Hey guys! I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year! And 200 views? I never thought Redemption would get so much attention! I feel so honored that each one you took the time to read this! Oh and I have to apologize for this chapter, this one is the shortest, but I promise that there will never be another chapter this short. Well, I hope you all enjoy, and remember please review! And a special thanks to SAPPHIREQUEEN4EVER for drawing Savannah's outfit! That I don't have up yet because the stupid Image manager isn't working. *rolls eyes*
Episodde1 pt3: "Lies, and understanding."
"My name, is Savannah Winters, and I used to be normal, but two years after the accelerator went off, I found out I had powers, then I'm suddenly kidnapped by a man who says I'm met for bigger things, I'm not met to just be a hero, I was met to be a Legend. I am Trajectory."
When something goes wrong in your life just yell: "Plot twist!" And move on.
Location: The Time Stream.
Savannah woke with a soft moan.
Slowly, she forced her eyes open, but her vision was clouded.
Blinking rapidly, the blonde tried to figure out where she was.
Pulling her head up, Savannah was surprised when her wide blue eyes met the concerned green eyes of her Captain.
"Rip?" She asked, squinting her eyes, trying to focus on his face.
"How are you feeling?" He asked, and Savannah felt a slight hint of concern in the back of her mind, for some odd reason.
"Um, like I had just been run over." Came the annoyed sounding response. "What happened?"
Rip's eyes narrowed, and the odd feeling of concern grew. "You don't remember?"
Savannah shook her head in confusion, before the last few hours came rushinng back.
"I was shot, wasn't I?" She asked curiously.
Rip nodded and watched her as she pushed herself off the chair while muttering: "That explains a lot."
"You should rest." He told her when Savannah hissed in pain once her feet hit the floor.
"I'm fine, it's, it's all good." She insisted, forcing herself to walk through the doorway, and down the hall.
Faintly, she could hear a sigh of experation, and a hint a annoyance followed, though the concern still lingered.
Footsteps then approached.
Tilting her head, Savannah looked up.
"Is the rest of the Team alright?" She asked, concern edging her tone.
"Everyone but Professor Boardman escaped unharmed."
This time guilt, trickled into the back of her mind, casuing her to stop.
"It wasn't your fault."
Rip looked back down at her in surprise.
"Bringing the Professor here, that, I bet was Kendra and Carter's idea." Savannah continued, "So him being hurt, that's not on you. That's on them."
There was a moment of silence, and when Rip didn't say anything, the blonde nodded, before continuing down the hall.
When she made an appearance, Jax was the first to approach her.
"Hey, are you alright?" He asked looking at her with concern.
"Yeah, I'm good, nothing my healing factor can't fix." Savannah said with a shrug, and tried not to whince when it pulled at her back.
Suddenly, Kendra's eyes darkened, and she stalked past both Savannah and Jax and the blonde's head tilted back, confusion danced behind her eyes, as anger flickered around her mind.
Then her eyes went wide as Kendra punch Rip, before shoving him against the wall.
"My son is hurt because of you who attacked us?!"
Rip met her gaze over Kendra's shoulder.
Wasn't you fault.
Savannah's eyes softened, and reassurance flooded her blue eyes.
"That's something of a long story." He replied when Kendra tightened her grip.
"Well you better tell it fast Rip because it doesn't look like the lady's in a patient mood." Snart pointed out.
"And neither am I." Carter agreed taking a step forward.
Savannah heard Rip sigh for the 100th time today.
"His name is Chronos, and he works for the counsel of Time Master's, my, former, employers."
Savannah's eyes went wide in shock.
"I thought you said you were a Time Master." Sara said her eyes narrowing dangerously as she stood up.
"As I've expressed time is not a linear thing. At some point I was in fact a Time Master." He explained walking forwards, then Sara hit him also.
"Will you people please stop hitting me?!"
"Then start telling the truth!" Sara snapped back at him.
Rip sighed in defeat.
"I relinquished my position as a Time Master when I commandeered the Waverider. Chronos was clearly sent to bring me in." Rip said looking down.
"You lied to us." Martin pointed out, disbelief and a hint of anger in his tone.
Nice deduction Sherlock. Savannah thought rolling her eyes, she felt tired, tired of being lied to, first Wells, now this.
"Of course I lied to you. I needed your help-you all barely said yes as it was." Rip replied and Savannah flinched.
"What about the Legends part?" Jax asked, though he seemed to already know the answer, if the drop of his shoulders was anything to go by.
And at Rip's look, Savannah's own shoulders dropped.
"Ooh, you lied about that to didn't you?" Snart said, with a hint of disappointed in his voice.
Rip didn't say anything for a good 30 seconds.
"I chose you all because a hundred years from now, your lives have minimal effect on the recorded Timeline." He admitted still not looking anyone in the eye. "I needed your help without disturbing the history of 2166."
