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Episode 6: "The Twilight zone."
"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 meant for bigger things, I'm not meant to just be a hero, I was meant to be a Legend. I am, Trajectory."
What doesn't kill me better run.
Location: Starling City, 2046.
Savannah woke with a groan.
This is getting ridiculous. Savannah thought prying her eyes open, to see Ray leaning over her with a worried look in his eyes.
"You okay?" He asked helping her up.
"Yeah," She replied rubbing the back of her head, "Where are we?"
"Not exactly sure," He answered taking a step back as everyone else got to their feet.
The Team slowly made heir way to the Cargo Bay, the door opened, and Savannah hesitantly followed the others out into what looked like a city.
"Gideon," Rip spoke up, "Camouflage the ship. This doesn't look like the type of place we want to linger out in the open."
Savannah looked around, the city looked broken, abandoned, and mostly on fire.
"That looks like a Palmer Tech building." Ray pointed out, gesturing to a tower a few miles off, "But why does it have a Smoak logo on it?"
"Wait," Sara spoke up, realization and a small hint of horror in her voice, "This is Star City. I thought you said the timeline was safe."
"Yes, Star City was intact in 2016. This-this is 2046."
Savannah rolled her eyes, but remained silent.
Suddenly, sharp emotions pushed at the back of her mind, causing her to groan softly and hold the back of her head.
"Don't move!" A male voice ordered, Savannah looked up to see a man standing on top of a bus, dressed in leather and holding a bow.
"Oliver?" She spoke up stepping forward.
"I said, don't move!" He snapped, and Savannah cocked her head to the side, her eyes narrowed.
"It's me," Sara spoke up coming to stand beside Savannah, "It's Sara."
"Hey, Oliver, look. I know it's been a long time. But don't you remember that Rip Hunter recruited us to become Legends?" Ray added.
Suddenly the man titled his head up and Savannah's eyes went wide.
"I never heard of any Legends."
What happened after that went in slow motion, the man, who was definitely not Oliver, quickly started shooting off arrows.
Savannah let out a sigh, and watched them slowly come at her.
When they came about, a foot from her, did she reach out and grab it, before walking over to the other two, aimed at Ray and Sara, and grabbed them both also.
Time sped up again and Savannah dropped the arrows.
"Nice try Green Arrow rip off."
The darker skinned man looked down at her with a startled expression.
He quickly recovered and shot an arrow off to a nearby building and used it to pull himself up, and landed right behind them.
"Oh crap," Savannah swore before turning around and shoving Ray forward, "Get back!"
"This guy a friend of yours? I don't like him." Mick commented to Martin.
"That's not Oliver," Savannah pointed out, hesitantly peeking out from behind the shelter that she was hiding behind.
Savannah suddenly jumped out from her hiding place and quickly turned his explosive arrow around, the explosion threw him backwards and Savanah bounced back on her heels lightly.
"Savannah behind you!" Ray shouted in warning, the blonde spun around just in time to catch a regular arrow.
Gasping in surprise, Savannah looked down at the arrow only inches from her face. "That was too close."
Ray than reached out and pulled her back behind his and Jaxs' shelter by the arm.
"You alright?" Jax asked looking over at her.
"Yeah, yeah I'm good."
"What are you doing?" Savannah heard Sara demand, she turned her head and saw Rip firing back at him.
"It's called shooting back."
"That can't be the Green Arrow." Kendra stated from the other side of Jax.
"It isn't," Savannah replied, turning her head back, "I don't know who it is but it's not Oliver."
"Savannah's right, that's not Oliver Queen." Sara agreed.
"Sure dresses like him." Ray commented. "Shoots arrows like him."
"Well, whoever he is, I don't plan on sticking around to be shish kebabbed by this dude." Jax spoke up.
"Kid's right. Let's stay behind and kill him." Mick said.
"We need to get back to the ship." Rip said grabbing Kendra by the arm and pushing her forward.
Savannah glanced back at the fake Green Arrow, and quickly ushered her friends in the direction of the ship.
"Go, go, go." She urged, before the Fake GA made an appearance, and shot off another explosive arrow.
"You've gotta be kidding me." She grumbled, taking a step back, the arrow came at her slowly, and once again she simply turned it around, so it backfired.
Taking that as her cue, Savannah quickly stumbled backwards, before jogging after her teammates.
"All right Rip. Tell us the truth." Sara demanded as they all walked onto the bridge.
"You've all seen how the Timeline is malleable-in flux until it is set. Well, this future is not set. Remember when I told you it was dangerous for any of you to know too much about your own futures? Well, the events that you dread could very well come to be due to your actions to prevent them."
