Chapter 16: Rory discovers an interesting time-quake that occurs in the future instead of the past, and recruits Floyd, Nate, and Tatsu to help, but causes a bigger problem than before by accident. Leonard tries to comfort and find out whats wrong with Kendra. Ray tries helps Mick to let Amaya know his true feelings for her...by telling him how he got with Sara.

Alrighty guys, here we go: Chapter 16! Finally we get to see Nate in action and Tatsu suiting up, haha.

And also: The Pilgrim's identity will either be revealed during or right after the Earth-X crossover. Who's excited to see who she is?! I AM! :D

Chapter 16: Arc Of The Covenant

Leonard and Kendra...

They had seen better days.

Leonard, as soon as he had gotten on the ship, carried Kendra to her bed, trying to calm her from the sobbing heap that she had become.

"Kendra, Kendra, listen to me!" Leonard called out to her, "Its me. It's Leo. Adrian's gone."

It wasn't helping. She was still shaking and crying her eyes out.

"I do have reason to believe she is having a panic attack, Captain Snart," Gideon spoke up. "Keep talking to her though, it appears it helps her."

"Okay, Kendra, please listen to me," Leonard said, cradling her body. "Adrian is gone. We didn't kill him-no, we just made sure he'll never hurt you again. Okay? Kendra?!"

Kendra was starting to breath at a normal rate again, slowly but surely.

"L-Leo?" she shakily asked. "I-Is Adrian-"

"He's gone for now," Leonard soothed, rubbing her back. "I promise. He'll never harm you again Kendra. Not on my life..."

Kendra's sobs slowly reduced to hiccups and moist eyes, before she muttered something incoherent.

"W-What?" Leonard asked.

"Please... don't leave me," she whispered, almost like a beg.

It tore him to even more shreds than the kind that Adrian had ripped him into to hear the strongest woman he had ever met break down sobbing in his arms, helpless and afraid.

"O-Of course," he whispered, hugging her tighter. She muttered something among the lines of "thank you", before drifting off to sleep.

And Leonard had a terrible feeling that Kendra's worries were only just beginning.

Rory sat in his seat on the bridge, pondering over his thoughts.

It was days like these where he would just walk out in the cold night (due to the fact that the Deviram Rags gave him the power to stay awake 24 hours), and think.

"Man, I'm bored," he muttered, heading down to the center of the bridge. He spun around in the captain's chair, lightly chuckling as he did so.

"Mr. Regan, I do believe there is something you should seriously consider looking at," Gideon said.

"Alrighty then... what's going on?" he asked steadily.

"It concerns a woman in the future named Zari Adrianna Tomaz," Gideon spoke. "She was murdered in 2042, causing the whole time line to flux."

"And who was she murdered by?" asked Rory.

Gideon paused...

"Simon Morrison, but most know him as Adrian Chase or Prometheus," Gideon said.

Rory sighed. Prometheus was already as much of a bitch as he was, but did he REALLY have to go to murdering a woman in the future to get satisfied these days?!

"Gideon, get the jump ship ready," Rory said.

"I don't think you would want to solo this one, Mr. Regan," Gideon warned. "You and I both know that Prometheus is a dangerous foe."

"Yeah, one who deserves to be ripped a new one," Rory muttered, making his way back to his room to fetch the rags.

When suddenly...

He ran into Nate.

"Mr. Regan!" Nate whisper-exclaimed.

"It's just Rory, Nate," Rory smiled.

"Where are you going?" Nate asked. "On a mission?"

"Yeah, and lets stick with the 'you' part only," Rory said.

"Are you sure you don't need my help?" asked Nate. "I could do something!"

"Nate, I appreciate the concern," Rory said, "but-"

"He does need the help," Gideon said quietly.

"Yes," Nate muttered.

Suddenly, Floyd and Tatsu came walking down the hallway, quietly talking with one another before spotting Rory and Nate.

"You two up to something?" asked Floyd.

"Not again," Rory sighed.

"Do you need help, Mr. Regan?"

"Yes," confirmed Gideon.

"I'll go get my katana," Tatsu said. Floyd went off with her, presumably to get his guns.

Rory sighed...

There went his chances of a solo mission out the window.

And now, he stood with the three behind an ARGUS facility.

"Are we getting close to saving who we need to save?" asked Nate.

"Be patient," Rory's ghastly voice whispered. He then pointed to the doors, where two ARGUS guards had walked past. "That's where we're headed."

"To get who or what?" asked Floyd.

"A woman named Zari Adrianna Tomaz," he whispered. "She's gonna be murdered by Prometheus and that screws the timeline harder than when Barry does it..."

"What?" asked Tatsu.

"Never mind," Rory muttered. "Lets just go in there."

The four then quickly sprinted into the warehouse, and walked through the door, where Zari was actually headed to.

