DC Legends of Tomorrow: The Glitch: Glitching Through Time

Chapter 15: The Untimely Rescue

Rip coughed staggering up out of his seat as Gideon filtered the smoak out through the vents. Rip leaned heavily on his chair as he winced feeling the side effects of such a rough landing. The jump ship having crashed into the earth mere moments ago.

"Gideon what's our status?" Rip questioned.

"I'm afraid I have bad news captain" Gideon answered. Rip groaned wincing. He really didn't want to hear it.

"Okay, how bad is the ship?" Rip questioned fearing the worst.

"The ship has sustained little damage Captain Hunter" Gideon replied and Rip gave a sigh of relief. Good that meant both Clarity and himself would not be trapped in 1942 with no way back besides waiting for the waverider to come get them.

"Well whats the bad news if the ship is relatively undamaged?" Rip questioned.

The Ai didn't answer. A tense silence echoing back at the captain. Rip gripped the back of his chair tightly. Gideon knew he wasn't going to like this.

"Gideon, now is really not the time for dramatics" Rip told the Ai.

"Due to the sudden time quake I am afraid that the temporal navigation system was compromised. As a result. we were forced off course. Though I tried to stay as close to the original date as I could." Gideon informed him.

"By how much?" Rip questioned feeling his heart sinking.

"We've landed in the year 1944, Captain." Gideon stated.

"1944!?" Rip questioned.

"Yes, Captain." Gideon answered sounding apologetic.

"2 years...." Rip muttered in disbelief. He rubbed at his temples gritting his teeth. Okay, this wasn't too much of a problem. 2 years in the most awful war era man of the 21st century has ever known wasn't so bad. At least until a horrifying thought occurred to him.

"Gideon how's the positron trail we were following? Has it changed?" Rip asked immediately thinking the worst.

"My scanners indicate that she is alive Captain. I am locking onto her location now" Gideon informed.

"Excellent. Thank you Gideon" Rip said sighing in relief. He closed his eyes in a silent thank god. He had lost far too many of his crew. What kind of captain was he? He had never realized that he would lose so many when he started out. He had lost all of his crew at least once on this mission if he really truly thought about it.

Carter had been a much better fighter than Kendra. Rip could tell it just by the way they flew. He let Carter die by making a rushed in attack on Savage. They had lost the element of surprise why had he let them go after him? Then to make matters worse he left his body to be desecrated by that monster. Without Carter Kendra is lost and dreadful. She was a barista 6 months ago. She wasn't a fighter. In this life that's not who she is. Dr. Palmer he had abandoned to suffer in a Russian prison along with Mr. Rory and Professor Stein. Martin was the brain to firestorm. Without him Jax would have been unable to become firestorm or possibly even live. He was just a kid. He couldn't do this alone. To think his blood would have been on his hands. Sara he had almost abandoned in Star City 2046 because that particular future hadn't been his priority. As a time master shouldn't he be guarding time? Protecting the people who try to save this world? Mr. Rory he had killed by Mr. Snart. An action that weighs heavily on him. He should have found some alternative. Snart he had let get captured by chronos. Only god knows if he's alive or dead now. And lastly there's Clarity. Impossible, incredible, Clarity.

Rip tried to convince himself that everything was going to be fine, but he was struggling. He had made so many mistakes. How could he be so sure that he wasn't making one this very instant? Was Clarity safer in world war 2 than with the team? Or was she in more danger here? It didn't matter. Dwelling on the mistakes of the past would do nothing but hinder his efforts. There was no going back now. The mission itself hadn't changed. He just had to find Clarity then the two would race to help the rest of the team. Hopefully Clarity won't be too upset with being stuck in the 1940's for 2 years.