Oa

The Man:

"Land ho," I shout, pointing at Oa as we all slowly approach it. Surrounded by Arisia, Salaak, and the three other green lanterns, they guided us here.

Oa, home of the Green Lantern Corps, is a little different from what I remember. Still a massive, green sphere with the Green Lantern symbol smack on it, I see what looks like a force field surrounding the entire planet. It's a pale-green color and transparent, and there seems to be a single beam connecting the force field to the surface of Oa.

"That's new," I say, watching as the Rusted suddenly is encased in a green glow. I look up to see Arisia holding us back.

"Hold on," she says, the glow around the Rusted disappearing. Gathering the other lanterns, they all then head to Oa.

Arisia:

Salaak, I, and the other lanterns flying to Oa stop in front of the planet's shield. Aiming our rings at the shield, we all fire.

"In brightest day," we start, "In blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power. Green Lanterns' light!"

An opening appears in the shield and we all fly back to the spaceship.

"Come on," I say, nudging my head. "That would stay open for long."

"Aye-aye," the man says, waving at me as he steers his spaceship toward the opening.

"Aye-aye," I think, flying beside him as we enter through the shield, the opening disappearing seconds later. "What does that mean? Ahh, you Earthlings have way too many weird saying."

All of us descend toward the ground, the spaceship carefully avoiding any of the structures around it. Eventually, it lands in a small clearing.

The Man:

"Welcome to Oa," I say, pulling a lever and watching as the ramp shoots out before falling over. "Everyone gets off. Oh, and just in case, get your guard up."

"Why," Flash says, "We're allies. They let us in. Do you really think they're going to do something?"

"Yes," I reply, pointing at the sky as a bunch of green dots fly toward us. It's less than 30 seconds later before many more green lanterns, along with Arisia and Salaak surround us from all sides and aim their glowing rings at us. "I told you so."

Flash turning to face me, he scowls. I just shrug my shoulders.

"What are they doing," Kara asks, looking over the railings. As soon as she does, many of the green lanterns fire. Despite the ship's shield, the green lanterns' combined attacks knock us down.

Running and sliding to catch Kara before she can fall, she drops right into my arms.

"Hey," I say, "Are you okay?"

"Uhh, yeah," Kara answers.

Together, we can back on our feet.

"Is everyone okay," I yell, running from the Rusted's bridge to her deck. Helping a few back to their feet, I look over the railings. The green lanterns' rings are still trained on us.

"Let me handle this," Reverse-Flash says, cracking his fists as he walks toward the ramp.

"No," I say, shooting out my hand. "Don't. We need these idiots to think we're allies."

"Okay, first," Jason interrupts, "We are allies. Second, idiots? Really?"

"Yes," I say, "Idiot. We are allies, more or less, and they called us asking for help. Now they attacking us. Make up your minds, morons."

"Why would they even attack us," Selina asks.

"Are you kidding," Cheetah says, "Why else? It's because of her."

Cheetah then points a claw at Kara.

"You heard them. They don't trust her."

Despite Kara's best efforts, turning her head so we can't see, I can still see tears forming in Kara's eyes. She holds her hands over her chest.

"Easy there," I say, grabbing Cheetah's wrist and pulling it down. "And by the way, here."

I reach into one of my pockets and hand Cheetah a nail clipper.

Everyone then stares at me. Once more, I shrug my shoulders.

Turning my head, I stare at all the green lanterns. Strangely enough, none of them made a move. Besides shooting when they saw Kara, they stay mostly frozen.

"I have an idea," I start, "But for now, stay here."

"Oh no," Oliver says, "What are you going to do?"

"Either something smart or something really stupid. We'll find out in a second."

Turning toward the ramp, I walk down it and onto the surface of Oa. As I step onto the ground, the glow in everyone's rings intensifies.

"Easy does it," I say, holding up both my hands. "We come in peace and we were to help. Take us to the Guardians. Wait no, I mean take us to your leaders. Oh darn, I should've said that. Shoot."

Watching and waiting as the green lanterns look at each other, an old "buddy" is the first to make a move.

"Okay," Kilowog says, flying out from the group. Landing in front of me a few seconds later, he stares me down.

A tall, fat alien with hairy, wrinkles, and pale-purple skin, he looks up and down at me.

"Hal mentioned a guy somehow like you," Kilowog starts, "But you don't look like much to me. Poser."

"You look like a lot," I reply, poking the belly of the beast.

Flash:

"Oh god," I say, watching from a distance as The Man pokes Kilowog. "This is bad."

The Man:

I see Kilowog's head turns bright red, with steam shooting out of his head. Pulling back his arm, he tries swinging at me but I jump back. While trying to recover, I reach into my pocket and throw at Kilowog a kungi.

The kungi exploding unleashes a cloud of smoke that covers Kilowog. He coughs and swings wildly at the smoke. I wait a few seconds before shooting out my hands and blowing the smoke away.

"I don't look like much," I say, "But I can do a lot."

The steam eases up a bit, Kilowog then waves at the other green lanterns. They all gather around the two of us.

"We'll take you to the Guardians of Oa," Kilowog says, "But one move out of place, and we'll shoot."

"Fine," I say. Turning back to the others, I nudge my head. One by one, everyone slowly walks down the ramp toward the green lanterns. As everyone walks down, I couldn't help but notice something. For some reason, Kara is wearing Cold's jacket. It's zipped up all the way and Cold looks weird in just a T-shirt.

Once everyone is off the Rusted, the lanterns surround us and start to guide us to the Guardians.

Harleen:

As the green lanterns guide us to wherever it is they're guiding us, I can't help but notice Arisia standing near me. If I could, I would slap her on the back of the head.

"Hey," I say, practically tying my hand to my hip. "What's the big idea? I thought you trusted us. If you didn't, then why did you let us through?"

"I'm sorry," Arisia starts, "But this wasn't my choice. I was able to convince Salaak and the others to let you and your friends through, but I couldn't convince the others you're not a threat."

"We're not a threat," I say, "Despite having some questionable people with us. A lot of questionable people in fact. Actually, maybe this is for the best."

"For what it's worth," Arisia says, "I am sorry about this."

She then smiles at me.

"It's not worth much," I reply, "But I guess it's better than nothing. I'll take it."

I smile back at her.

"One question though, if you don't mind."

"Sure. What is it?"

"Where is Hal? I don't see him anywhere around."

Stopping, Arisia stares at the ground before answering.

"Hal is in," she starts slowly, "Hal is in...Hal is in really bad shape. In fact, he's almost gone."