A Super Invitation

Arisia:

I see the strange man with glasses fires rockets at us. Before they can hit us, I pull back my beam and call for a shield to protect us.

The rockets hit the shield, I swing my hand and grab all the leftover smoke. Tossing it aside, I couldn't believe my eyes when the man suddenly appears right in front of me. Besides I can do anything, he punches me across the face and knocks me down a later.

The other green lanterns see the man aim their rings at him but before they can fire, the people on the spaceship fire first.

"Hey, green lanterns," someone in a cold coat says, firing some sort of blue gun at the lanterns. "We're allies, but if you want a fight, then here we are!"

His blue gun firing a white beam, it's about to hit Salaak but before it can, he summons a wall to block the beam. Ice covers Salaak's wall, he tries to fire back but the Super rushes him from the side.

"Salaak," I yell, watching as the Salaak drags him from the fight. Wanting to help him, I stop when I see the man charging me. Putting up a second shield, the man bounces off of it.

"Arisia," the man says, shaking his hand. "Stop. We're not with Superman. We're allies."

"Then why did you attack us," I say, aiming my ring at the man.

"Because you attacked us first," the man answers.

"You're allied with Superman. You don't think I know what that S means."

"Kara is not allied with Superman."

"I don't believe you."

The Man:

Arisia swinging her hand, a beam shoots out toward me. Leaning back, I tilt my board and shoot up, dodging the beam. Arisia fires her ring, she chases me away as I circle around her.

"I can't throw any of my kungi," I think, lending up, down, left, and right. "No gravity. Still."

Reaching into my pockets, I pull out two giant handfuls of smoke pellets and slam them together.

Arisia:

The man disappears into a thick cloud of black smoke, I back away and cover my hand. Looking all over, trying to find the man, I give up and shoot out my hand. Calling forth three fans, I blow all the smoke away, only to see an empty space.

"What," I say, flying closer and looking all over. "Where did you go?"

Spinning around, trying to find the man, I stop when I suddenly see the man right in front of me.

"Boo," he says, before pulling back his fist and punching me again.

Flash:

"Hal," I say, shaking the radio in my hands. "Come on! Come on. Hal. Where are you?"

The ship shaking knocking me around, I drop the radio. However, Captain Cold picks the radio off the floor and throws it at me.

"Hey Butterfinger," Captain Cold yells, "Call your idiot friend, will you? Tell him we're here."

"I'm trying," I yell back, vibrating my hand again. The light goes to green, I hold down the button and try to call Hal.

"Hal," I say, "Hal, come on, it's me. Barry. Come on."

Arisia:

"I can't hit this guy," I say, firing another beam. The man flying toward me jumps over the beam and lands back on his flying board. After landing on his board, he reaches into his pocket once more and pulls out what looks like a bunch of tiny knives. Instead of throwing them at me, however, he throws them into the air.

I look at the knives as they fly into space, exploding at once and unleashing a blinding light.

Screaming and backing away, I shield my eyes. I try to look around but all I see are blurs.

"Shoot," I moan, blinking over and over. "I can't see anything."

Rubbing my eyes, trying to get rid of the blurriness, I stop when I think I start to hear a voice.

"Hal," someone yells, "Hal, come on, it's me. Barry! Come on!"

"Barry," I repeat, "Flash."

I look down and see the radio Hal Jordan gave me. It's blinking green. About to reach down to answer it, I stop when I see the man with the glasses hauling toward me, both his knees and back are bent.

I aim my ring at him and fire a massive bright-green beam. The beam running toward him, on the verge of hitting him, the man then leans back. I watch as my attack goes right past him, deep into space, not only tapping the man. The man on the other hand reaches me before I can summons anything else. He grabs my hand and pulls it back behind me. In less than a second, he grabs my other hand and pulls them together.

I scream as I try to escape but couldn't. Even with my ring, the man's grip is too strong.

"I have captured one of your green lanterns," the man yells, turning me to face everyone. "Stop or she will be hurt."

The fight between the green lanterns and the people stops. Everyone turns to face us. The second Salaak sees us, he aims his ring at us.

"Let her go," he orders, power gathering in his ring. "Now!"

Expecting the man to pull another trick, whether it's a smoke bomb or a flash, I can't believe it when he just lets me go. Turning around, he points at Salaak.

"For the record," he says, "You called us, Arisia. Also, hey Salaak. How are you?"

Salaak and I turn to each other as soon as we hear our names.

"You know our names," Salaak asks. "How? Who are you?"

"Ask them," the man replies, nudging his head toward the strange spaceship.

"Yeah we don't know," an Earthling in a blue jacket with goggles yells. "Sunglasses refuses to tell us his name."

"I didn't refuse," the man says, "As I told you before, all of you, my name is."

I turn back to the earthling in blue.

"Yeah," he says, nodding his head. "Don't ask."

"Anyway, we come in peace."

The man puts up his hands for only a second before making circles.

"Well, actually, we come because you called us asking for our help."

The man points at me. Or, more precisely, he's pointing at the radio on my belt.

"Wave at Flash. He's the annoying guy in red."

I look at the spaceship and see someone in red slowly waving.

"You are the Insurgency," I ask. "But you can't be. You have a Super with you."

"Kara is not a part of the One Earth Government," the man says. "While yes, she is what you apparently called a 'super', she is on our side."

"What should we believe you," Salaak asks, his ring still aim at the man.

"Because if we came here for a fight," the man starts, " Then all five of you were be floating and your rings would be looking for new owners. Or going back to Oa. Think about that while I regroup with my crew."

The man flying away heads toward the strange-looking spaceship. Meanwhile, I fly back to Salaak and the others. Once together, we look at the man as he jumps off his flying board and starts to talk with the others.

"What should we do," I ask.

"What do you mean by what should we do," Salaak says, "We need to defend Oa, and in order to do that, we need to defeat the Super."

As Salaak raises his green ring, the others do the same. Everyone except me.

"I think they're okay," I say, looking at everyone on the ship as they keep on talking. "I mean, you heard that strange man in sunglasses."

"What," Salaak says, "If they came here for a fight, then the five of us would be dead. I don't believe that for a second."

"No, not that, but the other thing."

"What other thing?"

"That the Super, uhh, Kara, is not with the One Earth Government. That she is on our side. Hal did talk us something about her."

"Funny," Salaak says, "I don't remember him mentioning anything about the entire Insurgency coming to Oa in a weird-looking ship."

"Still."

Pushing Salaak aside, I fly toward the ship.

The Man:

"That could have gone better," Flash says, the radio still in his hand.

"Really," I ask, "That went almost exactly as I expected."

"Seriously," Harleen asks.

"Yeah, people normally don't want me to come and will often try and kick me out. Literally."

"Where exactly do you go," Oliver asks.

"Hmm," I reply with a shrug. "Places?"

Sensing something behind me, I turn around to see Arisia hovering near us.

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, but not right now. For now, let me help you, all of you, get to Oa."