Yeah, well there's a bit of bad news," She said. "The video was altered, but the number associated with it belongs to Nate's dad. We think he might have a hand in it. The only way for us to be sure is to get it from him."
"Well do you know where he is going to be tonight?" I asked.
"He is going to be at a benefit tonight." She said. "Nate is going to take me."
I took Ava back to the Waverider.
"Feel like going to a party tonight?" I asked.
"I'm pretty sure that those parties are more for adults." She pointed out.
"But they're not exclusively for them." I countered. "We need to try to get Nate's dad phone and we need to be in DC anyway to return the monster."
"I don't even like those kind of parties." She told me.
"But we haven't really gotten to go on a date in a while." I declared. "I know this may not be the most ideal situation, but sometimes you have to take what you can get."
"I guess you know how to sell it." She admitted.
The two us changed into some formal dresses, which were a bit more sparkly than I would have liked, but they were what Gideon recommended for a formal event. I had a feeling that we would be the youngest ones there, but I hoped that we would still be able to have some kind of fun.
"Dance with me." I suggested.
"Why?" She asked.
"We need to act natural, at least until we get the signal from Nate."
The two of headed to the dancefloor and while a few people stared at us, we ignored them and just moved to the music. I didn't expect Ava to be such a good dancer, but she was good at pretty much everything, so I shouldn't have been surprised. I wanted to keep moving with her. It was magical. If we could dance forever, I would want to because it felt so good to move along with her.
However, we soon got the signal from Zari that she needed to show us the video. We went over to there with Nate.
"You got the phone?" I asked.
"Yes, and this is the original video." Zari replied as she played a video of the creature handler hiding while a group of men in black suits kidnapped the creature. Well, that might have been good information before we gave the creature back to them.
"I think the Time Bureau has been compromised." Ava replied. "I never should have left. I have to fix this. I have to do something about this."
"Ava, I don't think that there is anything that we can do from the inside and we don't even know what they're planning yet. We'll have to figure it out before she can do anything to stop them."
When we got back to the Waverider, I looked in the window. I thought I noticed something strange. It looked like my eyes were glowing yellow, but then I looked again and saw that they were blue. I must have been seeing things. I then went into the ship and began to get ready for bed as I tried to figure out what to do.
This story is back with Legends. I basically wrote Mona out of the episode. And Sara's going to be a more traditional werewolf when she finds out about it. Not to mention, Sara and Ava didn't break up. Please don't forget to review.
