Good evening you all, the name is FriendlyMushroom, and it's been a long time since I wrote a Teen Titan's based story. Many years ago, when the Teen Titans were still and aired series, I wrote two sister Stories: Those who ride the Lighting (Kid Flash/Jinx), and Emerald Twilight (Blackfire/Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern V)), and I did so because both were my favorite heroes at the time, I grew up with them, and loved the idea of the sidekick hero (in case of Kid Flash), and replacement hero (In case of Green Lantern V), taking the ropes after the greatest sacrifice or downfall of their predecessors. Back then I wanted to write both stories together, and end in a crossover episode between the two, but that happened a long time ago, when the Teen Titans were still popular. Also, the Flash and Green Lantern were not my only favorite characters, so was Nightwing, and Batman of course, and many others, and I always wished to be able to write their stories from the comic books perspective, which lead me to this project.
The majority of you, know the Teen Titans from the cartoon, and obviously you are here for that reason, but little are those who also know the comics. Now, the comics are very complex, you would need years of comic book knowledge to know it all, that's where I wanted to intervene, how about I gave you all, a deeper insight of the world of the cartoon heroes, using my knowledge of the comic books, to create a whole series of fics like there are comics that link together? Such though, lead me to write 5 sister stories, that happen in the same universe, and perhaps they link like eastern eggs every now and then, but are independent stories at the same time. The five stories I'm talking about are as follow:
Battle for the Cowl (Robin xRaven): Follows Robin's road from being the leader of the Teen Titans until becoming Nightwing, and later, considering taking the cowl of Batman.
Born to Run (Kid Flash x Jinx): Follows Kid Flash's evolution from being the youngest sidekick ever, to becoming the first sidekick to take on the mantle of his mentor, the Flash, who sacrificed his life a year before the events of the story.
Emerald Twilight (Green Lantern V x Blackfire): Follows the story of Blackfire, after being assigned to social service on Earth under the custody of rookie Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, who is still under training with the Green Lantern Corps.
Heart of Steel (Cyborg x Bumblebee and Beast Boy x Terra): Follows the story of Cyborg, left with the leadership of the Teen Titans, and trying to maintain the several incarnations of the Teen Titans together (North, West, East, and South), all while mentoring the unstable clone of Superman, Superboy.
War of the Gods (Aqualad x Wonder Girl x Speedy): Follows the love triangle of the exiled Atlantean, the exiled Amazon, and the not really exiled marksman, as they get into conflict with the Greek gods.
As mentioned before, the 5 stories happen in the same universe, but are independent stories, you may enjoy reading them all but it isn't really necessary. The only drawback I see for people not wanting to read them all though, is the couples, specifically the Robin x Raven one and the Beast Boy x Terra one, it's not that I don't like Robin x Starfire and Beast Boy x Raven, but story wise, these selection of couples serve my storyline purposes, so I apologize if you feel repelled from reading them for that reason, as I mentioned, there is no need to read them all, it's just… more interesting for those who read them all.
Anyway, I already said too much. For those who want to read all 5 stories, the summary and Prologue is the same, so after reading it once you can skip it. As for when will I update these 5 stories, I will update them every first Friday or Saturday of every new month, which means the 5 stories will all be updated at the same time on Friday 8 or Saturday 9 of March (Because Friday first or Saturday second is too soon).
One last note about the dates and years I use, the Teen Titan's animated series don't have a stablished date (as far as I know), but belong to the same universe as The Batman animated series, and in the Batman animated series, most specifically on the episode "Artifacts", it is stated it is the year 2027, and on that year, Robin was Nightwing, and had been so for 10 years, so, in the comics Robin became Nightwing at age 18, and since in The Batman Robin is 14, I did the backwards calculation and found the year the Teen Titans series is supposed to happen for real (2015), but this story takes place one year later, (2016), so all stories are dates as 2016, I know the series is from 2003, don't blame me, blame The Batman for not doing the maths correctly. I hope this doesn't bother you all.
I don't own the Teen Titans or any DC Comics related character, I write this for fun, for DC comics fans, and I win no money doing it. Read, enjoy, and let me know if you will read all 5 or just the one you were interested on, happy reading.
Prologue to a Titan's Legacy:
New Genesis. 853rd century.
"Companionship + understanding + assurance + joy + altruism ÷ respect ÷ commendation ÷ sympathy x innocence x dignity x success x acceptance, y = n, where, y = despair, and n = caution, love = truth, death = rebirth, and self = light side. The Life Equation is the proof that life is worth living. This is the first present I, Metron, give to you, my son." The story of the greatest heroes there to be known, is complex, as is the beginning of it all. Since different to popular belief, the greatest heroes of them all, didn't find their path toward greatness in the force of a lighting, the mantle of the night, the depths of the ocean, their beliefs in their gods, the light of willpower, the power of the closest sun, or the miracles of the technology they could harness. The true path that created the greatest heroes of Earth, the whole universe, and the multiverse, will be found in the farthest of futures, where a god used technology, to create that which is uncompressible. Life, inside lifeless objects.
The world of New Genesis from the 853rd century, is nothing but a lifeless wasteland, attacked constantly by explosions of a dark light, which disintegrated everything it touched, the anti-matter. On this wasteland of a world, only two life forms exist, Metron, an old man, in reality a god, wearing a circuit-looking bodysuit, and his son, a golden colored android, wearing nothing but a brownish scarlet cowl, in front of which, Metron placed a shapeless object, looking more like a white metal that bended in several directions and forms, forming amazing tube-like forms, and shinning from white, to yellow, to scarlet, switching between forms and colors from time to time.
"This, is the Worlogog, the Philosopher's Stone, a time-spanning engine that can be used to bend time and space. It is an exact working model of the entire space-time continuum in miniature, and maps everything from the Big Bang to the Omega Point." Metron delivered it to his son, who took it and gazed at it intensely. "The Worlogog is a fraction of the Source, and is the second present I give to you. Gaze upon it, learn everything you need to know of this and every universe, and do whatever you must to stop Darkseid from gathering the Anti-Life Equation." He explained, and the world in which they existed, began blowing up. "There is still one present I need to deliver; this present is your name. And with your name comes the greatest of all responsibilities. Your name, is Hourman. You change events, sometimes minor, sometimes major, always in the name of life." He finished, and at that very moment all that existed collapsed, leaving the multiverse in infinite darkness. The only being that existed, was Hourman, protected by the destruction of existence itself, by the will of a god who gave it all to preserve the most valuable thing, life.
