Glowing Entity

Rating: Teen

Summary: During a mission, Hal discovers something has changed about himself that may impact his life. An old foe from the past comes back and kidnaps Hal for unknown reasons. It is up to Hal's allies and Sinestro to help in rescuing Hal Jordan. Can Sinestro overcome his issues in order to save the one he loves? SinHal

Setting: After Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps comics.

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Pairings: Sinestro x Hal

Chapter 1: Metropolis

All POV

It all started one day in a lone bar somewhere in Coast City that something unusual has happened to one individual who was known as the Greatest Green Lantern. The name of this individual is Hal Jordan who is a member of the intergalactic space force called the Green Lantern Corps. Hal is the first human that has come from the planet Earth a long time. Since then several has followed Hal's path as green lantern from Sector 2814. There is a total of six green lanterns on Earth that are each unique and powerful individuals in their own right that they helped save the universe with Earth's protectors the Justice League.

At this bar, a young brown haired man stepped inside and sat at a table where the pedastooles are and he sat beside a short blond haired man wearing a brown coat and blue jeans, The person next to him is a young woman with long blond hair and blue eyes wearing a black coat with a blue shirt and black jeans. These individuals are Hal Jordan, Oliver Queen and Dinah Drake. They are a group of close friends that know each other for some time now. The reason they were gathered was to catch up on old times sake.

The first to speak was Oliver as he greeted his friend:" Hey Hal, you took some time getting here so that we could meet." Hal draws his attention to his two friends who are one of the closest members of the Justice League he knows that understand him and his duties patrolling space with his fellow green lanterns. He is grateful to have good friends such as them but Hal feels bad not getting to have more free time to spend with them and also with Barry, another of his best friends here on Earth.

"Uh, yeah sorry I am late, I just had to go through some things like personal issues." Said Hal as he shared what is bothering him with his friends. Dinah (Black Canary) assured Hal that they are there for him no matter what and that it is alright to share what he is feeling. "Hal, don't forget that we are always there for you and feel free to come to us to talk." Said Dinah as she was looking at her friend in assurance way. Oliver on the other hand was more than willing to listen to Hal's problems or insecurities.

The brown haired man took a seat beside his two friends at the counter not sure what he should order. Oliver made an order to have a couple of drinks served to his friends like wine or alcohol. Once the drinks have been served Hal started sharing his feelings with his friends.

"So as you guys might of heard from Barry a while back that there was a vigilante group called the Darkstars. They run on a justice considered extreme in our standards of them executing criminals for order. One of my friends was a Green Lantern his name was Tomar-Tu. He became the leader of this group and he killed his father's killer a criminal from Earth." Explained Hal as he slowly started to share the events of what happened a few months ago. Oliver listening to Hal's explanation on the Darkstars had a moment of sympathy feeling that while the Darkstars motives means well in protecting the innocent the method they took was immoral. Murder is not the answer to solve especially involving criminals that committed horrible deeds. Oliver can relate to them because in the past he had once killed people in different situations that may make people look at him like a killer and a menace.

The other hero asked Hal what happened to Tomar-Tu and how it relates to the defeat of the Darkstars. "What happened to your friend Tomar-Tu? How does this relate to what happened to the DarkStars you encountered?" The green lantern sitting beside the other two heroes revealed that Tomar-Tu died in the aftermath of the defeat of the darkstars but not without the help of some allies.

"Tomar-Tu died by killing himself after we stopped the Darkstars. The green lantern corps could not of done it ourselves; we gathered allies in fighting them. One of our allies was General Zod, Arkillo, and Hector Hammond. I guess John must of promised Zod that he would go after Tomar's life in order for him to join our alliance." Explained Hal depressingly thinking about how it could have been avoided. Dinah listened to the story managed to connect that Hal somehow feels guilty for not saving his friend Tomar-Tu that day and blames himself. Black Canary comforted her friend that it was not his fault that things went the way they did.

"It's not your fault Hal sometimes things just happen. I am sure that your friend is happy somewhere and that he would not want you to be affected by his loss." Hal was not sure he would believe that statement as sure there is an actual afterlife for Green Lanterns that fell in battle called the Emerald Space but the idea of Tomar-Tu being reunited with his father Tomar-Re in that place is bittersweet since his friend died.

