[CENTER][sup][h1][center][img]https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-098ff22137b2a99d5e61436a13887ae7-pjlq[/img][/center][b][center][color=green] T H E   L A N T E R N S[/color]
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[color=silver][sup][i]"NO MAN ESCAPES THE MANHUNTERS!"[/i][/sup][/color][/CENTER]
As the red arm launched forwards, Hal instinctively threw up a shield, the hand smashing straight through it and wrapping around Hal's throat. Hal's hand created a large green fist and smashed it into the side of the Manhunter's head, the construct shattered and the Manhunter absorbed the green energy. As it did so, the broken arm's wires shot into the bulkhead, the wires grabbed the metal panels, the panels turning red as it continued repairing itself.

[color=8dc73f]"GOLD! HOW DO I KILL IT!?!?!?"[/color]

[color=fff200]"You can't, it runs on Willpower energy. But-"[/color] Hal, already got the idea. His eyes darted over to Dex, who was sat on one of the consoles, licking himself. [color=8dc73f]"DEX!!! HELP!!!"[/color] He managed to rasp out as the fingers clawed tighter. Dex looked up.

[color=ed1c24]"I cannot eat it, Human, why should i kill it?"[/color] He asked, nonchallantly.

[color=8dc73f]"BE...CAUSE... I..."[/color] He rasped, his windpipe beginning to be crushed.

[color=fff200]"BECAUSE I'LL PULL THE PLUG ON YOUR OWNER IF YOU DON'T!!!"[/color] Sinestro roared through the communicator. The room immediately exploded in red energies, Hal being sent flying through a door, sprawling on the floor, the arm completely severed. With the severing, the fingers began moving and fell off his neck. Hal coughed loudly as he gasped for air. It had crushed straight through his Green energy shield. He heard the sounds of Dex in the other room. Getting slowly to his feet, he stumbled back over to the door to see the Robot shaking and spluttering wildly. [color=39b54a]"N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-"[/color] It glitched over and over Finally, Dex burst through its chest cavity, turned to look it in the face and blasted its face with lava.

[color=ed1c24]"REDFACED HUMAN IF YOU DO THAT TO MY CULTIST, YOU ARE GOING TO WISH YOU WERE THIS ROBOT!!![/color] He then belched another torrent of lava onto the robot. The lava melted through the robots face and into the floor, before eating through the floor to the next deck. The cat breathed heavily, Hal watched him, terrified to get any closer.

[color=fff200]"Your "Cultist" is fine. But you did as i wished. Thank you."[/color] Dex's tail went full bogbrush.

[color=ed1c24]"TOY WITH ME AGAIN, HUMAN AND I WILL TOY WITH YOUR ENTRAILS!!!"[/color] The cat growled, before finally sitting down and beginning to clean himself again.

[color=fff200]"Green Lantern, make sure that Manhunter is fully destroyed, It absorbed a lot of Will energy from you, meaning that if there's enough of it to move around, it can rebuild itself from almost nothing."[/color] Sinestro replied. Hal looked at the remains around the room. There was barely enough left to call it a robot.

[color=8dc73f]"Well, good thing Dex was with me. He's pretty much confetti'd it."[/color] He said.

[color=fff200]"Take no chances, those Manhunters are resourceful. Destroy anything else left."[/color] He replied.

[color=8dc73f]"Trust me, nothing l-"[/color] The penny then dropped for Hal, turning around, he ran to the door and looked around to try and find the arm that had left indents on his windpipe. But it was gone. There was a skittering sound in the distance. [color=8dc73f]"Oooooh, Shhhh-"[/color] He turned around to Dex. [color=8dc73f]"We gotta get after it."[/color]

[color=ed1c24]"I will not do the bidding of that human. Or you, cultist."[/color] Dex replied.

[color=8dc73f]"No, i can't kill it."[/color] Hal groaned in frustration. [color=8dc73f]"Only you can."[/color]

[color=fff200]"This is useless. Green Lantern, look around for a large metal pole. It's the Manhunter's weapon, you should be able to finish off that last piece with that."[/color] Hal looked around, on the floor was a metal pipe looking thing. He picked it up, the ring in his hand immediately responded, siphoning off power into it.

[color=8dc73f]"But if it's Willpowered, then won't it just grow stronger?"[/color] He asked.

[color=fff200]"No, it's a failsafe built into it. In case one of them goes rogue or is reprogrammed, the others can kill it."[/color] Sinestro responded.

[color=8dc73f]"Speaking from experience?"[/color] Hal asked.

[color=fff200]"As you've said to me a few times, this isn't my first rodeo."[/color] Sinestro replied. Hal pointed it at the wall and pressed a button, a yellowish-green blast smashed into the wall, blowing a hole. Ok, so that would work. He nodded before walking back out into the hallway, beginning to stalk his way down it.

[color=8dc73f]"So, what's the story of these things? Lemme guess, made to fight a war that's long forgotten and they forgot to stop fighting."[/color] He asked.

[color=fff200]"Legends say that they were made by the Guardians of the Universe. The Guardians also created the rings, but they made the Manhunters first. The Manhunters were supposed to be an army of galactic peacekeepers. What went wrong is that they decided the only way to prevent crime eternally was to wipe out anything that could commit a crime."[/color] Sinistro explained. As Hal looked around the deserted corridor, he saw the carbon scoring of more battle.

[color=8dc73f]"So, anything alive."[/color] He grunted.

[color=fff200]"Exactly."[/color] He replied. [color=fff200]"That's why the Guardians created these rings and founded the first Corps."[/color]

[color=8dc73f]"Corps?"[/color] Hal asked.

[color=fff200]"The Lantern Corps. That's the original name of the 8."[/color] Sinestro explained. [color=fff200]"Of course, every race has their own name for us. Usually based around whichever Lantern they've encountered. We don't always work together. So, you may hear references to Green Lantern Corps or Red Lantern Corps. Some of them even refer to us as the Sinestro Corps."[/color]

[color=8dc73f]"Bet that strokes your ego good."[/color] He replied.

[color=fff200]"Focus on your hunting, Green Lantern.[/color]

Elsewhere in the ship, the arm was ripping into the circuitry, slowly pulling more as a shoulder began being formed, all the way up to the head, then a mouth, the green energy being siphoned from the ship.

[h3][color=39b54a]"NO MAN ESCAPES THE MANHUNTERS!!!"[/color][/h3]