[color=8dc73f][h1]Green Lantern[/h1][/color]

Oa, the great home of the Green Lantern corps, the police of the entire universe. Hal Jordan had recently arrived as the brand new recruit to the Corps, along with his mentor Sinestro, a fellow Green Lantern. The pair of them stood before the Guardians of the Universe, diminuitive blue people with white hair that floated in the air. They wore red robes with the Green Lantern logo in the center. The one known as Ganthet floated to the front. The Guardians were known for their holier-than-thou attitude, but Ganthet was known for his more gentle and nurturing approach to the Lanterns. [color=6ecff6]"Sinestro, it is with great pain that we finally accept the death of Abin Sur into the annals of the Oan Great Archive. But as with all Lanterns, a new light shall rise to take his place and bring light to dark. Step forward, Hal Jordan of Sector 2814."[/color] Called the central Guardian. Hal stepped forward, bringing his hand up. [color=6ecff6]"Speak the oath and join our ranks."[/color]

[color=8dc73f]"In brightest day, in blackest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's light,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!" He called.[/color]

The immense green battery behind the Guardians began to glow and Hal was engulfed by a beam of light. [color=6ecff6]"Feel honoured, Hal Jordan. Your gift shall give you the power to save countless. You shall bring law to the lawless, dethrone tyrants and you shall bring peace."[/color] The Guardian Called. Hal looked around. Of course he knew this place very well, he had spent several months here training under the tutelage of Sinestro, but also, his best friend that he could NEVER imagine his life without, the large Bolovaxian chief Green Lantern Cadet trainer, Killawog. Bolovaxians were large, bipedal creatures, a deep pink skin, very large and intimidating and with a face that looked somewhere between a Hippopotamus and a Pug. [color=6ecff6]"You shall receive your first orders as a full fledge member of our order soon. Please, take some time to celebrate"[/color] Gathet ordered. As Hal turned back to the Guardians, he looked saw that Ganthet's clothes had changed. The red robe had been replaced by a Red Trenchcoat and a blue tie that adorned a new symbol, very different to Green symbol he was familiar with. [color=00aeef]"Hal... This isn't real..."[/color] He whispered. His voice was different, almost taking an Indian accent to it. "Have hope and you shall escape." He nodded.

[color=8dc73f]"What did you say?"[/color] Asked Hal. As he blinked, Ganthet was back to normal.

[color=6ecff6]"I said to go and celebrate with your friends. I shall join you shortly."[/color] He smiled. Hal shook his head. That was weird, but probably just some residual effect from the Grand Battery zapping him. He walked with Sinestro and Killawog.

[color=598527]"I say we grab Tomar, head down to Bolovax and i'm gonna treat both-a-ya's to da best and MEANEST drinks that ever crawled outta the gutters of the most deadly bars in the universe. Then, after a stomach pump, we go for round 2."[/color] Killawog laughed. Tomar appeared as if from no-where next to Hal. Tomar was a goldish orange coloured alien with a large fin on his head and a chicken-like beak, with a fairly skinny body. Tomar had been the very first friend that Hal had made here, but Tomar's friendly demenor made him one of the most well-liked of all of the Green Lanterns. No wonder it was his duty to greet all new recruits.

[color=a2d39c]"It has been quite some time since i have gone drinking with you, Killawog, and that's because i think i've just about gotten over the hangover from the last time."[/color] Tomar stated, he spoke eloquently and to the point. He turned to Hal, his costume, changing to blue, with the symbol again appearing. [color=0076a3]"Hal, she can only hold you here if you want to be held."[/color] Tomar said.

[color=8dc73f]"Tell me how to escape"[/color] Hal asked.

[color=c4df9b]"Escape?"[/color] Tomar replied, his costume being back to normal. [color=c4df9b]"The only escape from one of Killawogs drinking sessions is to animate your own liver and beg it to wave the little white flag."[/color] He smiled.

[color=fff200]"And there is NO escaping for our bet."[/color] Sinestro replied. [color=fff200]"I said that if you passed, your final test would be to drink Killawog under the table. I do not envy your stomach or head in the morning... Or the entire rest of your body to think of it."[/color]

[color=8dc73f]"And who pulled the stick out of your butt?"[/color] Hal laughed, Tomar and Ganthets words of warning slipping away from him almost instantly.

[color=fff200][h1]Sinestro[/h1][/color]

Sinestro and John sat staring at the computer, waiting to see if the Indigo energy would dissipate. "Are you sure there is nothing better that you can do?" John asked.

[color=fff200]"Not unless you know how how to track her."[/color] Sinestro stated, not moving. [color=fff200]"I'm just as worried about him as you are."[/color]

"Yeah, but are you as worried about him as you are that ring on his hand?" John asked. Sinestro didn't move. "You've known him for all of a week, i've been looking after that kid, on the streets, for 7 years. So, i highly doubt you are as worried about him as you are about that ring."