"During the battle I used my new Green Lantern ability to override the machine used to control the Darkstar members using my pure will." Oliver was interested about Hal's new abilities as in the past Hal did not have these special abilities but now he does. Oliver continued his conversation with his friend by asking Hal what did he mean by pure will:"Hal what do you mean you used pure will to override the machine? Does it have something to do with your green lantern ring?"

Hal revealed that it is not as simple as this ring but that it was a transformation he has acquired:" It did not have something to do with my ring but it means that I have acquired a transformation that lets me transform into a being of pure will deriving from the emotional spectrum of the green light of will. With that ability I used it to power up that mind controlling machine to the Darkstars armour to break them out of their trance and Hector Hammond was there to help me." This made Oliver be shocked to learn Hal could literally turn into energy but it made him confused on how this could happen in the first place. While Dinah on the other hand was getting the gist of what Hal is sharing and decided to also be a part of the conversation.

"This transformation that you have is it permanent? Not only that, how did you have this transformation in the first place? Asked Dinah who shows concern for Hal and that something like the transformation should be focused on and how it would affect Hal. The green lantern took the time to process his friends question as he thought about when did the pure will transformation first started. It was a few years ago when the Green Lantern Corps was being reviled by the rest of the sectors that Hal's decision as leader was to take the blame for the mistakes that the Corps has been accused of. Then Hal alongside Kilowog staged a battle that left Kilowog knocked unconscious and Hal decided to take Krona's gauntlet from its case since it runs on the green energy of will. He attempted to make himself into a scapegoat for the Corps sake so that the universe could get to trust them again. However the more Hal spends time wearing the gauntlet it affected him in ways he could not imagine. It only became more apparent during the battle with another version of himself that was possessed by Parallax that Hal's body became transparent or full of pure energy that Hal did not remember who he was when the transformation happened. It was only thanks to Hal's younger brother Jim that helped Hal come back.

Green Arrow stopped what he was doing to think about what he just heard. It turns out the reason why Hal got the pure will transformation was because he had decided to wear a gauntlet with dangerous potential not that it was created by one of the Guardians rogue members Krona that did not approve of his fellow Maltusians decision to cast their emotions away. So Oliver spoke to Hal about what he thought of the situation:" I think it is strange that wearing an alien equipment from a crazy Guardian is what caused this new ability of yours and you are not sure if this is permanent. You interpreted that you may be turning into a construct feature like those you make with your ring. But that does not make sense according to your story when Krona took control of the corps; Guy Gardener wore the gauntlet before you did yet he never showed signs like you have?"

The blond haired woman theorized it was because unlike Hal, Guy was not exposed to the gauntlet long term and it was a short time only while Hal has worn it for months possible a year. "It must be because Guy only wore this gauntlet for a short amount of time as Hal managed to have the gauntlet for months even a year and that may be the side effects like this can be concerning." Oliver then asked if anyone else knew about this:" Hal, does anyone else know about your new ability besides us?"

The brown haired green lantern looked down at his drink in the cup as he contemplated on what he should tell Oliver and Dinah honestly. Then Hal opened his mouth to reveal that he told John, Guy and Kyle about it not the new green lanterns Jessica and Simon. "Well I told John, Guy and Kyle about my ability to craft a new ring from my willpower as well as the transformation but they did not think something was wrong and they were amazed by it including Ganthet and Sayd who said it was only a matter of time since it was considered impossible for anyone but the Guardians to craft new Green Lantern ring. Jessica and Simon they did not know about my pure will abilities only that I made my own ring." The group of friends stayed quiet for a bit as Oliver drank his wine to relax and Dinah decided not to drink alcohol or wine for that matter just regular water. As for Hal he drank the beer at the moment. Some time has passed where Oliver ended up getting drunk that he was flirting with Dinah since the two of them are a couple and are even engaged. Hal on the other hand noticed he was not drunk which was odd. Because in the past Hal used to get intoxicated whenever he visited the bar to drink his problems away. He had no idea what caused him to have immunity to getting drunk and it was alarming.

