Captain Canary: (Book 4)

Chapter 2: Deja Vu Feelings

Sara had gotten up a little earlier than usual this day. She wasn't sure why, but she couldn't sleep. It was a week after Lisa's birthday. For some reason, something seemed off to her. But perhaps that was just the fact that she had been so used to being out in the field day and night fighting bad guys since the beginning of it all when the Gambit went down. She wasn't used to all this calmness and quiet life. Or the married and family life. This all felt like a dream to her and she was afraid that someday soon she was going to wake up from the dream and she'd be back in Nanda Parbat or Lina Yu.

"Mom can we go to the park?" Lisa's voice brought her back to the present and she glanced over at her youngest daughter giving a small smile. "Of course we can. I am just finishing up cleaning the kitchen then we can go get ready okay?" Abby had been out at a friend's house for the day, and Leo was at work. So it was just Sara and Lisa at the house till the rest of them got back. Leo would pick up Abby on the way home from work. Lisa smiled looking very excited about being able to get out of the house, and spending some time with her mom. Just the two of them. "Okay!" Sara chuckled as she watched Lisa run off back to her room to play while Sara finished some of the cleaning.

When Sara was done, she wandered into her daughter's room. Smiling and leaning against the doorway as she watched her playing with her dolls. "Did you still want to go sweetie?" Lisa looked up from playing and grinned. Setting her doll down before getting up. "Yes!" Sara laughed at her daughter's reaction. "Alright. Let's get you ready to go then." Lisa allowed for her mom to help her before the two of them exited out of the house. "Can we walk there mommy? It's nice out, and the park isn't too far away right?" She smiled. Sara glanced down at her daughter. "We can walk if you would like. The park is only a block away." Sara took Lisa's hand and began to walk along the sidewalk down towards the parkway.

As soon as they crossed the road to the park, Lisa let go of Sara's hand and made her way running towards the swings. Sara watched giving a small grin to herself. Walking over to the swings. "I need help mommy." Sara approached closer to her before lifting her daughter up into the swing. "There we go." Lisa smiled hanging on to each side of the swing before she started to pump her legs to get the swing moving. Sara stepped back so she wouldn't accidentally get hit.

"Can we go for some ice cream after this? It's warm out." Sara laughed. "I thought you told me a little bit ago that it was nice. It's not that hot out is it?" Sara teased a bit. Ice cream happened to be one of Lisa's favorite treats, and it was usually their tradition that after they got done playing at the park, they would go to the parlor to get a sundae and cool off. Lisa scrunched up her nose. "Pretty please?" She said ignoring her mom's comment. Sara sighed. "Alright, I suppose we can." Lisa clapped excitedly hearing Sara agree, but then quickly hung back on to the swing as she felt herself become a bit unsteady, as the swing was still swinging a little higher in the air. "Careful.." Sara said stepping close to the swing quickly, noticing that Lisa had almost lost balance. Lisa kept her smile as she looked at her mom. "I will."

Sara continued to watch Lisa swinging for a while longer before she wanted her to stop the swing and go on the jungle gym. Sara followed over to the jungle gym, watching as Lisa was climbing over the bars. Lisa grinned as she grabbed the bar with her hand and managed to do a small flip over the bar. "I'm going to be in gymnastics when I get older." Sara smiled watching. Being slightly worried that Lisa was accidentally going to hurt herself. Abby seemed to be the wild one having both her and Leo's blood running through her. Which Lisa did too of course, but she seemed to be a bit more on the shy side than Abby, and didn't appear to cause as much trouble. At least not yet. "I can definitely see you doing that." Sara agreed as she continued to watch her daughter enjoying herself.

