Chapter 17 Summary: When Julius Caesar mysteriously vanishes from the timeline, and actor Josh Brolin pops up in 49 AD, Rome, Zari decides to investigate. Jax and Stein find out, and proceed to follow her, leading to a war over Josh Brolin. Nate notices that Floyd and Tatsu are starting to get unusually close.

Okie guys, this chapter's the last one before Earth-X! And next chapter, a lot is going down! :D Hope y'all enjoy!

Chapter 17: Hail Caesar!

It had been about a week since Zari Tomaz had stepped foot on the Waverider.

And in all honesty...she hadn't felt this good in a LONG time.

Rory and her had hit it off instantly, as they were watching a movie together within two days of her arrival. It starred these people called Josh Brolin and Scarlett Johansson, and this one guy called Channing Tatum, but she arrived a little too late for the title. But she did admire Channing a little bit...

And she could definitely see Rory had a bit of a crush on Scarlett.

Don't get either of them started on Josh Brolin either...

"What's this movie called again?" Zari asked, eating another handful of the salty popcorn.

"Hail Caesar! Great movie," Rory said, taking a sip of his sugary drink.

"I know..." Zari said. "Everyone's so damn hot."

Rory chuckled. "To be honest, not even I can disagree."

Zari giggled lightly before they continued on with the movie. By the end... she was left a bit puzzled.

"I didn't really get the ending," she said as Rory shut off the movie.

"Its a comedy," Rory smiled at her. "I think it was written so we wouldn't give a damn about the ending."

"Yeah true..." she muttered. "And what did you say when Channing popped up and tap danced? Sara could do that too?"

"She's a professional," smirked Rory. "I have had the pleasure of seeing her in action, and I know she is amazing... but I mostly know from what Ray's told me. And he usually doesn't lie about his girlfriend."

"Tap is a dead art from when I'm from," Zari said. "I always wanted to see it after hearing about it. Think she's got a show sometime?"

"Maybe," Rory said, "you never know with Sara. She's definitely the most surprising when it comes to this team. And that's a shocker in and of itself."

Zari smirked.

This was a hella weird team... but damn it, she loved them.

"Well, I think I need to head to bed," Rory said, looking at his watch. "You're welcome to stay or try and find a room, whatever you wish."

"Actually, I was planning on crashing on the couch," Zari said.

"Go right on ahead, and steal whatever blanket floats your boat," Rory smiled.

"Rory... blankets don't float," Zari muttered.

"You'd be surprised," grinned Rory, chuckling.

Zari smiled... she couldn't believe how much this makeshift family had changed her.

And now it left a burning question in her mind: did blankets float?

"Well I'm going to bed, feel free to kick me out," Rory smiled. "I can be a heavy sleeper."

"Night Rory," smiled Zari.

Rory then faded off to sleep, and Zari got up and walked around a bit.

"Ms. Tomaz? Could you come to the bridge for a second?" asked Gideon.

Zari jumped a bit at the AI popping up out of nowhere; it would take her a while to get used to that.

"Sure," Zari muttered.

She then walked over to the bridge, and there was an image of what looked to be Josh Brolin in rags, being led away by... Julius Caesar.

"That's Josh Brolin," Zari said.

"Indeed it is," Gideon said. "And you need to save him. I shall send for the others in a little bit, but for now, you need to go at it alone."

Zari sighed...

She had a bad feeling about this.

"Alright Gideon, let's go save Brolin," Zari muttered.

Jax and Stein woke up not too long before their usual routine wake up time, but they woke up earlier because of a project they were working on.

"Grey... you seriously did not," Jax muttered.

"Oh but I did Jefferson!" Stein said, like a proud father.

"After the last time I got laid, that's what you meant by 'well done, Jefferson'?!" exclaimed Jax.

"Indeed," Stein chuckled.

Suddenly, Gideon's face popped up in front of them. "Mr. Stein? Mr. Jackson? Ms. Tomaz has requested your presence in the year 49 A.D."

"What the hell is she doing then?" asked Jax.

"Saving actor Josh Brolin from being executed by Julius Caesar, from the looks of it," said Gideon. "And hurry. She won't last much longer without help."

"Well then let's go!" Stein said.

They then proceeded to board the second jump-ship, and vanish into the early days of Rome.

Shortly after, Floyd and Tatsu were walking down the hallways of the Waverider.

"You think he's found out yet?" asked Tatsu.

"Kid is observant, but...I don't think he's that observant," Floyd chuckled.

The two the pecked each other on the lips. They had been pretty damn successful at keeping their relationship a secret...

Until Nate saw them holding each other. He nearly dropped his cereal.

"M-Mom? What're you-"

"Shshsh," she said, "You're just dreaming sweetie. Go back to bed now, okay?"

"B-But the cereal," Nate said.

"It'll be in the box by the time you wake up," Tatsu promised. "Just go back to sleep and wake up normally."

"O-Okay... goodnight then mom," Nate said.

"Goodnight sweetheart," she said.

Fully confused and flabbergasted, Nate proceeded to head back to bed. Floyd stood there, mouth agape.

"W-Wow, you did it," he muttered.

"Do you suspect less of me?" asked Tatsu.

Floyd chuckled. "Most certainly not."

They then proceeded to walk off, holding hands and sweet talking one another.

Rome, 49 AD

Zari knew right away that Josh Brolin was not going to be easy to find...

It was Spartacus all over again; she had already at least seen five dudes that bared a similar resemblance to him.

She swore she was gonna start calling the Romans the "Brolins" if she didn't find Josh before she saw five more lookalikes of him.

Suddenly, she felt something poking on her shoulder.

"Who the hell," she whispered, before turning around to see who it was.

It was really him...

It was the real friggin Josh Brolin.

