"LaSalle! Dinner!"

He slid the plate to the man behind bars. It was like this everyday. He'd check up on the man, who just leaned into the bars of his cell.

Staring into nothing.

But the man did eventually eat, since he would come back to the plate half empty. His survival must have kicked through his depression, and he would eat. Then go back to staring into the hallway outside his cell.

LaSalle didn't move, so the guard turned and walked away. Leaving the man alone with his thoughts, he locked the secondary door, and headed to feed the other prisoners.

He was cracking. Or maybe he already cracked, and he didn't know. But everything was blending together. Waking up, staring, eating, staring, eating again, staring, then going to bed.

Rinse and repeat.

For over two years, he's been locked up. Not just on assault charges, when he froze those two guards, or breaking and entering, but on immigration and not having an identity.

He shouldn't be here.

He was from the future, one hundred years ahead. And without his tools to go back to the future, he was stuck here. Losing his sanity. He was no one here, in this time. No name, social security, address or family. They wouldn't let him leave, and there was no place to send him, since other countries denied him residency.

He wished he'd never come to this time, even though the risk to reward was so much in his favor.

That… blond boy caught him. Attacked him from behind before he knew what hit him.

Then darkness.

Only to wake up in a jail cell, with no means to prove his identity. A charge of attempted theft, assault and illegal entry keeping him here in Jump City.

Not for the first time, he cursed him.

"Damn you… Logan."

"You only have yourself to blame."

He jumped and turned around. There, before him, stood the young man that caught him, and had him put away. But he was different…

He was green.

He growled angrily.

"You!"

"Be quiet… or the guard will hear you."

He grew quiet, surprised to hear… the hero, say such a thing. They stood in his cell, staring at each other.

"Why are you here?" He was still angry at him. Two years in this cell. He wasn't going to be nice to him.

"I need your help." He didn't say it like he was in need. Or like he was desperate. No.

He said it like, he was GOING to help him.

"Why?" His glare intensified.

"You want to go back home, don't you?" He asked.

Emil stared at him, hopeful.

Home…

That washed away all of his anger. For a moment, he forgot about the last two years. He stared at the hero in his cell, realizing that he didn't come with the guards. This wasn't an official and LEGAL discharge. Logan snuck in, and floated the idea of him leaving.

In exchange for help of course.

Then Logan stepped forward, right in front of him. The young man was shorter, but not by much. The years were treating him well. He was looked in the eyes, and his back was pressed against the bars.

"You're just a normal man. No powers, no way of breaking out or harming others. Everything you could do, was because of your suit."

He was sweating. How did he know, he didn't even attack him back at the museum. He was about to launch concentrated power blasts at him, but wasn't able to since he was hit from behind.

"You want to leave this cell, go back to your time?"

"Y-Yes!" He whispered loudly.

"Then you'll tell me how you travelled. How the suit works, and why you wanted that clock."

He hesitated, wondering and doubting how Logan could understand either of the two things.

"You can't understand how time travel works, not in such a short amount of time. It'll take years for you to fully grasp the concepts and inner workings that make up the machinery and the process that go into space travel, let alone 'time' travel."

Garfield knew that. He wasn't asking to be taught, but explained to and guided on what to do and where to go.

"You'll tell me enough, then we'll see about traveling… together."

Warp stared at him, then swallowed the saliva in his throat. It was best to not antagonize him or dissuade him. He wanted out of this cell, and if the 'hero' Logan would break him out… then he wouldn't complain.

"… alright." He nodded. Then they stood there, and he didn't know what was next.

"Are you breaking me out?" He asked.

Logan stared at him. "When I have everything, and I know it's safe. I'll break you out of here."

That was a relief. So the young man was playing it smart, that's good. No reason to escape, then alert the authorities who would then secure his suit and the clock.

"What if the guard comes?"

"Then I'll disappear, and come back when they leave." Warp nodded.

So Logan leaned against the wall, and stared at him.

"Tell me. Everything about your travel here."

He didn't know where to start, and the young man staring at him, put him on edge. So… he needed to talk.

