Chapter 6: Reunions (Part 2)
The Green Lanterns and Starfire continues to fight the Locrix as their victory is to a close. Once Garfield and Starfire work together to fight the Locrix, the robotic killing machines tries to counterattack by forming weapons of their own.
"Those things don't know when to quit, do they?" Kilowag states as he hits another Locrix down "How are you holding up, G'Nort?"
"Well, I'm being chase by them, but I'm doing fine!" G'Nort respond as he's being chase down by the Locrix, as Ch'p came to save his friend by forming a hammer to knock them off.
"Gee, thanks Ch'p." said the dog-like Lantern.
"Just don't get yourself killed, G'Nort." Ch'p respond as he forms big guns from his ring "Let's blast them to Apokolips!"
Soronik, Laira, Arisia, and Katma joins Garfield and Starfire as the cosmic heroes blast each Locrix down from reaching Earth.
"Those things are so obnoxious!" Laira comments as she blast another one "They just keep coming!"
"We have to fight harder until our rings give out!" Garfield told as he blast another one.
But as they fight the Locrix, the mechanical menace seems to have stop fighting, as they floated away from the Lanterns "What's happening?" Ch'p asked.
"Does it really matter? We won!" Arkkis Chummuck, a werewolf-like Toomian spoke as the other Lanterns won.
Garfield look at the Locrix as he inspects it "That's weird, they look shut-downed." he states as he kicks one of the Locrix as the thing did nothing.
"What if the klorbag Val-Vor used his canon on the Locrix homeworld?" Starfire questions her old friend.
Garfield's eyes widen in shock before they narrow in pure hate. "Kori, do you know where the Locrix homeworld is?" He asked the alien princess.
"Yes, Friend Garfield. When Val-Vor inserted the corordinates into his ship navigation computer I saw them. It is pretty close to the Pakro System of your sector." Starfire informed her friend. "Are we going to check the Locrix homeworld?"
"I will do it. You and the other Lanterns should stay here just incase they start moving about again." Garfield replied.
"But you might require the assistance!" Starfire exclaimed. "What if Val-Vor attacks you?"
Garfield smirked as he lock eyes onto Kori's "That bigot can never land a finger on me, so I'm going to be fine." he reassured.
Starfire saw the determination in her friend's eyes that made her heart skip a beat. "Very well but call if you need assist."
"Thanks, Kori." Garfield respond as he flew off to go to the Locrix's home world.
Traveling to the Pakro system, Garfield flew towards the Locrix home planet, but as he makes it, he stopped in shock.
"No." Garfield muttered as he saw the Locrix's planet, Crixis, was nothing but chunks of rock. The whole planet was destroyed, as if nothing was left but chunks of meteor. But Garfield spotted a ship, with it's cannon aimed towards the now destroyed planet, and he knows it belongs to Val-Yor "That prick, now he's gone too far." Garfield said as he flew towards the floating ship.
Once he got inside the ship, he finds Val-Yor in the bridge, rubbing his head "Val-Yor, you're under arrest of destroying a charted planet, and the genocide of a race."
"W-what!?" Val-Yor exclaimed as Garfield steps forward "I didn't do this!"
"Likely story." Garfield told as he punches Val-Yor in the gut, as he uses his ring to form a muzzle and a straitjacket around him "You will be punished for your crimes by the Tribunal of Rimbar. I hope they sentence you somewhere to a black hole, or worse."
"No wait I'm telli-" Val-Vor tried to explain before he was knocked out by a giant green fist colliding into his left cheek.
"Tell it to the Guardians, fraging scum." Garfield sneers in disgust. "I'll make sure that you burn for this." He told the criminal before he used his ring to create a cage for the man and flew him back to his friend and fellow Lanterns.
"I was too late." Garfield told the Lanterns and the princess. "When I got there, I found this frag at his cannon being aimed at the completly destroyed planet."
"That klorbag!" Starfire growled as her eyes glowed bright green.
"Of all the shit Val-Yor does, this is the worst." Kilowag told as he look at Starfire "Garfield told me that you're Torkar'i's niece."
"You are friends with Aunty Torkar'i?" Starfire inquired.
"She was one of the best senior members of the Corps. We're lucky to have her at our side." Tomar-Re comments as he place his hands on her shoulder "You resemble her so much."
"Thank you, Lantern Kilowag and Lantern Tomar-Re." Starfire replied with a smile, as she turns to Garfield "Maybe my friends would like to meet some of your friends, Friend Garfield."
"Yeah, that's a good idea." Garfield replied "What do you guys say? Want to meet the Titans?"
"We're in." The girls told in unison.
"I have to go patrolling and take Val-Yor to custody." Tomar-Re told.
"Ooh, I'm in to meet the princess's companions." G'Nort told.
"I don't know. I don't want to startle in some Earthlings." Kilowag respond as he saw Starfire giving the puppy dog eyes "Alright, alright, I'll go, just make her stop doing, whatever she's doing."
"Fine, I'll meet yer friends, doesn't mean I'll have to like em or anything." Ch'p told "Got nuttin' to do anyway."
