It was the second morning in a row that Sara woke up on her own, without any nightmares. This time even earlier than the day before. She smiled happily and placed a gentle kiss on the agent's shoulder. She got out of bed and made her way to the kitchen. At this time of the morning, all of the legends were still asleep. Sara took her usual oatmeal and sat at the table, eating peacefully. "Gideon," she called out to the ships AI.

"Good morning, Captain. What can I do for you?" The AI asked her.

"Could you do me a favor and let me know when Ava wakes up, please?" Sara asked, finishing her breakfast.

"Of course, Captain. Anything else I can help you with?" The AI responded.

Sara shook her head, putting away her dishes. "No, that's all. Thanks, Gideon." The blonde made her way to their newly created training room for her usual morning work out. She was punching and kicking the punching bag they'd hung up recently when she sensed someone trying to sneak up on her. She had a pretty good idea of who it might be. She kept up her training until the person was right behind her. Suddenly she turned around, pinning the person to the training mat with both hands above their head. A proud smirk appeared on the captain's face. "Good morning," she said, leaning down to peck the other woman's lips.

"How did you know I was there, I asked Gideon not to tell you," Ava said, kind of disappointed.

"I figured since I asked Gideon to tell me when you woke up," she playfully glared at the ceiling. "I have been trained by the League of Assassins. Twice! You can't sneak up on me without me noticing. Especially when I'm training." The captain let go of Ava's hands, which automatically came to rest on her hips.

"I like watching you train," Ava commented.

Sara smiled. "Maybe we should train together then. You are, after all, the only one that can match me in a sparring match."

"I'd like that," Ava nodded in agreement. A second later her smile faltered. "I should really get back to the bureau though." A disappointed look crossed Sara's face. "I didn't go in yesterday and I had a meeting with Director Bennett. Plus, who knows how much trouble Gary could have gotten himself into since I left."

Sara chuckled. "You're right. I should go check on the team too." She bit her bottom lip, "Do you want to come back tonight and have dinner with me?"

Ava smiled brightly. "Sure," she answered, pulling Sara down for a long, loving kiss. "Try not to get yourself or your team killed."

The two of them got up and exchanged one last kiss before parting ways.


Sara walked into the library. She was greeted by both Nate and Amaya, who, obviously, were caught making out. The blonde leader decided to let it slide and asked if they'd found any new leads.

"Gideon found the Darkh's in the 1970's. We don't know exactly what they're doing there, but we figured we could get Amaya's totem back there." Nate explained.

Sara smiled, thinking back to the last time they were in the seventies. "Good, get everyone ready, we leave in an hour."


The mission had gone great, sort of. They were able to get the totem back, without even creating an anachronism. The only problem they'd faced, was Ray almost getting hurt. Sara, being the selfless, 'act now, think later' person she was, had pushed him out of the way just in time. Unfortunately, she hadn't been able to duck away from the magic blast that had been meant for Ray. She fell to the ground, breaking her arm in the process. Her eyes were wide as something invisible was chocking her. Seconds later, she was lifted off the ground by Mick and brought back hastily to the Waverider's med bay.

Fortunately, Gideon's technology had been able to stabilize Sara's breathing, but healing her had taken so much power, that she hadn't been able to fix her broken arm.

Sara was still asleep, her arm in a cast when a portal opened on the bridge. All of the legends turned towards it with panicked looks in their eyes as the blonde time agent walked through. One by one, she looked towards the legends, but none of them would meet her gaze. She squinted her eyes. "What did you idiots do now? And where is Sara?"

"It was an accident," Ray blurted out, getting Ava's full attention. "You know Sara," he said, trying to keep his voice steady as he spoke to angry looking Ava. "I was going to get hit by a magic blast, so Sara pushed me out of the way."

Ava rolled her eyes at the 'typical legend screw up'. "So where is Sara now?" She asked impatiently.

"You see, Sara, she pushed me away," Ray repeated nervously, before speeding up with each word. "she got hit by the blast that was directed at me." A guilty look spread on his features as Ava's eyes widened in fear.

"She's fine now," Amaya reassured her. "Gideon was able to heal the worst of it, but she still has a broken arm. She needs to rest, but she'll be fine."

Ava sighed in relief, before sending a glare in Ray's direction. "She better be fine," she spoke through gritted teeth, before making her way to the med bay.


Ava was putting a strand of blonde hair behind the captain's ear when the latter's eyes fluttered open. A small smile appeared on her face. "Hey," Sara spoke tiredly.

"Don't 'hey' me, Miss Lance," Ava spoke teasingly, "you could have gotten yourself killed." The worry in her voice was very clear. She sat down beside Sara on the bed.

Sara took Ava's hand in her own and squeezed reassuringly. "I'm fine," she promised.

"You got hit by a blast of magic and your arm is broken," Ava gave Sara a serious look. "What you did was dangerous. You might be fine this time, but what about next time? You need to be more careful."

Sara nodded. "Ray was in danger. I'm always going to protect my team, Ava, it's what I do. It's who I am."

Ava sighed. "I know that and I love that about you, but please try to be more careful."

"I'll try, promise" Sara agreed. She put her usual smirk back on her face. "You're cute when you're worried about me," she teased.

Ava rolled her eyes. "You're infuriating," she chuckled and leaned down to peck her lips.

"You know," Sara started, putting on a serious face for a second, "if it puts your mind at ease, there's always room for one more on our team," she looked Ava in the eyes and bit her bottom lip, nervously.

"Be careful what you say, I might actually take you up on that offer," Ava retorted.

"And that is a bad thing?" Sara responded honestly, making both of them smile widely at each other.

"Unfortunately, there are no more rooms available on the Waverider right now though, so if you do decide to stay, we'll have to share," Sara smirked.

Ava raised an eyebrow, "What about Stein's room? Or Jax's?" Not that she'd mind sharing with the other blonde.

"Zari's in Stein's old room and Jax might come back someday," Sara answered easily.

"Maybe I don't mind sharing with you," Ava commented, before teasingly adding, "that way I can keep a closer eye on you and make sure you don't end up breaking time again."

"Fine," Sara smirked, "Sure you can handle being around us, idiots, all the time though?"

"I've been working with Gary for five years, I think I can handle you and your team of children," Ava said.

Sara raised an eyebrow, "Speaking of Gary, do you think he will survive without you?"

"Oh," Ava said in realization, "you were actually being serious about all of this?"

Sara's eyes filled with insecurity. She nodded, looking down at their hands. "Only if you want to," she whispered.

Ava had never seen Sara being anything but cool and collected, so seeing her this vulnerable meant a lot. She put her fingers of her free hand under Sara's chin and lifted her gaze to meet her own. "I'd love to," confirming her words with a loving kiss.