I need for Gideon to become concerned for Mr. Snart's unusually high tolerance for pain and how good he is at hiding it from the others. She develops a protocol of checking his vitals every couple of hours just to be on the safe side. When Rip discovers this redundancy he tries to disable it but Gideon locks him out saying she's got a greater responsibility in returning her creator's husband back in one piece.
“Gideon, I have told you on numerous occasions not to refer to Mr. Snart as Mr. Allen’s husband when anyone could walk right in and overhear you.”
Sara stopped dead just around the corner to the med bay, where she heard Rip’s voice say - wait, what? Mr. Allen’s husband? As in…The Flash? Sara hadn’t met him yet, but she knew his identity.
“My protocols are quite strict where it concerns Mr. Snart’s safety, Captain,” Gideon said. “They override any commands you might give me if they contradict ensuring his survival.”
“His surviv -” Rip took a calming breath. “Gideon, Mr. Snart is in no danger at the moment.”
“As his vitals show, yes. And I will continue to run my hourly scans to guarantee this remains the case.”
“Gideon,” the barely restrained anger in Rip’s voice was something Sara had grown familiar with, “your unnecessary scans are a waste of resources. The damage Mr. Rory did to the ship -”
“The crew has decided that when speaking in the past tense about actions carried out by Kronos, Mr. Rory is to be referred to as Kronos.”
Sara stifled a laugh. Jax had told Gideon that, and Leonard hadn’t contradicted him.
“Fine, Kronos, then, caused some significant damage to the ship, and I need you working at max efficiency until we finish repairs.”
“And I am, Captain. Maintaining Mr. Snart’s survival is my main priority.”
“Over stopping Vandal Savage?”
“According to my creator’s implemented subroutines in the event Leonard Snart is ever within my care - yes.”
A pause. Sara folded her arms and waited, interested to see how Rip would respond.
Finally, he said, “All right, Gideon, I understand. If I had known that simply taking Snart on this voyage would make him more valuable to the timeline by changing the course of history and having Captain Cold of all people end up marrying The Flash, I might have chosen a different criminal element to stop Savage, but being where we are now, can you at least limit your checks on his vitals to only if and when he has left the ship and returned, or shown some sign of endangering himself? He’s hardly going to try and hide injuries from one hour of reading in his quarters, to the next getting dinner in the mess hall.”
Another pause. “That is…an acceptable compromise, Captain Hunter.”
“Thank you. Bloody superhero megalomaniacs,” Rip muttered under his breath, which Sara decided was her cue to enter.
“So,” she smirked, while Rip looked startled that she had clearly been close enough to overhear most of that, “any other juicy secrets you’re keeping from us? Because I think Leonard deserves to know he has someone worth going home for.”
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