- "I'm gonna go catch a serial killer!"
- "You are way too excited about this."
- —Ava Sharpe and Sara Lance[src]
Ava Sharpe (manufactured in 2213) is the twelfth genetically-engineered Advanced Variant Automation clone that Rip Hunter recruited to work for the Time Bureau. She later became the director of the Time Bureau after Grodd killed her predecessor, Wilbur Bennett, soon joining the Legends. Ava is the girlfriend of Sara Lance and a good friend of Nora Darhk, Mona Wu, Mick Rory and Zari Tarazi.
Ava was initially on bad terms with Sara and the Legends since she thought they were a danger to the timeline. However, she eventually came to appreciate their unorthodox methods and began working with the Legends in order to repair the timeline. This lead to her forming a romance with Sara.
Following the Time Bureau being shut down due the aftermath of Neron and Heyworld, Ava lost her employment and therefore home. Thus, she moved into the Waverider with Sara and became a full-time member, and eventually co-captain, of the Legends.
In an aberration timeline, Ava was an assassin for the Sirens of Space-Time under the name Roundhouse.
Biography
Original multiverse
Joining the Time Bureau
In 2012, Rip Hunter founded the Time Bureau to protect the timeline. Ava was the twelfth[1] clone manufactured by the Advanced Variant Automation from 2213 who was taken by Rip and had her mind erased of her programming. Like all the other clones before her, she was given false memories of her life and given fake parents, "Randy" and "Pam Sharpe", to cement her life.[2] One of these planted memories included playing paintball on her 15th birthday and using a guy as a human shield resulting in no one wanting to play paintball with her ever again.[3] After this, Ava was made into one of the leading agents in charge at the Time Bureau with no memories of her true origins.[2]
Ava had an ex-girlfriend at one point in Las Vegas, but whether it was a real person or an implanted memory is debatable.[2]
Meeting the Legends
Ava meets the Legends.
As the Legends entered the Time Bureau's headquarters in Star City, Agent Sharpe and the other agents immediately pulled their guns on them. Ava greeted them with open hostility. She flung Ray Palmer to the floor and pulled a gun on them as they taunted her. Sara Lance disarmed her and there was a tense standoff until Rip Hunter intervened, calming everyone down. Ava kept open hostility against the Legends as they announced that Mick Rory had found Julius Caesar on Aruba. Rip and Ava tracked Rory down to a party in Aruba and they sent in a team to retrieve him and Caesar. However, the team instead found a guest dressed up like Caesar. Rip decided that the Legends were not fit to restore the timeline and sent them away, but not before they stole the Waverider.
Ava and Rip tracked them down as they had managed to find Caesar in 2017, but had accidentally dropped him off in his own age with a history book, causing a massive change in history, allowing the Roman Empire to conquer the entire world. Ava and two agents went to retrieve the book and restore the timeline. However, she ended up captured by Caesar who took her along with his legions as he marched toward Rome. The Legends performed a rescue mission and attacked his legions. Ava ended up fighting side by side with Sara against the Roman soldiers. After the Legends had solved the timeline Ava told Sara that she now thought of them even worse than before. Ava was present, not long after as Rip allowed the Legends to find anachronisms on their own. She later asked Rip why he would do this and Rip explained that they might need the help of the Legends in the future.[4]
Ava and Sara agree to a break.
Not trusting the Legends Ava send one of her agents, Gary Green, to follow them and report to her. As her agent failed to report Ava tracked him down to the Waverider. She confronted Sara Lance and issued an arrest of her and her team. Sara replied that she would break her arm if she tried to do so, and they engaged in a baton fight. The two women were evenly matched, eventually losing their batons. Both of them unable to gain the upper hand, they ultimately collapsed in sheer exhaustion, deciding to take a break and grab some water.
As they talked, the shrunk saber-toothed tiger walked in, returning to its normal size, chasing a fleeing Ava through the ship. As Ava was cornered, Sara saved her and noted it is the second time. Sara told her that the Legends would solve the mission, and an enraged Ava let slip that Rip had the idea that the Legends could aid them in a fight against an unknown adversary, a notion she strongly disagreed with. As Ray and Nate Heywood returned to the ship, Gideon confirmed that the anachronism had been fixed. Ava spoke with Sara in private and carefully mentioned that they had achieved success. Sara questioned her as to the unknown adversary, but Ava refused to tell her, leaving with Agent Green.[5]
Ava is forced to retreat.
Ava received a distress signal from Gary in 2042 where a meta-human assassin was trying to kill Zari Tomaz. As the Legends intervened and caused a prison break in an A.R.G.U.S. black site, Ava confronted the Legends in the Waverider in her own larger timeship and ordered them to give her the location of Zari so she could be brought back to prison. When Sara refused, Ava fired a warning shot at the Waverider. Ava threatening to destroy the ship, however, Sara flew away with the Waverider and the Time Bureau chased them. Sara turned around and flew in a collision course with Ava's ship, threatening to destroy them both. At the very last minute, Sharpe time jumped them to safety and prevented the impact. Later, she called Sara and threatened that if she ever encountered them again, she would banish them to the outskirts of time.[6]
After Director Bennett sanctioned a large number of agents to assist Rip Hunter with an unusual anachronism in 1895, leading to their deaths, Ava received a message from Sara Lance, allowing her and Bennett to board the Waverider in order to arrest Rip. She thanked Sara and told her that the Legends were free to hunt for anachronisms as the Bureau had bigger things to worry about than dealing with the Legends.[7]
Aiding the Legends
When learning of Martin Stein's death Ava contacted Sara to offer her condolences as well as lecturing her on the Legends handling of their current mission of solving the anachronism of the Vikings conquering the New World. Sara assured her that her team had it under control and Ava expressed that them not messing it up would be a "Beebo Day Miracle" which made them realize the anachronism was already having an effect as Beebo Day had replaced Christmas. Sara then admitted they could use an outside perspective as her team was still recovering from Stein's death. Ava transported to the Waverider and joined Sara and her team.
