Chapter 12 Summary: When the Legends travel to the Vanishing Point in hopes that they will free Kendra from the clutches of Vandal Savage, they face an enemy that can predict and change their every move. Ray faces a shocking revelation, and Sara seeks to make him better.

Well guys, we are nearing the end of the Vandal Savage arc. Seriously, we only have like one more chapter!

Anyway, here we go: Chapter 12! Let's do this...

Chapter 12: The Point Of No Return

"When exactly is the Vanishing Point?" Sara asked.

"Actually, Ms. Lance, this situation calls for a where," Gideon explained. "The Vanishing Point is a place that exists beyond time and space. It is the place where the Time Masters operate, and where they guard history. If any of you all wish to know why Savage took Ms. Saunders there, I do not know."

"How much y'all wanna bet Savage is in cahoots with em?" Floyd asked.

"You probably don't even need to bet," Jax said.

"I cannot believe that Captain Hunter's former co-workers would do such a thing!" Stein exclaimed.

"I can," Mick said. "I knew the Time Pigs were awful the moment the Englishman brought us on the ship."

"What gave it away for you?" Amaya asked.

"The Englishman himself," Mick said.

"Well either way, I'm willing to bet these guys don't just hand over prisoners," Rory said. "No doubt they will imprison Kendra. What should we do captain?"

"Give me a moment to think," Leonard sighed.

"Hey, Leo, we'll get Kendra back," Ray said. "She's one of us. And we don't abandon team members."

Leonard nodded.

"Captain, we are arriving at the Vanishing Point," Gideon said. "What should I do now?"

"Alright, let's find a place to land," Leonard said.

"Actually Captain, you have no need to do that," Gideon commented. "The Vanishing Point has no outside landing dock. Unless you count space of course."

"Damn it," Leonard muttered.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard coming down the hallway.

When everyone turned around, there was Rip Hunter, in the flesh.

"How long have I been out?" Rip asked, rubbing his forehead.

"Quite a while," Rory shrugged.

"We're headed for the 'Vanishing Point'," Sara said. "Savage kidnapped Kendra."

"WHAT?! ARE YOU ALL INSANE?!" Rip yelled. "That is the most dangerous place in the universe!"

"We might as well be," Ray said.

"And you might as well buckle in," Amaya said. "This birdie isn't landing any time soon."

Rip sighed, got in Leonard's former seat, and strapped down.

"How exactly did Mr. Snart learn to fly so well?" Rip asked.

"Do not ask me, as Captain Snart," Jax said.

Rip spluttered. Captain? It seemed he had been out longer than he thought...

"We're arriving, everyone get prepared..." Leonard said.

The Waverider then slipped out of the Temporal Zone, and into the Vanishing Point.

Even though Rip described it as dangerous...

Not even he could deny that it was beautiful.

"Alright, let's start planning," Leonard said, moving with his team to the center module.

"If Savage has taken Kendra, maybe we can do the same," Amaya suggested. "We could disguise ourselves as bounty hunters..."

"Fake capturing some of our team..." Ray continued.

"And bust Kendra out that way!" Stein finished.

"I say we disguise ourselves as Chronos and Prometheus," Rory said. "I volunteer myself to be Prometheus."

"I can do Chronos," Mick said. "He's a badass, not gonna lie."

"Well, we need someone to stay back," Sara said. "Rip, you up for that?"

"I need a few moments anyway, so yes, I am up for that," Rip said, taking a seat.

"So," Jax began, "how are we gonna-"

"Incoming call from Time Master Zaman Druce," Gideon interrupted.

"...get in," Jax finished.

"I need to hide," Rip said, sprinting up and out. "I didn't exactly leave on good terms!"

"Wait before you put him on," Leonard said once Rip had left. "Everyone, hide! Mick, Rory, go!"

In a few seconds, every Legend except for Mick and Rory had left.

"Here we go," Mick muttered.

"Put him on Gideon!" Rory said.

Zaman Druce then came up on the screen. "Who are you, and what is your purpose here?"

"My name is Prometheus, and that is my accomplice, Chronos," Rory said, creating a deep baritone voice for himself.

