Welcome to Chapter 4 of Golden Rogue. I'm sorry to say that this chapter will be shorter than the other ones. This one focuses on the rogues


Leipzig 1975

The team had all gathered in the bridge, wondering what their next move was going to be with Kendra out of commision.

Rip begins by explaining Kendra's condition. "Pieces of the dagger have apparently broken off and are, as we speak, en route to her heart."

"Can't we just time jump into the future, where they got the stuff that can fix her?" Jax offers a solution. However...

"This ship is from that very same future and has, thus far, been unsuccessful in saving her." He explains.

"Kendra wouldn't survive the time jump anyway." Lenny says, and Rip looks to him surprised.

"We pay attention." Lisa replies to the stare.

"To sum up, Carter Hall is dead, the girlfriend's not too far behind, Vandal Savage is sitting pretty in 1975, which we're all stuck in. That how the plan supposed to work, Rip?" Mick sums of the situation.

"If it is then you need to work on your planing "Captain"." Lisa says sarcastically. Especially the Captain part since she doesn't respect Rip enough just yet. So far this crusade has nearly killed them, and did kill Carter Hall, so he doesn't get her confidence.

"Obviously not, but the mission is simple. We stop Vandal Savage here in the past and we save the future." Rip says

"Simple don't mean easy, Captain." Lenny replies

"Oh, I never said it was. The benefit of being a Time Master is that the length and breadth of history gives one... perspective." Rip pauses somberly. "I've seen darker days. I've seen men of steel die and dark knights fall, and even then I accomplished my mission no matter what. Gideon, what is our status?"

"When the Waverider was attacked by Chronos, the Jumpship was damaged."Gideon shows what looks to be a small vessel on the console. It appeared to have come from the Waverider, and has wings, so obviously it can fly. Lisa guesses it's some kind of life raft for the ship. Kind of like the ones you would see in boats. "Unless you make repairs, we will be unable to-"

"Wait, Jumpship?" Jax asks Rip for an explanation.

"It's a small expeditionary vessel at the belly of the Waverider. you're a mechanic! You have a look at it." Rip tells Jax to fix the Jumpship
"Uh... auto mechanic. Uh... spaceship." Jax replies but Rip merely stares. "Okay, if you've got a set of wrenches, I'll see what I can do."
"What about the rest of us? Do we just sit?" Mick wonders.

"Capital idea, Mr. Rory. You're not nearly as thick as most people say." Rip says just before he leaves.

"Thick... does that mean stupid?" He questions Rip, feeling hostile.

"Come on Mick, let's go see about that Jumpship." Lisa offers.

"Excellent idea sis." Lenny compliments


After the Rogues leave the bridge, they go to the monitors in another room to read on the jumpship. It seems to just be a smaller waverider, but you need a key to activate it. And that key is on Rip hunter, at all times. Won't be a problem though. They're all master theives. Pick-pocketing the Captain won't be difficult. So they head to the bridge.

"Ok, here's the plan, Mick you threaten Rip, and while he's distracted, I can snatch the key.

"Fine with me. As long as I get to punch him." Mick says as they separate. As Lisa and Lenny enter the bridge they see Sara and Rip talking.

"-And if it helps, I'm not giving you a choice. I'm going with you to that bank."
"Somebody say bank?" Lisa said.
"Your services aren't required, Ms. Snart. This is purely reconnaissance." Rip rejects her from the mission.

"We know how to case banks. We're practically bankers." Mick insists as he enters the room. He's kind of interested in this mission

"Except we take the money out." Lenny says.

"I think we have just the skillset you need for this mission. We visit banks all the time.

"Yes, and when I need someone to steal something, you'll be the first to know, I assure you."

"Listen, Englishman. I'm getting bored being stuck on this tin can. And when I get bored, I make bad decisions." Mick threatens

"Whoa, Mick calm down." Lisa plays along pretending to be helpful when this is just part of the plan.

"Yeah, we're all on the same side here. My hot-headed friend and I just want to be helpful. That's all." Lenny said after retrieving the key.

"Duly noted." Rip says just before he leaves with Sara.