Ava and Sara talks to the Vikings.
The Legends dressed as Vikings and infiltrated the Viking settlement. Ava expressed concern about this strategy as the bureau was against making contact with locals and noted the costumes were ridiculous, although she smiled when Sara told her she looked good. Sara and Ava entered a drinking challenge against two Viking men, in which if they won, then they will take them to see Beebo, a talking blue toy which had been brought back in time causing the Vikings to believe it to be a god. They won which impressed the Viking men who asked who they are married to, planning on killing them to which Ava revealed that she has no interest in husbands, piquing Sara's interest.
Before anything else can happen, the local Freydís brought forward Mick Rory, who had tried to steal Beebo's beer, to be executed by pyre. Sara had Leo Snart use his cold gun to douse the flames and Ava used it to distract the Vikings by telling them this was a sign from Beebo. Unfortunately, Amaya Jiwe accidentally made the Beebo toy speak which caused them to blow their cover and the Vikings to attack. Sara and Ava teamed up against Freydís in a sword fight. They were outmatched by Freydis and got disarmed, however, they managed to defeat the Norsewoman when she got distracted by Beebo. During the fight, Mick burned Beebo causing the Vikings to believe that Beebo is a false god.
Just as it seemed to be over, Ava mentioned Odin Day, making them realize they still hadn't fixed the anachronism. Suddenly, Damien and Nora Darhk arrived pretending to be Odin and a Valkyrie. The Vikings bowed down to them after which Sara told the team to retreat, admitting that facing the Darhks is suicide without careful planning. Ava complimented Sara on her cautiousness and Sara asked Ava to contact the Time Bureau in bringing in back-up but they refused to send back-up and ordered Ava to return. Ava explained to Sara that the Time Bureau is in disarray after Rip's betrayal and no longer wanted to fight Darhk as they were unable to handle their magic and had lost many agents trying to fight them already. Sara asked Ava to disregard her orders as she needed her but Ava said she was sorry and advised Sara not to face Darhk before returning to the Bureau.
Ava returns and saves Sara.
As Sara and the Legends confronted Darhk anyway, Ava showed up just in time to pull Sara out of the dark dimension she was transported to during the fight. Sara was delighted that Ava had returned and that the anachronism had been restored. After returning to the Waverider, Sara told Ava that she felt the threat of Mallus in the dark dimension, meaning Rip had been right about the threat which Ava decided to report to the Time Bureau. Sara asked if she would get into trouble for ignoring orders but Ava just replied it had been worth it. She and Sara parted ways on amicable terms.[8]
After returning to the Time Bureau, Ava asked for a meeting with Director Bennett and tried to see Rip in prison but found herself stonewalled. She contacted Sara who encouraged her and even made her laugh, saying they could both need a glass of wine. Leo Snart, who had seen the call, noted that Ava clearly had a crush on Sara. Later, Ava discovered that the reason she was stopped from seeing Rip was because he had escaped. She immediately went to contact Sara but was surprised when Sara contacted her first. Sara offered to talk, asking if Ava wants to come onto the Waverider but Ava immediately informed Sara of Rip's escape.[9]
When Zari was put into a simulation after nearly dying, she and Ray Palmer shrank and followed Sara to the jump ship where she called Ava. The two conversed about Zari which led to the two flirting with one another. Ava offered to come over and talk although Sara tried to avoid it when she heard Zari and Ray talking, believing them to be a fly. Ava told her that a fly from a different timeline could cause a disease or plague after which Sara noticed Ray and Zari and squashed them with her paper. After the simulation ended and Zari told Sara that she should ask Ava out. Sara ends up calling Ava and the two conversed laughing with each other.[10]
Relationship with Sara
Sara and Ava went on a date in Star City at a nice restaurant. After awkwardly trying to talk about work, Ava asked if they could just be normal and not talk about the Legends or the Bureau for the night which Sara agreed to. The date was going well, with Ava evidently enjoying herself, until Gary Green showed up with news of Rip Hunter's return, prompting Ava to snek off to the rest room to talk to him. At the same time, the Waverider crashed into Star City Bay, causing Sara to swiftly leave the restaurant to help the Legends. When Ava returned to the table to tell Sara, she was hurt upon realizing Sara had already left without saying a word.
Ava and Sara kiss.
After the mishap, the two reunited on the Waverider and argued over Sara standing Ava up and Sara exclaimed that their attempt at being normal was pointless as she would never be normal for anyone. After Ava proclaimed that she didn't want Sara to be normal, they kissed. However, as a result of Ray and Nate using Ava's time courier to open a portal to help Mick and Amaya, Blackbeard and his crew of pirates invaded the Waverider and attempted to take it for his own, forcing Ava and Sara to fight them off together. After their victory and the Legends gained the Earth Totem, went in search of Sara's quarters and made love offscreen.[3]
While Ava and Sara were enjoying breakfast with one another Sara cheekily made mention of Ava having worked up an appetite from the night before and bumps her with her butt. They received a call from Gary who informed them of a message from Ray Palmer who had been captured by the Darhks. Sara and Ava started working together to find Ray when Rip Hunter and Wally West suddenly arrived onto the Waverider. Ava chastised Rip for making a fool out of Gary and burgling the Time Bureau. After Rip apologized for keeping them both in the dark about Mallus, the group decided to work together. Ava headed to the Time Bureau to get some help but soon returned to inform Sara that Director Bennett was refusing to help and only wanted Rip in cuffs. Ava cheered up Sara and the two kissed which was unknown to them, observed by Rip who learnt that they were together.
