8 Years Ago

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Barry stood on the catwalk in the particle accelerator chamber.

"You would have helped them, all of them. It's like a team. We work together and we protect the Earth. Had you not changed the past the way you did, we might have......" He shakes his head and looks down at the ground. "I know you'll come back. I've always known. Not many people know why I keep coming here, but some do."

He lets out a sigh, hoping she'll hear him. He closes his eyes and waits. Nothing moves and the room is filled with complete silence. He waits for another minute before opening his eyes and looking forward, expecting anything. The metal of the chamber sneers at him. She is, again, not there. 

"Come back X, we need you." He whispers before running out of the chamber. After he leaves, a man appears from the shadows. He isn't from this time period and he knows what the future holds. He smiles up at where the Flash was standing.

"She'll come back, but...." He sees the future in his mind. "She won't be the same."

Rip Hunter vanishes the way he came. Soon the room is full of silence and sadness. 

The same way it has always been.

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