"W-Who the hell are you all?!" Zari shrieked, having turned her back to them when they had walked in.

"We're not heroes, we're Legends," Tatsu said.

"And trust me, you're gonna want to come with us," Rory's ghastly voice said. "If you don't, you'll die."

"I've heard that one before," Zari muttered, waving them off. "Now shoo. I need to go."

"Well come with us," Floyd said. "Trust me, you don't want to-"

"How do I know that you people aren't ARGUS agents coming to take me away? LIKE YOU DID MY BROTHER?!" Zari screamed.

"T-They took your brother?" Nate asked.

Zari's necklace suddenly started glowing. "I'm not gonna ask again. Get out."

Suddenly, however, a window shattered..

And it wasn't any old ARGUS agent that jumped through it.

It was Prometheus.

"Alright Zari, I'm only gonna ask nicely once," Prometheus said, drawing his bow. "Hands up. And come with me."

Zari suddenly channeled the power from her necklace, a totem similar to Amaya's, and shot a wind blast his way.

But Chase avoided it like it was nothing, and shot an arrow her way.

Well, lucky for her, Nate jumped in the way...

And lucky for him, his entire body turned into steel.

"What the hell happened to you?!" Floyd exclaimed.

"I-I don't know!" Nate said.

"Watch out!" Zari called, and she was right. Prometheus had another arrow ready, and he launched it...

But Tatsu's sword sliced through it like it was nothing.

"Now do you believe us?!" Rory exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah lets go!" Zari said.

And with that, the present Legends ran out of the old warehouse with Zari.

Meanwhile, in the Waverider, Leonard was walking with Kendra into the kitchen, after she finally felt like getting up.

"I promise, nothing's gonna hurt you," Leonard told her, still holding onto her.

"O-Okay," Kendra muttered, still taking slow steps.

Leonard was one of the humans on earth, that if you looked at him, you would say that he looked like he didn't have a heart at all.

Well, he did.

It was just shattered into a million pieces at this sight.

Kendra was the strongest woman he had ever met, and to see her so broken and fragile like this just made him wish that he could kill Adrian Chase himself.

"Kendra, are you ready to let go?" he asked. "If not, don't worry about it. You can-"

"N-no I think so," she whispered.

She let go slowly, and reached into the cupboard and pulled out a bowl, some cereal, and a cup. She filled the cup with OJ, and loaded the cereal, and poured in the milk.

"Thank you Leo," she whispered. "I don't know what I would do without you."

"No problem Kendra," said Leonard. "Anything for you."

She then stood on her tippy toes and gave him a little peck. "Thank you so much."

She then went to the table, and ate her cereal happily.

Leonard secretly prayed that Kendra wasn't going to have to go through trauma or PTSD. It would shatter his heard even more.

Because deep, deep down...

He really did love her.

"Haircut," Mick said, walking into Ray's laboratory.

"Hey Mick! What's up buddy?" he asked.

"Does Amaya like me?" he asked, plain and simple.

Ray's blood went cold at this question... he and Amaya had just had the same conversation about Mick.

After the Capone and young Stein incident in 1927, Sara and Ray had un-winded in the best way possible for both of them, but we won't get into that for now.

Meanwhile, at this moment, he had just been working on some stuff to improve the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. matrix and merging ability, when Amaya suddenly walked in.

"Hey Ray, can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked.

"Sure thing!" Ray said happily, turning around in his chair. "What's up?"

"Do you think Mick likes me? As in, like like?" Amaya asked.

Ray sighed... the signs were there for it all. Mick started spending more time with her, and she wanted to bond with him more than any one else these days.

"I would say he does," Ray smiled.

"R-Really? You think so?" Amaya asked.

"Mick doesn't open up around anyone except you and Leonard, so I think its clear that he is into you," smiled Ray. "I would say go for it. Mick's really a teddy bear... a really dumb one that thinks with his stomach."

Amaya giggled. "You're right about that. Thanks Ray."

"Anytime," Ray smiled.

Unbeknownst to him, during this flashback, he had recounted to Mick everything he and Sara did during their relationship. And he was laughing.

"I didn't know you had those skills Haircut!" he laughed. "I respect you much more now. But uh, about Amaya..."

"Yeah, g-go for it buddy!" he said. "I think she'll be really really happy."

"Thanks Haircut," said Mick, before walking out.

"Oh no... I hope I didn't tell him about the donuts," Ray muttered, before going back to his studies.

Rory was now in his bedroom, with Zari in tow, who's presence was not yet known about on the Waverider.

"Welcome to my room," Rory said, opening the door. "You'll feel right at home here with our little band of misfits."

"Cool," Zari said, walking around a bit. "Hey, one question... how weird are you people?"

"Well, we have an assassin that doubles as a professional tap dancer," Rory shrugged. "And now a kid that can transform into steel..."