"The hell I am..." Mick whispered.

"Why do you wish to enter?" Druce asked.

"We have captured the Legends, who have been interfering with the timeline," Rory said. "You may have heard about them from Vandal Savage, who has presumably brought in Hawkgirl."

Druce looked dumbfounded... he didn't know about Rory actually being in league with Kendra though. "You are clear for entry, Prometheus."

"Thanks," Rory said, turning off the call.

He then started coughing like a maniac. Mick just stared at him.

"How does Batman do it?" Rory asked, clearing his throat again. "We should visit him in Gotham."

"That'd be one hell of an adventure," Mick said. Suddenly, the other Legends walked back in.

"Are we clear for entry?" Amaya asked.

"It's a go," Rory smiled. Then, he coughed. "Damn voice..."

So now, every Legend except for Rip, Mick, and Rory had been put into fake handcuffs, and Mick and Rory had donned identical armor to Chronos and Prometheus. Rip, meanwhile, was still on the Waverider, confident that he didn't want to reunite with Druce.

"This sucks," Mick said through his voice modulator.

"I would think wearing the suit of your arch enemy would," Rory said through the Prometheus mask.

"Keep looking straight ahead," Leonard said to his team.

"And solemn?" Floyd asked.

"And solemn," Leonard confirmed.

Suddenly, Time Master Druce and his accomplice, Declan, approached them.

"I trust that you two are Chronos and Prometheus?" Druce asked.

"Yeah, we are," Rory said, disguised by the voice modulator.

"And we would like to transfer these inmates ourselves," Mick added.

"Your wish is granted, but..." Druce said, "I would like to have a chat with the leader of your team."

"You want me, I'm right here," growled Leonard. "Do your worst... the shit that I've been through is more than you would imagine."

Druce smirked. "Declan, go with Chronos and Prometheus. I shall take..."

"It's Snart. Captain Snart," Leonard sneered.

"Captain Snart, come with me," Druce said, gesturing for Snart to follow him, to which the Legend's leader reluctantly complied.

So, Leonard followed Druce through some secret cargo bay, while his teammates were escorted to their holding cells.

"Where exactly are you taking me?" Leonard asked, walking down the corridor with Druce.

"You shall see, Captain Snart," Druce said, not at all breaking his focus on walking.

Leonard was keeping his outward persona tough and not breaking, but on the inside... deep deep down... he was terrified.

What could they have done to Kendra? HIS Kendra?

If she had so much as a sparkle of a tear in her eye, he would make sure every Time Master would know the wrath of Mick Rory...

A wrath worst than his own, only occurring if the pyro's food was stolen...

"We're here," Druce said, opening a door to a mysterious room. Leonard, as requested by Druce's gesture, stepped in first.

"It's just... a light show," Leonard said, not amused.

"It is much more than the light show you believe it to be," smirked Druce. "It is called 'The Oculus'."

"So, what does it do? If it is nothing, why call it something besides a light show?" Leonard asked.

"It allows us to mend the damages to time, called anachronisms," Druce said.

There was a pause...

"And shape it to how we see fit."

"What?" Leonard growled.

"We killed Carter, because if he had lived, our existence would be worthless," Druce explained. "Vandal Savage only needs to murder Kendra, and our plan will be fulfilled."

Leonard roared, breaking free of the artificial cuffs, aiming his fist at Druce's head.

The fact that he would hurt Kendra like that...

No one hurts Kendra. NO ONE.

But Druce had calculated the swing.

He grabbed Leonard's fist, and planted it inside of the light show that was The Oculus.

Leonard gasped...

He could see it...

Everything.

The final battle... The end of it all...

The death of Ray.

Ray would die in the team's final confrontation with the Time Masters.

Suddenly, Druce pulled him out of his vision.

"Did you see it? Dr. Palmer's death?" Druce asked. Leonard's shocked face was enough of a response. "Good. Now it is cemented."

"WHAT?!" Leonard roared.

"Hey Captain! We got good news and bad news!" Rory's voice called into his earpiece.

Leonard shoved Druce back, and began to make his escape. "What is the good news?!"