"You know what I think? I think you think too much." Mick spoke up.
"Believe me when I tell you that the best thing for yourselves and for this mission is to make the repairs to the Waverider here in 2046 then head back to your own time and make sure that none of this ever comes to be."
Savannah frowned.
"Looks like the whole propulsion system's jacked." Jax pointed out to Savannah and Ray.
"How do you two even know what we're looking at here?" Ray wondered.
"Doesn't matter if it takes you down the road or through time. An engine's still an engine."
"How long will it take you to make repairs?" Ray asked turning to Savannah.
"By the looks of it?" Savannah started maneuvering around Rip, who just pulled himself out from under the engine, "A while, can't be too sure."
"Yeah, but it would go a lot faster if I, we," Jax corrected at Savannah's look, "Had some help. Maybe Kendra could lend us a hand?"
Savannah titled her head curiously, that was specific.
"Enlist whoever is free to help," Rip said standing up, "I have this to contend with."
"What is that?" Savannah asked, narrowing her eyes.
Rip turned around.
"This is the Neuromorphic interface for Gideon's logic and navigation matrix. Without it, Gideon cannot function."
"That explains why we're stranded here." Savannah replied, nodding.
"Palmer Tech was working on a self-learning Neuromorphic Cortex. They surely would have gone to prototype by 2046." Ray spoke up in realization.
"We are going to need that prototype."
"Wait," Savannah started, "Isn't Palmer tech, now Smoak Technologies?"
"Oh, I'm sure I can still get us in." Ray answered.
"As I said, we must keep you and Ms. Lance separate from your future homes. In any case, there's a reason why I recruited individuals adept at misappropriating others' property."
"You do know that Sara's going to come whether you say so or not, right?" Savannah spoke up with a knowing grin, as Rip walked out.
Ray then turned to her, "Are you going to go?"
Savannah shrugged, but the grin was still on her face, "Nah, I'm sure they have it handled. But we should probably head back to the bridge."
Jax and Ray both agreed, and followed Savannah to the bridge.
"So, the rest of the Team's on a field trip to Palmer Tech, now Smoak Technologies. Palmer Tech sounds better, right?" Ray asked going to stand beside Kendra. "Be honest."
"Smoak Technologies sounds better." Savannah voiced, before offering Ray an apologetic grin, "Sorry Ray."
"Honestly, they sound about the same." Kendra answered, as Jax laid something on the table to work on.
"Even assuming our compatriots return with a Neuromorphic prototype, we'll still need to prepare Gideon for the new device." Martin pointed out.
Savannah nodded, "I'll see what I can do about that."
"And he engines could definitely use some loving." Jax added turning to Kendra, "Since Sav will be working on the device, I could use an extra pair of hands."
"Well, Raymond, why don't you and Ms. Saunders help with repairing Gideon, and I'll assist Jefferson with the engines?"
Savannah nodded slowly, "Okay, here, Kendra hand me that, yep thanks, alright so let's get this started..."
"You really are pretty good at this." Ray commented to Kendra, who was welding.
Savannah rolled her eyes as she continued trying to fix the wires, from where she was seated on the floor.
"Yeah, I was a shipyard welder in 1944." Kendra replied.
"No way. A real life Rosie the Riveter?"
Kendra laughed and Savannah rested her forehead against the cool metal.
"Is there anything you can't manage to put a positive spin on?" Kendra asked.
"Uh, no, I got it: The DMV."
They both started laughing again.
"So you do have a dark side."
"Are you making fun of me?"
Savannah stared blankly at the wires in front of her.
I'm never going to get anything done with all this racket.
"A little bit. Doesn't mean I don't find your unwavering optimism...enjoyable."
Oh my gosh these two are worse then Harper singing Shut up and Dance as loud as possible.
"I find watching you weld enjoyable."
"Dr. Palmer, in case you weren't aware, you are on a open channel, and we can hear everything you're saying. Is it too much to ask for some professionalism around here, and-why am I getting so upset?" Martin suddenly exploded through the coms. "One moment please."
Blinking in surprise, Savannah was slightly taken aback by the sudden outburst.
Get back to work before those two start up again.
Shifting slightly to get comfortable, Savannah leaned in to look more closely at the frayed wires.
"All right. Grey and I have got the mains back online." Jax announced walking in.
Savannah pushed herself up. "Wires are all done."
"Great." Kendra said still working.
"Uh, Ray's working on something called the quantum manifold."
