Well, well, well, if it isn't me, DarkRed101, the author who takes 20,000,000,000,000 years to update. How shocking. Anyway, what's up everyone? Good things I hope. It's been a crazy amout of time since my last update and that's because I thought Red wasn't worth finishing. I mean, c'mon the quality is a solid -20 and the creativity is even lower. I really, really hope I'm getting better but after re-reading these chapters I'm starting to doubt it, I apologize for keeping people who generally like Redemption waiting, but this year has been interesting, but here is another chapter. I hope you all enjoy.
Special thanks to 72Daydreamer for giving me the inspiration that I needed to get another chapter out and gave me hope that Redemption is better then I thought. ;)
Episode 10: "Kidnaped!"
"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 were born for this.
Location: Nanda Parbat, 1960.
Savannah opened her mouth to make a lame excuse to leave when the rest of the Team came in.
Oh thank god.
"Alright, now that everyone is here, can we please leave 1960?" Savannah said walking over to a chair and dropping down in it, making sure not to make eye contact with Rip.
"And go where? I mean, when?" Sara spoke up from her spot on the step leading to the parlor.
"2147." Rip informed, and Savannah restrained herself from looking up. "Mere decades before Vandal Savage conquered the world."
"I thought you had no idea where he was." Snart commented as he walked in.
Savannah did lift her head and glanced at his right hand, which had been restored.
"You said Savage had been lost to history." Martin agreed.
"Not world-changing history. Records of the period are scarce, but I've always known that Vandal Savage can be located in 2147."
"So, why haven't you told us this sooner?" Jax questioned.
"Because that period of history is fraught with more peril then I was willing to risk."
Savannah twisted her hands in her lap, lips pursing tightly.
"We have no choice but to stop Vandal Savage in 2147...or to die trying."
Savanna's head came up again and this time she met his gaze, head tilted slightly.
Well, doesn't that just sound like boat loads of fun.
"Well, I've died before." Kendra spoke up from her place beside Ray.
"So have I." Sara said standing up.
"Yeah we all know you two are amazing and awesome you don't have to show off." Savannah rolled her eyes as Sara shot her a smirk.
Everyone else was silent as they all turned their eyes to Rip.
"Gideon, plot a course for Kasnia Conglomerate." Rip said walking forward to the plot's chair, and as Ray sat down next to her Savannah leaned over.
"Try saying that five times fast."
Ray snorted softly as he pulled his harness over his head and Savannah did the same.
Upon landing, Savannah made her way to the kitchen.
"Hey Gideon, minding making me some mac and cheese?" She asked sitting down.
"Of course Miss Winters."
Grinning slightly, Savannah sighed and leaned back.
"There you are."
Savannah jumped and jerked back, causing her chair to tip backwards and for her to fall onto the floor.
"Ow."
Sara leaned against the doorway, a small amused grin on her face.
Savannah scolded her, but didn't move off the floor. "What is it with you people and scaring me? If you all keep this up I'm going to die from heart failure before Savage even gets a swing at me."
Sara strolled in calmly, and Savannah slowly and reluctantly climbed to her feet and pulled her chair up.
"I wanted to talk to you."
Savannah's head snapped up sharply, eyes narrowed. "Why? And about what?"
Sara sat down but Savannah stayed standing, looking very alert and suspicious.
"That mark on your neck, where did you get it?"
Savannah tried her hardest not to have a reaction, but her body tensed on reflex.
Sara's head was tilted, eyes watching her carefully.
"Happened when I was younger," Savannah replied stiffly. "Don't really remember how."
"I heard you and Rip talking." Sara revealed, and Savannah was feeling more and more sick as the nature of this conversation was being unraveled.
"Well I guess you can add eavesdropping to your list of things you do." Savannah scoffed arms folded tightly across her chest.
Sara smirked, but her eyes were hard, she already knew what Savannah was trying to avoid telling her.
"Okay and how is any of this your business?" She snapped defensively. "What right do you have to be asking questions about my personal life?"
