Chapter 2-Marks
A/N: Set after Episode 6 "Star City 2046". While Sara tends to Ray's injuries, the two discuss what happened in the future Star City. (BTW The whole Ray and Kendra part never happens and Carter is still alive.)
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It had been a little over a day (or whatever counts as a day on a time-ship) since the Team had been stranded in Star City in 2046, and in that time Sara Lance had done a lot of thinking. Thinking about her home, thinking about whether she made the right choice joining Hunter's Crew.
But luckily for Sara, Ray was there for her, a little too there for her if she was honest with herself. Although if she was even more honest with herself she would say that she liked Ray's constant joking and full-hearted attempts at cheering her up.
Just like he was doing now. The assassin and the inventor sat in the former's quarters, as Sara changed the dressing on one of Ray's injuries from his time in the Soviet gulag.
"You know, if you didn't open you mouth so much you probably would only be half as hurt as you are now." Sara pointed out to him, as she rubbed some disinfectant into the wound, making his grit his teeth.
"Yeah, but then we wouldn't have these special little moments," Ray replied smirking over his shoulder at her. "You know. Me laying on your bed without a shirt, you getting to play doctor. No Team here to interrupt us."
"You know if you want to lay on my bed shirtless all you have to do is ask." Sara teased as she finished re-bandaging the wound on his back.
"I'll keep that in mind for future reference." Ray teased back and winced as he stretched his arm out. Ray then turned around on the bed, to see Sara's expression turn quite morbid. "Hey, look at me," Ray said gently as he placed a hand on Sara's cheek. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Just thinking about the future." Sara said, trying to mask her face as one of happiness, a mask that proved fruitless compared to Ray's raised eyebrow.
"2046?"
"Yeah, 2046. I just," Sara paused and cupped Ray's hand for reassurance. "If we were there maybe our friends wouldn't have all died."
"Okay, first things first: that's only one possible future. And second thing: we're on a time-ship, and once we defeat Savage we can return to Star City and should Wilson ever show up we'll be there fighting for our city." Ray then leaned in closer and kissed Sara's forehead; then the tip of her nose and finally he planted a sweet kiss on her lips. "And for each other."
"How can you be so optimistic? After everything that's happened to you." Sara asked and she parroted Ray's actions and cupped Ray's face in her hands. "After the gulag. After being kidnapped by Darhk. After blowing yourself up. How are you still so cheery?"
"Well it's better than the opposite. Besides everything I need to be positive is in this room. On this very bed." Ray then kissed Sara again, before pulling back slightly. "And I don't mean myself."
Sara shook her head and gave a giggle that rarely came from Sara's mouth. "Well then how about we get a little more positive?" Sara then climbed onto Ray's lap and pushed him backwards onto the bed.
"I do like the sound of tha-"
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"Tell me Raymond, did you get those marks from the Russians or from a certain blonde assassin?" Len asked pointing at the scratches on Ray's arms and neck, as they (along with Jax, Carter and Kendra) explored the ship's library/artifacts room.
"Wow, looks like you and Sara are getting serious if she's marking you for all the Crew to see." Kendra said as the three heroes (and the criminal) became interested in the red marks on the inventor's body.
"Damn. If this is just what we can see, I wonder what she did to the rest of you." Jax commented.
"Just wait until she starts using knifes." Carter joked as he starting flipping through a book, stopping when he noticed the guys staring questionably at him and Kendra giving him a panicky look.
"Please tell me we never-" Kendra started to say.
"Its probably for the best that we don't talk about that." Carter rushed out as he dropped the book on the table behind him. "That was a weird time period." He then muttered (not so quietly) under his breath.
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"So let me get this straight. You and Palmer got more than just the hots for each other?" Mick said to Sara as he played with the lighter he had stolen from the gulag.
"I'm not sure to answer that, so..." Sara trailed off as Professor Stein and Captain Hunter enter the bridge.
"Uh, Miss. Lance, what exactly is that on your neck?" Stein asked as the two joined Sara and Mick at the seats, causing Sara to immediately cover her neck, as Mick's as attention was brought away from the flame and to the assassin's neck.
"Nothing. Its nothing at all."
"No doubt the result of her and Dr. Palmer's relationship." Rip figured as he started playing around with the ship's system. "Gideon any findings on Savage?"
