DC Redux Presents

The Book of Oa

Written by Bodhi Ouellette

Chapter 3 - Launch


NASA Launch Site; Houston, Texas:

December 14th, 2014. The day half of the world has been anticipating. Since the announcement of the Interceptor mission, preparation had been highly reported by news outlets, with weekly updates on the status of construction, to documenting the crew's extensively brutal training. There was a countdown on every news station; CNN, MSNBC, Fox News covered the mission extensively, being the twenty-four-hour news stations, they almost had to. ABC News, CBS News and NBC all covered the mission, and had their own countdown clock once December rolled around, building the American people up to one of the most important space missions since the first Moon landing. The prospect that there is alien life beyond the solar system was important to build up.

As for the rest of the world, their were more mixed. While Canada and most of Europe were excited about the mission, other countries such as China and Russia felt bitter about the prospect that America discovered this before any other country, proving their advancement in the race to space than their competing nations. As such, their reports were brief, and less in detail and excited than their American news counterparts. But their respective space programs were all eagerly awaiting the results of the mission, and even revealing their intentions to work with the U.S. for future space missions.

N.A.S.A., knowing that this mission would gain a lot of attention with the public, announced their intention to document the mission, with a life feed being displayed by modified GoPro's attached to the spacesuits, which would redirect back to Planet Earth and offer the whole world a first look at the discoveries the crew of the Interceptor would find.

The stakes were high. Hal Jordan confirmed this when he entered into a small docking room, as he witnessed the live reporting coming from Anderson Cooper of CNN, actively updating the American people of the launch. Hal gulped, knowing that this was the day everything may screw up for him. It screwed him over the last two or three (he couldn't remember) times he failed at the simulations. Now he was in charge of piloting the most advanced spaceship ever built. Luckily, the months leading up to the launch gave him time to complete his tests, and pilot the ship with little error. Even so, Hal still felt nervous embarking on a trip that would take two years to complete.

His trait of thought stalled when the rest of the crew entered the docking room, suiting up in their newly designed spacesuits. They were thinner, more compact, and more durable and mobile. Guy looked over at Hal, still watching the screen, blankly. "Hey, toolshed!" Guy shouted. Hal looked over at Guy, returning back to reality. "You're not chickening out now, are you?"

"God no," Hal spoke, clearing his throat. "No way. I'm just… y'know, thinking about how I'm gonna miss this place a little bit."

"I'm not," Gardner replied back. "Not really, that is. I mean sure I'll miss some family. Ain't gonna miss my wife either. It is what it is."

Hal looked across with the other members. "What about you guys?" he asked.

"I'm the kind of guy who no matter what the situation is, takes that chance," stated John, attaching the velcro onto his boots. "We only live once; why not make something out of it?"

"And you Adam?"

"Space has always been my dream world," admitted Adam, sharing the same reasonings as Hal. "I grew up reading science fiction novels and movies, which influenced me to join N.A.S.A. Now I get to do something I've always wanted to do since I was a little kid. I'll miss this place, but at least I get to know that I'll be coming back."

Hal nodded. "Same here, Adam."

Gardner, Stewart and Strange all left the room quickly, all suited up for the mission. Carol approached Hal, placing her arm on his shoulder. Hal looked up. "You okay, Hal?" Carol asked him.

"Yeah, I'm fine…" he paused. "I'm just afraid, is all."

"Afraid of what?"

"Afraid of screwing this up, I suppose… Who knows what could go wrong, during launch and after."

"That's the risks we have to take, Hal." Carol kneeled down face to face with Hal. "I know how you're feeling. I feel the same way as you, except on a much higher scale. This entire mission is determined by the success of me as a leader, and the rest of my crew. If anything happens, it's on me, not you, Hal. But we can't back down now. The whole world is watching us. We'll do fine, trust me."

Hal and Carol shared a little smile together, which translated to her hand being placed onto his. They had spent six months together preparing for this mission, and in that time they bonded a lot. They had a mutual friendship that both of them wondered if that could become something more. The two never considered it, until this moment.

But that discussion needed to be saved for another time. Carol got back up. "Come on, let's go make history."

Hal smirked. "Roger that, Captain."

"We traveled across the stars, arriving on such planets like Bolovax Vik, where we encountered the first species that would adopt the Lantern as the one above all gods. When we showed them the Lantern, the race of Bolovaxians, mesmerized by it's all-knowing, all-seeing capabilities they bowed down to its will with open arms.