Without waiting for a response, Savannah quickly made an exit, her lunch forgotten.
"Uh, Sav?"
Throwing her hands up and swearing under her breath, Savannah spun around. "What?"
Ray flinched. "Uh, sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. I can come back later."
Savannah sighed, shoulders slumping. "No, Ray, it's fine, I'm sorry. What do you need?"
Ray grinned at her and came over to sit on the floor in the engine room next to her, that's when she realized he was carrying a tray.
"I brought you lunch. Here you go." Ray handed it to her and Savannah took the mac and cheese and pulled it in her lap.
"Thanks Ray." She turned a small smile to him as she started eating.
Ray nodded. "So, why are you so against us reforming Mick?"
Savannah choked on her food and glanced up at him. "Nice transfer Ray." She shrugged. "It's just that if we try to reform him, then he'll just stab us in the back, it happens every time."
Ray frowned. "Maybe Mick will be different."
Savannah scoffed lightly. "Maybe, but I doubt it. If everyone agreed to try and reform him I won't stop you, but the second he steps out of line I'm throwing him out the cargo bay door."
About, two arguments, a lot of grumbling and avoiding certain people at all costs later found Rip, Sara, Jax and Savannah dressed in grey wool suits.
"150 years in the future and people are still wearing wool? Man, I hate wool." Jax complained walking down the steps into the Cargo Bay next to Sara with Savannah walking behind them.
"Be grateful, Mr. Jackson. Those living outside the Kasnian Conglomerate are dressed in rags." Rip said opening one of the boxes to pull something out.
The small screen in the corner of the room showed a picture of the state.
"Conglomerate?" Sara spoke up.
"Yes, in the year 2080, governments began to give away to corporations." Rip explained.
Savannah snorted. "More like 2008."
"According to Gideon, in two hours, our favorite immortal psychopath is scheduled to attend a meeting of the Conglomerate's share holders." Rip said walking over to the other side of the room.
"Ooh, sounds exciting." Sara said sarcastically.
"You think Savage takes over the world by trading stocks?" Jax asked.
"What we do know is, in 20 years times, Kasnia is the foothold from which Savage takes over the world, so we hardly want to take him on there but if we can figure out how his actions here lead to his rise to power," Rip moved to another stack of boxes. "Then we won't need to." Rip pulled out a small oval shaped container.
"Copy that Captain." Jax responded. "But if we're gonna be checking out the future..." They started walking up the steps.
"We should probably invite the nerd twins." Sara finished and Jax shared a laugh with her.
"You know I can already hear what Stein's gonna say about 2147."
Location: Kasnia Conglomerate, 2147.
"The future, it's-"
"Fascinating." "Astonishing."
Savannah laughed outright from her place in the front, resting her hand on her chest.
"Well, it was a 50-50 chance which one he'd choose."
"Actually, I was going to say "remarkable"." Martin said and Savannah nudged Ray playfully. "Yeah sure." She snickered.
"Isn't it?" Rip agreed. "2147 was considered the world's zenith. All these people have 5 good years to look forward to."
"Before what?" Snart questioned.
"Before a ruthless dictator named Per Degaton comes to power, releases the Armageddon Virus, and most of them end up dead." Rip answered.
"Well, that's depressing." Sara spoke up.
Savannah shoved both her hands in her pockets, blue eyes moving around curiously. Suddenly three drones that looked like Ray's suit appeared.
"Whoa." She whispered, eyes widening.
"Is that my suit? That's my suit." Ray said with a laugh.
A woman screamed and Savannah's head snapped back just in time to see a man trying to run away with a woman's bag, the other two drones shot him down with red energy before landing. "You have been identified as violating Ordinance 12."
"That, is how Per Degaton's father Tor maintains order in Kasnia." Rip said and Savannah scoffed.
"Doesn't look like progress to me." Snart commented, and Savannah agreed.
"Speaking of progress, we need to get a better lay of the land."
"And I need to get a better look at how they made my suit autonomous." Ray said.