"But I can't seem to get this to cooperate." Kendra said with a small grunt.
"Let me give it a try." Jax said taking the screwdriver from her.
Savannah rolled her eyes again, before turning around, "I'm going to go see if Ray needs any help."
Shaking her head, Savannah made her way through the ship and to the engine room.
"So, Raymond, you were working with Kendra earlier." Martin started, and Savannah stopped.
"I couldn't help but notice there might've been a little...spark."
Throwing her arms up in defeat, Savannah turned around and walked back to the bridge.
Thankfully, yet much to her surprise, no one was there when she arrived.
"Huh."
Shrugging, the blonde went into the parlor and started picking things up to look at them.
Feeling suddenly angry and guilty, Savannah quickly sat down.
Setting the hourglass down, Savannah rubbed her forehead.
"They're back I'm assuming, Gideon?"
"You assume correctly Ms. Winters."
"Thought so." She grumbled in reply while trying to rid herself of her sudden headache.
Whatever happened, it obviously hadn't ended well.
Savannah lifted her head just in time to see Rip, Sara and Snart walking onto the bridge.
"Where's Mick?" She asked looking over at Snart.
"Sleeping it off."
"We have the Neuromorphic prototype. Any luck with the Ship's engines?" Rip asked setting a black briefcase on the console.
"Yeah, It's all fixed." She answered leaning her back against the arm of the chair.
That's when Jax and Martin walked in.
Savannah grunted softly at the sudden burst of anger, and pressed the heel of her hands to her forehead.
"Is there something wrong Ms. Lance?" Martin asked.
"Well, all my friends and family are dead," Sara started, and Savannah was just about to get up to leave, hoping that Gideon could maybe give her something, when a hand fell onto her shoulder. Savannah clenched her eyes shut, all the different raging emotions were turning her headache into a migraine.
"I'm fine," She hissed softly, hoping not to gain anyone else's attention, "I just, need a minute."
"Except for Oliver Queen who happens to be dead inside and missing his left arm."
Pulling her hands away from her face, Savannah looked at Sara with wide eyes.
Frustration added into the mix.
"Sara, I have told you-"
"That this is just a potential future and that's all gonna go back when we return to 2016-if we return. But what if we don't? We all know Carter's not coming back. It's not like we have the safest line of work."
Savannah pushed herself up slowly, her head still pounding, and carefully made her way to where the others were.
"I think if Sara wants to stay and help then we should." Jax agreed, "I mean, that's what we signed up for: to be heroes."
The Frustration was only getting worse and Savannah was starting to feel a little dizzy.
"I agree with Jefferson."
Savannah almost didn't make it to the doorway, but quickly leaned her side against it to try and steady herself.
"Yes, of course you both do, because neither of you understand the pitfalls of changing the timeline. Meddling with the future is arguably more dangerous than changing the past, because it's still in flux."
Somehow, Savannah knew that whatever Sara was going to say wasn't going to be good.
And oh boy was she right.
"Your Wife and son's death are in the future You want us to change that."
A spark of anger, then overwhelming guilt almost sent Savannah to the floor.
Giving up, the blonde sat back down in the chair.
"Don't play that card with me."
Savannah flinched at his sharp tone.
"So what? Are you only willing to risk the timeline is it's your own family?"
Breathing in slowly, Savannah tried to keep her own emotions in check, in hopes that everyone else's would stop giving her such a headache.
"I am not just trying to save my family, and I'm not just trying to save one city, but the entire world!"
Savannah cringed.
I hate yelling.
It brought back to many too many memories that Savannah would rather leave alone. Pulling her knees up to her chest, Savannah wrapped her arms around them.
"If you want to go and save Mr. Hawke than be my guest. I'll keep the ship here for one hour, then we're leaving. With you on board or without."
Rip turned around, and came into the Parlor.
Pushing herself up, Savannah shot Rip a disapproving look, before quickly following Sara out.
"Sara!" She called out, the assassin stopped and waited for her to catch up. "Hey, do you mind if I come with you?"
Sara looked surprised, before nodding, "Sure."
"Okay, I just need to get changed and I'll meet you in the cargo bay."
Savannah then jogged down to her room and then used her speed to get changed, before running to the cargo bay, where Sara was waiting.
"Ready to go?" The speedster asked, turning her head to glance at the assassin.
"Yeah."
Savannah took a deep breath as the door opened.
Rip's gonna kill me for this.
But the blonde squared her shoulders and followed Sara out of the Waverider and out into the city.
"Oliver." Sara called out as the elevator doors opened and they walked out. "Oliver!"
