For the Arrow ​​​​​​ ​episode, see " Sara ". For other people who used the "Canary" identity, see Canary.





"Love's the most powerful emotion. And that makes it the most dangerous." —Sara Lance to Oliver Queen[src]

Captain Sara Lance (December 25, 1987[1] – October 8, 2014[2]; resurrected November 2015[3]) is the daughter of Quentin Lance and Dinah Lance and is the younger sister of the late Laurel Lance. Sara was made the leader of the Legends after the original leader Rip Hunter left. She is the captain of the Waverider, and a member of the Crisis Team. She's also a former member of the League of Assassins, a former member of Team Arrow, the girlfriend of Ava Sharpe, a clone from the future; she's also the ex-lover/close friend of the late Oliver Queen, the ex-lover of Nyssa al Ghul. Sara is also the close friend/sister-figure of Cindy Simone and a good friend of Felicity Smoak, John Diggle, Thea Queen, Kendra Saunders, Ray Palmer, Jefferson Jackson, Nate Heywood, Amaya Jiwe, Barry Allen, Zari Tomaz, Zari Tarazi, Kara Danvers, and the late Martin Stein.

After the Queen's Gambit went down in 2007, Sara was presumed dead but in reality, had been found by Anthony Ivo and spent time on the Amazo and Lian Yu. A year after the sinking of the Amazo, Sara was rescued by the League of Assassins. She then joined the League and trained with them for five years, after which she left the organization and returned to Starling City under the vigilante moniker the Canary, a translation of her League name as Ta-er al-Sahfer (Arabic: الطائر الأصفر; for Yellow Bird). Sara stayed to protect her sister, Laurel, before she was forced to leave due to the League following her, trying to bring her back. She was eventually released from the League of Assassins by her lover, Nyssa. Following this, Sara joined Team Arrow and began a relationship with Oliver. She soon rejoined the League as her part of a deal for their help in defeating Slade Wilson. Sara eventually returned to Starling following Malcolm Merlyn but was killed by Thea Queen's hand, manipulated and drugged by him. Over a year after her death, Sara was resurrected by the powers of the Lazarus Pit, and with the help of John Constantine, her soul was restored mainly because her sister and Oliver risked their own to bring hers back. After joining Rip Hunter's team, the Legends, she became known as White Canary. Sara became the leader of the Legends when Rip was presumed dead and eventually left the team.

During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Sara was revealed to be the Paragon of Destiny and she and the rest of the Paragons defeated the Anti-Monitor and created a new universe, with the help of the Spectre.

After a fight gone wrong against Atropos, Sara becomes blind. Sara began to receive visions and realized that she had gained the power to see into the near future.

Sara was killed in the England Zombie Apocalypse while protecting her team, but revived by Charlie with the Loom of Fate. Once Atropos was killed, Sara's eyesight was restored but she was also stripped of her powers. After the Legends stopped the Fates and bid farewell to Charlie, Sara was sucked up by a beam by aliens without the others noticing.

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Biography

Original multiverse

Early life

Sara Lance was born on December 25, 1987 to Quentin and Dinah Lance in Starling City and has an older sister, Laurel. When she was little, Sara would play dress up with her sister. One time, they pretended to be all grown up as a doctor and police officer, respectively, which were their desired careers at the time.[4] The two would also race to see who could climb to the top of a tree first. Sara won every time, which she took great pride in. Years later however, Sara suspected that Laurel deliberately slowed down because she knew her little sister was a sore loser.[5] When Sara was 10 years old,[6] her father bought her a pet canary which she loved, but it drove everyone else crazy.[7] Sara attended Starling City Elementary, where she once starred as Peter Pan in the school play. When it was time for her to come onstage, Sara suddenly blanked and forgot her lines so she spontaneously did a tap dance before running off in embarrassment, crying.[8]

At some point, Sara met Tommy Merlyn and Oliver Queen. As a teenager, Sara was rebellious and a troublemaker, which often got her into tricky situations, subsequently putting her at odds with her father.[9] Thus, Sara was closer to her mother growing up due to her and Dinah's shared free-spirited natures.[10]

During her high school years, Sara faced bullying from a classmate, Gwen, and the latter's two friends because she was making a move on Gwen's boyfriend. The frequent occurrences of harassment created behavioral issues in Sara and caused her grades to drop, worrying her parents. This eventually prompted Quentin to teach Sara and Laurel how to defend themselves. Afterwards, the sisters worked together to fight off Gwen and her friends.[11]

In her teens, Sara dated many delinquents, much to her father's chagrin, from whom she learned skills such as hot-wiring a car.[12] Her dates also tried getting her drunk in hopes of coercing Sara into having sex. However, Sara proved to have an abnormally strong tolerance for alcohol and always drank the guys under the table.[13]

Sara soon developed a crush on Oliver and in 2005, she snuck out of the house to go to a secret party Tommy held to see him. However, Oliver was too drunk to acknowledge her and ended up spilling his beer on Sara, much to her embarrassment. She was then pulled in by the cops and grounded by her father for a month. Sara later believed that Laurel called the cops to ruin her chances with Oliver, since he and her sister got together not long after.[14]

In late 2007, Oliver started pursuing Sara after having second thoughts about moving in with Laurel.[15] Excited that her teenhood crush was paying attention to her and wanting to get back at Laurel for what happened at Tommy's party, Sara quickly began sleeping with him.[14] Later, Sara returned home from college to spend time with her family during a three-day weekend but was secretly texting Oliver. Oliver had invited Sara to come with him on the Queen's Gambit voyage, though she was initially hesitant. That night, Sara attempted to caution Laurel against her expectations of getting engaged to Oliver, a known playboy, since he wasn't the type to take such a big step yet. However, an outraged Laurel perceived this as her sister being a “bitch”, upsetting Sara and spurring her into accepting Oliver's offer.[16]

On the day that Sara was to leave, her mother came home early and caught the former packing her Starling Rockets baseball cap into a bag for the Queen's Gambit trip. Dinah initially objected to Sara going, but Sara managed to convince her mother otherwise by claiming that she was in love with Oliver, needing to follow her heart and do what she felt was right.[17] During their sail at sea, Sara and Oliver were in bed together. While Sara was somewhat nervous about the storm and Laurel finding out of their affair, Oliver assured her they would be fine. Suddenly, the yacht (which had been sabotaged on the orders of Malcolm Merlyn) sank and Sara was pulled under, causing Oliver to believe that she had drowned.[18] However, Sara managed to swim to the surface on the other side of the wreck and was marooned on a piece of the ship for days.[6]

Sara's apparent death had multiple effects on the Lance family. For Laurel, she couldn't grieve for her sister because Sara betrayed her by sleeping with Oliver but couldn't angry either because she had died, and thus struggled to come to terms with her death.[18] Quentin fell into a deep state of depression, becoming an alcoholic, and buried himself in his work in an attempt to ignore his pain, taking every case that passed his desk without pause.[19] Sara was also the first and last thought of Quentin's mind every day and it took him years to get past that point. His drinking and work obsession eventually lead to Dinah divorcing him.[20] Dinah harbored great guilt and remorse for not stopping Sara from going on the Gambit. Unable to face her family with this, she left for Central City after divorcing Quentin. However, Dinah believed (correctly) that Sara was still alive and spent years searching for her daughter. It wasn't until over five years later that Dinah was able to begin making amends with Quentin and Laurel after admitting the truth.[17]

The Amazo

A few days after the Gambit sank, Sara was found by a ship called the Amazo, who took her on board but they imprisoned her in a cell. Later, the crew dragged Sara out of her cell and were going to take her away, but were stopped by a grey-haired man, who brought Sara to his quarters. This man introduced himself as Dr. Anthony Ivo. Ivo claimed that he was going to save the human race, and asked if Sara would join him.[6] Ivo explained to Sara that he was looking for a serum created by the Japanese in World War II called Mirakuru (Japanese for Miracle), which could increase muscle strength, enhanced senses, and regenerate cells, but the submarine sank somewhere in the chain of islands nearby. For the next year, Ivo protected Sara from the cruelty of his men and taught her many skills in the fields of biology, chemistry, and technology. Sara assisted Ivo in torturing his prisoners through his experiments, though only because she was secretly terrified she would be the next test subject. Sara still felt a sense of loyalty towards Ivo for saving her life, no matter how cruel he became.

A year later, Sara reunited with Oliver when he was brought aboard the Amazo. Confused, Oliver tried to talk to her but Sara was scared of Ivo and his men and wanted to protect Oliver by not disclosing their friendship. She kicked Oliver in the stomach, knocking him down, and acted cold when she saw Ivo approaching. Later, Sara helped Oliver while he was a prisoner on the Amazo. She tricked Ivo to think that she is helping him to find out if Oliver's friends, Slade Wilson and Shado, were still alive on Lian Yu, but this also was a way to help Oliver escape from the Amazo and reunite him with his friends. When the ship captain tried to kill Oliver, Sara instead suggested keeping him alive to find the gravesite, which Ivo agreed to.

Time on Lian Yu

Sara went with Oliver, Ivo, and the crew of the Amazo onto the island to the plane, and watched as Ivo ordered his men to attack Slade and Shado after Oliver screamed for them to run before Ivo left a bomb in the plane and had Oliver lead them to the gravesite. But Slade and Shado were no longer there as Oliver's call warned them about the danger.

When they arrived at the cave, the guards started questioning Oliver for the hōzen on the bodies, but Shado and Slade ambushed the crew at arrow and gun point and demanded Oliver back. When Ivo released him, Oliver punched the Captain in the face, grabbed Sara, and escaped.

The hōzen Oliver found had coordinates on it, which was revealed to house the location of the submarine Ivo discovered with the cure to save all of mankind. After Sara revealed this to them, Oliver asked if it could cure Slade.[21] They used the hōzen to locate the submarine, in which they found the Mirakuru. Oliver injected Slade, even when Sara told him that Slade would not survive it, Slade began to react to the serum and had no heartbeat. Then Anthony and his men came inside the room and captured them.[22] Anthony took Sara and Shado hostage and held them in front of Oliver, telling him to pick who would die between Shado and Sara, threatening to kill them both if Oliver didn't decide within 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, Ivo aimed his gun at Sara to shoot her, only for Oliver to run in front of her in a desperate attempt to stop him from killing Sara. Taking that as his choice, Ivo quickly turned his gun over to Shado and shot her in the head. Just then, the newly-empowered Slade with Mirakuru appeared and saw Shado dead. That made him rage and kill Ivo's men and stealing the rest of the Mirakuru, but Ivo managed to escape. When Slade asked who killed Shado, Sara answered quickly that Ivo just shot Shado for no apparent reason.[23]

They buried Shado next to her father's grave and Sara warned Oliver not to tell Slade why Shado died, because he now has the Mirakuru inside of him so he is unpredictable and learning the truth behind Shado's death would not end well. As they were walking, they asked Slade where they were going.