After Ray was rescued, Ava contacted Director Bennett and told him of the true threat of Mallus, but they are horrified when they witnessed Grodd arrive and kill Bennett and the Time Bureau agents. With Bennett dead, Ava was the highest-ranking member of the Time Bureau, thus making her the new Director. Ava allowed Rip to return to the Time Bureau as an agent, but after he asked her off her relationship with Sara and she told him she believed there was something real between them, Rip secretly had Gideon delete Ava's file to make sure Sara would not find out the truth about her.[11]
After the Legends successfully gained possession of the Death Totem,[12] Sara and Ava spent the night together when Sara had a nightmare about a previous event when she was with the League of Assassins, and Ava comforted her. Ava mentioned how Sara mentioned a 'John' whom Sara revealed to be John Constantine, a warlock who she had previously slept with, much to Ava's jealousy. Sara though comforted Ava mentioning that it was before she had a girlfriend much to the surprise and delight of Ava. The two were about to make love again when Gideon interrupted them. Ava returned to the Time Bureau and contacted Sara on the ship but found Sara possessed by Mallus. Ava had her hologram taken to the Legends, in which Amaya mentioned that they needed to contact John Constantine who had saved Sarah from Mallus before.
Constantine Ava and Gary.
Ava, much to her chagrin, took Gary with her to visit Constantine where they asked for his help in saving Sara. He explained that Sara was likely trapped in Mallus' realm which he could reach as he already had a link to her soul due to sharing a "meta-physical connection" with her, which made a jealous Ava exclaim she had a very strong meta-physical connection and demanded to come with him. Their attempt failed and Ava grew increasingly annoyed by Constantine's casual demeanor, though eventually admitting she was a little bit jealous. After the situation cooled down, Constantine eventually figured out a way to locate the Waverider and confront the possessed Sara. When Sara was knocked out by Mick Rory, Ava was able to get through to her by talking to her and putting her hand on her chest which helped her return from the dark dimension. After the events of the incident, convinced the dark version of her was her true self and that Ava deserved better despite her protests, Sara broke up with Ava who left crying.[13]
Learning the truth
Distraught over the break-up, Ava took some personal time off work and called her ex-girlfriend as well as creating a Upswipz profile. She returned to the Time Bureau to find Sara there with Ray and Gary who though she had gone missing. Unknown to Ava, Sara and the others had discovered that Ava's life was a lie after visiting her "parents" and learning they were just actors and stole her time ship and courier to go to the year 2213 after learning that was her fist mission and the Time Bureau had sanctioned 2213 a "no-fly zone". After discovering someone had stolen the ship, Ava tracked them down and confronted them at the AVA Corporation, questioning where they were and why. Sara told her to drop the act but Ava remained confused and was then shocked to see a clone of herself causing her to faint.
Ava fighting her clones.
Ava awoke with no memory of what she saw and the gang urged them to hurry to get out of there. While Ava tried to talk to Sara, admitting what she had really been doing while she was missing, they got ambushed by an army of AVA clones, causing her to rediscover the truth. They hid and Ava started to panic, realizing her life and memories were all a lie. However, Sara calmed her down, assuring her she was different and not defined by where she came from. Ava stole one of the Ava clones suits and used it to try to escort the others out but before they could escape, another clone who had discovered the truth blew their cover, causing a huge fight between the Ava clones and the others. The group were victorious and returned to the Waverider. Ava and Sara shared a drink in which Sara correctly guesses that Rip was likely behind the deletion of her file and the fact she had no memory of her origin. Sara then vowed to help Ava find out the truth.[2]
When the Legends are contacted by Damien Darhk who wants to team up against Mallus, Ava and Rip watched Sara interrogate Darhk, in which Ava adviced Sara to think carefully when she wants to have him killed instead of imprisoned at the Time Bureau, causing her to stand down for the moment. Rip asks Ava to try to talk some sense into Sara but Sara questions why she would do anything for him after everything he has done to her and lied about. Ava insists she is putting the mission first but Sara insists she is just covering and urges her to confront Rip and find out the truth. Sara eventually agreed to join forces with Darkh against Mallus, and soon finally decides to confront Rip about her being a clone, but the big secret he revealed to Ava is that she was not the first clone, but the 12th much to her shock. Rip tries to tell her she exceptional, but she cuts him off and swiftly leaves.
Sara kisses Ava after admitting she loves her.
When Sara put forward a plan including allowing Mallus to escape and then fight him with the totums, Ava refused to take part and stormed off. Sara went after her, asking her to trust her but Ava was unwilling to break the rules as she felt that rules was all she has left in light of the new revelations about herself. Sara then kissed her and confessed that she loved her, but Ava told her there was no 'her' to love and left the Waverider with tears in her eyes, leaving Sara sad and powerless.[1]
After Mallus was released from his prison, Ava received a message from the Waverider and picked up reinforcements in Jax Jackson, Helen of Troy and Kuasa to help the Legends in the Wild West. When Sara revealed that they called them so that they could use the totems, Ava gives an impassioned speech to Sara, telling her that they made their lives better and that the Legends are the ones worthy of using the totems. Ava then asks Sara if she really meant what she said the last time they saw each other but they are soon interrupted when Mallus' forces arrive. Ava aided Sara and the Legends to defeat the army, but when the forces revived due to their connection with Mallus, the Legends went to create the perfect warrior to battle Mallus. Mallus arrived on the battlefield, but he was confronted by the Legends in the form of a giant Beebo who managed to defeat Mallus once and for all. Ava congratulated the Legends for their victory. Soon after, Ava took Mallus' generals away in which Ava and Sara parted ways planning on seeing each other again.
When Sara was on holiday with the other Legends in Aruba, Nate mentioned that Sara could have invited Ava. Sara replied that they had plans, revealing that she and Ava had reconciled and would continue their relationship.[14]
Relationship with Sara continues
After Sara and the Legends had removed the last anachronism, Ava invited them to the Time Bureau headquarters and threw a surprise party to celebrate their achievements. During the party, Ava and Sara retreated to Ava's apartment, where they made love and decided to spend the night together. Ava shyly suggested to Sara that they now could live together. Sara was a bit taken aback, leaving Ava embarrassed for asking. However, Sara assured her she was ready to take the next step and agreed to move in with Ava. To celebrate, Ava asked Sara to get another bottle of champagne. Ava was annoyed when she found out Constantine had entered her apartment although Sara told her Constantine was on his way out and quickly ushered him out of the apartment. Ava asked if she should be worried about Constantine breaking in to her apartment but Sara smoothed over her concern by asserting it now their apartment before they returned to bed.