"They knew, just like we knew, that the Lantern was the one true God of this universe. The foundation this world is based on its powersAnd so we continued, folding other races into the following of the Green Lanterns…"

The countdown was ten minutes. News outlets were parked hundreds of feet away from the launch site, along with thousands of citizens there watching as the Alan Scott Interceptor I awaited the final preparations. The crew crossed the bridge connecting the tower and the ship, entering inside with little issue.

Inside of the ship, the clean hallways led the crew up to the main cockpit area of the ship, all five taking their respective seating arrangements. Hal and Carol were placed upfront, while Guy, John, and Adam sat behind. Hal flipped on a row of switches, with Carol and the rest doing their own configurations to the ship. Suddenly, a young woman's voice could be heard over the intercom. "Hello, Interceptor Crew," the voice announced. "Incoming live feed from Director Ferris."

"Patch it through, AYA," Carol stated. A small screen popped up on the clear window seeing outside of the ship. Carl and others were standing in front of a webcam. "Afternoon, Crew," he announced. "Everyone excited to go to space?"

"Damn right we are, Director!" Guy exclaimed.

"Like your enthusiasm. Now listen up, you launch in two minutes, so I'll just keep it short; give us daily updates on your journey just so you guys are alone or going crazy, or dead. Smile for the cameras, and have a safe trip out there, everyone. Carol, stay safe, I'll miss you very much, dear."

"Don't worry, father," Carol replied, "We'll be safe. Thank you."

"Alright, you're good to go, Carl out." The screen disappeared. Carol looked over at Hal.

"You're good for the countdown," she said. "Lead the way."

Hal nodded. "Okay, crew, main engines on?"

"Check!" John confirmed.

"Backup engines? Rear engines? Escape pods well to go if we need them?"

"Check, check, and check sir!"

"...Everyone buckled in?"

Guy realized he wasn't, and he quickly attached the belt buckles over his torso. "Now we are!"

"Alright. Countdown to launch. Fifteen… fourteen… thirteen…" the ship started to rumble a bit, as the main boosters began to heat up. "Twelve… eleven… ten… nine…" the shaking increased, all five of them were bouncing around their seats. The ships built in stabilization chairs did little to prevent such shaking. "Eight… seven… six…" at this time, all systems were good to go, but the countdown wasn't over yet. "Five… four…" At that moment, a thought crossed Hal's mind whether or not he would regret making this decision to go into space. Whether or not it would be worth it. Hal knew it was the right choice. "Three… two… one. Blast off!"

He pushed the lever down to full speed, and when he did, the ship levitated off from the ground and began flying high into the sky, faster than any spaceship designed since. The crowd below marveled as what seemed like a new space race has just commenced.


Outside Earth's Atmosphere:

It took the ship less than a minute to arrive outside of Earth's atmosphere. There was an even greater risk of the ship not having enough time to depressurize itself through the transition of atmospheres, something Hal make sure he'd be careful about when they finally made it out into space. When everything was set and done, and the red blinking lights stopped flashing, the crew had finally made it out, alive. Carol looked back at her crew. "Congrats everyone, we made it into space."

"Yay, we didn't die!" Gardner exclaimed.

"Yet," Stewart followed up, grinning.

"That's not funny, dude," he replied back. "That's really not funny. I'm actually terrified for my life now."

"Settle down friend," John replied back. "Sheesh, y'think you'd take a little bit of dark humor coming from the Gingerbread Man."

"You asshole!"

"Alright boys, that's enough, and watch your language!" Carol interrupted. "Guy, prepare the thrusters. Adam, set the coordinates up so the autopilot can take over. John, arranged for the pitstop we're taking."

"Pitstop? Where?" Hal asked.

"We're visiting the Moon, Hal. To show everyone how fast this ship can go." Carol replied as she points to her GoPro camera attached to her shoulder. "Remember, we're showing the whole world our journey too."

"Right," he looks over at Carol's GoPro and waves. "Hi, family! Hey, members of the Gardner family, your son's a real asshole."

"Language guys!" Carol screamed back. "Come on! Every Time you swear N.A.S.A.'s the one that yells at me for it!"

"Oh, well in that case," Gardner started to pronounce a bunch of obscene swears before Carol threw a wrench at Gardner's shoulder. "Ow!"

"Keep that potty mouth up and I'll throw you out of this ship," Carol threatened. "Now get ready to make a trip to the Moon. Strange, have the coordinates been implemented into the ship's A.I.?"

