This is it. The final chapter of Where We Started. Thank you to all who have read and commented and favorited and followed this story. You've helped my muse push through this unexpected project.

Now, enjoy the final, very long chapter.

Helena

"You disappeared off the comms because a woman from the future kidnapped you along with a bunch of other people to help her in stopping some guy named Vandal Savage?"

Helena nodded along with Rene's words. She looked over her shoulder again to make sure that none of the other Merlyn Global employees were in earshot. Lucky for her, those present seemed to be in an early morning pre-coffee daze. If not for the espressos she'd gotten earlier, she'd be in a similar state given she had flown back in her suit from Central City.

"I've already attempted to look up Miranda Coburn, but I got no results," Helena told Rene. "So the being from the future thing might not be far off."

"Are you going to join her on this mission?" her friend asked, taking a sip of his own coffee. "Do you want to go time traveling?"

She sighed. People here in Fawcett City took the Atom as a part of their daily lives, but didn't regard her highly like they did with the heroes in Star and Central City. It wasn't that she cared for the recognition, not completely. Still, it'd be nice to not turn on the radio without hearing people constantly bashing her because 'the crime wouldn't continue if the Atom was a man'.

"I'm curious about it," she admitted. "And then there's other metahumans on that team, so I won't be the shrinking freak."

"Then go," Rene urged her.

Helena grinned before faltering. "But my job…"

"You've got vacation days," he suggested. "Besides, maybe this is the push we've needed to start out own company once you get back. I don't want to deal with Jerry for the rest of my days."

"Me neither," Helena shook her head. "You know what? I'm going to do it."

"Yes!" Rene cheered before lowering his voice. "I'm gonna miss our crime fighting gig though."

"About that," she smiled. "With me gone, there's going to need to be a new protector of Fawcett City. Once I've left, go to the loft. Everything you'll need will be there."

Caitlin

When Charlie entered the headquarters of Star City's heroes, Caitlin started smiling. She rose from the seat by the computers and walked over. The siblings wrapped each other in a hug. The last time they had seen each other, Caitlin had told him she was leaving Star City to find herself again post-resurrection and to discover a way to control the bloodlust inside her. That had been months ago, and now Caitlin had arrived to tell him what had happened to her recently.

"You used to hate leaving home unless it was for school," Charlie chuckled, twirling one of his Firebird batons. "Now you're a world traveler, and you're gonna be a time traveler."

Caitlin smiled and sat back on the railing. "I've changed a lot since the Wand, Charlie. That, the League, the pit…it's all changed me. Now, every time I fight someone, I fight myself too. Everywhere I've searched hasn't turned up a thing that can help me. Maybe what I need to control the bloodlust is in the past or even the future?"

He grinned.

"Besides, I'll be helping save the future," she added. "Who'd have thought the Phoenix would wind up here?"

"Speaking of the Phoenix," Charlie glanced behind him. "There's something that you need to see."

Caitlin wrinkles her brow as Charlie led her over to the cases where he and the other members of Team Arrow kept their vigilante suits. Her brother opened one of them up and step back beside her with a proud smile. Inside, a mannequin wore dark blue leathers. A small smile spread over Caitlin's face as she stared at it.

"How did you-"

"STAR Labs," Charlie answered. "Part of Team Flash collaborated to make this for you."

She stepped closer, studying it. "There's not a mask."

"Because you don't need one," her brother told her. "You don't have to hide in the shadows anymore, Cait. Live in the light. Be the Blue Phoenix."

Caitlin raised an eyebrow. "Blue Phoenix?"

"Eddie's idea," Charlie shrugged. "Besides, blue always has been your favorite color."

The assassin who had risen from the dead hugged her brother. "Thank you."

"It's nothing," he replied. "Just do one thing. Make sure you save the future."

Lily

She told her parents she would be going somewhere distant with Linda. It wasn't a total lie, but Lily didn't want her parents to worry about her. As for her brother and sister, she felt more comfortable telling them the truth of the mission. Both were metahumans, and Leonard had once time traveled anyways. Lily had a feeling her time travel adventures were going to be vastly different than what he had gone through though.

"Does Linda know you're going?" Lisa asked after Lily arrived at her lab and told her and Leonard about what she was planning to do. "You need her to be Firestorm."

Lily nodded. "After Miranda left us, we talked about it. She wanted in and so did I. Plus, it's time travel."

"Geek," Leonard teased.

"Jerk," Lisa rolled her eyes at him before turning back to Lily. "So you're really going to do this? Time travel?"

"I am," Lily nodded. "You two faced Savage before. This time, we're going to put a permanent end to him."

"Which I thought we had done the first time," Leonard grumbled. "But make sure it gets done this time."

"Relax, we've got this," Lily shrugged. "Even if Cold and Gold are with us. Honestly, the thought of a ruined Central City probably will get them on board to help us."