[color=fff200]"I understand that you are still holding out some delusions that being angry will allow you to become the Red Ring's champion, so i will let that obviously inflammatory statement die here and now, but do not repeat it. If i cared only for the ring, i would not have invited him to live with me."[/color] John kept his eyes narrowed on the alien.

"Nuts to this, i'm going to track him down the old fashioned way." John turned around and walked to the door. "You coming?" He asked. Sinestro said nothing and didn't move. John sighed, before walking out of the house. As he got upstairs, he noticed that the house was relatively fixed. "What the hell..." Nothing would indicate that, just an hour before, a possessed, superpowered social worker had torn this place to hell. He walked out of the door and to his car, opening the door and getting in, he sat, before putting his head on the steering wheel and thinking. He turned the keys and the car roared to life, before he began to drive. No particular place, just driving, trying to think of anything that he knew about her and where she might be able to keep a bunch of children without anyone getting suspicious.

[color=bc8dbf]"Help..."[/color] A voice came to John, he looked around.

"What the hell?" He asked. He suddenly felt a twinge of something.

[color=bc8dbf]"Help, John Stewart..."[/color] It wasn't Hal's voice. But there was something familiar. He immediately turned the car around and put on the lights and sirens.

[color=8dc73f][h1]The Green Lantern[/h1][/color]

Hal and the other Green Lanterns sat down at the bar, it had been a surprisingly quick trip to Bolovaxia. Immediately, Carol Ferris approached him. "So, stud, what'll it be tonight?" She asked in a sultry voice that... Well, didn't really belong on her.

[color=8dc73f]"Uh-"[/color] Before Hal could answer. Sinestro leaned over.

[color=fff200]"a round of Badoonian Louse-Spit."[/color] He ordered. As Carol turned and walked away, Hal couldn't help but get the feeling that... Something was off... Maybe something Tomar had said... Probably nothing. He watched Carol walk over to the Bartender, another friend of his, Jon Stewart. That guy had been a loyal friend helping him get through boot-camp. Stewart shot him a pair of thumbs-up and a wink, before calling to him.

[color=6ecff6]"HOLD ON HAL, I'M ON MY WAY!"[/color] Hal managed to make out over the loud music and aliens talking and dancing. The lights seemed to be changing around here. Blue... Indigo... Blue... Indigo... It was as if the lights were wrestling with one another. Hal got up.

[color=8dc73f]"I'm gonna check what's on the Juke-box."[/color] He walked through the crowd, aliens all around him were having a good time. As he approached it, he saw a list of songs.

I Want To Break Free by Queen
Escape by Rupert Holmes
We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals
Getaway by Earth, Wind & Fire
Breakout by The Foo-Fighters
You Got To Run by Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Freedom by Pharrel Williams
Fly Away From Here by Aerosmith
Rescue Me by Fontella Bass

Something was... No, every time he thought that, something happened and he stopped thinking about it. He looked around. Suddenly he was in Carol's arms as they were slowly dancing on the floor to the sounds of If You Leave Me Now by Chicago. Hal looked around at the others, Sinestro, Killawog and Tomar were all giving him a thumbs up. [color=8dc73f]"I... Can't stay here..."[/color] Hal sighed.

[color=bc8dbf]"Of course you can."[/color] Carol said. [color=bc8dbf]"Here, you have everything you've ever wanted. You have Sinestro and Killawog and Tomar and Jon... And you have a family. Most importantly, you have me..."[/color] As she said that, her waitress outfit changed to a slinky, pink satin dress covered entirely sequins. [color=bc8dbf]"You have absolutely EVERYTHING that you have ever wanted. So, why not stay?"[/color] Hal looked at her, she was so beautiful. He let a tear roll down his cheek.

[color=8dc73f]"Because... I know it's not real."[/color] He stiffled back any more tears. [color=8dc73f]"But... Let's finish this song. It's a dream i don't want to forget anytime soon. I'm gonna make this into a reality."[/color] He said, his ring beginning to glow brightly. As the song faded away, Carols mouth opened as Indigo energy poured from it, trying to engulf him. But Jon appeared in front of him, along with Ganthet and Tomar, they were all dressed in the blue outfit.

[color=6ecff6]"Green Lantern Hal... All will be well, Hal. Just speak the oath..."[/color] Everything seemed much clearer now. Hal raised his hand up.

[color=8dc73f]"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight!
Let those who worship evil's might
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"[/color]

The world erupted in green light and then...

Hal awoke, wrapped in the Indigo light, he was in his Green Lantern outfit. He grinned as he brought the ring up, a green buzz-saw appearing and cutting through the Indigo cocoon. He poked his head through to see they were in a warehouse. 10 other cocoons were in a circle around Holly who was in the center, meditating. Hal floated up silently and slowly moved towards her. If he could get the ring, then he could end this now. As he approached the ring, suddenly, her eyes opened and she smiled at him.