As Lisa reached for one of the higher bars, turning her head to the left, some movement caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. Something that looked to be a familiar figure walking out of the shop. He was carrying a small pouch coming out of the jewelry store. She narrowed her eyes. She had heard stories about what her parents were like before they had kids. But as far as her mom was aware, her dad didn't do those kinds of things anymore. And neither did she. Dad? Lisa was so distracted by seeing her dad exiting the shop and looking like he was causing some mischief, that she hadn't realized that she had spaced off. She watched as her dad looked both ways to make sure that nobody had seen him. Then watched him take off at a run to the right of the store, just as the sound of the store alarm went off. Sara turned slightly towards the noise of the sirens. Stiffening a little and suddenly being on her guard. Any small thing would sometimes still trigger her, like the sound of police sirens, or a large crowd in a bar if someone would start a fight. Would sometimes bring Sara back to the times of being on the waverider on the mission, or back in Nanda Parbat. But then she would remember she was no longer there, and that she had to stop living in the past. Sara was tempted to go check out the scene, but she couldn't with Lisa there with her. She knew that whatever was going on, that they were being taken care of. Sara once again felt that odd feeling, like something was wrong, but for now shook it off.

Lisa swallowed not quite sure what to think of the scene. She wasn't very old yet, but she could be quite smart for her age. She knew something was wrong. Perhaps she'd ask her dad about it when he got home. He was supposed to be at work. She shook her head. "Hey.. Sweetie, is everything okay?" Lisa glanced down at her mom, coming out of her thoughts as she heard her question. "Yeah. I'm fine. Can we go home now?" Suddenly Lisa wasn't really in the mood to be at the park or do much playing. She was worried about what her dad was up to. Wondering why he would suddenly go back to going on heists and risk it all. Sara narrowed her eyes suddenly curious to her daughter's change of attitude. "Are you sure? We haven't been here for that long." Sara asked looking concerned.

Lisa nodded as she climbed down the bars and felt her feet hit the ground. "I am sure. I want that ice cream." She grinned. Trying to play it cool so her mom wouldn't suspect that something was wrong. Perhaps having the ice cream would make her feel better. Lisa thought. Sara watched her daughter closely. She could sense something was wrong, that something was off. But she wasn't quite sure what that was. For now however, she would have to leave it be. Sara nodded. "Of course we can." Sara let her hand wrap around her daughter's as Lisa extended her hand for her mother to take.

"What ice cream are you going to get?" Sara asked while they began to walk towards the parlor. Lisa glanced up at her mom, giving a small smile. "I want chocolate ice cream!" Sara chuckled hearing the excitement in her daughter's voice. Now that is more like it. Sara thought. "Chocolate ice cream it is. That does sound quite good right now." She smiled back at her daughter. Once they walked into the parlor, Sara got their snacks ordered, then the two of them went to sit down on one of the empty tables to eat.

"How is your ice cream?" Sara asked after they had eaten a few bites. Lisa glanced up at her mother with a grin on her face. "It is very good!" Sara smiled. "Good." She could still see that something seemed off about Lisa. Her back had been turned when Snart had exited the jewelry store. Plus it wasn't on the same street as the park. It was about a half a block away. Lisa was only able to see it because she had climbed on top of the jungle gym. "Hey sweetie, are you okay?" She asked again. Lisa glanced back at her mother after she had taken a few more bites and nodded. "Things are fine, why?"

"You seemed to be a bit distracted at the park. I was able to sense a hint of a change in your mood. You didn't stay at the park as long as you usually like to." Lisa shrugged. "I guess I changed my mind. It was starting to get a bit too warm after all." Sara raised her eye glancing at her daughter, still being curious as to her daughter's sudden behavior. Sara smirked still trying to shake the feeling off. "Are you sure you just didn't want to go get the ice cream, so you ended the trip to the park early?" Sara teased. Lisa kept her grin on her face, laughing a little. "Okay. Maybe you caught me." Lisa teased back. When the two of them were finished, they exited out of the parlor and began to make their way back to the house.

"I'm going to go back to my room to play." Sara nodded glancing at her daughter. Studying her closely. She used to read people well with being a trained assassin. But now perhaps she was losing her touch, from having her guard down for so long. But Sara still felt as if something was off, and she had yet to put her finger on it. "Alright, your dad and sister should be home in a few hours. Perhaps the three of us can watch a movie after dinner." Sara smiled hoping it would boost her daughter's mood. Lisa nodded at her mother giving a small smile back in return. "I would like that." Sara watched as Lisa made her way into her room, then closed the door behind her. She let out a small sigh before heading back to do some more work around the house before her husband and other daughter returned back home.