A/N: I do not own Legends of Tomorrow or Doctor Who
Like and excited puppy who found something new. Once the Doctor found an entertainment on the Waverider, they couldn't get rid of him and he would pop in at random times night or day to visit Rip.
After a while, even Sara the jumpiest of the team got used to the Doctor popping in at random moments. Although, the first time he should up was especially memorable.
Sara woke to the sounds of soft footsteps walking down the hall towards her. It was so quiet on the ship she could her the soft breath of air released when the person breathed. She soon realized what alarmed her.
The footsteps weren't anyone's that she recognized. They were too light to be Steins, Rays, or Micks, but too heavy to be Kendra's. Jax had a distinctive footstep because he subconsciously slightly limped favoring the knee that was injured. Rip's footsteps were more purposeful, but surprisingly light like Snart's footsteps.
She slowly reached under her bed for the knives she kept hidden under her mattress and in the other hand she grabbed her staff. She quietly swung her legs of the bed and landed on the floor with an almost imperceptible thump.
She walked over to stand behind her closer door listening to the steps and sleepy counting on her head, "5...4...3...2...1..." On one she violently swung opened her door and slammed her staff into the man's stomach and knocked him to the floor and his head landed with a loud thump rendering him unconscious.
She soon heard the others waking up and crowding out to the hallway asking what happened, but she just stood there silently looking at the man's slacken face thinking that he looked familiar. The thought was just lingering on the outside edges of her brain when she saw Rip walking up towards her.
He could only seeing a figure of a man lying on the ground as the rest of the team pressed around him when he asked, "What happened Sara? Who's the intruder? Anyone you recognize? One of Savage's or the Time Master's men?
Before Sara began to reply, he reached the group and got a clear look at the man on the floor and promptly sighed. He dragged his head through his ruffled bed head and said, "Sara. Let him up. He's not a threat."
As Sara began to stand up, the man on the floor began to slowly stir into wakefulness. He soon squinted up and looked blurrily at Rip and said, "Rory what happened? Hmm…" He said shaking his head "I shouldn't not have tried that drink that Amy gave me.
His expression soon looked alarmed as he began to look around, "Rory where are we? Were we captured? I told Amy we shouldn't have gone to that pub! And what are you wearing? I gave you and Amy bunk beds for a reason." He said with a frown
"Sexy is very fragile and does not need to see what you and Amy get up to"
Rip just blushed while the rest of his team openly laughed at him.
"C'mon Doctor let's get you to the med bay and I can make sure you're not seriously hurt" He put out his hand and dragged the Doctor up. He slung the Doctors arm around his shoulder and grunted a little with the extra weight. They slowly began making their way to the med bay with the rest of the team straggling along after. Stein and Ray watching carefully to make sure Rip didn't need any help.
When they arrived in the med bay, Rip put the Doctor on the bed in the center of the room
"Gideon run a medical scan to check for injuries"
"Right away Captain" Gideon replied promptly
Rip turned to the team then and asked, "Can you guys give us some privacy for a few minutes I would like to discuss a few things in private with the Doctor." Before shutting the door to the medical bay and locking it.
"Oh and also Gideon if they ask don't allow them access to the video camera in the room."
"Mmmm" The Doctor said shaking his head a few times "Right… Rip Hunter… Ship... Who knocked me out?" He asked before hitting himself on the side of the head a few times
"Doctor!" Rip said exasperatedly "What are you doing?" He said while grabbing his hand and pulling it down
"You know that won't help at all"
"Ah, but you forgot I have…"
"Superior Time lord biology" Rip said rolling his eyes as the Doctor pouted
"Hitting oneself on the head after slamming their head into a hard metal floor isn't going to help no matter what kind of biology"
Before the Doctor could respond, Gideon interrupted him "The scan is complete Captain"
Rip scanned the screen and said, "All good Doctor"
"Great! I told you Rory Time lord biology" The Doctor said with a smile while tapping the side of his nose "Anyways let's go out and join your teammates"
"Actually Doctor" Rip said cautiously before taking a deep breath and continuing "Why did you never try to prevent Savage from taking over Earth? And why…"
"Why did I never try to stop Amy's and your son's death?" The Doctor said sadly
"I tried. I looked for so long, but as you know Earth in the future expands out to space and creates the Great and Bountiful Human Empire."
"I was wondering about that because I know Savage would never let people leave his sphere of influence and explore."
"Yes your exactly right Rory, he wouldn't let them do that and around 150 years into his rule a rebellion broke out."
Rip scoffed a little before saying, "Rebellion against Savage's takeover had been happening consistently, but nothing ever came from that."
"Yes, yes" The Doctor said "But this time you humans came together and did successfully overthrow Savage. You re-built you towns and continued to expand"
"Ok that's great, but that doesn't explain why you didn't stop their deaths!" Rip said angrily
"Savages takeover is a fixed point and I tried… I tried to find a way to prevent everything, but I could find anything…." The Doctor said with immense sadness in his eyes
"No! No…" Rip said brokenly "You can't be telling me that their deaths are a fixed point. I can't lose them again."
"No! No." The Doctor quickly answered "Their deaths aren't a fixed point, but if I try to prevent it then it may become a fixed"
"How can you be sure that it isn't fixed? I tried… I tried again and again to save them."
Rip sat heavily on the chair near the Doctor. "I watched them be killed over and over again and it was like watching Miranda die at Stonehenge all over again. Except this time, it was so much worse because Jonas… Jonas was there with Miranda and no matter what I did I couldn't protect my son…"
The Doctor's hearts broke a little just watching the man sitting in the chair, "I'm sorry Rory. I'm so sorry that there isn't anything I can do directly to prevent this."
Rip looked up at the Doctor as he spoke and his shoulders slumped before he replied "Do you know the worst part Doctor?" He asked before continuing
"Not even the nightmares of being unable to save them, but waking up every morning and for just a brief second forgetting and expecting Miranda to be beside me and Jonas jumping on the bed at a ridiculously early time to wake us up. And then reality crashes down and it makes everything so much worse."
Rip looked down at his hands and said, "I would give anything to have Jonas wake me up early like that again."
The Doctor just looked at Rip in silence before putting a hand on his shoulder trying to express what he couldn't say in words.
After a few moments, Rip stood up and roughly scrubbed his wet eyes before saying, "Well Doctor I believe you have some people to meet."
He and the Doctor then opened the door to the med bay and found the team sprawled out in various positions on the floor and Stein sitting on a chair.
"Well?" Snart asked with a drawl raising an eyebrow "Are you all done with your little pow-wow?"
"Thank you for asking Mr. Snart and yes the Doctor and are finished talking." Rip replied with some sarcasm
Rip now raised his eyebrow, "I'm surprised that you didn't try to hear what we were talking about."
Ray immediately broke out into protest, "Of course we wouldn't invade your privacy like that Rip"
Before being cut off by Rory, "Calm down Boy Scout."
And Sara continued after Rory, "Of course we tried to listen in, but we were blocked by Gideon. I assume that was you?" Sara asked with not looking ashamed and just staring levelly at Rip
Rip just rolled his eyes and sighed
The Doctor who was watching their conversation his head comically whipping back and forth between them all before basically vibrating in place
"Hello! I'm the Doctor" He said bursting out and waving "Pleasure to meet you"
Jax looked at him a little incredulously before asking, "Are you wearing a bowtie?"
"Yes, yes" He said smiling while adjusting his bowtie "Bowties are cool" (Doctor Who BBC)
A/N: Thanks everyone for reviewing! Sorry for how angsty this story has been for a while I've been trying to set up the background, but hopefully soon we'll see the Doctor and Rip in action.