Hey, guys! Welcome to the new chapter of Shazam! I hope that you guys will enjoy the chapter. Also, shoutout to 9655 for his help in making this chapter and for officially becoming one of the co-authors of this story...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OC's.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
~{Shazam! Theme Song}~
Aaaaah! Aaaaah!
Whoo!
A Metropolis Yearbook was placed on a pedestal as it opened up and showed an assortment of pictures of all of the teenagers attending Metropolis High as we zoom in on the photos of Damien and the girls.
When super me
Barbara's picture suddenly comes to life as she bursts out of her yearbook photo, and appeared on a roof of a building in Gotham as she grabbed onto her clothes and ripped them out of her body, revealing her super suit underneath as Batgirl grinned at the readers and pulled out her batarangs as she threw it at the screen.
Becomes super we!
Jessica's picture suddenly comes to life as we see Jessica floating in space while wearing her super suit as she raised her hand, and her Green Lantern Ring glowed brightly as she projected a giant shield with the emblem of the Green Lantern Corps on it as it glowed proudly against the darkness of space.
Suddenly, magically
Pretty automatically
Kara's picture suddenly comes to life as Kara ripped her photo in half, revealing her to be floating in space near Earth as she was wearing her super suit. The sun shines down at her in the background as Supergirl smirked at the readers smugly and reared back her fist as she delivered a swift punch at the screen and managed to actually crack it!
Crushing it side by side!
Karen's picture suddenly comes to life as a shy-looking Karen waved at the readers cutely before grinning confidently as she grabbed onto her clothes and ripped them out of her body, showing off her Bumblebee armor as she shrunk down and flew across the room as she fired off her B-Missles.
From here to New Orleans
You will be saved by the Guardians!
Zatanna's picture suddenly comes to life as her eyes glowed purple and she flew into the air as she put on her super-suit with a flash of purple light. Winking at the readers, Zatanna smirked as she projected a ball of purple light and danced around with it before throwing it in the air as it blows up in mid-air and purple/pink sparkles rained down as they spelled out 'Zatanna!' in the sky.
And now that they're assembled
They will protect their world
Diana's picture suddenly comes to life as she smirked at the readers, and grunted as she leaped into the air and let out a loud battle cry as she crashed landed on the ground, suddenly wearing her Amazonian armor as she was holding her shield in one hand and her Lasso of Truth in the other. Wonder Woman grinned at the readers as she twirled her lasso around and then whipped at the readers as she cracked the screen.
The villains will tremble
Damien's picture suddenly comes to life as we see the young Champion standing on the Rock of Eternity with Shazam and Tawny standing in the background as Damien's eyes glowed, and his whole body glowed with blue electricity as he leaped into the air and yelled the Wizard's name as we see the gods appearing from the sky and stood in the shadows stoically as Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury joined their hands together and fired a giant bolt of blue lightning at Damien. Embedding their godly power onto the young teenager as a smoke cloud appeared and we see Captain Marvel slowly emerging from the smoke as he smirked at the readers heroically and placed his hands on his hips as his whole body radiated with god-like power.
By the might of Earth Mightiest Champion and his Superhero Girls!
Wow!
Captain Marvel and the rest of the Guardians stood on a tall mountain while striking heroic poses as they glared at Black Adam, who was floating in front of them while the Legion of Chaos stood below them as they struck battle poses and both teams glared at each other hatefully as they then charged at each other and let out a battle cry as they leaped towards each other and an epic battle occurred.
Once the battle was done, we see the Guardians standing over a mountain of defeated villains heroically as Batgirl suggested doing a group photo, and everyone agreed as they close in for a group selfie. Batgirl and Bumblebee sat on Captain Marvel's shoulders while Supergirl and Wonder Woman stood beside him while hugging his arms as Captain Marvel held Zatanna and Green Lantern in his arms.
With everyone now in position, Barbara held out a selfie stick, and the group smiled up at the camera as a flash occurred, and a picture of the smiling and laughing faces of the Guardians appeared as the Metropolis Yearbook slowly closed up, and the cover had the symbol of the Guardians on it as it showed brightly in the light.
~{End of Theme Song}~
Near the outside of Earth's atmosphere, we see two green streaks of light clashing against each other through space as they separated to reveal Jessica Cruz and Hal Jordan having a little spar with each other...although Hal was doing the majority of the fighting as Jess was simply just dodging or blocking his attacks, much to his annoyance as Hal stopped fighting and glared at her fellow Green Lantern as he crossed his arms.
"Jess, I don't think you realize this, but we're in the middle of a fight, which means you have to fight me eventually. You can't just keep dodging my attacks." Hal says while wearing his Green Lantern Uniform, which consisted of a skintight green/black jumpsuit with a small green domino mask, a white/green Green Lantern symbol planted on his chest, and white gloves/boots.
"I can, and I will. I refuse to use violence, Hal. You know this. " Green Lantern Jess says as Green Lantern Hal rolled his eyes and constructed a giant bat as he swung at it at his fellow Green Lantern teammate, who responded by creating a shield to block his attack as both heroes struggled to overpower each other.
"No, no, no!" A gruff voice says above them as the duo stopped fighting and looked up to see another Green Lantern glaring at them, specifically Jess, sternly as he stepped his foot on the small asteroid that he was standing on in annoyance. The new Green Lantern is an 8-foot-tall, pink-skinned, Bolovaxian male alien with small red eyes, two gnaw-like teeth, small ears, and a large, muscular body. His Green Lantern Uniform consisted of a skintight green/black jumpsuit with a white/green Green Lantern symbol planted on his chest, white gloves, green trousers, and green boots. His name is Kilowog, Hal and Jess's trainer and one of the most highly regarded Green Lanterns out of all the whole Green Lantern Corps.
"Ooh, you're in trouble." Green Lantern Hal says childishly as Green Lantern Jess rolled her eyes at his immaturity and flew up to meet her teacher as Hal did the same. Once landing on the small asteroid, Jess flinched as she saw Kilowog staring at her with a mildly frustrated look on his face as he marched over to her and crossed his arms with a fierce glare.
"I don't get it, Cruz. What's the plan here exactly? Are you hoping that a blonde-haired super model Earth woman shows up out of nowhere and distracts him long enough for you to subdue him or something?" Kilowog asked rhetorically while pointing at Hal as the brown-haired teen grinned.
"Eh, could be a good strategy, actually." Green Lantern Hal says with a shrug as Kilowog turned to him sternly, and Hal winced as he smiled at him sheepishly and stood back as he continued watching Kilowog scold Jessica.
"Cruz, if you were fighting anyone other than that poser, you would be in the morgue right now!" Kilowog shouted as Green Lantern Jess rolled her eyes and scoffed as she crossed her arms and looked away.
"Yeah!" Green Lantern Hal says while nodding firmly before realizing that he was being insulted as he glared at his teacher, who ignored him as Kilowog was still glaring at an annoyed Jessica.
"Look, Kilowog, the thing is that I just believe that when it comes to fighting, there's ALWAYS another way," Jess says as Green Lantern Kilowog stared at her with an unamused raised eyebrow.