Savannah's ears caught the sound of footsteps.
"Thought I told you to go." Oliver's voice rasped as he approached.
"Grant Wilson has Connor." Sara replied walking forward. "They're gonna kill him."
Savannah watched as Oliver came closer, he glanced back at her for a second. "He knew what he was signing up for and there's nothing I can do to help him."
"That's not the Oliver Queen I know."
"Maybe I'm not that person anymore. Look at me Sara. I'm literally half the man I used to be."
"Then that's the half this city needs." Sara said determinedly, "He's got too many men, Ollie. We can't do this by ourselves."
"What about the rest of your friends?"
"We're on our own-unless we're not." Sara replied turning back to a black duffle bag, and Savannah's round eyes went wide, before a grin tugged at her lips.
"Come on Sara." Oliver sighed turning his head away.
"I never got the chance to ask Connor why he wears the hood, but I know why."-Sara held up Oliver's bow-"It's because this city will always need a Green Arrow."
Savannah ducked down and watched as one of Wilson's henchmen lead Sara to the large platform, where Grant Wilson was just bout to take Connor's head off.
"Sir," The henchman interrupted. "We saw her trying to sneak past the perimeter."
"Sloppy." Grant commented, "The League of Assassins would be embarrassed. What was your strategy here? You really think you could just turn up tonight...Kill me?"
"No." Sara replied, before a smirk appeared on her face. "It was just my job to distract you."
Sara turned her head to face Oliver, who was in his green leather, and his left arm, standing on top of a bus.
Grant quickly put his weird, helmet back on his head, and then Oliver shot a explosive arrow at him, throwing him backwards.
Taking this as her cue, Savannah jumped out from her hiding place and went after the two losers who were holding Connor down.
In a span of 5 seconds, Savannah managed to shove both men off the platform.
"You alright?" She asked, turning towards Connor.
"Yeah, thanks." He replied, smiling at her.
Returning the grin, Savannah went back to knocking back the bad guys.
"Your not the Green Arrow," Grant said to Connor, "You're just a punk in a Halloween costume."
"Funny, I was just going to say the same about you."
Savannah laughed at that.
Ducking beneath swords, and taking people's legs out from under them, was honestly kind of fun.
Then Connor joined them.
Suddenly, both Ray and Kendra flew overhead. Before landing right in the middle of the fight.
"How did you convince Rip to stay?" She wondered with a small laugh.
"Actually, sending in the cavalry was his idea." Ray answered.
Grinning broadly, Savannah saw the rest of the Team appear.
"Where's Mr. Queen?" Rip asked, and the blonde slammed her shoulder into one of the minions chest, before punching him.
"Beating the crap out of Grant Wilson." She replied.
"Connor!" Oliver suddenly called out, before tossing his bow to him.
Suddenly her neck burned. Yelping in pain and surprise, Savannah spun around, full intent on punching whoever cut her in the face, only to see him already on fire.
"Thanks Mick." She said, nodding to the arsonist, who stood close by.
Mick grunted, before going back to beating up Grant's minions. Who were running away.
Panting, Savannah turned back to Oliver.
"Oliver?" Ray spoke up.
"It's good to see you again Ray. Kendra. Thanks for the assist."
"So, who's that?" Kendra asked, gesturing to Wilson, who was unconscious.
"His name is Grant Wilson. Once upon a time, his father, Slade, tried to ruin my life." Oliver replied.
"That's not a nice family." Ray commented and Savannah scoffed.
"Yeah, no kidding."
"That's good shooting John." Oliver praised, looking down at, John, who then walked up the steps to hand him his bow.
"It's Connor."
"Either way, it's Green Arrow."
Savannah couldn't keep the smile off her face.
She had already gotten changed into normal clothes, black skinny jeans and a regular black t-shirt with her STAR Labs sweatshirt over it, cleaned the already closing wound on her neck, she also put her hair up in a loose bun, and was headed towards the bridge.
"Alright Gideon, let's see if these repairs that Martin, Ray, Jax and Savannah made are up to scratch." Rip said as Savannah walked in.
"As far as I can tell," Gideon started as Savannah stood next to Kendra, "Ms. Saunders and Ms. Winters did most of the work, while the two gentlemen competed for-"
"Just get us out of here." Martin cut in while Savannah snickered as she sat down.
"Please, Gideon." The blonde added, trying to muffle her laughter.
"So where to next, Captain?"
"Well, the beauty of this mission is that the real question is not where, but when. In which case, I suggest that we next hit Savage when he least expects it."
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