The intoxicated hero saw that his best friend was not drunk as he accused:"

Hey Hal, you are not drunk did you acquire some super power to be immune or something?" The other man answered that he did not know why he was not getting drunk; it must be because of Hal's powers that enable him to have immunity. Later the trio left the bar and stayed at a hotel for the night to wait until Oliver snaps out of his drunken state so the three of them can go somewhere else to hang out.

The next morning in the hotel room that Oliver woke up that he did not remember what had gone on last night but thankfully nothing bad happened. As for Hal he is already awake before his friend staring out the window at the beautiful view. Black Canary was staying in a separate hotel room until she knocked on their door to tell them something. Hal went to open the door only for Dinah to shut the door as soon as she got in the room. She was holding a contact device used to contact other members of the Justice League.

Black Canary was already dressed in her attire as she announced what happened:"I got a call from Superman saying he needs all the Justice League member that are close to Metropolis to head to the Hall of Jastuce for a debriefing on a mission, He needs all three of us present. Apparently something happened that Cyborg Superman broke out of the Phantom Zone and is working together with the Legion of Doom."

This caught Hal off guard at the mention of that despicable man Cyborg Superman whose real name is Hank Henshaw. Hal hates that man for what has been done towards Coast City the first time and also the second attempt to destroy Hal's city. It was thanks to his fellow green lanterns that arrived to help Hal defeat the villain that Coast City is safe now. When the Legion of Doom was mentioned it made Hal think about the fact from what he heard recently from Barry that Sinestro joined this group of villains that oppose the Justice League.

"What does evil Cyborg Superman benefit for working with the Legion of Doom?" Asked Oliver that was suspicious on why this villain of all people got attention from the league besides being one of Superman's powerful villains. Black Canary hates the villain as much as Hal does because Hank Henshaw killed millions of lives from those of Coast City so of course Dinah would view that man as a monster who did that crime out of spite.

Dinah revealed the details:" He wants to make Superman suffer by attempting to destroy everything he protects and by working with the Legion he could help move the fight towards Doom."

This also reminded Oliver that Sinestro is also a member of this group turned towards Hal asking what he would do if he saw him again:" Hal, you must of heard Sinestro joined the Legion of Doom sometime ago. What will you do if you see him again and judging by the story you shared he may still be upset for the Warworld incident."

Hal glanced at his friend that mentioned Sinestro as it brought up a lot of complex feelings Hal has bottled inside. There is always something Hal felt towards Sinestro that felt like they are important to each other to the point after Volthoom was defeated that time, Hal will not give up on saving Sinestro. When Hal finally asked Sinestro if they were ever truly friends, Sinestro replies that yes they will always be friends despite everything the two of the have gone through together. However Hal thinks his feelings towards Sinestro is more than friendship but something else he is unsure of.

"I do not want to talk about Sinestro right now Ollie, we need to focus on helping Superman. Lets go." Exclaimed Hal who puts on his ring and wore his Green Lantern uniform with his mask on his face so that he could transport Black Canary and Green Arrow to their destination.

Hal POV

I wonder what Superman wanted to speak to all of us about involving Cyborg Superman. We have just arrived at the Hall of Justice as one of the headquarters of the Justice League. Inside the hall meeting area we saw Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman standing in front of the other gathered heroes like Aquaman, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, Flash as well as Starman. I also can't help but notice that on Batman's shoulder there was a small alien starfish that looks like Starro.

Oliver whispered to me about who that starfish is. "That starfish on Batman's shoulder is named Jarro and was a part of Starro. Thanks to Batman reforming Jarro he is on our side now and he also calls Batman dad." Wow that was odd for Bats to adopt another as one of his sons, especially a starfish that was a part of Starro one of our old enemies of the Justice League. I mean Batman already has many children both adopted and biological so it doesn't surprise me one bit.

Everyone became silent as the trinity were about to begin their announcement. Superman stepped up to the stage to start his announcement. "Hello everyone thank you for gathering here today, as I am sure most of you recently received a message that someone broke out of the Phantom Zone and that person is Cyborg Superman."
Most of the people in the room were gasping at the mention of the villain which is understandable since Cyborg Superman is one of the villains you should not underestimate as he is cunning and intelligent.

"I have called you here today to form into several groups to help take on members of the Legion of Doom to help disarm these bombs they scattered throughout Metropolis." From what Superman said we will be going into several groups to disarm these bombs located in different part of Metropolis.

