Chapter 49 Paradise Island (Rewritten)

Marvel/Dc: Strongest Anti-Villain

Chapter 49 Paradise Island

"You guys done? Now it's my turn." After listening to Sarah Lance quietly, Stephen leaned on the console, smiled, and raised his finger. "Okay, I have two questions."

"What are they about?" Sarah Lance asked.

"The first question: Why didn't all of you go to the exact point in time when I kidnapped Laurel? Since the time deviation can be inferred, wouldn't it be better to solve it at its source? Why are you here in this particular timeline?" If the legendary team had arrived at that time, Stephen might not have trained Laurel, and she wouldn't have become Black Canary ahead of schedule. This would have avoided all the subsequent problems.

"Because it was already too late," Rip Hunter shook his head. "By the time we noticed something was wrong, that period in history had already been fixed."

"Okay, second question. Why do you all think you can stop me?" Stephen asked with a smile.

His question instantly made the legendary team nervous. Based on their past experiences, none of their missions had gone too smoothly, and they anticipated the same outcome this time.

Sarah Lance gripped her staff tightly.

Captain Cold and Heatwave raised their Cold Gun and Heat Gun respectively, and Heatwave grimly pointed his gun at Stephen. "Stopping you? No, but I can burn you to ashes."

Stephen looked at Heatwave and replied seriously, "Trust me, my friend, you can't do it."

"Why don't we try, then!" Heatwave retorted.

Sensing an imminent conflict, Rip Hunter hastily intervened and stopped Heatwave, addressing Stephen, "I don't think it's wise to gather all your ex-girlfriends. You only need to avoid introducing them to each other to prevent this problem from ever occurring."

"Let me clarify something for you. One, Felicity is my only girlfriend, and we haven't broken up yet. Two, you don't get to decide what I should or shouldn't do," Stephen raised two fingers and looked at Rip Hunter. "And certainly not from someone who formed a legendary team to deal with the immortal villain Vandal Savage in order to save their family. Aren't you shamelessly altering history by traveling through time? And now you're here just to correct a time deviation. With your personal motives, what right do you have to stop me?"

Rip Hunter fell silent, as did the others who had initially wanted to refute him.

"But we are saving the world," The Atom explained in a low voice, lacking confidence.

However, it was clear that nobody paid attention to this explanation.

"I admit we have no authority to demand anything from you, but we must do this. If we don't stop you, Sara Lance will not only remember, but she will also disappear from our team. So..." Rip Hunter suddenly shouted, "Gideon, initiate a random time jump."

"Okay, Captain Hunter."

Gideon's voice sounded, and in the next moment, the Waverider suddenly lifted off and accelerated.

A strong wind engulfed the ship, and the propeller emitted a blue glow.

With a swish, the Waverider vanished.

The intense vibration caused everyone to fall to the ground. They instantly found themselves lying on their backs, and the pressure from the time jump left them feeling dizzy with ringing ears. It was an uncomfortable sensation, as if their hearts were about to leap out. It was hard to tell how long it lasted, as if a few hours and only a few minutes, but the shaking gradually subsided, and the Waverider landed.

"Activate invisible mode and report the current time and location," Rip Hunter instructed Gideon while still on the ground.

"It's in invisible mode. The recorded time is 1917, in the waters near Paradise Island."

Everyone groaned as they painfully got up. Martin Stein found his glasses again and instinctively asked, "1917, the year before the end of the First World War? But where is this Paradise Island?"

"Damn, I hate time travel," Heatwave cursed uncomfortably, feeling nauseous. "I should have just burned him to death."

Rip Hunter straightened his trench coat collar and explained, "Paradise Island is a secluded island where only Amazons live."

"And only women!"

"It sounds like a perfect place for him," Sara Lance teased, staring at Stephen who was lying on the ground, while also keeping a watchful eye on him.

Rip Hunter's original plan was to temporarily take Stephen away and find a safe place for him. As long as he didn't encounter Laurel in the Bird of Prey team, they wouldn't recognize each other, which wouldn't affect Sara Lance. They could simply wait for the time deviation to be corrected, then erase Stephen's memory and send him back. But Paradise Island...

He hesitated before saying, "It's not welcoming to outsiders, especially men."

"Will it be dangerous?"

"If he's cautious enough not to be discovered by the Amazons on the island, there shouldn't be a problem. Once the time deviation is corrected, we'll come and pick him up," Rip Hunter pondered and replied.

Captain Cold asked, "Leaving him here won't cause any further time deviations, will it?"

"Probably not. The Amazons aren't easily trifled with," Rip Hunter shook his head.

Sara Lance approached Stephen's side and squatted down, silently observing him for a while. She then said, "Although it hasn't happened to you yet, Laurel loved you deeply. I learned that from my new memories. You grew tired of her and broke her heart. So I hope you can stay on Paradise Island, but... at least you let her live. Even if it's just a temporal delay, find a place to hide once you're there, and we'll pick you up later."

"It sounds like something I would do. So... am I still green with Oliver Queen?" Stephen smirked lightly, referring to the metaphorical "green hat" discussed in the previous chapter.

"She chose you as her first love," Sarah Lance snarled angrily. "Why do you think I would be with Oliver? I just want to outdo her, in every aspect, you bastard!"

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Wait, Laurel was his first love? OMG!!! What's going to happen next? Oh, I nearly lost my mind there. Well, a little spoiler for the next chapter. Spoiler alert! He's going to meet many wonderful women wink wink. That's it.

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Translator Zatch[King]Rex