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[center][h1][i][color=39b54a]Mind Over Might, Part 1[/color][/i][/h1][/center]

[color=39b54a][b][i]Californian Desert:[/i][/b][/color]

[color=ec008c]"Hal please be careful this time. This F-22 Raven is supposed to be our 'big one'. I'd appreciate it a lot if you wouldn't crash this one."[/color] A woman spoke over a radio.

[color=007236]"I'll try Carol, but It wasn't even my fault last time."[/color] Hal spoke, but he seemed to almost regret he even woke up as the planes instruments began to turn haywire. Dials began to spin completely 360, sparks sputtered from various buttons.

[color=ec008c]"Hal what's going on up there? Our instruments have stopped receiving."[/color] Carol questioned, her voice seemed to carry some worry.

[color=007236]"My instruments stopped too."[/color] Hal said, his face scrunched as he attempted to hit various buttons. [color=007236]"I'm going to try to save her-"[/color] Before he could continue one of the air crafts wings crashed into the side of a tall rock formation, signified by a loud metallic tearing sound. [color=007236]"Er, at least most of her."[/color] Hal continued, his plane was forced into an uncontrollable horizontal spin due to the loss of a wing. [i]Yeah, I'm going to keep my word this time.[/i] Hal thought to himself as he momentarily activated his ring. A green glow quickly surrounded the jet, and moved it softly to the ground.

[color=39b54a][b][i]Edwards Air Force Base, California:[/i][/b][/color]

After a busy day of flying and crashing the most advanced planes on Earth, Hal felt it was finally time to come in for a landing himself. Along with an apology. Holding a bouquet of various flowers behind his back he briskly made his way to Carrol Ferris's office. Besides being the love of his life Carrol Ferris was Hal Jordan's boss. Hal felt nervous about this, this would be the first time he would approach her aside from a few flirty remarks over the airwaves. Hal audibly swallowed his spit, along with his nervousness, he raised his fist to knock on the wooden door; but a rapid flashing on his finger stopped him. [color=007236]"Oh right on time, I was just about to ask Carrol out for dinner."[/color] Hal mumbled to himself sarcastically. Making his way back to the locker room he glanced around to search for any uninvited eavesdroppers, with the area clear he raised his right hand in front of himself. A large, balding head appeared in front of him, the image itself was being projected from his ring into the air illuminating the nearby lockers.

[color=00a651]"Green Lantern of Sector 2814 are you receiving?"[/color] The floating head asked, though his tone of voice seemed to indicate he knew the answer.

[color=007236]"Yeah, yeah what going on now Appa?"[/color] Hal asked, following up with a sigh.

Appa Ali Apsa raised an eyebrow at his recruits obviously troubled mind, but it wasn't his job to analyze anybody's feelings. [color=00a651]"You are needed in sector 2813 to stop an invading army."[/color] The image suddenly switched to a motionless mugshot of a grotesque, four eyed alien with a bony plate covering his head. [color=00a651]"Reports indicate that Gh'rag has roused together a large amount of followers and has begun a civil war on his own home planet. The planet in question is Yaruba V. The reasoning for this war is unclear, but it seems that Gh'rag intends to establish his own dictatorship."[/color]

[color=007236]"Sector 2813? If I remember correctly that's Tomar-Re's sector. Shouldn't he be the one responding?"[/color]

[color=00a651]"Lantern 2813 Tomar-Re is on special assignment from the Guardians and cannot respond, as the closest Lantern available It falls to you to respond."[/color] With that the head vanished in a digital puff of green light.

Exiting the room, and making his way out of the building, Hal glanced around to his co-workers occasionally and waved to them, signifying the end of his work day. Walking behind one of the presently empty hangars he raised his right hand upwards. An energy wave poured down from his hand, leaving the standard Green Lantern Corps uniform over his brown pilot suit. With his uniform and mask now present Hal dashed off into the sky, unconsciously leaving a faint trail of green energy behind him.

[color=39b54a][i][b]Space sector 2813, Yaruba System:[/b][/i][/color]

Traveling into another sector left Hal a feeling of uneasiness, like he was biting off more than he could chew. But he cast those thoughts away as he went over the criminals profile once again. [i]This guy probably doesn't have the same connections that he used to, chances are the best stuff he has are either projectiles or low level plasma weaponry[/i]. The system itself had a red sun, a total of six planets, and a ruined planetoid near the far end of the system behind the star. From orbit he could see far off explosions. Descending further down to the explosions he took note of the orange sky, and purple grass. All of which were becoming consumed by the explosions of various vehicles and weaponry. [i]Have to save my inner tourist for later, for now I've got a war to stop[/i]. The battle was obviously at an end as a smaller group of tanks and fighters were moving away from the other. [i]That must be my man, Gh'rag himself.[/i] Hal locked his eyes on a massive blood red box like vehicle pushing itself slowly behind the front line tanks and infantry.

[color=007236]"Ring, patch me into all nearby channels and run the galactic translator."[/color] Hal requested as he began to form a neon green megaphone in front of his mouth. 

[color=007236]"Attention Gh'rag, I am a Green Lantern, and I am ordering you to cease and desist. If you do not I will be forced to take you down."[/color] Hal fully expected to be attacked by the warlords forces. Glancing to the side, it appeared his instincts were right as multiple 'V' shaped fighters turned around to face him. As they closed within range they began to shoot at him, Hal decided to return in kind. As the fighters closed in on him in order to begin their attack run he began to form a neon green F-16 fighter jet around himself. [color=007236]"Now, we can play!"[/color] Hal shouted as he began to 'fly' his new vehicle. Rushing straight at each other both sides began to launch their weapons, Hal with his green missiles, and the aliens with their yellow beams. A green missile exploded in front of the alien jets, blinding them, and causing them to lose control forcing them out of Hal's sight. However one of the yellow beams struck the nose of Hal's fighter, it pierced straight through, causing his eyes to widen as the beam passed between his feet. [color=007236]"What in the-"[/color] Hal was interrupted as his construct's wings were hit by another blast causing him to spin out, into the front of Gh'rag's land tank. His focus was completely non existent, causing his fighter to shatter like glass against the front of the massive vehicle, Hal himself landed on his head, his body bounced once before skidding along the roof. Before he blacked out he could hear a hissing of air before feeling hands grab him.