//------------------------------// // A Strange Team // Story: Legends of Equestria // by MetalJrock //------------------------------// "So, let us go over your names again," Twilight started to say, looking at the team. "That way we won't mix you up." "You're Captain Rip Hunter." Twilight said. Rip nodded. "Kendra Saunders." Applejack continued, facing the winged woman. Kendra added, "Hawkgirl." Rainbow pointed to the halves of Firestorm, "Professor Stein and Jax." "Firestorm." Stein and Jefferson said at the same time. "Ray Palmer." Rarity said, gesturing to the armored man. "The Atom." Ray said, moving an arm to adjust the suit. Fluttershy looked at the white-clad assassin, "S-Sara Lance." Sara grinned, "White Canary." Pinkie pointed a hoof at the thieves from Central City, "Leonard Snart and Mick Rory!" "Captain Cold." Snart corrected in a drawl. "Heatwave." Mick declared with a low growl. Spike blinked and looked at the group, barely seen under the night sky, "Is that everyone?" "Seems that way, dragon kid." Snart noted. "Now, shall we go over the usual 'how we ended up in a parallel dimension' like they do in the movies?" he asked the team. "Of course." Rip agreed. "Now, I'm sure the lot of you have tons of questions. Some of which even I cannot answer for the sake of simplicity." he said. "I have one." Twilight said, "You called yourself a Time Master. What is a Time Master? I mean, I know a friend who claimed to us in secrecy that he was a Time Lord. Is there any connection to that?" "...I once knew a Time Lord myself. Or, someone who called himself one. He acted himself as a leader while I followed." Captain Hunter replied, "Basically we Time Masters are guardians of time and watch over it in order to prevent any abberations as they're called to alter the flow of history." "Do Time Masters usually work in teams?" Rainbow wondered, "Heck, are all of you Time Masters? Cause, I don't think Jacket over here can be one." "Hardy har." Captain Cold fake-laughed. "Don't you have a wild sense of humor with nicknames." Heatwave frowned, "You ain't seen the half of what we can do. Snart and I can give a guy with superspeed a run fer his money." "Superspeed? Heh, he probably isn't as fast as me!" Rainbow boasted. Snart chuckled, "Is that a challenge, pony? This Cold Gun was built to fight speedsters. So, I advise not getting on my bad side..." he added the warning. Rainbow crossed her hooves, "As if I'm afraid of your themed toy." "Don't try us..." Mick growled, aiming his Heat Gun outward. "Mister Rory, that's enough." Stein scolded. Rip rubbed his forehead, "Anyway, we're here for a specific reason. I told you this world's in danger." "Duh! We already heard that part! I want to hear what happens next!" Pinkie said. Applejack raised a brow, "Is it serious?" Rip folded his hands, "Very much so. Within this world is an immortal tyrant. Vandal Savage." "Well, that just sounds evil." Spike commented. Continuing, Captain Hunter spoke, "In my time, he conquered the world with little resistance. In order to stop his reign, I gathered the very team you see here in order to travel through time and stop his rise to power. Miss Saunders has encountered Savage time and again." "It's true." Kendra revealed, "I'm immortal as well in a way... I can't quite explain it. This is all new to me. But I have to be the one to end Savage before he could end me again." "Why?" Fluttershy questioned, "Is s-she connected to him?" "Don't be worried, Miss Shy." Stein assured, "She and Savage were exposed to the same meteor that gave them their immortality and reincarnation. Due to the curse Savage placed, only she can end him." the ponies had no idea as to how to respond to such a random reveal. Applejack cleared her throat, "So basically, she's the only one here who can stop him?" "For good. Yes." Rip answered. "But why is Savage here? He has no business with us!" Rainbow groaned. Rip shook his head, "He evaded us the last we fought him. We used an artifact and tracked him to this dimension. We think he chose the first world he could enter to escape us so he can continue his plan. We apologize deeply for that. The last thing we need is Savage to ruin another world. Now, if this world has any form of heroes and the like, I say you should go warn them of this immediately and have them aid us." Twilight looked to her friends, "Actually, besides the princesses, we seem to protect this world more often than not." "Really?" Jax asked. "Yeah. Even I saved the day on my own!" Spike bragged, earning a giggle from his friends. Snart grinned, "Sure. Let's go with that." Ray said, "At the very least, we got here as soon as we could. So far, it doesn't look like he did anything. If you are heroes like you claim to be, this should go better than some of our past missions." "Thank God..." whispered Jax. "Speaking of. What world are we in anyway? Is this like... some kind of different Earth or something? Cause I've heard of a few of those." Palmer wondered. "Not Earth... This is Equestria." Twilight revealed. The Legends all looked at one another curiously. "...Of freaking course it's called Equestria. And I thought 'The Flash' was too