Hello everyone, so sorry for the long wait, over two months ago has been a major take over from my time away from my computer. Started a new job, been out of town for graduation(s), and sadly suffered a loss of a beloved family pet. By then, I managed to spare some time to update this chapter, which I hope you enjoy.
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Lantern Academy…
Harold stood frozen, as Rayza is about to unlock the locker he is trapped in, the moment Rayza unlocked the lock, and crack opened the locker…
"Hold it right there!" Rayza turned away and saw three Green Lantern girls, Toji, Obwhon, Yhava, who so happens to be the same girls from group with Khalia and left them stuck in the ceiling for over a day.
"Breaking into somebody's locker, that is both tedious and immature, even for you," Toji said
"I heard something in there, I was jus-" Rayza tried to explained to them but was cut off,
"About to invade someone's belonging and destroy them, like you Reds always do," Obwhon stated. There was a moment of silences as Rayza turned back to the locker before she slowly stepped away from it; unfortunately, even she knew this does appear as a bad scene. Harold stood still as he watches Rayza turned her full attention back to the three girls,
"The only thing I would destroy is your faces if you keep your distances from me," Rayza glared at them,
"In case you have forgotten, we serve under the Corporation for heroes and heroine, while thugs like you serve under a Corporation for villains and villainess," Yhava said,
"In case you have forgotten, I don't give a crap about any of Corporation you serve under, because unlike you idiots, I don't rely on my ring to fight my battles, let alone take you three down," Rayza said, Obwhon glare at her,
"Like it really matters, we don't trust you Reds nevertheless, despite what your old man did," Obwhon said and then…
Swift!
Within a blink of an eye, Rayza stood right in front of Obwhon up close, as Toji and Yhava became stunned by her swift appearance,
"Say that again, and see what happens," Rayza said as she glare right at Obwhon, there was a moment of silence between before Obwhon began to back away,
"Whatever," she replied before she, along with Toji and Yhava, decided to leave the locker room.
Harold witnessed all of it, part of him wanted to step in but he can't risk getting caught, so he silently waits for Rayza to be out of sight, he watched her went back to her locker to grab her towel, then left to the showers, which is the perfect opportunity to finally leave without being seen, and thankfully Rayza unlocked the locker he was trapped it; he can finally get out of here. However, before he could even leave…
"Okay, make it quick, before she gets back," he heard voices, as he looked at the vent and saw the three girls came back, and they all went over to Rayza's locker,
"The nerve of that Red telling us like she's better than us, let's see how she like it if we give her a taste of her own medicine," Obwhon said while Toji is trying to unlock Rayza's locker, which didn't took long as she was able to unlock the lock and opened the locker,
Harold watches those girls breaking into Rayza's locker, as Yhava took out the bag Rayza was carrying,
"Got it," Yhava said as she got the bag,
"That will teach that Red not to mess with us," Obwhon smirked before they closed the locker and left the locker room taking Rayza's bag with them.
Harold became stunned after what he just witnessed, both appalled and disappointed at those girls. I get they don't like Red Lanterns, but from what they just did makes them no better than them, and they're serving under Green for goodness sake. By the time the coast is clear, Harold finally got out of the locker, and started to follow them for a change; they're not gonna get away with this.
Black Lantern ship…
Black Hand head towards the lab where the Black Armored Warrior is placed inside a tube under observation after a failed encounter from the previous mission,
"What happened?" Black Hand scorned at the technician,
"There was an unexpected encounter with the solar energy that may have counteract the Black energy to disconnect the organic-" the technician explained, until…
Slap!
Black Hand slapped him across the face,
"You imbecile! You were supposed to make sure nothing like this happens," he yelled at him,
"My Lord, please forgive my mistake, be we have retrieved information throughout each mission, and there is a recent resource I believe may interest you to know," the technician plead, Black Hand glared at him for a moment.
