Whether he then found his doppelganger, or had discovered him earlier out of curiosity (who wouldn't do the same), Hunter escorted Caitlin to a park where she could see his doppelganger in the flesh. When Caitlin revealed that she had already done some digging, and discovered that the name 'Jay Garrick' couldn't be found on this Earth, Hunter realized that he had to act to keep his secret (otherwise Caitlin could realize Hunter was using an alias).
He was dying, and had to keep her from interfering with a plan that was proceeding beautifully. Potentially recognizing that Barry was still in need of a mentor, Hunter arrived to offer just that, perfectly camouflaged in the 'oh golly' personality that won him so many fans on Earth-2. So as not to arouse suspicion, he also decided not to use the speed that Velocity gave him - meaning the tests performed on him to determine any ulterior motives would come back negative, since he really wasn't connected to the Speed Force any more.Įverything seemed to be going perfectly to plan, as Hunter would blackmail Earth-2 criminals into murdering Barry Allen, pushing the hero's abilities farther and farther, accessing more and more of the Speed Force he so badly needed to one day steal. It would have worked without incident, too, if Caitlin hadn't started looking a bit closer at Hunter's test results, realizing that he wasn't as normal as he claimed.
Labs, having learned everything there was to know about this world's resident super speedster (and his family and friends). It probably should have raised some suspicions at the time when Hunter- sorry, 'Jay' arrived at S.T.A.R.