"Oh, really? Well, Cruz, let's take a look at the report you've sent us about the robot invasion on Earth a while back to see if what you said is true." Kilowog says while raising his ringed hand as he projected a video feed to the other Green Lanterns, and they saw the fight between the Guardians and Sivanna's evil robots, specifically the part where it shows Jessica Cruz being battered around by robots as Jess winced at the memory while Hal looks down guiltily as he wished that he was around to help, but sadly he was off-world on Green Lantern business when it happened.
"Other ways, huh?" Green Lantern Kilowog asked while pointing at a heavily injured Jessica as she was trying in vain to push back the horde of robots, but failed as luckily Tawny leaps in and protected her from the malicious robots as Kilowog paused the video and turned to a nervous-looking Jessica with a stern look. "Because it looks like to me that you were about to meet the Grim Reaper if it wasn't for the Wizard's Magical Guardian showing up to save your sorry ass," Kilowog says while walking over to Jess as he glared down at her sternly. "Look, Cruz, I admire your strong will on your beliefs, it's what makes you a good Green Lantern, unlike other posers that I know. But sooner or later, you have to realize that you need to fight back, not just because we want you to but to ensure your survival in battle. Your friends won't be always there to save you, you know."
"..." Green Lantern Jess didn't say anything as she listened to what Kilowog was saying carefully and turned to see a video feed of her getting her ass kicked by Sivanna Robot's as she shivered at the memory of almost getting killed by them and briefly considered if what her teammates were true...before shaking her head at the ridiculous idea as she turned around and crossed her arms firmly as Kilowog sighed heavily.
"Class dismissed. Get the hell out of my sight." Green Lantern Kilowog says while turning around to fly away as Green Lantern Hal turned over to a silent Jess and walked up to her as he patted her shoulder, getting her attention as he gestured towards Earth, and she nodded solemnly as they were covered in a bright green glow and flew off towards Earth.
Arriving on planet Earth, Hal and Jessica Cruz flew across the Metropolis skies as they made their way over to their school and landed behind a dumpster in the back as a green flash appeared, and we see the duo walking out of the dumpster in their civilian clothes as Jessica still seems upset about what happened earlier, and Hal sees this as he tries to cheer her up.
"Hey, don't let what Kilowog says put you down. He's like that to every new rookie he trains. Once you get to know him, he's worse." Hal says with a chuckle as Jess briefly smiled but then frowned as she sighed and turns around as she rubbed her arm sadly.
"Thanks for trying to cheer me up, Hal, but I like to be alone for now," Jess says as Hal nodded solemnly and turned around to walk towards his football practice as Jess stood behind to look down at the ground with a crestfallen look as she was still wondering if it was right or not to forget about her beliefs and start using violence. Sighing heavily, Jess slumps her shoulders sadly as she was about to walk away when suddenly Jess heard a sharp cry of pain rang out across the alley, and Jess immediately felt her hero instincts kick in as she ran towards the source of the voice and saw a large muscular teen slamming a small young teen into a wall as he glared at the scared teenager.
"Give me your lunch money right now, Four Eyes!" The bully demanded as the nerd whimpers in fear and scrambles to get his wallet as Jessica narrowed her eyes at the scene and was about to confront the bully when suddenly Damien appeared as he walks past the alley and saw what was going on as he grew serious and walked into the alleyway.
"Put him down, Drake," Damien demanded, approaching the large bully as Drake turned to him with a snarl.
"Stay out of this, Hart!" Drake shouted while turning to the nerd as he glared at him and threw a punch at his face.
"Why are you doing this, Drake?" Damien asked while crossing his arms as Drake's fist stopped a few inches from hitting the nerd's face, and the large bully turned towards Damien confusedly as he raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
"Why are you stealing lunch money from nerds? That's like the oldest trick in the book. Most bullies don't even do that anymore." Damien says, insulting him as Drake glared at him and dropped the nerd onto the floor as he marched over to Damien angrily.
"Who the hell gives you the right to-"
"Are you acting out because your parents are not giving you enough attention?" Damien asked, shocking Drake and everyone else with what he said, as the young Champion tilted his head at him and noticed Drake nervously looking around as Damien nodded knowingly and gave him a reassuring look. "Yeah, that is, isn't it? You can tell me if it is. I know how it feels to have asshole parents,"
"I-I, well...they hardly pay attention to me anymore," Drake admitted while leaning against a wall as he crossed his arms and sighed heavily as he glared up at the sky. "Ever since they got their new stupid jobs, they have been ignoring me a lot these last couple of months. They even stopped giving money for lunch, so I had to resort to stealing money from nerds." Drake says as Damien smiled at him sympathetically and walked over to him as he patted his back in comfort.
"It's alright, dude. I'm pretty sure that your parents didn't mean to ignore you. They were just probably busy with their jobs, but I'm sure once you talk to them, they will admit to the errors of their ways and spend more time with you." Damien says as Drake looks down at him hopefully.
"Do you really mean it, Hart?" Drake asked as Damien nodded with a smile, and Drake smiled back as he felt his body bounce in excitement as he gripped his fists in determination. "Alright, I will talk to them right now. Thanks, Ha-I mean, Damien, you're a good guy." Drake says while patting his back playfully as he then ran off.
"Alright, he's gone, you can go now," Damien says to the nerd, who beamed as he smiled over at the young Champion.
"Thanks for saving my butt, Damien. You're a real pal." The nerd says as Damien smiled at him and nods.
"Don't mention it," Damiens says as the nerd nodded and ran off as Damien shakes his head in amusement at what happened and was about to walk off, but was stopped as he noticed Jessica standing behind him and was staring at him in awe as Damien blinked at this. "Oh, hey, Jess. How long were you standing there?" Damien asked, snapping Jess out of her awe as she smiled at him excitedly.
"Damien, t-that was amazing!" Jessica praised as Damien raised an eyebrow at her in confusion before realizing what she meant as he blushes in embarrassment and looked away shyly.
"O-Oh, it was nothing. I was just trying to help out." Damien says while rubbing his neck nervously as Jessica shakes her head and walks up to him.
"That wasn't nothing, Damien. You were able to save that young man by talking with the bully instead of fighting him! See, that's what I keep trying to tell Kilowog! You don't always have to solve everything with violence." Jessica says as Damien blinks at her in confusion.
"Uh, what are you talking about, Jess?" Damien asked as Jessica calms down and began explaining to him what happened during one of her Green Lantern training sessions in space.
"...And then Kilowog says that sooner or later I have to fight back or else I would be on a one-way ticket to the morgue," Jessica says to Damien as the duo was walking towards the football field. "Ugh, I swear that man can be so frustrating at times...I should've thrown an octopus at him." Jessica mumbled under her breath while making an arguably cute pout that Damien couldn't help but smile at as he gave her a sympathetic look.
"Ah, Jess, I'm sure he's just trying to help you out. Remember what you told me before about him being one of the few respected Green Lanterns around. You should listen to him." Damien says as Jessica huffs and crossed her arms as she glared at him.
"Oh, what? That I should forget my beliefs and rely on violence from now on? Well, forget it! I'm not changing for anybody!" Jess yelled firmly as Damien raised his hands in surrender.
