Chapter 1 – Pilot (1) – Part 1

In the year 2016, I drove up to the Central City Bullion Exchange in a minivan as the alarms went off.

'Seriously, they had one damn job' I muttered, rolling my 2-coloured eyes and then looking at the police cars driving up to us in the distance. I parked the minivan and got out of it. I walked over to the door and kicked it open to reveal Leonard Snart and Mick Rory running towards me.

'What happened?' I asked annoyed

'Miscalculation' Leonard explained as we left the building just as a police car pulled up and two police got out with their gun's up.

'Drop your weapons!' One shouted at us.

'Ah, fry, you little piggies!' Mick shouted and Leonard and Mick blasted them with their heat and cold guns.

'A minivan? Really, Kaylee?' Mick asked he jumped into the driver's seat, Leonard in the passenger and I jumped in the back.

'Cops never hassle a dad buying diapers in the middle of the night' Leonard explained as I held up a box of Diapers.

'Lewis taught us that much' I added smirking as we took off down the street.

Shortly after a police car was on our tail. I was looking back at the police car when Mick put on the breaks.

'What the…' I said confused and I turned around to see a man in a long brown coat.

'Watch it!' Leonard shouted as the man pointed a gun at us. We were blinded by a bright light and then everything went black.

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When I woke up I was on a rooftop in a Star City. I heard groaning and movement from beside me.

'What a headache!' Mick yelled sitting up and looking around. I sat up cocking my head and cracking my neck.

'Stein? What the hell are you doing here?' Leonard asked with a groan

'I'm as ignorant as you, for once' Stein replied

'Kaylee?' Leonard called out

'Present' I muttered dryly and Leonard walked over and helped me up

'Who are you?' Stein asked me and my 2-coloured eyes locked onto his, making him stare in fascination

'Name's Kaylee, I'm Leonard's back up' I explained

'Where are we?' I asked looking around at the other 5 people; Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall, Jefferson Jackson, Martin Stein and Raymond Palmer.

'Why don't you ask the dude who knocked us out and kidnapped us? British dude with a flashy thing? Ring any bells?' Jefferson or Jax said sitting up

'The name's Rip Hunter. I'm from East London. Oh, and the future' A British man said walking over to us.

'Nice to meet you, Rip' Mick said and went for his heat gun but it was missing

'Uh, while you were incapacitated, I may have tampered with your weapons' Rip explained, pointing to a pile of weapons on the floor, including Leonard's cold ray and Mick's heat gun.

'Lucky I don't need weapons' I stated and started to change into my transitional hybrid form.

'Wait! Just listen to me, I've assembled you all because I need your help. The future of the world is in peril because of a man by the name of Vandal Savage' Rip explained and I turned back to human, ignoring the confused glances from the others.

'That can't be. We destroyed him' Carter said

'Yeah, the Green Arrow and Flash helped us do it' Kendra added

'And therein lay the problem. Unless you or Mr. Hall deliver the death blow, Savage can be restored from but a single cell' Rip explained

'What the hell are you talking about?' Mick demanded

'Vandal is immortal. Kendra and I reincarnate' Carter explained

'And what the hell does this Randall guy got to do with us?' Mick asked

'Vandal. In the future, he will employ the evil he's perfected over his long life, and the power he has amassed throughout history, to finally conquer the world. I've been tasked with assembling an elite team to stop him' Rip explained

'How?' I asked

'To travel through time. To capture Savage before he grows into the monster he becomes' Rip said passionately and I scoffed

'Us heroes? Good luck with that' I said sarcastically

'Kaylee is right. You got the wrong guy. 'Hero' ain't on my resume' Leonard said starting to walk off

'Or mine' Mick added

'I know it's difficult for you to fathom, but where… when I'm from, the year 2166, you and everyone on this roof aren't just considered heroes… Your legends' Rip stated

'Legends?' Ray asked

'To be a legend you need to be known and in case you haven't noticed Rip, I've spent my life trying to stay hidden and forget the torment I received as a child' I explained firmly

'Also, I, um, I hate to nit-pick, but doesn't a legend have to be dead?' Stein asked

'Yeah, see, uh, that's a deal breaker for me, so I'm going to pass' Jax added

'It's dangerous for any of you to know too much about you own futures, but I am here because each of you, as individuals, is destined for greatness' Rip said

'I could get behind that' Ray said with a grin and I rolled my eyes

'And, because if you don't follow me, this is what is in store for your world 150 years from now' Rip added and showed us a hologram of the city in ruins. Leonard and I looked at each other before we turned to see Mick grinning in fascination.

