J'ohnn could feel the Thanagarian try to quell her rising panic. Even without their Nth metal masks, Thanagarians were very hard to read telepathically. Though, this one's mind was not as powerful or as sharp as Shayera's. He should be able to break through her defenses with relative ease. Before he could form another thought, he felt a chain wrap around his foot and yank him back down. J'ohnn didn't have a chance to brace for impact. He hit the ground hard, also losing his grip on the young hawkgirl. "I heard there was a martian on Earth, I just assumed it was a myth." J'ohnn slowly stood to his feet, as he phased through the chain. "I thought your entire race had been wiped out," J'ohnn turned and faced Lobo, still keeping a mental eye on the hawkgirl who had flown to Lobo's side. "But look at you," Lobo said as he pulled something from his back pocket. "You must be the last martian. Ever." J'ohnn allowed his hands to morph into scythes. To her credit, the young female hawk took a small step back. But Lobo released a laugh. "Now, is it just you or is it your entire race that has an allergy to fire?" Lobo asked as he held up a…grenade launcher? "Let's find out." He pulled the trigger and a fireball/grenade – J'ohnn didn't have the time to contemplate what it was – because a ball of fire was heading right towards him. He expertly dodged the firey onslaught. As Lobo fired one after the other, J'ohnn bobbed and weaved and dodged every single one. But he was immediately attacked by Shri, brandishing a sword. J'ohnn responded by transforming his arms into scythes blocking every swing and parry by Shri. The girl was good, J'ohnn gave her that. But fortunately, she was still on the defense. He sensed/heard the trigger of the gun was able to become intangible, allowing Shri to get hit by the projectile. "Aahh!" she screamed as she flew back, a few trees breaking her fall. "What are you doing!" she screamed at Lobo, as she slowly tried to stand back up.
"Sorry, sweetheart," he said as he took aim again. "Forget this," Lobo said dropping his weapon. He grabbled his chain whip, which he immediately lit on fire. He immediately began whirling it around trying to hit the moving target. "Why won't you just stand still?" Lobo grunted. Then, J'ohnn disappeared. "Aww, crap," Lobo said, realizing his predicament. He began to back up slowly. "Where'd you go?" Lobo asked, pulling out a blow torch that resembled a gun. "When I find you…" his voice trailed off as he looked through his blow torch/gun's scope. Shri had recovered and was now looking around desperately for the invisible man while gripping the handle of her sword with both hands. "Why didn't you tell me he could become invisible!" Lobo demanded of the bird.
"I thought you were the Main Man who knew everything about everything!" Shri shouted back. Lobo growled under his breath. Did he mention how much he hated hawk-people. Lobe then froze. He didn't mean to freeze, but he literally could not move. And he was having a hard time breathing. It felt like something was slowly wrapping around this arms, legs, and torso, constricting his movements. He looked down at his body, his neck straining. There was nothing there. His weapon suddenly flew from his hand and away from him. "What the…!" he gasped as the martian manhunter slowly appeared in front of him face-to-face, wrapped around his entire body like a python. "What…are…you?" Lobo gasped.
"You're after a friend of mine," was all J'ohnn said. "I cannot allow you to go free."
"I'm just…doing my…job," Lobo struggled to speak. "The Thana…garians –"
"Will be dealt with accordingly-" J'ohnn was cut off when he felt small, yet strong arms wrap around his neck, putting him in a chokehold. He immediately released his hold on Lobo, focusing on the constricting arms cutting off his air flow. Lobo, no longer restrained, turned and began to land punch after punch into J'ohnn's gut. J'ohnn used one of his arms to successfully hold Lobo at bay while still trying to release himself from the young Thanagarian's hold. "You're starting to piss me off," Lobo said picking up the blow torch he had dropped. The flames shot out of the pistol-like object, engulfing the manhunter's face. J'ohnn released a dreadful roar as he flew back, Shri still on his back. But J'ohnn had blindly flew them both backwards into a tree, effectively knocking Shri out. J'ohnn continued smacking his face, trying to extinguish the flames that were no longer there. He stopped when he felt a heavy weight on his chest. Lobo had placed his heavy boot on J'ohnn's chest, and J'ohnn was now staring down the barrel of a blow torch gun. "Man," Lobo said, "you, the Kryptonian…fire and a pebble is all that's needed to bring y'all to your knees. It's pathetic. Now, why don't you save me the tro—Umph!" The weight was suddenly off of J'ohnn's chest. He slowly raised himself up onto his elbows to see a flurry of wings, a mace, and fists. Next thing he knew, Lobo was scrambling away, and a tall Thanagarian was walking towards him. J'ohnn quickly stood to his feet. "I'm Carter Hall," the Thanagarian said holding his hand out to J'ohnn. J'ohnn stared blankly at the masked birdman. "Are you hurt?"
"No," J'ohnn stated eyeing the Thanagarian. "I wasn't aware of any other Thanagarians on Earth."
"Well," Carter said scratching the back of his head nervously. "Actually - "
"Mmm," a soft moan interrupted the two males. They both looked down to see Shri regaining consciousness. She blinked her eyes a couple of times. Her face than contorted into a scowl as she swore in Thanagar. "Crap." Issi was going to kill her.