Hourman knew nothing about what to do, but suddenly the Worlogog began displaying something uncompressible to any human or god, but that Hourman, as a machine, could understand. He read at an incredible speed, the whole existence, from the origin of it all, to the split into several realities. He saw all possibilities, all events from the many continuities, all of them ending in the same place, the destruction of everything that exists. Sometimes existence itself ended with billions of years of differences, but his reality was the last one. And after one year of reading the events of all reality, he discovered one, in which there was something, hope. But this hope was fated to de deleted, as everything else would.
And so, Hourman began doing what he was programmed to do, he began changing the reality, connecting events that weren't supposed to connect, and creating his own reality, and after another year of complex calculations and connecting events, one reality in which survival was possible was displayed. Yet, even though his calculations were correct, manipulating past events to create the reality in which hope wasn't entirely lost, meant the future may not behave as he expected, and if it didn't, all reality would collapse once again.
"It shall be tested." Hourman concluded, and displayed a group of 7 teens, the majority of them sharing a same history, one Hourman knew far too well. "Titans… you are all the keys to the existence's survival. Yet, not all of you are ready, or won't be ready in time. In the name of existence, I shall manipulate your world, in favor of preserving existence." He finished, and opened with the help of the Worlogog, a portal to a distant past. "My name, is Hourman. I change events, sometimes minor, sometimes major…" He finished, and so, a new reality was born.
Teen Titans: A Titan's Legacy Series.
Emerald Twilight: Volume 1.
Issue #1: Lantern.
Space Sector 2828. Citadel Homeworld. Prison City. Earth date: January 1, year 2016.
25 light years away from planet Earth, the Vega Star System is found. 23 planets are held inside this star system, and the closest to their sun is the Citadel Homeworld. The Citadelians who inhabit this planet, are not a true race at all, they are all clones, of a single original ancestor known as Complex-Complex, or so he is known now, since his true name was lost in history.
The Citadelians, considered a race or not, are a species of grotesque black skinned beings of brutish appearance similar to that of an Earthling gorilla. They are considered to be the embodiments of universal aggression, and are also known as the imperialist conquerors of 22 of the 23 planets of the Vega Star System.
The only free planet of the Vegan Star System is Tamaran, the eight planet of the Vegan Star System, and also home of Starfire, as well as the home of her sister Blackfire, or so it was, until she was exiled by her own younger sister. And now, without a home, and left to fend for herself, the Citadelias managed to capture the Tamaranean exiled princess, and held her in their prison-like world for torture, unless negotiated against.
"This is the last offer, Galfore!" One of the leaders of the Citadelians, spoke out of annoyance toward the hologram of Galfore, recently declared King of Tamaran by Starfire, and whose holographic size wasn't even half the size of the Citadelian now yelling to his holographic face. "We achieve peace between the Citadel and Tamaran, allowing the rightful heir to the throne, princess Komand'r, back to her home planet." The Citadelian leader offered while pressing his giant hand around Blackfire's head, now a prisoner to the Citadelians, and with a string of purple blood falling from her lips. "And all you have to do is allow us to build our military camps inside your planet, so we may commence the conquering of the neighbor Space Sectors." He insisted while slamming Blackfire to the floor and pressing his giant foot against her head.
"Now… what was the word I was looking for?" Galfore added while brushing his beard with his hands. "Oh yeah, kiss my grebnacks!" Galfore insulted. "Princess Komand'r is an exiled princess. There is no love in Tamaran for her. You can keep this little zarbnarf to yourself and torture her to your heart's content." Galfore added while crossing his arms out of annoyance.
"I told you my k'norfka would never give a grubfar for me." Blackfire exclaimed while trying to fight back the Citadelian's giant foot off of her head, while the Citadelian gazed at her with confusion, not understanding the terms. "Oh, excuse me, didn't I mention it before? I'm of cero value to my species!" She complained, and was slammed at the floor hard once again.
"Then you serve me no purpose." The Citadelian added while grabbing her from the collar of her clothes, and threw her toward other Citadelians that looked exactly like him. "Take her back to the containment units, place her inside the coldest one! Once she begs to be allowed out of them, we will sell her as a slave to the Gordaneans at Karna's slave market." He ordered, and the other Citadelians obeyed, and even though Blackfire resisted, she was punched hard several times and almost knocked unconscious. "Listen old man, you are close to enraging me. Or Tamaran submits herself to our domain, or we take her by force!" The Citadelian complained and the discussion continued, but Blackfire couldn't hear them anymore, even though she tried. The Citadelians then took her into a freezing room and launched her inside, much to Blackfire's dislike, whose skin quickly complained and began acquiring a paler coloration.
"No… please!" She begged terrified, and slammed her fist hard against the metal doors of her imprisonment, one she would normally easily destroy, but she was too cold, and her skin color became paler and paler. "You don't understand… the cold…" She begged.
"Is killing you." She heard, and turned around to see a golden colored android with a brownish-scarlet cloak around of his body. "The Citadelians don't know it, that you can't harness the ultraviolet light of the sun to fly, or… control your heat…" He informed, taking his cloak off, and offering it to Blackfire, who despite being too arrogant as to want to accept it, couldn't help herself this time and snatched the cloak away from the android, covering herself with it. "If this continues, you will faint in about 5.7 minutes, the Citadelians will think you dead, and will release your unconscious body toward the vacuum of space… leaving you astray for almost 5 years, until your body is finally embraced by the Vega Star's flames, and you recover the energy to flee toward Okaara, where you will recover to full strength, but also, full of hatred and rage. This event will make you short-sighted and xenophobic, and will ensure the destruction of the Tamaranean race." The android sentenced, and Blackfire glared at him with rage. "Forgive my manners, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Hourman, I change events. Sometimes minor… sometimes…" He continued, forced the Worlogog to appear on his hand, and suddenly, the metal made door was rusted until being nothing but oxide and dust. "Major." He finished, and the alarms of the prison went off. "You got 9.2 minutes to escape before they know what happened." He finished.
