H-hello everyone *ducks behind table as readers throw fruit* I guess I deserved that after five months of nothing, I hope you all had a awesome Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years! I also wanted to say that today is Savannah's 35th birthday! So happy birthday to my Italian speedster! ^^
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this very, very, very late chapter!
Episode 7 pt1: "Turncoat Part 1."
"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."
We live on a blue planet that circles around a ball of fire next to a moon that moves the sea, and you don't believe in miracles?
Location: Temporal Zone.
Savannah was running.
Dressed in her blue and white leather, the blonde ran around the ship, pushing herself to go as fast as she could, she never really had a chance to really test her new powers.
She had been doing this for about an hour now, with only a break or two in between (AKA passing out in between).
"Hey Sav!"
Skidding to a halt, Savannah stumbled slightly before regaining her balance.
"Yeah?"
"Rip wants us on the bridge," Ray informed, and the blonde nodded.
"Okay yeah, just let me get dressed and I'll be right there."
Changing from her leather to skinny jeans and a flannel, Savannah made her way to the bridge.
"What did I miss?" She wondered, moving to stand beside Ray.
"This is Captain Eve Baxter of the Timeship Acheron, requesting critical rescue."
Looking down at the console, Savannah narrowed her eyes.
"And we care about this chick why?" Mick inquired, arms folded over his chest.
"We don't, but the Acheron's computer will contain the current intel on Savage's whereabouts." Rip answered. "Gideon, set a course for the Acheron's position in deep space."
"Yes, Captain."
"Deep space? I had no idea we had the ability to explore the unknown realms of the galaxy. Astonishing." Martin spoke up excitedly.
"No. What's astonishing is that we're acting as roadside assistance for the people who's chasing us." Jax retorted seriously.
"Doesn't it seem suspicious, this distress call just, happened to reach us?" Snart pointed out.
"How do we know it's not a trap?" Ray agreed.
"We don't, but what we do know is that Savage's trail has run cold. And unless Gideon can upload the data from the Acheron's computer-"
"I'm in." Mick cut in, causing everyone to turn to him in surprise.
"You are?" Snart replied, looking more surprised then any of them.
"The sooner we end Savage, the sooner I get back to where I belong."
"Prison?"
Savannah elbowed Martin for that comment.
"Any prison on earth's better than this one, Professor."
Savannah sighed and simply walked over and dropped down in on of the chairs, before pulling the harness over her head.
"Gideon."
"Yes sir."
"Engines to full throttle."
Biting back a grin, Savannah couldn't help but mutter: "Warp Speed Mister Sulu."
Once they reached their destination, Savannah pushed the harness up, before pulling herself up.
"That was fun," She commented to no one in particular.
Walking over to the large window, the blonde couldn't help but stare at the spectacular array of lights strung across the dark background of space that brought the sight of a small blonde girl, hair held back in pigtails, sitting on her father's shoulders as they looked up at the night sky together to Savannah's mind.
"Mr. Jackson, Professor Stein, Miss Winters, would you care to join the boarding party?" Rip asked, snapping Savannah out of her train of thought.
"A chance for an extra-vehicular docking maneuver? What could be more exciting?" Martin accepted with child-like excitement in his voice.
"I could think of a few things." Jax spoke up unhappily.
"Let's get this thing started." Mick cut in before simply walking out.
"Why me?" Savannah questioned carefully.
"You have a Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering, and that could be of great use in case this is, in fact, a trap and we need to disable the ship."
"Oh, yeah sure thing, the only flaw in your plan is that I have no idea how to operate a spaceship never mind disabling it if we need to make a get away." She argued folding her arms across her chest and shooting him a pointed look.
"Do you want to stay here?" He questioned, using his head to gesture to the ones staying behind.
Glancing over at them momentarily, Savannah huffed. "You win this round Hunter. Then again, your company isn't much better, I'm only going because Jax and Martin are going, I like them."
Spinning around on her heels, Savannah never saw the small, amused smile he shot her or the soft shake of his head before he followed her down the corridor.