The next weeks they spent trying to escape the island, but Slade turned slightly mad. During an attempt to take over the Amazo, Ivo manages to tell Slade that he gave Oliver an ultimatum who would live and die and Oliver made the choice to save Sara. This turned Slade against his old friend and captured him to torture him, but also cut Ivo's hand. Sara managed to escape the Amazo together with the prisoners of the ship, among whom is also Anatoly Knyazev. Back on the island Sara made a plan to free Oliver by bargaining his life for the ship's engineer.

After reuniting with Oliver, they made another plan to take over the Amazo and go home. During that time, a plane flying over Lian Yu was shot down by the Amazo and crashed. Sara attempted to save the pilot, but he was fatally injured. As he lay dying, the man asked Sara to find his daughter, Cindy, and take care of her. Sara promised to do so. The man gave Sara a picture of Cindy before succumbing to his wounds.[24]

Sara and Oliver are again separated in the final fight against Slade for the Amazo, and the ship sank again, leaving Oliver to again believe that Sara had drowned.

League of Assassins

Sara survived the sinking of the Amazo and managed to make it back to shore on the island. Unable to find any trace of Oliver or Slade, Sara believed them to be dead. Sometime later, she was discovered by Nyssa al Ghul on Lian Yu, nearly starved to death and having lost the will to live. Nyssa nursed Sara back to health and took her in. Nyssa was part of the League of Assassins and at Nanda Parbat, and Sara trained with the League and became an assassin herself by swearing her allegiance to them.[6] She was also acquainted with Maseo Yamashiro, who joined the League the same time as Sara and admired her as a warrior.[4]

At some point during her five years with the League, she and Nyssa became lovers. During her time with the League, Sara was told to "choose a new name" and picked "Ta-er al-Sahfer" (in Arabic: الطائر الأصفر), Arabic for Canary ("yellow bird"), reminiscent of the canary Sara had as a child. She was also trained by Ra's al Ghul as part of her League training.[6]

Rise of the Canary

In late 2012, Sara began to hear stories of the Starling City vigilante, codenamed the Hood/Arrow, wearing a green hood and immediately realized that it was Oliver wearing Shado's hood. After the Undertaking, Sara left Nanda Parbat to check on her family.[25] However, she ended up staying in Starling City (in the shadows), unwilling to return to the League. Sara became a vigilante, mainly targeting men who attacked women.[26]

One night in The Glades, The Canary saved Cindy Simone, also known as "Sin", from a gang of would-be rapists. Honoring the promise she made to the girl's father five years prior, Sara took Sin under her wing (but kept her meeting with Sin's father secret).[24][25] Shortly after while Roy Harper was fighting a gang harassing a woman outside Big Belly Burger, the Canary swooped in and fought off the attackers before they could hurt Roy. She then swiftly vanished.[27]

When the Arrow was cornered by an SCPD S.W.A.T. team led by Laurel at the D.A.'s office, the Canary swooped in and used a sonic device to disorient the policemen and shatter the windows. The two vigilantes used the chaos to quickly escape the scene. Sometime later when Roy was lured into her hideout by Sin, The Canary knocked him out with her staff. She asked why he was looking for her, but was interrupted by a message on Roy's phone from Thea Queen, telling him that Laurel and Quentin had been kidnapped. The Canary immediately took off to save her family, letting Roy go. The Canary arrived at the abandoned Metamorpho Chemical, where she fought the kidnapper, Barton Mathis/The Dollmaker. The Canary easily subdued him but Mathis managed to drop a load of pipes on her, pinning her to the ground. Before he could harm her, The Arrow came in and shot Mathis with two arrows. Despite the Arrow's intentions to take the serial killer back to prison, The Canary killed him by hurling her baton through his chest. Upon returning to her hideout, The Canary was confronted by a member of the League, who informed her that Ra's al Ghul wanted her to return. The Canary tried to persuade the assassin to lie to Ra's that he couldn't find her, but he refused. She then killed the man to protect her whereabouts.[26]

After discovering The Canary was following Laurel, Oliver tracked her down near Laurel's apartment building and unmasked her. Upon seeing her face, Oliver was shocked that Sara was still alive. The next day, Sara had breakfast with Sin, during which she revealed her run-in with the Arrow. The two discussed their families, with Sara talking about Quentin and Laurel. That night, Sara followed Oliver to Verdant, where he confirmed that he kept her existence a secret from her family. Quentin then arrived to talk to Oliver. Sara listened as Quentin revealed Laurel's depression and alcoholism in the wake of Tommy Merlyn's death and was saddened as her father recounted how much Sara's death affected them. After Sin was injured by Xavier Reed/The Mayor, she and Oliver teamed up to take him down. Working together hand-in-hand, they defeated The Mayor. Sara tried to kill him but Oliver convinced her to spare The Mayor to be arrested. Sara later secretly watched over Sin at the hospital, where she ran into Oliver. Oliver tried to persuade Sara to return home permanently.[25]

Sara began staying with Oliver at the Queen Mansion, though she struggled with nightmares of the Queen's Gambit sinking. One day, they were attacked by Al-Owal, a member of the League of Assassins. Sara tried to fight back, but was overpowered. However, Oliver managed to fend Al-Owal off. Afterwards, they went to the Arrowcave, where Sara formally met Oliver's teammates, John Diggle and Felicity Smoak. Sara revealed to the team that she was once part of the League of Assassins and now, they are on the hunt to bring her back to their leader, Ra's al Ghul. Oliver and Sara then tracked down Al-Owal, only to learn he had reinforcements. After a heated battle, the two narrowly escaped with their lives. Fearing retaliation against Sara, Oliver decided to protect the whole Lance family, but Sara decided that it was time to reveal herself to her father. She then tells her father everything, bringing him up to her hideout where they are attacked by Al-Owal and his two companions. Oliver arrives and along with Quentin and Sara, defeat the assassins. Sara kills Al-Owal and leaves one to run to Ra's to tell him that her family is off limits. Sara then left Starling City to draw the League away from her family. She bid goodbye to her father and made him promise not to tell Laurel and Dinah that she is alive.[6]

A couple months later after Laurel's unraveling lead to her facing disbarment, Oliver contacted Sara, explaining that her sister needed her. Later that night, Sara paid a visit to Laurel at her apartment, but Laurel suddenly passed out. Concerned, Sara immediately called for help.[28]

While Laurel recovered at the hospital, Sara dealt with her frustrations by working out in the Arrowcave. She considered leaving leave Starling City again despite Oliver's protests. Then Oliver gets a call from Quentin asking for Sara, who knows she is back, and she talks to him. Sara later meets up with her father who begs her to stay but insists that she must leave. When Sara walks down a street, Nyssa al Ghul arrives and the two kiss. Sara and Nyssa go for a walk, Sara begs Nyssa to release her not wanting to kill anymore. An angered Nyssa kidnaps Sara's mother Dinah, giving Sara only 24 hours to rejoin the League or her mother dies. Oliver, Sara, and Quentin track down an assassin for information, but he kills himself before he can.

Sara then decides to give herself over, but poisons herself with Tibetan pit viper venom as Oliver and her father arrive. The venom begins to take effect, weakening Sara and causing her to collapse. Nyssa holds Sara in her arms and cries upon realizing what she did. Once Oliver arrives he and Nyssa began to fight. Sara pulls herself up from the floor to tell them to stop. She weakly walks over to them before collapsing and passing out Oliver runs over to her and manages to counter the poison causing her to wake up and gasp for air. Sara turns to Nyssa and begs her - no more killing, then Nyssa tearfully releases her from the League as she is in Oliver's arms. Later, Quentin and Dinah arrive with Laurel.

At Laurel's apartment, Sara shared a happy reunion with her parents. However, Laurel rejected Sara's attempts to reconnect, bitter with her sister over the past. A guilt-ridden Sara tried to apologize, only for Laurel to throw her out. Heartbroken, Sara later returned to the Arrowcave and encountered Oliver, both of them feeling betrayed by their families. Sara expressed that at least she is home now. The two of them passionately kissed and made love.[16]

Sara officially joins Team Arrow and quickly bonds with Diggle over battle scars. She is reluctant to go to her homecoming party and tells Oliver to keep their relationship a secret. She attends the party but is disappointed that Laurel didn't come. When one of William Tockman's victims has been found, Sara and Oliver leave the party early to investigate. Sara noticed that Felicity was feeling left out and tried to talk to her after helping her punch a sparring dummy. Afterward, at the scene of another bank robbery, the Canary is able to injure William, collecting a sample of his blood. Sara later analyzes it and is able to determine that William is suffering from MacGregor's Syndrome. The Arrow and the Canary go to the address of William's sister, only to find a device that destroys the Arrowcave's computer system.

Felicity tells Sara that she shouldn't miss her family dinner for the sake of the mission. Nervous about seeing Laurel again, Sara asks Oliver to come with her. At the dinner, Laurel realizes that Sara and Oliver are in a relationship and gets extremely angry, berating everyone at the table.