"Whoa, there, Jess, calm down. I'm not telling you to forget your beliefs because I don't want you to. Your passion for not using violence and relying on other ways to solve problems is both admirable and astounding. It's one of the few things that make me respect and love you...as a friend, of course," Damien added sheepishly as he noticed Jess's cheeks go red. "But at the same time, I have to warn you that in this kind of life that we live in, not every supervillain will listen to you and change their ways. There are those whose too far gone for your words to breach through."
"Oh, really?" Jess asked sarcastically, but then her face softened as she saw Damien nod solemnly.
"Yes, trust me, I know. A year ago, before I've received my powers and fought against Black Adam, the Wizard had told me Teth Adam's life story, and after hearing it, I started feeling sorry for the man, and during our battle, I tried to reasoned with him, but...it didn't work and it nearly costed my Mom's life because of it." Damien says somberly while looking down as Jess gasped sharply and covered her mouth in shock as she stared at him worriedly.
"Really?" Jess asked as Damien nodded and sighed heavily as he looked over at the young Green Lantern.
"Yes, I got lucky that Superman came in and saved me and Mom, or else we would've been killed. That's the day that I learned that there are times where I have to know when to use violence to solve problems and when to not. I suggest that you start learning to, for your sake and others." Damien says seriously, remembering that out of all of them in the group that got hurt during Sivanna's Invasion, Jessica got hurt the most, which caused him to grow worried for his friend, so he decided to give her some tough love and tell her the reality of the situation.
"I-I...I will think about it." Jessica says, not completely on board with the idea of using violence, but will not ignore her friend's advice as Damien nodded and smiled at her as he nudges her side.
"Come on, let's forget about all of the heavy stuff for now and let's go enjoy your friend Hal's game," Damien says as Jessica gave him a little smile and nodded as they were about to walk over to the bleachers, but stopped as Hal suddenly appears and wrapped his arms around their shoulders as he smirked at the surprised teens.
"Did someone say my name?" Hal asked before noticing how close Damien and Jessica are as he grinned at his fellow Green Lantern mischievously. "Oh, am I interrupting your little date with your boyfriend, Jess?" Hal asked as the teens blushed heavily at what he said and quickly pushed him off as Jessica glared at him.
"He's not my boyfriend, Hal. He's just a friend!" Jessica hissed out.
"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight," Hal says while grinning at her with a knowing look on her face as Jessica huffs at her before claiming down as she turns over to a blushing Damien.
"Damien, this is Hal Jordan, Star Player for our school's football team. Hal, this is Damien Hart, a friend of mine." Jessica says, introducing both of the boys as Hal turned over to Damien and gave him a cocky smile as he placed his hands on his hips.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Damien. I bet you heard a lot about me." Hal says while flexing his muscles as Jess rolled her eyes at this.
"No, not really. I'm not into sports." Damien says with a shrug, shocking Hal with what he said as Jess giggled at this. "Anyway, shouldn't you be with your teammates warming up or something?" Damien asked just as the visiting team's bus pulled in as they got out of the vehicle and made their way to the other side of the field as they began warming up for the incoming game.
"Ah, trying to get rid of me to spend more time with Jess, huh? I see what you-Aaah!" Hal says slyly before yelping in fright as he hid behind Damien and peeked over his shoulder nervously as both Damien and Jessica eyed him oddly.
"Can I help you?" Damien asked sarcastically.
"I didn't know that we were playing these guys," Hal says frightfully while staring at the opposing team warily as Jessica looked between him and the other team and snorted as she laughed.
"Wait, hang on. Is the great Hal Jordan actually afraid of the other team?" Jessica asked in amusement as Hal shook his head and glanced over at the opposing team as he trembled in fear.
"It's not the team I'm afraid of." Hal whimpered out while pointing ahead as he narrowed his eyes. "I finally got tracked down...by my greatest enemy!" Hal says dramatically as Damien and Jess looked to where he was pointing...and raised an eyebrow as they saw a cheerful-looking black-haired cheerleader walking out of the bus and smiled brightly as she looks around curiously. The cheerleader is a young, beautiful, short, 5'4-feet-tall, 15-year-old girl with light violet eyes, long purplish-black hair pulled back into a ponytail, C-Cup breasts, flawless Caucasian skin, wears makeup, a tight shapely ass, and her outfit consisted of a sleeveless red cheerleader outfit which exposed her legs and also wears a red bow on her head. Her name is Carol M. Ferris, but she's also known as the supervillain Star Sapphire.
"Who? The jock behind the cheerleader?" Damien asked confusedly as he pointed at a large intimidating-looking jock standing behind Carol.
"No, no, her!" Hal shouted while pointing at Carol.
"You mean that creepy-looking mascot of theirs?" Jessica asked with a wince as she pointed at the girl, who was wearing a rather beaten down, ruffled, dirty chicken costume with the head being nearly ripped off and had one of its eyes missing.
"No, no, her!" Hal yelled exasperatedly while pointing at an innocent-looking Carol frantically
"You mean that plant?" Damien asked while pointing at the large fern that was weirdly placed beside Carol.
"No! The cheerleader! I'm scared of the cheerleader!" Hal yelled in frustration as Damien and Jess blinked at him and snorted as they started laughing loudly.
"Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Damien laughed before noticing Hal glaring at him and Jess as the young Champion blinked at him in surprise. "Oh, wait, you're serious. Let me laugh harder," Damien says while proceeding to laugh harder as Hal glared at him fiercely with an embarrassed blush on his face as he pouted. "Ha, ha, ha, sorry, man, but just look at her. She looks so harmless." Damien says as Jess nodded in agreement and crossed her arms as she raised an eyebrow at her friend.
"Who is she, anyway?" Jess asked as Carol talked with her friends happily before spotting Hal as the Green Lantern yelped in fear and duck his head down as he still hid behind Damien.
"Her name is Carol Ferris, she's my ex-girlfriend. Look, I can't explain what's going on right now, but what you should know is that you got to get me out of here right now before she gets me!" Hal whimpered out as Damien and Jess rolled their eyes at him as Carol narrow her eyes at Hal and discretely stepped away from her friends as she hid behind the school bus and held out her hand, which carried a glowing pink ring as Carol grinned sinisterly.
"Dude, get a hold of yourself," Damien says, annoyed as he tried to push off Hal from his back, but the Green Lantern had a tight grip on him as he refused to let go of Damien for dear life.
"Yeah, Hal, why are you so scared of her? She doesn't look like she could hurt a fly, and if the breakup was that bad, then you need to talk to her like a man instead of running away like a wus...and can you please get off of my friend?" Jessica asked, annoyed that Hal was using her friend as a hiding place as she was about to push him off from Damien's back, but then a bright pink glow illuminated the area as everyone looked up and gasped as they saw Carol floating above them while wearing a new outfit as she scowled at scared Hal. Carol's body/eyes emitted a bright pink glow as she had her hair down and was wearing a skintight, white high-collard pink dress with puffy pink sleeves, a pink tiara, elbow-length white gloves, a pink Power Ring on her left hand, a white belt with a symbol of a star on the belt buckle, white knee-length socks, and high pink heels. Carol had now donned her Star Sapphire outfit.
