Now hang on to your seats, 'cuz this is about to get cray-cray! We meet Aya and some familiar faces, Jaylah and Carol Marcus enter the picture, Uhura finds new love and gets the violet ring back, and the first glimpse of evil is shown.

I will be writing Qo'noS as Kronos in any speech except for that of Tirrok and Shenara, and there are indeed some orange rings in the Trek universe but they use desire, another form of greed.

Rihannsu Translation:
Hevam=Human (derogatory)

Chapter Cinque!

A young Romulan warrior named Shiarrael was practicing her combat skills, all for the good of Romulus. She loved her people more than anything, and all she desired was to ensure the planet's safety, after the Nero Incident in 2258. For that she had to be stronger.

A flash of light, as orange as one of her favorite fruit, suddenly illuminated the area, interrupting her training session. "Wha—?" she began, but was cut off mid-sentence.

Shiarrael D'Amarok of Romulus, you have the desire to protect all you treasure. Welcome, Agent Orange.

And in that instant, it all became clear. She would use this Orange Lantern ring to keep her people safe. Right now, she had to follow her calling.

Five more days had passed at Yorktown, and those people still had no clue that Khan was at Ysmault. During that time, the four Green Lanterns often followed Kirk to Oa and got themselves well-acquainted with the Guardians Of The Universe once again.

"So what's the problem with Khan?" asked Hal. "Back at the Bryant, he spoke in riddles, such as using the word vengeance twice in the same sentence."

"I'll say!" said Uhura. "He was one of those 20th Century superhuman dictators, who used his amazing intellect and superior strength to lead his fellow superhumans into war and, as a result, took over more than a quarter of the planet. But when us normal humans rebelled against their new enhanced leaders, the tables turned and the Eugenics Wars broke out. The last of the dictators to be toppled was Khan, and he only had time to get 84 of his brethren to safety. He and his 84 found family members were frozed, and they drifted helplessly in space for 300 years until, in the mid-2250s, they were found by a man named Admiral Alexander Marcus. Khan was awoken, and was threatened to do Marcus's bidding or he'd kill the other 84. So, Khan worked for many months under dire conditions, developing a warship and countless other technical toys for Marcus to enjoy. After a time, he learned everything."

"So?" asked John.

"You remember the Klingons, right?" said Uhura. "Marcus wanted a war with them. But despite the tension between Terrans and Klingons, they did not attack for a long time. Admiral Marcus wanted to be the first to strike before it was too late, and he wanted Khan to develop weapons for him, weapons that were so powerful that he could win this war in an instant. Naturally, Khan refused, and Marcus did away with 12 of his crew. To protect the remaining 72, Khan decided to give Marcus what he wanted and developed weapons, not as good as he could have, but good enough to satisfy the corrupt admiral. When Marcus told Khan to make high-range torpedoes, he made a plan and tried to smuggle all the cryo-tubes his crew was in to safety inside of them. But, alas, Khan was discovered and escaped alone, seeking revenge. Now free, he wanted to expose Marcus's plans as well, to save our planet from that war Marcus wanted. So Khan blew up the underground facility he had worked in and escaped by means of a beaming device that could take him wherever he wanted to go. He knew that the plan for an attack that was to assemble Starfleet command in the Daystrom building in Los Angeles, so he went there in a shuttle and killed some of those present there." As she spoke, sadness crept into her voice.

"I'm sorry." said the architect Green Lantern as he put an arm around Uhura.

"Don't be." replied the African. "You weren't even there, after all. Now where was I? Alright, after doing that, Khan fled to Kronos and after going through a lot, we got him but then Marcus showed up in an advanced warship designed by none other than Khan himself, named "Vengeance"."

"O-o-h, so that might be what Khan was talking about..." said Hal.