Then Wonder Woman stepped up as it is her turn to speak:" Please stay with your group and do not wander by yourself. If any of you encounter Cyborg Superman with another powerful Legion of Doom member by yourself do not engage wait until help arrives." Last but not least Bats did not give advice to the rest of us but instead he already arranged the groups.

One by one the hero names that will be called out are sorted into groups. Eventually I was called out to be placed with the Flash, Green Arrow and Hawkgirl. I am glad that I get to be with some people that I am familiar with while I have nothing against Hawkgirl I do not know her that well and is an acquaintance. I am also thankful to her in helping saving the day back when the Dark Knights from the Dark Multiverse invaded. Because of the invasion of the Dark Knights it made me realize that worlds where everything had gone wrong do exist somewhere as they are a result of the Dark Multiverse. Could there have been a reality where the heroes failed during the Blackest Knight as Nekron and the Black Lanterns won instead? I did not want to think of the what if scenario.

The location that we are assignment that has a bomb close by is in Queensland Park which is close to S.T.A.R Labs the lab that Barry went to in the past. As the four of us were given the coordinates to the bombs locations it was a quiet moment like no one talked until Barry made the initiative to do so. "So Hawkgirl who do you think that we will be facing once we get to the bombs location? I really hope it is not Henshaw." Kendra the secret identity of Hawkgirl replied that she did not know which Legion of Doom member they would encounter as it could be anyone they are familiar with.

It has been some time but eventually we went into an abandoned warehouse where we saw the bomb that has begun counting down. Green Arrow went to the bomb where it had a timer counting down in five minutes. The ones that are attempting to disarm the bomb are Oliver and Kendra since if it is set off many people would die from the blast radius. While they are figuring out which wire to cut we heard a sound coming towards us as we turned towards where it came from and who comes in? Why it happens to be Cyborg Superman as he seems to be alone at the moment.

The cyborg approached us getting ready to attack before greeting us:"Hello Justice League and Jordan how nice to see you here only that you won't survive." The nerve of that man singling me out in the group it's probably to mock us for what is about to happen. Suddenly Barry made a move to use powers as a speedster to punch the villain away from Kendra and Oliver hoping to buy them some time to solve the problem. Henshaw powered a beam at both Barry and I trying to get us off guard so that he would eliminate the other two. But we have to fight him off in order for Green Arrow and Hawkgirl to finish safely disarming the bomb.

One of Henshaws attacks a laser is fired at the two heroes behind me. I used my green ring constructs to form a barrier around the occupied Justice Leaguers while Barry is also concentrated on fighting back Cyborg Superman. The villain glanced back at me not paying any attention to Barry who is super speeding offensive attacks on the man.

"Jordan what a pleasant surprise but unfortunately for you once I have killed all of you here and now I will head over to Coast City to blow it up again and not even your family will be left." This made me burst in anger at what this man said it was bad enough he and Mongul helped destroyed my home after Superman died he would be willing to do it again even if it means to make me suffer.

I angrily rebuffed the monster for his claims and that he won't win."You monster, I will not let you go after my home ever again and stay away from my family." After I said this a bright green glow surrounded my body reacting to my determination lit up more. I was ready to fire my constructs at my enemy until Henshaw did an entirely new low by throwing a yellow edged knife at Oliver.

While for both the heroes working on the bomb they successfully disarmed it thus saving the civilians living in this area it made Green Arrow be relieved to have finally saved the day but did not see the knife going his way. The reason why he was targeted is that unlike the rest of us Oliver did not have any super powers of his own nor alien technology to use and that is why Henshaw thought Green arrow was the weak link.

I quickly went over to where Green Arrow was and pushed him out of the way of the impact before the knife hit him. He landed on the floor on the right side where Kendra is who is shocked about what she was seeing. What came next was a stinging pain in my chest as the knife became embedded on my skin and it hit my heart. I was beginning to show blood trembling down my lips as the impact of the blow was devastating. Oliver horrified at what he was seeing yelled out:" Oh No Hal!" I then collapsed on the floor trying to breath but it was painful and is this where I die?

I then heard an angry males voice being said towards Cyborg Superman. "How dare you harm Hal you will pay for this!"

