Chapter 50

Tahiri Veila looks out the forward viewport of Green Lantern's starship. What she sees causes her eyes to widen and her jaw to drop. She is looking at the Yuuzhan Vong invasion fleet. She is shocked because what she sees before her is a massive invading armada. The Yuuzhan Vong didn't arrive like that in the original timeline.

Tahiri: "Sithspawn!"

Her curse causes Hal and Spider-Man to turn and look at her. Spidey's mask hides his facial expression, but Hal is smiling.

Tahiri: "What the Mustafar are you smiling about?"

Hal: "I'm sorry."

Tahiri: "Apology accepted. But that's not what I meant. How can you be smiling at a time like this? We're outnumbered by at least 1000 to 1."

Hal: "Never tell me the odds."

Spider-Man laughs. Tahiri is rendered speechless for a moment.

Tahiri(to Spider-Man): "You told him to say that, didn't you?"

Spider-Man: "I didn't. I swear."

Even though Spider-Man's mask hides his face completely, she can tell that his fear is equal to her own. He tries to hide his fear by joking around, but she can sense it through the force. Then she looks at Hal. The man known as Green Lantern wears a mask also, but it is a much smaller mask which only hides the area surrounding his eyes. She sees no fear there. Her forcesense confirms it. This man is without fear.

Tahiri(to Hal): "You're crazier than Han Solo!"

Hal: "Who?"

Tahiri: "Nevermind."

She looks at the Yuuzhan Vong fleet again.

Tahiri: "They act like they don't see us."

Hal: "They don't."

Tahiri: "How is that possible? We're well within their sensor and visual range."

Spider-Man(joking): "No ship this small has a cloaking device!"

Tahiri stares daggers at Spider-Man.

Spider-Man(to Tahiri): "What?"

Hal: "We're invisible."

Tahiri: "Well, that's good because something is wrong."

Hal: "What do you mean?"

Tahiri: "In the original timeline, the Yuuzhan Vong grew most of their fleet after they arrived in my galaxy. They used a divide and conquer strategy. This is a massive invasion armada. Something must have happened to change history on their side."

Hal: "Mr. Mxyzptlk or Q may have visited them."

Tahiri: "Why?"

Hal: "Well I don't know much about Q, but Mxyzptlk likes to play games."

Tahiri: "So to him, we're like pawns on a giant chess board?"

Hal: "You could say that."

Then Tahiri reaches out with the force and notices something odd about the biotechnological invasion fleet.

Tahiri: "They're all paralyzed!"

Hal: "Yes. You're right."

Tahiri: "But they weren't paralyzed when we first got here. They were still moving forward then."

Hal(smiling): "I know."

Tahiri looked at Hal in bewilderment.

Tahiri: "You did it?"

Hal: "Yes."

Tahiri: "Why didn't you tell me?"

Hal: "I was about to tell you when you noticed it on your own."

Tahiri: "Okay. So what do we do now?"

Hal: "We fly alongside their flagship and teleport inside."

Tahiri: "Cool."

Spider-Man(chomping on a makeshift cigar made out of webbing in an imitation of The A-Team's 'Hannibal' Smith): "I love it when a plan comes together."