"When the captain refused to hand Khan over, the other ship attacked." Uhura continued on. "Only because the admiral's daughter, Carol Marcus, was aboard the Enterprise, her father stopped the attack to beam her over. Carol...she seemed furious about her father's plans and actions. When Marcus wanted to continue his attack and destroy the Enterprise with all of her crew and Khan's, the weapons failed. It turned out that our very own Montgomery Scott had snuck onto the Vengeance and manipulated the ship. In the short time we had during that malfunction, Jim went to Khan for help and they got onto the Vengeance in secret. And y'know what? Khan...he actually killed Admiral Marcus and stabbed us in our backs. Then he hailed the Enterprise and forced them to give him the torpedoes, where the cryo-tubes were. What happened next was awesome, we removed the tubes and beamed the activated torpedoes to the Vengeance. Khan sent Scotty, Carol and Jim back, and got ready to attack us but the torpedoes went off and destroyed the Vengeance partly. Khan...he was going down with the ship he designed, and compromised it to set course to Starfleet Headquarters. His attack took away many innocent lives, and the Enterprise had gotten similar problems, but thankfully, she was saved."

"What happened?" asked John.

"Jim...he sacrificed himself to fix the warp core. Spock went totally bonkers and went after Khan to avenge his captain—our captain." A single tear fell from her eye. "But I managed to tell him that we needed Khan's blood to save Jim, and it worked."

Guy and Kilowog felt sorry for Uhura as well as anger. "If I ever get my hands on that scrawny poozer, I'mma swish him to a swazzle, and swash him to a swizzle, and gnash him to a gnozzle, and gnosh him to a gnazzle!" Kilowog bellowed out.

"That's the spirit, Kilo!" Guy joined in.

"Thanks, guys." smiled Uhura. "But you remember what happened on Oa, don't you? Khan's ring can absorb light. Don't risk your rings AND your lives, I won't lose anymore friends."

Suddenly, the Green Lanterns' rings began beeping. "Uh-oh." said Hal. "We gotta go!"

"Okay, bye..." muttered Uhura.

Some time after the greens left, the door opened and Spock walked in. "Lieutenant Uhura, I wish to speak to you." he said.

At the sight of her boyfriend, Uhura was a bit surprised but she calmly spoke, "What's the matter?"

"I wish...I wish to terminate our romantic relationship." Spock said.

Uhura's expression shifted. "What? Why?" she asked.

"I...I have found that my sexual presences are not what we thought they were." Spock said shamefully.

There was a moment of silence, then Uhura blurted out "You're...gay?"

"That would be the correct term on earth, yes." replied the Vulcan.

"You're gay? You're f-ng gay?!" Uhura yelled.

Spock ignored her and continued on "Also, I recently discovered that the captain is my t'hy'la. It is an ancient warrior bond that traces back to when the Vulcans and the Romulans were still one people, the likes of which are beyond your conception. Such a thing has not been seen in many centuries. So, I wish to end things here and now, and start pursuing the captain. I hope you understand."

Uhura couldn't find the words to say. She just stood there, fuming, for a moment before storming out, leaving a stunned Vulcan. Despite everything, she thought of Spock as her one true love and now she was upset. On her way, she bumped into a young man. "Oof! S—sorry!"

"No, I'm sorry. Are you hurt?" said the man.

"Hey. Uh...no. No. I'm...I'm okay." said Uhura as she scanned the man. From the looks, he was a Betazoid, an alien race from the planet Betazed with powerful telepathic and empathic abilities. Betazoids were capable of sensing people's thoughts and emotions as well as associating emotions with colors, and they could also manipulate minds. "I...I just wasn't looking where I was going. But I'm great, actually."

"Oh, thank goodness." said the Betazoid. "I'm Omal Nexi, the Betazoid Ambassador to Earth."

"Nyota Uhura, chief communications officer of the USS Enterprise." said Uhura, now looking more red in the face than black. She then high-tailed out of the place, blushing hard.

LATER...

Uhura leaned over one of the balconies, overlooking the stars, unable to shake her mind off one Omal Nexi. He was so beautiful with the atypical dark eyes of his people and the blonde hair made them stand out even more. There was something about him that called to her. Not even Spock who she loved dearly called to her like this man did. She just stayed there looking at the stars until she saw a violet speck of light, streaking towards her.