Ava shows off the Legends' medals to Sara in their apartment.
Ava later cooked dinner as she hung up the Legends' medals on the wall of the apartment. When Sara saw this, she felt guilty and confessed to Ava that when they freed Mallus they had also accidentally released monsters into the world but she was afraid to tell her and risk what they had. However, Ava told her she already knew this and assured Sara that she thought she was amazing and that she loved her no matter what. Sara then admitted that although she loved the idea of them living together, this wasn't the best time for her to move in as her team needed her. Ava agreed, only asking Sara to promise her that their relationship evolve before they shared another kiss.[15]
When staying late at the Time Bureau to work on the budget to present to the Department of Defense, Ava discovers that Nate Heywood had been living at the Bureau. After realizing she was struggling, he offered to help which she reluctantly agreed to. However, when Nate discovered that the person they were presenting to is his estranged father, Hank Heywood, he opted out, leaving Ava with Garry as her pitch-partner. After Garry screwed up the pitch, Hank decided to strip the agency of all financing. Ava persuaded Nate to converse with his dad to reestablish the subsidizing which he succeeded in doing after showing him a shapeshifting pig and his own abilities. After Hank agreed to allow the Time Bureau $4.2 billion in subsidizing, Ava extended Nate an employment opportunity at the Time Bureau.[16] Later, Ava teamed him up with Gary for a mission for the Bureau and was pleased with his work.[17]
When Ava and Sara watched a horror movie together they discovered it was based on real life events at a summer camp in 1995 which was the result of a magical fugitive. Sara convinces Ava to come with her on the mission so they can spend more time together. They take the Waverider to Camp Ogawa in 1995 where they go undercover as camp counselors. Sara and Ava get assigned a cabin together where Sara immediately start bonding with the campers but Ava wanting to prioritizing keeping them safe from the creature, harshly interrupts the activity and discipline them. At night, despite guarding their cabin, one of the girls sneaks out and disappears along side a boy from another cabin.
Ava tries to interrogate the remaining girls about the disappearance but she gets nowhere. Sara tries to get Ava to soften her methods but then a camper comes up to her and tells her there is a beast by the lake. The team goes to the dock at night, believing it to be the creature only to find out it was a prank when Ava is met by a mannequin and tripped into the water by a rope pulled by the girls. After the nights fiasco and two more campers disappear, Sara tries to convince Ava that the only way they can get any information from the girls is by becoming one of them by taking a potion she got from Constantine which would turn them into kids. However, Ava tells her she wouldn't know how to be a kid as she never really was one herself and all her childhood memories were fabricated. Ava opens up about how she is not normal but Sara soon convinces her this is their best bet to protect the kids from the child-eating Shtriga and promises to help her fit in.
Ava and Sara as kids.
At night, they take the portion which turns them into kids and they head to their cabin, pretending to have been transferred from another cabin but Ava struggles to fit in. After finding out the creature can't stand cayenne pepper, Sara orchestrate a game of "truth of dare" and dares Ava to sneak into the kitchen and bring something back. She gains the girls' trust when she returns not only with the cayenne pepper but two buckets of ice cream. Afterward, they tell Sara and Ava that the kids that has disappeared had done so to meet up in the woods by mid-night for their first kiss. They enlighten them to a string that leads out in the forested areas campers follow to get to the meet-up.
Sara and Ava follow the string where they come face-to-face with the camp executive, who they assume is the creature, and take her down by tossing the cayenne pepper at her. However, they soon learn the real Shtriga should be a young man. At that point, the lead camp guide ventures out into the opening and he starts fighting Sara and Ava who are at a disadvantage due until Ray and Constantine uses a spell which debilitates the beast. Sara and Ava fights him off together, eventually managing to kill him with a wooden stick. Ava thanks Sara for giving her real childhood memories and they share a kiss as they are turned back to their normal selves.[18]
Dinner at Heywood house.
Ava and Nate gives Hank a tour of the Time Bureau, showing him how his money is being spent to build a facility to contain the magical creatures. He then invites her to join him and Nate's family for Thanksgiving after realizing she has no plans. The dinner gets more and more chaotic until they are interrupted by Garry who informs them that the prisoners have escaped. Ava covers for Nate while he goes to the Bureau to deal with the situation although Hank soon realizes Nate has gone and she is forced to tell him what happened. In light of that disaster, Hank tells them he will green-light additional funding for the completion of their containment facility to ensure this will never happen again.[19]
Ava welcomes Mona Wu as the Bureau's official magical creature handler, giving her a tour of their new containment facility while shutting down all her optimistic plans to make it more welcoming, reminding her it is strictly a prison. However, Ava finds out Mona has broken rules in attempting to bring prisoner Nora Darhk a letter from Ray Palmer. When Nora tries to stop Ava from reading it, she accidentally knocks out lock mechanism, trapping them all in the cell. Ava is initially hostile but Mona convinces them all to have a drink as Ava and Nora both reveal their life stories, causing them to bond. They finally escaped with the help of a shrunken down Ray who had been stuck in the letter but the incident made Ava soften on Mona and she allowed her to make the facilities more homey for the prisoners.[20]
Time freezes as the Legends fight.
After spending the night with Sara at the Waverider, Ava and the Legends discover a chronological error in New Orleans 1856 when a quiz at the back of a cereal box, wrongfully claims Marie Laveau was the most prolific serial killer in the United States. Ava easily point this out as wrong, revealing her extensive knowledge of serial killers, and the Legends set out to stop the murders and catch the creature behind it. After hearing the description of the murders, Ava also easily recognizes its connection to killer Mike the Spike. She also butts heads with Mick Rory after she confiscates Brigid's diary from him, believing it to be too dangerous for him to keep.[21]
Ava and Rory find common ground.