"… Go on," Black Hand said decided to see what he is talking about, the technician went to the computer screen to type in the database, pulling out the memory file, and soon display the video screen of the most recent mission, view from Black Armored Warrior's recorded vision of what happened,
(…the Black Armored Warrior held the captain's neck in his gasped, about to blast him with his Black Energy…
"Let him go!" the Black Armored Warrior turned and saw Hal stood in front of him,
"I rather not know who you are or what you're after, but you sure have picked the wrong ship to infiltrate," he said to the intruder…)
They paused the scene where they viewed Hal in his fighting positioned, Black Hand gazed at the video image,
"Is that who I think it is?" he asked,
"It is my Lord, the test subject had an encountered with Green Lantern Hal Jordan from Earth," the technician stated, Black Hand stared at the image of the legendary Green Lantern,
"So… it would appears the famous Hal Jordan decided to come out of retirement after all these years… makes things much more interesting than I planned," he smirked evilly.
Meanwhile, back to the academy…
Harold followed those girls to a small area, but hid himself so they won't see him, he watched them from afar as they're trying to open Rayza's bag.
"Can you get it open?" Obwhon asked to Yhava,
"She seemed to put some kinda lock in it, but I think I can crack it," Yhava said while trying to encrypt the code on Rayza's bag,
Harold tried to think of a way to get Rayza's bag from them, he doubt they'll just hand it over to him, otherwise they'll figure out that he was in the locker room when he witnessed them breaking into Rayza'a locker. But then a thought occurred to him, an idea which would probably kill him, but is the only way...
"I got it," Yhava finally encrypt the code, and the girls are about to open the bag,
"Got what?" the girls turned and saw Green Lantern Kilowog appeared in front of them,
"Green Lantern Kilowog, what a surprise to see you here," Obwhon smiled innocently, while Toji and Yhava hid the bag behind them,
"I believe you have something that doesn't belong to you," he said to them with a stern tone,
"Uh, whatever do you mean-?" Obwhon trying to act innocent,
"You know exactly what I mean, so unless I report you three to the Guardians, you hand it over to me right now," Kilowog held out his hand, ordering them to hand over the bag, not wanting to show disrespect to their counselor, Yhava handed him Rayza's bag, by the time he took it away from them,
"I'm willing to let this action go if you both promised to show more respect to all fellow Lanterns… including Reds. Do I make myself clear?" he said to them,
"Yes sir," the three replied to their counselor,
"Good… now go head to your courses," he told them, and they did as he ordered them as they left.
Kilowog smiled after the girls left, for they didn't know that it was actually Harold wearing the hologramic camouflage belt, disguising himself as 'Kilowog' in order to fool those girls into handing the bag over to him; just as he planned, even though it is very tight for him to breath through, but worth it. However, when he is about to leave taking the bag with him…
"Green Lantern Kilowog," Harold got startled by an unexpected surprise appearance of the two Guardians, the Second and Third, as they approach him, he quickly hid the bag behind him,
"I'm surprise to see you here," the Second said,
"… Yes, I was just about to… take care of something real quick, so... I'm about to head out-" 'Kilowog' said while trying to leave,
"I'm sure you can spare a moment of your time, we just wanted to check with you in regards of the message we sent out to the counsels," the Third said while preventing him from leaving,
"Oh well, I've been busy dealing with the young Lanterns, I didn't get a chance to read it," 'Kilowog' said,
"It's nothing much, just an info we received from Oa about some Lanterns coming to the academy," the Third said,
"Including our honor guest and a dear old friend of yours, Hal Jordan from Earth, will be accompany them," the Second added,
"Dad?!" 'Kilowog' whispered.
"What's that?" the Second didn't catch what he said,
"Uh! That is great news. That my old friend, Hal, is coming here. Probably to come get his son, Harold, no doubt about it," 'Kilowog' stammered a little while keeping his cool,
"I'm unsure if he is coming to get young Jordan, for what you told us yesterday, he's starting to improve himself after he finally has proper control of his ring," the Second said,
"He did?! I mean, yes, I did say that about young Jordan, especially after taking down that Mecha-droid head on," 'Kilowog' said, the Third scoffed,
"Well I'm still not impressed. Sure, he has control now, but that doesn't change his status any less. If his father does come to get him, I say 'good riddance', with his son leaving would be a major relief for both us and this academy. Who knows what other mishap that young Jordan could've cause next," the Third said, making 'Kilowog' glare at him after what he just said, and then he gasped a little,
"Are you alright?" the Second asked,
"Y-yes, just needed to…" 'Kilowog' begins to walk backwards,
"Go return something, so… I gotta go now! Nice talking to you both-bye!" he said before he began running away from the area in a hurry, leaving the two Guardians confused by his behavior,
"Does he seem a little off to you?" the Second wondered,
"From the looks of it, the stress is finally getting to him," the Third stated.
