"It was an interesting idea," Rip said as he and Cisco stood rewrapping the miles of cables from Cisco's latest experiment, "But you need to start thinking of things that don't take more time to tidy up than the actual experiment does."

Cisco chuckled, "But they're not as much fun."

Rolling his eyes Rip continued to wrap the cable glancing over to check the time, Clarissa was expecting them in a few hours for dinner to finish off the leftovers from the day before.

He'd been surprised how much he'd enjoyed Thanksgiving. They'd all gathered at Clarissa's for dinner who seemed to think there were three-times as many of them to feed than normal.

They'd swapped stories about previous family holidays which had become a game of who could come up with the funniest incident.

Joe won hands down.

Then they sat watching one of Jonas' favourite movies before it became the battle of the board games.

Rip had decided against telling them he'd actually been at the first Thanksgiving, mostly due to the fact he'd been there to stop a Time Pirate and got nowhere near the event. The Pirate had been to see a parade in New York and someone had stood on his foot so he decided to eliminate the whole event.

Rip had ended up with a broken arm, a concussion and had nearly drowned stopping him.

It was not one of his favourite stories.

x

"Can I ask you something?" Cisco spoke up bringing Rip back to the room.

He shrugged, "Sure."

"It's about Gideon," Cisco told him.

Rip frowned, "I am not letting you look at her systems or code, Cisco. You know that. The tech and software within her is far too advanced and it is something you need to reach yourselves. Thawne caused enough damage to the timeline by building the particle accelerator early."

Cisco waved him away, "Yeah, I know when I've lost an argument. What I wanted to ask was about your connection to her."

"Okay," Rip replied dubiously, "Why?"

"You said that you're connected to her on what you can only describe as a psychic level," Cisco reminded him, "And when you were attacked she drew you into a safe place."

Rip nodded still confused about where this was going.

"Was she there?" Cisco asked, "And if so how did you perceive her."

Folding his arms Rip grimaced, "Yes, she was there. I see her as a woman because she identifies as female, it's not very interesting. Why are you asking?"

Cisco shrugged, "Just thinking about something."

Rip shook his head, he'd learned quickly not to get too drawn into Cisco's thought processes when he was brainstorming. It could lead to some strange scary places as well as a headache.

"I also meant to check with you how the other Gideon was working out on the Waverider," Cisco said, "I didn't get a chance to talk about her with Sara."

Rip shrugged, "I didn't ask."

Cisco stared at him confused, "Why not?"

"Because it's not done to ask another Captain about..." he trailed off and frowned, "Huh. I guess I fell into the trap of thinking that I'm still a Time Master."

"Which means?" Cisco asked motioning for him to elaborate.

Rip frowned, "The connection between a Captain and AI has always been a private thing, it was a taboo subject and never something that was discussed. If for any reason you were on another Captain's ship it was polite not to interact with the AI unless completely necessary. It never occurred to me to ask Sara or talk to the Gideon on the Waverider."

"You talk about Gideon with us?" Cisco reminded him.

"Firstly you don't let me say nothing," Rip said before smiling, "Besides Gideon is part of your lives and she was never like any other AI."

x

"A breach has been opened," Gideon suddenly spoke up, "I am locking down the room."

"Thank you, Gideon," Rip called as he and Cisco ran, meeting Joe and Caitlin just outside. Rip catching the weapon Joe brought for him.

"Does Gideon know anything?" Caitlin asked.

Rip shook his head, "I don't think our visitor has arrived yet. Gideon, open the door."

Entering the room the breach between worlds shimmered in front of them as they took up their defensive positions.

Two figures appeared suddenly and Cisco chuckled.

"You can lift the lockdown, Gideon, we know them," he called before turning to the arrivals, "I thought you weren't coming till next week, Harry?"

Dr Harrison Wells from Earth-2 frowned at Cisco, "Well someone insisted on coming early."

Cisco chuckled turning to Jessie who was standing quietly at her father's side, "The Wells we're happy to see."

Jessie laughed and quickly hugged him before turning to Caitlin then Joe. Both citizens of Earth-2 stalled when they saw the final member of the team.

Harry frowned, "Who's this?"

"You're still as subtle as ever, Harry," Cisco noted with a roll of his eyes, "Harry, Jessie, meet Rip Hunter. He now runs this place for us."

Harry turned to Rip suspicion filling his voice, "Where did you come from?"

"The future," Rip replied with a slight amused smile.

