( rip hunter is an idiot. he'd saved her life before without her even realizing it, and now he's done it again.

one moment, she and the team were rushing towards rip to find out why the hell the waverider was going for a swim, only to find out that a nazi u-boat was still equipped with an atomic bomb. the next, rip was telling them that he was sending the ship straight into the torpedo and pushing some kind of button on a remote — and her whole being felt like it was evaporating in the blink of an eye until —

she lands flat on her ass in the middle of a dark, seemingly endless forest. there's no people, no animals, nothing. it's got a sort of eerie quiet to it that even makes a former member of the league of assassins want to get the hell out; she's immediately up and on her feet, boots trudging through thick grass and trying their best to avoid being snagged on a stray vine or tripping over an unseen, twisted tree root. the forest is dense, too, which sara soon realizes when she has to start literally tearing away at greenery to clear a path even without being able to see very well — soon aided by a dagger that she stores inside her jacket. if any brave souls happen to be braving the forests, too, they might hear an obscenity yelped a little too loudly when a twist of thorns snag at her sleeve and sink into her hand where she'd tried to shield herself.

thankfully, sara's efforts aren't completely in vain — especially after she realized that the forest only seemed to get more and more dense as she progressed, and that it probably meant she was heading in the wrong direction; she emerges at long last looking a little more than worse for wear, bun on top of her head even more of a mess, blonde hair partially falling out of it, hand covered in dried droplets of blood, clothes dirty. the mansion that she sees before her feels like she's imagining it — she can't seem to keep her eyes focused on it, anyway, which is maybe from being without direct sunlight for so long — but all she can do is trudge towards it, mad at herself, mad at this situation, mad at rip for sending her here, wherever here is.

she's not without her reservations, though. like hell is she going to burst into this place without any idea of what's in store for her. sara lance is not an idiot. she's been trained how to case a location before planning how to take out a target, so this should be no different, even if it means stealthily trying to sneak around the exterior and peek into windows that don't quite provide any sort of illuminating details. damnit. )

Alright, Wonderland
Best place to train while you're stuck here? To spar? Anything?
Think I'm gonna go nuts if I stay inside this mansion for too much longer and this closet just barfed out an awesome new bo staff I'm dying to take for a test drive

Wouldn't say no to an opponent or two either if you think you're up to it.

( hit me with your best shot! i'm p much cool with anything, but if you wanna chat, hmu on plurk over at frickin! )