"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" Blackfire wondered, but Hourman just vanished in front of her eyes, just as the cloak covering her not long ago. "Hourman… he said…" She whispered to herself, but gave it little importance. "I have no time to waste." She began running, with several prisoners asking for her to release them, but she ignored them all, and headed to the hangar. The place was empty, there were no Citadelians guarding the place, it was then when Blackfire noticed it was the turn shift, as a Citadelian was just arriving to check it's turn, a Citadelian she knocked out cold, before running toward a Citadelian spaceship. "Come on… coordinates, coordinates… anywhere on the Vegan System I go… they will surely…" She spoke to herself, and then a determined look was drawn on her face. "I got nowhere else to escape to…" She marked the coordinates. "Time to give my sister a little visit." She added, and began flying the Citadelian spaceship away.
Little did Blackfire know, that the borders of the Vegan Star System, most specifically speaking, the borders of Space Sector 2828, were heavily guarded by a Tamaranean law enforcer, who saw the Citadelian spaceship opening wormhole technology and escaping the sector.
"This is Alisand'r of planet Tamaran, Green Lantern of Space Sector 2828, speaking." The Tamaranean law enforcer spoke toward her emerald colored ring. "There is something the Guardians might want to hear." She sentenced, with her eyes shining emerald bright.
Space Sector 0, Planet Oa. The Guardian's Citadel.
"Space Sector 2828 you say?" Ganthet, one of the Guardians of the Universe, mentioned upon waking up from his trance. The Guardians of the Universe are the self-proclaimed protectors of the cosmos. Blue dwarf-like creatures who own the green energies of the Light of Will, and with it, they created their own special force of order known simply as the Green Lanterns Corp. "The borders of Space Sector 2828 had been breached several times, but never by a Citadelian spaceship. Do you have visual confirmation of a Citadelian piloting the spaceship." He questioned the emerald light-construct of the Tamaranean woman, who spoke to them via her power ring.
"I can confirm the spaceship wasn't operated by a Citadelian, my masters." The light-construct replied. "The one piloting the spaceship was the exiled princess of Tamaran, Komand'r, better known as Blackfire. Apparently a captive of the Citadelians. Shall I give pursuit?" She wondered.
"The Citadelians wouldn't risk a Sector War until conquering the Vega Star System entirely. I believe we should let this one slid." A female guardian mentioned, and the emerald construct faced the guardians with disbelief. "Space Sector 2828 is strictly forbidden. You shall stay put, Green Lantern Alisand'r of Tamaran." The female guardian ordered.
"I beg to differ, sister Sayd." A vortex of scarlet light opened in the middle of the green colored room, and from it came out a golden armored android. "It would be smart to place a lot of importance, in subject Komand'r, princess of Tamaran." The android mentioned, and a brown cloak then appeared around him. "Guardians, I come to you from the 853rd century seeking your help in preserving the Time Stream as intact as possible." The android explained, and some Green Lantern corpsmen entered the main Citadel, where the Guardians had their meetings at, and tried to stop the android, who simply waved his hand and froze both Lanterns in their place. "Please… allow me to explain…" The android mentioned, and the Guardians faced one another with curiosity before nodding in agreement. "First I shall introduce myself. My name is Hourman. I will be created at the 853rd century by Metron of the New Gods." At such revelation, the Guardians understood they were in front of someone even wiser than they were. "I come from a future where time exists no more, all thanks to several events that damaged the time stream and the multiverse you guardians keep in secrecy from your corp. Though all the infinite worlds, one event repeats itself, the destruction of everything. And all because the heroes from the future, lack something, that I'm trying to understand. And I can only understand it, by following the 7 heroes who will almost save the multiverse from being totally erased, and ensuring they are better prepared for that which is to come." He informed, and the Guardians understood they were in front of a horrible taboo.
"We guardians do not mess with the past or future, Hourman. We protect the present." A bald Guardian mentioned, apparently the most arrogant and conservative in the group. "That's not what we do. We keep order, whether good or bad." He insisted.
"With all respect, brother Appa Ali Apsa…" What order is there to keep, in a future universe in which time does not exist?" He wondered, and the guardian whose future name was revealed, was left in deep thoughts. "The treat that is to come is not to be revealed, not even in the pages of the Book of Oa. What you Guardians need to know is that what is to come is something that can't be prevented, but that will strengthen the corps after their Blackest Nights." The Guardians were all surprised after hearing that last, Hourman truly had more knowledge than they gave credit about. "The Corps will lose beyond your imagination. Those who you trust the most will stand against you. Those who once were enemies will stand by your side. The green flame will perish, and a torch will be lighted, and this will be the weapon of that torch." Hourman revealed an artifact in his hand, a ring that was different to the one the Guardians have seen, yet, very similar. "But weapon alone will not be enough. The wielder of this weapon needs a master, and that master, is Komand'r. Princess of Tamaran."
Metropolis, New York City.
"Kid Flash got a sidekick? Cool!" His name is Kyle Rayner, a 16 years old teen with a dream of one day becoming someone important in life. Yet, the kid wasn't at all centered in his own dreams. He was mostly centered in his own particular world full with heroes, video games, and comic books. Right now he was staring at the window of an electro-domestic store while ignoring the falling snow of a cold winter night. His whole attention was centered on a broadcast which read that one of his favorite heroes, Kid Flash, finally got a sidekick by the name of Impulse. "Man some kids are just so lucky to have super powers! And all I do is buy comic books." He complained and then walked away in annoyance, but when passing the next comic book store, he stopped his march and ran toward the window of the store. "Wow! Superman #150! And it's only 2 dollars! It needs to be mine!" He added while searching for money, and only found a couple of coins, getting depressed at the sight. "Man! The world is unfair! How hard can it be to get some money here? I shouldn't have bought that Flash Memorial Comic! I wonder if there will ever be a Kid Flash comic… and why am I talking to myself?" He wondered, and then he lowered his head once again. "Man, I'm crazy." He admitted, and then saw a green light exploding from the insides of an alley. "Woah! What the truck?" He yelled and then faced the light coming from inside of the alley. "Cool!" He mentioned and ran inside the alley, but found nothing but a drunken guy sleeping there. "Happy New Year to you too." Kyle joked.