"Well, why don't you take Martin, Jax and Savannah with you?" Rip offered. "Ms. Lance, Mr. Snart and I will work on locating Savage."
After splitting up, Savannah stepped back. "You know what, I'm going to look around some."
Jax shot her a look. "Uh, you sure that's a good idea?"
Savannah shrugged. "If something goes wrong I'll just run back to the ship."
Martin sighed. "Well be careful, and meet us back here in two hours."
Savannah grinned. "Sounds good, see you guys then."
After going their separate ways, Savannah started wandering the streets.
The gentle wind ruffled her hair, the soft squeaking of her boots and the smell of her light perfume caused a smile to touch her lips, she glanced around and looked at all the similarly dresses people.
Not a very creative place.
Suddenly she bumped into someone, causing her to stumble. "Oh gosh I'm so sorry."
The man grabbed her arm to keep her steady, and when Savannah lifted her head she froze at the sight.
"Oh crap."
"He's a teacher?"
"Tutor, it would seem, to young Per Degaton himself." Rip explained.
"You say that like it's supposed to mean something." Snart commented.
"After the death of his father in five year's time, Per Degaton unleashes the Armageddon Virus, which decimates the world's population, leaving it ripe for conquest. Per Degaton primes the world for dictatorship, and then when the time is right...Savage snatched that power away from him."
"By killing Per Degaton." Sara realized.
"Indeed."
"Okay, so we don't have what we need to take out Savage, but maybe now we can figure out a way to stop his rise to power." Kendra said.
"By depriving him of his springboard, Per Degaton."
"Okay, how do we do that?" Sara asked.
"It's quite simple, really."
"We kill him ourselves." Snart clarified.
"To be clear, we're talking about murdering a child." Martin exclaimed.
"Who hasn't done anything to anyone." Jax finished.
"Yet, so why don't we pick him off now, while the picking's easy?"
"There's got to be another way." Kendra insisted.
"How do we even know that this Per Degaton kid's path to becoming a world-ruling dictator is inevitable?" Ray asked.
"Because in the future that I'm from, children learn about Per Degaton in the same way that children in your time learn about Adolf Hitler."
"What about addressing the larger societal problems that would allow such a despot's rise to power?" Martin questioned.
"We already know what pushes this punk to the dark side: Savage."
"Look it's not the kid's fault he's got an immortal psychopath as his tutor." Jax argued.
"If we don't kill the kid now, Savage will as soon as he's done using him to take over the world."
"If he doesn't build him into the greatest tyrant the world has ever known, Savage can't become the last tyrant the world will ever know." Rip spoke up.
"Murdering a child in cold blood just like Savage murdered your own son." Martin snapped. "What's the use in saving the world if we stoop to his methods to do so?"
"I'm with Professor Stein." Ray agreed.
"Okay, fine, If y'all don't have the guts to kill this kid..."
"Then removing him from the timeline might be the next best thing."
"Great, we've gone from infanticide to child abduction. Progress." Ray said sarcastically.
"First we need to devise how to abduct him."
"Captain, I hate to interrupt, but the tracker on Miss Winters has been deactivated." Gideon informed.
"You put a tracker on Savannah?" Sara asked incredulously.
Rip ignored her. "What of it Gideon?"
"I'm afraid bystanders witnessed a "tall dark man" knock a blonde woman matching Miss Winters description unconscious and dragged her into a nearby alleyway." Gideon answered.
"Why was Savannah alone in the first place?" Kendra asked, arms folded across her chest.
"Miss Winters insisted on looking around." Martin tried to explain.
"And we forgot about her." Jax huffed. "Now what do we do?"
"Maybe, if we get this kid we can trade?" Ray offered. "Her life for his?"
"If we do that, then the kid is still in charge." Snart spoke up.
"And Savage still rises to power." Ray frowned.
"So, what is it going to be?" Sara begged the question. "Savannah or Per Degaton?"
I did not edit this, just so you all know. Maybe I'll pick this back up eventually when life slows down a little. See you all when I see you.
~DarkRed.