▁not ▁existing ▁for ▁R ex ▁while ▁Rick ▁was ▁absent , ▁but ▁once ▁an ▁hour ▁had ▁el apsed ▁R ex ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁leave ▁to ▁fight ▁Ext ant — as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁hour glass ▁filled ▁with ▁t ach y ons ▁that ▁allowed ▁Rick ▁the ▁occas ional ▁' vision ' ▁of ▁the ▁future ▁that ▁would ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁an ▁hour ' s ▁time . ▁ ▁He ▁recently ▁returned ▁at ▁the ▁beh est ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁when ▁Rick ▁was ▁str and ed ▁in ▁the ▁Time point , ▁mort ally ▁wounded . ▁Rick ▁was ▁saved , ▁although ▁his ▁hour ▁in ▁the ▁Time point ▁was ▁up ▁and ▁now ▁either ▁Rick ▁or ▁R ex ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁die ▁facing ▁Ext ant . ▁Instead , ▁Matthew ▁gave ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁took ▁their ▁place , ▁imp erson ating ▁R ex ▁with ▁a ▁h olog ram , ▁leaving ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁hour glass ▁from ▁his ▁ch est ▁to ▁allow ▁them ▁to ▁return ▁home . ▁When ▁R ex ▁told ▁H our man ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁as ▁alive ▁as ▁any ▁of ▁them ▁despite ▁being ▁an ▁android , ▁H our man ▁replied ▁that ▁he ▁appreciated ▁that ▁more ▁than ▁R ex ▁could ▁ever ▁know , ▁and ▁asked ▁R ex ▁to ▁give ▁his ▁wife ▁his ▁love ▁before ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁battle ▁with ▁Ext ant . ▁His ▁broken ▁pieces ▁were ▁retrieved ▁by ▁R ex , ▁who ▁attempts ▁to ▁re build ▁him . ▁ ▁A ▁short ▁time ▁later , ▁R ip ▁Hunter ▁said ▁during ▁a ▁team - up ▁with ▁the ▁JS A ▁that ▁the ▁android ▁H our