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The four green lanterns of Earth soured up after the departing silver lantern.
"Hold on a darn minute there." Guy yelled as they drew level. "Where do you think you're going? You don't just get to march in here and start laying down rules."
Nightwing slowed and faced Guy. "Your statement is false. I am a member of the silver lantern corp. We ARE order. To stand against us is to stand against order. You are a green lantern. You support order. Why do you resist the silver corp?"
"Because no-one, and I mean no-one, just gets to come to our world and tell us what to do. We wouldn't take that from the guardians, and we won't take it from you."
"The guardians are excellent custodians of order. They have already been inducted into the silver lantern corp, as will the entire green lantern corp."
Guy's jaw dropped. "Are you serious? You're going to take over the entire dang corp?!"
"Yes. The green lantern corp has done well to maintain order during the incarceration of the silver light. We will reward you efforts to protect your sectors by giving you the tools to better do so."
"You call stripping us of our emotions a reward?" Kyle demanded.
The four green lanterns now had the silver lantern surrounded. Rings were extended.
The silver lantern made no move. "It is necessary to have your emotions removed. You cannot be objective with emotion, and true order requires objective beings to safeguard it. Stop wasting time. I have other tasks to complete."
The silver lantern started to leave, but was halted by the appearance of a green cylinder that enclosed him.
"You're not going anywhere. We are assigned to protect our sector, and right now, you're the worst threat that we see."
Nightwing stared at the lanterns. "Your flawed sense of order is preventing true order. This will be rectified. If you insist on a fight, you will be inducted."
Guy lost his temper. "Shut yer dang mouth!" A fist shot from his ring, through the cylinder, and into Nightwing's jaw.
Nightwing stared at Guy. "Guy Garner of Earth." He said. "You know order, and are a green lantern. Become a silver lantern."
With the last word, Nightwing gestured at Guy. A silver ring appeared in the air outside the container, flew to Guy, and slid onto his left hand.
Guy Garner glowed silver for a moment. When the glow faded, the green elements of his uniform had turned silver.
"Let him go." He said. "You are in clear obstruction of a silver lantern, and the penalty for that is severe."
"Guy?" Hal asked. "What are you talking about? We agreed that the silver lanterns were a threat."
Guy gestured, and a silver construct slammed the green cylinder prison apart. "Silver lanterns represent order. Our decision was based on a faulty understanding of the silver lantern corp."
The other three green lanterns of Earth backed away from the two silver lanterns.
There were glances exchanged, then the green lanterns turned and soared away.
The scene replayed across the galaxy. It seemed the silver lanterns could not be stopped.
On Apokalypse the silver lanterns claimed Darkseid.
On New Genesis they claimed Highfather and Orion.
On Korrugar they claimed Sinestro.
On Oa they claimed the Guardians of the Universe.
The silver light of order continued to spread, unchecked. Ever the ferocity of the red lanterns and the greed of Larfleez couldn't withstand the power of the silver light.
Before long, the whole galaxy echoed with the oath of the silver lanterns.
"Where chaos is, it enters our sight.
It cannot stand before our might.
Our power is order transformed into light.
To regulate reality, that is our right."
The light of order filled the universe. There were none left untouched by it.
Order was enforced. Those who fought it were either inducted into the corp or locked up in one of the 'Silvercells', prisons constructed of silver energy and powered by a trio of personal silver lantern batteries.
The universe was taken, and made to conform to order.
There was no choice in the matter.