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"The kid is lying." Wally pointed out the obvious, "He had other motives for coming here, motives we don't know. For all we know, he was working with Neutron and just trying to gain our trust so he can stab us in the back later!"

"Those are some pretty bold accusations," Barry frowned, "And a bit of a stretch."

"We don't know anything about him!" Wally growled, "We don't even know who he really is!"

Bart frowned, pressing his ear against the door. They didn't trust him. It was understandable, he was a stranger from the future with no real proof of his allegiances, but it still stung to hear Wally doubted him. Especially after all he'd done for them… well, done for their futures.

"He's my grandson," Barry reminded his nephew, "Your second cousin. How bad could he be? I'm sure he doesn't mean any harm."

"He may have already caused harm just by being here!" Wally countered, "He's changing the time stream!"

"That you know of," Dick jumped in, "For all we know, his history books say that he came back here."

"And the chances that that's true are about as good as the chances that he's not listening at the door," Bart barely had time to scoot back a foot before the door swung open and Wally glared down at him, "See!"

"I heard my name!" Bart protested, glaring back, "Don't you listen at doors when people talk about you?"

"No!" Wally lied, grabbing Bart's arm and pulling him into the room, "That's rude!"

"Easy Wally!" Barry frowned at his nephew's rough behaviour towards the boy, "Bart, why don't you take a seat."

There was a long pause before Bart finally slumped down in a near by chair, defeated, "Fine."

Dick, Wally, Barry, Artemis and Roy gathered around him, all expecting answers. Dick crossed his arms, "Okay kid, spill. Why are you here?"

"I'm just sight seeing!" He insisted, scowling at the dark haired young man. No way was he telling them the truth, not now anyways. Too much was at risk, he had too many people to save.

"Right!" Wally snapped, "Sight seeing in the past! Because that makes perfect sense!"

"Yeah, it does!" Bart growled, "I've already seen my time! I do get around fairly quickly, you know."

"Uh, Wally?" Artemis tried to get his attention.

"Well maybe you should see your time again!" Wally shouted over top of her, "Because you don't belong here!"

"I can't!" Bart rolled his eyes, "Duh! The time machine's broken."

"Something tells me you're not trying very hard to fix it!"

"Well maybe the future's not worth seeing!"

"Wally!" This time the red head turned and looked at his girlfriend, whom, along with the rest of his friends, was staring across the room at what appeared to be a gold, glowing crack in the air. it looked like stationary lightning and was without a doubt growing bigger as they watched, reaching outwards with wispy tendrils of light, "What's that?"

"I... I don't know?" Wally glanced back at Bart, who'd shrunk back in his chair, "Kid?"

Bart, who knew exactly what it was and who it came from, through the older boy an apologetic look, "Brace yourself..."

Before anyone could ask what he meant by his comment, the crack expanded to engulf the room in a flash of gold light. Bart felt the semi-familiar feeling of being pulled through time, as if someone had reached through his skin, grabbed his insides and was pulling him around by them. They landed in a grey world where ash rained from the darkened sky to the cold, lifeless ground. He coughed, his lungs readjusting to the smoggy air, and pushed himself up to a kneeling position as the heroes around him stumbled to their feet.

Barry looked around in horror, "Where are we? What is this place?"

Wally was staring at Bart, analyzing his defeated expression, "Bart?"

"This is were I come from. I told you," Bart slowly got back onto his feet, "I told you the future wasn't worth seeing."

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