An: I realized rereading my last chapter that I forgot to describe what Galia looks like so here is her basic description; green eyes, light orange skin, short scarlet head fin that goes all the way to her neck, a few inches taller than Mary, tan pants, black shoes and a white lab coat. She also has a pair of pink glasses on top of her head. Kind of redundant now but Kikakat this may help you out later if you ever decide in your sequel to visit Xudar.

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KikaKatTIOI – I'm glad you liked the name of the plant, it was a 1 am idea that I stuck with. I can almost imagine Mary at Lexcorp like, "I know you are an evil scum-bag but I can't do anything because I'm at school." Mary playing with the windows you say, hmm…

JEN-M – Why thank you. I've put a lot of thought into expanding the planet from what little there is about it.

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Disclaimer: I own nothing but my thoughts. Mary belongs to KikaKatTIOI.

Galia's words seemed to still the room. Several heads turned to look at Mary and Galia but only one body turned fully. "Greetings Mary," came the unmistakable voice of Tomar-Re," Welcome to Xudar."

Some of the Xudarians returned to their work, keeping their voices low so Mary did not have to speak loudly. That was if she actually said something. She was currently too busy taking in Tomar-Re as a civilian. His Green Lantern uniform was gone and replaced with grey pants, black boots, a lab coat and he carried a clipboard.

Mary realized that she was standing there saying nothing. "Oh right umm..," she said quickly gathering her thoughts," The Guardians have requested that you return to Oa. Something to do with the Book I think." A look, fast enough that Mary almost missed it, of sadness appeared in Tomar-Re's eyes. She had to have been mistaken. This was Tomar-Re, he lived to follow orders.

"Of course I'm happy to do as the Guardian's ask. Galia could you do me a favor and take these papers to the Anti-Matter lab, I will not be able to deliver them myself. Please give them my apologies."

"Of course Mr. Tomar-Re," Galia said taking the clipboard he held out," I hope to see you again Mary." She bowed her head for a second before leaving.

"There are a few things I need to get before we can go to where my ring is," Tomar-Re said as he started to walk towards a door off to the left. He had to weave around a few tables to reach the door.

"Wait you don't have your ring with you?" Mary asked following. She followed him into a little locker room area. "I should not have followed you in here."

"My ring is at my home. We will have to go there to retrieve it," Tomar-Re stated," You may turn around if you like."

"With pleasure," Mary said as she spun to face a wall. She heard the rustle of clothing behind her as well as the opening of a locker door. "So why did you leave your ring at home?"

"It was not my choice to leave it behind. Someone else made the decision for me."

"What!" Mary said turning heard head for just a second. Just long enough to see the bare back of Tomar-Re as he rummaged through his locker. "Holy Crap, you have wings!"

He did, in fact, have wings. They were black and leathery with a few feathers that she could see. It was kind of hard to tell what they completely looked like because they were pressed in between Tomar-Re's shoulder blade muscles.

"Every Xudarian has wings," He said as he pulled something out of his locker, closed it and started to turn around," We prefer to keep them hidden."

"But I've seen you in your GL uniform, there is no bump at all."

From the look Mary was getting, she was sure that if Tomar-Re had eyebrows he would be giving a seriously questioning look. "Since when have you been looking at my back?" He questioned.

"I… um… I mean," Mary paused. Took a breath and began again," You are taller than me. You kind of fill my field of vision when you walk in front of me." Tomar-Re nodded and began to pull the shirt he had gotten from his locker over his head. This gave Mary a full view of his midsection.

"Oh my god! His uniform leaves more to the imagination than I thought. He's freaking ripped. Wait… what I'm I saying. Mary, you're staring at him. The dude had a six-pack for Oa's sake. Not to mention the defined arm muscles. It is kind of hard not to".

Tomar-Re cleared his throat, causing Mary to snap out of her head. She realized that he had pulled his grey shirt over his head and was currently tying a green sash around his waist. "Sorry," She said sheepishly. Tomar-Re gave her one last questioning look before walking past her to open the door.

They walked out, a few of the working Xudarians looked up. "Going home?" came a voice from somewhere in the room.

"Yes," Tomar-Re replied," I'm needed on Oa."

"Good luck man," The voice replied," You're going to need." A few of the Xudarians they passed gave Tomar-Re a little pat on the shoulder.

"What was that all about?" Mary asked following him out of Astrology. They started down the steps.

"You shall see soon."

"Okay…," Mary replied. "That's not suspicious at all."

Their walk through the lobby was uneventful, the same guard that opened the door for her and Tekel when she came in, greeted them. "Returning home?" he asked opening the door.

"Yes," Tomar-Re responded," I need my ring."