"Have you been playing with time travel again?" Harry demanded annoyed.

Cisco shook his head, "Don't worry, Rip. He's a dick to everyone at first."

"And you trust him?" Harry questioned, still not letting go of his suspicion.

Cisco shrugged before clapping his arm, "More than we did when we first met you."

x

Jessie disappeared to find Wally while Caitlin returned to her office leaving Rip with Cisco, Joe and Harry.

Rip could feel the suspicious stare from Harrison Wells as they returned to the main lab, he was well aware who the man was and had once again met him in the future. The younger version was not much different especially in his relationship with Cisco.

"My name is Rip Hunter," he introduced himself properly, "I was formerly a Time Master but due to events I am not going through I settled here to raise my son. The team here were kind enough to take me in and I use my experience to help as well as run Star Labs as a meta-human research centre."

"Oh come on," Cisco cried annoyed, "You took all the fun out it."

Joe chuckled leaning against the wall while Rip shrugged.

"We're due at Clarissa's in under an hour," Rip reminded his friend, "I'm not letting this go on around Jonas. Especially as you said Harry would be another uncle to him."

"What?" Harry asked looking a little bemused.

Cisco waved him away, "You'll love the kid. Remind me to show you his school project before we head for dinner."

Rip shook his head turning back to the other man, "I understand why you're protective of them all, I am as well. I am not going to try to persuade you in the next few minutes but I will advise you not to be anything other than polite in front of my son or we will have a problem."

Harry studied him for a moment before nodding.

"Gideon," Rip called, "Please provide full lab access to Dr Wells."

"Of course, Captain Hunter," Gideon replied.

At Harry's surprised stare Cisco chuckled again, "There've been some other changes since you were last here."

"Daddy!"

Rip caught Jonas who came barrelling towards him excitedly when he walked into Clarissa's living room. He'd been with Iris, Barry and Lily at a concert of Disney music which Iris had been given tickets for.

"The band played all my favourite songs," Jonas told him without giving Rip a chance to say anything, "And the characters danced and I got popcorn and..."

"Were you good?" Rip cut him off with an amused smile.

Jonas nodded, "Lily said I was so good that I could come with her anytime."

Rip laughed hugging him before letting him slide down, Jonas turned to say hello to the others stopping at the new people.

"Hello," the little boy said.

Jessie stepped forward first, "Hi, I'm Jessie. You must be Jonas, it's really nice to meet you."

"Jessie likes science," Wally spoke up a grin seeing Jonas' eyes light up.

Jonas looked up at her, "Just like Lily and Caitlin," before he whispered slightly, "Iris doesn't like science much but she likes Disney movies."

"I like both," Jessie told him.

Jonas grinned before turning to the new man, "Are you Harry?"

A little surprised Harry nodded, "Yes."

"Cisco told me all about you," Jonas told him, "He said you'll like my project."

Harry crouched down to his eye level, "Cisco showed me your project and I thought it was amazing."

Jonas beamed at this.

Rip spotted Clarissa was about to call them all to take their seats, "Jonas, go wash your hands for dinner."

"Okay, Daddy," the little boy scampered away.

Rip watched Harry stand to his full height once more, a slight smile on his face after his conversation with the boy.

"Jessie was just the same," Harry chuckled to himself, "So full of enthusiasm and joy."

Rip nodded with a smile but didn't get a chance to say anything else as Clarissa called them for dinner.

"I hope you skipped lunch," Rip told him, "There's a lot of food to be eaten."

x

Harry sat sipping his coffee watching the newest member of the team sitting in the back garden drinking his tea staring out into the distance.

"He's trustworthy," Joe appeared at his side, "This is his way of getting a few minutes of solitude while Jonas is being looked after by people he trusts."

Harry glanced at the other man, "What exactly is a Time Master?"

"From what we've been told he travelled in time to fix any changes made by people who try to amend the timeline," Joe shrugged, "Rip married, against their rules and when his wife was killed leaving him with Jonas he gave it up. We took him in and made him family, a bit like you were. He's a good man, bit hard to get to know but then you're not the easiest person either."

Hearing Jonas giggle Harry turned to where the child was playing snap with Cisco.

"That boy is his everything," Joe said softly.

Harry nodded, "I know the feeling," he looked round where Jessie was sitting with Wally, "I'll give him a chance."

Joe chuckled, "He runs Star Labs these days with a super computer that can make your life hell, hope he gives you one."