"I'm questioning this woman's leadership if she'd recruited two Rogues," he muttered with a shake of his head. "But seriously, Lily. Stay safe."

"I'm going to be fine," she laughed. "Although I have to take care of some stuff before I leave."

Lisa rose from her chair and hugged her. "I'll miss you, sis. Don't get into too much trouble out there."

"Why would you think I would?"

Her sister smirked and Lily sighed. "Actually, don't answer that."

"We'd be here all day if she did," Leonard grinned as Lily turned toward him. "A word of advice. Be careful when you're messing around in the timeline."

"Noted, big brother," she nodded.

"But I'll miss you too, Lil."

"I'll miss you too, Len. Both of you," Lily said. "Don't you and Sara start having babies until I get back from this."

Her brother groaned. "Really, Lily?"

Lisa shook her head at them. Lily looked between her siblings. The three of them were not all blood, but they had always been there for each other. Now, she was going to have to lend a hand in saving the future for them and all their friends.

"As soon as I get back, I'll come and find you two," she promised before leaving Lisa's lab.

Linda

She had scared the hell out of Eddie when she had arrived back at their apartment. He hadn't been expecting her to be back from Keystone City for another two days, and thought she was an intruder. Linda had promised to explain it all to him in the morning before going to bed with him. They'd spend most of that morning together in bed before getting up to start the day.

As they made breakfast, Linda decided that now was the time to tell Eddie about the events of the previous night. Her husband listened as she explained how she and Lily had been taken and woke up on a rooftop in Central City. She told him about Miranda Coburn and how Vandal Savage was still out there to become dictator of the world. That a group called the Time Masters had shot down Miranda's plea and how Linda herself was destined to be some kind of legend in the future.

"Lily's in," she told him as they both sat down at the table. "And I am too. Not just because of Firestorm though. The future is in danger because of Savage. Miranda showed us projections of Midway, Fawcett, Star, and Central."

Eddie set down his mug. "What'd they look like?"

"Destroyed," Linda uttered, the image of crumbling buildings and red skies imprinted in her mind. "It looked like the aftermath of a war. I don't want to let that happen if I can help prevent it."

"Then don't," Eddie reached over to take her hand. "Don't let Savage take over the world. Help stop him from becoming a dictator."

Linda looked back at him. "Eddie…are you sure about me going?"

"You're a superhero, babe," he reminded her. "I knew who I was marrying. No matter how long it takes, I will wait for you."

"I have no idea how long that's going to be."

"I don't care," Eddie told her. "Although preferably come back before I'm an old geezer."

"Deal," she giggled and shook her head. "What did I do to get you, Eddie Thawne?"

"I drank your latte. It was a complete accident, and I took you out to get a new one."

Linda grinned at the memory as she dug into her breakfast. She really was lucky to have met Eddie. Their relationship had gotten metahumans and time travel and everything in between thrown at it, but it still stood strong. Love kept them together.

As they cleaned up afterwards, Linda turned and kissed him. "You know, I've still got a bit of time left before I have to go time traveling. And I don't know when I'm going to see you again…"

The smirk steadily creeping across Eddie's face told her he knew exactly what she was thinking.

John and Lyla

Instead of going back to Midway City, John and Lyla remained in Central City. It had come as a shock to learn their enemy had not been defeated, but set back momentarily. Their lives were still at risk whenever he was resurrected again. For a few months, they thought they had finally won after four thousand years of living and dying over and over. Miranda Coburn had shattered that victory with only a few words.

"So he's still out there," Lyla said as they entered a dinner in the morning. "We didn't actually get rid of Savage."

"And he's apparently going to take over the world," John shuddered as they sat down in one of the booths. "That's the future for Earth."

"She showed us a few cities in the future. Who knows how bad the rest of the world will be?"

John nodded as he picked up a menu. "Or how much of it will still be standing."

Lyla grimaced. A waitress came over to take their orders for drinks. Both asked for coffees and more time to look over the menus. John watched her go to another table where a family was seated before looking back to Lyla. Only a few hours and he was already suspicious of anyone who wasn't Lyla.

"What do you think about Coburn's offer to join her in stopping Savage for good?" he asked. "Do you want to join up with her?"

His soulmate glanced up from her menu. "Do you?"

John nodded. "I'm not even going to hesitate. Whether you decide to go or not, I definitely will be."

"Johnny-"

"Lyla," he looked around again to make certain no one was listening to them. "Chay-Ara. Hath-Set has been after us for two hundred and seven lifetimes. Two hundred and six were cut short by him. I love you. I want to live a full life with you. So yes, I'm in to make sure Savage is done for once and for all. Even if you don't want to come, I will go after him still. I don't care if I die as long as I take him with me so he never kills you again."

Lyla raised her eyebrows. "You practice that?"

He shook his head as the waitress brought them their coffees and they placed their orders.