Nyota Uhura of Earth, you are capable of giving great love. Welcome back.

The Star Sapphire ring filled the emptiness in Uhura's heart, and she flew off to the Enterprise hangar where she was being fixed. "Looks like it's just you and me now, Ennie." she declared as she began to fill the starship with love. Hopefully it would speed up the process a bit.

Meanwhile, at Oa, all the Green Lanterns had been called. "Lanterns, I'd like you all to meet Aya." said Ganthet as he unveiled a beautiful female figure. "She's the most advanced AI in the whole entire universe, and also the universe's deadliest weapon. We made her purely out of the green light of will, maybe she will be of help in your task of locating the Red Death." Apparently, that was now the Guardians' nickname for Khan.

"Greetings, Corps Leader Kirk and Lanterns Jordan, Gardner, Stewart and Kilowog. I am Aya." the robot replied coolly. She motioned with her hands and a green map appeared all over the place. "This is a map of Space Sector 2814; the Red Death is somewhere around here, if my scans are correct." She then sent the coordinates to everybody's rings.

"Great. Now we gotta go back and tell the others!" replied Kirk. "Mind if I borrow Aya for a while?" he asked Ganthet.

"You can take her." the Guardian replied. "She belongs to the Green Lantern Corps, after all."

And so they brought Aya back to Yorktown, where she was met with all the others. After being told that Aya knew Khan's location, Sulu became overjoyed because it meant seeing Chekov again although he was still worried that something horrible might have happened to his young lover. Scotty took great interest in the AI and wanted to run some tests with her, only to be smacked in the face by a violet construct from Ferris. Spock said Aya was "fascinating", only to be told back "You look like you're bad at feelings."

"Hmph!" snorted McCoy. "Look who's talking! You're a robot, what do you know about feelings?"

"Ignore him, Aya." said Kirk. "Sorry if Bones offended you, it's just that...he can be real grumpy sometimes."

"Like he said, I am a robot. I cannot be offended." replied Aya, causing everyone to laugh out loud.

"Wait a minute...where's Miss Uhura?" asked Sulu.

"She left after I terminated our romantic relationship." Spock said.

This caught Aya's interest. "I am scanning this place now. Scan complete. The female human known as Nyota Uhura is over there." she said, then pointed at a certain direction.

"That's where my silver lady is at!" Scotty cried, surprised.

"What on Earth is Nyota doing with the Enterprise?" asked Kirk, and they all ran to the Enterprise hangar where miracles were happening. Everybody was surprised to see Uhura back in the Star Sapphire uniform.

"Dadgum..." said McCoy, "Uhura, are you..."

"Why?" asked Uhura. "It's a beautiful lady and we all love her, don't we?"

"I mean, where'd you get that ring from?" asked McCoy. "Last time I checked, it was lost when Spock called upon the Life Entity to defeat Nekron."

"I don't know." said Uhura. "It just...came to me."

The whole ordeal made Ferris smile. If Uhura got a violet ring, then there was still a possibility that the Star Sapphire Corps could be rebuilt in this new world. "Come on." she told Uhura, "We have a place to go."

Just then, Guy cried out "Hey, where Aya-girl at?"

They all looked to the direction Aya had went to, and saw that she was trying to talk to the Enterprise. "Oh, you poor, poor thing..." she said, then blew the ship a kiss after saying "Get well soon!"

Earth, Starfleet Academy

One Carol Marcus was going through her daily routine. As she wandered through the school gardens, she thought of all the suffering people of the universe who could use a helping hand and began singing.

God Help The Outcasts-Alice Eve

I don't know if you can hear me,

Or if you're even there,

I don't know if you would listen,

To a humble prayer...

They tell me I'm just an outcast,

I shouldn't speak to you,

Still I see your face and wonder,

Were you once an outcast too?

God help the outcasts,

Hungry from birth,

Show them the mercy,

They don't find on Earth,

The lost and forgotten,

They look to you still,

God help the outcasts,

Or nobody will.

