TRTSS13: The Blackest Reign and a Dark Night!
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Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 10
Meanwhile, the battle to save the Moon Princess and to prevent the prophecy from coming to fruition commences. Each warrior has a story to tell as a result of this.
The Green Lantern Corps contingent, consisting of Ganthet, Hal, Ranma, Kuno and Sailor Jupiter, take the lead. With the main Black Lantern Power Battery on top of the hill, it was literally an uphill battle.
"I will shield our rear, while the rest of you take point," Ganthet said, as he creates a force field towards the rear of their flank.
"Got it," Hal said, as he creates a bulldozer made from Green Light to mow down the Black Lanterns.
"This is going to be a battle of attrition if we don't hurry," Ranma said, as he creates a large cat to claw an opening forward.
"Surely, you do not think you will fail in this glorious task, ne?" Kuno said. He had formed a suit of samurai armor around him, so that he could fight up close and in person.
"I ain't saying that at all!"
"Guys, we don't have time for this," Sailor Jupiter said, as she creates an army of Spartan warriors in front of her. She recalled the years spent in Sparta, where she met one of her noble husbands, and bore a son by him. Once the army of phantom warriors were created, 'Jupiter leaps into the air, and calls out an attack.
"Jupiter Thunder…CLAP!"
CHOOM!
Targeting on the rings of the Black Lanterns, the connection to the Black Lanterns power was severed.
CONNECTION SEVERED.
"Skrreeee-!" said one of the undead, as it disappeared.
"We push forward," Ganthet said, as the Green Lanterns continued their fight up the hill.
Meanwhile, the Sinestro Corps contingent made their way up the hill as well.
"Show no mercy," Sinestro said, as he blasted his enemies down. "Tap into their fear to gain strength."
"But of course," said Scarecrow, as he used his ring to create a yellow mist. "But these people have to be alive in order to appreciate fear."
"Hotaru!" Sinestro yelled. "Give these people a taste of life."
"Of…of course," Sailor Saturn said, as she used her Sinestro Corps-enhanced "Silence Glaive" to open up the nerves that regulated emotions of the Black Lanterns.
FLASH!
As the heads of the Black Lanterns glowed yellow, the aforementioned Black Lanterns felt the full effects of the Scarecrow's gas.
"Arrrgh!" said one of the Black Lanterns. "No flesh…NO FLESH-!"
"HOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" said Kodachi said, as she points her power ring at the scared Black Lanterns. "And you will have more to be afraid of what will happen NEXT…"
With her ring, Kodachi produces a tornado made from yellow petals, petals that cut into the approaching wave of Black Lanterns.
At the same time, Ranko took the fight up close and personal, by using the 'Cat Fist'.
"Mrroowrl!" Ranko yowled, as she sliced down a Black Lantern.
SLICE!
Meanwhile, the Blue Lantern contingent, protected by the Indigo Tribe, fueled the power of the other corps.
"Oooooommmm," Ranma III said, as he, Saint Walker, Ukyo and Sailor Mercury floated a foot over the ground, with all sitting in a lotus position, and with all chanting. "We are one with hope and charity…"
"Can't we actually DO something?" Ukyo said, as she continued to close her eyes. "I'm not good with inaction."
"We are doing something, Ukyo Kuonji," Saint Walker said. "We are the harbingers of HOPE…and change."
"We are also helping to increase the power of our allies, because we believe in something, Ukyo," Sailor Mercury said. "I, for example, believe in Usagi not turning to evil."
"Fine, then I believe in Ranchan winning!" Ukyo said, as her blue light glowed brighter.
Ranma III sends a telepathic signal to the Flash. Through him, the Flash can carry the blue light energy of the Blue Lanterns to the others via the Speed Force. In effect, the energy was being delivered like a carrier wave that fell below the senses of the Black Lanterns.
'Barry, how's it going?' Ranma II thought.
SWISH!
'It's getting a bit hairy, Ronnie,' the Flash thought, as he avoided the Black Lanterns gruesome touch. 'But as long as we keep moving, there's still a chance.'
'Hear, hear…'
Meanwhile, Ranko III maintained and pulled the energy sphere that contained the Blue Lanterns, while Indigo-1, the Atom, Sailor Neptune and Kasumi dealt with the Black Lanterns.
"Man, this is intense," said Ranko III, as she used her martial arts skill to fend off her attackers, who were trying to disrupt her concentration.
BAM!
"Skree-!" screeched a Black Lantern that fell before Kasumi. She had intercepted yet another attacker intended for Ranko III.
"Oh, dear," Kasumi said. "I'm for that, Mr. Black Lantern."
"Don't be sorry, Kasumi of Earth," Indigo-1 said, as she killed another Black Lantern. "You're putting them out of their misery."
Meanwhile, the Atom continues his attack by shrinking down to microscopic size, leaping into the rings, and enlarging himself, thereby destroying the rings belong to the Black Lanterns.
POP!
"Skree-!"
"Yahoo!" the Atom said, as he got bigger again (to six inches in height), but before leaping unto Sailor Neptune's left shoulder. "You're all clear, kiddo!"
"Right," Sailor Neptune said, as she twirls around. "Deep Submerge!"
FWOOSH!
"Not bad for a human," Indigo-1 said with a smirk. "You are doing what you must to end this."
"I'm doing this to spare the rest of my world pain."
"Exactly."
Meanwhile, the Red Lanterns were inflicting the most damage on the Black Lanterns.
"RAGE!" Hawkman roared, as he unleashed the "Tornado Cat-Claw Attack" with his battle-axe.
