Beware My Power, Green Lanterns Light Part 2
“Hal Jordan of Earth, soon to be former Green Lantern of sector 2814. You are now charged with treason, grand thef-” Apa accused Hal since the moment the Meeting Started.
“Let's postpone my lynching until I tell you a couple of things,” Hal said over Apa. The Latter definitely did not agree with that. But also did not object to it either.
“What have you found, Hal Jordan?” Ganthat asked
“You see these handsome devils? They're the Lantern killers you said didn't exist. Call themselves Red Lanterns. Ring any bells?”
“He has concocted this ruse to save himself from a deserved punishment.” Said Apa.
“Respectfully, sir. I got an aching jaw that says they ain't no ruse.” Kilowog agreed with Hal and me.
“Their Power Rings fire some sort of red energy that-” I started, only to be questioned by Says “They have rings?! Powered by what?” She asked while moving closer to get a better look at Red Lanterns
“Best guess? A huge desire to mash us all into pulp.” I continued
“Kilowog of Bolovax Vik. What is your recommendation?” Ganthet asked as he looked at Kilowog.
“ I say we high tail it back to Oa, cram the interceptor with as many GLs as she'll hold ultra-warp back, and kick their red butts until they're black and blue!” Many seemed appalled by Kilowog’s choice of words.
“Despite the colorful terminology, a logical course of action.” Says agreed.
Aya popped into the Main Console viewpoint to Announce “Sensors have picked up an unmanned probe sweeping the area. Markings match the insignia of the recently encountered hostiles.” She pulled up a picture of a red and black drone that looked like a bass clef.
“Right. Red Lanterns. Aya, plot intercept course. It's going time.” Hal Ordered.
“Hal Jordan of Earth, do not terminate this communication..!” Apa interjected Angerly
“Sorry, gotta take this, don't be a stranger.”
Moving the ship to follow the probe was hard. Dodging asteroids and moving in and out of tight spaces, we got closer to the probe before it swan-dived down. Trying to follow it we kept getting shot but were never able to return fire without hitting asteroids.
“Forget about snaring it, just blast it!” I yelled.
In doing so we received a hard blast, “Warning! Shield degrading.” Aya Warned.
“Hal, break off! Stick to the plan. We go for reinforcements, then come back!” Kilowog Yelled.
“We can't let this thing give away our position!”
“What position?! We're going home! The Red Lanterns caught you with your pants down back on that rock and you want payback!”
After a couple more shots being fired by us, it hit the engine hard. “Direct hit to port ampoules. Shield's degrading to critical. Please do not let that happen again.” Aya Spoke up over the sound of the gun firing. Flying above we were able to figure out its flight patterns. Following closely we saw that it was about to fly over a giant asteroid.
“Get ready to fire when I clear that rock,” Hal yelled. He makes a drilling construct so that we can go through the asteroid. Once we were through we flew up a caught it.
“Pekaboo.” I teased
It tried to turn around only for me and Kilowog to fire two shots at it, destroying it.
“Happy?” Kilowog asked Hal very angrily.
“That felt good! A probe like that means the Red Lanterns are more than two killers with rings and a symbol. They're organized.”
“Yeah Looks like we can't hog all the fun. Let's hit HQ and load up the boys like we planned. Aya, take us home.” I advised.
“Arching ultra-warp drives. Ready in three two one Impel.”
As the engine glowed preparing for take-off, we shot forth and stopped immediately after. All of us smacking and hitting the consoles.
“ Are we there Yet?” Shyir Rev (The wounded Lantern) asked. Getting up and taking a look at every one. Some looked like they were about to toss their cookies.
“Aya, what happened?” I asked.
“Overload due to hairline crack in the ultra-warp coil. Most likely caused by the last missile hit by the enemy probe. “All of us looked at Hal after she said the last part. Raising his hands he “For the record, she said most likely Not totally likely.” he said defensively.
“What does that mean?” Shyir Rev asked.
“It means we're gonna be a little late to Oa. That's okay, I like to make an entrance. Aya, please estimate the time for repairs.” I said.
“Calculating. - Ultra-warp ready in nine point two” Hal interrupted “Nine minutes, no problem!”
“Okay, Can we form a construct and replace the defective part for the ride home?” I Asked
“The construct would have to be an exact copy of the ultra-warp coil mechanism. And it's 56 moving parts to within a 0. 8162 microns tolerance”
“An any of you do that?” I asked as I looked at everyone
“ I make Hammers,” said Kilowog
“ Look, maybe it's for the best The Guardians won't deal with the problem like we will. We'll make those Red Lanterns pay” Hal said as he walked over to the Steering Console. Shyir Rev Started to fall out of his chair, Kilowog noticed and quickly caught him.