"Thought you got rid of me, didn't you, Hal Jordan?" Star Sapphire asked with a sinister tone in her voice as she floated above the crowd of scared teenagers and the aura around her glowed fiercely as it shape-shifted into a flaming broken heart, and Carol narrowed her eyes at her ex-lover as she snarled at a terrified Hal. "Well, now...YOU'RE MINE!" Star Sapphire shouted while constructing an energy blast in the shape of a heart as it raced towards a frozen Hal Jordan, and a freaked out Jess as Damien reacted quickly and tackled them into the floor as the energy blast soared past them and struck the ground as a small explosion occurred.
"EVERYONE RUN!" Damien shouted, snapping everyone out of their shock as Star Sapphire started raining down pink energy blasts all over the football field, and everyone screamed in fear as they started running away. "Come on, let's go!" Damien says while grabbing onto Jess's arm, causing her to blush a bit as Damien also grabbed Hal's arm and the trio bolted across the field as they hid behind a popcorn machine for cover and panted heavily as Star Sapphire let out an enraged yell.
"YOU BELONG TO ME, HAL JORDAN! SHOW YOUR FACE, HAL JORDAN!" Star Sapphire yelled while blasting everything she sees blindly to search for her ex-lover as Damien and Jess poked their heads out and winced at the sight of the destruction left behind by Star Sapphire as they noticed a few of their fellow students getting struck by the energy blasts and fell down, heavily injured as the duo gasped at this and grew angry as they turned back to Hal with serious looks on their faces.
"Who the hell is that chick?" Damien asked.
"And why is she attacking you?" Jess asked, equally as confused by the situation as Hal flinched and gave them a sheepish look.
"Well, uh, she's called Star Sapphire, and she's super clingy," Hal says as Damien and Jess give him flat looks.
"Yeah, we can tell," Damien says while sweatdropping at the sight of Star Sapphire searching around for Hal desperately as she angrily yelled out her name.
"And you should know that she's also...my ex-girlfriend," Hal says, shocking the Guardians with what they said as they slowly turned to him in disbelief.
"I'm sorry what?/¿Disculpa que? (I'm sorry what?)" Damien and Jessica asked in unison before yelping as they ducked, and a pink heart-shaped energy blast zips past them as they quickly recovered, and Damien and Jess turn to glare at a sheepish-looking Hal Jordan.
"Wait, are you meaning to tell me that your cheerleader ex-girlfriend from earlier is really a super-villain!?" Damien asked as Hal shrinks back and nodded weakly as Jess facepalmed.
"Damn it, Hal! I know you're stupid, but this takes the cake!" Jess yelled as another blast rang out and nearly hits them again as Damien flinched at this before calming down as he puts on a determined look and stood up.
"We can chew Hal out later, Jess. For now, we need to stop Star Sapphire before she destroys the football field and kill someone." Damien says as Jess nodded and stood up as she was about to transform, but then remembered that Hal was around as she turned to the young Champion warily.
"Uh, Damien, what about your secret identity?" Jess asked, whispering into Damien's ears as her friend frowned and sighs heavily as he shakes his head.
"It's fine, Jess. I don't have time to find a place to transform since Miss Jealousy up there is destroying all of the hiding spots I could use. Besides, Hal is a Green Lantern like you, and since he has kept his secret identity and yours safe so far, I guess I'm okay with him knowing mine." Damien says as Jess nods and turned to a confused Hal.
"Hal, I need you to do a big favor for me and not tell anyone about what's going to happen," Jess says as Hal raised an eyebrow at her in confusion.
"About what will happen?" Hal asked as Damien smirked.
"This," Damien says while spreading out his hands as he closed his eyes. "Shazam!" Damien shouted as a big, blue lighting bolt rained down from the heavens and struck his body as a dust cloud appeared, and once it disappears, Hal was surprised to see Captain Marvel standing before him as his jaws dropped.
"W-What!? You're Captain Marvel!?" Hal asked in pure shock/awe as the young Champion nodded and placed his hands on his hips as he gave Hal a knowing look.
"Yep, and you're Green Lantern." Captain Marvel says as Hal went wide-eyed and looked around nervously as he stuttered to come up with an excuse.
"Hal, relax, he knows I'm Green Lantern as well, and Damien promised to not tell anyone about our Alter-Ego's as long as we don't expose his secret to the public," Jess says as Hal calmed down and nodded as he turned over to Captain Marvel with a smirk.
"Don't worry, Captain, I won't tell anyone your secret. You have my word." Hal says while punching Captain Marvel's arm playfully...and immediately regret doing that as he felt like he punched a brick wall.
"That's good to hear, Jordan. Now, suit up, guys, we got a super-villain ex-girlfriend to stop." Captain Marvel says as Jess and Hal nod as they held out their hands and their eyes narrow in determination as their rings glowed brightly.
"In brightest day, in blackest night." Jess started
"No evil shall escape my sight." Hal continued.
"Let those who worship evil's might..."
"Beware our power..."
"Green Lantern's light!" Jess and Hal shouted as they raised their hands in the air, and Jessica's Green Lantern Ring glowed brightly as she transformed into her super form and Hal's Green Lantern Ring...sputtered as it let out a few green sparks before dying down as Captain Marvel and Green Lantern eyed a sheepish-looking Hal confusedly.
"Uh, is there something wrong with your ring, dude? Did you forget to charge it or something?" Captain Marvel asked as he remembered something about Jess telling him that her ring needs to be charged every twenty-four hours.
"N-No, it's just that...well..." Hal trailed off with an embarrassed look on his face as Green Lantern narrowed her eyes at him and gasped as she realized what was going on and smirked as she placed her hands on his hips.
"Hal...are you scared?" Green Lantern asked with a sly grin as Hal flinched and sweated nervously as he laughed.
"W-What? I-I'm not scared-Okay, yes, I am." Hal admitted while looking down sadly as Captain Marvel looked between the Green Lanterns confusedly.
"What does Hal being scared to have to do with his ring not working?" Captain Marvel asked while crossing his arms as Jess turned to him.
"Our powers are fueled by our willpower. If we ever feel scared or started feeling doubt, our powers will start to diminish until it disappears." Green Lantern answers just as Star Sapphire appeared as she blasted apart the cover they were hiding behind and sends them flying off their feet as Green Lantern landed on the ground gracefully while Captain Marvel caught himself and floated off in the air as Hal fell face-first onto the ground.
"YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM MY LOVE, HAL JORDAN!" Star Sapphire yelled with her aura blazing wildly as she blasted flaming energy hearts at the group, and Captain Marvel narrowed his eyes at it as he raised his hands, and they sparkled with blue electricity as his eyes glowed slightly.
"Nwodlooc eseht gnihca straeh htiw emos tnaig evisolpxe elcici strad!" Captain Marvel chanted as he fires multiple giant icicles that soared through the air and pierced the hearts as they instantly froze up and blew up as a small explosion occurred above them.
"Whoa! Since when did you learn to do that?" Jess asked as the young Champion turned to her with a smirk.
"I learned a few things about magic after watching Zatanna use hers," Captain Marvel explained as Star Sapphire flew in and began raining down more flaming energy hearts at them as Green Lantern was quick to put up a green energy bubble around her and the boys to protect them from the energy blasts as Star Sapphire continued blasting them.