"So, we're like, the opposite of Legends." Jax concluded bitterly.
"Give us one good why we shouldn't kill you." Mick spoke up.
"Ditto the arsonist." Martin agreed.
"Because Gideon wouldn't listen to your commands and you'd be stuck here forever(?)." Rip said, and Savannah pinched the bridge the nose, the anger and betrayal burning through her, but she tried to push it down, there had to be a logical reason to why he lied.
Besides him being in league with Thawne?
Savannah couldn't stop the shiver the ran down her spine.
What if he's helping Thawne by taking you away from your friends? Her thoughts continued. Now he could be there, killing them and you wouldn't be there to save them.
Savannah shook her head, trying to push those thoughts away, Thawne was dead, Edie killed him.
"Great,, so we're not an elite team of heroes on a sanctioned mission sent to rid the future of it's most horrific bad guy. Just a bunch of nobodies who time doesn't care about." Ray said sadly.
"I didn't lie about the mission itself, or the brutality and ruthlessness of Savage."
No one seemed to agreed with him.
Rip sighed before finishing: "Or my need for your help."
Savannah then noticed the shadows that flooded his eyes.
"I don't imagine you're the kind of guy who quits his job and takes on this kind of threat for altruistic reasons, so Rip, why don't you tell us: What did Savage do to you?" Ray asked crossing his arms over his chest.
Savannah, who had remained quiet throughout the exchange, spoke up.
"He took someone from you, didn't he?"
Rip turned to look at her, and a flicker of shock pushed at the back of her mind.
Everyone fell silent.
Savannah simply offered him a small, broken smile.
"The time master's discourage marriage. They urge against procreation even more."
Savannah couldn't help but grimace. Ouch, talk about salt on the wound.
By now he had everyone's undivided attention.
"A Time Master should be free of any personal entanglements that might, compromise, him." Rip stopped for a moment and Savannah could see that he was trying to keep it together, and her heart went out to him.
"But...I fell in love, and we had a child, a boy, Jonas." Rip's eyes grew distant in memory, and Savannah noticed that no one really looked angry now.
After a good moment of silence, Ray was the first to brake it by concluding what Savannah had said only moments earlier: "Savage killed your family."
"He slaughtered my family." Rip corrected, and Savannah could hear his voice breaking. "And thousands of other families. And the body I swore an oath to serve turned a blind eye. They continue to turn a blind eye. I won't. The last thing that my child saw in this world was that monster's face."
Savannah tried to forced back the memories, she could relate to that more then anyone could ever understand.
"And you can be sure that when he dies that the last face he sees will be mine." Rip said determinedly.
But before anyone could respond, he continued, his voice much more controlled.
"I understand, given the circumstances, if you wish to return home. We can make the jump once the repairs are done, if and when Professor Boardman stabilizes." He finished, and everyone was quick to leave, well everyone but Savannah.
She sighed softly, and leaned her lower back against the console.
"I can't say that I know exactly how you're feeling, but a few years back, a good friend of mine and his entire family were killed by a suicide bomber." Savannah started, and flinched at the memory.
"And suddenly I was left with my 5 year old niece, who I had been babysitting at the time, I had her for 4 years,"
Now for the hard part, better to say it quick and get it over with.
"And, uh, one night, she was kidnapped, and I never saw her again." She said her voice breaking.
Clearing her throat, Savannah was quick to continue.
"So, I just wanted you to know, that I understand, so if need someone to talk to, or just a drinking buddy, I can't get drunk btw, or someone to vent to, you know where to find me." She said, turning to met his surprised gaze. "I know we don't really know each other, but by the looks of it, we're gonna be stuck on this ship for a while."
The Captain and the Speedster watched each other carefully for a good while, a comfortable silence filled the empty space around them.
"And, just so you know." Savannah started again, the smile on her face a little more genuine as she bumped her shoulder against his gently. "You're stuck with me till this missions over, yeah?"
Savannah's eyes sparked, a small spark that seemed to completely light up her eyes.
"And if you need anything at all, I'm right down the hall."
Rip seemed to be in a state of shock, much to Savannah's amusement.
"Not used to having friends, are you?" She asked, her head tilted up and to the side to look up at him.
"No, not really." He replied, a small ghost of a smile touching his lips, as he looked back down at her.
Savannah chuckled and slowly started walking towards the door.
"Well, I think that's enough mushy talk for today, I'm goin' to go lay down for a bit, you good?" She asked turning back to once she had reached the doorway, concern in her eye.
Rip nodded, and Savannah offered him another smile before continuing down the hall, back to the Med Bay.
I hope you guys liked the last chapter for episode 1! I also want to know what you guys think of Savannah! Your feedback means so much to me! I love writing Rip and Savannah, they're so fun together.
See you guys in 2 weeks!
~DarkRed101