The guard nodded with a look of sympathy. "Please be careful. He is still at large," the guard said as they passed through the doors.

"I will," Tomar-Re called back. Mary shot him a confused look. He just shook his head and continued to walk down the steps.

"The fastest way to my home is to go back through the square and then head northwest. We should be there in less than ten minutes," He stated.

"Alright then," Mary said walking beside him," Hey you said that Xudarians keep their wings hidden. Why? You can use them to fly right."

"We can use them to fly, but we normally do not. We hide our wings for cultural reasons. It is not seen as wrong to show them but almost no one does," he answered.

"That doesn't answer my question on why you don't show them off," Mary said as she looked at a few of the buildings.
"I'm not entirely sure why we keep them hidden. It is something that has been happening on this planet for a long time. What are you looking at?"

"Oh nothing. Hey look the square," Mary said as the fountain came into view. They walked through the square and headed northwest. "Hey what's up with the sash?"

"The green shows that I am a Green Lantern. The council asked that I wear it when not in uniform," Tomar-Re replied. They walked for a little while longer in silence, which with Mary was suspicious.

Tomar-Re looked beside him to see that Mary was not there. He stopped to look for her; it took less than a second to find her. When he did he couldn't help but deadpan. "What on Oa are you doing?" he asked.

Mary was currently walking from house to house poking the invisible glass. Sometimes her hand would pass through but most of the time she tapped something solid.

"What does it look like I'm doing," she replied," Having a little fun. You had to have done this right?"

"Maybe when I was very young but I do not engage in childish activities."

"Your loss, cause this is awesome," She said moving to a new window.

Tomar-Re facepalmed, he walked over to Mary and grabbed her wrist. "Can we please get moving? We do have places to go," he said as he pulled her hand back before letting it go.

"Fine. Fine," Mary said holding her hands up in surrender. "Kill joy," she mumbled under her breath as they continued to walk. Tomar-Re rolled his eyes. "What?" she asked.

"How you have ever achieved the honors that you have is beyond me," Tomar-Re said shaking his head.

"Well I believe that a dose of laughter and fun is need to prevent someone from become uptight," Mary said as-a-matter-of-fact," Maybe that is your problem. You're all 'work all the time'. I bet you never have fun when you come home. I mean you were working in a lab on your week off. Kind of lame."

"What I do on my personal time is my business," Tomar-Re snapped back," If you must know I was researching the reasons that Krypton was destroyed so that maybe I could actually prevent it next time."

"What do you mean prevent it next time," Mary questioned.

Tomar-Re stopped walking and sighed. "It was my first assignment as a Green Lantern. I had only been off probation for a few mouths. I was assigned to help the Kryptonians save their planet. I was able to figure out a solution here on Xudar but I was too late to save them. By the time I had what was needed to save the planet, I arrived just in time to watch the planet explode," he said in an almost haunted voice.

Mary was speechless. It was hard to imagine Tomar-Re only a GL for a few mouths, about 14 maybe 15 years old, working to save a planet before watching it be destroyed in front of his eyes. "Superman survived," Mary said trying to change subject to something happier.

"He survived because his parents didn't think I could fix the problem. Because of my failure he now lives without his birth planet," Tomar-Re said as he clenched his fists.

"Hey," Mary said placing a hand on his arm," You tried your hardest right? Sometime things happen that we are unable to stop no matter how hard we try." She gave him a smile.

Tomar-Re took a deep breath. His normal stoic demeanor returning. "I'm sorry for snapping at you," He said.

"It's okay," Mary replied removing her hand," I've been told I'm good at pushing buttons.

"We should continue we are..," Tomar-Re began.

"DADDY!"

AN: CLIFFHANGER! Sorry but I saw an opportunity and took it. Oh the description of Tomar-Re shirtless was for my own personal enjoyment. What can I say; I have a crush on the fish/ bird guy. It started back when I watched the GL movie with Ryan Reynolds. Tomar-Re shows up and my first thought was, hey he's cute. Which was followed by WHAT, Ryan Reynolds is right there. I almost lost it fangirling when Tomar-Re showed up on GLTAS.

Fun Fact: What I said about Tomar-Re trying to save Krypton is more of less true. His first mission off of probation was to delay the explosion to give the Krytonians time to figure out something to save themselves. Working unseen he discovered that there was this rare element called 'stellarium', which would absorb the radiation to delay the explosion. He worked for months straight to gather enough. The last place he went to the planets star went super nova right after he finished, blinding him. He then flew non-stop, guided only by his ring, to take the stellarium to Krypton. His vision returned to him just in time to watch the planet be destroyed. Poor guy.

You know the drill but I'm going to say it anyway. Please review and let me know what you think.