The Hateful Beginning.

Being a Red Lantern wasn't as glamorous as Green, or Blue. It was a bitter, and lackluster existence for many. Filled with the sick joy that comes with ending another life. There was only one requirement for becoming a Red Lantern. To be filled with an unbridled rage in the presence of the great Atrocitus, and deemed worth enough to be drafted into his army.. Traveling though the cosmos to strengthening his army of darkness to take back what he had lost so long ago. He was intrigued when a surge of anger flowed into his screen view.

Never had he felt such rage when passing an Earth like he had now, sure many had anger and hate within them, but this one...Was shining brighter than any other...He had never had a human sided with him...If the Green Lanterns could have them, then why couldn't he? Though part of him thought it would be pointless to do so humans were weak compared to many other creatures of the vast univers. Regardless he let slip a ring down to the one who was being consumed by her anger...

Blood...Blood...All over the road, blaring lights and screaming. He could see her pulling herself from the vehicular wreckage cursing the one who had cause it. Loved one's lives dashed in front of her their lifeless bodies ripped and throw from the crash site from this 'drunk drive' but all she could do was curse him, and wish death upon him and the while the pain of a broken arm, and ribs countless cuts from glass and steel mared her body were nothing compared to the anger coursing through her veins ,nothing else mattered to her blinding my her growing rage.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" She screamed while forcing herself up to stand to face the man who unlike the others was barely injured at all, stumbling along the road with other cars speeding by and some stopped to see what had happened, to the cars that were flipped over, and smashed side ways into a tree on the side of the road, blood pooling around the asphalt. "I'll follow you to the ends of this earth and hold your still beating heart in my hand!" She rambled on, letting her hate talk for her squinting at the other human that was a a stumbling blur to her as she barely noticed the blood dripping down from her forehead and over her left eye. "I rip you into pieces with my bare hands you bastard!" she continued shouting.

Far above all of this, just outside this Earths atmosphere, Atrocitus rubbed his chin snearing down, watching the scene unfolded, a ring in a bowl filled other just like it started to glow floating up and out a small hole he allowed to open up for it... This would be interesting for him to watch...

As the ring had floated down to the world below, her rants continued till it was in front of her. She stoped her rant as the ring came into view. Would she accept it? Other humans wandered closer the ring's bright red glow confusing them, and her as she seems to notices and focus on the the small red item floating in front of her. Her body worked on it's own, her mind starting to blank out due to suffering from a concoction. Did she grasp what it was? The power being offered to her... "Take it." A voice whispered to her from the ring. "And let your hate fill your soul, let him pay fro what he has done...Think it..And it shall be. " Her hands cupping out to it feeling anger being fueled more as the ring settled in her palm. Power radiate off it as she looked from it to the man. Who wasn't even paying attention to her threats, on lookers faint mumerring was like white noise to her.

Before she realized what she was doing, she had slipped the ring upon her ring finger energy quickly flowing around her in dark red wisps. The pain of her loss filled her mind as did the power of the ring, In mere moments as the thoughts came to her mind, the man dead...But how? It had to be something horrible...being ripped to shreds by..by wolves...Or ripped in half, drowning in water, sharp spines riddling his stupid unharmed body... No something even more painful...She clenched her hands to her chest, closing her eyes tightly, letting the thought of what she wanted to take over her mind the ring glowed brightly and in a instant the Red wisps flowed quicker around her, engulfing her in its blinding red light, like fire. The man who now took some notices of her or the now human covered in the bright red flames. Before he could even blink, she stretched out her hand that bared the Red ring and from it the flames around her flashed out toward the man consuming in him in the burning light, screams of agony filled her head he was begging for his life, but it would not help him as he ran attempted to roll the searing flames from his body, it filled her with joy to see him perish before her. Other people screams joined in at the carnage they were witnessing, they quickly fled in there vehicles not wanting to be next.

She could feel herself smiling manically at the site of the blurry man now dead on the ground burned to a black crisp, unrecognizable mass that was once another human being. The flames vanished, her mind spinning as pain over took her she fell to the ground... The last thing she remembered was... Feeling and seeing herself being lifted into the air, before she passed out from pain and blood loss.

