Red and Blue

The Man with the Red Lantern Ring:

I focus my rage and shoot out my ring. A solid, bright-red shooting out, it hits the ground and forms a staircase. Pulling back my ring, I run up the stairs, with Saint Walker following after me.

"This cannot be right," Saint Walker says as he flies beside me. "My blue ring should cancel out your red ring, and yet, you're running on a staircase made from rage. By the way, why are you running? I do not want to be rude, but you do know those with rings, whether they be blue, red, or green, can fly. Right?"

"Of course I know that," I say, reaching the top of the stairs. As I step foot onto the final step, I see Kilowog and his band of idiotic green lanterns charging toward us. Despite the ring of rage on my finger, it seems Kilowog is angrier.

The second he can, he shoots out his green ring and fires a green beam. The green beam heading for us, I form a red staff and swing it. Hitting and redirecting the green beam, we all watch as it shoots into the sky before disappearing.

The green lanterns surround Saint Walker and me. They hover in the air and aim their rings at us. As they prepare to shoot, I see everyone except me glowing brighter. It seems like more energy is emitting from them than usual.

"Your ring is giving them extra fuel," I say. "You do know they're also trying to bring you down. Right?"

"It is not my fault," Saint Walker replies, staring at his ring. "My ring is powered by hope, and apparently, was designed to add extra power to the green lantern rings."

"Awesome," I say, "My partner is supercharging the same green lanterns that want to destroy us. Maybe I should have asked Kara instead of you."

"Fire," Kilowog screams, he and all the other lanterns shooting. Grabbing Saint Walker, I swing my hand and turn the staircase into sands. Dropping down, the lanterns all accidentally hit and knocks each other around.

Landing on my feet, I let go of Saint Walker and run.

"I got Kilowog and those two. You handle those three."

I channel my rage into another staff and stab one end into the ground. The staff bending, it launches me into the air as it straightens itself and I shoot out my feet, hitting Kilowog.

Laria:

"No way," I say, looking back after reaching the Rusted. "That can't be."

"What," a young Earthling asks, stopping beside me. "What are you looking at? Oh, no way. Hey Professor, are you seeing this?"

The young Earthling grabs the arm of another Earthling, this one appears to be a little older than he is.

"My word," the elderly Earthling says. "He, The Man, is using a red lantern ring. That's amazing."

"Amazing," the young Earthling repeats. "It's bad."

"Well, yes, it is bad, but clearly, he seems to be handling it quite well. That man, The Man, he obviously knows more about the many lantern rings than other of us."

"He does," I think to myself, watching as The Man battles the green lanterns. A green beam hitting the spaceship shakes it and almost knocks the three of us down.

"Come on," I say, grabbing the two and carrying them in.

The Man:

Screaming as I jump into the air, I raise my ax before swinging it down and destroying the wall. The wall crumbling before us, I kick the green lantern back before turning around. I turn the ax into a sword and rise it.

Kilowog screams as he charges toward me. Swinging down a giant green hammer, I block and hold it back.

Our weapons scratching against each other as we push, Kilowog starts to split in my face.

"Give them back," Kilowog yells, "Give the traitors back!"

"Piss off, big-and-ugly," I reply, "They're with us now, meaning they're under our protection!"

Kilowog pulls back his arm and tries to punch me but I jump back.

"Let's see how much protect those two from this," Kilowog screams, slamming the end of his hammer into the ground. Green energy shooting through the ground toward me, I rise my arm and form a red shield. Slamming the shield into the ground, I block all the energy.

"I seem to be doing fine," I say, getting back up. "Now, it's my turn."

The shield fading from my hand, I focus my rage into the ring and then punch the ground. Like Kilowog, red energy shoots through the ground toward Kilowog. Despite Kilowog flying into the air, he couldn't get away. The red energy bursts and the shockwave sent him flying away.

"One down," I say, turning around to see more green lanterns flying toward the Rusted, with Tomar-Re leading them. "20 more to go. Joy."

Saint Walker:

Spinning through the air, I land on my feet and shoot out my ring. A blue beam shooting out, it wraps itself around the green lantern. Before he can break out of it, I pull and swing him into his fellow lantern.

"Apologize," I say, putting my hands together and bowing my head, "But I do believe I was left with little choice."

"Hey bastich," someone yells from up above. Looking up, I see a green lantern on a flying motorcycle. This green lantern had very pale skin and long black hair. Also, he seems to be smoking at the moment. "Listen up here buddy. I have no clue who you are but considering you're fighting with that guy over there, it's possibly safe to assume you're no friend of us green lanterns. So, suck to be you."

Holding out his hand, a blaster forms right in it. Shooting, I swing my hand and summon a wall to protect me. However, this lantern must be strong. His attack goes right through my wall, breaking it and hitting me.

The Man:

"Saint Walker," I say, seeing the blue guy skidding against the ground. Turning back to the lantern in front of me, I watch as he swings his sword and cuts my staff.

My staff breaking into two, I jump to the side as the lantern steps forward and tries to slice me. Seeing an opening, I hit the back of his knee with my baton. Screaming as he falls back, I knock him out with a quick baton to the head.

"Don't make this any harder than it already is," Tomar-Re says, shooting a claw at me. Throwing one of my batons as the claw, I send it flying to the ground. Tomar-Re had no choice but to pull it back. "Just give us Arisia and Laria. They need to be put on trial."

"Yeah," I say, looking at the other green lanterns as they land beside Tomar-Re and step toward me. "They need to be put on trial? They need to be in a room filled with people that already decided their outcome? They need to be judged and harass without even a chance to say what they have to say? Yeah, pass."

"This is not up for debate," Tomar-Re says.

"Just give it up already," Garnder says, landing beside me.

"Oh you know," Lobo says, stepping forward. "You can keep fighting. I wouldn't mind that."

He smiles as he bangs a crowbar against his hand.

As the green lanterns approach me, I look at the baton still in my hand.

"Fine then," I say, smiling. "You guys can keep fighting, but not us."

Moving fast, before any of them could shoot me, I wind up and throw my baton high into the air.

"What was that," Garnder asks, looking at the baton and then at me. "A distraction? It's a bad distraction. You're still surrounded."

"Bull-yah," I say, watching as a shadow looms over Garnder. Garnder noticing the shadow looks up, only to see the belly of a fallen bull.

"What the-," Garnder says, changing target. He fires but it isn't enough. My red bull not only flattens Garnder but also draws the attention of the surrounding lanterns.

They scream and fly back as my bull charges toward them. However, as my bull runs, it creates a path underneath its feet. Charging right into the air, it knocks a few lanterns around. While Booyah the Bull deals with the green lanterns, I grab Saint Walker and carry him toward the Rusted.

While carrying Saint Walker, he wakes up.

"Uh," he moans, blinking a few times. "Where are you taking me?"

"As much as I hate to say it," I say, "And I really hate to say this. We're getting off Oa."