"Well, we're escaping, we got Kendra, and Declan is dead," Rory said.

"And the bad news?" Leonard asked.

"The REAL Chronos and Prometheus are here, and some masked woman called 'The Pilgrim'! I can only say that she has dark brown hair, not much else!"

"Great!" Leonard exclaimed sarcastically.

"Just meet us at the Waverider, we'll tell you everything!" Rory said.

"Copy," Leonard responded.

He continued running down the hallway, not stopping for anything.

Except when he encountered "The Pilgrim".

She was clothed in black boots, pants, cloak, and gloves, along with a dark grey mask disguising everything on her face, except the back of it, where her hair came through. She wielded a gun, and on her back was an arrow quiver, hinting that the bo staff sheathed next to said quiver was actually a bow for shooting.

"Captain Cold, how nice to finally meet you," The Pilgrim said, not taking her gun off of him.

"Let me past," Leonard growled. "Don't make me ask twice."

The Pilgrim, for whatever reason, actually took her gun off of Snart.

"Go. You won't get this lucky ever again." The Pilgrim was clearly not trying to trap him, and was genuine with her actions.

Leonard just ran past her, and back to the Waverider, which wasn't too hard to find, despite being in the huge cargo bay. Amaya was in the captain's chair, already taking off as soon as he was on board.

"The mighty captain returns," Floyd said, smiling genuinely when Leonard returned to the bridge. However, he wasn't focusing on his teammates at all.

He was focused on Kendra, who was wrapped up in a shock blanket, and tears were flowing down her face. However, her blanket was forgotten as soon as Leonard noticed her.

She just jumped forward into his arms, crying into his shoulder. Leonard hugged her back with all of his strength, not wanting to let go.

Everyone's face melted, and even Mick smiled a little bit. Sara and Ray leaned on each other, and Amaya placed her hand on Mick's leg, to which confused him.

"Thank you for not giving up on me," Kendra whispered.

"I would never," Leonard said. "You mean too much to me."

After a minute or so more, Kendra separated from Leonard and the hug, albeit sadly, and sat back down. However, Leonard's somber face remained.

"You okay there buddy?" Ray asked.

"Raymond... There is something you should know," Leonard said. "The Time Masters... they have this device called The Oculus... they can shape time."

"Okay... what else?" asked Ray.

"They showed me our final showdown with them... and your death," Leonard said.

Ray's face dropped.

He looked ready to burst into tears, but he didn't.

"I... I need a minute," Ray said.

He immediately ran out of the room, off to God-knows-where.

"I'm sorry," Leonard said. Sara, luckily, wasn't mad at him, only concerned for Ray.

"I'll go talk to him," Sara said.

And with that, the mighty assassin went after her boyfriend.

She found him moments later, staring out of a window off into the Temporal Zone.

"I figure, since I'm gonna die," Ray said, "might as well get one last look at this beautiful place."

"Hey now," Sara said. "What those Time Pigs showed Captain Snart isn't cemented. We will make sure you live."

"I'd only live for you, I've lost everything else," Ray said. "Not like I have much else to live for anyway..."

"Raymond Carson Palmer, you look at me right now, and you listen," Sara said. "You know what I would happily tell those idiots as I tap dance on their graves?"

"What would you happily tell those idiots as you tap dance on their graves?" Ray asked, slightly smiling.

"I would say: screw the future," Sara said. "And I would mean it forever, and never change my mind about it, and always be faithful to you. You don't have to die."

Ray smiled, "Maybe you're right."

"The wife always is," Sara said, smiling up at her boyfriend.

She giggled when his goofy smile returned to his face after a long, unforgiving absence, and the two tenderly kissed.

"Sara Lance, Ray Palmer, please report to the bridge," Gideon said. "Captain Snart requests your presence."

Sara and Ray nodded to each other, and made their way back to the bridge to hear Snart's plan.

It was time.

All of the Legends, including Rip, were making their way to where The Oculus' heart was located.

Decked out in all of their gear, the plan was plain and simple: destroy that heartless machine, and obliterate anyone who stands in your way.

Simple...

It wasn't when Druce showed up, along with the rest of his Time Master colleague.

