DC Legends of Tomorrow: The Glitch: Glitching Through Time

Ch 22: Past is Prologue

"What is it about you people that whenever we go to a new timeline, you feel the need to pick up....strays?" Rip questioned striding from behind his desk to the parlor doorway. The look in his eye hardened upon setting eyes on the one person he never thought he'd see again. Jonah Hex. He prayed he was hallucinating right now.

"I didn't bring a stray! I brought you a friend!" Clarity protested skipping next to Jonah smiling one of the biggest smiles Rip had ever seen her produce. It was like someone had just given her the biggest bowl of candy imaginable. Rip resisted the urge to groan. Of course this was Clarity's doing. Her curiosity was going to be the death of him. He was sure of it.

"Nice. I didn't get to see it last time around." Jonah commented as he gazed at his new foreign surroundings. He looked completely out of his element and yet the man was also completely relaxed.

"Last time?" Ray echoed from where he stood further back by the console.

"A long story, which we will not be telling." Rip said quickly adding the last part resisting the urge to glare at Clarity as she went to interject.

"My coat suits you good." Jonah complimented with a nod of his head. He had always wondered what happened to that coat. Although Jonah honestly knew he shouldn't be surprised that Rip had been the one to have stolen it from him. Lord knows he had been admiring it since the day he first saw it.

"His coat?" Clarity echoed in surprise looking at Rip like she'd just won a prize pointing in between the two.

"What are you doing here, Jonah?" Rip questioned impatiently doing his best to ignore Clarity's stare.

"Collecting on a bounty, wetting my whistle, when your friends here got in a lot of trouble." Jonah answered him.

"We might've gotten into a barroom brawl back in town." Ray admitted with a wince.

"Well, they all did. I just played the piano. I'm not one for fist fights" Clarity informed with a smile.

"Well, that was entirely predictable." Rip replied sighingly because why couldn't everything run smoothly with this team for once?

"One of them poured lead into a member of the Stillwater gang." Jonah informed Rip.

"Mr. Rory." Rip guessed immediately his hands placed on the console.

"Snart, actually." Ray answered.

"Oh, that was gonna be my next guess." Rip sighed.

"This guy tried to kill Grey. Snart saved him." Jax said defensively.

"And brought this town a whole lot of hell in the bargain. Those boys you were trading hands with in the saloon they're all members of the Stillwater gang." Jonah told them.

"Why can't a gang ever be a bunch of good guys?" Ray questioned.

"Cause it sounds evil." Clarity instantly replied.

"Jeb Stillwater and his friends been raiding this town for the past three months. Stealing, robbing, killing."

"Raping?" Clarity wondered Eobard Thawne flashing in her mind a chill going down her spine. She quickly tried to push those thoughts away.

Rip shot her a look as if to say 'did you seriously just ask that?'

Jonah nodded in affirmation. "That too I'm afraid"

"Well, he'll have to go through us." Ray said with a nod.

"No, he won't. No doubt your your little ruckus has already placed the timeline at risk, to say nothing of potentially alerting the Hunters to our presence here." Rip berated.