"What did you do to her?" Green Lantern asked Hal while straining to shield everybody from Star Sapphire's surprisingly powerful attacks as her shield began cracking by Carol's devasting love constructs.
"Nothing!" Hal says defensively as Captain Marvel and Green Lantern give him disbelief looks as Hal sighs tiredly. "Alright, fine, Carol might be a little bit mad at me because I broke up with her."
"WORST TEXT EVER!" Star Sapphire screeched out with tears leaking down her face as she held out her hands and created a large flamming heart-shaped construct above her head as Carol was about to toss it, but then-
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, time out, time out, everybody stop!" Captain Marvel yelled, halting Star Sapphire from proceeding with her attack as everyone turned to Captain Marvel confusedly and saw him slowly turning to Hal with a very pissed-off look on his face. "Hal, are you meaning to tell me that you broke up with a girl...over a text!" Damien screamed, startling Hal from his angered yell as he shrinks back in fear.
"I-I put a smiley face on it. I'm not the joker."
"Well, now there's a frowny face on my heart!" Star Sapphire screamed as Green Lantern turned to Hal with a rare angry look on his face.
"How could you do something so cruel to her, Hal?!" Jess shouted with Star Sapphire nodding in agreement as tears began forming around her eyes.
"You broke my heart!"
"That's the lowest thing you've ever done!"
"I loved you, Hal Jordan! You were my first! I allowed you to take my virginity, and this is how you repay me! By dumping me! I thought you loved me!" Star Sapphire yelled while struggling not to cry as Hal flinched by what the girls said and tried to scoot away, but didn't get far as Hal backed up against someone and slowly looked up as he saw Captain Marvel glaring down at him.
"I can't believe that you're the type of person who will break up with someone over a text! That's like one of the worst things you can do to a person!"
"Get off my back, alright!" Hal yelled, fed up with being scolded as he stood up and glared up at the young Champion. "She was being waaaay too clingy with me, and I needed some space! What do you want from me!?" Hal shouted as Damien scoffed and crossed his arms as he glared at him.
"Oh, I don't know, Hal, maybe have the guts to talk to Carol about this like a man instead of being a coward and breaking up with her through a text! I mean, sure, either way, you break up with her, Carol will still be devasted, but just imagine how terrible and embarrassed she must feel over getting dumped by her boyfriend...through a stupid text message! You can't just expect her to be okay with that just because you put a smiley face on it! Girls have feelings too, you know!"
"Thank you!" Jess and Carol said in unison as Star Sapphire then composed herself and threw the large flaming heart-shaped construct over to them as it collided against Jess's shield and instantly broke it apart as Green Lantern yelped in pain by the backlash of the attack and started falling through the air as Captain Marvel sees this reacted quickly as he leaped up and caught Jess in his arms as they landed back onto the ground.
"Thanks, Captain," Jess says while blushing a bit from being in Damien's muscular arms as Captain Marvel smiled and nodded to her with a little blush on his face.
"Anytime, Lantern." Captain Marvel says just as he saw Star Sapphire sending another heart-shaped energy attack at her as the young Champion swiftly reached out to grab onto Hal and placed him on his back as Captain Marvel used his Speed of Mercury to zoom off out of harm's way just as Carol's love attack collided against the ground as a small explosion rang out.
"Will you guys please stop scolding me and hit her!" Hal yelled in annoyance as Damien and Jess turned to glare at him furiously.
"Shut up! You're lucky that I'm saving your sorry ass over what you've done to that poor girl!" Captain Marvel shouted as Green Lantern nodded in agreement.
"Yeah! If anyone deserves to be hit, it's you!" Green Lantern screamed as she then noticed Star Sapphire chasing after them and thought quickly as she raised her hand and fired an energy beam that strikes the ground as Jess swiftly created a large green energy wall in front of Carol.
Star Sapphire yelped in surprise as she quickly halted herself from flying forwards, stopping herself from face planting against the green wall, but also made her lose sight of the heroes as Damien and the others used this to their advantage to run away as Captain Marvel zipped towards the school and rushes down the hallway as the group made their way over to one of the rooms and kicked the door open as they walked into the room...and slowly blinked as Damien, Jess, and Hal were surprised to see that they have entered the Boys Locker Room and saw a bunch of undressed football players standing in front of them as all of them was stunned to see a couple of heroes and Hal Jordan standing in front of them as an awkward silence rang out.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...Girl!" One of the football players shouted while pointing at Green Lantern as all of the embarrassed/blushing teens ran out of the room and disappeared from sight as the gang blinked at this before shrugging as Captain Marvel gently sets Green Lantern down and roughly pushes off Hal from his back as the young teen crashed landed onto the floor.
"Ow! Can you be more gentle next time!" Hal whined as Captain Marvel rolled his eyes and crossed his arms as he glared at her.
"Oh, just like how you were with Carol?" Damien asked rhetorically as Hal flinched and smiled up at him sheepishly as Jess saw this and grew angry as she slaps him.
"Ow! Will you stop hurting me! Look, I'm sorry, okay!? I didn't realize that she was a Violet Lantern when I started dating her! She was just Carol!" Hal says as Captain Marvel and Green Lantern raised an eyebrow at this.
"What the hell is a Violet Lantern?" Damien asked as Hal turned to him to explain.
"A Violet Lantern is kind of like Green Lanterns where they have rings that grant them superpowers, but instead of their rings being powered by willpower, they are instead powered by love."
"YOU CAN'T RUN FROM ME, HAL JORDAN! LOVE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY!" Star Sapphire shouted from outside of the building as more explosions could be heard.
"Ugh, if only I wasn't so effortlessly charming and ruggedly good-looking, then she wouldn't have any power," Hal says sadly, although, it sounded more like he was bragging about it as Captain Marvel and Green Lantern gave him a deadpan look.
"And your friends with this idiot?" Damien asked Jess, who shrugged sheepishly, as more explosions rang out and the building shook a bit as the teenagers flinched and ducked their heads as several pieces from the building fell down them. "Okay, I think we had enough fun insulted Hal for now. We need to come up with a plan to stop Star Sapphire."
"Well, I say that you guys fly up there and kick her ass!" Hal says while making punching motions as Jess scoffed at him and crossed her arms.
"Fighting is not the solution to this problem, Hal."
"I have to agree with Jess here. I don't exactly feel comfortable about beating up a depressed teenage girl."
"Well, what do you guys suggest then?" Hal asked in annoyance while crossing his arms as Damien begins to think.
"Well, you said earlier about something about her ring being powered by love, so to depower her, shouldn't we try to make her stop loving you." Captain Marvel theorizes as Hal scoffed at what he says.
"Yeah, good luck with that," Hal says arrogantly.
"No, no, Damien might be on to something here," Jess says while grabbing onto Hal's arm as she forcefully drags him towards the lockers. "If we can make her not love you anymore, then Carol will be powerless enough for us to subdue her! We just need to make you ugly enough for her to lose interest in you." Green Lantern says as she began stealing various pieces of clothing left behind by the jocks and tossed them over to Hal as she smiled at him. "Okay, put this on," Jess ordered as Hal raised an eyebrow at her confusedly.
