Author's Notes:

Doctor Who S6 x S1 Legends (pre Finale)

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The bridge of the Waverider was it's usual dunge-era grey, lit by blue and white light. The central touch-screen table was off. Rip sat in his office, and Len and Sara were playing some complex card game in the floor by the captain's chair. The entire scene was oddly tranquil for the Legends, but that was about to change.

Since destroying the Time Masters, the crew of the Waverider have been correcting errors in the timeline. Unfortunately, news of such "aberrations" are received at random times- which means the team has been spending almost all of their time chilling out in the temporal zone waiting for the next mission to come through. They soon figured out that even without Kendra and Carter, the ship was still very small.

The remaining inhabitants of the ship had settled into fairly independent routines at first, but after a few weeks they became more intertwined and the crew began spending more of their free time together. Which was nice… for most of them.

Two pair of angry footsteps rang through the empty hallways of the Waverider, reaching the bridge only seconds before their creators.

Ray Palmer turned the corner into the bridge quickly, yelling "Rip! I can't take it anymore! I'm sorry but-"

"Cap't." said Mick with eerie calm, following Ray into Rip's study. "Palmer and I are having some issues."

Rip rolled his eyes as he turned away from his book and faced his crewmates. Behind them, Len and Sara hadn't even looked up at the angry pair.

"What now, Mr. Rory?"

"Found Palmer touching my flamethrower again."

Rip closed his eyes to keep them from rolling again, "Mr. Palmer?"

"I was just trying to clear a little space in the lab so I could work on my suit."

"Mr. Palmer, I thought you converted your room into a specialized lab for that exact purpose?"

"I needed to connect my suit to Gideon's directly so we can clean the bugs in the new targeting system."

The A.I.'s voice suddenly rang through the study, "Though I'm not sure how much of the cleaning Mr. Palmer was planning on doing."

Rip ignored Gideon and sighed, "In that case, Mr. Rory I'm afraid you'll have to-"

Suddenly the ship trembled and groaned, loud bangs blending with beams creaking and pipes screeching as air burst free of them. But after mere moments, the only sounds were those of the crew picking themselves up off the floor.

"Rip? What just happened?" Jacks asked as he ran into the bridge with wide eyes.

"We must have hit something." Dr. Stein said, following Jacks into the room.

"Or something hit us." said Sara quietly as she scanned the temporal zone through the nearest window.

The card game now long forgotten, Len charged the Cold Gun and grabbed his coat up from where he had been sitting on it moments ago.

"Gideon! What happened? Have we been hit?"

"Yes Captain, by a large blue box."

"What?" grunted Mick.

"It appears the Waverider was hit and boarded by a timeship disguised as a large blue box."

"Sorry, did you say boarded, Gideon?"

"Yes, Captain."

All eyes turned towards Rip. He took a deep breath and decided what to do; "Ray- suit up then use infrared to find our uninvited guests. Ms. Lance, Mr. Snart, and Mr. Rory will search the ship the old fashioned way until then. Dr. Stein and Jefferson- focus on repairing the damage to the ship. I will remain here and man the bridge. Keep comms open and call in when you've secured an area."

"Let's go huntin'." Mick said, lifting his flamethrower to his face and charging it.

"Maybe not on the Waverider, Mr. Rory?" Rip said, outstretching his hand to Mick. After grunting out of annoyance, Mick put his gun on the center table and followed his companions out of the bridge with a gruff "Wait up, Blondie".

UPDATE: This piece is complete and 17 chapters tells the entire story with a nice little bow. If you read to the end I promise you won't be disappointed.

At least read to the middle because that's when it gets really good!