“Is he okay?” I asked Kilowog concerned.
“Just a little lightheaded He's taken a beating. He needs a real doctor, he's not making nine hours, never mind nine months”
“ I was kinda looking forward to seeing Oa”
I looked down at the floor ashamed, because f completely forgot about his condition “Aya, scan for the nearest inhabited world. Preferably one with a hospital.” I ordered.
“ Don't bother I know my own sector anywhere. We're not far from my home colony.” Shyir Rev said as he looked out in space towards his planet's sun.
“Sounds like a good place to lay low for a while and get you fixed up,” I said. We platted Course for the planet and engaged hyper speed.
After Landing at Shyir’s home, a woman walks out with medical supplies and starts to help Shyir Rev.
“Ow.” He said
“Don't be such a baby. “ She teased as she continued to patch him up.
“Very handy to have a doctor for a wife,” I said.
“Medicine is something I picked up because of my husband's second job.” She said as she looked over at me.
“She's actually the colony's head geologist. I was an engineer, that was how we met. Beata's the genius who dreamed up using the volcano's lava as thermal power.” Shyir said proudly.
“So was that your secret identity, engineer?” He asked Shyir, walking over to us from the ship.
“Secret what?” He asked confused
“ That's Hal's hang-up, that thing on his face, it's a mask. He wears it in case some earthling sneaks into the interceptor, while in space mind you, and goes: Aha! The Green Lantern on my planet is Hal Jordan! I'm telling everyone!” Kilowog laughed out teasing Hal.
“ Haha Talk to me when your planet invents paparazzi and the 24-hour news cycle.”
I heard two a sound of small feet running and looked behind me, only to have to look under and watch as a little girl ran over to Shyir yelling “Daddy, Daddy!”
“Wait Who is this giant?1 What have you done with my daughter Amala?” He teased as he tickled her.
“I am Amala.” The little girl said as she giggled.
“Now, now Time for hugs later. Let daddy rest.” His wife said. She stretched out her hand to her daughter waiting for her to take it. Amala went running to her mother, grabbing her hand and turning around to look at her father.
“Bye, Daddy!”
“This is some place Kinda reminds me of where I grew up Bolovax Vik,” Kilowog said looking out at the village sadly
“I'm sorry. Even here we heard about its destruction.” Said Shyir, offering his condolences.
I remember when that happened. Kilowog was overly strict with the recruits, to the point I had to pull him aside and talk to him. Only to get tears and snot from him instead.
“Your planet was destroyed? I-I never knew.” Hal said
“Just concentrate on gettin' us out of this mess you made hotshot,” He said as he walked further away from us and the ship.
“ Attention! I have found a tracking device on the interceptor's hull and require assistance removing it.” Aya Rang out over the PA system.
Flying closer to the ship, I noticed a black dot with a smaller red dot inside it. Getting Next to the wing, I was able to detect it was a tracker. I tried slashing it with a green rope. But all it did was fall to the ground. Dropping down I land on the tracker with my foot smashing it to bits.
Hal walked over witnessing my finding of the tracker.
“Do you think they. . ?” He asked
“Pretty sure they do,” I confirmed. The ground started to rumble when a black cylinder started to land. Black legs were extracted from within to support its weight for the landing. Once it had settled and red Holographic screen displayed itself in the sky showing a red man with yellow eyes, and black lips. He looked like Two-Face but pure red.
“This colony now enjoys the protection of the Red Lantern Corps. You have been liberated from the tyranny of the Guardians. But their Green Lantern lackeys are here You have one solar hour to bring these war criminals to us or your planet will be vaporized” He said ending the Message.
“ Those murdering red-” Kilowog started but was interrupted by Shyir rev
“We have to turn ourselves over to them.”
“Shyir, no!”
“We don't have a choice!” he Tried to reason with his wife
“ These guys are murderers. They're gonna blow up this rock no matter what you do!” Kilowog pointed out while death stared the liberator down
“ We do have a choice. We can fight them. And keep fighting, until we can't fight anymore.” I suggested
That thing is a fortress. A frontal attack would be suicide.” Kilowog fought back, getting closer to me.
“Hey, if you've got another way, I'm all ears, but we've got to take that thing out!”
“The Earth-Woman is right, we must go! “Shyir said. We started flying over there but only got maybe 5 feet before we got called back by his wife.
“Shyir, wait! I have another way!”
“Boy, I hope she is right about this. I'm bakin' here!” Kilowog exclaimed while He, Shyir, and I flew in the volcano towards the Liberator.
“ She's always right. This way” he directed us right under the liberator. Flying further up I cut a hole large enough to fit all of us at the bottom of the planet killer. Once we flew in we headed up a path of stairs. After a couple of seconds, we got to a door, I knocked yelling out housekeeping.
