The Scarlet-Canary Collection

5. I remember you

Chapter Summary: Prompt by WritersBlock039: Invasion! AU: when Barry is confronted over changing the timeline, Sara rises to Barry's defense. After all, Sara wanted to change the timeline to save her sister, and unlike Barry, she had people who were able to stop her. This unexpected siding leads to a connection between Barry and Sara that maybe wouldn't have happened otherwise. Also, the Legends were founded to change history, after all. And if they "screw things up for the better," should they really be chastising Barry? Just a thought that Sara would think about these things before calling Barry out. – I mixed this with an idea I had about Sara meeting Barry when she came back to life.

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- Tell us what, Barry? – Sara asked as she stepped forward after hearing Barry and Cisco arguing about something that seemed serious.

They had just finished training with Supergirl, Barry's friend from another Earth that happened to be a powerful alien, so they could prepare to face the Dominators. There was an invasion happening on their Earth so they had to gather all teams of super heroes they had. She walked closer to Barry and Cisco while others also approached.

Barry started telling all of them how he changed the timeline and affected some of their lives. Sara felt a rage coming through her veins, but then she stopped as she thought about it.

She had been in his shoes.

She understood.

She started thinking about their situation and how everyone was responding, specially her team. She looked at Barry's sad face and something hit her. She turned around and looked at all of them, except Oliver and Kara, the only ones who seemed not to judge.

- Seriously? – She said as she looked at them all.

They all stared at her quietly. She could see they were not happy, but her response seemed to shock them.

- Listen, I'm not saying what you did was right – Sara said as she looked at Barry – But things happen and it's not always on us. Things could have changed with or without your interference. And don't beat yourself up over this; I almost did the same when I faced Damien Dhark. I almost killed my sister's murderer in the past so I could save her. I understand. It's not the same thing that happened to you, but I understand.

- Sara, I think you're forgetting how important is to keep the timeline safe and...

- Cisco started talking, but Sara interrupted him. - I heard you talking with Barry before, telling him he didn't want to save your brother...

- And yet he saved his parents...

- And do you think its ok for you to ask him to save your brother?... You do know that something serious would have happened either way, right?

Cisco kept quiet, thinking about what Sara was saying. He didn't think about how selfish he was being before and felt bad about it, even if he was still mad at Barry.

- Guys, I think this is not the time for us to fight... - Caitlin said as she looked at the others.

- We still have evil aliens to deal with... – Oliver completed as he looked worried at them all.

- I know and I agree... That's why we're talking about how absurd is for people to want to punish Barry like that... Legends screw the timeline all the time, we like to say we screw things for the better... - Sara said as she looked at the others – We have someone from the past in our team now, we took her from her original timeline for a mission and God knows what this will do... And Diggle... I know it sucks. It must be awful to learn you had a daughter before and now you have a son, but... Do you love him?