When Oliver and Sara return to the Arrowcave, they learned that Felicity is at Starling National Bank, hoping to catch William. The Arrow, the Canary, and Diggle meet Felicity there to help her. Felicity, saving the Canary's life, takes a bullet for her and manages to take William down by blowing up his cell phone. In the Arrowcave, Sara patches Felicity up while thanking her for saving her life. After getting a job as a bartender at Verdant, Sara made amends with Laurel.[24]

Sara recognized Slade Wilson's voice from the phone call from Oliver to Felicity, and brings Roy and Diggle to the Queen mansion, believing Oliver and his family to be in danger. She somehow entered the house and went to the first floor, after which she descended the stairs as if she had been there all along, confronting Slade while he shook hands with Roy.[29]

Oliver had a nightmare in which he woke up next to Sara, touched her, and found blood on his hand, after which Sara suddenly changed into Shado. Upon waking, Oliver left, leaving Sara asleep. Upon his return, Sara tried to get Oliver to talk about his problems, commenting on his lack of sleep, but she had no success. Later while bartending, Sara confided in Laurel while helping her sister fill a job application form at Verdant. After Oliver collected information on Slade from the Bratva, Sara confronted him again, telling him he needed help and Shado's death was not his fault. Oliver instead told Sara to stay away from him, not wanting her to be a target of Slade's vendetta. Eventually, though, Oliver came back to Sara, confessing that he could not get Slade on his own, and the two promised each other to do so together.[30]

The Canary and Arrow watched over Quentin and his men trying to detain some criminals, including Frank Bertinelli and quickly intervened. Quentin was injured during the fight, enraging Sara and causing her to force a criminal off the rooftop. Alarmed, Quentin told Sara to show restraint next time. The team realized Frank's daughter, Helena Bertinelli aka the Huntress, was back in town. Sara was slightly amused when Felicity and Diggle revealed Helena was Oliver's "psycho ex-girlfriend". The Arrow, Canary, and Roy intercepted Helena's car but found it to be a decoy. When Adam Donner rehired Laurel and assigned her to prosecute Frank, Sara tried to convince her sister to drop the case, knowing that it would make her a target of the Huntress. When Helena took hostages at the Courthouse, Laurel got into a fight with one of her henchmen, forcing Sara, as the Canary, to intervene. As she made her way outside of the building with Laurel in tow, Laurel convinced her to help rescue the hostages. In the process, Sara battled the Huntress. She tried to non-lethally incapacitate Helena, but the latter eventually disarmed Sara of her bo-staff, using it to beat Sara up and throw her out a window. Sara managed to avoid falling to death and Oliver saved her when Helena tried to shoot her. Later, Helena offered to release Laurel in exchange for her father. Oliver and Sara managed to kidnap Frank from police custody with Quentin's help and arrived at a meeting place with Helena and Laurel. However, Police Captain Stein opened fire on them, killing Frank and separating Oliver from Sara. The Canary then faced The Huntress again and going full force this time, managed to overpower her. A furious Sara attempted to kill Helena for harming her sister. However, Laurel begged her not to so Sara agreed to spare her.[31]

Sara provided Tibetan pit viper venom for Team Arrow to use when they went after Slade once he kidnapped Thea. She was present at the confrontation with Wilson, donning her Canary suit. Sara also explained to Quentin why they brought Slade in. After Slade's release by the police due to lack of evidence, Sara partook in the attempt to follow him, driving a motorcycle and following Felicity's directions. However, Slade managed to escape. When Roy planned to go after Wilson on his own, and hurt Diggle in the process, Sara aimed her bow at him, stopping him long enough for Oliver to come back. She was also present at the police station when Thea was released, and later when her father was arrested for working with the vigilante.[32]

Sara later joined Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity in blowing up Queen Consolidated's applied sciences division. She also visited her father in prison while Laurel was trying to get him to give up the Arrow. When Slade Wilson infiltrated the Arrowcave, Sara, Oliver, and Diggle attempted to fight him, but they were all easily taken out. During the subsequent visit to the hospital, Laurel saw Sara's scars, leading her to figure out that Sara is the Canary. The Arrow and the Canary tried to stop Deathstroke from breaking into S.T.A.R. Labs, but arrived too late, after which they returned to their base. Sara and Laurel both visited their father after he was attacked in prison, and Laurel managed to bail him out after he convinced her not to pursue the vigilantes anymore.[33]

Sara was convinced that killing Roy is the only solution and armed up to kill him, against Oliver's wishes. When Roy comes to Verdant during Moira's campaign rally, the Arrow and the Canary confront him. After Roy starts strangling Thea, Sara almost shoots him, but is prevented from doing so by Sin, who stands between them until Oliver can put Roy down with poison arrows. Later, Sara confesses that she actually wanted to kill Roy, because that's what the League of Assassins taught her, what they turned her into, and doesn't believe she knows differently anymore. Sara breaks up with Oliver, stating that he needs someone who can still see the good in things, not a killer like herself, and she cares too much for him to be with him. As Sara gets on her motorcycle, Sin arrives to ask how she is doing. Sara replies that she has had a rough day and hugs Sin goodbye. She then drives away, telling Sin that she is going to see "an old friend".[34]

Sara disappeared from Starling City, leaving her friends and family to wonder what happened to her and where she might have went.[35]

Sara arrived back in Starling City just in time to save Laurel from one of Slade Wilson's masked soldiers, after which Laurel reveals she knows about her secret identity. Laurel managed to get Sara out of her identity-crisis, by commenting on the fact that the innocence and beauty in her were not all gone yet. As the Canary, she saved a little girl from a burning building, causing citizens to comment on her as a hero.[36]

Sara watched as the League of Assassins sedated Laurel. Afterwards, Sara, Nyssa, and six other assassins met up with Team Arrow, with Sara having promised to go back to Nanda Parbat with them if they'd help fight Slade Wilson and his army. Together, they assaulted the Queen Consolidated building and taking down Slade's bodyguards. Slade managed to escape, though. Quentin Lance joined them after one of Wilson's men managed to abduct Laurel. Sara, Oliver, Roy, and the assassins made their way to the Giordano Tunnel, via where Slade's army was trying to escape the city. After they neutralized the army using the Mirakuru cure, Sara and Oliver made their way to Wilson's hideout, where Felicity injected Wilson with the cure. Sara took Laurel and Felicity to safety while Oliver battled Wilson. Once the city was safe, Sara said her goodbyes to Laurel and Quentin, giving her sister her jacket as a parting gift. She then boarded a ship with Nyssa and the League.[37]

Return of the Church of Blood

On the way to her next job, Sara stopped off in Starling City to pay a visit to her friends. Outside of Verdant, Sara came across Diggle, who'd been beaten by an intoxicated Oliver. She brought Diggle to the Arrowcave and shared a hug with Felicity, who was happy to see her again. Felicity attempted to find out about Sara's next job, though she was unable to reveal. Sara offered to bring Oliver in and found him on a rooftop. They fought for a bit, until Sara knocked him out and took him back to the Arrowcave. Believing him to be dosed with something, Felicity took a blood sample, finding traces of mushrooms. As Oliver woke up, he wished to go back to find Brother Blood, though Sara would only allow Oliver to go once he'd had some rest, promising to accompany him if he did so. Meanwhile, Sara headed to the hospital to see her father, where she was greeted by Laurel. Just then, after weeks in a coma, Quentin then woke up to see both of his daughters, much to their joy.[38]

Hunting Malcolm Merlyn and death

After five months away, Sara finally returned to Starling City to confirm the rumors of Malcolm Merlyn's presence there. While searching for Malcolm, Sara paid her father a visit and asked about a monk named Ken Zhi Jansen, who was connected to Malcolm.[39] Before leaving, she planned to visit Laurel but overheard Felicity's communications and helped Oliver take down Werner Zytle's thugs, as well as Zytle himself. As she and Oliver caught up, Sara advised him to keep his family and friends close.[40]

Sara later met up with Laurel, asking that she not tell Quentin that she was still home. After Laurel left, Sara was confronted by a hooded Thea,[4] much to her confusion. Before she could react, Thea suddenly shot three arrows into Sara's chest, causing the latter to fall off the building and collapse into the alley, dying instantly from the impact. Laurel immediately found Sara's body and broke down in grief.[40]

Sara's body was kept in a freezer in the Arrowcave before being buried in her previously empty grave from 2007 in a mini-funeral at Starling City Cemetery, attended by Laurel, Oliver, Felicity, John, and Roy. John and Lyla decided to name their daughter after Sara in honor of her.[41]

After her death, Roy began having nightmares[42] about him killing Sara[43] and believed to have done so under a Mirakuru-induced rage. Oliver used a meditation technique to help Roy confront the issue. Roy discovered that he had actually killed a police officer under the Mirakuru but believed it to be Sara, as he saw her at the time.[44] A few months after her death, Thea was eventually revealed to have killed Sara due to being drugged by Malcolm with Vitura. Rather than have his sister hunted by the League of Assassins, Oliver took the fall for Sara's murder as part of Malcolm's manipulations.[4]

Resurrection

Over a year after her death, Sara's corpse was dug up by her sister and Thea. They brought Sara to Nanda Parbat, where Laurel requested that Malcolm resurrect her. Though reluctant at first, Malcolm agreed and Sara's body was submerged in the Lazarus Pit. As soon as she was resurrected, Sara went after Thea but was restrained. Sara was then chained up to prevent her from causing any harm to Thea.[46]

When Laurel brought Sara home, she was forced to chain her sister up in her apartment's basement, as Sara had not gotten over the effects of the Pit. When Quentin found out, he was thrilled to see his daughter, yet worried about her condition. When Laurel showed Sara some family photos, Sara seemed to be responding but suddenly attacked Laurel. Quentin later came to shoot Sara but couldn't bring himself to do it. Later, Sara was able to break free from her chains and escape into the city.[47]

Sara started killing muggers in town with no recognizable pattern and encountered Team Arrow when attacking a nightclub. Oliver and Felicity later realized that Sara was trying to find Thea, as she was the one who killed her originally. Sara attacked Thea in Laurel's apartment, but Thea was able to escape. Hours later, Sara tracked Thea to Starling General and tried to strangle her but Oliver and Laurel intervened. She threw Thea at the two and escaped by jumping out the window. Sara was later lured to Verdant, where she single-handedly overpowered both Green Arrow and Black Canary until Laurel pulled a gun on her and Oliver tranquilized her from behind. In the Arrowcave, John Constantine performed a ritual with Oliver and Laurel that returned Sara's soul to her body. Sara was then happily reunited with her family and friends.[48]

Over an emotional conversation on the phone, Sara informed her mother she was now alive. She later rejoined Team Arrow in her original identity as the Canary to help save Ray Palmer . Sara accompanied the team as they broke into Kord Industries, but began beating a security guard in a rage until Laurel and Thea stopped her. Later when the team went to rescue Ray from the Latin Building , Sara joined them again and fought alongside Black Canary and Speedy, but she once again lost control and ended up killing one of the Ghosts . Back home, Sara talked with Laurel and Thea about the situation, deciding to seek solitude away from the city to fight her bloodlust. She bid farewell to her loved ones, promising to make good on the "gift" Laurel gave her.

