HUNTRESS.
034. | ❛ alexa. ❜

Crystal sat around with Mick, looking through the cabinets for food and Leonard, looking attentively at her. She grabbed various supplies and put it on the table.

Crystal took her engagement ring and placed it in the bowl making Leonard a little worried, thinking that she would destroy the ring.

"Witchy, what exactly are you doing?" Mick said eating some cereal.

"Not ripping out your throat" Crystal smirked and quickly returning to her project.

Mick's eyebrows raised and turned to Leonard, "Feisty, you picked a good one partner."

Leonard replied with a simple nod with Crystal continuing to chant the spell. After a moment, the ring turned a dark blue color, the same color that represented the stone lapis lazuli. The ring she created helped protect her from the sunlight and she always knew that she would have her engagement ring on, so it would make the perfect place to make it her daylight ring.

With the finish product, she lifted it up for Leonard to see. He was simply amazed at her work and how she was powerful than before.

"You know you never explained this whole vampire thing." Leonard said handing the ring back to her, and placing it on her finger.

Crystal made her way over to Leonard, "Vampires have emotions much like humans but they're amplified. We have heightened senses and our bloodlust is different in every person. We have super speed. We can heal others with our blood. Not to mention that we also have a humanity switch which can turn us into selfish monsters. And this ring here gets to protect me from getting burned in the sunlight."

"Yet you're still a witch," Mick said

"Technically I was a siphon, so I had to gain my magic from an object or place. And making me a vampire just made me a heretic."

Mick somewhat got lost in the explanation and just shrugged it off while Leonard and Crystal continued to talk. After a while, Crystal could feel her eye veins seep through indicating her hunger for blood and Leonard saw this. Seeing this, he lifted his arm to her mouth which she quickly rejected.

"You're hungry."

"No, I won't."

"You won't hurt me, and anyway you could heal me with your blood."

Crystal looked at him again before giving in and seeping her fangs into his wrist, the blood was euphoric and better than the blood bags. Once she was satisfied, she retracted her fangs to see Leonard wincing in pain.

She wiped herself and quickly bit her wrist and gave Leonard some of her blood. The bite make on his wrist slowly disappeared.

"Maybe you should always drink from my wrist because that was really hot." Leonard whispered into her ear making her smile but reply by leaving small little love bites on his neck.

"Ms.Pierce, Professor Stein needs you in the Medbay." Gideon interrupted making the couple groan

"Thanks Gideon way to ruin a moment"
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Crystal quickly speed to the Medbay, with a quick swish and wind gushed surprising Stein.

"Super speed. Amazing," Stein observed Crystal

"What do you want Stein? You were clearly ruining a moment."

"Gideon, please inform Miss.Pierce."

As Gideon was explaining Leonard and Mick caught up to Crystal in the Medbay in time to hear what was going on.

"Jefferson's blood chemistry is akin to that of a 63-year-old man." Gideon spoke

"Actually, I don't feel a day over 60." Jax joked

"This isn't funny." Mick said in a serious tone

"No, and it's all Rip's fault."

"I'm afraid he's also suffering from early-stage osteoarthritis." Gideon added on

"The exposure to the temporal radiation has led to an accelerated rate of intracellular degeneration."

"This is what happens when Rip goes with Plan B."

"Plan A being taking Savage's head in with that mace."

"We're endeavoring to resolve this without bloodshed."

"And how's that working out for you, Gandhi?"

"Look, there's nothing we can do about it now. We can talk to Hunter. Even if Kendra was to kill Savage, my situation's still the same."

"We're talking about our situation, Pops."

"We're not waiting around for the other shoe to drop. You deserve better." Leonard walked away with Crystal and Mick following close behind

"Alexa?" Mick asked

"You bet your ass." Leonard replied

"No offense, but do I need to kill Alexa?" Crystal asked with a sassy tone, getting really fed up with Rip's inability to keep his crew safe.
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"We need to talk. We saw what you did to Jax." Crystal said entering his room

"And we're worried it's just the beginning."