Ten minutes later found Savannah in the small Jumpship, and just as they pulled away did Savannah think of something.
"Um, hey was I supposed to dress for the occasion?" She asked hesitantly, glancing down at her blue skinny jeans, red and black flannel shirt and black sneakers.
From where he was sitting in the pilot's seat, Rip glanced back at her. "You look fine."
Not what I asked.
She thought head tilting, Savannah felt her stomach roll and chalked it up to the unease she felt upon boarding the other timeship.
"I'm having the strangest sensation. It's like I'm ten years old again." Martin spoke up fondly after a moment.
"You do a lot of space travel as a kid, Professor?" Mick asked as Savannah leaned back in her seat.
"Only in my dreams, after I read my first issue of "Rick Starr: Space Ranger.""
In the glare of the window, Rip could see Jax and Savannah share a amused look.
"Space Ranger Stein? Yeah, I don't see it." Jax rebuffed, but Martin wasn't deterred.
"I wanted to travel through space, surviving only by my wits and laser guns."
At Jax's face Savannah had to quickly slap a hand over her mouth to stop any noise from her escaping, her body trembling with laughter.
"I even built a rocket out of cardboard boxes."
"What stopped you?" Rip asked curiously, but whether he actually was or not was up for debate.
"NASA has rather strict guidelines regarding nearsightedness." Martin explained.
"And smoking weed." Jax added causing Savannah's laughter to come back in full strength.
Especially at the look Martin threw over his shoulder at Jax.
"Gideon, have you been able to link up to the Acheron's computer?" Rip inquired.
"It appears a self-destruct code has disabled the ship's temporal navigation system." Gideon reported back.
"Well, what does that mean?" Jax beckoned, looking over at Savannah, who shrugged.
"It's possibly the result of a malfunction." Rip thought aloud. "But just in case, Savannah, I'm going to ask you to remain behind here on the jump ship."
"You're telling us is something goes wrong, blondie's in charge?" Mick demanded in disbelief.
Oh god we're so screwed.
Savannah pretended not to feel uneasy when they docked, her feet pushed against the floor in some effort to distract herself, this whole mission felt, wrong, like a trap ready to spring, and Savannah should know what being in traps feels like, after all, she's been in plenty.
Scolding at the thought, she tightened her arms which were wrapped around her chest and tried to push those rather unhappy thoughts away.
A hand gentle rested on her shoulder, a surprising, yet not unwelcome warmth and support.
Glancing upward, Savannah meet Rip's gaze.
Standing up, his hand fell of her shoulder and Savannah pretended not to miss the warmth.
"Just, whatever you do, don't do anything stupid. Because I'm not saving your sorry butt if you do."
Despite her sharp tone and tense posture, Savannah saw a flicker a something pass in his eyes, but it came and went so fast that she was unable to see what it was.
The door slid shut behind him and Savannah continued to scold as she dropped down in the chair he had occupied not minutes earlier.
Now, all she could do was wait...
She didn't have to wait long.
The Jumpship jerked and sparked dangerously, and Savannah swore.
"How are we under attack?! There's literally no one else here but us!"
She shouted to no one.
"Gideon! Who the heck is firing at us?!"
"Captain's orders."
Eyebrows came together in confusion.
"Ray?"
"No, Captain Hunter."
"I specifically told him not to do something stupid! And what does he go and do? Something stupid!"
"We're attacking the pirates who've taken the rest of the boarding party hostage." Gideon happily informed.
"You've gotta be kidding me. Pirates? Could this get any worse?"
Another blast caused Savannah to jerk forward, her hand slamming into the com.
"Ray?! Rip? Is anyone there?!"
Silence.
"Great, just wonderful, now it's up to me, this is sure to go well." Savannah grumbled to herself as the jump ship doors slid open, exposing Savannah to the darkness of the Acheron.
Okay, so sorry for the short chapter, you guy's don't deserve that after 5 months of nothing, but I wanted to get something up on Sav's birthday, hopefully I'll have the next one out sometime next week, see you all then!
~DarkRed101