"Oh glorious!" Starfire exclaimed happily "Friend Robin, Cyborg, Raven, and Blue Beetle will most likely love to meet you all."
"Wonder if they'll like Hal or Gar?" G'Nort asked as Kilowag and Ch'p just shrugs.
"Wonder how Star's doing?" Cyborg asked as he, Robin, and Raven stood at the roof of the Tower as Blue Beetle went out to get pizza "Hope Beetle gets me the all meat pizza."
"Wonder if they won?" Raven inquired as she reads her book.
"Of course we did." Garfield's voice sounded off which startled everyone as they looked up to see several other Lanterns. "We couldn't save the Locrix's homeworld, but we still won."
"What happened to their homeworld?" Cyborg questioned.
"That fragging Val-Yor destroyed it." Garfield growled which makes all of his girlfriends and Starfire blush at the language.
"Friend Garfield, when did you start using such language?" Starfire asked.
"Yeah. You sound like, Lobo." Arisia commented.
"I guess I've been through galactic bars and catching criminals so much, mostly Lobo, I pick up some stuff." Garfield replied "Where's Beetle?"
"He went out to get pizza, should be back in a moment." Cyborg told "Why don't you all get inside the tower to get to know you more."
"You kids live in a huge T?" Ch'p questions "It's more of a dead giveaway for ya enemies, ain't it?"
"The Tower's just find as the way it is." Robin told sternly as he just narrows.
"What's this guy's deal, Star? He's as bad as Batman." Garfield whispered to Starfire.
"Who is this Batman that you speak of?" Starfire asked her friend, which makes the Boy Wonder listen in.
"He's a vigilantie in Gotham. Really cold man, even colder when you get to know him, but he does have his moment. He helped me get my civilian life back in order, and allowed me to stay at his house when the Green Lantern kicked me out of his apartment so he could do adult things with his girlfriend." Garfield informed with a neutral expression. "He has two sons, but I've only met one."
Robin narrowed his eyes at the mention of his 'little brother' Jason and silently cursed him. 'Damn replacement!' He cursed the young boy. 'All because he steals the wheels of the Batmobile, Batman thinks he can be Robin!'
"This Batman sounds like a scary, and kind person." Starfire comments which boils more of Robin's anger.
"Yeah, I've even met Superman before he was Superman. Kal-El and Bats have this clashing thing going on." Garfield told as he tells the rest of the stories as everyone gets inside the Tower.
"So Lobo blew up his own planet!?" Cyborg asked as the Titans and the Lanterns gathered around in the common room of the Tower.
"Yeah, and according from his record, he destroyed his home planet with a science project. A science project!" Garfield told as everyone laughs except for Robin.
"This Lobo person sounds really stupid." Raven comments.
"Yeah, where's Blue B with the pizzas?" Cyborg asked as he hears footsteps coming "There he is now."
The common room door opens as the Lanterns except Garfield look at the person in shock as Blue Beetle comes in "Hey ese, got some pizzas for everyone! Oh, you guys brought guests?" Beetle asked.
"REACH!" Ch'p yelled as he, Kilowag, G'Nort, and the girls raise their rings towards Blue Beetle "Put you're hands in the air, Reach!" Ch'p ordered much to the shock of Garfield and the Titans.
"Um...Reach? Yo what's that?" Blue Beetle asked genuenly confused.
"Like you don't know, Reach scum." Kilowag growled at the panicked human.
"I-I don't know! Really I don't!" Blue Beatle insisted when all of a sudden his scarab started to use the armor to attack the oppossing Lantern. "I swear I'm not using this!"
"Ring what is going on!?" Garfield asked his ring while dodging the scarab's attacks.
"Garfield, take your friends out of here!" Kilowag ordered as he's blasted out of the window.
"Killy!" Garfield exclaimed.
"Beetle, stop this now!" Robin ordered his teammate as he brings out his bo-staff.
"I-I don't know how to stop, yo!" Blue Beetle respond "Scarab, I command you to stop fighting them!" he told as the scarab did as it's master told as Beetle's armor shuts down as the Blue Beetle appears as Jaime Reyes.
"Blue B, you're alright?" Cyborg asked his compadre.
"Why did you all try to attack Blue Beetle!?" Robin demands the Lanterns.
"The big question is why's a human doing with a Reach scarab on his back?" Soronik demands as she prepares his ring as he glares at Jaime.
"The Reach?" Starfire said with a horrified tone.
"What's a Reach?" Raven inquired as Kilowag makes it back inside.
Katma then answered to her "The Reach are planetary conquerors that will take over any planet it goes. The Guardians have force them to stop and they never conquer a planet ever since. Looks like they found a way to take over planets by infiltration." she looks at the scarab on the Latino boy's back.
"H-hold it! I found this scarab a year ago. I found it near a Kord Enterprise building when it exploded and fell in front of my feet." Jaime told them as he backs away.
"Are they going to take Friend Jaime away?" Starfire asked Garfield as he sigh.