When she awoke she was in a bed, her body wasn't in as much pain, and it felt like the whole thing had been a dream...She sat up and looked around realizing this was not her room, nor any she had seen before. It was all red, everything, the bed, the blankets, the lights..."Where...Am I?" She moved to rub her head hissing in pain looking down to see her right arm in a sling in confusing feeling her head that was throbing in pain, her hand brued agains her forhead, feeling somthing wraped around it. "What..? what...Happened?" She felt fear weedling into her soul at her strange surroundings, She lowared her hand and looked down at it remebering the man from earlyer, seeing the Red ring still on her finger. "So..It wasn't a dream after all..." She spoke her thought out loud trying to understand what had happened after the crash, and where she might be. When suddenly a door slid open to her left, making her jump slightly. What appeared to be some kinda red clad, blue skined winged women with a strange symbol on her chest walked in looking at her with disinterest. "You." she said in a stern tone.

"M-me?" the girl repeated, much to the others annoyance. "You have been summoned by our master." She said looked down her nose at the human who was showing signs of fear for her, she seemed to enjoy that. "It would be wise to get up now. Unless you would rather I drag you there.." She smiled darkly at the human waiting for her to reply.

"Master?" She had a feeling that this women would have done just that and dragged her where ever if she did not obey, and she didn't have any other options right now... She got out from the bed, shaky on her legs. "Who are you?" She asked the strange women who waited by the door way... She didn't answer, instead she walked out the door. "H-hey wait!" the human girl hurried to the door way. The women had gone to the right...Was she supposed to follow? Probably...There was no one else the other way, so she supposed she would follow this...Strange women if it even was a women... she walked faster to catch up to the other women even though her legs still had a dulled pain with each step taking in the strangely dotted halls, and multiple closed doors along the way to where ever she was being lead. The hall ways were very high...Like a giant would be needed to walk down the halls.

"So..Um Where are we?" she asked the strange red clad women.

"We are in your planets Mesosphere." she answered arrogantly without looking back at her.

"Mesosphere?" she asked herself trying to remember what that even was suddenly realizing the walls to her right were actually windows and the dotted must have been stars. "Wait...I..We're in SPACE?!" She shouted in disbelief at what the women had told her just now. She stopped walking over to looked out the window for a closer look, gasping when she saw the Earth silently floating under them. "But...But how..I must be dreaming.." she said in disbelief.

The women laughed stopping as well, "You humans are so pathetic. Your kind haven't even gotten into space have you?" She asked in a taunting tone to the girl. The girl looked back at the women glaring slightly. "Apparently not." She spoke again, laughing slightly, continuing her walking. "Come /now/. You don't want to keep our Master waiting, He is quite unforgiving for such things."

The girl gulped feeling nervous bubbling in her stomach, but followed. A couple of turns and soon they were in a wide open room, what looked like control consuls around under all the wide windowpanes that made up the walls of the room, a large wall sat in the middle of the room with a few other much smaller chairs around at the middle consuls. Other people just as strange, who all wore almost the same strange red and black outfits as the women looked up from their work stations at them as they walked towards the center of the room, the girl could feel their judging eyes on her and it didn't feel good.

The women stopped in front of the wall before she spoke loudly up at it "Lord Atrocitus, I bring you the human who you have chosen to join us." The girl blinked in confusion, until the wall started to turn she realized that it wasn't a wall at all but a enormous chair and in it was a monster of a man, his face was scared badly, giving him a dangerous and angry look about him. He gazed down at them, his glowing yellow eyes judging even more harshly than any others had.

"You have awaken, human. Excellent, I am Atrocitus, Creator and ruler of the Red lanterns. I have chosen you to join us." His voice was deep and menacing. It took everything she had not to shake in fear of a man who could snap her with just his fingers like a tooth pick. "I saw what you did to that other human earlier...You picked up the Rings powers quickly... Not many humans can measure up to your anger...Tell me..What is it you are called?" He asked leaning his head down slightly to her, but when she didn't reply right away the women growled at her. "ANSWER YOUR LORD, YOU LITTLE WELP" She raised her hand as if to strike the girl, but stopped when Atrocitus rose his hand from the stone armrest and silenced her,

"Enough Bleez...Let her speak...Human...I am waiting..." He narrowed his yellow eyes at her the girl who blinked back at the intimidatingly large male in front of her trying to take in everything that was happening. So it all was real...Her name? Was it really so important? With no family left, her real name meant nothing to her... What was the point in keeping a name when everyone you loved was gone?

