Planet Mogo. The Living Planet. He served as a Green Lantern long ago. He serves as one once again, albeit a bit differently. This time he acts as the home base for Green Lanterns everywhere. This is where new recruits train to be Green Lanterns, where a good number of the present Green Lanterns live and where other Green Lanterns seek a respite from their duties, wherever they may lead them.

Anya Savenlovich, former Lt. Colonel in the Russian Air Force, was once recruited to be a Green Lantern by Kyle Rayner long ago. He sought her out, along with the others, to re-up her membership. She's a Green Lantern once more.

She's the welcoming party for Arsenal. Roy Harper hasn't seen his friend for the longest time. Years.

He insisted on coming. To bring Kyle back to Earth. For a funeral. Kyle tried to tell him he could manage on his own. Roy was hearing none of it. Kyle relented.

"Hello, Mr. Harper," said Savenlovich.

"You can call me Roy, Anya."

Roy knows her quite well. Through conversations with Kyle over the years, when they had time to talk. Think about that long-distance plan.

And at the battle, of course.

It was a crisis. Good versus evil. Like it's always been. Under insurmountable odds. Not everyone came away unscathed. Not everyone came away-- at all.

It was hell. What did they do? They brought the fight to hell's doorstep. There's always someone behind the curtain. Behind it all. Many assumed it was Luthor. Or Psycho Pirate. While others felt the blame could be placed at the feet of Per Degaton.

No, these shoes were too big for any of them to fill. Only one fit the bill.

Darkseid.

Roy remembers it like it was yesterday. It seemed like everyone was there. JLA. JSA. The Titans, present and former. His group, The Outsiders. So many others. Too many to count. A lot answered the call. The expected. The unexpected. Every walk of life from Earth and afar had a hand in it.

And of course, the Corps. was there.

Darkseid was put down. Forever. But he didn't go without inflicting great harm to his last combatant, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. Darkseid came to his demise, while Kyle Rayner was able to walk away, although under the guidance of his fellow Lanterns.

Kyle was blind.

"So where is he," said Harper.

"He's down in the dungeon," said Savenlovich.

"The dungeon? You guys have a dungeon?" inquired Harper.

"No, not a real one. We just call it that. Kyle goes down to Mogo's sublevels...and well...just tortures himself. He puts himself through whatever tests Mogo can throw at him. And through varying temperatures. The most frigid to the most extreme heat. Even Guy thinks it's nuts."

"Why does he do it?" said Harper.

"He says to prepare himself--for anything and everything--in whatever condition," shrugs Savenlovich.

Roy and Anya step into the elevator and head down. Way down. They step off of the elevator and head north to where Kyle is "training."

Roy sees his friend huddled in a corner. "Man, Kyle. It's like a sauna in here."

"Sorry about that. Hey Mogo, normal temps will do," said Rayner.

"Sure Kyle," said Mogo.

While Roy looks the same, what seems like a millenia ago between the two, Kyle looks remarkedly different. That short spikey hair has turned into a shoulder-length mane. He also added a goatee.

And it was hard to not notice, to Roy's detriment, that Kyle was standing there stark naked before the two of them.

"Yo, Kyle. It's good to see you--but not all of you. How about a towel, my man."

As a robe appears and covers his body, Kyle says, "Sorry about that Roy. But you should see the look on your face."

"Yeah, that's good and all--wait a minute. Did you say 'see'?"