After leaving Star City, Sara visited her mother in Central City for a few days.[49]

At some point afterwards, Sara reunited with Nyssa in Nanda Parbat. Having learned the circumstances of Nyssa's imprisonment, Sara wanted to help free her. However, Nyssa maintained that this was her battle and instead urged Sara to use her second chance to live a life free from the burdens of her past. Sara agreed to try and the couple hugged goodbye.[50]

Original timeline

Some time later, Sara returned to Star City to help Team Arrow in their fight against Damien Darhk. However, Damien killed Sara, along with Laurel and Quentin. Due to Rip Hunter recruiting Sara into the Legends though, she and Quentin were spared from their fates, though Laurel wasn't.[51]

Current timeline

Aiding Rip Hunter

In January 2016, Sara was in a bar in Tibet. She helped a woman who was being assaulted by a drunk patron, easily overpowering and defeating the two perpetrators. Sara was then intercepted by Rip Hunter, who claimed he had "come a long way to meet [her]". From here, Sara and six other individuals were offered the chance to help Rip prevent Vandal Savage's rule over the world in the year 2166.

Sara returned home to Star City and visited her sister. After a sparring session, Laurel encouraged Sara to take up Rip's offer. Sara was reluctant, citing her struggle with her bloodlust, but her sister pointed out that this could be an opportunity for her to become a hero in the light. Laurel gave Sara the identity of White Canary, along with a suit designed by Cisco Ramon. Sara then joined the team and traveled back to 1975. When she, Leonard Snart, and Mick Rory were forced to sit out on a mission, they decided to go out for drinks. As Sara began dancing, a biker tried to hit on her, prompting Sara to beat up him and his friends. Leonard and Mick joined the fray, starting a bar fight.

As the trio returned, they were just in time helping the team fight off Chronos, a bounty hunter working for the Time Masters. The team was confused at this, to which Rip revealed they were never selected because they were legends; the group was in fact meaningless for history, which would aid in his personal mission of avenging his wife and son, whom Savage murdered. The team was shocked but after exchanging thoughts, they decided to keep going. They would stop Savage and become legends of the future, or die trying.

Still in 1975, Sara and the team traveled to Norway and attempted to intercept a nuclear warhead auction ensuing between Vandal Savage, Damien Darhk, and the other buyers. The team managed to infiltrate the place and wanted to kidnap Savage. To avoid suspicion, they began to bid as well, which resulted in them accidentally buying the warhead. Damien confronted them and things escalated quickly. In a massive brawl, the team managed to defeat the buyers and everyone present. Unfortunately, Savage escaped and activated the warhead, though the team managed to contain the blast before leaving. Sara then accompanied Martin Stein and Jefferson Jackson to Ivy Town, where they met a 25-year-old Martin Stein.[52]

The older Martin Stein was largely annoyed when Sara started to shamelessly flirt with his younger self to get into his good graces. The younger version invited them all at his place. As they talked about his inventions Sara shared a joint with young Martin. The older Martin angrily ordered Sara to stop flirting with his younger self, to which Sara retorted that as young Martin was flirting with her. Martin explained he could not have "a sexy assassin from the future" distracting his younger self, as he was about to meet his future wife, Clarissa, at a faculty mixer. Sara was amused at Martin calling her "sexy". As they tried to steal the device from young Martin he came in and told them he doubted if they were actual scientists. As he threatened to call the cops Sara knocked him out. Older Martin was shocked that she just knocked him out. The group tracked down the missing piece of Ray's suit and Sara defeated the guards and took the piece back. The group then left for the ship. Young Martin barged in the ship, old Martin gave him the device and wished him the best. They then learned Leonard, Ray, and Rory were in trouble. The group went to the mansion and fought Savage and his troops. Carter managed to stab Savage, but Savage revealed the dagger had to be wielded by Kendra. Savage stabbed Carter in the chest and killed him. He then injured Kendra and was about to kill her when the rest of the team saved her and left. The group conversed as they expressed doubt about if they could even do anything useful. Rip told them Savage was still in play and asked them if they would help him trying to stop him. The group agreed and promised they would take down Savage for Carter.

The group traveled to Leipzig, Germany. Rip explained to the group that Kendra had fragments of the knife in her arteries which had to be removed to save her. He mentioned that they could not time jump since Kendra would not survive this. The team was skeptical but Rip told them his idea was still to stop Savage and save the future. Rip said that he had explained darker times and had seen men of steel die and Dark Knights fall and had still completed his missions. Sara spoke with Rip in private and told him that she knew he did not have a plan and that his rousing speech was only to convince himself. Sara opted that since they could not kill Savage they could perhaps slow him down. Quoting Ra's al Ghul, Sara informed Rip that they could cripple Savage's financial resources to slow him down for decades. They found out Savage stored his assets at the Bruemberg Group. Rip initially wanted to go alone, as he did not want more people to die on his mission. Sara, Leonard, and Rory all wanted to join. However, Rip told them Sara was enough.

At the bank, Rip and Sara met Mr. Blake and handed him valuable doubloons to deposit in an account. As Blake, left they checked the computer. However Sara realized the bank's employees were Savage's followers, noting to Rip that Blake was a Kuroda-trained swordsman, his secretary armed, and his guards were South African mercenaries. Just then, the group confronted the duo. Sara drew out her hidden stash of knives and she and Rip engaged the group in a fight. Sara killed all of them and Rip calmed her down just in time before she murdered Blake as well. They took Blake to the Waverider, where Rip questioned Sara on her murderous rage. Sara revealed she was suffering from bloodlust since being resurrected, sadly believing herself to be a monster. Rip and Sara then started to question Blake and offered to let him leave unharmed if he helped them. Blake mentioned that Rip was known to Savage and his followers as "the Gareeb" (the stranger). Blake told Sara that Rip had tried to kill Savage 4,000 years ago in Egypt. Rip was known to them as a devil or monster and that he would not protect them as Rip was only bound on killing Savage. Sara talked to Rip and he told her that he had tried to kill Savage before but failed as he hesitated. Sara and Rip continued questioning Blake who told them they could find Savage his treasure at a gathering this evening. Rip asked about the most prized treasure of Savage; the vessel. Blake revealed the "vessel" was actually Carter's body.

Rip was bound on going to the meeting but Sara told him they should bring the entire team. However they were gone or helping Kendra they were forced to go by themselves. Sara posed as the lover of Blake as they infiltrated the gathering. They left Blake tied up in the trunk and went into the gathering. Sara and Rip danced as they checked out the meeting. Rip mentioned he did not consider her a monster but that she was just a person haunted by a past. He told her that just like him she would get better and her drive to improve herself would allow her to better herself. Sara took out two guards and they found a hidden room were Khufu was displayed. As they wanted to move the body they got cornered by Blake and his men and were quickly overpowered and tied up. Brought before Savage he told them about his past with Jack the Ripper and that by using the blood of Khufu and Kendra he can share it with his followers which expands their lifespan with hundreds of years. Savage questioned Rip and realized that he was hating him for what he was about to do to his family. He took the watch of Rip containing pictures of his wife and child. As Savage boasted the rest of the team suddenly burst in and engaged the followers of Savage. During the massive fight Sara faced Mr. Blake while Rip fights Savage. Sara managed to overpower Blake, but restrained from killing him. Rip injured Savage but Savage mentioned he will heal and come after his family. The team talked with each other and Rip mentioned each of them inspired him as they held a funeral for Carter.

Traveling to the Cold War

The group traveled to Washington, D.C. in 1986. Rip explained they needed steal information from the Pentagon regarding Vandal Savage. Splitting up, Ray and Snart managed to steal a keycard which allowed Sara and Kendra, disguised up as soldiers, access to the secret files while Mick provided a distraction. However, as the alarms went off, Sara and Kendra were confronted by security and forced to fight them off. Kendra lost control of her powers and tried to kill the security personnel, but the team managed to retrieve her and busted their way out of the Pentagon. Back at the ship, the team began to argue about what went wrong and their mistakes. Rip told them he had managed to wipe the video footage from the Pentagon. From the stolen file, the team learned Savage had gone to Russia.

As the team traveled to the USSR, they were followed by Chronos. Rip lured in fighter jets of the USSR and tricked them into shooting down Chronos. However, in the process, the Waverider was forced to crash land. The team learned that Savage was involved in a project building some kind of weapon. Snart wanted to kill Valentina Vostok, the lead scientist on the project, but Ray wanted to talk to her. As Snart and Ray went out, Sara revealed to Rip that Kendra was becoming uncontrollable. Rip advised Sara to talk to Kendra, as she had experience in getting her warrior side under control. Sara was hesitant but agreed to try. She talked to Kendra and invited her for a training match. As they sparred, Kendra turned into her Hawk form and knocked down Sara. Sara's bloodlust surfaced and she nearly killed Kendra before coming to her senses. Horrified, she ran off.

Sara was sharpening her knives when Kendra arrived, wanting to train more. Sara expressed her doubts of still being human behind her bloodlust, to which Kendra explained that she believed Sara needed to regain control of her human side while Kendra would need to control her warrior side. The two started sparring again in an attempt to find out if this is true. Sara and Kendra later learned that Ray, Stein, and Mick had been captured while trying to stop the project, which was called Operation Svarog. Rip explained that if Stein divulged his secrets to the USSR, they would create an army of Firestorms and destroy the world.

The team learned that their friends had been captured in a gulag. Snart and Rip argued but Sara told them they could contact the Bratva in order to get in the prison. Rip, Snart and Sara confronted a high-ranking member of the Bratva. He distrusted them and ordered his men to attack. Sara defeated his men and they managed to convince the Bratva to help them. Using their information, the team made a plan to attack the prison. Rip did not want Kendra and Jefferson engaged in the mission as they could not get captured by Savage.

Rip later talked to Sara and showed her that Star City as well as the rest of the world would get destroyed by Project Firestorm if Savage would succeed. Rip told her that if they could not get Stein back she would have to kill him. Sara talked to Snart, who knew Rip wanted her to kill Stein if necessary. Snart told her that Rip considered them as pawns who are expendable, however Sara told him she would kill Stein if necessary to save the future.

Snart and Sara infiltrated the prison, however Snart told her he would save Mick and she could get Stein. Sara was left by herself to save Stein. She managed to take down multiple guards but Stein got moved into the lab out of her reach. Sara took out a sniper and prepared to use his rifle to kill Stein, however Jefferson managed to get close and took out the power of the prison. Creating a massive prison riot, Sara could take the shot at Stein but Snart convinced her not to do it. Jefferson managed to save Stein, and the entire team made it out alive. The team shared a bottle of stolen vodka and they celebrated their first victory as a team. Sara mentioned to Rip that when serving the League of Assassins, it was unthinkable to not take out a target. Rip complimented her and said that it was her humanity getting on top again. The ship was then attacked by Chronos and during the attack they got knocked out of the time stream.

