Chapter 4-I'm Here
A/N: AU-ish. The Team end up in Victorian London searching for Savage (Mick is still on the Team, and Carter isn't dead).
A/N2: They haven't mentioned Ray's family other than his fiancée and I can't find any reference to them comics-wise, so I'm just guessing.
Disclaimer: Do not own Legends of Tomorrow or Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.
"Introducing Miss Evie Frye and escort." A man announced as Sara and Ray entered the ballroom. Ray was in a simple, yet expensive-looking, suit while Sara wore an elegant dress of black and white.
"So, who exactly is Evie Frye?" Sara asked as the two looked around the room, noticing Professor Stein wearing a suit similar to Ray's, and Len and Mick wearing guard uniforms.
"She's-"
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"The year is 1868. Location is London, England."
"Thank you Gideon." Rip said as he and the Team surrounded the bridge's table-computer. "Right then according to Gideon, Vandal Savage will appear at a ball for the wealthiest people in the entire country, set for tomorrow night."
"So what we dress up fancy and ambush him at the party?" Jax asked.
"Sort of. We'll infiltrate the ball, and keep Savage distracted until we can find the dagger at his home. Then we simply get the dagger to Kendra and Carter so they can kill him."
"But?" Sara asked, figuring out where the Captain was going.
"But, Carter, Kendra you cannot reveal yourselves until we get the dagger. Now also, seeing as Savage has not met the rest of you yet-"
"No revealing what we can do or who we actually are." Len assumed, the thief being the only one not standing at the table, but resting in the seats.
"Exactly. Now then: the plan..."
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"-a character from a series. An assassin from this time." Ray said, trying not to nerd-out on her. The orchestra then started playing a waltz, making Ray smile. "Care to dance, madam?"
"My pleasure, good sir." Sara smiled back at him as the two stepped onto the dance floor. "Wait, do you now how to dance?" Sara asked.
Ray simply answered her by dipping her and spinning her into his chest. "Good enough for you?"
"I think I can make it work." She teased, as they two of them began to move in time with the song.
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"Professor Stein, Sara and Dr. Palmer shall enter the party as guests, while Snart and Rory will be dressed as guards." Rip explained, with Gideon pulling up plans and diagnostics as he spoke. "Meanwhile Carter, Kendra, Jefferson and myself will infiltrate Savage's manor and find the dagger."
"Sounds good, now this party. How wealthy are we talkin' about?" Mick asked, causing Len to stand up and take interest.
"No stealing. We don't want any unwanted attention."
"Please." Len practically laughed. "We're not amateurs we know how to take something without being noticed." Len then showed them a wallet, causing Ray to check his pockets, before taking the wallet back. "See. Told you."
"What part of no stealing don't you understand?"
"We're thieves. It's what we do."
-Songbirds & Scientists-
While Sara and Ray danced, Mick and Len scouted the crowd, trying to find the perfect targets.
"Say Mick," Len started and turned to see his partner being mesmerised by some nearby lit candles. "Mick!" Len repeated, hitting the larger man's shoulder.
"What?" Mick growled at him.
"Focus, we're here for thieving not burning. Now, here's what I'm thinking-"
"So where'd an assassin learn to dance? I doubt there were many balls in Nanda Parbat." Ray asked as he and Sara spun around on the dance floor.
"Well before everything happened with the Gambit and Lian Yu, I took dancing lessons." Sara told him. "You know Ballet, the Waltz. Even tried a bit of break dancing."
"Now that is something I would pay to see." Ray said jokingly, but meant it seriously.
Sara laughed as Ray spun her around. "And how about you? Where did the great Ray Palmer learn to dance?"
"Well my mother was, um, traditional I guess you could say." Ray started. "She thought it best that I know how to dance, for occasions such as this."
"As in traveling back in time to the Victorian Era, searching for a man who can't die." Sara joked, making Ray chuckle. "You know, I don't think you've ever mentioned your mother, or your family for that matter." Sara said, now realising how much Ray keeps to himself.
"Don't really see any need to. It's not like my family has an affect on what kind of person I am." Ray said, shrugging off her curiosity.
"Of course family have an affect on you." Sara tried to reason with him.
"Not mine." Ray simple said, as the song ended, and he headed off to the buffet table, where he began to talk to Stein.
