HUNTRESS.
027. | ❛ this awful energy. ❜

"This isn't my element." Leonard said through his firefighter suit

"It's mine." Mick replied, tugging on the fire hose as Rip kept them both in track.

"Just keep a weather eye open for the Pilgrim. Gideon calculates a 97% chance that she will attack your younger self in this exact time and place." Rip explains as Sara, Crystal, and Jax run out of the house that was currently on fire.

"Young Rory's not in there."

"But we found his parents. They're dead."

"Then where the hell is he?" Crystal said before sprinting around looking for the young boy.
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"You seem calm." Kendra remarked to Crystal who was training with her on her abilities, while fighting with a shaft.

"What, you mean considering a temporal bounty hunter is trying to murder our younger selves?"

"I was gonna put it a little more delicately than that, but yeah."

"I think at some point, you just learn to live with a sword over your head. Trust me, there are many times in my life that I was on deaths door step." Crystal lifts up her weapon continuing to spar with Kendra, resulting in Kendra winning

"Either you're getting better or I'm getting lazy. So it seems like you decided to ignore the advice from Old West you about not being with Ray."

"Ignoring her advice about Ray was your advice, remember?"

"Don't listen to my advice. After all, I ended up dating a criminal," Crystal smirked before sipping her water, "So did you tell him what she said?"

"Oh, sure. Hey, Ray, by the way, the woman I met in 1871 was me. And she told me our love was doomed to fail because you're not Carter."

"So that was a no?"

"Look, Ray and I are happy together. We should be able to enjoy that before I have to drop the whole doomed-love-affair thing on his head."

"Yeah, I mean, who wants a relationship based on honesty and communication? Ugh."

"Believe me. A relationship based on an ancient Egyptian curse doesn't work much better." Kendra shrugged before they continued to fight.
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After rescuing Sara's younger self, the whole team gathered around trying to calculating the Pilgrim's next move.

"I put her in the cargo bay with mini you, told them both to stay put. The less they know what's going on, the better." Sara came strutting in, informing them on her and Mick's you get selves

"You sure you want to leave daddy's little girl with that punk?" Mick asked

"Even before the League of Assassins, I knew how to handle guys like you."

"Has Gideon figured out the Pilgrim's next target yet?" Crystal anxiously tapped her foot

"That's peculiar." Rip said suddenly

"Peculiar or bad?"

"Gideon, run another scan for the whereabouts of the Pilgrim."

"I'm sorry, sir. The timeline shows no temporal distortions. I seem to be unable to track the Pilgrim."

"That doesn't sound good."

"No, it's quite the opposite. Without a way to track the whereabouts of the Pilgrim, she could target any one of you at any point in time."

"Gideon was tracking the Pilgrim's temporal wake. I didn't think it was possible to conceal one's movements through time." Stein tried to comprehend what was happening

"Well, it is if the Time Masters are on your side."

"How does this all work? If she can travel to any place at any time, she could be killing any of us right now." Ray emphasized bigger words, and used many hand movements

"And if we die in the past..." Crystal said trailing off

"We die in the present."

"Wow. So interesting. How long does it take for what happens in the past to affect the present? Could I be dead right now and not know it? Maybe I am dead right now. Hello? Can anybody hear me?"

"No." Leonard flat out said annoyed, causing Crystal to smirk at his comment

"Look, the important thing is not to panic."

"Somebody's playing Russian roulette with our younger selves. Why would we panic?" Jax sarcastically replied

"Well, there are a few exceptions. Kendra's ability to reincarnate means that it would do the Pilgrim no good to target her. And as a former Time Master, to remove me from history would be quite dangerous to the timeline."

"Well, that's convenient." Leonard threw subs

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Rip snapped back

"Nothing. It just occurs to me you've never told us about your past, Rip. And I don't trust a man with secrets."

"Look, the less information you have to offer on me, the less valuable you are to our now numerous enemies."

"Like I said, convenient." Leonard retorted

"Can please stop arguing you guys? You are giving me a headache." Crystal held her head. Pounding with various different sounds coming from all sides, it's as if Crystal felt all of this before. Her hands started trembling, her legs started to jitter, and couldn't help but notice that everybody was looking at her. The ship started to shake, more like an earthquake was happening causing the others to lose their balance.

"Ms.Pierce! You need to calm down!" Rip yelled

"I can't, I can't control this" Crystal backed away, holding the sides of her head crouching into a fetal position. Her face was weary, reddish, fever like, and she felt as if it was eating her inside out. The others kept their distance holding onto items to keep them grounded, but the only person who didn't back away was Leonard.

"You need to calm down," he stepped forward towards her while she backed away with every step forward he took.

"I can't control this awful energy. Please don't come closer I don't want it hurt you."

"You're not going to hurt me, all you have to do is focus on my voice and it'll all go away." Crystal looked into his blue eyes, feeling reassured as she took deep long breaths. The quakes started to cease and soon enough with realizing Leonard was right by Crystal's side, embracing her as her breathing evened out with Leonard's. The others all sighed as they were all in the clear but then Crystal threw up some soil on the opposite side of her. Her throat was inflamed, with Rip getting more concern about was happening

"Gideon, what's happening?"

"The Pilgrim has targeted Ms. Pierce the day of her harvest."

"Get ready for a time jump."

Crystal was quickly escorted to MedBay where Leonard stayed by her side, seeing her face turn paler each time.

"Gideon, can't you give her a sedative?"

"I'm sorry Mr.Snart, but giving her a sedative will only worsen her condition."

Leonard was clearly upset, but didn't physically show it to Crystal who was in a more suffering state than he was. He pushed her hair aside, his fingers than touching her cheeks

"You're going to be fine," he said, Crystal feeling the painful effects of the harvest all over again. She knew that the Pilgrim would pick this time period, since Crystal was the weakest during the harvest. The effects of the elements caused Crystal to destroy herself from the inside out, causing her resurrection. Rip came in looking at the two, as Crystal's heartbeat finally stabilized, her pale face went back to the cream color that Leonard adored, and the blush in her cheeks. He knew that it meant that they had caught Crystal's younger self as he exhaled in relief.

"See, you're alright," he said with a smile, Crystal rubbing her index finger on the palm of his hand assuring him that she was in fact alright.