[color=bc8dbf]"Abin, yi fostew li mesta."[/color] She said. Hal floated backwards as she stepped out of the circle, following him, but leaving the children.

[color=8dc73f]"Heh, stupid move!"[/color] Hal grinned. He could now go all out without having to worry about the kids caught in the crossfire. A pair of huge, green gatlings appeared on his shoulders as he flew to the side of her and opened fire. she raised an barrier of indigo, but the barrage of green was relentless. He charged in, the Gatlings morphing into a pair on the side of a monster truck that charged at her, smashing straight through the indigo shield, he smashed straight through the walls of the warehouse with her on the bonnet. As ehty got outside, Hal could hear the pounding rain on the outside of the construct, the skies almost black from the rainclouds. The Monster-truck turned into a tank with her on the end of the gun, it fired, sending her propelling away at immense speeds and creating a visible shockwave in the rain from the recoil force. Hal burst out of the tank and followed her, she finally regained composure, staring at him, she waved her staff around her head and an immense whale appeared, lunging for Hal. Hal, in response, created the giant gorilla form around himself, grappling the whale, he threw himself over it, using the momentum to fly high enough to get next to Holly, before the Gorilla swung its fists around in a double-axe-handle blow to her, she tried to block with the shield, but again, it was shattered and she was sent spiralling down to the floor. Hal descended through the sky to the empty parking lot, just outside of the warehouse. [color=8dc73f]"Alright, Holly. Just give up the ring, nice and easy."[/color]

She opened her eyes and tried to fly, but he quickly snapped a large ball and chain around her ankles, then another to wrists, she struggled in her bonds as Hal moved around to her hands to grab the Ring. As he did, the constructs disappeared, as did Hal's costume. He looked down at himself. [color=8dc73f]"Oh no, not again."[/color] He paniced as he looked at her, his clothes almost instantly soaking through as he felt the biting cold. She raised up again, smiling as the alien women appeared around him. [color=8dc73f]"I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE!!!"[/color] Hal screamed as he rushed forwards and tried to tackle her, only to be caught in the constructs arms and he fell asleep again. She smiled as she looked down at Hal's sleeping form, before hearing the screeching of tires. She looked around to see Johns cruiser speeding towards her, she quickly had the constructs carry Hal out of the way, before waving the ring and an elephants foot stamped down on the front of the car, crushing the engine and bringing it to an instant halt. She turned back to Hal, only to hear the sound of the door of the car fall off. She turned around again, to see John stumbling out of the car.

"I'VE GOT YOU NOW!!!" John shouted, the rain loud enough to almost drown out his threat. He pulled his gun. "I'm not going to stop hunting you... I'm never going to give up." He said. Holly stared at him before approaching, he pulled the trigger, she easily deflected the bullet. At that point, a Blue light flashed. John and Holly looked around to see Hal and the constructs gone. John took this opportunity to rush and tackle Holly to the soaked ground, splashing on the concrete, he tried desperately to get the ring off of her finger, but she was stronger and not nursing a concussion, getting the upper hand. As she just began to point the ring at John, Hal landed on her in a groggy state, grabbing ahold of her hair and pulling it as John wrenched the ring off of her finger. Holly fell unconscious as well. The pair of them rolled over and lay, painting heavily as the sky pelted their faces with raindrops. "You... Doing good, Hal?" He asked.

[color=8dc73f]"Yup..."[/color] He sighed. [color=8dc73f]"Had her on the ropes... Then the ring... ran out of... Juice..."[/color] He panted heavily. The indigo ring began to raise into the air. [color=8dc73f]"Aw damn..."[/color] Hal grunted. This meant that they would have to do this again later. But for the moment, he was content with just laying and regaining his strength. The Ring looked at John, [color=8dc73f]"Oh... Hot... Damn..."[/color] He grunted. [color=8dc73f]"John... Can you run?"[/color] He asked. [color=8dc73f]"Because... Give it a... Minute... I think you're... Gonna kidnap me..."[/color] He gasped, trying to shift himself to roll over. As the Ring moved towards John, a blue ring of energy appeared around the ring. [color=8dc73f]"Uh oh..."[/color] Hal sighed. He rolled over to see where the ball was being generated from, only to see a glowing blue light. He could also see a strange outline, like a man with an elephants head. [color=8dc73f]"What in the..."[/color] He sighed. The Indigo ring floated towards the elephant man.

[color=6ecff6]"Excellent."[/color] The voice said. [color=6ecff6]"I will keep this safe. Thank you for your help, Green Lantern."[/color] The accent was strange, an eastern accent could be heard in it. The rain and the glow of the light made making out faces difficult, but not impossible. He could see tusks, but apart from that, he couldn't see much else. He watched the elephant man take to the skies and fly away Hal watched a gold light approach as he slowly slipped back into unconsciousness.