"I tried, Axel. I asked if I could come with you and he told me that he wants to come himself and started getting on my nerves about why I care about you even though you're taken, stuff like that."

Hartley smiled a little, his lips at least visible. "Of course I won't tell them. I'm trying to think, Ax. I want to find a way to get you to Atlantis without Zoom interfering. The whole family."

He knew he couldn't go. He was an asset. He had done awful things. He was with Zoom, there was no going back and he knew he was getting worse day after day. "Reverb is doing me a favour, going easy on you. He'll keep to that."