"Affirmative, Captain," Strange replied. "Ready AYA?"

"Confirmed: Location to Earth's Moon. Launching in five."

"So… what do I get to do?" Hal asked.

Carol sat back into her seat. "Relax and enjoy for a moment, Hal. And just watch as this thing takes us to the Moon in three minutes."

Without warning, the Interceptor blasted into space at almost light speed, emitting a green trail behind. Because of the way the ship was built, there is a little resistance of gravity holding the crew back from being flown back to their seats. They saw as the stars passed their vision like strings of lights, and the view of the Moon getting bigger and bigger. Within three minutes, they had arrived right next to Earth's Moon.


Moon:

The ship ended it's autopilot mode, and Hal quickly took back control of the ship, efficiently planting the Interceptor onto the surface of the Moon. Everyone unbuckled out of their seats and prepared their space suits to be the first humans to step on the Moon since 1974. A ding sound played through the speakers. "Air decompression successful," informed AYA. "Preparing to open hatch in three… two… one…"

The hatch opened below. "Hal, do the honors," suggested Carol.

He turned back around. "Yes, Ma'am," Hal replied back. He took the first step onto the thickly dusted surface of the moon, the first human to do so in over forty years. The rest of the crew followed Hal, as he continued walking forward to gaze up at the beautiful sight of his home world. His father wasn't kidding when the view of Earth from the moon was breathtaking, and now he gets to see it for himself. Nothing could beat such a powerful image as this unless this trip offers some even more excellent sights. "Y'see this folk back on Earth?" Hal spoke to the GoPro on his shoulder. "It doesn't get any better than this for me."

Behind him, Adam Strange opened a viewfinder with a digital recreation of the map of the galaxy, zooming in with his index and thumb onto the Earth, where the location of the destroyed Green Lantern base is located. "Up ahead is where the base is located," he said. "Let's check it out before we head off."

The Crew all embarked on a short walk towards the same ravine ditch that held the crumbling speck of rock and metal that the old Green Lantern base, once steadily in tact, now reduced to a lonesome pile of debris. By doing this, the entire world could see that the Green Lantern base was no lie. The truth existed. Aliens are real, and this was the proof of their existence, somewhere, in the expansive galaxy, they were tasked to explore…

"Within the first few years, we managed to spread the Oath to hundreds of planets, teaching them the ways of the Lantern, repeating the passage over and over until the light shined brighter and brighter. In the year after that, thousands of planets were recruited into the rule of the Oath.

"I felt proud to have seen how fast the words resonated into the minds and hearts of trillions of lives across the galaxy. That it has united more nations together under one roof, one belief. That the light will protect us all…"

When the Crew returned to the ship the hatch closed behind them. After another second for the ship to pressurize the air, they all took off their helmets and returned back into the main deck. "Guy, upload the footage into the database and send it over to N.A.S.A.," ordered Carol. "John, start up the engines again to prepare for another launch. Adam, write in the report of our trip, and Hal, sit yourself back down and prepare for lift-off."

"Got it," stated Hal, sitting back down in his seat. "So… how did it feel? Stepping onto the Moon for the first time?"

"I just wish we could've stayed longer," John replied back. "Damn, we should've made a Christmas card and sent it to everyone!"

"Next planet we go on, we'll do it," Hal commented.

"Alright, ships ready to go," John announced.

"Let's get to it…" Hal brought the control stick up, lifting the ship off of the Moon's surface. When the ship was away enough from the Moon, Adam punched in the coordinates of the next Sector they would be traveling in.

"Alright, you're good for now Hal," Carol said. "AYA, prepare the thrusters for full speed."

"Coordinates enabled. Prepare to launch in five… four… three… two… one…"

Much like before, the ship zoomed through space at lightning speed, but once again the ship's unique built design created less force inside allowing for the Crew to not be affected by the overall power of speeding through space thousands of miles at a time. They prepared for their next exhibition into the unknown, passing by Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and further out, leaving their own solar system. They watched as they saw their entire galaxy flash before their eyes. And the world would be able to see it with them…

Somewhere Outside the Milky Way Galaxy:

The ship was docked in space for a little bit, allowing for the ship to cool down, as the Lantern powering the whole place had overloaded. This gave the crew time to contact N.A.S.A. back at home, which was displayed on the ship's window. Carl Ferris was sitting front and center along with the rest of N.A.S.A.'s controllers. "How's it like out there in space?" Carl asked. "Hopefully it's not too lonely, you've got plenty of company with Guy over there."

