And Injustice For All 2
Chapter 58: Red Jordan
Oa
"Soranik... What happened on Harring?"
"Red Lanterns destroyed the prison. It's gone. We barely managed to escape."
"How did you escape?"
"Hal..."
"How?"
"He took a red ring. He was able to control his rage long enough for us to defend us."
"Where is he now?"
Back at Harring, the Red Lanterns shackled Jordan with their rings.
"RELEASE ME!"
"Atrocitus. We should kill him. He used our own power against us," said some red Pac-Man lookalike.
"He used it well. He used it with more fury and control than most of you."
Hal blasted the Pac-Man lookalike with a sword construct. Atrocitus stopped the beast.
"This is not the first time you've wielded a ring, is it? I know who are you. You are Hal Jordan. Your betrayal of the Guardians, the dead Green Lanterns in your wake, news of your treachery and violence has spread across the universe. Do we have to tear you to pieces, or will you join your rage with ours, Jordan?"
"I will!"
"Great, he's one of us," said the female Red Lantern now known as Bleez sarcastically. "Now we should be chasing sinestSi and the Green Lanterns who took him."
"No. You may be the only creature alive who hates Sinestro more than I, Bleez, but we need to think bigger."
"If they reach the safety of Oa..."
"They will reach Oa. They may be there already, but they will not safety."
"What are you suggesting, Atrocitus? Even our combined rage can't stand against the Guardians."
"I have made contact with something. I know what can tear them down. My family, my world has ended by the Guardians' Manhunters. It is time they paid the price. It is time for oa to fall. It is time we struck at the Guardians' heart."
Fortress Of Solitude
"Connor, what are you doing?" asked Mrs. Kent. Connor was looking at the "S" symbol on his costume "I suppose that symbol holds a lot of contraditions now, but I trust you can make it represent the right things again."
"I was actually looking beneath the symbol... this heart belonged to the man who killed Tim."
"Ah, and you think evil can be transplanted via organs?"
"I don't know..."
"Well, which organ? All of them? Can evil be transplanted via kidney? How much is contained in the average spleen?"
"You're right. It's stupid."
"It's not stupid. Clark's heart was never evil. It just couldn't take what happened. It's not stupid to be worried. It shows you care. You have the heart of gold, Connor."
"That's pretty corny."
"I'm an old woman from Smallville. Half of what comes out of my mouth is corny. But at least I like to think I own it. Come. I came out here to tell you Cassie is here."
Connor meets with Cassie outside.
"I can't believe how right that suit looks on you," said Cassie.
"How are you feeling after Delhi?"
"Oh, you know, being beaten by an all-powerful Android hurt a bit, but not as much as finding out the person I worshipped and modeled myself on become a heartless monster."
"I can relate."
"Kory and I have been talking. Bart. Garth. Tim. They're gone."
"I know."
"But this world we've come back to... it feels the Titans now more than ever. The three of us can't be that alone."
"What are you suggesting?"
"It's time we start recruiting."
In space
"Who are we recruting out here?" asked Bleez.
"You will see."
Atrocitus planted his palm on the Moon.
"This is someone who can stand against the might of the Guardians, one who already taken nine galaxies, an unstoppable Force... I give you... STARRO THE CONQUERER!"
