I was awoken in the morning by Gideon saying that we had a call coming in from the Time Bureau. I wasn't sure what to expect. I hoped that Hank wasn't going to yell at us. We hadn't done anything wrong…lately. I wished that I had had more time to get ready, but these things never seemed to happen when I wanted them to. I would have to talk to him and hope that we weren't being fired because I really did not want to go to school. Having to do it once was enough. I probably learned being captain of the Waverider than I ever did in school.
I opened to the video to see that it wasn't Hank, but Nate, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's up Nate?" I asked. He looked like he had something serious to say.
"My dad died." He replied. Well that was not what I was expecting him to say.
"What happened?" I questioned with concern. I was not the best at dealing with death, even though I had seen a lot of it.
"I think Nora Darhk killed him." He declared.
"Do you have any proof of that?" I replied. It didn't sound like something Nora would do. She seemed like she was trying to be good now.
"No, but I found her over her body." He replied.
"Are you having a funeral?" I asked. I didn't really like funerals, but Nate was there for me when my dad died.
"We're having a wake today." He explained.
"We'll be there." I told him. I then looked to Ava who was still asleep me.
I ended up taking her, Ray, John and Mick with me. I was wearing a black lace dress. I really hoped that I wouldn't have to go to any more funerals, at least not for another few years.
"I don't think that I should be here." Ray declared.
"You're his best friend." I pointed out. "Besides, we don't even have proof that Nora killed his father. We need to be here for him. Put that out."
The last part was directed at John.
"I can't believe that we're going to another one of these in less than a year." Ava remarked. It was the fourth for me after Martin, Rip, and of course my dad. Like I said, I didn't want to go another one any time soon.
I couldn't help but notice that there seemed to be an eerie aura in the place. Before I joined the team, I would just shake it off, but something about the place just disturbed me. I needed a distraction.
At that time, I got a call from Zari.
"So we have a bit of a problem." She said. "The collective works of Jane Austen have disappeared from history."
"This can wait, Zari." I told her.
"Does someone say that history is in trouble?" Ray asked before putting on a corny voice "Legends assemble!"
"Yeah, I would also like to go. This place makes me uncomfortable." Ava added.
"What's going on?" Nate interrupted.
"Nothing. There's a fugitive, but it can wait." I told him.
"No, you should go. I'm glad that you came, but you shouldn't put your jobs on hold for me." He declared.
"Okay." I said before I kissed him on the cheek and then Ray kissed him on the cheek. We then headed back to the ship.
"So, Gideon traced the fugitive to a wedding that Jane Austen attended in Bath." Charlie explained.
"So as much as I love weddings, I'm gonna go to my bedroom." Ray announced before he walked off.
"Is he acting weirder than normal?" I asked.
"Yes." Charlie, Zari, and Ava all agreed.
"Now, we shouldn't talk about men anymore otherwise we're in jeopardy of failing the Bechdel Test." I remarked.
From there we went to England I couldn't help but feel like I was in this movie of Pride and Prejudice that I fell asleep while watching in my senior English class. As soon as we got there, Zari was nearly hit by a horse. At that point, the driver got up and went over to her. He looked a bit unusual because I was pretty sure that there were only white people in the movie I saw.
"Forgive me, Miss. Are you hurt?" He asked.
"Only my pride." Zari replied. He was flirting with her. At that point, his…I'm not sure if slavery was abolished in England…I'll just say boss broke them up.
"Ooh Zari, that guy has a crush on you." I teased.
"You look cute together." Ava added.
When then headed to the wedding.
"Wow, that groom is not someone that I'd want to marry." I commented.
"You're too young to know a man's charms are equal to his fortunes." A woman interrupted. "Mr. Docherty's fortunes are most prodigious."
"Jane, let her mother tell her." Another woman chided her.
So, it looked like we found Jane Austen. The only question was where was the fugitive.
The wedding then started before the bride suddenly stopped.
"I cannot marry you, Mr. Docherty." She declared. There was a collective gasp around the room. "My heart yearns for another. I love my maid Ellen."
Well that was unexpected. I wasn't expecting to see any women kissing. Of course, from there various people started to declare their love for each other and I couldn't help but wonder if I was in Seltzer and Friedberg movie.
"Now this is what I call a wedding." Charlie commented.
We then left and I was confused.
"Why do I have a feeling that this didn't actually happen?" Ava asked.
"Gideon, do you know anything about the wedding we just attended?" I questioned.
"Yes, it turns out that there were a series of lust outbreaks across England in 1802." Gideon replied.
"We need to find the cause of it." I declared.
"Well Jane Austen was a social observer. She would probably know about it." Ava suggested. I didn't know that she had read about that.
"The servants always more." Charlie argued. "I bet that handsome coachman knows something."
However, I could tell that Ava really wanted to meet Jane Austen, so the two of us went to see her. I couldn't help but wonder if I was going to be condescended to again. It seemed like whenever we went to another time period, someone did. It seemed like being a child in any time before the 60s was not easy.