"And don't lie to me. If you're surprised and wondering how I got in here, you won't be if I hurt you for lying…"

"…"

He walked to his bed, then slowly sat on it. Looking up to Logan. Where should he start?

Frustrated at the silence, Logan asked.

"Did you build the suit?"

Warp frowned.

"… No, I didn't."

Damn… Logan growled internally. He was pissed. Warp was supposed to be his key to traveling.

"But I was friends with the designer and builder of the suit and the regulator." Logan stared at him, so he continued.

"A colleague of mine, who I knew for years, shared with me his collection of data and prototypes. He also shared them with another friend of ours, he explained everything to us. Showed us the inner workings of his machines, machines that would later be downsized into the suit that I arrived in."

"How did you end up with the suit?"

"… I stole it." He was ready to be criticized and judged for his actions. But they didn't come, so he continued.

"All three of us, have extensive knowledge in the sciences that relate to space and dimensional measurements. When the suit and regulator were completed, it was used before the two of us by our friend. After its first recharge, I took it."

"…"

"So you can travel… to any time?"

Warp nodded.

"What about dimensions?"

Warp was confused. "The suit, or vortex regulator, is tuned to this reality, to travel to another… you'd need a secondary device or artifact."

"Artifact… like the clock?"

Warp frowned. Not knowing how to approach this upcoming subject.

"Yes, like the clock."

Logan looked at him.

"Why did you want the clock?" He asked with a glare.

"…"

"You had time travel at your finger tips, you could travel to any point in history, maybe you did, but you came to Jump City… for a clock. Why?"

"It was pricele-"

"No…" Logan shook his head, not buying that bull. There was more to the clock, than money. Warp had time travel… and he was worried about his bank account?

"Tell me. Or I could come visit you in a year… or maybe two?" Warp panicked.

"Okay! Okay!" He spoke up, but lowered his voice, as not to alert the guard.

"Why the clock?" Logan asked again.

"… to charge the suit. To give the regulator an unlimited source to pull from, so it could travel without the need for charging."

"Anything else about the clock, how is it related to the way the regulator works."

Warp thought how to explain it.

"It's not just a simple charge, like a battery. It's two separate energies that represent forward and backwards. The artifact is a clock for a reason. The energies within the regulator both propel the user to the past and the future. And the clocks two dials on its top, represent the future and the past. Two parts of the artifact, to fuel and energize two energies in the regulator. One can only work with its other. Future to future, and past to past."

Logan tried to understand what Warp was saying. He said he stole it after it was done charging the first time, now the clock would have given the 'regulator' a way to be used without charging.

"How long does it take for the regulator to charge?"

"… six years."

Logan nodded.

"How did you know about the clock?" He was curious how an ancient clock could be tied with space travel hundreds of years in the future.

"Not only am i a man of science, I'm also a historian. When my friend explained the workings of the regulator, it matched manuscripts and biblical texts from ancient times. In my reading, I discovered the clock, that the people believed to be created by higher beings. In a sense, they were right. The clock was made from earthly materials, but not by human hands."

"…"

Maybe if he didn't meet Starfire, or fight an inter dimensional demon named Trigon… he'd be freaked out. But he did those things, so it was only slightly surprising.

"So with the clock, you'd have power to use the regulator as much as you want. No need to charge and wait the six years?"

Warp nodded.

"How many travels can the regulator do, before it needs recharging?"

"Three "

Logan nodded. So two travels, one to get the clock, then one to go back to his time. And one for an emergency. Warp could see that the young man was understanding the process he took to steal the clock, then hoped they could get started on getting out of his imprisonment.

"You mentioned artifacts. Are there artifacts that deal with traveling to other dimensions?"

Warp had to think, he was a historian of ancient and even supernatural studies.

"Yes, there are pieces in history that have represented traveling to other worlds or lives by people in ancient times."

"Are they still around?"

"It's possible, written text describes them vaguely, but most aren't illustrated."

"Then we'll get the clock, and any artifact that can send me to another dimension."

Warp was confused.

"Why do you want to travel to another dimension? Do you have any idea how dangerous that is? Even I cannot fathom the risks involved with that kind of journey. There is no safe or even accurate way of knowing what's on the other side if you can travel through."