"None sir. But it should be made known that Dr. Palmer and Miss. Lan-"
"Thank you Gideon." Sara interrupted the A.I. "That'll be all."
"I do hope that you and Raymond are, uh," Professor Stein paused momentarily, waving his arms about. "Staying safe. You know during-"
"Oh my god. Please stop talking."
"You know the Professor's onto something. We don't need any mini Palmers running around." Mick commented, as Sara hid her face in her hands.
And then the Captain joined in the discussion: "Miss. Lance while I am not one to discredit such acts, I must of course ask that you refrain from," Rip stopped, treading carefully like Stein did before him. "The matter of children until after we have dealt with Vandal Savage. As I'm sure you can understand you being pregnant will significantly reduce the missions you do."
That was the final straw Sara could take before she stood up and (quickly) walked out of the room, ignoring the other's attempts at getting her to stay.
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"You know I learnt something, when I was in the gulag with Mick." Ray started as he followed Sara to the kitchen.
"That you wouldn't last a day in prison?" Sara teased as she began making two cups of coffee.
"Hey! I lasted two days, thank you very much."
"Yeah but the first day you got beaten up and on the second you got tortured."
"Okay, fair point. And anyway that's not what I meant." Ray said before he hopped onto a counter top. "What I was going to say was that I learnt that no matter what happened to me I would always have you here to patch me up." Ray smiled at her, only for Sara to shake her head. "Too cheesy?"
"Way too cheesy." Sara took the two cups of coffee and headed towards the table, only for Ray to reach a chair before Sara. "But about the whole gulag mission, I should tell you something."
"What is it?" Ray asked, growing concerned, as he pulled Sara down onto his lap.
"While Len was saving you and Mick, I..."
"Was saving Professor Stein?" Ray finished for her.
"Yeah, but that wasn't it. If I couldn't save Stein then I was suppose to..." Sara trailed off and began to play with Ray's hair.
Ray made Sara look at him, face to face. "I know that you were ordered to kill Stein if you couldn't save him."
"Then how come you haven't said anything?" Sara asked, generally confused as to why such a good man would continue to be in a relationship with her out of all people.
"Because you didn't go through with it." Sara kissed Ray with all the love that she had, suddenly forgetting about the coffee on the table.
"You're way too good for me." Sara whispered as they barely parted their kiss.
"Funny, I was gonna say thing about you." Ray replied, before he pulled her back down into another kiss.
"Oh! Miss Lance! Dr. Palmer!" The two broke apart to see Rip standing in the doorway, Len and Jax walking in after him.
"Oh Raymond, you know we eat on that table." Len complained.
"I'm never going to be able to sit their again without feeling awkward and out of place." Jax commented, as Rip walked out of the kitchen, Len laughing and following him out.
"Um, Jax do you mind?" Sara asked the auto-mechanic, who was still standing in the doorway.
"Oh, sorry. Um, bye?" Jax said as he backed out of the room, making sure to close the door behind him.
"So should we take this to your quarters or...?" Ray trailed his question off.
"Here's good." Sara said before pouring the cups of coffee into the sink, and returning to the table. "Now then, let's get started." Sara said, as she laid back on the table, pulling Ray down onto her.
-Songbirds & Scientists-
Later at dinner, Kendra couldn't help but notice that only half of the table were eating. "Okay what's going on? Why aren't you guys eating?" She looked between Ray and Sara, and then between Rip, Jax and Len.
"Why am I feeling embarrassed and awkward?" Stein asked, before turning to Jax, who avoided his stare. "Or rather, why are you feeling embarrassed and awkward Jefferson?"
"No reason Grey." Jax quickly said. "No reason at all."
"Well, I'm not that hungry so," Ray said as he stood up from the table. "I'm just gonna go."
Kendra looked from Ray to Sara to the table to the chair that was for some reason in the corner. "Oh my god!" Kendra shouted as she put the pieces together. "Please tell me you guys didn't do it on this table!"
"Yeah so I'm gonna go as well." Sara said and followed Ray out of the room. The remaining seven occupants all then backed away from the table, and looked between on another.
"As soon as we land we should destroy this table." Carter suggested, much to the others approval.
"I'ma get my gun." Mick said as he walked out of the kitchen.