Star City 2046

The team found themselves in Star City and noticed the city was heavily damaged. As they wondered why was there a Smoak logo standing on the Palmer Technologies building, they learned that they were stranded in 2046. The Green Arrow appeared but he did not seem to recognize Sara or Ray and he attacked them. During the firefight Sara was skeptical that the Green Arrow was actually Oliver Queen. The team was forced to retreat. Sara questioned Rip about Star City being wrecked. Rip explained to the team that this future is not bound to happen,if they would defeat Savage and return to their own timeline they can avoid any of this.

The team deduced that they can use some of Ray's technology to get the ship flying again. Sara insisted that she would come with the rest of the team to get the tech. Rip was against it as she is to connected to this city. Sara threatened to fight him if he tried to stop her.

Rip, Rory, Snart, and Sara made their way through the ravaged town and Sara noted that this would never have happened unless her father and Team Arrow would all have been killed.

As the team made their way to the former building of Palmer Technologies, a massive firefight between two gangs broke out. The team hid away in the bus and they saw the Green Arrow engage the gangs. As the Green Arrow got shot, Sara ran out to help him. Finding the Green Arrow, she learned that he was in fact Connor Hawke; Oliver Queen had been killed and he had assumed the mantle of the vigilante. The two got confronted by Deathstroke, Sara asked who he was and learned the man was Grant Wilson, the son of Slade Wilson, and had destroyed the city with an army, turning it into ruin. Rip, Connor, and Sara were forced to retreat as his gang closed in on them.

Connor explained to them that Oliver had tried to raise an army against Wilson but the city had started to evacuate. Rip tried to tell Sara to not get involved in this as this future could be prevented if they would take down Savage. Connor brought them to the Arrowcave, where Felicity's technology was stored. The team was greeted by an aged Oliver, who was missing his left arm. Oliver argued with Connor and told him he was named John Diggle Junior, a name Connor did not want to use anymore as he had failed to save John Diggle. Oliver told them that 30 years ago, Ray and Sara had left and that the city could have been saved if they had been present.

At Smoak Technologies, Rip tried to convince Sara that this future will be avoided after they take down Savage, and Ray and Sara will be back to avoid the city from getting ruined. They found the technology but got attacked by the forces of Grant Wilson. As they were outnumbered, Snart and Rory showed up and helped them. However Connor was defeated and captured.

Sara wanted to save Connor, but Rip told her that this future will not happen. Sara however told Rip that she would save Connor as it was not sure she would survive her fight against Savage and that she might never return. Rip told her that she could go and help Connor, but the ship would leave in one hour. Sara went to Oliver, but he did not want to help her as he was handicapped and lacked spirit. Sara encouraged Oliver and the two prepared to save Connor. As Grant was about to publicly execute Connor, Sara and Oliver attacked him and his gang. During the fight the rest of the team showed up and helped Sara and Oliver. Oliver and Connor managed to defeat and kill Grant while his army fled.

Sara said goodbye to Oliver and Connor as they would try to save the city while she would work on stopping Savage. Sara thanked Rip for having helped her and Oliver. Rip mentioned that he had learned from her that every future is worth fighting for.[53]

Marooned

As the ship needed a software update, they got stuck in space. Sara and Snart played cards while she noted that Rory seemed angry at the situation and at Snart. The team received a distress signal from a ship and decided to provide aid. Jefferson, Rip and Rory checked out the ship but ended up captured by time pirates. Palmer, Snart, Kendra and Sara got contacted by the pirates who demanded they handed over the Waverider. Rip activated the Waverider to fight against the pirates.

Sara and Snart tried to fix a hole in the ship but got locked up by the ship as it tried to lock out the breach. Unable to open the security doors Snart and Sara started to suffer from hypothermia. They talked about how Sara experienced her death when she got killed by Thea. Snart told her how Rory saved his life in prison. Sara told Snart that Rory was stuck in a dark place and Snart realized that without him Rory could be highly dangerous to anyone around him. As they were about to freeze to death, Ray saved them by sealing the breach.

They learned that Rory had escaped capture and was on his way to the Waverider. However, Rory had betrayed them and had brought a band of pirates to take the ship. As Rory demanded them to surrender, the team fought back and engaged the pirates. Sara confronted Rory as he wanted to activate the timedrive. Rory told her he liked Sara, but then tried to kill her with his Heat Gun. Sara was able to disarm him and engaged him in a fight. Rory managed to disarm Sara and threw her to the floor. As he was about to shoot her, Snart showed up and incapacitated Rory.

The team managed to defeat the pirates and get the software needed for the Waverider. As they talked about how to deal with Rory now he had betrayed them, Snart told them he would handle Rory.

The Hawks at Harmony Falls

The team traveled to 1958 to investigate the appearance of Savage at this place. They discovered several people have been murdered by someone who appears to be an expert at knives. The team decided to split up and Ray and Kendra went to live in the house of a victim while posing as a couple. Sara and Stein posed as a nurse and doctor in the hospital. Rip and Snart posed as FBI agents.

Sara, Jefferson and Stein talked about this timeline and they noted that the town was not friendly towards black or bi-sexual people. Sara was hesitant about the use of posing as medical personnel, but Stein liked it and ordered her around since he posed as her superior. Sara helped a nurse Lindsay Carlisle that was getting bothered by a doctor, the nurse showed her around the hospital and Sara learned that there were some special treatment rooms for certain patients and realized Savage was working as a doctor in the hospital.

As Sara searched offices, Carlisle approached her again and asked her to join her for a drink. The two talked, and Sara told her she should not stay in this town as there is a whole world out there. Sara mentioned that she knew the nurse was not into guys and that she knew she liked women. As the nurse was a bit uncertain, Sara tried to comfort her about her sexuality.

Stein interrupted Sara and told her she should not be seducing young nurses as in this time homosexuality is not accepted and it would only harm her to seduce her. Sara considered it to more like liberating the nurse. Sara talked to the nurse again and the two ended up kissing. Sara got struck by emotion and left.

The team learned that a meteorite had landed here similar to the one that gave Savage his powers. As Ray had stolen the dagger, the team prepared to kill Savage. Sara noted that an all-out attack would not work against Savage and they decided Kendra would try to seduce Savage and then kill him with the dagger. Sara spoke with Stein and told him that she freaked out when kissing the nurse. Her kiss felt like she had been kissed by the first time and it made her realize how much she can hurt her feelings. As the plan to kill Savage failed, Sara was just in time to save the nurse from the patients injected with Hawk powers. The team managed to save the situation by working together. Sara met with the nurse. They kissed, and the nurse thanked her for helping her. They said goodbye, and Sara told her she might meet her again sometime.

As Sara, Kendra, and Ray returned to the Waverider, the ship suddenly took off and vanished, leaving the three of them stranded at 1958.

Return to the League of Assassins

Realizing that Chronos had taken the Waverider, the three decided to leave. Sara told them to move out of Harmony Falls, or Savage could track them down. The three stayed in an apartment but after ten weeks, Sara believed the team was not coming back for them as they all had been killed. Sara told Ray and Kendra to accept the situation that they were stuck in this time. She wished them good luck as she had to find someplace where she belonged.

Sara made her way to Nanda Parbat and returned to the League of Assassins. Ra's al Ghul was impressed by her progress and Sara learned how to control her bloodlust through herbs and meditations. Ra's often told his daughter, Talia al Ghul, to take example from the progress Sara had made. Due to time drift, Sara gradually began to forget her past and identity.

Two years later in 1960, Rip entered Sara's bedroom and told her he had come back for her. However, Sara quickly overpowered him and alerted the guards, who captured the rest of the team. Bringing them to Ra's al Ghul, Sara mentioned she had found peace here and as trespassers, they have to be executed. The team was brought before Ra's al Ghul, who mentioned Sara had chosen the League. As Rip demanded a trial by combat, Ra's chose Sara to represent him. Rip chose Kendra to fight Sara. Sara and Kendra dueled each other using swords. During the fight, Kendra tried to remind Sara of who she was and knocked her down with a move she learned from the former. Sara was pinned against the wall as Kendra took her up into the air, but managed to stab Kendra's wings, defeating her. While attempting to kill Kendra though, Sara suddenly remembered who she truly was. Just then, Nanda Parbat was then invaded by Chronos, who fought his way past the assassins. Sara requested Ra's al Ghul to free the team to fight Chronos. She then tried to fight Chronos, but was knocked down. Ra's then agreed to free the team. Working together, the team managed to overpower Chronos. As they were about to kill him, Snart burst in and revealed Chronos was in fact Mick Rory.

Ra's deduced Sara was from the future as she clearly had already undergone the training of the League. Sara explained she believed the League was the only place where she could truly belong. Ra's al Ghul pointed out her soul was divided between the ability to kill and desire to show mercy, and the League is not for her. He then released Sara from the League, giving back her past life. Before leaving, Sara told Ra's to send his daughter to Lian Yu in 2008. When Ra's wondered why he would send Talia to that island, Sara revealed she meant Nyssa, his daughter who was still to be born.[12]

The Kasnia Conglomerate

The team set off to 2147 to the Kasnia Conglomerate. In the potential future of 2080, governments would turn more into corporations and outside the Conglomerate, there is a lot of poverty. Rip informed them that Vandal's rise to power would start here. In 20 years time, he would take over the world and their mission is to investigate how so they can try to stop him.

The team looked around and Rip informed them over five years a ruthless dictator known as Per Degaton will rise and take control. The team saw robots flying around similar to the Atom suits killed a mugger as he tried to run off. Palmer wondered what had happened to his technology. Snart mentioned that executing criminals on the spot did not seem like a lot of progress. The team split up with Sara, Rip, and Snart infiltrating a meeting where Savage would attend while Palmer and the others would investigate the origins of the robots.

Rip attended the meeting, but Sara and Snart could not as they posed as his accountant and bodyguard. After the meeting Rip informed the rest of the team that Per Degaton will unleash the Armageddon virus which will decimate the planets population. After preparing the world for conquest Savage will then kill Degaton and take control. Rip and Snart mentioned that if they kill Per Degaton who is just a boy now they will stop the rise of Savage.