"The beginning of what?" Rip asked

"It's like I said, Rip. As long as Savage is alive and on this ship, he is dangerous."

"The Time Drive is rebooting. We will soon be on our way. I'm asking for a little faith, gentlemen."

"Sorry, fresh out."

"I take it you and Mr. Snart are of the same mind?" Rip asks Mick

"And what of you, Miss Lance?"

"You're the one who said you'd sell us out for your family."

"Miss Pierce?"

"You're the one talking to a vampire."

"Well, if that's how you all feel, none of you is obliged to continue on this voyage with me. As I told Martin, the Jumpship can make a one-time voyage back to 2016." Rip explained with the three of them jumping at the opportunity to get back to 2016.

"Are you saying it's ours?"

"I'm saying that this mission has always been a voluntary enterprise."

"And the mission was to kill Savage."

"Which doesn't seem to be on the table anymore."

"Very well. Leave, if that's what you..."

"It's been a blast, Rip. Good luck getting to the Vanishing Point." Leonard cut Rip off exiting the room leaving Crystal.

"Tell your pals Chronos says, "Kiss my ass." Mick followed behind

"Miss Pierce?"

"I never run from a fight."

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"Time Drive reinitialization complete, Captain. The primary systems are back online and stable." Gideon spoke with half of the team in the central room.

"Begin ignition sequence and resume our route to the Vanishing Point." Rip spoke to Gideon

"You're a fool, Professor."

"I'm trying to save Jefferson's life." Stein and Mick bickered until Ray came shuffling in

"Savage has escaped."

"What?"

"I'm sorry."

"Pull up all the surveillance monitors, now!" Rip yelled at Gideon

"I'm afraid Vandal Savage has already freed Carter Hall, and is preparing to disengage..." Gideon's voice garbles and stops

"That can't be good." Crystal said noticing the lights going out

"Gideon's entire operational matrix is offline. And without her help..."

"We'll have to make our approach the old-fashioned way."

"Shouldn't we be more worried about Savage and his brainwashed crony?" Mick asked

"Yes. Which is why I need you, Ms.Pierce and Dr. Palmer to go and recapture him. In the meantime, if the rest of us can't figure out how to pilot the ship without Gideon, we're never gonna be able to leave the Time Stream."

Crystal, Mick, and Ray took off to go find Savage, "If we live through this, you bumbling idiot, I might just kill you." Mick threatened Ray

"If I don't get to him first." Crystal said scaring Ray even more.

Crystal quickly suited up for action seeing Leonard leaned up against a wall, seeking safety from Savage's gun.

"Come to join the party?" Leonard asked Crystal who hid next to him.

"You should've left me back in 2166!" Savage shouted at them in the dark while shooting at them.

"Yeah, yeah, we know that, mullethead." Mick replied loading his gun

"Who are you to stand up against me, Vandal Savage, destroyer of empires?"

"Leonard Snart, robber of ATMs!" He shouted before shooting.

Suddenly, Carter came out from the other end

"It's still two against five." Crystal shouted to Kendra and Ray who went to take on Carter while the others took on Savage.

Mick, Leonard, and Crystal held Savage well on their own but Ray interfering made Savage shoot at Mick and Leonard making them fall unconscious and soon doing the same to Ray.

Crystal and Kendra were left but Kendra was fighting Carter and Savage was certainly more powerful than Crystal.

Crystal charged at Savage, turning him over onto his back and throwing him back.

"Turns out I'm just as powerful."

"I wouldn't think so," Savage smiled before Crystal could understand what he was talking about her world went black.

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Crystal woke up with a slight neck ache, thinking that Carter probably snapped her neck. After a short while, Leonard woke up from being unconscious with the whole team waiting for Rip to come back from the Time Masters so that Savage can pay for his crimes.

Crystal and Leonard reverted to play cards,"Did you hear that?"

"Don't try to distract me." Crystal said picking up another card with Leonard checking out the door.

"We need to find somewhere to hide."

"Why do we need to find somewhere to hide?"

"Alexa."