greatexpectations | zari tomaz

"Sara?"

That gets her more immediate attention while she processes the rest, including the might not succeed in saving her part. That is a complication she can worry about later.

"Is she here? Is she okay?"

"Not here, but definitely okay last I checked. It's the Legends so." She waves her hand noncommittedly. If Laurel doesn't know by now they almost die all the time, she's not going to be the one to break it to her. Zari focuses on finishing her pudding before delivering the rest of the story.

"She doesn't know I did this and until I see if this works out? I'm not telling her." Zari lets the silence linger as she lets Laurel decide whether or not she's okay with that.

She knows enough about the Legends to understand that gesture, so she'll just nod and take Zari at her word. But again, the Legends were in Season One when Laurel died, so:

"Are you one of the Time Masters?"

Because she can't put a name to her face just yet, and she knows most of the Legends, at least by reputation if not an outright relationship.

Zari full out laughs at the question. That sounds like an actual organization. The idea of her working for something like that is pretty laughable. "Yeah I have no idea what that is. I'm not a time cop if that's what you're asking." She pauses a for a minute as she works out a better way to explain her deal. "I'm someone they picked up along the way. After your time." She tacks on in hopes it clears some stuff up.

"Oh."

Right. After her time. She isn't sure what to make of any of that, but good to know that Sara is doing her own thing now. It's going to take time for her to wrap her head around it, but she can roll with it.

"So Rip Hunter isn't still running the Wave Rider."

She scoffs. Understandably, she doesn't have the highest opinion of Rip. It's hard to believe he used to run with the Legends given the Time Bureau situation. "He definitely isn't." She sobers a moment later as she points out who is. "Your sister is running the show."

Laurel brightens at that, surprised at first before settling back into a pleased smile. As much as she would probably miss her sister with committing to the Legends full time, it's good to see that she found her place in the world. With people who love and support her.

And then a moment later she remembers that she won't be there to see it, one way or another. She needs to focus on something else, not her impending death and the people she's leaving behind.

"So, what now?"

"Now we let this new history set." Zari points out with a shrug. This will be the tricky part; seeing if the change will take the way she needs it to. They need some wiggle room for Laurel to miraculously come back that doesn't require everyone to be an idiot. "And see if you're willing to play your part." Zari steels herself. Laurel could say no which puts her in a tough spot. She doesn't think she'd force someone to live regardless of the cost. She knows for Behrad nothing is off the table.

"A couple years from now a Laurel from another Earth is going to sell a story that you were held prisoner by Damien Darkh for years so she can take over your life. If I did things right, we made enough evidence to not only support her claim, but have you take her place in the timeline without dying five minutes later." All Laurel needs to do is lie to make it work.

"So for me it won't be long." Because she assumes time travel will be involved. "But for everyone else it would be a couple of years?"

She would rather her loved ones not feel any pain at all, but she knows that they don't always get that choice. She's willing to lie. She'll sell whatever story Zari wants her to.

"Why does this other Laurel want to be me?"

Zari nods. That's more or less the plan. Laurel doesn't seem to be rejecting it outright so maybe they can make this work. "From what I was able to piece together, she was sent by a speedster named Zoom to terrorize Central City. I guess he had big plans to conquer the multiverse and she was a part of them. Long story short? Team Flash managed to take her down. One of Oliver Queens many, many enemies decided to use her to torture him. She wasn't exactly a willing party in that according to her. At some point, she sold the lie herself to keep her enemies off her back later on."

Zari scowls. That's where things get less historical fact and what she put together from the records Team Flash did keep on the Earth 2 metas. Too many grays for her liking. "It's a lot of interpersonal drama so it is important we slip you in before she makes her move against Team Arrow. Chances are what we do know isn't completely accurate if we go later in the timeline."

The idea that another her would be a villain rather than a hero is a foreign one, but not completely out of the question. She knows how close she's tread to certain lines. Compromises she made because she felt she had to. And she also knows the anger that she had when Sara died the second time could have easily gone another way.

"None of them tried to help her?"

She probably shouldn't be surprised. Oliver doesn't like to deviate from his plans if he can help it. But she shakes her head, because that's not a question Zari should have to answer.

"Sorry. I guess I should be ready to prove I'm me."

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