"It's only been two days, Dad," Carol replied back. "We're all feeling a little bit homesick, but beyond that, we're all okay."

"Glad you guys are making it out there okay," Carl said. "Now, you all know where your next stop is at?"

"Yes, sir," Adam interjected. "We've set the coordinates of the first planet we're visiting near the Artemis Sector, number 25.1998."

"Good. Be prepared for any hostile invaders that might be on there. And be careful about terrain too. Otherwise, good luck on your quest, and can't wait to see the results. Carl out." The screen disappeared. Carol turned around over at Guy, who just entered the room.

"How's the battery?" Carol asked.

"Still needs a few more minutes of cool down," Guy said. "We should be ready to launch pretty soon."

"Thanks for the update Guy. John, could you bring Hal and Adam over to the armory?"

"Sure can do," John said.

"Armory?" Hal asked. "We've got an armory on this ship?"

"They gave it to us in case we were ever to encounter hostile beings," Carol answered. "Now go on and follow John."

The two followed John down the halls down into a special room. John placed his thumb print onto the screen on the wall, recognizing it as John Stewart's thumbprint. When they entered, the lights turned on to reveal a large room with different kinds of artillery, including pistols, rifles, shotguns, rocket launchers, heavy machine guns, and turrets, amongst entire drawers full of ammo and grenades. Hal and Adam looked at the room with their jaws dropped to the ground.

"Jesus Christ, did they expect us to be prepared to take on a freaking army?!" Hal exclaimed.

John looked back at the two, picking up the M16 off the wall of weapons, smiling. "Just a precaution guys. You've gotta understand that in any case of emergency, we'll be set to take on an entire army if we have too." John flung the gun around his shoulder and grabbed two pistols and handed them to both Hal and Adam. "You guys know how to shoot a gun right?"

"Yeah," Hal replied.

"Uhm… not really?" Adam admitted. "I mean, I get the gist of it. You just, point and shoot, right? How hard can it be?"

"It's not that easy, dude," John replied, beginning to start a spiel about how to handle a gun, then just sighed after looking at the utterly confused face of Adam. "Just don't accidentally shoot us, okay?"

Adam nodded. "Got it."

"Powers back at one hundred percent!" Guy announced down the halls. "We're ready to launch!"

"Wait, Guy not yet, let us get back to the deck-" John panicked, followed by the ship launching to their next location, a full fifty-five hundred thousand miles away from their location. Hal, Adam, and John all fell down onto the floors as the initial force of the travel and their unpreparedness knocked them back. They grabbed onto a couple of railings to bring them back onto their feets, stabilizing them, and they were able to move up into the Main Deck, where Carol and Guy sat down. "Guy you piece of shit!" John screamed. "We weren't even ready to launch yet!"

Guy couldn't stop laughing. "I know right?! I didn't even believe AYA would launch so fast!"

"Urgh. Gonna purposefully shoot you one of these days, Guy..."

Artemis Sector, Planet 25.1998:

The Interceptor reaches it's destination, stopping near the unknown planet they've just arrived on. "Ladies and gents, we've arrived at our first planet," Carol announced.

Taking a quick view of it, Hal and everyone else noticed the similar surface it has with Mars; a rocky, orange landscape with patches of large bodies of water located around too. Some parts also look to have dense forests as well, but for the most part is a dried out landmass desperate for rain. "Do we know where the Lantern base is on this planet?" Hal asked.

"It should be in the coordinates," Adam replied.

"You can take control of the ship now, Hal," Carol stated.

"Roger that," Hal replied.

Hal once again took hold of the ship, piloting it towards the surface of the planet. After entering into the planet's atmosphere, he carefully positioned the ship to land safely on the flat surface. Another soft landing from the best damn pilot in the galaxy. "And you guys thought I'd kill us all on this mission," Hal joked.

"You're not out of the ball just yet, cowboy," Guy replied.

All of the crew members got up from their seats and enacted the same steps before the hatch opened up. The air depressurized in the ship, and the hatch opened up. The crew stepped out one by one, seeing the immensely dense desert location they landed on. Mountains could be seen in the distance, and on the surface, a small ravine full of the planet's natural water. Carol turned over to face Adam and Guy. "You two, start collecting samples from the planet," she ordered.

"Guys…" John paused. "Look what I just found."

