Prompt: After the return to Oa, Green and Red Lantern corps gather together to form various teams to aid the planets of the Forgotten Zone. While Kilowog stays back at Oa to train his new recruits and Hal tries to deal with the new Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Razer and Aya team up and travel to Razer's planet to plan out what needs to be done. However, during ultra-warp, something goes wrong and the ship gets out of ultra-warp in the half way. Aya informs that there is something in the system she lacks the ability to repair, so they search for a planet to stay and repair the problem by hand. To their luck, they happen to find a planet which is technologically very advanced and people use their companion AI programs to get their jobs done. While Aya seems exited to meet her fellow AIs, Razer is quiet annoyed by all those robots, and their "affection" towards Aya
Okay, I know the prompt only calls for a oneshot, but as I was typing it, it evolved into this really cool idea that could end up pretty awesome, so I threw caution to the wind and just wrote it out. Sue me.
Characters/Pairings: Razer, Aya; Razaya
Key: Italics = Thoughts
Disclaimer: I wish I owned GL:TAS, but if wishes were bread, no one would go hungry.
A loud boom echoed through the Interceptor. The entire craft shook with the blast, knocking the crew of two to the floor.
"What was that?" asked Razer pointedly while helping the AI to her feet.
"We have encountered some sort of interference while in ultra-warp. This interference seems to have damaged the ultra-warp coil."
"Did we reach our destination?" The AI and the Red Lantern had been sent by the Guardians of Oa to help with the reconstruction of the Forgotten Zone, namely Razer's home world.
"No. We are only about halfway there. Apologies, Razer. I can only imagine how much you wish to return to your home world."
Razer sighed. In actuality, he had no desire in the slightest to return to his home world. There were too many memories there. The only reason he had volunteered for the mission (besides to get away from Oa and the self-righteous Green Lanterns, most self-righteous of all being the other Green Lantern from Earth, the newly recruited Guy Gardner) was to spend more time with the Aya. Razer sighed again, lost in thought.
"Were you injured in the explosion, Razer?" asked Aya.
"No. Why do you ask?" asked Razer.
"You show a repetitive respitory anomaly I did not observe prior to the explosion. Are you suffering from an ailment?"
Razer smiled softly. "Aya, that was a sigh."
"A sigh," Aya said, testing it out. "And what does this sighing mean?"
"Um… A sigh is an expression of emotional release."
"Catalogued. Thank you for the information."
"Not a problem, Aya." It was not until then Razer realized how close he and the AI were. If he leaned forward a bit, their lips would meet. Suddenly uncomfortable, he took a step back, and asked briskly, "How is the ship?"
"Repairs are in progress, and the damages are not as bad as those we suffered with Green Lantern Hal and Lieutenant Kilowag. Unfortunately, I do not have the correct components to fully repair the coil."
Razor settled back into his chair. "Are there any inhabited planets nearby that could have the components you require?
"There is one planet within the vicinity that fits those criteria. Plotting a course now."
"Are the inhabitants friendly this time?"
"It says in my records that the population is inhabited by humanoid life-forms of an agriculture-based society."
Razer rolled his eyes. "So you don't know."
"No."
As the planet came into view, Razer sighed, "We'll just have to risk it."
Note: I didn't know whether to italicize Aya's speech or not, since I've seen it written as both, so I just made it unitalicized. Tell me if I'm wrong, since I really don't know.
Another Note: This is really just a set-me-up chapter, so sorry it's ago short and sucky. The rest will be longer, and better, hopefully. I'll probably post once or twice a day until I finish.