"I don't know how this will make me ugly, but okay," Hal says with a shrug as he walks off to change in private.
"Are you sure this plan is going to work?" Captain Marvel asked Jess as they waited patiently for Hal to finish changing.
"Trust me, this will work." Green Lantern says confidently as Damien still felt doubts about her plans, but didn't have time to speak up about it as Hal returned and was now wearing a white shirt that looks too small for him to wear as it exposes his stomach, small short black pants that looked a little too tight on him, and black shoes.
"How do I look?" Hal asked as Green Lantern looked him over and frowns as she shakes her head.
"No, is not enough. Come here," Jess says while grabbing onto Hal's arm as she leads him to the mirror and constructed a pair of giant green scissors and a brush as she began messing with his hair before stopping as she smiled. "Alright, that's better." Green Lantern says while staring at Hal's new haircut in satisfaction as Hal turned his head to look at the mirror and yelled like a little girl as he saw that his brown hair was now in the shape of a bowl-cut!
"What did you do to my hair! I look like a geek!"
"Exactly! That's what I was going for, but your disguise needs a little bit more work. Can you do me a favor and slouch it down a little?" Green Lantern asked as Hal whimpered at having his 'beautiful' hair ruined, but reluctantly did what she ordered as he haunched over. "Now, shorten your neck," Jess says as Hal did what she said. "Stick out your gut," Jess says as Hal sticks out his stomach. "Hold your hands nervously." Green Lantern says as Hal holds his hands together apprehensively. "And tremble a bit," Jess says as Hal started trembling, and Green Lantern gave him one final look over before smiling as she gave him a thumbs up and nodded. "Perfect! That's super unattractive! Now, go out there and make her be repulsed by you!" Jess shouted as Hal nodded warily and walked out of the Boys Locker Room as the young heroes followed after him.
"LOVE ME, HAL JORDAN! LOVE ME OR I WILL MAKE YOU!" Star Sapphire shouted while still raining down more energy blasts down at the football field as it was basically reduced to ruins by this point by the Violet Lantern's jealously rampage as she was about to continue her tantrum, but then spotted her beloved Hal walking out of the school as the superhero winced at the sight of her and tried to back away from his crazy ex-girlfriend, only to be stopped by Captain Marvel and Green Lantern as they stuck their heads out of the doors and gestured him to go along as Hal sighed heavily, but nodded as he turned around and began walking over to an angry Star Sapphire. "There you are." Star Sapphire says coldly while flying down towards Hal as Carol glared at him with her vengeful violet eyes glowing brightly as Hal flinched at this fearfully and took a deep breath as he puts on a brave face and waved at her.
"Greetings, Carol," Hal says with a nerdy voice as Star Sapphire raised an eyebrow at him confusedly. "You want to hear all about my new allergies?" Hal asked as Carol winced at this and covered her mouth in disgust as the fiery purple heart-shaped aura around her diminished a bit, and Green Lantern and Captain Marvel gasped at this as they turned to each other excitedly.
"You're plan is working, Jess. She's losing power."
"I know," Green Lantern squealed happily as she and Damien turned back to Hal and gestured him to continue as Hal nodded and turned back to Carol as he smiled up at her awkwardly.
"Or maybe you want to come to check out my comic books!" Hal shouted as Star Sapphire's face scrunched up in disgust and started floating down as her aura keeps diminishing, and Hal sees this as he smirked mentally and continued making a fool of himself as he started prancing around like a pansy. "Oh, look at me! I'm such a pathetic loser! How could any girl go out with a nerd like me!" Hal shouted as Green Lantern, and Captain Marvel snickered at his actions.
"Man, I so wish I had a camera with me," Damien says with Jess nodding in agreement as Star Sapphire continued looking down at Hal in disgust as she floated down to the ground, and her aura disappeared as she slowly walked up to him and looked over his nerdy appearance as Carol gave him a worried look.
"Hal, my prince, what happened to you? My beautiful Hal Jordan," Carol says while tearing up in dismay as Hal shrugged at her carelessly.
"Sorry, baby, this is the real me," Hal says as Star Sapphire gasped sharply and placed her hands over her mouth in shock as she backed away from him in horror.
"T-This is the real you? Really? I mean, look at you, so sad. So pathetic. So gross. No one can ever love you like this." Star Sapphire says while placing her hands on her heart as she looks away in disgust, and Hal grinned at this as he turned back to Damien and Jess and gave them a thumbs-up as they did the same, and Hal turned back to a distraught Carol as he gave her a fake comforting look.
"Yeah, I'm so disgusting, babe. You probably don't ever want to date me again, but don't worry, I understand. I just still hope that we can still be friends-"
"Except me."
"Crazy teenage Violet Lantern say what?" Hal, Green Lantern, and Captain Marvel asked in confusion as Star Sapphire turned back towards Hal and opened her eyes, which were glowing brightly as Carol smiled at him, kind of creepily.
"I'll love you forever!" Star Sapphire shouted as her aura sprang back to life, and it was even more bigger and intense than before as Hal had to back away to not catch on fire, and even Damien and Jess could feel the heat radiating off her from the background. "Only I can see the beauty behind the geek! No one can love you as I can, Hal Jordan! Not even that Green Lantern slut over there!" Carol shouted while pointing over at Jess, who was shocked by what she said as Captain Marvel glared at Star Sapphire for the insult and stood in front of her protectively as Star Sapphire flew towards them and floated in mid-air as she glared down at Green Lantern coldly. "Once you're out of the picture, there'll be no one left between me and my Hal Jordan!" Star Sapphire shouted as she created a heart-construct in the shape of a dagger and was about to throw it to pierce through Jess's chest, but the-
"Whooooaaaaaah, wait a minute! Time out! Time out!" Green Lantern shouted while waving her arms around as Star Sapphire halted her attacks and stared down at Jess suspiciously as Green Lantern stared up at her in disbelief. "D-Do you think that Hal and I are a thing?"
"Uh, yes?" Star Sapphire says hesitantly as Jess blinks...before laughing loudly as tears began leaking out of her eyes.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, oh my God! That's so funny! And they say pretty girls can't be funny? No, no, sweetheart, you have it soooooooooooooo wrong!" Green Lantern says while walking out of her hiding spot as she walks over to a confused Carol, and Captain Marvel did the same as he stood beside her. "Trust me, Carol, we are NOT together at all! Like not even close!" Jess answered truthfully as Hal felt a little bit hurt by what she said.
"Really? Not even a little?" Hal asked hopefully.
"Nope. None whatsoever. I see you more like an annoying older brother if anything." Green Lantern says, bruising Hal's ego as he slouched over in sadness. "I mean if there's any guy here who I feel some sort of attachment to is definitely Damien, no question." Green Lantern says, shocking the boys with what she said as Damien blushed heavily.
"R-Really?" Captain Marvel asked as Jess realized what she said and covered her mouth in embarrassment as she blushed.
