"This! Is! So! Cool!"
Rainbow put her hooves to her cheek, taking in the scenery of the futuristic appearance inside the Waverider. Captain Cold strolled past her and glanced over, "Don't get overexcited. It's a timeship after all." he joked to her.
The cyan mare shrugged, "Tell me that wasn't your reaction when you first saw this." she commanded.
"...It wasn't." Snart replied.
"Now I know you're lying." Rainbow said.
Shrugging, Snart responded, "Believe what you want."
Spike hopped on one of the chairs and gently placed his claws on the strap. "Why the heck is this here?"
"For safety." Stein answered, "Jumping through time is rather risky. Be glad you're not around when we do. There could be some... Harsh side-effects."
"Like?" Twilight asked, levitating a note-pad in front of her.
Jax leaned on a wall, "Are you seriously taking notes?"
Twilight nodded, "Yes. I've experimented once in time-travel, it led to a pointless time loop. I need to know more details should I ever have to do that again."
"You ponies have time-travel spells? That's a new one." Jefferson chuckled.
"Uh huh!" Pinkie answered, hopping from one of the chairs, "Twilight thought something bad was going to happen a week after her future self showed up all bruised! But the warning was to tell her nothing bad was going to happen and that it was a mistake, but she wouldn't listen! I was there!"
"Is this true?" Stein asked.
"...Yes." the alicorn answered, clearly embarassed.
Stein folded his hands, "I didn't think this world had time-travel spells. The only methods on my world so far are apparently through Time-Ships or the Speed-Force."
"Did somepony say Speed-Force?" Rainbow asked.
Leaning on an adjacent wall was Mick, "Yep. Have no clue how it works though."
Pinkie Pie skipped over to the round computer, "Ooh! What does this do?" she wondered.
Rip extended an arm and held Pinkie's hoof back, "I told you not to touch anything without permission. The last thing I need are alien ponies to mess up the ship."
"Aw..." sighed the pink pony.
Rip put his hands to his sides, "Though, I should at least show you this for future reference."
"Greetings!"
The ponies and dragon hopped back at the sound of the voice and hologram face appearing in the center of the round table. "What the hay is that?" Applejack wondered. "Is it some kinda projection spell or somethin'?"
"No. My name is Gideon. I am the Artificial Intelligence of Captain Rip Hunter's ship." Gideon introduced herself. "It seems you are not of Earth origins."
"You are correct in that assumption." Rarity noted.
"So... Gideon," Twilight muttered, "You're not actually a person...?"
Gideon cut the alicorn off, "Not really. Though, I am able to analyze the timeline and detect any anamolies and give information. It is my job. As a sentient computer. Now, may I be properly introduced to each of you for records?"
"Of course." Twilight agreed. She then named herself and each of her friends.
"It is a pleasure to meet you all. I take it Captain Hunter brought you here for a reason?"
Twilight nodded, "He told us about Vandal Savage and how he is wandering our world at this very moment. We wish to help in any way we can. Are you able to reveal more about him?"
"He is an immortal man that gained power, his reign reaching a climax in 2166, the very era Captain Hunter came from." Gideon elaborated, "He is a powerful assassin and knows just about everything that can grant him an advantage, physically and mentally. We have the dagger that can end him."
"I have to be one wielding it." Kendra revealed. "With it, I can put a reverse to the curse."
Snart groaned, "But he keeps getting away each and everytime we get close. It's getting rather annoying. Especially with other anamolies in time to deal with. It's like we can't focus on him."
"You have to remember that we have to find him hidden throughout history." Stein reminded the cold Rogue. "In the meantime, our responsibility to preserve time will not be put aside despite our small setbacks."
"Huh. You all seem to be busy." Rainbow hummed.
"Yep. Never a break for the weary." Snart commented, looking to the open door.
Wandering around the Waverider were Fluttershy, Rarity, Spike, Pinkie, Sara and Ray. They were in the hallways near the engine and Time Drive "So, what's your world like?" the scientist questioned aloud, facing the ponies.
"I-It's nice..." Fluttershy whispered, hiding her face behind a locke of her pink mane.
Ray smiled, "What's to be nervous about? You're around friends." he comforted the nervous mare.
"It's just... All o-of this is so strange..." Fluttershy said, "I-I don't know how to react."
"But if you must know, it's rather... calm. Sometimes." Rarity butted in the conversation. "Bizarre things tend to happen around Ponyville, usually because of us."
"I know how you feel." Ray admitted, "That suit of armor? I nearly lost it in some time periods. The results could be scary, but we always managed to pull through."
"Speaking of, you really need to do something about that suit." Sara responded.
"I really can't upgrade it now." Ray said. "Maybe I will once I get a hold of more of the Dwarf Star Alloys needed."
"I do like the design of it. Was it something you came up with?" Rarity complimented.
The scientist spoke up, "Yeah. I grew tired of standing back. I wanted to leave a legacy on my world and wished to fight injustice and crime with ATOM suit. That's why I joined this team. To leave behind something should I die. A reminder of what anyone can strive to be if they put their heart to it."
"That's rather noble of you." the unicorn admitted.
The former assassin nodded, "We all have our reasons for sticking around this ship. But changing our destiny is the biggest."