"I can tell you aren't from around here," Brolin said. "People never dress up like that in this period..."

"Oh my god, you're Josh Brolin," Zari said. "Big big fan of your movies, sir."

"Thanks, but we gotta get out of here," the actor said. "You got any ideas, Ms..."

"Tomaz," Zari said. "Zari Tomaz... and yeah, but its a risky one."

"I'll take anything," Brolin muttered. "So what's the plan?"

Zari sighed, "Okay, so-"

She was suddenly cut off by chariot hooves stomping down the Roman roads. Josh sighed. "Dammit... Caesar's back."

"And someone clearly tossed his salad," Zari added.

The two then saw how pissed he was as he jumped off of his chariot. "BROLIN OF THE HOUSE OF JOSH!"

"Yep," Brolin muttered. "He's after me..."

"I demand that you step forward," he said. "Or there will be consequences."

Josh then sighed... "Sorry Ms. Tomaz... you're on your own."

"No! Josh!" she scream-whispered.

But he had already stepped into the open. Caesar looked quite impressed with Josh's bold decision.

"I suppose you're going to execute me," Brolin said.

Caesar laughed. "Why would I? Doesn't make much sense for simpletons to witness such a grand event."

"WAIT!"

A voice suddenly called, and out of the crowd...

Stepped Martin Stein himself. Zari gasped from her hiding spot as he said his next words.

"I am Josh Brolin, you've got the wrong guy!" Stein said.

"No no no," Jax suddenly said, coming out of nowhere. "I am Josh Brolin! Please, don't destroy innocent lives at my expense Caesar."

Caesar looked very confused. "W-What is going-"

"Wait! I am Josh Brolin!" a random person said.

"No, do not listen to the lies! I am Josh Brolin!" said another.

As confusion began to erupt among all of the residents of said Roman road, Jax and Stein didn't hesitate to grab the real Josh Brolin and make a hasty escape. Zari was quick to follow them through the crowd, which was currently full of individuals screaming "I AM JOSH BROLIN!"

In any other scenario, it would be a wonderful sight to her to see that.

And when they finally all re-grouped, Josh was left astounded and confused at all of what had just taken place.

"W-what the hell just took place?" he asked himself.

"I really don't know, but damn we're lucky," said Jax.

"We are indeed," Stein muttered.

And with that, Josh Brolin was promptly returned back to his original timeline, and the other three Legends found their ways back to the Waverider.

The entire team were now on the bridge, trying to wrap their heads around all that had just happened.

"I mean, we saved Josh Brolin, Grey!" Jax said.

"I guess we did, Jefferson," smiled Stein. "But without Ms. Tomaz's help, we surely would have lost."

"You're making me blush," Zari said, chuckling.

"You did good, kid," Leonard said. "The captain's proud."

"Thanks," Zari smiled.

She didn't know how, but she felt so happy right now. Rory high-fived her, and she noticed Floyd was unusually close to Tatsu.

If only she knew what had gone on earlier...

Adrian Chase was now in Star City, approximately October 2017.

He couldn't wait for this stop to be made...

It would take a long walk, and thankfully he hadn't abandoned his sneaky vigilante traits. Otherwise everyone would have recognized him out on the streets; it was too dark to tell if he was the Green Arrow or not as long as he was Prometheus.

And finally, he saw his target...

He sneaked into the apartment building she was located in through the open window, and saw her immediately...

She was so pretty.

"Excuse me?" he said, taking off his mask and hood.

She turned around immediately, a gun in her hand. "Who...OH MY GOD!"

"I missed ya," smiled Adrian.

She ran over to him, nearly tripping twice, and kissed him so hard she almost pushed him over. She was actually sobbing with joy as she hugged her legs around his waist.

"Laurel Lance, the Black Siren, is capable of tears?" Adrian chuckled.

"Where the hell have you been? Y-You died," she whispered, hugging him tighter.

"Time travel," he chuckled. "Its all workin' out in our favor sweetie."

Laurel sighed. "Call me that again..."

"Sweetie, you know I can't do that," Adrian chuckled. Laurel giggled lightly. "And actually, we need you for something."

"Who?" Laurel asked.

Suddenly, there was a large window that opened behind them out of nowhere. Out stepped Eobard, Talia, and The Pilgrim.

"We are in need of your assistance, Ms. Lance," said Eobard.

Laurel smirked.

She could tell she was gonna have fun with this...

Now, the Legends were on their way to another different time period. They didn't know when, where, or even how they would get there.

But so long as it wasn't Mick in the pilot seat, they knew they'd be fine.

"I'm thinking we head to the fifties," Sara said. "I love the fifties."

"I'm thinking more of the seventies myself," Floyd suggested.

"How about the future!" Nate suggested. "We've not been there yet... right?"

"Yeah, its bad," Ray muttered. "Unless we fixed it!"

Suddenly, Tatsu shouted "INCOMING!"

Then, something broke through the front window of the Waverider at top speed, sliding past all of the team members and hitting the steps to the research center.

"H-He's coming... Oh God, he's coming..." the person muttered, clutching his side.

"Hey hey hey," Kendra said, kneeling down to face the man. "Who's coming?"

Amaya then pulled back his mask, and Mick gasped. "ALLEN!"

"Wh-what?" asked the man. "My name is Scott Whyte."

"Doppelganger," Leonard whispered.

And indeed, Scott Whyte was Barry Allen's doppelganger.

"I'm from Earth-X," Scott said. "And I need all the help from Earth-1 I can get."

"Why?" asked Rory.

Scott gulped.

"Because you're about to have a full scale invasion of the Schutzstaffel Reich."

And that's all for now guys! Be prepared... next chapter begins the four part saga of Earth-X, at long last... ;D

See you guys soon! :D