"Uh, I mean, well, maybe not love-love yet, per se, but something close-"
"DON'T LIE TO ME, HARLOT!" Star Sapphire shouted angrily while blasting a distracted Green Lantern as Captain Marvel saw the energy blast heading close to Jess and reacted swiftly as he zoomed over to her and grabbed her by her waist as Damien zips her to safety. "I KNOW YOUR LYING TO SAVE YOURSELF! YOU WILL SO REGRET THE DAY THAT YOU STOLE MY HALLY WALLY FROM ME!" Star Sapphire shouted with her eyes burning with jealous rage as she began raining down flaming energy projectiles at the duo, and Captain Marvel was quick to dodge the energy blasts by flying up into the air as Damien looks down at scared Jess.
"How about we talk about the nature of our relationship after we finish dealing with Carol?" Captain Marvel suggested as Green Lantern nodded in agreement, and Damien lets go of her as Jess floated in the air, and the teenage heroes were quick to face a pissed-off Star Sapphire as they charged at her.
Narrowing her eyes, Star Sapphire yelled in pure rage as she created multiple skull-shaped up constructs that breathed fire on our young heroes as Green Lantern was quick to create two giant extinguishers and puts out the flames before they reached them as Captain Marvel flew ahead, and his hands sparked with blue electricity as Damien threw a punch at one of the skulls and shattered it in one blow as he turned towards the other skull and raised his hand as Captain Marvel fired a lighting blast that blew up the large construct. After taking out Carol's energy constructs, Captain Marvel turned around to glare at Star Sapphire as he zooms over to punch her, but Carol wouldn't let that happen as she created a large, 12-feet-tall, purple, warrior demon-like construct, and it blocked Captain Marvel's punch with his spear as it glared down at a surprised Damien and smacked him away with its large hand as it sends a screaming Captain Marvel flying over to the destroyed bleachers and crashed against it with a loud thud as a dust cloud appeared.
"Captain!" Green Lantern yelled worriedly as she was about to fly over to check on her friend, but then yelped as Star Sapphire's energy construct threw its spear at her and nearly impaled her head as a freaked-out Green Lantern whirled around and swiftly put up an energy bubble as Star Sapphire's demon construct leaped towards her and reared back his large fists as he slammed them against Jess's bubble and sends her flying to the ground as she crashed landed onto the floor so hard that her energy bubble was instantly popped, and a small crater formed around her as Green Lantern moans in pain. "Ow," Jess says as she tried to sit up, but failed as she fell down and groans as the warrior demon construct floated above her, and Star Sapphire grinned down at the injured Green Lantern sadistically as she was about to command her construct to continue attacking Jessica, but then-
"Hey, asshole!" A familiar voice rang out as Star Sapphire whirls around and was shocked to see an injured Captain Marvel floating in mid-air as he held the destroyed bleachers above his head like it was nothing and glared down at the demon construct as he smirked. "Take a seat!" Captain Marvel shouted as he tossed the bleachers over at Carol's energy construct, and it collided against the purple demon construct as they were sent flying away and crashed down onto the floor harshly as both the construct and bleachers were completely destroyed.
"Whoa!" Hal says in shock, watching the scene unfold as he made a mental note not to get in a fight with the young champion.
"Stay out of this, Captain Marvel!" Star Sapphire shouted as she created a giant heart-shaped energy disc and tossed it over to Damien, who narrowed his eyes as an idea popped into his head, and Captain Marvel grinned as he held out his hands.
"Shazam!" Captain Marvel shouted as a big blue lightning bolt rained down from the sky, and Captain Marvel quickly moved out of the way as the lightning bolt struck Carol's energy construct and a huge explosion occurred as a shockwave rang out and sends both combatants flying away as a screaming Star Sapphire was sent crashing onto the ground while Captain Marvel was merely pushed back by the shockwave as he landed on the ground and grinds on the floor for a bit before stopping as Captain Marvel stood up and spotted a groaning Green Lantern lying near him as Damien quickly ran over to her.
"Hey, are you alright?" Captain Marvel asked while helping her up from the floor as Jessica nodded shakily.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Green Lantern says just as Star Sapphire's aura flashed brightly in the background as they turned around and saw Carol slowly floating into the air as Star Sapphire slowly turned to them, and her angry glowing purple eyes honed in on them as she panted in absolute fury.
"Oh, man, she's really powered up now. You guys have to fight her seriously now, or else she will kill you!" Hal says from the background as Jessica and Damien shake their heads.
"No, we can't! She's not like the other villains or bad guys we come across! She's just a depressed teenager who got dumped by a douchebag who doesn't care about her feelings whatsoever! Fighting her will not fix the problem!" Captain Marvel says with Hal glaring at him for the insults as Green Lantern nodded in agreement.
"Captain Marvel is right! There's got to be another way to solve this!" Jessica says as Damien begins to think and his Wisdom of Solomon kicked in as it gave him some advice to deal with the current conflict and Captain Marvel nods to the idea as he turned towards Green Lantern.
"Lantern, I have an idea." Captain Marvel says as he began whispering into her ear, and Green Lantern listened to his plan carefully as Jessica smiled at first before frowning as she looks up at him sadly.
"Are you sure I have to do this?" Green Lantern as Captain Marvel nodded solemnly, and Jessica sighs heavily as she nodded. "Fine, let's get this over with." Green Lantern says while flying up to an angry Star Sapphire as Jessica glared at her. "Alright, girl, if you want to fight, then let's go!" Jessica shouted while flying towards her as Star Sapphire accepted the challenge and constructed a giant heart-shaped bazooka as she opened fire on her.
Green Lantern wasn't afraid by this, however, as Jessica used her enhanced agility to fly around Carol's energy blasts and lifts her ringed hand as Jessica bits her lip nervously, but reluctantly created dual giant green buzz saws as she hesitantly tosses them over to Star Sapphire. The young villain was surprised by the attack coming from the usual non-violent hero as Carol squealed in fear and ducks as the buzz saws zipped past her and cut a piece of her hair as Star Sapphire was shocked by this before growing angry as she yelled out furiously and zoomed towards Green Lantern as she created a large heart-shaped sword and swiped at her. Without hesitation, Green Lantern calmly created her own sword as she clashed her energy green-will-powered sword against Star Sapphire's energy purple love-powered sword as they struggled for dominance.
"If you think you can beat me to win over my Hally Wally, then you have another thing coming, you witch!" Star Sapphire yelled while struggling to cut Jessica's head off as Green Lantern gritted her teeth in effort to push back Carol before suddenly grinning at her as she winks at a confused Star Sapphire.
"Who said anything about fighting you? Captain, do it now!" Green Lantern shouted as Captain Marvel suddenly appeared and flew in as Damien grabbed Star Sapphire from behind and wrapped his arms around her small frame as she struggled to escape.
"Hey! What are you doing! Let go of me, you pervert, or else I would-"
"Carol, stop." Captain Marvel says firmly yet gently as Star Sapphire stopped struggling and looked up at Damien confusedly as he gave her a sympathetic look. "I know this hurts, but you have to face reality, Hal doesn't love you." Captain Marvel says as Star Sapphire grew angry by what he said and started struggling to escape again.
"No! You're lying! He still loves me! He still-"
"Carol, Captain is right. Hal doesn't love you." Green Lantern says as she flew up to them and placed her hand on her shoulder comfortably as Carol shakes her head.
"No! No!" Carol whimpered out while tearing up a bit as Damien and Jessica felt about hurting her like this, but realized what needs to be done as they continued talking.