I ask for nothing,

I can get by,

But I know so many,

Less lucky than I.

God help the outcasts,

The poor and down-trod,

I thought we all were,

The children of God,

I don't know if there's a reason,

Why some are blessed, some not,

Why the few you seem to favor,

They fear us,

Flee us,

Try not to see us,

God help the outcasts,

The tattered, the torn,

Seeking an answer,

To why they were born.

Winds of misfortune,

Have blown them about,

You made the outcasts,

Don't cast them out,

The poor and unlucky,

The weak and the odd,

I thought we all were,

The children of God...

Just then, she ran into a certain cadet. "Oh! Jaylah, I thought I wouldn't see you here!"

"Hello, Carol." said one Jaylah. She had worked with the Enterprise crew when Krall showed up, and had been like a little sister to Carol ever since she joined Starfleet Academy.

"Please, call me Professor, this is school, remember?"

"Who cares?" said Jaylah, making the blonde remember that her friend was still uneducated. "Anyways, you still taking me on that girls' night out after class? You said that it's really fun..."

"Of course I am!" said Carol.

Suddenly, a portal opened in front of them and out came a number of gentle people. Both Carol and Jaylah didn't know them but recognized them as Lanterns, they had seen people wearing differently colored rings before—the Enterprise had brought them with her. Carol was the first to speak. "Excuse me, people, I don't know you. What brings you here?"

"Nok." replied a woman, who seemed to be the leader. An indigo ring whizzed out from behind her and landed on Carol's finger.

Carol Marcus of Earth, you have the ability to feel great compassion. Welcome to the Indigo Tribe.

After exchanging some gibberish with the leader, Carol followed the people into another portal. "Hey! Wait for me!" Jaylah yelled as she jumped in before the portal could close.

Beyond the portal, a strange planet was waiting. "Wow..." said Jaylah, observing the dark jungle where specks of indigo light flickered about. She kept walking around and eventually came face-to-face with a gigantic indigo lantern.

"Welcome, stranger." said a low female voice from behind. Jaylah turned around to see the leader, Carol just behind her wearing an indigo mini-skirt that resembled a Starfleet-issued women's uniform and a strangely shaped staff in one hand.

"C-Carol?!" said Jaylah, "What happened? Will you PLEASE explain?"

"Sure!" said Carol. "This nice lady right here, is Indigo-1. She's from another reality; her home reality was destroyed by some kinda death-god named Nekron. At the last moment, she and her gang managed to combine all their light and transport this whole planet to where we are now. They must have sensed my prayers and made me one of them."

"Alright, I get it, I get it!" Jaylah cried. "Now let's get back to school and finish—"

But unfortunately, she was interrupted by beams raining down from up above. Everyone looked up to see a swarm of strangely shaped ships, and from them descended reptilian aliens holding strange mechanisms—for some STRANGE reason, no females could be found. And, for the love of Pete, they were after the lantern! Indigo-1 yelled out orders in a strange language, and added "We have to protect the Central Power Battery at all costs, whatever those invaders are up to, we must not let them do it!"

The biggest and bulkiest of the assault group also ordered his men in another batch of gibberish. His name was First Onagan'matod of the Jem'Hadar, a genetically engineered reptilian species which meant they had no parents and were created in labs, just like Khan and his fellow Augments. The only difference between the Jem'Hadar and the Augments were, the Jem'Hadar had no females and they were all basically clones of one another. Surely there HAD to be a higher force controlling those creeps, but who?

Right now, Jaylah wished there were weapons she could use—she had left them all at her dorm room. She looked all around her, the Indigo Lanterns were holding their own but she only had eyes for Carol. The blonde used her staff to knock away one Jem'Hadar soldier, and blocked a phaser blast with an indigo light shield, then began scanning the area with her new ring since those new adversaries seemed to have an ability that allowed them to blend in with their surroundings. "Ugh...those things..." Carol groaned, "They're like chameleons!"