The team has a heated argument if they should kill or spare this child since he will become a menace to the world. The team agreed to just abduct Degaton. Snart, Sara and Rip ambushed Degaton and his bodyguards as he was on his way to gymnastics. They put him in sleep at the Waverider. Sara wonders about what he dreams and Gideon revealed she can see what they dream and knows Sara had a fantasy of a nurse last night. The team discussed what to do with the kid as Savage might still rise to power. Sara mentioned that Degaton might still be able to change. Sara spoke to the captured Rory about the situation and if they should kill the kid. She told Rory that Snart had spared him and reminded him of how they used to be friends.

Rip then departed with the jumpship while taking Degaton with him. Unable to find Ri,p the team waited and Sara talked to Snart and mentioned how he should perhaps talk to Rory about their situation. She reminded him about how they used to be partners and told him to talk with Rory.

The Waverider then got attacked by armed forces led by Tor Degaton and Vandal Savage. The team engaged the troops and Ray managed to take out the robots. During the fight Sara got overpowered and captured by Savage who demanded they gave Rip Hunter or he would kill her. Rip showed up with Per Degaton and offered to trade Per for Sara. Per Degaton and Savage wanted to kill Sara and the team. Tor declined and forced Savage to let go of Sara and trade her for Per. The team retreated with the Waverider, and Snart managed to make Rory remember who he was and he rejoined their team. Rory warned them that since he had failed to take them out, the time Masters would now send highly ruthless mercenaries after the team to have them killed.[54]

Laying low in the Wild West

To avoid the hunters coming for them, the team went to Salvation in the year of 1871. Rip explained that the timeline is constantly changing and this why Savage is hard to hunt down. By hiding in the Wild West, they are in a temporary blind spot for the Time Masters until the time has hardened. Rory expressed his fear for the hunters, but Ray and Sara were quite excited to look around in the Wild West. As Rory mentioned, he would look out for the group. Rip agreed in that the group could spend some time sightseeing the old west.

The Waverider created clothing for the group to blend in this timeline. They also got provided with sixshooter guns as they would be unable to use their own tech to avoid changes in the timeline. Rip mentioned he would stay on the ship and put his time to good use to avoid the hunters. The group assured him they would not get in trouble, but Rip had a hard time believing that.

The group went to the town and visited the saloon. Stein remembered the group that they should avoid trouble. Sara and Rory talked at the bar where Rory mentioned how he had not drank any alcohol while staying at the direction point while with the Time Masters. Sara asked about his time as Chronos as she believed it had made quite an impression on him and had changed him. Sara mentioned she had outdrunk any guy that had tried to get her wasted during her college years and Rory challenged her for a drinking game. Stein got into an agreement during the card game against another player who attempted to shoot him. Snart beat the man to the draw and killed him before he could shoot Stein. The killed man was part of a large gang and the gang quickly turned against the team. Stein and Snart tried to calm the situation down but the gang attacked the team.

In a massive brawl, the team took down the opposition and the fight then got broken up by Hex. Hex revealed that he knew they were out of the future and demanded to speak with Rip. The team learned that Rip had been in this time before and he and Hex were old friends. Hex told them that the team had killed a member of the Steelwater gang and that the gang will take revenge on the town. Rip told the team that they had placed the timeline at risk, but Palmer told them that they should save the town from the Steelwater gang as they were put together to act like heroes.

Sara talked to Kendra who told her she wanted to talk to a woman she had met in town and had given her flashes of her past lives. Sara told her she would accompany her. Traveling by horseback, Sara and Kendra talked and Sara mentioned she enjoyed the nature in this time as it was so pure and simple. Kendra told her she had more and more memory flashes recently.

They found a home and were greeted at gunpoint by the woman. Kendra and Sara tried to calm her down and they realized the woman was a former incarnation of Kendra. The woman told how she had met Carter's former incarnation before he got killed by Savage. Kendra asked about a bracelet that had been present during their first lives. The woman told Kendra that she should stop fighting destiny as they could not avoid getting born, meeting Carter, and end up murdered by Savage. The woman explained that after Carter had been killed she had tried a relationship with another man but it failed because Carter was her soul mate.

Back at the ship, Sara comforted Kendra and told her that things might have gone wrong for her former incarnation but Kendra is someone else and she should live for herself and decide for herself if she would want a future with Palmer.

They joined the group as Rip was about to duel the leader of the Steelwater gang to finish the quarrel and set Jefferson free. Rip beat the leader on the draw and killed him with a single shot to the chest. After the death of the leader, the gang fled. However the hunting party of the Time Masters showed up and attacked them with their modern weaponry. As the hunters used modern tech the team used their own weaponry as well. A massive fight erupted which resulted in the team killing all the hunters. The team was a bit concerned about changing the timeline but Rip assured them that no one would believe what had happened. Back at the ship, the team talked about their new destination. However ,Rip and Rory told them that the Time Masters had activated an order which resulted in a certain agent called the Pilgrim would kill them. Snart mentioned they could take her out, however ,Rory told him that the Pilgrim would not come after them but would try to kill their younger selves in order to erase them from the timeline.[13]

Stopping The Pilgrim

Gideon predicted The Pilgrim would target Mick Rory in 1990 and the exact moment. The team showed up at the house of Rory which had just been set on fire and killed his parents. Rory was watching from a distance at the burning house and got saved just in time by Palmer as The Pilgrim was about to kill him. The team brought the young Rory on the ship and made up a story that they worked for the secret agency A.R.G.U.S. Sparring with Kendra, noted how she had made improvement on her combat skills. Kendra told Sara that she had not yet told Palmer about her conversation with her prior incarnation. Sara mentioned that perhaps she should be honest with Palmer.

The team learned from Gideon that The Pilgrim had now traveled to Starling City in 2007 to kill Sara. Sara and Rory went to the police station where The Pilgrim took out Quentin Lance and the cops and was about to kill the younger version of Sara. Sara intervened and engaged The Pilgrim in a brutal fight at close range. During the fight, Sara managed to disarm The Pilgrim from her gun, however, The Pilgrim deprived Sara of her batons and began to overpower her. Sara was able to throw the Pilgrim to the floor despite the latter's powers, with the Pilgrim recovering her lost firearm. However, Mick was able to blast the Pilgrim before she could shoot Sara. Older Sara put younger Sara in the cargo with younger Rory. As the team discussed how to deal with The Pilgrim, Rip mentioned only Kendra and he were safe and The Pilgrim had now concealed her ship, which made all of them vulnerable as they did not know when and where The Pilgrim would try to kill them. Sara noticed younger Sara and Rory fighting and broke it up. She told younger Sara that she should trust her as she tried to keep her safe.

The team was barely able to save Palmer as The Pilgrim tried to kill him in 2014. They then discussed that their best option was to keep themselves safe was to abduct themselves as babies. Rip mentioned that the risk was that if they did not brought their younger selves back in time their timeline would get damaged beyond repair. Sara talked to Kendra who told her she and Palmer were now engaged. Sara and Kendra then worked together and abducted baby Snart in 1972, while they both were amazed at how cute baby Snart was. Rip brought the team and their younger selves to his adopted mother who had raised him. The team was doubtful but Rip explained this place was a refuge and in an unknown part of history, the Time Masters would not be able to find them here. Rip explained that the Time Masters fill their ranks with orphans and that his mother would be able to take care of the children.

The team got contacted by The Pilgrim, who demanded that they surrendered themselves to her or she would kill their loved ones and everyone they ever cared about. Rip countered her offer by offering his younger self so that if she killed him the team would never be found. The team went to an outpost to make the trade. The adopted mom brought the younger self of Rip to him. The Pilgrim showed up and told her she would kill as many people as needed to complete her mission. During the trade, the team attacked her. However, The Pilgrim was able to stop all of their energy attacks with her hands and freeze them all in time. But the younger Rip stabbed her which distracted her and she got reduced to dust by the combined energy attacks of the team. Sara talked to Quentin on the ship. He mentioned that he would always knew that she would end up caring for people and protecting them. He then swallowed a pill that made him lose memory of the events that had happened.

Rip explained that the time of their younger selves is now getting reset and that since they are out of time they have to attack Vandal Savage fast. The only place they know where to find Savage is at 2166 when Savage is at the height of his powers.[55]

2166 Reign of the Monster

The team traveled to London in 2166 three days before Savage would murder the family of Rip Hunter. After they avoided the artillery shooting at the Waverider, they landed down and Rip selected Sara, Rory and Snart to assist him as Savage would be giving a speech in front of his army that evening. The team listened to his rousing speech and then followed him. The female associate of Savage spotted Snart but the team was still able to ambush Savage his team of bodyguards. Snart and Rory exposed Rip to distract the bodyguards and then engaged them. During the fight Sara fought the female and Kendra told her to get the bracelet the female was wearing. As more bodyguards showed up the team was forced to retreat.

At the ship, Rip was angry as Rory and Snart nearly got him killed. Rory responded that he never mentioned it worked perfectly. Sara and Kendra told the team about the bracelet and that since it was worn during the first death of Kendra, it could be used as a weapon against Savage. Gideon informed the team that what was left of the resistance against Savage was nearby. Rip and the team would visit them while he ordered Sara and Kendra how to find out how to kill Savage with the bracelet.

Snart and Rory created a plan to steal the bracelet by walking in the citadel and taking it from the female. Sara and Kendra decided to check the research on Savage. Kendra was touched as they saw Carter's weaponry, but she mentioned that this time she is with Palmer. Sara mentioned that perhaps such a long time relationship might be hard to forget. Kendra remembered of how in a past life his mace and told Sara that she might know how to kill Savage.

Snart and Rory brought the female and the bracelet and revealed she was the daughter of Savage, Cassandra Savage. Sara mentioned that Cassandra could be a risk as she could give Savage vital information about them and their ship. Rory suggested they could cut off her body parts and send them to Savage to force him to surrender. Stein mentioned he did not want this as he preferred to keep his honor during this war, after which Rory remarked he wanted to keep his life. Sara mentioned she could also have vital information over Savage his empire and Snart told them he would talk to her.

Melting the bracelet, the team was able to weaponize Carter's mace so it could harm Savage when wielded by Kendra. However they soon realized the Leviathan (an enormous robot) was coming for them and the refugees. The team took in as much refugees as they could but they then got attacked by the robot, who hurled them through the air and forced them to crash. As the Waverider needed time to recover, Rip suggested they should escape with the jumpship before the robot would kill them. However Stein refused to leave the refugees and then went in shock. Palmer managed to make himself and the suit bigger and engaged the Leviathan and killed him after a long fight. Meanwhile, Snart managed to convince Cassandra that Savage was a monster and had caused the deaths of thousands.