"You should have let me punch him." Mick grumbles.

"Yeah, then we wouldn't have gotten this." Lenny says as he pulls out the key. Mick and Lisa are amused.

"Nice work Lenny, now let's go. The Jumpship's this way."


They all make their way to the Jumpship and find Jax still in there. Without Stein around they could take care of him, but he may know how to fly the ship. Mick enters the Jumpship first and greets Jax.

"Ha! Nice ride!" Mick compliments.

Jax smirks "Yeah, it can hit a Mach 3 in a walk. Pretty cool." Jax says proudly

"How'd you know so much about it?" Lisa asks.

"Little thing called an instruction manual." Jax shows a tablet.

"Did you read the part about how to fly it?" She asks and Jax and he starts to get suspicious

"Maybe. Why?" he asks

"We're gonna take a little sojourn to Central City. There's a priceless jewel that needs to be freed from captivity." Lenny quips.

"You want me to help you steal something?"

"More like help us get somewhere to steal something." Lisa says but it doesn't help their case."

Jax just shakes his head and says"Nah, man. I'll pass."

Lenny glares and says "Not exactly asking, Jax." he threatens

"Wow. Carter is dead, Kendra is this close to joining him, and Vandal Savage is still alive and out there doing God knows what, and all you can think about is stealing some diamond?" He says disappointed.

"It's an emerald." He corrects him.

"Is there anything you think about other than yourself?" he asks Lenny

"Yes. My team, and money."

"Well as a member of this team I vote no."

"I said my team." He says referring to the Rogues.

Jax stands up to make a statement. "Nah. I'm not helping you guys steal anything. So if you want to shoot me, then shoot me." He says and Mick and Lisa pull out their guns.

"Can we shoot him?" Mick asks

"You got a pair on you, kid. I respect that."
"So no shooting." He says disappointed. He puts his gun back.

"Sorry Mick, maybe next time." Lenny consoles

"Look, you don't actually have to help us steal anything. We just need to take us to Central City. We do our jobs and you won't get into trouble, and don't die, deal?" Lisa offers.

Jax hesitates for a second then says "Man, even if I wanted to help, and I'm not saying that I do, this thing's got a security lockout. We need an access key." After he says that Lenny pulls out the key.

"You can't tell me you don't wanna see what this baby can do." He says and Jax smirks and finally agrees.


Central City 1975

The heist goes off without a hitch and they return to the JumpShip with Jax waiting for them and the Maximilian Emerald, in their possession. Lisa doesn't know why Lenny chose this emerald out of all of those priceless artifacts, but she didn't question him.

"That's what I call a clean heist." Mick exclaims in excitement.

"And thanks for not setting the museum on fire, partner. And you, thanks for being our getaway driver." Lenny looks to Jax and thanks him.

"Speaking of, let's get the hell back to the ship." Jax insists wanting to get back ASAP.

"Yeah, I could use a nap. it's been a long night"

"Oh, one more stop." Lenny stops them, and they all look to him confused. They have the emerald, what now.

"What're you talking about, boss?" Mick questions.

"1629 Handley Avenue." Lenny explains the stop. Lisa knows that place. It's where they grew up.

"What's on Handley Avenue?" Jax asks Lenny.

"It's where we grew up."Lisa explains.

"That's why you wanted to steal the Maximilian Emerald." Mick explains.

"Both of you, enough." Lenny yells at his teammates.

"You wanted to give it to dear old dad so he doesn't go to prison trying to steal it." Lisa doesn't like this plan. The way she sees it the man got what he deserved.

"Your father was a thief too?" Jax says.

"And unfortunately, not a very good one." Lenny says

"Didn't Rip say something about not messing with the timeline?" Mick asks, not sure if this is a good idea.

"You could accidently blink yourself and your sister out of existence. You're screwing with history here, man." Jax says with caution.

"Yeah, well, history screwed with us first." Lenny said dead set on this mission of his. Lisa doesn't really want to do this but she will stand by her older brother anyway.


As the Snart siblings enter their old house they look around. They think about the memories they shared there. Although they weren't all good ones. Lisa looks at a glass and thinks about the time when her father hit her with one and winces. Lenny notices and puts a hand on her shoulder.