"Finally, we meet again, Legends," Druce said. "You don't know how long it has been."

"We may not," Firestorm said. "But if there is one thing we do know, it's that we 'bout to kick y'all's asses."

"Couldn't agree more, Mr. Jackson," Rip said.

"Kill them all," Druce said, before walking off into the heart of The Oculus.

"Oh no you don't," Amaya seethed, before she ran after Druce, avoiding the battle completely, alongside Mick, Ray, and Rip.

However, Druce was not alone.

At least 100 guards came out of nowhere, firing lasers everywhere. Amaya and Rip ran after Druce, fighting as they did so, while Ray and Mick moved to the heart.

"Okay, so I put this here and that..." Ray paused. "Oh no."

"What Haircut?!" Mick screamed, not taking his heat gun off of the guards around Druce.

"Someone has to shut it down manually, meaning it will explode," Ray said, "with said person still in here."

"Meaning... you'll die, right?" Mick asked.

"Yeah, seems like it," Ray sighed. "Tell Sara I love her... please?"

"No," Mick said. "If anyone's gonna kill you, it'll be me!"

"Thanks buddy," Ray said, smiling a small bit.

"My pleasure," Mick said. Suddenly, he knocked Ray upside the head, and unconscious.

"Amaya!" Mick called, and she immediately ran over. "Get him out of here!"

"Not without you," Amaya said, realizing Mick was sacrificing himself.

"DO IT!" Mick said. "Please..."

Amaya didn't say anything.

She just walked over to him, and through her tears, pressed a small kiss to his lips. Mick reacted quickly, and surprisingly, kissed her back.

Amaya cried a river as she grabbed Ray in her arms, and ran back to the Waverider, stumbling over the dead guards laid down by the Legends.

Sara was in the cargo bay, waiting for her teammates. However, when she saw Amaya, her heart dropped.

"He-He's unconscious," Amaya wept. "B-But Mick... h-he's sacrif-f-fic-c-ing himse-himself..."

Sara hugged Amaya tightly as she wept over her fallen teammate and love interest.

Meanwhile, Mick was still doing what he loved: scorching the heck out of people. Dozens of bodies were dropping, anyone who dared to come close.

"Mr. Rory, are you staying behind?" Rip asked.

"Yeah, why?" Mick asked. "If I'm gonna die, always wanted to go out like a badass."

"Yes well..."

Rip paused.

"That time is not now."

He suddenly slapped something onto Mick's head. It looked to be some sort of... square device.

"Mr. Rory, please give my teammates my best wishes," Rip said. "And tell them... thank you all for the adventure of a life time."

Mick suddenly vanished in a flash, and returned to the Waverider, which was just leaving. Rip had told them about his device, just not on his plan to use it on anyone other than Ray.

Now, The Oculus was heating up. It was almost done.

"SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT IT DOWN!" Druce screamed. "If not, you will forever be known as 'The Late Captain Rip Hunter'! SHUT IT DOWN!"

However, Rip only smirked.

"A Time Master is never late..."

And in mere seconds, an explosion could be heard throughout time.

The Oculus was no more.

And Rip Hunter along with it.

The Legends currently sat in silence, quietly mourning the loss their former captain.

No one was saying anything.

Nothing really needed to be said.

"Y'know, Rip may not have been in his best condition in the days before his death," Ray said, "but he went out... a Legend."

"And forever will be remembered as one," Stein added.

"But now... I guess that means we have a new captain... permanently," Kendra said.

"Guess so," Floyd said, looking at Snart.

Leonard sighed. "There's only one thing to do: destroy Vandal Savage. For Rip."

"And the family he's now reunited with," Amaya said.

"Amen," Rory uttered.

"So, Captain," Jax began, "what's the plan?"

"Well, we'll make one, execute it, expect it to go off the rails, and throw it away," Leonard said, causing everyone to chuckle.

Either way, it was almost time.

It was almost time for Savage to finally pay for his crimes.

Sorry Rip fans... However, if it is any condolence, his death will not be in vain. That I can promise you. :)

Either way,I hope to see you all next chapter for the defeat of Vandal Savage!