So, we went to see Jane Austen. Her maid took us to see her. I wasn't sure what to expect.
"Miss Austen, these are young Miss Lance and Miss Sharpe. Try not to scare them." The woman said.
"I'll try not to," Jane declared.
"Are you writing?" Ava asked.
"This is just a letter." Jane lied. "Are your parents okay with you being here?"
"They are." I lied. "So, that wedding was very unusual."
"That wedding was just one of the many unusual things that has happened since Lord Remington has arrived in town." Jane explained. "However, Miss Sinclair's situation was truly horrendous."
"Why do you think that?" Ava asked. I wasn't sure if there was a sense of homophobia in her words or not.
"Well, she will lose her fortune and the two women will have nothing." Jane declared.
"But shouldn't their love be able to overcome the loss?" Ava questioned.
"That is not how things work, my dear." Jane said. "People don't marry for love. They marry for money. Be glad that I'm teaching now before you make a mistake."
At that point, I couldn't help but feel really angry that she was talking to my girlfriend like that.
"Sara, we should leave." Ava said before she whisked me away. "Our parents wanted to be back for dinner."
We then exited the building and she spoke again.
"Your eyes glowed in there." She stated. "We can't let people find out."
"Well it's not a full moon, so I'm not going to change." I pointed out. "But I did want to hurt her, so you're probably right."
At that point, we couldn't help but find a group of woman chatting about the coachman.
"Oh my god, Zari is going to get dirty with the fugitive." I declared. Why did I say it like that?
We started to run to the stable and it sounded like there was something happening between Zari, Charlie and the fugitive. I really didn't want to open the door.
"Zari, Charlie, we think he might be…" I said hoping that she would hear me before I was cut off.
"The fugitive." Zari said as she opened the door with the man tied up. "We know. This is Kamadeva, the Hindu God of love. Look, I'm not going to sleep with a magical fugitive."
I couldn't help but notice that Charlie frowned there.
"You are incredible." The god said. "A woman has never been able to resist my charms before."
"You are coming with us," I declared as Ava and I dragged him away.
"I will follow Miss Zari to the World's End." He said. I thought people stopped believing the Earth was flat. Wait, no there's still that basketball player. I couldn't remember his name, but I knew he was LeBron's sidekick.
We then trapped him in the prison.
"Looking like you won't be ruining anymore marriages, Kamadeva." I stated.
"I only sought to give people the courage to follow their hearts." He argued.
"Looks like he likes you." Charlie told Zari.
"Unfortunately. Jane Austen's career is still in jeopardy." Gideon stated. Did she need to see something that would give her the hope that she needed?
"Well we can't go to her tonight." I declared.
We then left him.
I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn't help but hear weird sounds. It sounded like beds were moving. I wasn't sure if I wanted to know. However, it sounded like it was coming from Ray's room. What was going on in there? I then went back to my room.
"Well I had the most amazing dream." Charlie replied.
"You too?" Zari asked. Ava and I looked at each other in confusion.
"So what are we going to do about Jane Austen?" Ava questioned.
"Let's not worry about that? Let's focus on who Zari dreamed of shagging." Charlie replied.
"We could not do that." I pointed out. "We need to fix this so we can leave."
"Why don't we show her real love." Ava replied.
"I doubt that she would believe anything we tell her." I remarked. "She doesn't understand."
"That's why need to show not tell." She responded.
So, we went back to Jane Austen's house. I wasn't sure that this would work. How would we be able to convince her?
"What are you two doing back here?" She asked.
"You're wrong about love." Ava declared.
"How can you say that? You don't even know what love is." Jane argued.
"I may be young but I am fully aware of what love is." Ava remarked before she grabbed me and kissed me. Jane gasped at that. I was a little surprised as well. "I love Sara. I don't care if I have nothing with her or all of the money in the world."
"I do believe that you should only marry for love." Jane replied. That was also unexpected. "I believe it so much that I rejected the only man that has ever asked for my hand,"
"You need to write. You could be the greatest writer of a generation." Ava pointed out.
"I've been rejected by every publisher." She pointed out.
"All it takes is one person to believe in you." I declared. "Don't give up. You'll be the woman that all other women authors look up to."
When we got back to the ship, there was some weird dancing going on. Also Ray had Nora with him. I probably shouldn't have been surprised by that. Kamadeva was controlling their minds or something. I went over to him and punched him out, which apparently broke the spell.
"What the heck was that?" I questioned.
"I think the two of you are unaffected by his powers." Charlie replied. "I guess it would be of icky if his powers affected children."
Well it seemed that being this young was actually good for something. At that time. Nora spoke up.
"I didn't kill Nate's dad. He was killed by a demon named Neron." She declared.
So for starters, Happy Birthday to Sara Lance. It's been awhile since I updated. Anyway, I figured that Kamadeva's powers wouldn't affect children. Also Jane Austen was moved by Sara and Ava. Though it probably won't cause Mr. Darcy to become Miss Darcy...probably. Please don't forget to review.