"You're right, I'll feel right at home," Zari said. She then set down her backpack and pulled out a family photo.

"If you don't mind my asking, who are they?" Rory asked.

"My mom, dad, and little brother respectively," Zari said, pointing them all out. "My brother, Behrad, was killed about a year ago."

"Oh, I'm so sorry about that," Rory said.

"Hey, why did you save me anyway?" asked Zari looking at him. "Its not like I matter anyway..."

"Hey, stop it," Rory said. "Look, you evidently do something, because if Prometheus had killed you, the whole timeline would've been thrown out of whack. Not just present and future, but past too. So evidently, you really are important."

Zari let out a little sniffle. "I just... I just wished my brother would be here too."

"It still hurts," Rory said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "I lost my father not too long ago. About a year, actually. And every day, I think about him."

Zari nodded tearfully. "It just gets worst instead of better..."

"I know, I know," he said, putting his other hand on her opposite shoulder. "But the more we hold onto it, and think they'll never live again in our hearts, that's what really kills them. We need to believe that somehow, they're still here. That always helped me."

Zari let out a strangled sob. "B-but I still miss him..."

"And there is nothing wrong with that," Rory said. "Look, I know we just met, but... if you ever need a shoulder, I'm here for you."

Zari looked at him teary-eyed. "Would now be okay?"

"Of course," he said.

Zari whispered a small "thank you", before she crashed into his arms and let out her wails and tears. Rory knew that she needed this; she had been holding this in for far too long.

"Shh, shh... its okay," he whispered to her.

Her wails of pain slowly became normal sobs, and then hiccuping. The two didn't separate for another ten minutes.

"Thank you Rory," Zari said. "You're a good friend."

"I try to be," Rory smiled. "You can sleep where you need to for tonight. I'll talk to Captain Snart about getting you your own room."

"Thank you, Rory," said Zari, wiping away the stray tears from her face.

Zari, in the end, chose Rory's bed, effectively kicking him out.

Thankfully, the screening room was his to own tonight...

Tatsu, meanwhile, was in the med-bay with Jax and Stein, trying to figure out what triggered Nate's powers.

"Okay, Dr. Heywood," Stein said. "Clench your fists... make some sort of pressure."

Nate nodded, and did just that.

He then steeled up.

"WOO HOO!" Nate said. "I did it!"

"Alright then, big guy," Jax said, "un-steel. Lets see your hand to hand combat skills."

"Fine by me," chuckled Nate.

He and Jax then got into combat in a far corner, and Tatsu chuckled. "Like children, aren't they?"

"They really are, Ms. Yamashiro," smiled Stein.

"Nate was always like a son to me after Akio died in Japan," Tatsu said, thinking of her late son and husband. "Is Jefferson like a son to you?"

"Indeed he is," smiled Stein.

Suddenly, Stein started getting visions again...

Of her. This mystery girl...

"Are you okay?" Tatsu asked.

"Yes, Ms. Yamashiro, quite so," Stein smiled. "I-I think its just a small headache. No need for concern."

"Well, okay then," Tatsu said.

Suddenly, Jax cheered in triumph. "I did it! To be fair though, he did put up a fight."

"Always and forever!" Nate exclaimed.

The two actual adults smiled, and went out of the room.

And Stein was left to wonder...

Who in the world was this mystery girl he kept seeing?

Adrian looked at his sword when he returned to the Legion's headquarters, as well as his bow.

He was disappointed...

How did rookie Legends manage to take him down?

"Simon," a voice called.

He looked back, and there was Talia al Ghul.

"Hey Talia. What's up?" he asked.

"You're stressed, aren't you?" she asked.

"How could ya tell?" he asked swiftly.

"You only use such slang when you're pissed off at someone or you're stressed," Talia responded, just as swift.

"Damn it, you're good at this," Adrian muttered.

"Its my job," Talia muttered. Then, she noticed some photographs of him and a strange, unfamiliar woman... "Who is that?"

"Oh, this? She's no one," smiled Adrian.

Talia didn't look amused. "It clearly isn't your late wife."

Adrian sighed...

"Its Laurel Lance. But not the dead one. Its actually her Earth-2 doppelganger," he said. "Pure evil... Queen somehow thought she could come back from the dark."

"You have to admit, Queen does have some 'oomph', as the kids say," Talia muttered. "He tried and failed."

"He believes there is a piece of good in her... I saw everything she was," Adrian said, "and not an ounce of that was there. And I love that about her..."

"Well, why think about her now?" asked Talia.

Adrian paused.

"I think that our little Legion deserves another member... and Black Siren would make a fantastic addition."

Ooh! Black Siren is joining the Legion! And... is Adrian interested in her?

We shall have answers soon! And I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! See ya soon guys. ;D