The last thing Jaylah saw before being knocked out was the enemies' devices latching on to the lantern and draining it, and when she woke up, the area was in shambles. "Jaylah?" Carol was saying, "Jaylah, we did it. Beaten them back."

Indigo-1 sighed. "But there are casualties. We did defeat them, but not before they could take a considerable amount of energy from our Proselyte, our Indigo Entity. And it might take weeks, even months for him to recover...Thankfully, we have the enemy leader secured."

Soon enough, two Indigo Tribesmen brought the enemy leader forth. The Jem'Hadar commander grunted out another load of gibberish, and Indigo-1 ordered "Ring. Translate."

And the ring did just that. Indigo-1 said "He said "You will never win. In the end, the Dominion will rise triumphant!"."

"Oh my God!" said Carol. "Gotta warn Starfleet..."

Meanwhile, in a far-away place, Nyota Uhura was struggling to hold off a swarm of Jem'Hadar ships, with nobody but Carol Ferris and a Romulan at her back. "Anyways, kid—" she huffed out, "What's your name?"

"Shiarrael." the Romulan spat, and added "Why do you ask? That's none of your business, hevam."

Uhura knew precisely what purpose that word served and fired a beam at her. "How dare you call me that!" she snapped.

"You called me kid first!" Shiarrael retaliated, and fired a construct at Uhura, unwittingly saving her from a Jem'Hadar ship attack.

"Come on, you two," Ferris said, "Just stop fighting and focus on the enemy!"

"Okay, fine." said Uhura. "So, Shiarrael—what's your plan?"

"I see a black hole over there." said the Romulan, pointing at a nearby black hole. "We're going to get them in it!"

The three women put their heads together and began devising something while trying desperately to fend off the enemy, and eventually fired construct duplicates of themselves towards the black hole while putting out their own lights. The plan was a big success, and the Jem'Hadar ships were sucked into the black hole...all except one escape pod.

"Why?" asked Ferris. "Why not just get rid of that one too?"

"We're bringing this back as evidence." replied Uhura.

"So, Starfleet, can I take one of the occupants back to the Star Empire?" asked Shiarrael. "Consider this a deal. I need evidence too."

"My name's Nyota Uhura, not hevam or Starfleet." said Uhura. "And whatever, just leave us our evidence. Deal?"

"Deal." replied Shiarrael, and she was given one of the captured enemies while the rest were hauled off to Yorktown. As the two Star Sapphires watched their new frienemy take off into the horizon, they had the strange feeling that this wouldn't be the last they would see of that orange Romulan. After all, she behaved a bit differently from the average Orange Lantern, didn't she?

LATER...

"They called themselves, soldiers of the Dominion." said Uhura. "That could only mean one thing—somewhere out there, there's a horde of those things."

"Wherever they're from, we're sending them to Starfleet Headquarters to be judged." said Commodore Paris.

"So, what do we do now?" asked Kirk. "First Khan, and now this...When will trouble stop coming?"

"John, Guy and Kilowog are off to rescue Saint Walker right now." said Hal. "We know what he's capable of, so..."

But before Hal could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a sudden yell. "Holy unanticipated occurrences!" cried Sulu. "Is that the Narada?"

Indeed, it was, but she now had a Sinestro Corps symbol emblazoned on the front and she was flanked by thousands of Yellow Lanterns. Just where did she come from?

Meanwhile, two objects had managed to break into Yorktown's maximum security prison. They were yellow rings, and soon enough, they landed on two worthy hands.

Tirrok Goradh of Kronos, you have the ability to instill great fear.

Shenara Goradh of Kronos, you have the ability to instill great fear.

"I knew he'd be back for us!" Shenara exclaimed in delight.

"Indeed." replied Tirrok. "And he now gives us his glorious, glorious gifts...Come, my daughter. Let us greet our liege."

Welcome to the Yellow Lantern Corps.

I apologize for the lack of Khan in this chapter—he's the protagonist, after all but I wanted this chapter to be all about the women and don't worry, you'll have your fill of him after this one.