The crew rushed over to John, who was looking down on the ground, where the skeletal remains of an alien corpse remained. They looked back amazed and also sickened. "Jesus…" Guy exclaimed.

"We'll have to collect the body too," Carol stated. "This is going to be an amazing discovery for N.A.S.A."

"Look up even further," John replied. The crew then noticed more skeletal remains sunk into the ground. They follow the trail of bodies to find the destroyed Green Lantern base in a big crater, full of hundreds, if not thousands of corpses in the middle. "I'm thinking we've got a pretty good idea as to what happened to these guys," John added.

Hal was in awe. All the bodies were of the same kind. An entire species, it seems, completely wiped out by an unknown evil. He wondered how anyone could do such a thing, to commit a genocidal act. It made him, and all the other crew members sick. "Let's see if there's anything inside of the base…"

Hal had collected dozens of leftover books and scriptures that weren't burned or charted from a suspect fire that burned everything in the archives room of the crashed base. With the help of Adam, he was able to read the contexts of what was inside of the books, reading their interesting society, and ways of life. They lived predominantly vegan lifestyles, not eating any of the planet's animal life, instead reserving to consume fruits and vegetables. They would pray every night in a mosque, worshipping against a statue of their founder, Krona, holding the Green Lantern in his hands, repeating the Oath over and over again. In brightest day, in blackest night, kept coming up over and over again in these books. But for some reason, what was missing from all of these books and journals was something about what happened to them. Nothing was mentioned about the evil that had come to wipe them from existence. He couldn't find anything that explained what caused the destruction of the Green Lanterns. There was still so many other planets to explore, however, so maybe they would find something, anything that helped solved their answers…


Space; April 7th, 2015:

It had been almost five months since the Crew have embarked on their mission into the deep space that haven't been explored before. In that exploration, they've visited thirty-seven different planets, including twelve moons, passing through all kinds of difficult terrain like asteroid belts and almost being caught inside of a black hole. But in their time in space, they've examined seventeen different alien race skeletal remains, countless books and scriptures collected, and other plant and water samples, they were able to send back information to N.A.S.A., enough to cement the existence of alien life. It was a historic moment in American history, and for the human race in general. It was the kind of news that wouldn't stop being reported, not even the built up to the presidential election could sway away from the daily news the Alan Scott Interceptor was bringing from their adventures.

Things had begun to stall, however, when the ship's battery started to shut down repeatedly through the journey. Guy was in charge of bringing the battery back in shape, but to no avail. This worried Carol, and the rest of N.A.S.A. on Earth. Without the battery to travel around in space, they would have no way home. Carol approached Guy while he was doing another session fixing up the wires connecting the battery to the rest of the ship. "How are things in there, Guy?" she asked.

"Making a little bit of progress," Guy answered. "But still being a pain in the ass. It'll turn on, then turn off, then on, and then back off. I don't get it."

"Well keep going, we need to bring this battery back in shape if we're ever to travel any further in space, or go home."

"On it, Captain."

Carol left, continuing down the hall, where Hal was the only one present in the Main Deck. She sat back down next to him, leaning against her chair, pressing her fingers against the temple of her head. "God damn, this is going to be difficult," Carol exhaled. "I hope this thing gets back into shape."

"Have you contacted N.A.S.A. about the problem?" Hal asked.

"I did yesterday," Carol answered. "We're going to see if we can get the battery back online before deciding whether or not to continue on our mission, or head back home."

"Be a shame if we did have to cut the trip short."

"But at the cost of either getting home safely or being stuck in space with no way to get back, it's not worth it."

"Yeah I know…" Hal leaned forward and touched Carol on her shoulder. "Hey, you're doing great, Carol. We'll be fine."

She smiled back. "I know. I have you, remember?"

"Yeah, you do." They continued to lock eyes, desperately wanting to share a kiss, but with the cameras on, they didn't risk it. They told nobody, not even their own crew that they had started a relationship together. Not even their families back home, not even her father, as it would create a conflict of interest. The only times they were able to be together was at night, alone, with the cameras off. Beyond that, the secret was only between the two of them. Their moment was cut when the red blinking lights displayed above in the ship, and the blaring alarms echoed through the ship. The two looked forward to finding the screen outside of the ship isolating a bright light in space, growing bigger and bigger. The rest of the crew rushed into the Main Deck.

"What the hell is that?" John exclaimed.