SLICE!
The attack was so gruesome, that the recipients were instantly diced into a fine mist.
"No quarter should be given!" Hawkman roared. "From this day forth, the undead shall remember who are the masters of warfare!"
"Man, Ranma is out of control!" Sailor Mars said, as she unleashed a blue flame attack from her fingertips. Unlike a red flame, a blue flame is hot enough to melt steel instantly.
FWOOSH!
"At least he has the right idea!" Ryouga said, as lifted a chunk of the ground, and began to peel and roll it up, wrapping many of the Black Lanterns. This allowed Hawkgirl to leap high into the sky, and come down at a tremendous rate of speed, creating a sonic boom effect. However, the attack that Hawkgirl was something else.
"MACE THUNDER CLAP!" Hawkgirl said, as she willed her chi to enhance her blow, as she lowered her weapon unto the mound.
BA-THOOM!
Instant annihilation.
"RAGE!" Mera said, as she spewed hot, napalm blood at one group of Black Lanterns, while impaling a few more Black Lanterns with her trident.
SPLURCH!
"That's my little girl," Hawkman said proudly.
Meanwhile, the Agent Orange Corps was doing its fair share of fighting…for a price.
BLAM!
"That's one…" Nabiki said, as she blasted yet another Black Lantern, while a construct of a female, shaped to look like an accountant, was taking notes.
BLAM!
"That's another…"
"Blasted, Ms. Kuno!" Lex Luthor yelled, as he used his power armor, fueled by the Orange Light, to blast at more Black Lanterns. "Are you not going to participate?"
"Oh, but I am, Mr. Luthor," Nabiki said. "You see, I'm betting that we will resolve this crisis soon enough, and I will be charging the families of those we have to…deal with, for my time."
"Hmmm," Luthor said approvingly. "I like your style…"
"Well, I prefer to make sure that these things won't get my Michiru!" Sailor Uranus said, before first sliced the rings of her opponents with her "Space Sword" before she called out her attack. "World Shaking!"
"Don't forget that my Shampoo…is MINE!" Mousse yelled, as he used his Hidden Weapon technique to impale more Black Lanterns.
SPLURCH!
"You hear me, Saotome!? Shampoo is mine!"
"And Michiru is MINE!" Sailor Uranus yelled.
"Ha!" Ranma IV replied, as he blasted yet another Black Lantern, before taking their rings as souvenirs. "No, they are MINE, as well as the rest of the Sailor Scouts, so THERE!"
Star Sapphire Ranko II shook her head. She knew in her heart that she loved each and every one of the Sailor Scouts. And, in some way, she loved the Nerima Wrecking Crew, though she would loathe admitting such a thing…
"You know, Ranma, you look cute in that outfit," said Star Sapphire Carol Ferris-Jordan said with a knowing smile.
"Yeah, well, I could do without it, especially the high heels," Ranko IIsaid, as she blasted yet another Black Lantern. "I mean, who sick pervert designed these outfits anyway?"
"Probably the queen, in order to maximize out femininity," Sailor Venus said, as she used her "Love Me Chain" as a whip.
SMASH!
"Hi-yah!" Shampoo yelled, as she blasted yet Black Lantern. "At least you are of the superior gender."
"For the last time, I am really a GUY!"
"And you make a pretty guy, Father," Wonder Woman said, as she smashes yet another Black Lantern with her fist.
SMASH!
"Grrr-!"
Soon, all the Lanterns made it to the top of the hill, where the main Black Lantern power battery stood. Standing next to it were the Black Lanterns Black Hand, Sailor Pluto and Hinako, as well as Nekron…
"They got Sailor Cosmos!" Sailor Mercury said, as she looks horrified at seeing a petrified Sailor Cosmos.
Ranko II steps forth, as places her hand on Sailor Cosmos' chest. Using her Star Sapphire power, she feels for Sailor Cosmos' heart.
"It's okay," Ranko said. "Her heart is beating…"
"So, you made it, flesh-things," Nekron said. "How quaint…"
"Give up this mad quest, Nekron," Ganthet said. "You will not bring back your world."
"What do you mean?" Hal asked.
"He's saying that life between Universes was 'the Undead'," Ranma I replied. "Before the light, there was the dark, and within the dark, there was something alive…"
"You know about that?" Nekron said.
"That's because I told him," said Dr. Ranma, as he and Orochimaruko shows up.
"Wait a minute!" Sailor Jupiter said. "If Usagi is there, then who-?"
"This is the Moon Princess from the future," Sailor Pluto said. "She who failed to prevent Nekron from winning."
"You think you WON?!" Hawkman raged, while being held back Blue Lantern Ranma.
"She is MINE!" Ranma IV yelled, as others held him back.
"You think you won?" Ranko III said, as she shifted her stance.
"Of course I do. I was hoping that she would join me, but putting you all in this predicament is much…better."
"Then I will have to put her out of her misery," Ranko III said, as she raised her staff to shatter Sailor Cosmos into pieces.
"Wait!" Star Sapphire Ranko said, as she interceded on Sailor Cosmos' behalf. "Don't you love her?"
"I do, but I cannot allow her to be used for the fate of the Universe."
"There is another way," Dr. Ranma said, as he turns towards Orochimaruko. "Dear?"
"Of course," Orochimaruko said, as she steps forward. She then turns towards Nekron.
"I overheard the Guardian Ganthet divide the Universe into territories. YOU can have sole jurisdiction over Sector 3600."
"What?" everyone yells.
Tbc.