-Chapter 4-

Thalia Grace

"Percy. Percy snap out of it!" I said. Percy was still hunched over, I kept holding him, he didn't seem to be snapping out of whatever spell or curse was on him. "Come on, Kelp Head, wake up, please." I sent a prayer to Artemis for whatever help she could give. Just then, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up in hopes to see Artemis but saw the ever-changing form of the goddess Aphrodite. The mesmerizing form of the deity shifted features constantly. When I first saw her, she was blonde, with blue eyes, and an angular nose. Now she had long dark hair and brown eyes. This went on indefinitely.

"Hello Thalia," she said calmly. Without another word she knelt down to our level and placed a hand on Percy. "His anger stems from heartbreak and betrayal. I'm keeping him calm right now, but it won't hold."

I let out a shaky breath and said, "Thank you Lady Aphrodite. Do you know what's wrong with him? Is it because of this ring?" I asked.

"Undoubtedly so. The other gods would scoff at the Lanterns and their rings, but I know all to well the kind of power they hold."

Lanterns? I thought confused. Hoping she would elaborate I waited for her to continue.

The goddess stood up and felt around her rose colored dress. Finding a pocket, she produced a silver locket. "Here," she said handing me the object. "Do not open this. Give it to Percy when he comes to his senses. I cannot help you further than this. Wait here for a few more minutes the one known as Hal Jordan is on his way. Explain to him what happened, he will help you."

I looked at the locket in my hands, it was ornate with faint gold tracings. I looked back up at Aphrodite. "Thank you, but why are you helping? Percy just tried to attack Olympus."

She gave a sad smile, "In a way I am responsible for Percy's pain." She started to hover a few inches off the ground, "I must leave now, farewell Thalia." And then she faded in a golden shimmer.

I calmed myself by taking a few breaths. Percy wasn't looking so good, he began breathing more rapidly. "Hang in there cuz," I said patting him on the shoulder. For about thirteen minutes I just held a kneeling Percy, at some point, he started bleeding from his mouth. Then I saw an emerald green light in the sky. Was this supposed to be Hal Jordan? I thought. The green light was indeed a man in a green and black uniform. It was an odd sight. His outfit looked like full body leather armor, except it wasn't made out of leather and instead some unknown material.

Without hesitation I drew my spear and pointed it at the man in a quick motion. "Stop right there! Who are you?" I ordered.

The man had on a green mask that hid his immediate expression. He scratched at his combed brown hair and said, "You calmed him down?" He walked over with his hands raised in a peaceful manner. "My names Green Lantern. I sensed the energy of a Red Lantern on Earth and I had to check it out." He talked casually like this wasn't a serious situation. I didn't want to trust him right away, but Aphrodite said someone would come to help, and this was the only person around at the moment.

"Are you Hal Jordan?" I asked. His reaction said yes. Green Lantern gave a frown and I said, "I was told a Hal Jordan would come. Are you here to help him."

"Yes, I can help him," he said putting his arms down. "But I can't help him here, he needs to go to Ysmault."

I stood up picking up Percy as I went. "Alright, let's go," I said.

"Uhh. Sure, you can come too, why not?" he said walking closer bringing up his hand, he had a ring like Percy's except it was glowing green like the rest of his outfit. "How well do you do with height?" he asked and the ring on his hand glowed bright and a green transparent shield grew around us.

I gave a groan in reply and he smirked. Instantly we were shot upwards at a blinding speed! I had to sit down in the green energy bubble and press against the walls to avoid throwing up.

"Please don't puke," he said automatically. I gave another groan and tried to focus on holding Percy who started to bleed from his eyes.

"Oh gods, why is he bleeding like that."

"It's the Red Lantern ring. The red ring of rage. Nasty business. Once it finds someone the ring replaces the heart of the person wielding it while sending them into an uncontrollable rage filled frenzy," Hal explained.

"Sounds fun," I said sarcastically.

"Don't worry, there's a cure… of sorts." At this point we were so high up in the air that the island of Manhattan looked like a spec.

"How high up do we need to be?" I asked.

"Don't think of it in terms of height, were going into outer space."

"What! Hold on, outer space? Are you serious?" I said in disbelief.

The green man just gave another smirk and said, "Honey, were going to another solar system." Hal then looked at his ring and said, "Alright, sector 666. Here we come."

Before I could make a comment at the name of the 'sector' we were going to, as soon as we exited the earth's atmosphere we shot into the emptiness of space at an unreal speed. I had only watched a Star Wars movie once at Camp Half Blood, in the movie when the group were in a ship and went light speed, this is what it looked like. "Hooollly Shiiiit!" I screamed.

After a few seconds of flying through actual space, No one's going to believe me about this, I thought, we started slowing to a reasonable speed. A whole new planet was in front of me. It looked barren, like it was entirely desert. We descended onto the surface which was a surreal experience. Carefully we landed in front of this huge red colored metal ring with two metal zig zag lines on either side. Below the ring was a giant pool of blood. It was murky and reeked of iron. At the side stood a man in a red colored biker-looking jacket with a high collar similar in material and design to Hal's outfit.

"Guy!" Hal greeted grinning with arms open.

The man, who had a gruff face with orange hair, said, "Jordan, good to see you again. You brought the newest recruit, I see." He said the word 'recruit' with disdain.

"I know," Hal said seriously. "I don't know how it happened either. But with the increase in Red Lanterns, do you think it could be him?"

"I don't know how that could be possible, I killed Atrocitus. But I wouldn't be surprised if he managed to shrug that off."

I looked at Percy who started to growl like an animal, "Hey guys I think the time for chit-chat is up, can we help my friend now?" I said.

"Of course," the Red Lantern, I guess his name was Guy, said. "Bring him to the Blood Lake." He went over to help carry Percy, but I stopped him buy lifting my cousin princess style over to the pool of blood. There was a noticeable look of shock on both Hal and Guy's faces.

I glanced over into the murky red blood in disgust. "Sorry in advance, Percy," I said dropping him into the lake. There was a splash and some of the blood splattered over my boots. Awesome, I thought. Right away Percy sprung up from the lake gasping for air. He looked wide eyed at me and jerked his head left and right at his new surroundings.

"Thalia? Where are we?"

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or the Justice League