Logan shook his head. "I'm not worried about risks, I just want to leave this dimension."

Completely strange, but Warp nodded.

"What now?" He asked.

"Tonight. I'll get your suit and the clock. Then I'll come to get you out of this cell."

Warps eyes opened wide. Just like that? The hero Logan was going to steal, then break a prisoner out of jail.

"Why?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Like I said, I want to leave this dimension."

Then he disappeared. Into thin air.

Emil LaSalle sat on his bed, thinking he may have dreamt the whole thing.

-

It was later that night, when Emil began to drift to sleep, that Logan appeared before him.

"It's time to go."

Warp jumped up from bed, happy yet scared at the prospect of leaving this cell after two years. Logan looked completely serious, he must be. History told him Logan was a hero… for a short time. Now, he'd just committed two crimes of theft and one for aiding in the escape of an inmate.

Logan reached forward and grabbed his arm.

Then darkness.

He didn't know how long he was out, but the next thing he knew, they were outside in an open field. Bright lights in the distance, told him they were outside the city.

"H-How-"

"It doesn't really matter."

Then Warp looked around the area, thanks to a camping light hung to the branch of a tree that had fallen.

His suit! And the clock!

Warp made his way to the suit, but Logan reached out and grabbed him tightly. Logan may be younger than him, but he was physically fit, compared to his older and thin frame.

"You think I'll let you anywhere near the suit?" Logan asked.

Warp stopped, then realized Logan was playing this 'really' safe. So he nodded then stepped back.

Logan walked to the suit, and looked at hit.

"What's the regulator?"

"… The piece on the chest."

So Logan picked up the suit.

"How does it work? How do you set the time you want to go to?"

Warp started to get nervous, then Logan turned around to look him in the eyes. In the darkness, the young man looked… animalistic. So he swallowed his spit.

"Within the glass, is a digital clock," Logan looked inside and saw a tiny digital interface. He also saw what looked like three spheres, one dim and the other two with a soft glow... "It's touch and motion enabled, allowing you to set the time in which you want to travel."

Warp watched as Logan fiddled with the glass of the regulator, worried what he would do.

"What year do you want to travel?"

Looking hopeful, yet confused, Warp answered.

"Ninety eight years to the future."

"And you just press it in? It travels just like that?"

"… Yes."

*click*

Warps eyes widened in horror as a portal was opened… then Logan walked in.

He raced to it…

But it closed.

"Whaaaaaaa!" He screamed. He tripped into the dirt, then began to pound and kick. Screaming into the heavens in the middle of nowhere.

*woosh*

He turned, and saw a portal open… and Logan walked right out. Carrying his suit.

"You! … You!" He was furious.

"I had to make sure you didn't try to steal the suit or regulator from me." Logan said. Looking down, he saw that all the spheres were dim. He used up the regulator's power to travel, now he had to hope Warp would aid him in his 'dimensional' travel.

Warp squeezed the dirt, and glared.

"Does the regulator need the suit?"

"…"

"Does it?" Logan asked angrily.

"No…"

"Then separate the inner material from the armor and weapons. Ditch your jail shirt and wear the inner suit with the pants and shoes."

So he did, with Logan at his back ready to attack if he tried anything. Then Logan dumped the armor and weapons in a ditch before covering them in dirt.

"What if they find them?"

"They won't. We're so far out in a bad location, they wouldn't develop in this area. It's too rocky and has too many hills."

Warp nodded, then a large snake appeared on the ground out of thin air. He jumped back and screamed. Logan walked to the tree and picked up the clock. He looked at Warp, holding both the regulator and the clock.

"You want to go home?"

And Warp calmed down enough to nod.

Then Logan held them out, where the snake opened its mouth, and Warp watched in surprise as the snake swallowed both.

"Then tell me where I can find an artifact that can allow me to travel dimensions."

"…"

"…"

"I'll need a computer."

Warp looked down at the money in Logan's hand. It was just a few dollars.

"Did you steal this too."

Logan glared at him. They were in an alley, in the early evening in Steel City.