"Trouble in Paradise." Sara turned to see Len standing beside her, Mick next to him.
"Why would you think that?" Sara asked, as she returned to scanning the room.
"Maybe because Raymond hightailed off as soon as the song ended."
"What happened?" You guys burn out already?"
"No we didn't burn out. If you must know I asked about his family and he wasn't exactly willing to share his family album." Sara told them, as they watched Ray and Stein talking at the buffet.
"Take it from a couple of crooks, not all families are perfect." Mick said. "Ray's a pretty open guy, if he's keeping somethin' hidden there's prob'ly a good reason."
"Yeah well, I'm not that big a fan of people I care about keeping things from me." Sara told them.
"Well, that's ironic." Len commented, before Sara headed off towards the buffet table, and leaving the two Rogues.
Sara stood next to Ray, taking his hand in hers, as he and Professor Stein finished their conversation, just as the band stopped playing. "Announcing Lord Vandal Savage, representative of Her Majesty the Queen!"
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"Why would Savage be in Victorian London? I mean Queen Victoria is not exactly Stalin or Hitler." Ray asked the Captain, as the two of them (as well as Professor Stein) waited for the others to finish preparing for the night ahead of them.
"Well in the 1800s, England was revolutionary in terms of industry and science." Stein said, becoming more and more excited. "Just imagine it Darwin, Dickens, even Jack the Ripper! What a time this must've been to live in."
"Just wait until you see, or rather smell, the city's streets Professor. I'm sure you'll change you mind." Rip said, going over to the table/computer. "Gideon-"
-Songbirds & Scientists-
"Well that went well." Ray muttered as he sat in one of the bridge's chairs, his tie gone and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone, his shirt also having been untucked.
"Better than I thought it would." Jax joked as he learnt on the table of the bridge, where most of the Team were currently withered and resting. Carter and Mick were currently in the infirmary due to minor knife-related injuries, while Kendra made sure they were okay.
"I must say though, up until Savage beating us it was quite an enjoyable night." Stein said, the Professor of course being the only one without any injuries.
"I'm not sure Raymond and Sara feel that way." Len muttered, making Sara glare at him, and Ray look at the two confused. "Of course I can't complain." He said admiring a golden necklace with an emerald that he had stolen.
"Wait what?" Ray asked standing up and turning to Sara.
"Perhaps we should all get some rest." Rip suggested, not prepared for another fight. "Gideon keep the ship in the Temporal Zone for now."
"Of course Captain." Rip then left the bridge with Jax and Professor Stein heading out after him.
"I'ma leave the two of you to discuss your familial issues." Len said before following the others out.
Sara started to walk out of the room, only for Ray to catch her arm and stop her. "Wait, what did Snart mean?"
"Nothing. It's just, uh, when you're ready to tell me about your life before Starling City, I'm here to listen." Sara said, placing her hand over Ray's. "I'll be in our bunk, it's about time I get out of this dress." She said before heading out of the room, leaving Ray on the bridge, with nothing but his thoughts and the quiet noises of the ship's computers.
-Songbirds & Scientists-
Sara was about to drift off to sleep when she felt Ray slide in next to her, Ray having ditched the shoes and shirt but didn't bother to lose the slacks.
"You're right." Ray whispered into Sara's hair. "The reason why I haven't told you about my family is because their isn't really anything to tell. My family's dead."
Sara turned to face him and ran a hand across his cheek. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay. Um, my dad died just after I graduated high school: he was a thief and a murderer so I guess he finally got what was due to him and he was killed in a shootout against some police officers. And my mother, well, it was rumoured that she set the housefire that killed her, and it, um, also killed my younger sister. I was away at college so I don't know what actually happened and, um, I-"
"Hey, look at me." Sara took his face into her hands, wiping away Ray's tears, and resting his forehead against hers. "I've never really had a family member die, you know, besides myself so, I don't know what to say. Other than I'm here and I'm not going anywhere." Ray's head then fell against Sara's chest, and she ran her hand through his hair until he quieted down.
"I think I'm in love with you." Ray mumbled as he drifted off into sleep, while Sara felt more awake than ever.
"I think I'm in love with you too." She whispered into Ray's hair and watched him sleep until she started to drift off as well, dreaming about a certain inventor laying before her.