"Carol, I'm so sorry for the pain you're feeling, but the truth of the matter is that Hal doesn't love you, and he will never do." Captain Marvel says as Star Sapphire's lip quivered, and tears began filling up her eyes as she looked up at the heroes tearfully.
"Really?" She asked quietly as they nodded solemnly.
"Uh, guys? What are you doing?" Hal asked confusedly, but Jess and Damien ignored him as they continued talking to a trembling Star Sapphire.
"I'm afraid it's true, Carol. Hal just doesn't like you like that, and no matter how much you force him to love you, Hal will never see you as his lover, and I have a feeling that deep down you know this too." Green Lantern says as Carol bits her lip nervously and was about to protest, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, Carol sighs heavily as she bends her head down and nodded reluctantly as Captain Marvel noticed that she doesn't seem to be hostile anymore and lets go of her as a heartbroken Star Sapphire floated between them.
"Y-You're right. My-I mean, Hal will never love me. I-I just thought that if I tried really hard, he would love me back, but I was just fooling myself. Hal will never love a loser like me!" Carol shouted with tears leaking down her face as a sympathetic Captain Marvel was quick to comfort her and hugs her as Carol buries her head into his chest and started sobbing as Green Lantern patted her back comfortably.
"You're not a loser, Carol. If anything, Hal is the loser for dumping someone like you." Captain Marvel says, surprising Carol with what he said as she looked up at him in shock.
"R-Really?" Carol asked nervously as Hal looked at all of them as if they were crazy.
"What are you guys doing?! You're not supposed to comfort her! You're supposed to-"
"Shut it!" Green Lantern hisses while using her ring to construct a piece of tape that covered his mouth as Hal struggled to speak.
"Yeah, I mean, sure, you're a bit...high strung at times, but from what I've seen so far, you're really passionate about your love for someone, and I have to admit, that's pretty impressive. Not many people I know are as passionate as you're when it comes to matters of the heart. Most people only really look for love for sex, but you care more than that. You're looking for a romantic partner who you can spend the rest of your life with, and that's pretty admirable if I do say so myself." Captain Marvel says with a smile on his face as Carol blushed slightly at his compliments as she grew sheepish and looks down as she twirled her hair around shyly.
"Do you really mean that?"
"Of course, I do, Carol. I'm sure that deep down, you're a great person that deserves better than Hal Jordan." Captain Marvel says sincerely as Carol felt touched by what he said and felt her heart beating wildly as she blushed again.
"He's right! You deserve someone way better than him. I mean, look at him."
"Huh?" Hal says just as he managed to rip out Jess's construct from his mouth as he saw Green Lantern pointing at him.
"His face is way too small for his head." Green Lantern says as Hal grew offended by what she said as he glared at her and crossed his arms.
"Hey!"
"He's got terrible breath," Jess says as Hal quickly checked his breath and blushed in embarrassment as he realizes that his breath does smell bad.
"I-It does smell bad. Every time I kissed him, I felt like I was kissing a dog." Star Sapphire admitted.
"His real name is Harold."
"My name is Hal!" Hal shouted defensively, but the trio ignored him as Jessica continued talking.
"The only book he's ever read is a playboy." Green Lantern deadpans as Carol sniffled and looked up at her as she fiddled with her hands awkwardly.
"I-I tried to get him to read Pride and Prejudice once, and he asked where the pictures were," Carol says as she then looks down and seems to be in thought of what she was going to say next and nodded to herself determinedly as she looked up to glare at Jessica. "And, you know about all of the rumors about him being a good lover? They were all bullshit! Hal is terrible in bed! There was no foreplay, Hal was way too rough with me even though I told him that I was a virgin, he barely lasted a minute, and what's worse, he didn't even want to cuddle with me!" Carol shouted angrily as Jessica gasped in surprise at this while Hal felt his ego completely deflate as he blushed in embarrassment and looks down dejectedly.
"See, Carol? All of these things just prove that Hal is not the guy for you. You deserve someone better than Hal. Someone who will truly appreciate you for the beautiful and amazing girl you are." Captain Marvel says as Star Sapphire felt elevated by what he said and beamed in happiness as she started flying up into the air.
"You're right, thank you, Captain Marvel. Thank you, Green Lantern." Star Sapphire says while floating in mid-air as she smiled contently and closed her eyes as she placed her hands on her chest. "I don't think I've ever felt love like this before." Star Sapphire says as she was suddenly covered in a giant purple/pink heart-shaped aura that was nearly the size of two buses and radiated love energy as her aura shined the entire football stadium. "My blind desire for Hal Jordan had kept me from seeing the sleazy selfish bastard that he really was, and this experience had taught me that I should only show my love to someone who deserves it." Star Sapphire says as Captain Marvel and Green Lantern smile at what she says.
"Well, we're happy for you, Carol, and we hope that one day you will find someone who would-Hmmph!" Captain Marvel says before being interrupted by Star Sapphire as she suddenly flew down towards him and kissed him right on the lips as Hal's jaw dropped by the sight of this while Jessica could only stare in shock/jealously as Carol made out with a stunned Captain Marvel a bit before separating from him as Star Sapphire giggled a bit at the shocked look on his face.
"Yes, I've learned that my one and only true prince is you, Captain Marvel. You are the only man that I've ever met that has been so kind to me, and judging by what you said, it's clearly obvious that you're in love with me too." Star Sapphire says giddily as Damien was so stunned by the kiss that he couldn't correct her in time as Star Sapphire flew up into the air and smiled down at Captain Marvel lovingly as she waved at him cutely. "I will see you again, my love." Star Sapphire says while blowing a kiss at him as she then flew off and disappeared into the distance as a still stunned Captain Marvel watched her go quietly.
"W-What just happened?" Captain Marvel asked confusedly as Hal walked up to him and placed his arms around his shoulders as he smirked at him smugly.
"Well, buddy, you have gained a new girlfriend, and trust me, once Carol locks onto you, there's no way to get rid of her, so you're pretty much stuck with her. That's bad news for you, but good news for me as Carol is out of my life forever! Thanks a bunch, Captain. I'll look forward to working with you again in the field." Hal says while slapping his back playfully as he walked off, and Captain Marvel watched him go with an angry look on his face as he held out his hand and blasted his butt with a small electrical blast, causing Hal to yelp like a little girl and jump into the air as Damien grinned at this before raising an eyebrow as he saw Green Lantern standing beside him with a really dark look on her face as Captain Marvel stared at her warily.
"Uh, Jess, are you alright?" Captain Marvel asked worriedly as Jesica flinched at being called out and slowly turned to him as she had an irritated look on her face.
"Yes, Damien, I'm fine." Green Lantern says before turning around as she crouched down and leaped up as she flew out of the football stadium, and Captain Marvel could've sworn he heard Green Lantern mutter something about, 'Voy a matar a esa perra!' (I'm going to kill that bitch!), as Damien blinked in confusion.
"Huh...girls are weird." Captain Marvel says with a shrug as he crouched down and leaped into the air as he began making his journey back to his house and play some videogames to distract him out of his thoughts about his feelings concerning Jess, Carol, and even Zatanna after the whole kissing incident a week ago.
And done! I hope that you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next one!
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.