"So it is Earth's New Year? An unusual date that is." Someone mentioned, and Kyle faced all around the alley until finding a blue skinned dwarf with his hair being white. He was also wearing a red robe with the Green Lantern logo on its chest. "Kyle Rayner from Earth?" The old alien wondered, and the boy blinked twice trying to understand what was going on.
"Papa Smurf from the Smurfs?" He asked while pointing at the blue skinned one, who just moved his head in negation, but was awfully surprised when noticing the kid didn't fear him. Maybe it was because Kyle was too innocent, even for his age, as to believe Ganthet was an alien. "Man, are you all right? You are so blue you may have frostbites." He informed, and Ganthet understood what was going on. Kyle feared he was ill because of the low temperatures. "I can take you to the hospital if you want… here, take my sweater." The kid mentioned and began taking his sweater off. Yet, Ganthet kindly refused his aid. "You sure?"
"Maybe you got a kind heart, and maybe you are without fear… but to my eyes, you are too young, inexperienced, and lack the required concentration." Ganthet added, but Kyle just blinked twice trying to understand what was said. "Yet, Hourman says you are destined for greatness. And despite your real joining to the corps being five years earlier than what is supposed to happen, the Time Stream must be preserved, and your training, prematurely forced upon your person." Ganthet then offered a ring to the kid. "Yet, I must first test what I am dealing with despite Hourman's trust in you. Kyle Rayner of Earth, welcome to the Green Lantern Corps." Ganthet released the ring, which then flew to Kyle's right hand and blinded him with the emerald energies of will. "Farewell, Lantern… let your journey be wise."
"What in the world? Did a blue dwarf just ask me for marriage?" He yelled, and then searched all around the alley for the blue alien who gave him the ring, and instead found a surprised drunken man being freaked out and running away from Kyle and the alley. "Hey! Did you see what just happened?" He wondered, but the man ignored him and just left. "It's official. I'm never drinking soda again." He then tried to place his hands inside of his pockets, only to notice he had none. "Wow!" He mentioned, and faced his current clothes. "Wait, is this…?" He wondered, and faced his ring at his right hand. "No way! It is! A Green Lantern Ring!" And then, his ring began emanating green energies and speaking to him in an unknown language. "Umm… English please." He asked the ring.
"Language selection accepted." The ring spoke to the new hero in the making. "Greetings, Recruit Lantern. This is Salaak of planet Slyggia speaking. I'm the Green Lantern of Space Sector 1418." The ring suddenly displayed the hologram of an alien. His face was long as the face of a pterodactyl, only a little wider at the skull. Though it didn't even have the aperture for a mouth since it was sealed, or seemed to be that way. His eyes were of a golden color, not that the ring could show other colors but green, but somehow Kyle knew, the same as he knew the color of its pale colored violet skin. The alien had four arms, and was skinny. He was also dressed as a Green Lantern. "Understanding the peculiar circumstances of your selection, the Guardians have assigned me not as your mentor, but as your mission assignment officer."
"Wait, you are going too fast even for me." Kyle interrupted. "Listen man… or madam… or whatever your gender or species is. I know these things aren't supposed to be simple to assimilate, but I'm just a kid here. A little filler information would come in handily. I mean, I got this thing only 5 minutes ago." He informed, and Salaak nodded in agreement.
"Your training will take place… but not here, and not now… you must learn the ropes while you face imminent vaporization." Kyle flinched at such revelation. "Kyle Rayner of Earth, Recruit Lantern of space sector 2814. Your first mission is more important than your training." And a green screen with alien symbols was displayed, and somehow Kyle knew how to read them. "Her name is Komand'r of planet Tamaran. A well-known criminal around the universe. All alien activity enters the Green Lantern's jurisdiction. Yet, the current Green Lantern of Earth seems to be busier protecting his home city than caring about his responsibilities all around his sector… that's where you enter the picture." But Kyle was just facing the hologram, and smiling oddly at the beauty of the girl he was supposed to apprehend. "Your mission is to find and capture Komand'r of planet Tamaran, and place her under the custody of the Green Lantern Corp. Once you have captured her, open channel communication… I will be monitoring your transmissions." And afterwards, the hologram disappeared.
"Hey! Wait! I'm a space cop just like that?" Kyle complained, but the ring never reacted. "As if I knew how this thing worked. What should I do? Ask this thing to display a map of planet Earth and display the location of Komand'r of Tamaran? Yeah right!" And to Kyle's surprise, the map was displayed, and around the United States, most precisely at the California State and close to Jump City, a green dot was flashing. "That's freaking cool!" Kyle mentioned. "But what about transportation? I mean, Green Lantern can fly." And suddenly, he began floating. "Woah! I think I know how this works already." And then he imagined a pair of scissors, then a rock, then a sheet of paper, and then a fire breathing dragon the size of an elephant. "Coolest ring ever!" But suddenly he fell to the floor hard. "Ouch!" He complained. "Fine, too many projections at a time… let's imagine something to fly then." And then he imagined a flying car, way similar to one from a movie he once saw. "I hope they don't sue me for copyright but heck! I always wanted to fly an DeLorean!" He entered the light-constructed machine. "Global Positioning System activated and coordinates assigned. Jump City, here goes Kid Lantern!" And the machine flew him there.
Jump City, California.
Oddly enough, upon Kid Lanterns' arrival to Jump City, he noticed, much to his surprise, that the city was immersed in complete darkness. Titans Tower had crumbled down; many car accidents were easily visible from the skies while he flew his way around the place. Many fires were also visible, probably product of the explosion of several electric plants around Jump City. Still, the Global Positioning System he had imagined as being attached to his ship, was pointing his objective was shortly away from the city.
"Man, I wish I was down there and helping." Kyle spoke to himself, and then bit his lips in annoyance and tried to lead the flying car toward a place he saw conflict taking place. Much likely the Teen Titans were currently fighting some villains in favor of regaining the lost control of the city. Yet, his ship suddenly returned to its original course, and at the screen, Salaak's face was displayed.
