A/N: Hi! This is my first story. I made some revisions, but doc manager decided to ignore them, so yeah. :)

Disclaimer: I own nothing except Talon and the other OCs. Don't sue me because all I own are $7 and a pack of gum.

Roum is pronounced ROW-um

Keomara is pronounced key-o-mara

Talon shuddered with blood lust and excitement as she flew her mini-transport into and asteroid belt near the planet known as Frontier Settlement X11, the home planet of the green she'd been stalking. As she flew the transport, she looked for a relatively safe asteroid to "crash land" on. She knew it needed to seem realistic, but if she actually ruined the ship, she would fail her final test to become a full member of the Red Lantern Corps.

She was excited that her father had finally deemed her ready to actually hunt and kill a Green with no backup, but she was also nervous. She knew how dangerous the greens could get, especially if they had their pet manhunters following them. How she hated those vile robots that had destroyed so many innocent lives, destroying entire planet in their ferocious rages. He would probably bid his to attack her as soon as he realized that she was not fooled by his false kindness, because she was a threat to their empire if she was not ensnared in their elaborate web of lies an cruel trickery.

She saw them for what they truly were, for nine years ago her planet, Zandrion, was destroyed. Her and her best friend Dreknon's families, the only Zandrics to escape, were massacred brutally by the green's manhunters. She was the only survivor.

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Four year old Keomara was playing in the dirt with Dreknon when they saw the first of the robots fly overhead. It aimed its hand at them and fired what appeared to be a beam of fire at them. Dreknon, who was two years older and much bigger than her grabbed her tiny hand and pulled her out of the way, the fire beam scorching the ground where they had been only moments before.

They ran, dodging behind trees and brush, the haunting screams of their people following them as they were massacred. Even louder were the monotone voices of the monsters as they repeated their evil mantra. "No man escapes the manhunters. No man escapes the manhunters."

Tears blurred her vision as Dreknon pulled her forward until they reached their parent's huts. He let her go and they ran to their parents. She ran to her daddy, saying "Daddy! Daddy! There's a bunch of mean scary robots throwing fire at stuff coming! Don't let them get me!" He scooped her up in his broad arms and called her ten year old brother, Roum, to their side. Together with Dreknon's parents and older sisters, Illana and Elson, they ran to the ship their fathers, who were the most advanced scientists on the planet, had created.

As they flew away from the planet, they heard a boom, and the ship rocked in the midst of a shockwave, debris pelting the hull. Looking back, they saw that their planet had been completely destroyed by the monsters. Illana let out a sob, burying her lined face in Roum's arm. The younger children, who could not help but be grossed out even after what had just happen, began to tease them. Keomara and Dreknon made gagging and choking noises while Elson Sang, "Roum and Illana, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes courtship, then comes union, then-"

She was cut off as the hull shook again, throwing them all to the floor. The ship's hull was being drilled through by the robots. Keomara's father ran, hiding her in a supply closet in an attempt to save his daughter as the manhunters invaded the ship.

As she sat in the darkness she heard the screams of the other survivors as they were killed. As she listened she knew that she would never forgive, never forget what the manhunters had done. For as long as she lived she would hate them, her anger burning bright until her death.

It appeared she would have long to hate though, as the door was blasted open, the twisted metal barely missing her small form. The manhunter looked at her and said emotionlessly, "Emotions detected."

She sobbed in terror as the manhunter raised its palm to kill her, but the scary robot disappeared in red flash. Standing where he had been was a large red man with a red symbol on his chest.

He gently bent down at looked at the sobbing child, "Are you injured, little one?" he asked gently.

Keomara shook her head, bottom lip quivering as tears threatened to spill.

"I am Atrocitus, leader of the Red Lantern Corps. I wish to adopt you so that one day you will be able to take revenge for your family and planet. I will help you to one day destroy the evil Guardians and their servants the Green Lanterns and manhunters." He said, extending his hand.

She looked at it, considering the large man's offer, and then took it. She offered him a wavering smile and he carried her out of the burning ship, not bothering to shield her from the mutilated bodies of her family and friends. Unknown to her, Roum and Illana were missing.

Atrocitus nourished her hatred and anger and on her tenth birthday she accepted her new name, Talon.

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She snapped out of her reverie as an asteroid found her. "Darn it," she thought as she struggled to gain control of the mini-transport. If she crashed now she would fail her test, and she preferred not to die. She was in luck though, as she found a large asteroid to land on.

"This is a distress call, I've crashed in an asteroid belt, I repeat, I've crashed and am in need of immediate assistance," she called into her global comm. device.

About fifteen minutes later she saw a glowing green figure coming in from the distance. "Show time," Talon said, grinning, as the Green came closer.

The beam of fire is a laser; she's only four so she doesn't really know what's going on. So yeah, Doc manger chose to ignore my first revision, ignore chapter one. I apologize for the inconvenience.