The team stood on the bridge as Rip showed them the distress message they'd received from the captain of the Acheron, the flagship of the time fleet.
Baxter: <System malfunction. I'm stranded, unable to jump, control unresponsive. This is Captain Eve Baxter of the time ship Acheron, requesting critical rescue.>
Mick: And we care about this chick why?
Rip: We don't. But the Acheron's computer will contain the current intel on Savage's whereabouts. Gideon, set course for the Acheron's position in deep space.
Gideon: Yes, Captain.
Stein: Deep space? I had no idea we have the ability to explore the unknown realms of the galaxy. Astonishing!
Theta: You say "unknown", but I've been to most of them. Humans. Think everything revolves around you.
Jax: What's astonishing is that we're acting as roadside assistance for the people who's chasing us.
Snart: Doesn't that seem suspicious? This distress call just happened to reach us?
Kendra: How do we know it's not a trap?
Rip: We don't.
Theta: My favorite kind of trap.
Rip: But what we do know is that Savage's trail has run cold. And unless Gideon can upload the data from the Acheron's computer-
Mick: I'm in.
Snart: You are?
Mick: The sooner we end Savage, the sooner I get back to where I belong.
Stein: Prison?
Mick: Any prison on Earth's better than this one, Professor.
Rip: Gideon!
Gideon: Yes, sir?
Rip: Engines to full throttle.
Everyone got seated and strapped in as the Waverider initiated light-speed travel.
———
DEEP SPACE
They exited light speed and saw the Acheron drifting in space.
Rip: Theta, I assume you're coming.
Theta: You assume right. This is kind of my jam.
Rip: Professor Stein, Mr. Jackson, would you care to join the boarding party?
Stein: A chance for an extravehicular docking maneuver? What could be more exciting?
Jax: I could think of a few things.
Mick: Let's get this thing started.
Rip: Dr. Palmer, I leave the ship in your hands while we're gone.
———
The five boarded the Jumpship and flew to the Acheron.
Stein: I'm having the strangest sensation. It's like I'm ten years old again.
Mick: You do a lot of space travel as a kid, Professor?
Stein: Only in my dreams. After I read my first issue of Rick Starr, Space Ranger.
Jax: Space Ranger Stein? Yeah, I don't see it.
Stein: I wanted to travel through space, surviving only by my wits and laser guns. I even built a rocket out of cardboard boxes.
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Legends of Tomorrow
FanfictionTime Master, Rip Hunter, recruits the mysterious Time Lord known as "Theta" to join him and his team to save the future from the villain Vandal Savage.
