By the time they encountered the Flash, the Renegades were engaged in a dramatic mission - to erase crime from history, by catching the criminals before they committed the crime. When one of their own, Mirror Monarch, was killed by someone who appeared to be the Flash, the Renegades came to the 21st century, to a time roughly 84 days before the point where it was committed, to bring the Flash in for questioning. During the disagreement, they discovered that they were not skilled enough to catch a speedster, and that their records of history were subtly wrong (having been altered by the Top in his favour). They decided to investigate further.