"Recruit Lantern. In order to win your Lantern insignia, I recommend you to follow your current orders and avoid getting involved in Earthling's issues as your predecessor." And only then, Kyle noticed that his Green Lantern costume was lacking the logo of the corps at his white chest plate. "You are currently a recruit, also known as a White Circle. You won't be a full-time member of the corps unless you follow your orders as they are given to you. Do not risk your ring to be stripped from your finger."
"Fine, I get it. The Teen Titans will take care of it. I will wait for my crossover episode patiently." Salaak nodded and turned the communication off. "I wonder if Kid Flash got this kind of problems. Umm… I also wonder if he got some kind of Light Speed Corps or something." And while he was distracted, the flying car he was traveling at was brutally blasted by a violet energy bolt and it crash-landed heavily at the outsides of an energy plant, where a strong violet light was easily seen and bolts of violet energy blasted the place from time to time. "Ouch… what the hell just happened…?" He wondered as his light-construct faded.
"And here I was worried a Green Lantern had finally noticed my existence! Obviously you are nothing but a damn recruit! A White Circle!" Kid Lantern heard, and was then rudely pulled off the ground by his neck, and surprisingly enough, he was being kissed deeply. But the sensation of being kissed only lasted for a few seconds, before the girl launched him away rudely. "Eso debe ser más que suficiente." The girl spoke in a usual native language from Earth, and then Kid Lantern faced her in disbelief. "Dile a tus todo poderosos Guardianes del Universo que Fuego Negro no será esclavizada por ellos." Blackfire mentioned, and Kid Lantern stood up and faced her in disbelief. "¿Cuál es tu problema, hombrecito? ¿Acaso no absorbí suficiente de tu lengua nativa para que tu pobre cerebro pueda comprenderme?"
"Oh, now I get it." Kid Lantern informed, and Blackfire noticed he was speaking in fluent English. "So, you kissed me to absorb my native language, which by the way is Spanish since I'm half Mexican. You can kiss me again and learn Irish, what do you say?" He joked, and Blackfire blasted him, and since he was un-prepared and was inexpert, he was hit directly and launched away. "I will take that as you not liking my Latino heat." He added weakly, and Blackfire ignored him and went back to restart what she had planned and placed her naked hands at the ends of two high-voltage cables and absorbed their energies. "Enough of games. Time to get dead serious." And upon announcing those words, a long green cloak surrounded him, and his ring formed a reaper's scythe. "I love this job." He mentioned and jumped to Blackfire's side and attacked her with his scythe, but Blackfire jumped and then kicked his face away from her. "Uff!" He complained and rolled around the floor. "Ok, maybe I don't love this job so much." Blackfire abandoned her energy absorbing in order to blast him, and Kid Lantern ended blocking by forming a knight's shield in front of him. "So, what's your world domination plan or whatever you are doing for the Corp to be after you?"
"So, the Corp is really after me." Blackfire's eyes shined violet in hatred. "How dare they insult me like this?" The electricity she had absorbed began surrounding her, and Kid Lantern just gulped hard. "Those stupid Guardians believe me to be weak? Why else would they send a stupid Recruit Lantern to do the job of a whole army of Lanterns?" She slammed her fist hard at the floor, shaking the ground and forcing Kid Lantern to his knees when he lost equilibrium. "You want to know why the Corp is after me? Thievery, slave trading, imperialistic abuse, galactic oppression, crimes against the royal families, and soon, murdering too. I have but one objective in life, and that is to rule! But my sister is the rightful heir to the throne of my father at planet Tamaran, only because I was born with black hair and the inability to absorb the solar energies of my planet's sun! I was banned a deformed! I was disregarded because of my inabilities! Unfairly accused of genocide and then degraded to be nothing but an expelled Tamaranean even when royal blood runs through my veins! And yet, even when I was stripped from my royal right to rule, I am still the King's daughter. And once I murder my sister, I will become the only heir to the throne after eliminating the rest of my bloodline. I have been storing the energy of this useless city into my body for that sole purpose! But the insults of the Green Lantern Corp go beyond my hatred over my sister! Recruit Lantern, you will now become the first victim of my hatred! They say the first time killing is the hardest… let's test that theory!"
"What? But this is only our first date! Wasn't the boyfriend ditching supposed to happen on the third one?" He joked, and Blackfire released her energy and almost burned Kid Lantern with the intensity of her stored powers. "That would be cool if it weren't aimed at me." Blackfire floated and pointed her energy spheres toward him. "This is going to hurt in the morning." She blasted, and he dodged just in time once again. "Can't we talk this over? I'm only a kid but I got this friend at school who was always picked first when playing football, so I think I know how it feels like to be number two." But Blackfire wasn't listening, and Kid Lantern was too inexperienced as to fight her. "Ok, new plan, get the Teen Titans involved." And he flew his way toward the city, being followed by the angry Blackfire whose now only objective was to murder him. Her violet bolts then began breaking havoc around the already messed up city, and many bystanders, instead of running away, took their phones out and began tapping everything that was going on, something that wasn't that difficult since both fighters shined green and violet. "Great job Kyle! Place the bystanders in danger!" He cursed himself once noticing his plan only placed the fully charged Blackfire in the middle of the city. And once Blackfire heard what was said, she began blasting random stuff and launching cars toward the bystanders. "And now I'm giving her ideas!"
"I'm still wondering if you will be the first being I murder. Wasting my time with humans is deplorable, even for me." She sentenced, and Kid Lantern ended replacing his flight aura with a blast of energy in order to destroy a car about to hit a mother and her daughter, but ended falling down after saving them. "Pathetic." Blackfire mentioned, and Kid Lantern stood up weakly after the fall. "A Lantern who is unable to multitask is worthless!" She yelled, linked her hands together, and threw a potent blast which vaporized the concrete, but Kid Lantern evaded it. "I have decided I will kill you. The more your pathetic existence strikes my eyesight, and the more I learn about you, is the more I hate you and your pathetic Guardians!"