Ava and the Legends managed to capture Mike who had after his death had been reanimated as a Dybbuk, possessing a doll to carry out the the murders in 1856. Back at the Waverider, Sara tricked Ava and Mick into sitting down for a dinner together to get them to get along. However, it backfires as the two continue fighting, inevitably reaching its boiling-point when Mick calls Ava being a clone. Sara comforts Ava but they soon realize the fugitive has escaped and an excited Ava goes off to catch the serial killer. She fights Mike who has possessed another doll and is aided by Mick.[21] After Mike is defeated, Ava and Mick bond as he compliments her snickerdoodles recipe and she admits enjoying his novel.[22]
Break-up and reconciliation
When Ava returns to the Time Bureau she learns that Mona has helped a fugitive, Konane, escape. Sara promises to help her solve the situation but after the Legends find Mona they discover she had been set up by Hank Heywood who had altered the footage of the escape and agrees to quietly help her. Ava is furious when she discovers Sara is harboring Mona and the fugitive aboard the Waverider. Sara meets up with Ava at a gala where she attempts to explain herself while leading Ava out on the dance floor to avoid their conversation being over-heard. Although Ava was unwilling to listen and demanded that Sara hand over the fugitive which she refused, causing their disagreement to escalate.
The Time Bureau tracked the Konane down to Mexico City 1961 and Ava sendt her agents to extract him but the Legends stopped them as the Konane's fight was important to restore history. After the Legends succeeded, Sara tried to smooth things over with Ava but it turned into another fight when Sara tried to tell her to stand up against Hank who had been torturing prisoners but Ava didn't seem to care, not willing to risk everything for what she viewed as a conspiracy theory. Sara asked her to do it for her but Ava told her she had already given her everything she had to give and broke up with her.[23]
Ava is held captive by Neron.
Soon after, Ava was kidnapped by Neron who wanted to possess her body to Tabitha and takes over the Time Bureau. As she was not willing to let him in, he had to force his way in by sending her soul to purgatory where she was stuck until Sara found her two weeks later. To get her back, Sara went after her into after her in Ava's own rendition of Limbo which turned out to be a major box store by the likes of IKEA. Ava was relieved when Sara showed up and stopped her from checking out of the store which would lead to her death. Together, they attempted to get back to the entrance but were forced asking the assistance of an employee taking the form of Gary. Gary advised them to find the "ERGRIK" wardrobe.
When they found their way to the wardrobe section, they got locked in, faced only with the pieces of wardrobe that they had to put together. Ava turned straight to the instructions while Sara opted to go on instinct. After Sara's way of building it failed, they started to argue, leading back to their fight before the break up. Ava admitted that she didn't actually believe torturing innocent creatures was ever justified but had just gotten defensive and scared when they fought. Sara promised she was always on her side even through disagreements and together they started putting the wardrobe together again, this time following Ava's instructions. However, when it was done, Ava was unable to open the door and soon found a small piece on the ground that they had forgot to include. Though, Sara told her that even though it was not perfect it was theirs, asking Ava if she could live with that. After she agreed the doors opened allowing them to step through.
Ava and Sara were taken to a section of the store where Gary asked them to choose a mattress, claiming it would be the most important of her life. Sara urged her to pick the nearest mattress which had a 3 year warranty and a lower price tag although Ava exclaimed that it would saggy quickly and they moved on the the next one. Sitting down on the 15 year warranty mattress, they realized it made them age, causing Sara to assume one of Ava's fears was growing old, although Ava told her it was about growing old with her. Face with the 50 year warranty mattress, Sara realized it was about long-term commitment. They sat down, turning into old women and talked it through. Sara worried she wouldn't be able to be the person Ava needed, but Ava assured her neither of them really needed anyone but Sara was the person she wanted.
Having chosen the mattress, they were transported to a kitchen filling with never ending dishes and other messes. As Sara got fed up with sorting mail, they started arguing about their living arrangement. Sara asked Ava to just tell her what to say but Ava said she couldn't as then it wouldn't mean anything before she was transported to the "As is" section of the store without Sara. She was soon found by Sara who had run through a warehouse of "Ava clones" to get there. Ava questioned why she didn't choose any of those other women but Sara told her she didn't want anyone else before kissing her. They both woke up with Ava having regained her body and their relationship reconciled.[24]
Going back to normal, Ava invites Sara to join her for book club with Nora and Mona and helps save Zari and Nate when a mission goes awry. After Neron takes control of Ray, Ava asks Nora to aid them in the fight, making her an official member of the Time Bureau.[25] The next day, Ava is met by Gary who under Neron's control, hypnotizes several agents at the Bureau, including Ava and Nora and take over the Bureau. Mona saves Ava and Nora from his control and turns on Gary but he is saved by Tabitha, the fairy god mother, and Ava leaves to warn the Legends.[26]
As Ava and the Legends get ready to take back the Bureau, Ava, Sara and Nora are transported to Gary's office where he uses Tabitha's wishes to force them into having a book club with him. Later, Gary wishes for them to be taken to the Waverider where he keeps them captive while acting as captain. Ava, Sara, Nate and Mick attempts to humor him by playing along and pretending to enjoy his antics while they others are working on a plan B. However, they eventually get tired of playing along and tries to convince him to let them go but angry at always being excluded and treated like a loser he uses Tabitha's powers to humiliate the Legends and forcing Sara and Ava to dance until they can barely take it anymore. Soon Gary realizes it has gone too far and orders Tabitha to stop everything. Afterwards Ava and the Legends apologizes for taking him for granted and convinces him to use his fairy god-powers for good help then defeat Neron.[27]
Ava with the Legends.