Lyla leaned forward. "I've been in since Miranda Coburn told us Savage was still alive. He needs to be stopped. And if you think I'd let you go after Savage alone, you're crazy. You know you don't have to protect me. I can handle myself. We take Savage together with Miranda and whoever else joins us."

John smiled. "Guess we're time-travelling then."

Barry and Iris

"You're insane."

Iris was baffled. First, they'd lost their loot getting kidnapped by a crazy British lady who wanted her and Barry to join her quest of do-gooders in stopping an evil dictator. As soon as she had left, the two of them had done the same after Barry told the others there that hero wasn't and never would be on his resume. Now that they were back at their safe house, he was singing a different tune about how they should consider going.

"I've been thinking it over," Barry shrugged. "I'm interested in it now. Think of what we could get out of it."

"Heroism of saving the future?" Iris snarked. "Who cares? It's not like either of us will still be alive by then to see it happen."

"True," he nodded. "But time travel, Iris. Think of the possibilities for us."

Her thoughts went straight to her family. Maybe if she went back, her dad wouldn't have to die. Her mother and her brother would both have lived instead of dying in the hospital. Hell, Iris could even take out the robbers who'd killed Barry's parents. But she had a feeling he wasn't thinking of family though.

"Go on," she said, flopping back into the old couch.

Barry grinned. "Think of all the lost treasures we could get our hands on. All the things we could steal, past or future."

"And that's why you want to go on this quest? To steal?"

"Exactly," Barry agreed, a glint of excitement in his eyes.

Iris smiled. "You'll need a partner for those heists, Bar."

"And I think I've got one," he replied as he sat down beside her. "Iris, if I'm going to steal throughout history, you're the only person I'd want to do it with."

She met his eyes, pushing down the warring emotions inside her. They weren't like that. The two of them could ever be like that.

"Then I'm in," Iris smirked. "You need someone to watch your back so you don't get yourself killed."

Barry clapped his hands and rose from the couch. "Excellent. Think we should let Cisco know of all of this?"

"As far as I know, he's still in Europe," Iris reminded him. "Leave him a message about this. We can bring him back a souvenir."

Barry grinned. For a moment, Iris saw the kid he'd been before his parents had been killed. The one who rambled on and on about history and science. What would life had been like for him if his parents survived, or if her dad had survived? Would they still be where they were now? Would they still know each other?

The moment passed and Iris shook her head. She'd seen that life on that other Earth with perfect Iris who had everything. That life would never be an option for her. The life she had here, she was happy with. As soon as the mission ended, she and Barry could ditch the others with their spoils and continue life as if they'd never left.

Miranda

"I see you all came," Miranda said from where she stood in front of the cloaked Waverider as her recruits arrived.

"That we did," Helena Bertinelli told her, stepping forward. "Although some of us would have appreciated being returned to where we had been when you took us last night."

Miranda dipped her head in apology.

"Okay, so how are we time traveling?" Barry Allen asked, earning everyone's eyes on him. "What? No one else was wondering."

"I'd like to know that too," Caitlin Snow shrugged.

Miranda smiled "Imagine how difficult it would be for a twenty-second century timeship to blend in with 2017 Central City. Or ancient Troy. Or eighteenth century France? Naturally, a method of disguise is needed."

She pressed the button on the remote she'd fabricated on the Waverider to uncover it. The faces of the people in front of her were too perfect as they got a look at the Waverider.

"Holographic cloaking," Linda Park murmured in awe. "Oh, tell me this gets invented while I'm alive."

Lyla Michaels was shaking her head slowly. "Four thousand years and I've never seen anything like this."

"It's called the Waverider," Miranda told them proudly. "I've been in charge of it for over a decade. Wherever and whenever we need to go to stop Savage, this will take use there."

"So where do we need to go first then?" Iris West inquired, tilting her head to the side.

She could easily tell them about Professor Connor Hawke now and how he was the only known researcher on Vandal Savage, but said information might be better to be revealed on board the ship.

"Inside first," Miranda suggested. "It'll be easier to access what I need to tell you when we're all on board."

Looks were exchanged around the group. Helena was the first to shrug her shoulders and follow after her, the others soon taking after her lead. Once all were inside, the door to the cargo bay closed. A few minutes later, the Waverider came to life and ascended into the sky with most of its occupants preparing for their first time jump.

Just as the Waverider vanished into the clouds, an individual in futuristic armor and a large gun walked onto the scene. Their masked face tipped up to the sky to see the ship disappear. The person beneath the mask felt all the anger and bitterness hit them all over again. Soon, it would be sated.

Miranda Coburn would not succeed, and Chronos was determined to make sure of it.

There you go. The Earth-4 Legends off on their grand adventure.

For now, this is it for the Earth-4 Legends. There will be two future stories involving them though, and I'm happy to take requests to write scene that might occur during this group's mission. But for the next installment of Earth-4, Killer Frost is coming.

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