Cassandra led Rip, Sara, Kendra, Rory, and Snart in the bunker of Savage and talked to her father. However he quickly saw through her lies and realized she had turned on him. Cassandra told her father that he was a monster but a squad of his bodyguards came in. Kendra attacked Savage while the team engaged the bodyguards. The team learned Carter was one of the soldiers of Savage and was loyal to him. Kendra was unable to kill Savage and the team took Savage prisoner and locked him up in the Waverider. Cassandra joined the resistance to aid them against Savage's forces.

Towards the Vanishing Point

At the Waverider, the team discussed how to deal with Savage. Sara, Snart, and Rory all voted to kill Savage, as he was a threat to everyone and killing him was the plan since the start, which Stein and Kendra opposed. Rip mentioned they found out Savage had used technology from a century later and was able to travel through time. Since this was forbidden, they would bring him to the Time Masters and he would be convicted for illegal time traveling, justifying the actions of Rip and his team.

Sara questioned the speed the Waverider was moving and asked if Rip was not pushing it too hard. As Rip mentioned Savage was a threat and as soon as they reached the Vanishing Point, all would be well. However the ship then stopped working as the time drive had failed. Rip told Sara to check on Savage as he would restore the time drive.

Sara talked with Savage, who asked if she had spoken to her sister, Laurel lately. He mentioned that he had studied the team and had learned a lot about them. Vandal mentioned that Rip would lead them to their deaths as he had chosen them because they could be manipulated by him. Sara mentioned she did not believe his lies and then left Savage.

Rip and Sara learned from Gideon that the timeline was unchanged and that his family was still about to die. Sara told Rip that Savage told her he would sacrifice the team to save his family. Rip told him that Jefferson was damaged by radiation and that it might be because he exposed him instead of himself. Sara was shocked as she mentioned Rip was caring more about himself than his crew.

Snart and Rory confronted Rip and told him Savage had to die as he was the threat. They mentioned they had lost faith in him after what happened to Jefferson. Rip told them they could take the jumpship to get back to 2166. Snart and Rory said goodbye as they went to the jumpship but Sara mentioned she would stay with Rip. As Stein had used the jumpship to send Jefferson away in an attempt to save his life, they were unable to leave.

Palmer walked in and told them Savage had escaped. Gideon mentioned that Carter had been set free as well. Gideon then fell out and Rip told Sara and Stein they would have to help him navigating through the timestream. Palmer, Snart, Kendra, and Rory got send to take out Carter and Savage. As Savage was winning the fight, Rip came to their aid and left Sara to pilot the Waverider. With Carter regaining his memories and turning on Savage, they managed to knock out Savage and capture him. Sara learned that in the process, Rip had injured himself while shielding Kendra from a laser shot.

The team was contacted by the Time Masters as they arrived near the Vanishing Point. Rip told them he would justify his actions, which were considered crimes by the Time Masters. As Rip brought Savage to the Time Masters, the team stayed at the Waverider. Sara played cards with Snart, who suddenly realized there was something wrong and told her they had to hide.

Retrieving free-will

Snart and Sara hid in the Waverider to avoid the soldiers looking for them. Snart mentioned that he had checked every inch of this ship to check if there is anything to steal in case things got wrong. Snart told her they should leave with the Waverider and fight their way out of it. When Sara refused to abandon the team. Snart aimed his gun at her and told her he would kill her if she would not help him. However, Sara did not believe him to be a killer anymore as he had stopped her from killing Stein in Russia. Snart mentioned he only did that because she did not seem a killer like him. As Sara dared him to shoot her, the phone rang. Picking up, Sara found out it was Gideon, who had avoided getting deleted by the Time Masters. Gideon told her the team was alive for the moment.

Sara and Snart put electronic devices on the other ships as part of a plan of Gideon. Snart was highly skeptical, but kept helping her. At the Waverider, Sara got annoyed with Snart as he played with his ring. He told her it was a reminder of his first job he had done with Mick. He told her he kept it as a reminder that the best plans can fail because at their first job after weeks of planning they had been forced to abandon the job and he had only managed to snag this ring. With the time drive back online, Sara and Snart flew away in the Waverider. As the Time Masters tried to follow them, the devices sabotaged their ships and they were unable to take off. Splitting up, Sara fired the Waverider at the team's prison, allowing Snart to burst in and save them.

The team traveled back to the Waverider and tried to take off, but the Time Masters used remote control and tried to force the Waverider to land. Rip told Sara to keep piloting the ship, as she was doing a great job. Mick was able to use his Chronos suit to override the Time Masters' order and the team took off. Rip informed the team that the Time masters used the Oculus to seeing the future and that every action of the team so far had played exactly what the Time masters wanted them to do. All their attempts at killing Savage and the death of Rip's family had all been part of the plan. He also mentioned that he watched in the Oculus and saw Ray getting killed. The team talked about what to do now and mentioned that each action could get anticipated by the Time masters. The team decided that their best move might be to try to destroy the Oculus and destroy the ability of the Time masters to manipulate them. Rip agreed and told them they would try to get their destinies back.

Snart met up with Sara and invited her for a game of cards. He apologized for having threatened her but she told him he was a jerk. He asked her what she thought of the plan of Rip but she mentioned it all seemed pre-determined already. Snart told her he always considered himself like a guy that did not play by the rules, but each of his steps had been manipulated by the Time masters. Sara told him she felt responsible for all the things she had done. Snart mentioned it were the things he had not done that kept him awake at night. He flirted with Sara and asked about their future together. Sara coldly replied that he must be a really good thief if he is able to steal a kiss from her.

As the team arrived at the Oculus, Stein explained the Oculus took his energy from a supernova. As the team made their way to the Oculus they got ambushed by the soldiers of the Time Masters and Time Master Druce. Rip told them what the Time Masters did was just cold blooded murder. As the soldiers were about to kill them Jefferson showed up and shot them with the jump ship. Jefferson and Stein merged and the group made their way to the Oculus.

Palmer, Mick and Rip prepared to blow it up while Sara and the others held off the soldiers. While preparing to blow it up Palmer realized he had to keep a safe switch pressed to make sure the Oculus would explode. The team realized that whoever would keep it pressed would die in the blast. Mick knocked out Palmer and ordered Rip to take him away while he would sacrifice himself. Snart told Mick to go but as he refused he asked him for forgiveness before knocking him out. Snart then went on to keep the button pressed himself, ordering Sara to leave with Mick. Realizing his intentions and knowing she couldn't dissuade him, Sara passionately kissed Snart farewell and then took off with Mick.

At the Waverider, the team grieved over Snart's death. They mentioned he was a hero as he had died to set them free from the Oculus. Rip confirmed that since the Oculus was destroyed, they now had their free will back, thanks to Snart's sacrifice.

Killing the immortal

Rip brought the team back to Central City in 2016. He explained that the timeline is now unclear and Savage is gone in his timeship. Because of this, he is leaving them in May 2016, five months after they departed with him. The team refused to let him go alone, but Rip revealed he deceived them with a hologram and was already on the ship. Rip flew away and the team was left behind.

Sara went to the Arrowcave and reunited with her father. Quentin explained that the rest of Team Arrow is working to take down Damien Darhk. When Sara asked about Laurel, Quentin sadly revealed Laurel had been killed by Darhk over a month prior, much to Sara's shock and disbelief. Her father comforted her as she broke down in tears.

Sara met the rest of the team after Ray and Martin used a beacon to signal Rip to get back. Rip showed up in the Waverider and despite the team's anger at him for leaving them behind, they want to join him again to take down Savage. Once on board, Sara furiously attacked Rip and held a knife to his throat. She blamed Rip for bringing her back too late, which caused Laurel's death, and demanded that he take her back in time so she could save her sister. As the team tried to calm her down, Rip stunned Sara and locked her up in the holding cell. Later, Rip talked to Sara and revealed that by taking her with him on his mission, he had actually saved her; if she had been present with the confrontation against Damien Darhk, then Laurel, Sara, and their father would have all been killed by him. Laurel's death was inevitable, as well as Sara's if she would be present during that time. Sara was devastated, feeling she could not do this without her sister. Rip comforted Sara, stating she was one of the strongest persons he knew and that Kendra and Carter could still be saved.

Gideon told the team that Savage had traveled to France in 1944. The team attacked him and his forces as he was intercepting a German convoy transporting a meteorite. A massive fight ensued between the team, Savage's forces, and the Nazi soldiers. Jax managed to free Kendra and Carter but as they escaped, Kendra was shot and captured by Savage's soldiers. Outnumbered, Rip ordered the team to retreat as they would try to save Kendra later.

At the ship, Scythian was confused about the situation as the team tried to get him to remember his past life as Carter Hall. Scythian revealed that Savage was collecting three meteorites, which contained technology from the Thanagarians. The team learned that Savage wanted to use Kendra and Carter's blood in a ritual to erase time and bring the entire world back to 1700 BC.

Stein figured out that Savage wanted to explode the meteorites in three different time periods in which the Earth was aligned with Thanagar. Savage contacted himself in the other time periods, then traveled to 2021 to cause the explosions at the same moment in all the three time periods. Stein explained to the team that the meteorites had given him immortality but because he would expose them in three different time periods at once, he would make himself vulnerable. Thus, they could split up in three teams and kill all three versions of Savage at once: Ray and Rory in 1958, Sara, Stein, and Jefferson in 1975 and Rip, Kendra, and Scythian in 2021.

Sara, Stein, and Jefferson watched themselves as they fought at the auction and Stein and Jefferson flew away with the armed nuclear bomb and absorb the explosion. As Savage activated the meteorite Jefferson, Stein and Sara revealed themselves. Savage tried to shoot at Sara with a rocket launcher, but Jefferson and Stein blocked the shot. Sara blocked Savage's throwing knives and engaged him in close combat. Using her staff against the knife-wielding Savage, Sara managed to gain the upper hand. After disarming him, Sara killed Savage by snapping his neck with her staff. The meteorite was about to explode, but Jefferson and Stein managed to use their newfound transmutation power and changed the meteorite into water.

The team regrouped in 2021 but the meteorite there had advanced too far in the radiation. Ray was unable to shrink it and Firestorm could not transform it. Rip decided to transport the meteorite on the Waverider and throw it in the sun. Rip returned with a time jump and explained what he had just done. The team talked about the situation and Rip informed them his work was far from done, as he would now have to protect the timeline since the Time Masters were disbanded. Rip asked the team if they wanted to join him in this mission.