'I could have chosen any time and any place. Of all the people who ever lived, I chose you eight. I certainly hope that you won't let me, and the world, down. If your answer is yes, meet me at this address in 36 hours' Rip said giving Stein a card and walking off leaving us on the rooftop.

'We've all been brought here for our unique talents, what are yours?' Raymond Palmer asked me cockily

'You think your unique?' Mick asked laughing

'Show him Kaylee' Leonard said smirking.

I shapeshifted into my Transitional Hybrid form and then back again, though my clothes were slightly ripped so Leonard gave me his jacket.

'Whoa' Jefferson said as Raymond was silent

'Fascinating' Stein added

'Is that unique enough for you?' I asked smirking and Raymond nodded speechless.

'Let's go' I said to Mick and Leonard as we grabbed our weapons and left the rooftop

'Where are we going? We are in Star City' Mick asked as we walked through the streets

'I've got a place' I explained and Leonard and Mick stopped walking and looked at me confused

'I bought a place a few years ago when Leonard and I had a job to do here. I thought it would be good to have a home to go too if we ever need to come back for another job' I explained

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We got to my 2 bed-room apartment and Mick saw a welding bench in a corner. He immediately went over and started working on his gun to reverse what Rip did to it. Leonard went and sat on the lounge as I went to the kitchen.

'I can't believe you're thinking of hooking up with the Englishman. We're thieves. Crooks. Criminals' Mick shouted over the noise of the welder, to Leonard and I as I handed him a beer. I sat down next to Leonard and I put my feet on Leonard's lap, handing him a beer and then opening my own.

'I have no desire to save the world, especially 100 years after I'm dead' I added

'He said across time, guys. What about the years before? Before fingerprints and surveillance cameras and DNA analysis?' Leonard stated and I looked at Mick

'He has a point, why did we become criminals?' I asked

'Because we hate working and we love money' Mick said smirking

'We could steal the Mona Lisa straight off Da Vinci's easel, snatch the Hope Diamond before it was discovered. This is everything we got into thieving for in the first place. More than everything' Leonard explained to us as Mick and I looked at each other and shrugged

'You want me in, I'm in. But I'm not going to be anyone's hero' Mick said before they looked at me

'What about you?' Leonard asked and looked at me. I licked my lips and sighed

'I have no desire to save the world after what it did to me but I'm not going to let you go alone' I said to them and Leonard smirked at us

'Mick, there is a spare room down the hallway' I explained as Mick nodded

'What about you two?' Mick asked

'It's not the first time we've shared a bed' Leonard said simply, referring to the fact that when we grew up together with Lewis, we were forced to share a room and bed.

'Alright, night' Mick said walking into the room with his heat gun

'So are we really going to do this?' I asked Leonard

'We are; it will be fun' Leonard said

'What about Lisa?' I asked

'She can handle herself, we've trained her well, besides, I'm assuming Rip will return us to the same time in history, she won't even know we've been gone' Leonard said placing his hand on mine in a comforting way.

'And what about my other problem?' I asked softly

'You haven't had an incident in almost 25 years Kaylee, but if for whatever reason you do, I'll be there' Leonard stated

'Let's go to bed' I said yawning and Leonard smirked at me

'Not like that, idiot!' I laughed, hitting him in the chest

'One day it's going to happen' Leonard promised

'You've been saying that for 20 years' I rolled my eyes and walked into the bedroom, hiding a small smile.

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