Barry POV

It was only just a few moments ago that we were making progress but it was harshly broken when Hal got stabbed in the heart that would surely have killed him and the culprit responsible is standing before me. I was so enraged at what this low life has done to harm one of my best friends I cared for dearly and that I know heroes do not kill but I can make sure he would be beaten to a pulp while still alive.

I then ran towards him yelling at him: "How dare you harm Hal you will pay for this!" I punched the villain repeatedly without giving him a chance to respond back as bruises began to appear on him.

Cyborg Superman got a laugh that came out as he exclaimed:" Now there is no way Hal Jordan could survive that with no entity around to save him he will die. Oh I wonder how Sinestro will react to him dying it is a good riddance that one thorn in his side will be gone."

Just by mentioning Sinestro in this situation made my blood boil. I always wondered what Hal saw in that lantern that he would believe Sinestro could still become a hero. I could never get along with Sinestro at the times I have met him back in the event where one of the entities Adara possessed a girl. Now that Sinestro is once again on a villain team I am finding myself to dislike him. Where was he when Hal is dying here or perhaps Sinestro is busy fighting the other Justice League members probably on the orders from Luthor.

At the corner of my eyes I see Green Arrow checking over Hal trying to stem the bleeding and saying for Hal to hang on. Hawkgirl did not have any healing abilities to use to help save others but only had regeneration that works on herself as seen with her wings. Then the unthinkable happened where Hal seemingly stopped breathing.

Why did this have to happen I was blaming myself in being a bad friend to Hal. I should of been there for him when he was in trouble but instead I was focusing on my own problems not letting in. I felt tears coming from my eyes as this made me in grief that Hal is a good person who tried his best to save others even if it means disregarding his personal safety.

I then turned my back from Hal and the other two heroes reactions as I did not want to see anything anymore but the enemy in front of me. Just as I was about to strike a huge burst of energy appeared behind me I took a look at it was a green light surrounding Hal's body. The mask on Hal's face had faded. His body made a move to stand to face what is in front of him. I looked closely and what stunned me was Hal's eyes they were glowing bright green and his pupils changed to look slits. Hal raised his right hand in which his ring is at and a green beam of light struck Cyborg Superman in the chest blasting him across the room until hitting a wall.

Henshaw laid confused on what just happened as it should not be possible for Jordan to still be alive with an injury like that. Not to mention that power he had never shown signs of having before was extremely powerful and Jordans eyes changed making him look inhumane.

Suddenly I look to roof where it had a hole in it as I saw Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman arrive to help in the situation. The Trinity looked at the scene around them with Henshaw being really injured and then looked at Hal who was still standing until the light died down and then collapsed. I ran over to Hal not caring what the Trio had to say the one that is important at the moment is Hal.

I hold him in my arms checking for a pulse to see he was still ok only to feel a pulse and then I checked his wound. Something caught my attention is that the wound it was closing up no it should be described as fading away in a green light as the stab wound that was there is now gone as if it had never existed. I have no idea what is happening to Hal but I hugged my friend never letting go until Superman offered to take Hal to the infirmary at the Hall of Justice and so we left with Henshaw arrested again.

When we got there the doctor took a look at Hal to see if there are any injuries he had discovered they were already healed. Batman seemed suspicious for some reason after learning Hal's injuries healed in some way. It is likely that Batman would confront Hal about this new ability once Hal is well enough.

Somewhere outside the Justice League headquarters a mysterious figure in black is watching from a distance. This figure had blue skin and is slightly small as he wore a black hood covering his face. The expression of this figure was that he was smiling.

Finally the time to act is now. There will be no one that can stop me.

Then the figure disappeared leaving no trace of them ever being outside the Justice Leagues building.

Note: This is my first Green Lantern story that I have written. I would like to thank The Other Jet Engine and Koschei_Oakdown for their support.

In this chapter we are given a glance at what is happening to Hal on a Justice League Mission. That mysterious figure at the end is important so watch out for them. Something is changing in Hal to the point he was able to heal wounds that would of killed an ordinary person but strangely he survived. In the next chapter we will get into Hal's point of view when he wakes up and then asks Barry what happened. As for Batman he will be suspicious about the recent events.

Sinestro did not appear in this chapter he was only mentioned but he will appear in the next chapter.