Ava aided the Legends in trying to stop Neron who had been using the release of magical creatures into the world to drum up fear which he used to gain power. To convince people to not be afraid of the creatures and thus take away Neron's power, the Legends deducted a plan to use Heyworld as a theme park to convince people that creatures were good and nothing to be feared which Ava helped get up and running. Ava survives at the final battle against Neron and Tabitha at the park and then leaves the place alongside the Legends.[28]
Anti-Monitor Crisis
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Ava as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[29] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[30]
New multiverse
Joining the Legends
Ava and Sara meet Barack Obama.
After the Time Bureau was shut down by congress following the battle against Neron and Tabitha, Ava becomes a full-time member of the Legends. Also, in the aftermath of the fight which was aired on national TV, the Legends have become famous and in early 2020, Ava and Sara met Barack Obama.
When Ava struggles to convince Senator Wellington to keep funding the Legends who deems them to lack transparency. Thusly she agrees to let Kevin Harris to shoot a documentary on the Waverider. While preparing for Sara's return, Ava tells the other Legends to not mention Oliver Queen's death. Although when Sara arrives she is less than thrilled to find the film crew there, especially after the Legends track a time quake to 1917 Russia caused by Grigori Rasputin coming back from the dead and Gideon swiftly time jump them all there.
Ava struggles with how to help Sara as she's clearly deeply affected by Oliver's death and her last mission, so Ava goes to shoot Rasputin for her. However, the bullet doesn't kill him as they found out he is an Encores; one of eighteen monsters of history, freed of Hell by Astra Logue, making them unable to be killed. Back at the ship, Sara lectures Ava and the other Legends from going at the mission alone and not talking to her about what happened with Oliver, making Ava feel bad about how she handled things.
The Legends at their movie premiere.
When Sara decides to try to stop Rasputin alone, Ava and the Legends swoop in at the right moment to help her fight. During the fight, Ava apologizes to Sara for not always saying the right thing and tells her she wants to be there for her whatever happens. Sara accepts and they finally defeat Rasputin by throwing a shrunken down Ray Palmer into his mouth who them sizes up in his stomach, making him explode. Later, the film is screened in front of an audience and is a success but Ava tells the audience that it had all been fake, leaving the Legends out of the spot-light once more.[31]
Ava is paired with Mick Rory on another mission. While stationed at a bar in 1940's Hollywood, Ava begins open up about her struggle to adjust, going from all the responsibilities of being the head of the Time Bureau to this. She gets increasingly drunk and when Sara ask them to make a distraction, Ava goes up on stage and starts 40s variant of Bell Biv Davoe's "Poison". In Ava's mind it's a high creation esteem undertaking, while in reality she's a drunken mess although her horrible performance becomes the perfect distraction for Sara to get the bar empty and take down the encore.[32]
The Legends enjoy themselves at the reunion.
Ava once again gets an outlet for her passion of serial killers when a famed killer Freddy Meyers comes back as an encore to take revenge at their school at a 2004 reunion. Ava realizes he's probably back to kill Tiffany Harper, his last victim who get away. Ava and the Legends go to the reunion Ava is star-struck but soon find Tiffany is murdered and all the exits locked. As they fight off the killer, Ava and Sara eventually discovers that the real killer was actually Freddy's mother, Kathy Meyers. Just when they seem to be over-powered, she disappears as the other Legends goes back in time and stops the murders. The Legends celebrate at the reunion and Ava is ecstatic she got to be a "final girl".[33]
When Sara goes away on business in Star City for a few days, she leaves Ava in charge of the Waverider as interim captain.[34] Ava added to Gideon a program she dubbed the Prognosticator; its function was to find Encores before they altered the timeline. Ava used her time in command as a opportunity to showcase the program to the other Legends, as well as give them a procedural standard of behavior during field missions. Ava, through originally feeling unworthy to lead, successfully led the team in capturing the Encore Genghis Khan.[35]
Taking care of Sara
Gary Jr. makes a mess.
When Sara becomes blind after her fight against Atropos, Ava takes care of her. Ava takes command as co-captain of the Waverider, and protests when Gary gets an emotional-support animal. After the hellhound's scheme is discovered and thwarted, Ava punishes Gary by having him get the rings of the Loom of Fate from the ship's septic system; however, Gary learns little as he shows her Gary Jr. II. Later, Gideon informs them that Sara has no anomaly and she is blind for unknown reasons.[36]
Delta Chi Sigma
The women of the Legends decided to create the sorority Delta Chi Sigma so that they would be deemed as "Greek" in order to get the Chalice of Dionysus to make them temporary gods. After retrieving the Chalice, Ava, who made sure that Sara did not drink too much, took a sip of its potion like all of the Legends, except Zari Tarazi (who withheld because she is Muslim).[37]
Zombie Apocalypse and Loomworld
Ava witnesses Sara's death.
Upon being touched by Sara who has a precognitive vision, Ava confronts her lover, but she says that it was nothing. The Waverider and Astra both disappear; Ava remembers that there are branches of the Time Bureau all over the world, including London, so they can get a time courier to confront Astra about stealing their vessel. Sara tells Ava that it is best for her to lead as Sara has lost both forms of sight. Ava, who gets shot in the head but survives, leads the team to the Time Bureau during a zombie apocalypse, but ultimately learns that she was prepped to lead because Sara had a vision of her own death, which comes true. After Lachesis and Atropos stole the Waverider, they caused the England Zombie Apocalypse to kill the Legends. Knowing that they can not win this battle, Sara and Ava kiss a last time. Even blinded, Sara fights valiantly, destroying many Zombies but unfortunately she was killed protecting her team and her girlfriend. Ava looks on helplessly during Sara's death. She is killed with the other Legends except for Charlie who succeeds to escape to the Waverider. [38]
Charlie succeeded in convincing her sisters that the Legends should be allowed to live, so they were made into fictional characters on Fate+, written by Clotho Productions; Ava was turned into the highly logical Co-captain Ava, the partner of Co-captain Sara of the USS Faterider on the television show, "Star Trip", tasked with stopping the schemes of Dahn. Eventually, Ava learned that she was a character and regained her memories. She made Behrad Tarazi realize that he is alive now, despite his memories, and he needed to make the most of his return. With the other Legends, Ava plotted her assault against the new reality.[39]
The Legends separated into two groups with Ava's group assigned to find the Waverider. When she did, her group was called in a hurry to escape the explosion that was caused by the death of Atropos and the destruction of the Loom of Fate. The ship was time-jumped four months into the future to keep it from crashing.