"Cool." Spike said. "So, what happens when it breaks or something?"
Chuckling, Ray answered, "That happens quite often. If it's an engine problem, Jax learned how to modify the time engines with help from Gideon and Rip. Stein and I handle medical problems, such as an injury that needs treatment that requires us to monitor Gideon. And we can get attacked in the time-stream, so it can happen while there. When that happens, we have to hide in a stray point in time until we rebuild."
"It's a whole thing when that happens." Sara waved off, changing the subject.
Back near the pilot's seat. Twilight continued to write down everything she saw in great detail. "Are you seriously writing all this stuff, Twi?" Rainbow groaned, hovering next to her friend.
"Of course. This knowledge could be useful."
"Why? Last I check, you didn't need to take a test." Snart commented, folding his arms.
Twilight huffed, "I like to observe okay?"
"Eh. She's an egghead, Snart." the cyan pegasus teased playfully, nudging her alicorn pal in the shoulder.
Jax grinned, "An egghead like Grey? I should use that."
"Egghead? Really?" Stein groaned in a deadpan manner.
Applejack rolled her eyes, "So, Jax? You two called yerselves Firestorm. Why is that?"
Stein raised a finger, "Perhaps I should explain. We were struck by something called a Particle Accelerator. When that happened we gained a nuclear and psychic connection. And it was because of a project called F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. which I worked on. The two of us can fuse and become a nuclear being."
"Yep. Grey and I met right before Rip recruited us. Took a bit, but I think we hit a groove in how we work." Jax admitted.
The older man agreed, "Indeed. He and I are partners."
Clearing his throat, Mick spoke up, "Now... What the hell can you ponies do to help us? We're dealin' with an immortal assassin. We ain't gonna use friendship and rainbows, are we?"
"Nope! We can handle things the old fashioned way!" Rainbow boasted, performing some action poses while in midair as if to show off to the team.
"Oh joy. The ponies can fight." Captain Cold muttered sarcastically.
Twilight pursed her lips, "You don't sound confident in us."
Snart growled, "And who's to say I am confident? You see us?"
"All I see are crooks with elements." Rainbow mumbled.
Mick aimed his Heat Gun, "Ya wanna say that to my face?"
"Now now, Mick. Let her think she's tough." Snart said to his partner. "Just this once."
Lowering his weapon, Heatwave gritted his teeth, "Fine."
"You aren't friendly are ya?" Applejack wondered.
"Whatever gave you that idea?" Cold quipped.
Rainbow grumbled, "Well, aren't you mister sunshine?"
Rip sighed in annoyance, "This may be harder than I thought."
"Whatever gave you that idea?" Jax asked.
Then, an explosion was heard, shaking the entirety of the Waverider. Legend and pony alike fell to the side as the time-traveling ship shook. "What the heck was that?" Rainbow asked loudly. Rip, Snart, and Stein were the first to get back to their feet, weapons primed and ready.
"That was a thermite grenade." Gideon revealed.
"Thermite?" Stein revealed, "But who could possibly have such weapons here?"
"Aren't we invisible? Whoever did that must have great eyesight!" Pinkie pointed out.
"Is it Savage?" Jefferson asked.
Then, Ray, Sara, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike ran back to the room. "What's going on, Rip?" Ray asked, ready to grab his ATOM suit at any moment.
"Gideon. Pull up a feed of what's outside." Rip ordered.
A holographic screen popped up, showing a camera feed of what was happening outside. There was a pony, barely visible under the night sky. He seemed to wear armor and held out a variety of weapons strapped to his being. He walked closer to the ship woth each shot. Twilight gave the screen a curious look, "A pony? With that kind of technology?" she whispered in disbelief. The Waverider shook again, this time each hero grabbed onto something.
"Is that an armored pony?" Sara asked. "That's new."
Grunting, Rip was about to speak, but Gideon did so, "If I may theorize Captain Hunter, this pony has armor similar to the appearance of the bounty hunter, Kronos."
"Kronos?" Mick quietly repeated to himself. Not believing what he was hearing.
"Uh, who's Kronos?" Spike asked.
"Temporal bounty hunter." Rip briefly explained. "Now's not the time to explain."
"Those sons of bitches can't seem to leave us alone. Even in a different world." Captain Cold pointed out, lowering his goggles and holdong his Cold Gun.
"Rip Hunter!" Kronos was heard saying.
"How is there another Kronos?" Stein asked.
"Don't know. Don't care. It's clearly a pony. So it's someone new." Cold replied.
"We have to hold him off." Rip ordered.
"We can help." Twilight insisted.
"No. This is our business. We do not need you interfering right now. Especially with someone as powerful as Kronos." Rip declared. The Legends all grabbed what was needed and walked out, closing the door of the ship behind them. The ponies all shared a glance with one another as they saw the team rush out.
Rainbow slammed a hoof on the ground. "Did he just bench us?"
"Seems that way." Spike said.
"T-That's fine with me." Fluttershy admitted.
Twilight shook her head, "No. We can't just sit here and do nothing! There's a pony underneath that armor! This is now our business too!" she faced the door and lit her horn, ready to open it.