regarding the post where every lantern corps wants billy as a member.
What if billy vibes with dexstarr and the JL is super nervous hes gonna take a red lantern ring but hes just petting a kitty
Billy was going about his business as usual. As of now, he was bored, and he was sitting on the curb in front of his apartment complex watching two crackheads duke it out on the other side of the street. Miss Bambi was next to him smoking a cigarette and also watching. Suddenly, a strangely blue cat came out of nowhere.
Billy and Ms. Bambi: *watch the cat trot over*
Dexstarr: *meows and a red ring floats over to Billy*
Billy: “Oh, thank you, kitty!” *just shoves it in his pocket and just picks up Dexstarr and starts petting him*
Ms. Bambi: “Careful, bud. Try not to get scratched or bitten. Who knows what it could have.” *thinks this is just adorable*
Dexstarr: *stiff in Billy’s hold and letting himself be pet, honestly expecting the boy to have at least a little anger or sadness or at least something*
Billy: “I’ll go see the nice doctor guy and see if we can see why you’re blue, kitty. Then, I’ll get some money so we can get you some food!”
Dexstarr: *confused by the very sudden adoption*
Billy learned that Dexstarr was a pretty angry kitty. It scratches Billy sometimes and scratches other people a lot of times. Billy takes pride in the fact he gets scratched slightly less than other people. As for the ring the kitty gave him? He still hasn’t worn it yet. He’d moved it into his pocket dimension after it fell out of his pocket and he nearly left it in a gas station. It was probably safer there. Anyways, he’d honestly forgotten about it until one day he and Dexstarr were lounging on a roof in Fawcett. Billy then felt a small buzz from his pocket dimension, signally he got a notification from his comm. So he transformed, rightfully spooking the kitty.
Marvel: “Dex?” *trying to sound placating*
Dexstarr: *pulls out a bunch of energy constructs so he can attack Marvel*
Marvel: *dodging any attacks* “Dex! It’s me! Billy!”
The cat obviously didn’t listen seeing as that was a grown man, not the ten year old boy it’d been hanging out with for the past couple weeks.
Marvel: “Kitty, I have proof! Look!” *pulls out the ring from his pocket dimension* “Remember how you gave this to me?”
It took some more convincing despite the fact he had the ring. Thankfully, Dexstarr calmed down enough for it to allow Marvel to scratch under its chin just the way Billy knew it liked. Marvel put the ring back into the pocket dimension and sat down so he could keep scratching under its chin. He was finally able to look at the comm. Something about a meeting. Billy didn’t really want to leave Dexstarr alone, not to mention he wanted to familiarize the kitty with his Marvel form. So, he took it to the Watchtower.
He saw Hal when going to the meeting room.
Marvel: “Hey, Hal! Meet my cat, Dex!” *holds Dex up for Hal to see*
GL: *stares for a solid minute* “Is that Dexstarr?”
Marvel: “No, his name is Dexter.”
GL: “Uhm…” *looks over Dexstarr* “Nah… I’m pretty sure that’s Dexstarr.”
GL: “Uh yuh huh. That’s a Red Lantern.”
Marvel: “Nah, he just looks like that.”
GL: “I- wha-” *takes a deep breath* “Cap, give me the cat.”
Marvel: “What? No, he’s my cat!” *holds Dexstarr up because he’s way taller than Hal*
GL: “Dude, no he isn’t!” *tries to reach before just flying to try and grab him*
They spent a solid five minutes of Marvel moving Dexstarr away from Hal while the Green Lantern tried to get the cat. Eventually, they got into what was basically a tug of war with the cat.
Marvel: “Defend yourself Dexstarr!”
Dexstarr: *vomits blood-plasma-acid on the floor*
Dexstarr: *makes some super dangerous constructs with his ring to kill Hal*
It took a lot to convince Dexstarr to not attack. Soon after that realization, they both also realized they were extremely late to the meeting. They both went in and sat down. The entire meeting consisted of Hal side eying him from where he sat next to Billy. He even did the ‘I got my eye on you’ sign. Billy didn’t even bother to be subtle with the way he stared back. His head was directly looking towards him as he rubbed under Dexstarr’s chin. Meanwhile, Flash, who sits on the other side of Marvel, is looking at the blue cat in Marvel’s lap in confusion. And Supes can smell a cat somewhere and he’s also confused.
Later after this, Hal gathered the other Green Lanterns and went to go confront him.
Marvel: *turns around in his chair, petting Dexter like the Godfather* “What can I help you gentlemen with.” *has the Red Lantern ring Dexstarr gave him on the hand petting the cat*
Billy doesn’t know why he was being so dramatic right now, but what he does know is that this ring doesn’t really do anything. Sure, he feels a little bit more irritable, but oh well. To be honest, he just feels like Billy. As for the blood thing and replacing of the heart, Billy is pretty sure Marvel doesn’t have either of those things. He’s just magic.
All three GL’s: *dramatic gasps when they see the ring*
Guy Gardner: “Hand over the cat, Cheese. He’s super dangerous.”
Marvel: *shrugs* “It was probably self defense.”
John Stewart: “That might be true, but that doesn’t change the fact.”
Marvel: “So? You think I’ll just hand over my son like that?”
Marvel: “He’s practically my son.”
Hal: *shares a look with Guy and John* “…Right. Listen. Captain, if you don’t hand him over, we’ll have to take him by force.”
Marvel: *sounds distinctly colder than any of them had ever heard* “Do you really think you three could beat me?”
That’s how Marvel ended up getting 21 v 1’d and somehow ended up winning. As for where the other 19 people came from. They called in reinforcements from nearby sectors. Thats how badly they were getting beaten.
Moral of the story, bro really likes his cat-son. Ha. Catson. Billy Batson and Dexstarr Catson.
Marvel also holds Dex just like this because I say so.