By the time after 'Kilowog' ran past the door to around the corner, the door slid opened, revealing the 'real' Kilowog, accompanied by the First Guardian, as they both stepped out of the chamber,
"It is quite fortunate for Green Lantern Hal Jordan to come visit here within a few days," the First said,
"I can't get over the fact that I'm about to see Hal again after such a long time, I remember how my kids been asking about meeting him in person when they were younger, but now they'll finally get to meet him at long last," Kilowog said with a joyful smile, excited to see one of his old comrades very soon.
"Although that would be nice, but for now, maybe it is best we don't let the young Lanterns know about his arrival," the First said,
"Not even to his kid?" Kilowog asked,
"For now. The last thing we wanted is the young Lanterns all rallied up over to meet one of our previous Honor Guards. Like last year when Blue Lantern Saint Walker came and some of the young Lanterns nearly started a riot just to be the 'first' to meet him," the First clarified,
"Oh yeah, that almost got ugly. But I suppose you made a valid point, no one should know about Hal's upcoming arrival… not even Harold," Kilowog said feeling a little disappoint of not having to tell him about his dad coming here.
Male's Lavatory…
The fake Kilowog went inside lavatory, he first checked to see that that nobody is in here before went into one of the stalls and closed the door. He placed Rayza's bag on the floor before he pressed the button to deactivate the hologramic camouflage belt…
Gasped!
Harold gasped for air and sat down panting, he did not intend to use that disguised hologram for that long, only to just get Rayza's bag back, if he were to continued talking to the two Guardians any longer, he would've been suffocated to death from the spot. But then, his mind is drifted to the thought of what they told him, though rather told 'Kilowog', about his dad coming to the academy; he smiled with joy when he learned his father is coming to take him home at last. While he is sitting to rest, he slowly turned his attention towards Rayza's bag, which is unlocked by one of the three girls, he noticed some stuff in it, which does made him curious; although he is hesitant on the two facts. The first being that he knows it is wrong to go through someone's personal belongings, thus invading their privacy, he already felt bad enough after he was accidentally transported to the girl's locker room, trapped inside one of their lockers for over an hour, and saw Starphia and Rayza in their undergarments; he quickly shook his head trying not to think about that, especially Rayza's. And the second being that he still needs to know whether or not Rayza is a machine, he is unable to get over what he saw yesterday after defeating that Mecha-droid, and that's why he decided to spy on her in order to find out the truth. He still wants to learn the truth about Rayza, even if he has to… look inside her bag. What could she possibly be hiding?
Girl's Locker room…
After a quick shower, Rayza wrapped a towel around her body as she heads back to her locker, she stopped when she noticed her locker is slightly opened, and she was certain she sealed it closed before she left. She quickly opened her locker and soon discovered her bag is missing,
"It's gone?!" she said and quickly analyzed her locker, as she soon able to detect three marks that made contact to her locker, all indicating to match the three girls that were here earlier, they deliberately broke into her locker and stole her bag; her bag concealed with all her secrets!
Her heart rate increases, her anger rises, she clenched both her hands as the lights in the ceilings begin to flicker, the water pipes begin to rumble and all the locks and every locker are encrypting out of control, and within that moment…
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" she screamed in full rage, as the lights burnt out, the water burst out of the pipes, and all the lockers burst open, spilling out personal belongings to the floor. Rayza stood panting after unleashing her rage, overriding some electronics around her, and has that expression on her face similar to both her parents; her father's angry look and her mother's bright white eyes when connecting to the system.
To be continued…
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