"No… I've broken enough laws already. I just collected and pawned a few things. So take it and look up those artifacts."

Warp reached over and took the money, then turned and headed inside an Internet cafe.

Logan walked around the back of the shop, and jumped up till he was on the roof. He was secured in a small cubby area, where he could see the street and shop lights.

He sat down, and placed his face in his hands. He didn't like this, threatening Warp. Pushing him around, it wasn't like him. Walking around in the dark, outside the view of heroes and the police.

Now they were gonna have to go somewhere, who knows what part of the world these artifacts could be at.

-Sometime Later-

Warp exited the cafe, holding a few papers that were printed for him. At extra cost to the hourly charge of using their computers. He looked around, not seeing Logan. So he followed the path they took to arrive at the cafe, when he heard a *psst*

He looked up, and leaning over the ledge was Logan.

"You find anything?"

It was really awkward talking to someone way above you.

"There were three in total, but two were damaged over the millennium. So only one can be used… if it's possible."

"Where?

"… Jump City Museum."

"…"

"…"

Logan sighed, then leaned against the ledge.

"You're not upset? We just left Jump City to come here."

"It's… anticlimactic, but I won't complain. I spent the last hour trying to figure out how I would travel us to Europe. Or Asia. I'll take Jump any day."

So they would walk to a secluded area away from town, then he would shift again to a large falcon. Where he would fly him and Warp back to Jump City. They would look over the papers he printed and find where exactly the artifact was within the museum.

But now he needed to be extra careful to get the other artifact, with the police and Teen Titans on high alert after Warps escape along with his suit and the missing clock.

-

So they were back in Jump City… again.

They were borrowing one of Slade's lairs, since the man was no longer using them. And the police had long ago raided anything that was dangerous. So they sat, and with his remaining dollars, Warp ate his container of Chinese food.

"When are you getting the other artifact?" Warp asked as he closed the container.

"I'm stealing it right now…"

Warp looked at him shocked.

"R-Right now?! Already? How?" Was this a joke?

"Just a few minutes ago, I sent for it. It should be on its way to us right n-"

His eyes opened wide… there was a shifting in the room!

*swoosh*

Then energy dispersed in the lair.

And five people stood right behind him.

"Logan…"

Damn…

Warp fell on his behind, then crawled backwards, away from the Teen Titans. Without his suit and weapons he was defenseless. If he was captured, then he'd be sentenced for escaping imprisonment.

Garfield sat there, with his back towards the others.

"Logan…" Robin spoke again.

Damn. Damn. Damn. How did this Raven know he was here? Did it have something to do with Logan?

"Friend, why do you not-"

"I'm not your friend," he spoke softly. He'd NEVER raise his voice to Starfire. No matter how angry he was. No matter what world he ended up in, she had to be the same kind hearted young lady he used to know.

"Logan, why are you doing this. Why would y-" but Cyborg was cut off.

"That goes for all of you," he told them. "Whatever you think, whatever you're going to ask me, or say… forget it. This isn't a reunion."

"…"

"I'm… a criminal," he still didn't turn to them.

"That's all that matters…" he said.

"You can return the things you stole." Robin said, but he shook his head.

"I'm not returning anything. I'm taking them, and this guy with me."

"What if we don't let you…" Raven finally spoke.

He bowed his head.

"You can try, I know you will. You can think you'll talk me out of this, but you won't. I'm leaving, period. And this will be a failure for the Teen Titans. Even though no one will be hurt, and the things I stole aren't of value to anyone… it's still a crime. I broke the law. And I'm leaving."

He finally stood up, slowly, with his back turned. He didn't want to look at them.

"I'm not your friend… Whatever attachments you have to Logan, let them go. Cause he's not here, and he's never coming back."

Then before they knew it, the Beast stood before them. Right between him and the group. But instead of attacking, it raced to Warp and scooped him up in its massive arms, and ran.

Logan stood there.

And so did the Titans.

Garth walked past the team, and was marching right up to Logan.

"Stop Aqualad." He said.

And Garth kept walking.

"I said stop!" He growled.

"Or you'll what?! Attack me?!"

