It had just been mere moments since Rip had sacrificed himself to delay Malice, but rather than being reunited with his wife and son, he found himself in some sort of strange limbo.
"Where the bloody hell am I?" Rip asked.
"Hello Captain Hunter." a new voice said and Rip turned to see a strange man that even he had never seen before.
"Who are you?" Rip asked.
"I am the Beyonder. And you are still needed Rip." Beyonder said.
"I don't understand?" Rip said.
"Despite your death being rather early on, you are the last one to join the others on a new earth." the Beyonder said.
"Why?" Rip asked.
"Your work on Earth One may have been completed, but there is another earth that needs heroes to maintain its balance. However, unlike the others I am sending you there for a more specific purpose, now that the rest of the Legends that are necessary have joined them." Beyonder said.
"And what might that purpose be?" Rip asked.
"You are the only ones who can travel the timestream and find out what it is that's been eliminating the heroes of the new world, forcing me to have to bring the heroes of another Earth to this one." Beyonder said.
"I understand. But what about the Time Masters and Vandal Savage?" Rip asked.
"Vandal Savage never gained immortality, so your wife and son shall still be alive, however, the time masters have already been wiped out. In fact, the place I'm sending you is to the remains of the vanishing point. You'll find the Earth One Waverider waiting for you, since I made sure that you'd be with the correct Gideon and your Miranda will also be waiting for you. Assemble the Legends and find out who or what is disrupting the balance of this earth. I cannot keep bringing heroes from other earths to this one." Beyonder said and Rip nodded.
"I understand. I shall begin assembling the Legends as soon as I arrive on this new Earth." Rip said.
"And that is happening now." Beyonder said as Rip felt the same painful sensation that everyone else had.
When Rip came to, he found himself standing in the midst of the Vanishing point, actually near the Oculus.
"Well, at least there's free will in this universe." Rip said as he headed towards what remained of the hangar, where the Waverider, looking good as new, was waiting.
"Gideon love, are you there?" Rip asked.
"Indeed Captain Hunter. I am fully aware of our new mission and have already begun plotting time jumps to the necessary locations." Gideon said.
"Excellent, but first, we need to make a stop in London, 2166. Miranda and Jonas are waiting for me and with the Time Masters gone, we can finally stop hiding our family." Rip said.
"Right away, then where are we going?" Rip asked.
"Plot a course for 2042 next, I'm assuming that since you included it, that means that Ms. Tomaz is here to?" Rip asked.
"Correct. One useful upgrade the Beyonder gave me is the knowledge of which members of the Legends have been transferred to this new Earth with us." Gideon said.
"Very well, let's get moving." Rip said.
"I do have one question for you Captain." Gideon said.
"What?" Rip asked.
"Are you going to remain Captain after we've reassembled the team?" Gideon asked Rip sighed.
"No, you and I both know that there is someone much better suited for that role than I ever was." Rip said.
"Very well, preparing for multiple time jumps." Gideon said as the Waverider prepared to time jump away.