| Code Name: Shadow | (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)

43: Anger Mode

Sara kept the Pilgrim occupied while Margstet inched her way over towards Ray- who was trying to crawl towards his ATOM suit.

"Don't- you're suffering from major internal injuries." She said, "Save your strength, cause we need to move it soon."

Meg's hand pressed the call button on her earpiece, which alerted Rip of an incoming message.

"Rip- get him out of here. It's gonna take both Sara and I to hold the Pilgrim off." She hissed, helping Ray's younger self move to a safer location in the room that was closer to the door.

"Who are you?" He asked as Meg grabbed a piece of his ATOM suit. Her hand hovered over the piece as she absorbed the light energy from his compressed lasers- feeling the energy surge through her veins. Meg felt her body whole body tingle with power as it passed through her- like when she fought Sara at the League, or when they fought the pirates.

"I'm nobody. And nice suit, by the way... What do you call it?" She continued to absorb the energy from the suit piece, her eyes burning fiercely as they glowed a blinding light that matched her glowing hair.

"A.T.O.M." He winced, his face showing nothin but pain and agony. Meg smiled, tossing the piece of metal aside as she faced the Pilgrim, who was holding Sara by the neck.

"You don't mess with us, Lady." Meg was seething by this point, using the extra power she obtained to charge her blasts.

The Pilgrim released Sara and turned to Margaret, gun in hand. The redhead raised a brow, unaware of how quickly her energy was going. She was pissed- and wanted to claw the Pilgrim's fade out. With a deep breath, she used the excess power she absorbed to knock the Pilgrim against the wall- hitting her with swirling electrified light and bone-chilling shadows. For once- the Pilgrim was knocked off her feet and vulnerable to attack.

"Meg- what are you doing?" Sara called, watching as her powers glow brighter to the point where they could potentially blind someone. Meg grinned wickedly, slowly approaching the Pilgrim with charged fists.

"Make sure Ray is safe and leave. I'll make sure she won't make a move to hurt us any further." Meg snarled, taking a step closer to the Pilgrim. Despite the pain she was in, she still kept her bitter, smug scowl across her face. The redhead matched her expression.

"You think wasting your energy and killing yourself will make the situation any better? Rip was able to get Ray, and he's fine in both the present and the past." Sara explained to Meg, who was absorbing the rest of the power from Ray's suit. The energy passed through her arms and was about to rush towards the Pilgrim when it stopped. Meg had no more energy to control her powers- so all the power exited her body and into the nearest light sources. The ex-Assassin took a large piece of metal to knock the Pilgrim out before she grabbed ahold of Meg, keeping the redhead from falling over.

What the hell did she just do?

"But... she..." She gasped out, unable to form the words. Her whole body felt like jello, and she was too tired to move or speak without wasting the minuscule amount of energy she had left. Meg wanted to kill the Pilgrim- and she was about to. She was about to kill somebody- because that woman hurt the team, herself- and Ray.

Isn't that the same way Savage was? Killing, hurting, and destroying for himself? Meg was turning herself into what he wanted her to be- a monster- and Savage didn't even have to brainwash her. She was doing this to herself.

"It's fine. You're exhausted. When we get back to the ship, you need to rest." Sara helped Meg out of Palmer Tech and up to the roof, where the Waverider was waiting for them.