Then they heard a voice say "I came down for a glass of water." They look and see a kid in pajamas holding a glass of water. They realized it was a little Leo Snart with little brown hair. Lisa forgot he had that since he has gray hair now. "I'm Leo. Are you friends with my daddy?"

Lisa hesitates but says "Yeah, you can say that." She isn't lying but she still hates him.

"I think my daddy's sleeping." He says

"Can I tell you something, Leo?" Lenny asks Leo. "It's important." Leo sees that so he nods.

"Don't ever let anyone hurt you. Ever. Not here." He points to his own head. "And especially..." He points to Leo's heart. "-not here. No matter what, you always have to look out for yourself. Okay? You understand?" He asks his younger self so he is prepared for the future he may face.

"I think so." Leo responds.

They then here a gun, but don't need to turn around to know it's Lewis Snart pulling out a gun and aiming at their backs. "You get the hell away from my boy, you sons of a bitch." Ironically their mother is his wife.

Lenny looks to Leo and says, "Why don't you go on up to bed? Go on." Leo complies and walks away as the Snart siblings stand and face their father
"Talk fast, or you both take a bullet. What're you doing in my home?"

"A favor for you." Lenny moves to his pocket.

"Watch it." Lewis aims his gun.

Lenny shows him the emerald. "Relax."

Lewis looks at him confused "How the hell did you get..."

"Two days from now, you try to steal this and you get arrested, and you spend five years in Iron Heights."

"What are you talking about?"
"Cut the crap Lewis." Lisa interjects.
"We both know if I go down to the basement right now, I'll find floor plans for the Central City museum."

"Let's just say I've saved you the trouble." Lenny puts down the emerald.

"And from being arrested." Lisa says while Lenny does so.

"How do you two know all this?" Lewis asks confused.

"The same way I'll know if you even think of raising a hand to your wife and son. I know who you are. I know the man you become and it's all I can do to keep from ending you right here, right now, but if I do, that means my sister's never born, so you get a pass." Lenny says as they both walk away leaving Lewis more confused.

"Your sister?"


They go outside to find Mick and Jax outside the Jumpship.

"Looks like you didn't write yourselves out of the timeline." Mick congratulates them.

"Looks like." Lenny responds.

"But?" Jax asks.

"I don't know, I just thought maybe things would feel differently." Lenny says

"The Englishman says it takes time for time to change." Mick reminds them

"I just hope we changed something." Lisa adds

"What were you trying to change?" Jax wonders, not knowing the point of all this.

"My dad was never father of the year, but at least he never raised a hand to any of us." Lenny explains to Jax.

"Until he went to prison, which now he won't." Jax understands thinking that this means that the Snarts may live happier lives

"Let's get out of here." They all return to the Jumpship and as they fly back to the Waverider, they hear someone on the radio

"I'm patching you through." They realized that the someone was actually Gideon talking to someone.

"What does Gideon want?" Lisa wonders

"Jefferson? Jefferson, where are you?" They hear Stein on the radio asking for Jax.

"Well, it's not a short story."

"There's no time! Gideon will upload you coordinates to the Greyhill Building. Rip and Sara are in danger."

"We're on our way, Professor." Lenny responds ready to kick some ass.

They fly as fast as they can and find the Greyhill Building. They run through the doors, and see everyone inside dancing, must be a party. Mick and Lisa just shoot at the fountain and turn it to molten lava and everyone leaves quick. When the people are out they track down Rip and Sara, put on their goggles and Mick pulls the door open as the Rogues pull out their weapons with Jax completely unarmed but ready to provide support.

"Let's get this party started!" Mick yells.

"Here's our invitation!" Lenny quips as he fires at the first guy he sees. Lisa follows suit by firing at Savage's men and enveloping them in gold. They all fire their weapons at the same time to keep Savage's thugs away from them, and Jax knocks out the people near him with his fists. The Rogues move closer to Rip and Sara with every shot they make. Soon Mick and Lisa get close enough to untie them. Mick gets Sara and Lisa gets Rip.