"I...Don't really have one...Sir." she spoke up, find more courage the more she said, "but I guess you could call me Solar Flare." She said, not sure where the idea for that name came from, but it sounded right some how.

"Solar Flare?" Atrocitus said, a strange smile pulling at his scarred face. "A very fitting name..." He said sitting back in his chair. "I welcome you, Solar Flare, into my Corps...Your training soon starts...Bleez, Skallox. Show Solar Flare around. You must be hungry after your accident Solar-Flare." He said, as a tall horse skulled man floated over to them, bowing his head to Atrocitus. "Uh..I...Yea...I'm a bit hungry, sir." She smiled awkwardly up at Atrocitus who still held that same smile from earlier, another creature, some ugly ball with teeth, floated up to him "Sire! A human?! Are you really sure it can even be trusted?!" He yelled loud enough for her to hear, but she ignore him as the other two lead her back out of the room.

"I'm Skallox," the horse faced man said once they were out of the room. "I never thought a human would be worthy of our corps." He said, but it wasn't as mean as it sounded. The women- Bleez scoffed. "We'll see how worthy she is in battle."

"Hmmm, what say you Solar-Flare?" Skallox asked tilting his skulled head at her.

"Me? Uh...I never been much of a fighter..I don't think I've ever been in a real fight actually."

Bleez laughed" SEE? She is a waste of a Ring! You should just be lucky for now human. But that luck will soon run out." She floated ahead of them with her nose up.

Skallox shook his skull at her leaving them behind "Do not mind her, she is just...Difficult...AH here we are...the mess hall, Let us find something for you to eat, yes?" He smiled, or what seems to be a smile since bone wasn't very expressive. But it was enough to make her feel...Slightly welcomed at least.

"That would be good...Do you got any grilled cheese?" She asked when the door slid to the side allowed them access to the room, the sound of other people talking and eating filled the air, and handful of other people were eating there meals, all of which were things she had never seen before. Large bugs, and strange gray goop among other things people were eating

"grilled..Cheeze? What is that?" He asked walking to a table that had a giant floating jellyfish thing hovering by it, and a cat like creature who was talking to the jelly fish.

"Uh...Nevermind.." She figured that earth food would be a rarity around here..."What's good to eat?" She asked as Skallox sat down with the other two, who were eating..some kinda steaming rolly-polly like thing... "Well, we have many thing that can be ordered, just ask the monitor." He lifted his hand gesturing to the tube at the center of the table...

She was hesitant, but also sat at the table, carfully giving the jellyfish a strained smile when its tentacles almost touched her. "Oh..uhh..okay..." she still didn't know what to do really... Skallox, coughed. "This is Ratchet, and Zin'tar." One of the jellyfishes tentacles pet over her hair, as if examining her. It didn't have any eyes so she guessed that was just how it 'saw' things... "This is Solar-Flare, She just joined us- Ratchet don't be rude." He said stirringly to the jellyfish who retracted its tentacle. "My apologies." A voice came from the jellyfish, who glowed purple form the middle of its gastrovascular cavity in time with what it said. Zin'tar on the other hand was laughing. "Aww looks like Ratchets likes you! Don't worry Solar, this big guys a real pushover!" she laughed again into her paws, before taking a bite of her...orange bug guts...

"I..am...not.." Came the reply from Ratchet, purple light blinking. both Skallox, and Zin'tar laughed at its reply making her smile. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad living here she thought. "Here let me get you something..."

Skallox then said something she didn't quite catch to the pipe in the middle of the table, a few moments later two more rolly pollies slid out on plates to both of them respectively. The steam coming off it had a strange dirt like smell, but it still didn't seem appetizing at all...Especially after Skallox picked his up and bit into it eagerly, squirting orange gunk on her...

Okay so maybe this was gonna be a bit harder than she thought...