Garth stopped behind Logan, him and the others were surprised at Logan's hair color, not understanding why it was green. But right now, he didn't care.

He reached forward and grabbed Logan's shoulder, before turning him around with a jerk.

Green.

Garth was surprised, he froze in confusion. They were all surprised. His hair, skin and eyes. They were all green… even the glare Logan was giving him.

But he shook off the surprise, and growled. He raised his left hand, then pushed Logan's red and white suit against his friend's chest forcefully.

"What's this? Your parting gift? To me and the others? Were we supposed to keep it, in remembrance to you?" He let go of the suit, and Logan grabbed it before it could fall to the floor.

He looked down to his suit, with a scowl on his face. He had forgotten about it. He wanted to take it with him, but after talking with The Chief… and seeing young Garfield.

"Trash it…" why didn't he just have one of his animals swallow it, then change to an amoeba? Like he did before. Did he really want to keep it so much, he wasn't thinking right? Damn he was stupid. And now with him breaking the law, and making threats to Warp... He didn't deserve to hold it.

That didn't sit well with Aqualad.

"So we were just supposed to forget about you? That it? You come into our lives, help us, care about us… then leave?"

Garfield was trying to piece things together. Logan was friends with the others, he guessed that. But that included Aqualad? Somehow him and Garth became friends, good enough for him to start yelling at him in the face for deserting their friendship.

"Yeah. It's as simple as that."

He didn't want to look at the others, it was bad enough he was looking down at Aqualad. He didn't want to see their young faces.

It was like Terra… When they found out she had sold them out to Slade. The hurt and betrayal they went through, at a friend who turned their back on them.

Now it was him… he was Terra.

Garfield growled.

But he didn't sell them out to an enemy. He didn't destroy their home. Didn't try to kill them. He just…

Broke their hearts.

In a moment of weakness, he looked to the others.

Their young faces.

Still young, and fresh out of the end of the world. With no Brotherhood to try and kill them, or put an end to their legacy. An open future, without him.

For a moment, he imagined himself within the group. Right beside Raven, ready for action. Back when he was a goof. A prankster… a clown. This team, wasn't held back by dead weight.

Whatever Logan did, he must not have made a difference either…

Raven stepped forward.

"I've been tracking you… through your amoebas… and the aurora of your soul."

He scowled even more.

"I tracked you when you went to Steel City, but I lost you when you headed East."

He visibly relaxed some, she wouldn't lie to him. Raven must have tracked him when he left the tower, then knew when he returned into town, only to go to Warp's jail cell, then the museum.

He didn't want them to know he went to Midway City. He didn't want them to connect him with Garfield Logan. That kid… had nothing to do with this.

"Why did you run… run away from us?" Aqualad asked.

Raven… and Garth. Staring at him, along with the others. Like he did something wrong… It was always him.

"I remembered who I am… and I forgot all about Logan."

They stared at him, sad at his words.

"However you met him… whatever he told you. Whatever relationship you had with him, forget it. Because I did."

They didn't move.

"Logan wasn't real… it's just me. And like I said. I'm not your friend."

"Is that how you really feel?" Raven asked.

He grew upset.

"It doesn't matter what I feel. I should have never came here. I should have never met you all."

"Friend, you cannot say such things! You are still dear to us. You have touched all of us, and we are grateful for what you've done. The kindness you showed me, when I first arrived. That love, I know it came from deep within your heart."

Cyborg stepped forward. "You told us you had amnesia. That you didn't remember your past, but you told us that you cared about us. Was all that a lie? Was helping me, seeing past my robotic parts, and living in my fathers mistake a lie?"

"…" He clutched the suit

"You do still care about us. That's why you haven't attacked us. There's still that part of you that helped us. Helped me. From living in Batman's shadow. From making this mistake that you're doing right now." Robin said.

"Logan… or whatever your name is," Aqualad took a step toward him, "when you helped me with Trident. Wasn't that YOU who was there with me. Even with this amnesia, or who you are or were… that kindness and sincerity. That was you, wasn't it?"

Did Logan really do those things?

They all started to come to him. And he took a step back, but that didn't stop them. They came to him, until they were before him. They looked at him, at his green face.

