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A Ring of a Different Colour
Chapter One
Green Lantern John Stewart had been asked by Batman to visit him in the Batcave so Bruce could 'pick' his brain about an issue he had found which might involve the Corps as well as the League. Superman was also asked due to his experiences with space travel and races. Soon the two flyers were taking the routes through the caverns and arrive in the home of the Dark Knight of Gotham.
"So what's the emergancy, Bruce? Why not get the rest of the League involved?" asked Superman as they landed before the Bat-computer where Bruce did most of his work.
"It something which I'm not sure is a threat... yet. I need some more advice before I make my move. Recently in an archological dig site financed by Wayne Enterprises, there was a discovery of an alien craft. I managed to hush up much of the details for the press and covertly removed the ship from the site to a secure location. I have been trying to hack the computer logs of the missing crew, and I managed to get a good chunk of information.
Turns out it was a history research ship which was to remain outside of time and space to better aid in an untainted view of history. The crew here was looking into the history of something called the emotional spectrum, which was highlighted by a major event called "The Blackest Night". Sound familar?"
"The Green Lantern Corps oath. In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night... You think there's a connection between that event and the Green Lantern Corps?" asked John as his interest had been gained by the comrade in black.
"It does from the research and from the cargo the ship was carrying for study. Seven paired items. You can see the first on the bat -computer, an image gained from the inventory." said Bruce as an image of a Green Lantern with an insert of an enlarged ring.
"A Green Lantern battery and power ring. How did they get that? The Guardians make sure they're in good hands." said John as he became confused at how the most powerful tools in the universe had gotten into this ship.
"Bruce, you said seven paired items. The first is a lantern and a power ring, what are the other six?" asked Superman as he became more thoughtful about the situation. John looked at them and wonder why Superman looked a little nervious.
"Take a look at the other items." said Batman as six images appeared... each a lantern battery and a power ring. The difference was the emblem on the power ring and the colour of the item, one for each of the remaining six colours of the rainbow.
"This is unreal. Six different coloured lanterns? How can they exist? The Guardians would have told us about them. What does this have to do with the Emotional Spectrum you mentioned and Blackest Night?" John was getting upset as he was entering personal and unknown elements of his life.
"They are the Lantern Corps of Emotional spectrum. Red Rage, Orange Green, Yellow Fear, Green Willpower, Blue Hope, Indigo Compassion and Violet Love. Each one with similar powers save for a few exceptions. From the notes the closer to the edges, like red and violet, the more the emotions has control over you. Which is why the Guardians seem to have decided to use the Green part of the spectrum as a base for their corps.
What is most threatening about these corps is the fact from the information I have managed to gain from the damaged CPU of the alien ship's computer, is the fear the Guardians had for the Orange corps and the linking to know criminals of the Yellow and Violet Corps."
"Which criminals?" asked Superman but was stopped by John.
"Sinestro and Star Sapphire. They're the only ones with Lantern like powers, Sinestro in yellow and Star Sapphire in violet. So where are the Lanterns being held now? I take it you have been keeping them safe?"
"They were being kept safe in the hidden warehouse I was using before I moved them to the Batcave for safe keeping. The last thing we need is for uncontrolled people to gain the power to do anything the want with the right drive powering them up. Even if they're powerless due to lack of Central Power Batteries to power the lantern batteries, they could lead to trouble any ways. Still, it's what the alien computers say about the eight corp... The Black Lantern Corps." continued Batman as he typed into his computer and brought up a screen of what looked like a horror movie. What seperated it from the zombie movie which it looked like was the fact the zombies seemed to have some aspect of the lantern corp in their appearance... and black rings.
"Okay, if you wanted to freak me out you're succeeding. Is that a zombie Superman with a black power ring? This can not end well." said John as the images did leave him a bit frightened at the images. Including the Green Lantern ceremonial cemetary with black ring zombies flying above them, many containing friends of his.
"It is a Black Lantern Kal-L, a Superman from a different dimension who died in that world. The Black Lanterns are the corp of the dead, beings who's bodies have been taken controlled by the rings which also seem to download the memories of the former person. No soul is returned to their bodies. The black rings have the same powers as most other power rings. The Black Lanterns exist to take the emotion or drives of the seven other corps out of the living by getting the living to feel those emotions. Once they hold a single emotion, they rip out the heart to feel their Central Battery to release a being known as Nekron...."
"Nekron, that's impossible! The Guardians themselves locked him away so he can never get out. How the heck does he get out of the void they sent him into?" asked John as he went through the shock as the name which had been used lightly around the Green Corps.
"Different rifts and weaknesses in their universe made their prison weaker. It gets worse as their was a corrupted guardian working for Nakron. There does seem weaknesses to these Black Lanterns, including the major one of the six other drives being focused with the Green Lantern energies. If Green combines with any other colour, it can destroy the black rings. The more colours used, the the greater the power.
It then goes into a story about the creation of the universe recited by Indigo-1, about the white light of creation verse the black darkness of the void. The white light eventually being split into seven different colours." said the protector of Gotham as they looked at the images of undead lanterns.
"Simple physics, white light seperates into the colours of the rainbow. I never thought that colors could hold emotions. So we have some heads up on this event, so we can take measures against it, right?" asked the hero of Metropolis, as he stood at the images of his closest friends and those he loved being threaten by a living creature feature.
"Actually they had warning too, just not clear warning. Turns out all of this was recorded in a prophecy in something called the Book of Oa..."
"The book of the Cor... Green Lantern Corps. Contains all of the deeds and action of all Green Lanterns as well as the rules which each Lantern lives by, but I didn't know there were prophecies in the book. Things are not looking good for the Guardians, different lantern corps and hidden prophecies. Anything else you can tell me about?" asked John as he looked at the dark knight and his computers.
"I might need to borrow your ring, John." said Batman as he turned to look at the man in green and black.
"I'm guessing this has to do with more information you gained from this other universe?"
"In that universe, Sinestro created his own corp of Yellow Lanterns. The Yellow Lanterns are power by fear, or more exactly the power to cause fear. Rings hunt the sectors for people who can inspire great fear in other people. For the first Sinestro Corp member of this sector, it chose 'Bruce Wayne of Earth'.
Once they select their member they place them in state where the users fears can be used against them in hopes of breaking their spirits so Sinestro can control them. The only thing which prevented the Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, of that world from becoming a Sinestro was the fact the Batman of that world had worn a Green Lantern ring. This combined with the natural willpower of that Batman, force the ring off and away where it found a new user.
I would rather not risk the changes of a yellow ring 'taking' me over."