Back in Star City, Sara and her father visited Laurel's grave, with Sara bringing flowers. Sara wanted to help Team Arrow take down Darhk, but Quentin pointed out that her work with Rip was important as well. Remembering it was Laurel who convinced her to take up Rip's offer for the opportunity of becoming a hero in the light, Sara decided to continue her work on the team to honor her sister's memory.

The team met back up with Rip, only for Kendra and Scythian to reveal they would not rejoin them, wanting a fresh start now that Savage is finally dead. Bidding farewell to the team, Kendra and Scythian flew away. As the team prepared to leave, another version of the Waverider suddenly arrived and crashed nearby. A man stepped out of the ship and confirmed it was May 2016. He then told them that if they left in the Waverider, they would all die, and revealed he was sent by Rory. When Rip asked who he was, the man identified himself as Rex Tyler, a member of the Justice Society of America.[51]

Guarding the timeline

Replacing the Time Masters, the team began to undertake several missions in order to keep the timeline secure. They went to France in 1637 to prevent King Louis XII from being assassinated by Cardinal Richelieu's men. Posing as a handmaiden, Sara helped Queen Anne prepare to consummate her marriage with the king that day, which would produce his heir. If failed, the timeline would get disturbed. After Sara complimented Anne's necklace, the queen asked about her necklace and Sara sadly revealed it was a gift from her late sister. Anne comforted Sara before beginning to seduce her. Giving in to Anne's advances, the two slept together. Meanwhile, the team fought Richelieu's assassins, who were in possession of highly advanced weaponry from the future. The team defeated the assassins and Sara eventually rejoined the team, telling a confused King Louis that the Anne was waiting for him. Jax, realizing what happened, teasingly remarked that Anne was "all warmed up", much to Sara's annoyance.

At the Waverider, the team evaluated their situation and Sara remarked that the Cardinal's soldiers had been armed with laser guns. Rip mentioned that Sara should not have seduced Anne, to which Sara replied that it was Anne who seduced her first. As they argued, a timequake suddenly occurred. Gideon reported that a drastic change in the timeline had been caused in 1942, where an atomic bomb had destroyed New York during World War II. As the causes of the change still had to move through, the team discussed stopping the event. Rip mentioned Rex Tyler had warned them they should not go to 1942. However, Sara and the others pointed out that if they didn't intervene, New York would get destroyed. Rip was skeptical and worried that things could perhaps go even worse if they interfered. Sara stated they had it under control. Later, Sara talked privately with Gideon, who informed her Damien Darhk was in New York during 1942. Ray then showed up and Sara quickly hid the information. Mentioning how he had lost his fiancée, Ray assured Sara he is here for her if she ever wants to talk about her sister, to which Sara thanked him.

The team learned Einstein had gone missing just before the attack in New York and they realized Albert Einstein had been abducted into helping the Nazis in building the bomb. The team then traveled to New York 1942. As the others were looking for Einstein Sara told them she was going to visit an ancestor. However she went off to hunt for Damien Darhk. When she found him she was prepared to shoot him with a gun but got interrupted by Ray. They then saw that Darhk was meeting with Nazi's and was supplying them Uranium to build their atomic bomb. She explained she wanted to kill Darhk in 1942 so he would never be able to kill Laurel in 2016. Ray mentioned it was better to first track the uranium before killing Darhk. Sara reluctantly agreed and the two headed back to the ship. Having taken Einstein to safety the team learned that the timeline had not changed and New York was still about to get destroyed. They learned Einstein's ex-wife Mileva Maric had been abducted and she was a nuclear expert as well. The team learned Darhk was in New York as well and Ray told the rest of the team Sara was secretly trying to kill him. Ray accused Sara for being irresponsible in trying to change the timeline. Sara in turn shot back that he was just a rich boy in a suit acting like a boy scout. The team then decided they could track Darhk as he had spend a lot of time with uranium by Ray's suit.

The team tracked Darhk and the Nazis as they were about to board the ship with Einstein's ex-wife Mileva Maric and they moved to stop them. Sara attacked Damien with her bo staff, however he easily fended her off and mentioned he recognized her technique as taught by the League of Assassins. Sara kept trying to fight Damien but was outmatched by the superior fighter who disarmed her and knocked her down. Rip ordered the team to retreat and Sara obeyed and escaped the scene. Using the Waverider the team chased Darhk in his submarine containing the nuclear bomb. Darhk was able to fire the torpedo containing the bomb towards New York. Without any other options Rip decided to use the Waverider as a shield to stop the torpedo. Realizing this might kill them Rip transported the team out of the Waverider to different periods in history.

Sara ended up in Salem in 1693. Joining the community she began a relationship with another woman which got her accused of witchcraft. A rioting mob captured her and prepared to hang her. However Sara broke free and prepared to fight them. The team showed up and picked her up. Sara got introduced to their newest member Nate Heywood. The team learned that Rip Hunter was missing and were unable to find him anywhere in history. Gideon gave them Rip's final message in which he complimented them as the best crew despite their individual flaws. He gave them the responsibility to now guard the timeline by themselves. The team convinced Einstein to contribute part of his discoveries to his ex-wife Mileva Maric which would keep them both safe from the Nazis. Sara apologized to Ray, stating he was more than just a boy scout. Ray in turn assured Sara they would get justice for Laurel. As the team prepared to leave, they were confronted by the Justice Society of America.

Becoming the new Captain

Nate Heywood tried to talk with them. However he got knocked down by Commander Steel, prompting a battle between the two teams. Sara engaged Vixen in a hand-to-hand battle and Sara seemed to have the edge. Sara pushed her back but she got blindsided by Stargirl who attacked her with her staff. This allowed Vixen to recover after which she used the spirit of the Gorilla to swiftly defeat Sara. Overpowered and captured the Legends got taken back to their headquarters where they argued, showing their disorganization to the JSA who still didn't believe their story about being time travelers. However, Nate proved it when he revealed that he was the grandson of Commander Steel as he had his dog tags on him. The team then met Rex Tyler again though he claimed to not know them. Rex then got called by the President and the JSA received the order to go to Paris to take out Krieger. The Legends offered to help but the JSA told them they didn't need their help.

Back on the ship, the Legends were amazed at the JSA's teamwork and efficiency and they deduced it was because they had an actual leader, unlike them now. Stein mentioned he would be a fine leader and Sara agreed since they could use some adult supervision. Sara talked to Nate who was impressed that he had met his grandfather. Sara told him it was time to get him home as their work was far too dangerous for an untrained historian without any powers. Nate then noticed the dog tags were gone and the team learned that history had been changed and the JSA would get killed during their mission in Paris. Sara noticed an injury on Nate's chest as he changed but he shrugged that he must have sustained it during the mission. With Stein pretending to be Max Lorenz the team infiltrated the Nazi nightclub in Paris. Though, after they found Vixen, their cover was quickly blown and a fight broke out just as the rest of the JSA arrived. Revealing that history had changed, the JSA decided to work with them. The teams learned that Krieger would go to a certain exchange point to retrieve the Askaran Amulet which would have some sort of powers.

Sara then noticed that Nate was still bleeding from a cut he got hours ago. She realized he was a hemophiliac and that he would be vulnerable to minor wounds. She then ordered him to stay back during the missions. The teams ambushed the Nazis at the extraction point but during the fight Krieger took something that transformed him into a creature and enabled him to take down the team and capture Ray and Amaya. Back on the ship, the teams argued about what to do next about their captured teammates even though they managed to get the amulet. Stein then said that the decision should be with Sara as she was the only one keeping a level head and was the right choice to be their captain. She decided to lead a rescue mission against the Nazi base and they managed to save their friends as well as defeat Kreiger and stop his production of the super serum but Nate was injured. Ray, who had stolen the serum and made adjustments to it to give himself powers gave it to Nate instead and saved him. The Legends left the amulet with the JSA and left 1942.

High tech shogun

As the team traveled on the Waverider Vixen managed to sneak on board. Vixen began to systematically subdue the Legends and Sara got knocked out with a surprise attack. Vixen fought Rory and using her Totem she was about to kill him. Heywood stopped her using his newly found ability to turn himself into steel. Sara questioned Vixen who told them Rex got murdered and with his last words told him his killer was a time traveler. Vixen believed Rory had been the killer but Sara convinced her this was not the case as he was loyal to the cause of the Legends. Sara explained that they had to found out the real killer if they had a chance to stop him from killing Rex. They then saw Palmer blasting Heywood to test his metal. As they began to exchange punches the door of the ship got knocked open. The team tried to close the door but Heywood fell overboard into the timeline. Palmer tried to save him but got lost as well.

Sara took back control of the ship and ordered Gideon to find out where Palmer and Heywood went. The ship turned out to be heavily damaged and Stein and Jax stayed on the ship to repair it while Sara, Vixen and Rory began to track down Heywood and Palmer. Vixen was hostile towards Rory calling him a thug who cared only for himself. Rory mentioned he was loyal to the team since they saved him as well. The two then got into an argument if Ninja actually existed which Rory believed did. Sara told them both to stop talking or she would dump them somewhere in time. Dressing up in Japanese the three tracked Palmer's suit. Vixen tried to convince Rory that Ninjas were not real and secret groups of assassins did not exist. Sara told her she was a ninja herself. The group entered a castle and thought they had founded Palmer. However it was the local Shogun who had donned Palmer's suit. The Shogun's right-hand man introduced himself and challenged them for single combat.

Sara accepted and fought him using her batons against his sword. Sara was unable to deal with the man's fighting style and got overpowered. As she was about to get killed Vixen saved her by knocking the man away. The Shogun replied by using the blasters from Palmer's suit and the Legends retreated. On their way out they found Palmer and ran off. The Legends found Heywood who was with a woman intended to marry the murderous Shogun. Heywood told them the entire history was at risk now he had the Atom's suit. Sara took charge and made a plan to defend the village while ordering Palmer to train Heywood in summoning his metal form when he needed it. After having taken the villagers to safety Sara talked to Vixen about her history and how she gained the Totem. As the Shogun and his troops attacked the village the Legends engaged them. Sara confronted the right-hand man and his warriors. He asked her who her master was and she claimed she did not have one. As his warriors attacked Sara quickly killed them using their own swords against them. A new wave of warriors surrounded Sara but Vixen helped her and both women fought side by side fighting waves of Samurai. During the fight Sara saved Vixen and Rory showed