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Ava holding the shake-weight
When the Legends found Clotho after those four months, she was in a history museum where Ava wondered about various displays, especially the lyrics to the Sisqó-written "Thong Song". Clotho needed convincing that free will was good, so Ava and Sara tried to use their love as an example; Clotho was not impressed. Later, Ava pretended to be a wax mannequin in the museum to confront Lachesis; when the deity sent the Encores against the Legends, Ava grabbed a shake-weight from the displays and fought. The Legends won the battle after Clotho brought the Hellfire weapons.
Ava was with the others as they bid farewell to Zari Tomaz, Astra Logue, and Charlie. At the concert The Smell had, Ava became exceedingly drunk; so much so, she failed to notice when Sara was transported away.[40]
Searching for Sara
Ava collects the Legends.
Ava hugged the toilet of the Waverider as she vomited before finally passing out; when Mick Rory found her, his flushing of the toilet awakened her. Ava teased Mick that he was a good father for taking Lita back to her mother instead of partying with everyone else, before she realized that she was talking to Mick, not Sara who should be with her. Ava began collecting the Legends throughout 1977 London to find her lover.
Ava learns Sara planned to propose to her.
Going back to the club from last night, they overheard a young David Bowie singing a song about a girl's disappearance, making Ava believe he was singing about Sara. He told them he was her get sucked up into a spaceship and had recorded everything. Ava the erased his memory and took the camera. The Legends watched the tape where Ava was amazed to see Sara telling David Bowie she planned to propose to her only for the recording to cut to Sara getting beamed up aboard a spacecraft.
Ava predicted that the Legends would look for Sara in their own different styles, so she did not get upset when the team separated with different plans while Nate Heywood stayed by Ava's side to support her emotionally. She planned to call the D.E.O. for help but soon discovered that the place was destroyed by Rama Khan in 2020, which crushed her plans. Meanwhile, Zari, Astra Logue and John Constantine discovered that Gary Green was the alien who abducted Sara while Mick and Behrad Tarazi tracked down Esperanza "Spooner" Cruz; a woman who claimed to be able to communicate with aliens after being abducted as a child.
Ava talks to "Spooner" before abducting her.
Ava used a time courier to talk to Spooner who had gotten hostile, believing them to be aliens there to kidnap her again. Ava tells her about Sara and begs her to help them, but when she still doesn't believe her, the Legends take her aboard the Waverider where Ava promises that if she helps them, they can remove the thing stuck in her head. Constantine then performed a spell to that linked Ava and Sara through Spooner's psychic powers; Ava let Sara know that when they are reunited she will say yes to the proposal.
A few moments, Ava saw aliens drifting about the Temporal zone and smiled knowing that Sara must have caused the mess. Ava also knew that the Legends had the secondary mission of collecting these aliens throughout history before they altered the timeline; the primary mission was to locate her lover.[41]
Gideon soon tells Ava an alien massacred the citizens of San Bernandino, California in 1955, so Ava plans to go there to confront this alien and to learn what it knows about Sara's whereabouts. Spooner wants to return to her home but Ava refuses, citing that Spooner's powers are needed.
Ava understands Spooner better as the young lady talks about her mother's abduction. Spooner decides that she wants to join the team to get revenge; Ava allows it, for now, because Spooner's presence will help to find Sara.[42]
After tricking Lord Knoxicrillion onto the Waverider, Ava learns that the alien has a legion of ships waiting to conquer the Earth if he deems it weak. If the Legends cheat in the contest of Da Throne, Knoxicrillion will have them attack, so Ava and Spooner just watch the game show as Zari Tarazi challenges him in singing and performing.[43]
Ava agrees with whatever Mick has planned and leaves the Waverider, deciding that the Legends will stay in John Constantine's house until he and Kayla return.[44]
Legends as objects in the form of animation.
The Legends have difficulty finding the house, but, when they do, they stop Astra from killing her neighbor. Ava is transformed into loose-leaf binder, then transformed again into a cartoon version of the binder. Later, Ava and the other Legends helped Astra defeat Aleister Crowley and return everything back to normal.[45]
Ava watches the interrogation of Amelia Earhart and begins to cry as Spooner tells Ava that Sara is dead.[46]
Personality
- "Agent Sharpe lacks a delicate touch and is extremely deficient at relating to people. That is straight from my Time Bureau personnel review. Pretty harsh. I wrote that review."
- —Ava Sharpe[src]
Ava is very intelligent, incredibly ambitious, and always believes she is the most intelligent individual in the room. She is often quite ruthless in obtaining her goals and Ava's drive for perfection has left many discarded friendships in her wake.
Ava has an unshaken confidence in the Time Bureau as well as her own capabilities as an operative. She believes the Legends are a loose cannon, due to the fact that they cause more problems than they actually fix. She feels superior to Sara Lance and completely disregarded the latter's achievements when they first met. As Ava is a woman of rules and regulations, she is highly annoyed by Sara's reckless behavior.