"You hate me all right, but with each passing second I think I'm loving you more." Kid Lantern joked, and Blackfire's eyes went into rage as she tried to blast him with her starbolts once again, leaving Kid Lantern to fly and dodge all around the immersed in darkness city, while the bystanders just stayed close to witness everything and kept their cell phone's memory filling while tapping the fight. "Think Kyle, think! You have read enough comic books and played enough videogames to know how to defeat a villainess who had absorbed enough energy as to power up all of Jump City." Blackfire then punched his face hard and sent him flying all around the city until finally reaching the docks close to where Titan's Tower once stood. "Man, where are the Teen Titans when you need them?" Kid Lantern then blinked twice. "She absorbed energy with her hands… electric energy… but what about the rest of her body? Her really hot body by the way." He pointed out.
"I would be flattered." Blackfire mentioned upon her arrival to the docks. "If I didn't think you were nothing but a worthless human from a backyard planet like this one. Now, I will terminate you." Violet electricity once again surrounded her hands. "So long, Kid Lantern!" She blasted the whole docks, and Kid Lantern just jumped into the water, but then launched a fishing hook like light-construct which pulled Blackfire's boot and forced her into the water as well. "Oh no you won't!" She pulled her boot, but Kid Lantern imagined a chain replacing the hook and surrounding her leg, and also added various weights which were slowly pulling her inside of the water, he even added a baby Hippopotamus. "Maybe you aren't as worthless as I thought." Blackfire mentioned while noticing her boots were already sinking inside the water, and she did her best to keep her electricity-filled hands off the water. "I hate you!" She yelled before finally sinking entirely and her hands released all stored energy in a powerful electric shock which also generated a massive explosion.
Blackfire had electrified herself. As for Kid Lantern, once he had managed to pull Blackfire inside of the water, he protected himself with an energy sphere which also had a label that read: non-conducting sphere. The imaginative teen had barely defeated Blackfire, and once seeing her unconscious body floating around the water, he replaced the sphere with a diver's suit and then carried Blackfire out of the water.
"When there is trouble you know who to call… call Kid Lantern!" The teen sang upon making his way out of the water and placing Blackfire at shore. "Or in this particular scenario, call Salaak… hello, ring? A long distance collect call for Green Lantern Salaak please." And the ring displayed the hologram of the Green Lantern of space sector 1418. "I got Blackfire." He informed.
"Well done, White Circle." Salaak added, and Kid Lantern smiled. "I will send the Manhunters to retrieve the criminal and proceed to Space Sector 2828 for her trial. You will be joined shortly by Green Lantern Alisand'r, the Green Lantern assigned to Space Sector 2828." Kid Lantern saluted, but then raised an eyebrow at what was just said. "My words seem to disturb you in some way."
"So… I will have to join you people, in space?" And Salaak nodded, but Kid Lantern wanted a straight answer. "In space?" But Salaak cut the communications off. "Unreal! I'm going to space! With real alien people! I mean, I brawled against an alien girl all around Jump City, but still…" And Kid Lantern then noticed Blackfire wasn't breathing. "Wait… she is not… she-she-she is not breathing!" He rushed to her side and began freaking out. "What do it do? What do I do? What do I do? Lady, you are gorgeous, and totally my type, but this is not what it looks like." He vowed as in an apology, and then he took air, covered her nose, and then began giving her mouth to mouth respiration. "Before you kill me, even when I'm enjoying this, it is only for the sole purpose of you breathing!" And he continued pulling air inside of her alien lungs, only to notice the girl was pushing herself up and kissing him. "What the…?" But she didn't allow him to finish and just pressed the kiss even strongly. He blushed of course, and then ended kissing her back, but Blackfire was only teasing him, and was surrounding her right hand with violet energy in order to kill the distracted Kid Lantern. But her hand was then blasted by a third party, and she yelled in pain and then kicked Kid Lantern away. "I love her already." He added with a stupid smile drawn on his face and then noticed Blackfire in pain and rubbing her burned hand. "…What is…?" Three red robots with blue faces and carrying long metal made staffs arrived and captured Blackfire. "Yeah, why not? Random robots coming to mess with me!" But once trying to attack the robots, he noticed his ring wasn't obeying him anymore. "Hey! What gives?"
"Your ring does not work against the Manhunters, White Circle." A newly arriving Green Lantern mentioned. "My name is Alisand'r of planet Tamaran, Green Lantern of Space Sector 2828… and I come to take over." Kid Lantern nodded toward the orange skinned young woman with curly red hair. "The trip toward planet Tamaran will take both our rings a lot of energy. Use your power battery to recharge." But Kid Lantern raised an eyebrow at what was just said. "If you have just received your ring, then I believe you are lacking the proper training, which is amusing since no Recruit Lantern would be assigned to these kind of missions, but understandable since you don't share any real connection to the Corp but the one of a recruit." And Kid Lantern imagined an interrogation symbol on top of his head, and many others followed it, and the Green Lantern of Tamaran moved her head in negation not believing what she was witnessing. "Green Lantern's power batteries are kept inside pocket dimensions. You simply ask your ring to deliver it to you."
"Everything works like that?" Alisand'r nodded in agreement. "Ring, bring my battery." Upon giving the instruction, a Green Lantern battery appeared in front of his eyes. "Cool!" And then, there was silence. "What this do?" He wondered, and the girl took her own battery out and pressed her ring against her lantern.
"You won't be presented with the Green Lantern oath until you earn your insignia. Until then, the oath function of your ring should be overwritten. Only pressing your ring against the battery will be sufficient to recharge it to 50%. The full potential of the ring can only be achieved once you earn your insignia." And Kid Lantern's pocket universe opened itself after the recharge, and swallowed his lantern. "Let's go. I will need of your ring's energy to open a worm hole to Space Sector 2828, your sector is 2814, so, in theory, the energy of your ring should be enough."
"Umm… roger that…" He mentioned, and then the woman casted a whole spaceship with her ring. "Cool!" And the Manhunters then kicked Blackfire, whose hands were now trapped inside a couple of metal cylinders chained together, toward the ship. "Hey!" Kid Lantern complained. "Prisoner or not, she is a lady! Respect her you ugly robots!" But the robots ignored him and kicked Blackfire again and toward the ship. "I'm serious!" He yelled, and Blackfire rolled her eyes in annoyance at the Green Lantern Recruit.