"Well, this is different. I didn't have him pegged as the "Eyes Wide Shut" type." Mick quips as he cuts Sara free.

"Go! Here!" Lisa says as she hands them both their weapons, so they can join the fight.

Rip provides support fire for Mick and yells "You came!" while amazed that they would do that for him and Sara.

"We're a team!" Jax exclaims. "Next time, remember that."

"Enough!" Savage yells at them as he shows them the Amon Dagger, the one he used to kill Carter and fired some sort of blue energy from it. It must have gotten that power from the meteorite radiation. That information would have been nice to know when they were trying to kill him before.

"Get Carter's body out of here." Rip orders the Rogues.

"Go! I'll cover you." Lisa says as she provides cover fire while Mick carries Carter's body away.

"Go! I'll deal with Savage." he orders them again.

"Good luck with that." Lenny says as the Snart siblings depart for the Waverider.


After the whole situation with the Greyhill Building the Snart siblings decided to ask Gideon what happened to their father.

"Maybe you didn't understand me, I asked for the new timeline, Gideon." Lenny says irritated. Were their efforts for nothing?

"This is the new timeline. Two days from now, your father will be arrested trying to sell the Maximilian Emerald to an undercover police officer." Gideon explains.

"Stupid son of a bitch." Lenny said

"He'll be sentenced to five years in Iron Heights." Gideon read to them.

"And when he gets out it will all be the same." Lisa says with a grimace face.

Despite your intervention, his future remains unchanged.

"Hey, you two tried to save him. That's got to count for something." Jax tries to comfort them.

"Turns out it doesn't." Lenny says and looks to Lisa who was silent. Who could blame her, since she knows that she still had to go through all that pain.
Then Sara appears from the hallway and tells them "Come on."

"Where are we going now?" said Lenny.

"To say goodbye." They all knew what she was referring to and on that note they all went out to bury Carter and Professor Boardman


Forest, 1975

They all stood together listening to Rip as he told a speech.

"The other day, I tried to find some words of inspiration. Words that would restore hope to us in the wake of our losses, but it is all of you who have inspired me. Beginning with Professor Boardman and then with Carter, their heroism is an inspiration to us all. And a reminder that one person acting alone can't save the world.

and afterwards they all went back on the Waverider one at a time, with Rip entering last running in and yelling.

"Gideon, ready us for take off." Rip seems to be in a rush to get out of here.
"Whoa, are we being chased or something?"Jax asks.
"No, but I imagine that right about now, the museum has realized that their prized emerald is missing." He looks to Lenny
"You want me to say I'm sorry?" He says in response to the stare.

"Sorry, I don't do sorry." Mick says, even though he said it twice in that one sentence.

"Which is fine, Mr. Rory, because you are owed the apology." This confuses them "I should have told you all before that this wasn't my first attempt to vanquish Vandal Savage, but the reason I failed before..."

"Was because you didn't have all of us." Ray finishes his sentence.

"Obviously Dr. Palmer and I had our hands full tending to Ms. Saunders, but now that she's back on her feet...
We're back to full strength.

"Or as strong as we can be without Carter." They pause to think of their loss.

"Quite true, but there is no point in us continuing any further. Unless we are all... and myself included, committed to working in concert."

"You don't ditch us, we won't ditch you. Deal?" Lisa offers.

"Sir, I've completed my review of the timeline. I calculate a 98% likelihood that Savage reappears in 1986." Gideon reports.

"Chart a course, Gideon." Rip orders Gideon, and the ship takes off

"Guess we're headed to the '80s. Better break out your parachute pants." Ray quips.

"What the hell are parachute pants?" Jax questions Ray who just sighs, and Lisa just smirks and laughs. Now they're heading to the 80s. This should be interesting.

The end


And that is it. Thank you all for reading. I hope you all enjoyed it. If you did I hope that you can read the next chapter and maybe tell your friends about it. Also I'd like to apologize for the wait. I've had a lot of fun this summer. But now I think I can submit a new chapter once every 2 weeks. If you have any questions about the future of this story feel free to leave a review and I'll be sure to reply. I'll see you next time. Drift out.