After Martin Stein's death and the Time Bureau's inability to cope with Damien Darhk, Ava grew more tolerant and even friendly towards Sara. They worked together on a mission and afterward found they respected and even seemed to admire each other. Ava also became less concerned about following protocols and less strict. This also seemed expressed in that she began wearing her hair loose instead of in a knot. Ava also seems to be developing a sibling-like bond with Nate Heywood, whose family Thanksgiving dinner she attended and enjoyed.[19] She has also shown to enjoy the writing of Mick Rory,[22] and she seems to be on good enough terms with Ray Palmer that she could call him "teddy bear" without any harsh feelings.[20]
Because Sara is her second love (as Ava talks about going back to her ex[2]). Ava cares very much about her, though knowing of Sara's past lovers (male and female) left Ava insecure as she was afraid Sara would not settle for a monogamous relationship. She is seen to have a romantically loyal side, appalled when Constantine nonchalantly told Ava that he (apparently) instructed Ray to kill Sara, as a fail-safe, in the event that Mallus fully takes over Sara's being. Ava also expressed some jealousy when she heard Constantine slept with Sara (which was just prior to Sara openly admitting Ava was her girlfriend).
Ava cares a great deal about professional boundaries in the workplace, especially around her girlfriend.[17]
Powers and abilities
Former powers
- Immortality: After drinking from the Chalice of Dionysus, Ava became immortal for 24 hours.[38]
- Accelerated healing: Ava's healing was increased significantly, as she was able to survive a gunshot to the head.
Abilities
- "It makes sense they'd clone Ava. She is the perfect woman."
- —Gary Green[src]
- Peak of human physical condition: Ava is in remarkable top physical condition. As a clone, she was designed to be a perfect human, with outstanding genetics and "perfect bone structure" (according to Gary Green).[2] From all the 12 clones used by Rip Hunter, she was the only one able to survive.[1] Ava has excellent reflexes, able to easily dodge a knife thrown at her while riding a horse during the battle against Mallus.[14]
- Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Ava is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist; as she could defeat multiple Roman soldiers with her hands cuffed.[4] Ava was also able to fight on par against Sara Lance, the latter who is a master hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist in her own right; as the two dueled to the point of exhaustion with their confrontation ending in a draw.[5]
- Master stick fighter: Ava excels in stick-fighting; as she was able to fight on par against Sara using a baton and even managed to disarm the latter of one of her extendable batons.[5]
- Expert swordswoman: Ava is a highly skilled swordswoman, together with Sara, she was able to face off against the immensely skilled Freydís in a sword fight, though was soon disarmed and would have been defeated.[8]
- Expert markswoman: As the director of the Time Bureau, Ava is highly skilled in the use of firearms. On one mission, she shot Grigori Rasputin perfectly in the mouth and would have re-killed him if not for magic by Astra Logue.[31]
- High-level intellect: As the former agent and the director of the Time Bureau, Ava can successfully managing the operation properly to guard and fix the timeline. Also the Legends would ask her to help when needed to fight Mallus and demons.
- Rules of time travel knowledge: As a member of the Time Bureau, Ava is a professional in the duty of guarding the timeline, efficient in enforcing "the rules of time travel".[4]
- Culinary expertise: Ava has cooked dinner for Sara at least once,[15] and is especially praised for her snickerdoodles.[22][21]
- Singing: Ava appears to be a capable singer.[citation needed]
Equipment
Original multiverse
- Gun: Ava has a gun on her person, which she once used to threaten the Legends during her first encounter with them.[4]
- Expandable baton: Ava was seen carrying a baton similar to the one used by Sara Lance. She used this baton to fight Sara[5] and again to fend off the forces of Mallus.[14]
- Time courier: Ava carries a time courier, which allows her to transport herself through time and space without the need of a timeship.[5]
- Cold gun: While working as an assassin in an aberration timeline, Ava possessed Leonard Snart's cold gun.[22]
New multiverse
- Prognosticator: Ava and Gideon built the Prognosticator, in order to detect the activities of the Encores and alert the Legends.[35]
- Gun: Ava has a gun on her person.[31]
Appearances
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
The Flash
Season 5
- "Nora" (mentioned)
Gallery
Promotional images
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Trivia
- Ava despises wearing dresses.[citation needed]
- She seems to be a fan of the show Doctor Who.[13][22]
- Ava's fake home address was 3825 Harvest Lane, Fresno, CA.[2]
- Ava keeps the Legends' medallions from the Time Bureau in her home to express her pride in them.[15]
- She enjoys watching horror movies.[18]
- One of Ava's not so guilty pleasures is obsessively studying serial killers.[21][33]
- She has even created a Serial Killer Podcast known as StabCast.[33]
- Though she doesn't have an actual birthday, Ava celebrates hers on November 26.[20]
- Her birthday in 2018 had Sara surprise visit in a trenchant and lingerie.
- Ava loves reading and enjoyed Rebecca Silver's Heatwaves: An Erotic Space Odyssey.[22]
- Ava and is great at baking and especially praised for her snickerdoodles.[21]
- She has a habit of stress cleaning.[31]
- John Constantine's nickname for her is "Sharpie".
- Ava's password to override the magical creature alarm was 31515.[20]
- Its unknown if Ava truly had an ex, or it was a memory planted by Rip; though considering her original mindset, it's highly likely Ava caused the breakup between them.
Behind the scenes
- Ava is the fifth openly gay character on DC's Legends of Tomorrow after Lindsay Carlisle, Todd Rice, Ray Terrill, and Leo Snart, as well as the first openly gay series regular.
- Ava is also the show's first character to have no known counterpart in the DC Comics.
- Ava is the ninth character in the Arrowverse to have an episode ("I, Ava") named after her in a civilian sense in some way after Sara, Felicity Smoak, Harrison Wells, Oliver Queen, Alex Danvers, Zari Tomaz, Harry Wells, and Iris West-Allen.
- According to Rip Hunter in a deleted scene from "Guest Starring John Noble", Ava was designed to be completely emotionless, but this program failed when she began interacting with Sara and the Legends.
- Jessica Firman, Atlin Mitchell and Andrea Ross were stunt doubles and Megan Hui was a stunt double for Vanessa Przada in the role of Ava Sharpe.