"Great X'hal, don't tell me you actually love me for real?" Blackfire mentioned while being pushed inside of the ship, and Kid Lantern just smiled oddly, reflecting he probably was in love with her. "That last kiss was in order to burst your brains off your head. You are totally not my type." Kid Lantern lowered his head, and was then pushed by a Manhunter toward the ship. "You are too powerless to even be of my interest, you intergalactic scum!" The Manhunters then grabbed her from her hair and inside of the ship. "I swear it! The Guardians will pay for this!"
"Stupid robots! Someone should teach them manners!" Kid Lantern entered the ship, and faced out of the window while seeing it flying off at an incredible speed, and wondered at the blue skies being replaced by stars and entire solar systems. "Cool! This is so freaking awesome!" But a Manhunter rudely pulled him off the window. "Hey! Hands off!" He complained, and Lantern Alisand'r invited him toward the front of the ship, where two Green Lantern logos were found.
"For wormhole space travel toward Space Sector 2828, you will have to share your ring's energy with mine. Wormhole space jumps between sectors are forbidden unless your orders lead you there or you are invited to join a mission by the Lantern assigned to the sector you are visiting." She pointed at the screen, where the machine was asking for the Green Lantern's verification. "Salaak is the one assigning orders, and he forces our light-constructs to have this machine attached to them whenever we space travel so he can keep an eye on our whereabouts all the time. There are 3600 Space Sectors, each protected by a Green Lantern. And between every sector, there is a Space Sector 0 called Oa, it is the only sector you are allowed to enter without permission, other than your own sector of course. Now, place your ring at the computer so I can allow you to enter my sector via wormhole." Kid Lantern nodded, and pressed his ring against the aperture of the Green Lantern ring by the computer, and afterwards, Alisand'r pressed her own ring and granted him permission. "We will be traveling past 14 sectors to reach 2828, the equivalent to one and a half Earthling hours. Please make yourself comfortable while we leave the wormhole." And Kid Lantern then faced the windows, and noticed green energy was now surrounding the ship in the form of a cylinder of green winds, meaning they were now traveling inside of a wormhole. "And by the way, Kyle Rayner of Space Sector 2814." Alisand'r began, and Kid Lantern faced her. "You don't need to wear your mask around fellow Green Lantern members. The mask is only used for protecting your identity from those of your own sector. To everyone else, you are mostly non-existent."
"Right." Kyle then casted his mask away. "Man, this is going so fast but at the same time is so cool!" He then noticed Blackfire, who was trapped inside of a green energy tube of light which shocked her each time she went too close to it, so she had to stay still inside such a reduced space. "Do I have control over this ship?" Kyle asked, and Alisand'r nodded in agreement. "Great, because this treatment is inhuman! No offence." And Kyle then casted the electrified energy prison away from Blackfire, much to Alisand'r's surprise, and dislike. "Don't even think about escaping. You got two Lanterns and three rude robots keeping their eyes on you." He tried to sound cool, but failed miserably.
"You are not a Green Lantern." She mentioned while facing the white circle of his Green Lantern uniform. "You are nothing but a stupid recruit who only recently got his ring and battery. You are untrained, and weak." She added in defiance, and Kyle smiled at her words. "What's so funny you human scum!"
"This human scum, and untrained Recruit Lantern, actually kicked your butt back at Earth." And Blackfire was annoyed by those comments. "Now, quit being a total pain and enjoy my special treatment, will ya?" He casted a sofa for her to rest at, and Blackfire, despite rolling her eyes in annoyance, sat down on it. "You are the first villain I ever face, the first alien girl I have ever met, and the first girl who had ever kissed me despite the odd language sharing thingy you only kissed me for." And Blackfire bit her lips in annoyance when noticing the hour and a half trip toward Space Sector 2828 was going to be endless for her. "I'm trying to start the heroic way of life with the right foot. So, why is a beautiful alien girl like you working this hard to be one of the bad guys?"
"You are not serious." She mentioned, and Kyle nodded. "I heard of Earthlings doing this before, but are you really taking me for a low ratted villain who will change her ways only because of a cute face and a couple of emerald eyes?" Kyle raised an eyebrow, casted a mirror, and noticed his eyes were now green. "You are honestly wasting your time. I will counter your question with this: Why is a handsome like you, with the greatest weapon in the universe in his finger, playing the good cop?" She flirted, and Kyle blushed at her insinuations, since Blackfire was now staring at Kyle's emerald eyes and smiling at him with some lust, or so would Kyle describe it like later.
"Well, being a hero is cool." He mentioned, and Blackfire laughed hard at him. "Heroes like the Teen Titans, Kid Flash, and all the major leaguers like Green Lantern, Batman and Superman, they are just great! People love them, they believe in them… and I think I always wanted people to look at me inside that same light. Not that I ever got that chance until getting this ring by the way." And Blackfire then kicked his legs and tackled him down and toward the sofa he had casted. The Manhunters of course reacted, but then they noticed Blackfire wasn't trying to hurt him, the whole contrary, she was rudely seducing him.
"Think about a villain then." She whispered to him, and Kyle blushed madly. "With the power I have, I could have anything I desired. Fame, power, gold, jewels, respect, anything can be mine if only I want it and take it." And she then pressed her forehead against Kyle's one, and his embarrassment only grew wider. "People would fear me. I would dominate their wills, and shatter their hopes. I can share that power with you, handsome."
"Girl, you drive me crazy." And Blackfire smiled at such reaction, her plan was working. "But I will have to decline, I don't date bad girls." And then her smile faded, and she rudely kicked his stomach, and he complained hard and tried to win some distance away from her, who simply sat there at the sofa with her eyes shut. "Ouch… was that necessary?" He asked.
"Don't know… probably… you ticked my nerves…" And Kyle blinked twice at such comment. "You were my only chance of survival and now I have no choice but to face execution after all." At such revelation, Kyle stood up as fast as he could. "Didn't you know? All that waits for me at my home planet is execution, for crimes I never committed." And Kyle grew worried at such revelation. "What? You thought it was as simple as good guy fights bad guy, bad guy loses, good guy takes bad guy to jail, bad guy breaks free, and it all starts over again? Foolish human, is everything for you left for granted or what?"