Kilowog did not share my amusement and just kicked down the door.
“ That must be the control panel.” I pointed out, looking at a large cylinder with small red buttons on it. We walked closer to get a better look.
“ Do you think you can disarm it, Rev? Kilowog asked
“I'll need a few minutes-” He was interrupted when a red energy almost hit us. Looking over at the window, Razer was standing there with his arm still up.
“ Die, die, die! “ He exclaimed shooting more shots at us. I set up a green force field
“Hurry up, Rev!” I yelled. I could feel the shield was already breaking.
“ This guy's not playing around!” said Kilowog, charging at Razer. He swags his hammer aimlessly at Razer to try and get him.
“ Keep him back, for just a couple of minutes. “ Shyir exclaimed as he continued working on the wires. I flew over towards Kilowog to help him only to get shot backwards a couple of feet.
“This is your fault! You Green Lanterns might enjoy destroying worlds. But I do not!” Razer yelled as he conjured a red whip and slashed at us. Dodging out of the way I dumped into Kilowog and sent him to the ground.
“ In case you haven't been keeping up on current events you guys put this thing here and pressed the button! You wanna help!? Stop fighting us!” I tried to reason with him, only for my words to fall on deaf ears.
“ I won't listen to your lies. I'll destroy you both! “ He charged towards me, earning a roundhouse to the face.
“And what, you gonna mass murder them by blowing up the planet!? You know what you're fighting against, Razer. But what are you fighting for?!” I pointed out while delivering a kick to his chest sending him out the window.
“Dumb kid, Where is Shyir? Let's have some good news! “Kilowog said, flying over towards Rev. Flowwing him I sat next to Rev to try to help him.
“Detonation in thirty seconds”
“We need to move away. “Kilowog exclaimed pulling me up to my feet. And towards the window.
Three Two One. Detonate. Detonate. A red laser shot down within the unit towards the explosive. Rev took action and created a barrier to stop the laser.
“Time to go,” I yelled out looking at Rev.
“ I can keep the laser from igniting the plutonium, for a little while anyway. I know what happened to Bolovax Vik. If you had a chance to save your world What would you do?” He said looking at the kilowog. I looked down not only in despair but in condolence as to what was about to happen.
“It's been an honor. “Kilowog said as we flew over to the window. Heading towards the village we created a giant claw to scoop people up before it was too late. When it looked like we got everyone, we started our ascend into space and put as much distance as we could between us and the liberator. 5 minutes passed when it finally exploded, taking Shyir along with it. The entire planet glowed and cracked before it too joined Shyir. Everyone watched as the liberator took the only home they had ever known and a family member as well. I looked over a kilowog, whose face was hard as a rock.
“Let's go find Hal,” He said. Thankfully it didn't take us long to find him
“Are you gonna help us with this, hotshot?” Kilowog exclaimed
“Kilowog, Rory!”
“We got most of the colonists up before the big bang, but our rings are running low.”
“I believe I can help,” said Aya over the PA on the Interceptor. Shooting a green beam towards our Bubble. Relieving us and our Rings of the weight. We looked over at Razer, only to find him in a bubble without a ring.
“What's he doing inside that bubble?” I asked curiously
“Never mind him. You are a sight for sore eyes. You too, Aya.”
“Thank you.” She replied
“What about Rev. Did he make it?” Hal asked, and I couldn't meet his eyes. Shyir's ring flew towards and past us on the way to Oa. We all looked down or away.
“ I hope everyone knows the sacrifice Shyir made,” Hal said as we stood on a nearby planet that was now the home of Shyir’s people.
“They do. The elders are going to name our new planet after him.” said his wife while holding Amala in her arms. She was trying to hold back tears. I walked over towards them and put my hand on her cheek lovingly.
“Your daddy was very brave, Amala. He saved us all.
“Is it okay if I still miss him?”
“Yeah. We all will.” I replied, Her mother and her went over to join the people in hopes of building their new home.
“You know, Shyir did save them all. He asked me what I'd do if I had another chance to save my planet. And that's when it hit me, I'd save the people.” Kilowog explained to Hal.
“At least one of us got it right.” He Replied
“The cooling system is now functional. Continuing repairs.” Aya Debriefed, as we sat together in the cock pit.
“So, what's next?” I asked looking between Hal and Kilowog.
“Next, we find the Red Lanterns,” Hal answered
“Just how are we gonna stop who knows how many super-powered Red Lanterns with just the three of us?” Kilowog asked while walking over to Hal.
“That's a really good question, Kilowog. Here's another one, what should we do with the one we captured?” I pointed out as we all looked at Razer in the holding cell.
