"Just tell them, okay," is the last thing that Wally West remembered saying before blacking out. When Wally woke up he was in a white room, on hospital bed, and had a bunch of odd medical equipment hooked up to him. He quickly decided to yell some sly remark in order to get the attention of whatever leaguer was watching him, but the only attention he got for several minutes was that of silence. It was within this period of time that Wally figured out that he was not within league care or protection at the moment, but before he could institute his amazing plan of escape the door to the room opened and a man who was probably around his age, and had light brown hair, a brown trench coat, jeans, and a dark blue t-shirt. The man despite not obviously being the member of the league held a sense of familiarity which Wally placed on the fact that the man looked oddly like the egotistical hero Booster Gold. This aspect of familiarity frightened Wally as he remembered where Booster Gold claimed to be from which if correct meant that Artemis would really kill him, but boy would he have a story to tell. As Wally thought about Artemis in the way that those who are in love often do the strange man walked up to Wally and burst his day dream by saying

" Hello, Mr West welcome to the Vanishing Point, my name is Rip Hunter. I'm going to ask you a few questions first, What year did you come from?"

"Uh 2016," Wally responded in confusion.

"Oh right I forgot that this is your first visit to the Vanishing Point. That than means I don't have to ask the remaining questions." Rip Hunter said in an excited voice which seemed to hide something dark.

"How does the today's year help answer any questions." Wally asked in a skeptical tone.

"Mr West, you and me both know that the year 2016 has long past and knowing it means we know where to look for answers. I wouldn't worry too much about it though as I know for a fact that you get home. Though first we have some prep work to do." Rip Hunter said.

" So you don't have a Time Machine? " Wally asked in a gloomy tone.

" A Time Machine, oh how late 21st century, no I have Time Sphere which allows me to move through both Time and Space. " Rip Hunter responded in an annoyed tone.

" Than what prep work do we have to do?" Wally asked.

" I need to gather some stuff before we take you home and me to my next mission, but don't worry it will only take a few minutes." Rip Hunter casually answered and with that he left.

During the few minutes that Wally had to himself before Rip Hunter returned he thought at what possible threat the Earth was in considering that Rip Hunter was a Time Traveler and as such probably controlled when he went back in time in order to limit any possible paradoxes that might form from intervening, but all he could think about was that even with this risk he would gladly take if it meant that he would be able to see his Spitfire, Artemis, again. Rip Hunter opened the door and saw that yet again the future Flash was day dreaming about what he assumed were loved ones back in his home time, this brought back the bad feelings that he had once felt about Time Travel, but instead of confronting them like he once had he decided to bury them as they were a distraction which could result in his own death if he failed to protect his father in the upcoming war against Darkseid.

" Hey Rip Hunter, do you know Booster Gold? " Wally asked inquisitively.

" Yeah he is the idiot who stole one of my Time Spheres to find fame and riches. Why do you ask? " Rip Hunter said an annoyed tone as walked towards Wally to disconnect the medical equipment.

" Oh I was just wondering as you both seem to share some physical traits and are Time Travelers. " Wally responded with confidence that was naturally there but had been strengthened from being on the team.

As the pair exited the white room and headed to the Time Sphere, which was conveniently parked in large hanger that was at the end of the hallway to their left, Wally decided to ask Rip Hunter a question that had been nagging him ever since the rude but probably justifiable comment about Booster Gold.

" So if you don't work with Booster Gold, who do you work with exactly? "

Rip Hunter avoided the question as in his mind Wally shouldn't be asking questions right now considering the almighty Justice League were going to ask the same exact questions, and he would still answer those minimally to limit any spoilers that might leak such as his origin. Wally would have probably still been annoyed if he had known Rip Hunter's reasoning, the lack of knowing though made him far more annoyed, but before he could have a meltdown he saw the Time Sphere, which made him cry for two reasons the first was that it the most beautiful machine the second was that it was his ticket home and to Artemis. He rushed almost at the speed of sound to the side of the cockpit which he correctly assumed was not the pilots side he buckled himself in and waited for a few seconds as Rip Hunter entered, but once he had it only took a few minutes of button pressing in the Time Sphere and in a whirl they were gone.