"What's that crime you never committed that is leading you to an execution?" Kyle asked, and Blackfire just faced him with evil intentions obviously drawn on her face. "Being honest, I doubt a girl your age can be really that evil. I want to believe you are probably confused."
"You know, you are actually cute." And he gulped hard. "Shattering that innocence of yours would truly be fun. Do you always try to seek for the light at the end of the tunnel?" And Blackfire then pressed her head against his chest. "A lady would surely like a guy like you… maybe I would too…" And Kyle then placed his hand at her shoulder, and Blackfire giggled softly at what was just happening. "This almost feels too easy." She whispered to herself. "You really want to know what crime I'm being punished for?" And Kyle nodded in agreement. "My real name is Komand'r, and I was the firstborn daughter of King Myand'r and Queen Luand'r. I should have been courted and showered with honors… yet… the day I was born, the Citadel Empire, supreme rulers of 22 of the 23 planets of the Vegan Star System, invaded the last planet which was to be conquered, planet Tamaran, my home planet. And to make it worse, they invaded in my name." And Kyle was surprised when hearing that last. "The city of Kysarr was totally destroyed… three thousand lives were lost… and my people blamed me for a crime I didn't commit… to worsen everything, because of the color of my hair, and my inability to channel the solar energies of our sun into my body or fly… I was branded, and was stripped from my birthright to rule, leading me to lose royal immunity, and to be charged for the crime of genocide… my sentence, was exile…" And Kyle lowered his head in empathy. "Many things happened during my exile… some psychos captured me… experimented with me… and I earned artificial powers. But when I returned to my home planet to claim my birthright, I was branded a traitor, a genocidal, and a disgrace to my family… and my little sister, Koriand'r, was declared the real successor to the throne… I was devastated. My people gave their back to me… my own family gave their back to me! And I swore I would one day claim my right to rule!"
"I'm sorry." And Blackfire widened her eyes in surprise when hearing those words. "I don't know what else to say but sorry… you were unfairly blamed for a sin you didn't commit." Blackfire faced Kyle, this particular occasion being the only one in which she was actually listening to his words. "To be wrongly judged… and executed…" She felt his hand being pressed against her shoulder softly, reflecting he actually cared for what was going on. "It's wrong!" He stood up from his light-construct sofa. "She is innocent!" And Alisand'r faced Kyle in disbelief. "Salaak called this a trial, but the verdict was already declared, wasn't it?" Alisand'r ignored Kyle and faced planet Tamaran as the ship was only making its way outside of the wormhole. "You are going to murder an innocent?"
"The Green Lantern Corp barely got any jurisdiction on Space Sector 2828, Recruit Lantern Kyle Rayner… it isn't our choice to decide who is guilty and who is not." But Kyle refused to accept that as an answer. "We only deliver the prisoners back to their home sectors and home planets. What they do with them does not concern the Corp."
"That's not even an answer!" He yelled hard, and Alisand'r turned around and blasted Kyle with her ring, and Blackfire felt her mouth opening itself at what was happening. A complete stranger, who had only meet her once and who she had tried to manipulate, actually stood against a real Green Lantern, not because she had managed to seduce him, but because he believed she had been unfairly judged.
"Komand'r is responsible for the murdering of my family and friends! Kyssar was my home city! But I was away from Tamaran protecting my Space Sector! You got any idea of how it feels like? To return home after so long only to find a crater where your city once used to stand?" Kyle of course didn't know how to answer her question. "Recruit Lantern Kyle Rayner… you have compromised your mission… you are forbidden to interfere any further…" And before Kyle could complain, Alisand'r trapped Kyle inside of an evacuation capsule, and threw him into space. "Manhunters, we will proceed as was planned… if Recruit Lantern Kyle Rayner interferes… you are allowed to use brute force to subdue him and strip him from his ring." Alisand'r then faced Blackfire. "As for you…" And Blackfire faced her back in hatred. "Don't get too comfortable… after today… you will finally pay for your sins…"
"Right… my sins…" She added with hatred, and Alisand'r trapped her inside the light tube once again, and since she wasn't standing properly, she was shocked several times until she fixed herself inside of the tube. "Tell me something… Lantern…" But Alisand'r never faced her. "Who is more responsible of Kyssar's destruction… a new born who did nothing but just that, be born… or the Guardians of the Universe who forbid the Green Lantern Corps from standing against the Citadel and instead evaded a cosmic conflict with them… you are even more responsible for the destruction of Kyssar that I am!" And the Green Lantern girl reduced the space inside the tube of light, and Blackfire was shocked all her way toward Tamaran.
BIOS:
Complex-Complex (Mentioned): The Citadelians are a race that was cloned from one single specimen, whose name was lost from history, this being before dying of old age, transmitted his essence into the main computer of the Citadel's World, becoming Complex-Complex.
Green Lantern of Space Sector 1418 – Salaak: He is currently the only Honor Guard alien and comes from planet Slyggia. He is responsible for mission assignment for all 3600 Lanterns, and is closer to the Guardians than anyone.
Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 – Kyle Rayner: He will be the main protagonist of the story, he still shouldn't be wearing the ring, but the reasons will be explained later. As for now, he is a Green Lantern, or better said, a Recruit Lantern or White Circle.
Green Lantern of Space Sector 2828 – Alisand'r: A Green Lantern of planet Tamaran, yet, the relationship between the Guardians and the entire Vegan System isn't at all that simple, and despite being a Green Lantern, she barely protects her sector and is stationed on Oa most of the time.
Guardians of the Universe: They are Maltusians, and they have no names, except for Ganthet, who named himself, and Sayd, who as for now still isn't named, but I will keep mentioning her name to difference her from the other Guardians.
Hourman: An android created by Metron of the New Gods in the 853rd century, he wields the Worlogog, an special stone that is a map of the universe and is able to shape time and space.
Manhunters: They were the first police force the Guardians created, yet they were emotionless and ruthless, so they were replaced by the Green Lanterns and assigned as minor guards.
Metron: One of the Gods of New Genesis. His sole purpose is to know everything and is known to experiment on sentient life forms. He isn't evil nor good, he just keeps universal equilibrium.