"You are from the future, yes…" Starfire said.

He grimaced.

"You ARE from the future, but you also had amnesia. You knew us, but you didn't remember. That's why you cared about us so much. Why you protected us, the way you did.." Cyborg said.

"…" He balled his fists.

"That's why you went to a criminal, who claimed to come from the future. You're looking for a way back." Robin said.

They were staring at him, waiting for him to say something…

"… your half right." He finally said.

No matter how angry he was at the situation, he wasn't going to take it out on them. They were heroes, it was their job to get involved, and he was the criminal that broke the law.

Raven stepped forward, almost touching him. He grew uncomfortable, this wasn't his Raven.

"How did you come here?"

He was still tense, ready to fly at the drop of a hat. Take Warp, the clock and intercept the second artifact. But they were relaxed. They weren't here to fight. They wanted to talk.

His bravado from earlier started to waiver.

Even… if they weren't his team. They were still the people he cared about the most. He looked into Ravens eyes, and he saw her desire to help him. It was mesmerizing, so he blinked and turned away from her.

"It doesn't matter, cause I found my way back." He was trying to convince himself too.

"How do you know?" Starfire asked.

"I don't. But it's a way."

"What if something happens to you? What if it doesn't work out?" Robin asked.

"Then… then it doesn't. It's a risk I'll take." He told them.

"What if you die?" Cyborg asked.

"Then I die!" He was upset. What did it matter? As long as he wasn't here, in this world with the younger Garfield. As long as… there was nothing waiting for him on the other side…

They were upset at his words. They were sad. But he wouldn't care.

"You don't know anything about me, I may have been… nice to you. But that's whatever, you have each other, you don't need me."

"… You want us… to leave you alone?" Someone asked, but he didn't know who.

"I want you to move on and forget about me. To go on with your lives. You all have so much ahead of you, why are you turning around looking at me? When you can be looking forward to your futures."

"…"

"Don't come trying to fix something that doesn't belong to you."

Why…

Why didn't he think this way back in his world. His team. They did JUST that. They looked ahead, while he was busy staring at the ground. They made plans, sacrifices and difficult decisions, ready to embrace adulthood. While he covered his ears and played the best friend in a home they were growing too big for.

He needed them to move on without him.

He needed them, to let go of a friend, that wasn't worth keeping.

They did it before…

And he had no one to blame for his heartache, but himself.

They all, took a step back.

Except Raven

"We talked with the museum, they are willing to take a loss of the two artifacts. They said they aren't made of any valuable material, and that they belong to no set period in history… they said if they're destroyed. That it's okay." Cyborg said.

"…"

"We have also spoken with the authorities. They say that The Warp has served his time for assaulting the guards and breaking in of the museum. And they have agreed to allow the Teen Titans to relocate him. With the permission of the Justice League, by approval of the Batman. The Chief of the officers, Mayor and Governor have agreed to… pardon how Warp was released from jail" Starfire said.

"…"

"You're free to take Warp and the artifacts. We'll trust that you make the right decisions for both." Robin said.

"…"

"I brought your suit to the Titans, hoping we'd see each other again… now we have." Aqualad said.

"…"

Raven reached behind herself, under her cloak. After a few seconds, she pulled out what she was looking for. The second artifact.

It was small, tiny really. Almost the size of…

A penny.

She held it out to him, but he stood frozen. So she reached out with her other hand, and lifted his. She gently placed it in his palm, and they brushed fingertips. He pulled back from her, holding the small piece of metal.

"Since I first met you, there was something about you I couldn't exactly put my finger on. I ignored it at first, because I was angry with how kind and familiar you were acting towards me and the others. But over time, I realized what it was… my magic."

"…"

"I don't know how, a part of me is inside you. No matter how little it is, it's still there. And I don't know why… but…"

They looked into each others eyes.

"… wherever you came from, whatever your past was, it doesn't matter… because we're glad you came to us." Raven said.

They all nodded.

Raven turned to the others, then walked to them. They huddled together, and Raven spread her arms wide.

They were engulfed in a dark orb… then they were gone.

He stood there.

He just… stood there.