on the nose." Snart mocked. "Says the guy called Captain Cold." Spike teased. "Are there cities? Kingdoms? So far, I don't see any bustling urban areas nearby." Stein said. "We're near Ponyville." Fluttershy could hear Mick scream in annoyance. "Ponyville? What kind of rainbow-wonderland fever dream did I end up in?" Heatwave spoke loudly. The Atom shrugged, "It's probably not that bad. It beats Star City 2046, that's for sure." "That sounds cool." Rainbow admitted, flying at breakneck speeds next to Ray and Jax, "What kind of time-travelling adventures did you go on?" "...Did she just teleport?" Jax asked. Rainbow smirked, "Nope! Fastest Flyer in Equestria flying right here!" "Now's not the time fer boastin', Rainbow." Applejack scolded. "What? I think they deserve a proper introduction!" Captain Cold chuckled, "Another speedster, huh? Remember what I said, rainbow pony." "On your world, were you fighting an evil speedster?" Rarity wondered. Heatwave grinned, "Quite the opposite. Before this journey, we were the bad guys." "B-Bad guys?" Fluttershy gulped. "Crooks...?" Snart nodded, "Yep. But we ain't gonna hurt ya. We have standards, after all. And taking down Savage is gonna make us the biggest, baddest bitches to mess with. You can't get a better reward than being a legendary hero, after all. So I'm not messing with that chance at all." "Uh huh." Mick agreed. "Though, that's not why I'm here..." "W-Why?" The shy mare wondered. "Let's... Not talk about that." Jax waved off. Stein spoke, "Agreed. For now, I say we should learn more about this world." "I can offer you a place to stay." Twilight offered. "No, Twilight. We have our own refuge. And I cannot afford to leave it alone for much longer." Rip decided. "Even though you may not be able to see it, the wisest decision is to stay there." "Can we see it?" Spike asked, "I always wanted to see a time ship!" "Heck yeah! I can say I was a time-traveller!" Rainbow said. Pausing, Rip finally responded, "...I'd rather not." "Why not? It's not like we're travelling through time anytime soon." Ray reminded the captain, "There's no harm in giving them a peek, I say." "I'd like to see for myself." Twilight muttered embarassingly. "I always wanted to know how time-travel in parallel worlds work. It's a curious subject. And I wish to know of Doctor Palmer's armor." "It'll be like the Power Ponies!" Spike exclaimed. Leonard crossed his arms, "Power Ponies? What are they? Some kinda comic book team?" "How'd you know?" Shrugging, Snart responded, "Lucky guess." "Well, I'd like'ta see thus mahself, honestly." Applejack added, "We won't mess anything up, Rip." "Can't believe your trusting us..." Mick said, "We just show up here and explain that there's a supervillain and you're all okay with it." Twilight faced Heatwave with a stern look, "I think you'll come to see Equestria as a trusting place, Mick. Even of a man with your implied past. Well, woth what you've told us." "We'll see." Mick replied in a gruff tone. "Aw, don't be so down, Mick! Smile!" Pinkie told him. "Um, Pinkie... He doesn't look to be in a smiling mood." Rarity whispered to her pink friend. "Oh." Heatwave shrugged, "So long as there's no singin', I ain't gonna hurt her." "Um..." Twilight gulped. "Damn it..." Mick and Snart groaned. "Singing? Here? This world's better than I thought!" Ray exclaimed. "Next you'll be telling me there's a supervillain that sings." Jax rolled his eyes, "So, what do you say, Rip? You wanna show these ponies the Waverider just once?" "Ugh." Rip moaned, "Fine. But only this once. And don't touvh anything unless I give you permission!" "Yes!" cheered Pinkie, "I can finally see how time-travelling works!" PONYVILLE VWOOM! A ship zoomed out of a portal, it was smaller than the Waverider, and it only had one seat. The seat was used by someone wearing dull, thick armor. Weapons were strapped to his body and his emotionless mask made him a figure to be feared upon being seem. He pressed his limbs onto the lever and lowered the ship. He landed the ship in an empty plan near the town of Ponyville, where he hoped he wouldn't be spotted. Smoke covered the ship and the pod opened. Stepping out of it was the armored figure. But it stood on all fours and had hooves. It was a pony. The armored pony closed the door to the ship and trotted forward, searching for his target: Targets are located nearby. Must continue search. The strange pony walked ahead, seeing two other ponies, their jaw agape. The mare was the first to speak, "Woah! That was so cool! What kind of carriage was that?" Compromised, the armored pony activated his time-sensor, scanning the ponies. The visor read the information he hoped for. The pony raised his gun and spoke, "Trotworth. Daisy. Both become business ponies. Irrelevant to the timeline." he aimed his gun at the two and pulled the trigger. Once the missile hit, the two disintergrated, as though they vanished from existence. "Compromise clear. All set to continue objective." The pony strapped the gun back to his barrel, Kronos to Time-Masters. I have finally tracked former Time Master Rip Hunter's Waverider to this world. Continuing mission as spoken."