"Zoom in!" Carol commanded the ship. The screen zoomed into a bright green figure, with pink skin, surrounded in a green aurora of light. Behind him, was a trail of red and blue mechanical robots in pursuit.

Hal gulped. "Is… is that-"

"A Green Lantern?" Adam interjected. "Yeah, I think that is."

"Put your helmets on, and get out of the Main Deck!" Carol ordered. "Attach yourself to the ship! Grab some weapons!"

All of them rushed to get their helmets onto their heads, and each grabbed a weapon to carry. They attached to their waists belts that were connected to the ship, and before they knew, the Green Lantern crashed through the ship's windows, causing the pressure to destabilize, dragging all of them towards the broken shattered window. A swarm of Manhunter robots entered into the ship, and surrounded the wounded Green Lantern. As they were about to stab him, John, Guy, and Hal all unloaded a clip of their ammo into the robot's, with little damage. But they were not concerned with the crew of the Interceptor, as their target was the alien. The alien swerved around, cutting off two of the Manhunters in half, destroying them, then pushed them away with his ring. He closed the gap with a ring construct, then looked over at the crew. "Get out of here!" he said to them. "I will hold them off!"

"Quick, everyone! Get into the escape pods!" Carol exclaimed. All five of them began making their way into a room which had five escape pods, each for the crew members. They all started entering into the pods.

"This is not what I was expecting to happen today!" Guy shouted.

"Shut up and go!" Carol replied. "If any of you are still alive, after this, send a relay message, we'll see where each of us are!"

"Roger!" John replied.

"Affirmative, Captain," said Adam.

"Hal, get into an escape pod!" Carol ordered.

He stopped. He knew he needed to help out the alien back out there. He couldn't leave him behind, even if it meant his death. "I can't," Hal said finally. "I have to go out there."

"Hal, listen to me, if you don't get into an escape pod, you will die!" Carol told him, with desperation in her voice.

"I'm sorry, Carol… I have to do this…" he said, before running out of the room.

"No!" she screamed "Hal, get back here!" were the last words she said before all the escape pods launched each and every one of them on a different trajectory, hastily sending the crew in different parts of space.

Meanwhile, with Hal still on board, he saw the injured Green Lantern, lying back beside the walls, blood pouring out from his back, and he quickly approached him. He kneeled down and comforted him. "Hey, you're gonna be okay," Hal said to him. "You a Green Lantern?"

"I am…" the weak Green Lantern replied back. "I'm afraid, that I will not have much time left…"

"What happened to you? What happened to the Green Lanterns?"

He looked over to the robots trying to break his construct. "They happened. The Manhunters… Hunting us down like mad dogs… Please… I need you… to keep the dream alive…"

"I'll do anything it takes. What's your name?"

He took the ring off of his finger, then placed it onto Hal's palm, the construct still existing. "Abin Sur. Remember me… remember the Oath. Now go… go and save yourself…" His head went limp, finally succumbing to his wounds. Hal looked around, seeing the construct quickly falling apart. He ran down the halls and into the room with the Battery in place. Behind him, he can hear the construct finally breaking apart. As he stuck the ring on his finger, he placed it out to the battery, and began reciting the oath.

"In brightest day, in blackest night…" the heavy footsteps of the Manhunters came closer and closer. "No evil shall escape my sight… let those who worship evil's might… beware my power… Green Lantern's light!"

Then, with a bright flash of Green, his astronaut suit fused with the Green Lantern ring, creating a black spiral of space wrapping around him, with the symbol of Will protruding from the center of his chest. The entire ship engulfed in the massive power surge of the ring, electrifying everything, and destroying the last remaining Manhunters on the ship. In the end, the entire ship exploded, leading nothing but the Last Green Lantern and the battery, zooming through the empty universe, as Hal Jordan passed out from the overwhelming power that was the Green Lantern's light…


Wow! A lot has happened in this chapter! The launch of the Interceptor, the discoveries made, and the destruction of the ship, all the while the Crew is split apart, and Hal Jordan has gotten the ring from the Last Green Lantern. See where this exciting and sudden take of the story goes in the fourth chapter of The Book of Oa, where are characters are stranded on different, and even hostile planets! Catch up with the other DC Redux titles while you're at it, including reading the completed Incandescent Legacy, by James Brady, and other titles like 21st Century Superman, by Joey West and Beyond Gotham by Ivan Krolo! Wave 2 of DC Redux is near, so stay tuned for new story arcs, and new series reimagining your favorite characters!