"Let's ask him some questions and check out his scarab and see if he's not mind controlled or something." Garfield reassured as he steps towards Jaime "We're going to have to give you a check up on that scarab, Jaime."
Jaime looked up at the Lantern and sighed in defeat. "Alright ese, but please don't make the scarab attack you guys again. I don't know if it will listen again."
Garfield pated the teenager on the back and chuckled. "No worries, Jamie. I'll do the checking up. Your scarab, nor youself have anything to fear from me."
"Thanks, ese." Jaimie replied before they walks out of the room.
"I hope Friend Blue Beetle is the alright." Starfire stated.
"Don't worry, Starfire. Garfield has a great bed side manner." Soronik commented as the Lantern girls giggle.
"Alright, this is the medical bay." Cyborg told as Jaime lie down on the bed face down.
"Ring, scan Jaime's scarab." Garfield told as his ring does a scan onto Jaime's scarab. The scan is complete as the ring projects the scarab's information "According to the results, Jaime's scarab is defected."
"Defected?" Jaime inquired.
"When your scarab came to Earth thousands of years ago, something must've damage it. According to this it's been around the Earth for 4000 years ago and it was discovered by an archaeologist Dan Garnett in 1939 and took him as a host." Garfield explained.
"Dan Garnett? He was the original Blue Beetle." Jaime states.
"The Scarab then became inactive after Garnett died and pass it down to Ted Kord, who kept the scarab locked away and took the mantle as the Blue Beetle minus the scarab. He must've learned that the scarab was alien technology, not a magical artifact." Garfield told the history of the scarab.
"Damn, that's a lot of history about the Beetle." Cyborg comments as Jaime sits on his bed.
"So what happens now?" Jaime asked Garfield.
"Well see to it when I report this to Kilowag and the Guardians. I'm sure you'll be fine." Garfield reassured him.
"Thank, Garfield." Jaime told the Lantern in little relief.
"Please, Jaime. Just call me, Gar." Garfield replied with a comforting smile.
"What's the deal, Gar?" Kilowog questioned the young Lantern.
"It appears that the scarab is defected. So if this scarab is some kind of Reach weapon then it is broken." Garfield answered the large Lantern. "If the Reach's only option is Jaime's scarab then they are out of luck."
"Should we tell the Guardians?" Laira asked her fellow Lantern. "I believe that they should know about his."
"The Sinestro in me says yes, but the Abin Sur in me says let it play out." Garfield replied in a commanding tone. "We should tell them about a possible Reach presense on Earth, but we should leave out Jaime."
"Ya sure about that? That last blast from blue boy burn the fur out of my tail." Ch'p states as he shows what's left of his tail.
"Hey, if Garfield said we don't have to worry about him, then we can leave Mr. Reyes out." G'Nort quipped.
Kilowag sigh as he looks at Garfield "Alright, we're going to play it out, Garfield. If only Sinestro can see this."
"Hey, don't worry Killy." Garfield reassured as he saw the solemn faces of Kilowag and Soronik "Sinestro's light isn't out so he's still alive."
"I hope so, Garfield." Soronik replied as the Lanterns head back to Oa except for Garfield as he turns to the Titans.
"I'm sorry things got out of hand for you guys. We're not all that trigger happy, well except for Ch'p." Garfield apologized "Hope we can meet again sometimes."
"Maybe you can be a member of the Titans." Starfire suggests as the Titans chirp up the idea, well except for Robin of course.
"I don't know, Kor." Garfield replied with a sigh. "I have a whole sector to protect, and the other Green Lantern for this sector is mostly with the Justice League or at work."
"Please, Friend Garfield." Starfire plead while giving the young man two big green eys that he couldn't refuse.
"Fine, fine, fine." Garfield replied. "Whenever I'm by Earth I will drop by and help as a member of the Teen Titans."
"Glorious!" Starfire shouted as she hugged the Green Lantern.
"Kori..need...to breath." Garfield gasped.
"Here's your very own Titans communicator." Cyborg told as he gives Garfield his T-com "Just remember our motto: When there's trouble, you know who to call."
"Alright, see ya Kori, Cyborg, Raven, Beetle, and Robin." Garfield told as he flies off to Oa.
"So, what do you all think about Friend Garfield and his friends?" Starfire asked her team.
"He's an interesting kind of guy, you know. Who knew he became a Green Lantern at the age of 8 and knew the Justice League." Cyborg states.
"He's fine, I guess." Raven told in monotone.
"He's good in my book, ese." Blue Beetle comments as all turn to Robin "What do you think, Boy Wonder?"
"He's fine." Robin stated in a dismissive tone before he stormed from the room.
"What was that about, ese?" Jaime asked Cyborg.
"I don't know, J." Cyborg replied with a shrug. "He did have a lot of girlfriends though."
"You got that right." Jaimi commented with a smirk. "Gar, is now my real-life hero and idol."
unknown to them, the Titans and the Lanterns were being watched as a shadowy person witness Garfield's leave through his binoculars.
"It's that chump who humiliated me 3 years ago!" he growled "I'm going to have a lot of payback next time."