Chapter 1: John Stewart's Final Days
"It can't be true, it just can't be true!" thought John Stewart, a terrible revelation continually rolling around in his head. His doctor told him his heart was failing and in a few months…he would be gone. John removed his sunglasses to get a good look at his face, and he looked perfectly healthy. The only strange thing about John were his brightly green eyes, caused when he became the mighty Green Lantern, a being with a power ring that gave him the power over all things not yellow. "Face it John, you have to say it…" thought John to himself again, after splashing his face with water. He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "I am going to die, and I have no one to take my place as the Green Lantern," He decided to take a walk to clear his head, but that would soon settle his problem.
John was heading home when a husky man stopped him and said, "Give me all your valuables and I'll leave you be," John tried to ignore him, and began to walk away, but then a sharp pain struck in the chest. He collapsed in pain, and the husky man began beating him up; John could not get his ring for two reasons, 1: He would reveal his secret identity 2: He was too weak to reach for it.
Suddenly, someone tackled the husky man off John, and yelled, "Hey! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to fight dirty?" It was a young man of twenty, with blue eyes and light brown hair; he was using skilled martial arts to take the upper hand over the husky man. The man fled in fear and the young man turned to John, but John had fainted in shock.
John awoken to see his doctor and the young man, who were glad he was still alive. He turned to see his coat and belongings were on the table, untouched and more importantly, undisturbed.
"John, if it wasn't for this young man, you wouldn't have made it. He called the ambulance the minute he saw you in shock; unfortunately, your heart is still failing. I'm sorry we couldn't do better for you," said the doctor sadly, before John wanted him to leave.
John, though weak, managed to say, "Tell me, what is your name? And why did you save me?"
The young man replied, "My name is Alan Douglas, and when I saw you in trouble, I just couldn't take the sight of it, so I did what I had to do,"
"Thank you, but I need my rest now. Could you leave the room?" asked John, closing his eyes for a deep rest. As Alan left, John began thinking…he would have to check with the Green Lantern Corps, but he may have found the next Green Lantern…
To Be Continued….