Chapter 6: Havanna
"Where could she have gone to?" Kilowog yelled as he held onto his wall construct which was pushing back the soldiers, the wall was on the verge of breaking. Razer gritted his teeth as he blasted a few soldiers away with his red energy.
"She'll return" Razer murmured. "I know she will"
Kilowog raised an eye and continued to pour his will into the fight. "I hope you're right, kid"
At that moment, Kilowog's wall construct broke. The soldiers were going all out, just before Kilowog could recover in time to counter attack, a bright beam of green blocked Kilowog from the soldiers.
"About time, thanks for the backup Aya" Kilowog said as he let out a breath of relief. Kilowog created a large bird cage construct and captured some of the soldiers in it. He turned and saw Aya assisting Razer by fighting back-to-back. He had to admit they were really well coordinated but wait...why was she way over there?
"Sergeant Kilowog, I'm afraid it wasn't me who assisted you" Aya stated while she was focusing on her task of fighting the soldiers off.
Kilowog turned to his right and saw something that made his jaw drop. A Green Lantern Korin. Korin landed beside Kilowog with his arm out, blasting the soldiers away.
"Korin...you're a GL" Kilowog said in surprise. Korin shrugged in reply. Kilowog and Korin continued to fend off the soldiers.
"Where's Green Lantern Hal Jordan?" Korin asked as he still tried to get used to his constructs.
"He hasn't come out from that room!" Kilowog shouted. "That creep Drevin probably got his hands tied!"
Korin lifted his gaze to see the dungeons are strategically located nearby the room Kilowog pointed out. "I have an idea of what Drevin might have done to him" he said. "They might have taken him prisoner"
"Well then, let's take care of these poozers once and for all"
Razer and Aya immediately joined Kilowog and Korin as they faced a sea of soldiers. They turned and nodded to each other.
"Alright let's show them poozers how real Lanterns fight!" Kilowog yelled. At that moment, they charged at the soldiers with their constructs. Kilowog started it off by sweeping them with his favorite hammer construct which landed the soldiers into his earlier cage construct. Razer created a giant whip and tied a whole lot of them together but soon his construct was cracking due to the massive amount of soldiers he was carrying.
To his relief, Korin arrived creating a box construct where Razer drop the soldiers in. Aya worked on opening the door of the room Hal was taken into and also began downloading files of the layout of the palace.
Soon enough, they rounded up the soldiers.
"Great job, now we gotta save that hotshot from wherever that Drevin guy took him" Kilowog said. Korin was panting and Razer held his shoulder in support. "Right, it's your first time using the ring but for a beginner you're doing alright"
"This is...alright?" Korin questioned, his eyes wide.
"Don't worry kid, it's normal"
Aya opened the door to the room and found it empty. Kilowog, Korin and Razer were following closely behind her. There was no one in the room but Razer noticed that as soon as they entered upon the room, Aya's knees began to buckle. He quickly held her shoulder and hand to keep her up.
"This place has the strange yellow stones like in the space prison" she said with exhaustion in her tone. "It is probably why Green Lantern Hal was so easily captured"
"Great in here our rings don't work" Kilowog replied while looking at his ring.
"According to the layout I have downloaded, there is a path leading to the dungeons that does not posses the yellow ore"
"Then let's use it, it's probably where they're keeping Jordan"
Razer carried the weakened Aya while Korin and Kilowog lead the way through the passageways as Aya had told them. Korin looked at his Green Lantern with questions haunting his every thought.
Hal woke up. He soon realized that he was imprisoned. Well, it wasn't exactly a complete shock to him after all he had bigger things to worry about. Like Kilowog and the others. He wondered if Aya understood what he meant by calling Korin, he may be young but Hal knew that the boy had potential.
Hal sat up to see yellow stones at the corner of his cell. He could only manage a sigh. Looks like he won't be blasting out of this cell anytime soon. At the corner of his eye he saw a figure in the darkness approaching his cell. A young lady with a slim figure walked down the passage and looked at him with curious, green eyes. She had short black hair which only grew to her neck and had markings on her right cheek.
She was just stunning.
"M'lady, Prince Drevin would disapprove of you being here" a guard called out to her.
"The Prince already keeps me like a bird in a cage" she replied sharply. "I merely want to have a word with this man"
The guard nodded and stepped away from the area. As soon as he turned at the corner she looked at Hal with gentle eyes. Hal of course took this as an invitation to be, you know, Hal.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing here?" He said. The young lady chuckled and smiled at him gently.
"I'm sorry but my heart belongs to another already" she replied as leaned against the bars of the cell.
"Wow, who's the lucky guy?"
"An old friend"
Hal smiled and knew she could be trusted after all she did seem to harbor hatred for Drevin.
"You're a Green Lantern, Green Lanterns haven't appeared in Ishra for the longest time" the young lady began. "Why are you here?"
"I'm helping out a friend. He asked for help, telling us his planet was in danger so well, here we are" Hal explained. "Whoa I'm sorry, forgot to introduce myself. I'm Green Lantern Hal Jordan" Hal said as he held his hand out of the bar to her.
"I'm Havanna, Prince Drevin is holding me in this palace against my will"
Something clicked in Hal's mind. The girl standing before him was Havanna, Korin's Havanna. This was just perfect, Hal had found Havanna now it's just the rescuing bit.
"I know you, Korin told us about what happened"
"Korin's alive?"
"Yes he is and he asked us to help him save you and to save Ishra"
Suddenly, there was a loud blast coming from deep inside the corridors. The guards began shouting to one another and rushing toward the blast. In the midst of all the chaos, Havanna grabs the keys from the guards counter. Once the guards have gone from the area, Havanna unlocked Hal's cell and let him out.
"Thanks" Hal said with gratitude. "Come let's get out of here"
Hal stopped and turned around to see Havanna still standing. She walked to him and held his shoulder.
"Go, I will buy you time" she told him.
"No, we have a chance to save you" Hal replied. Clanking noises and loud
shouts were heard from behind them. "I promised Korin"
"I would only slow you down" the sounds were coming closer and Havanna looked incredibly alert. "There isn't much time, Hal Jordan. Go now" she told him and she then ran down the passage. Just as she was about to turn, Hal called out to her;
"We'll come back for you!"
Havanna nodded and walked away. Hal took the chance and ran down the dark corridor hopefully to find an exit, when he was far enough from the yellow stones, his ring power was back on. Hal smiled to himself.
Time to blow this mungtore stand.
Razer looked at the trail of guards they had to forcibly go through to come this far. One may think that this was all the work of Kilowog or himself but surprisingly it was Korin. He turned to see Korin panting deeply, his hazel-blue eyes weary from the strain of using the ring for the first time. Kilowog helped Korin up and gave him a reassuring pat on his back.
"You alright kid?" Kilowog asked with concern, his ears drooping slightly.
"I'm alright Sergeant Kilowog, I'll manage" Korin replied standing up on his own and stepping further from Kilowog. Razer turned to Aya and asked;
"Any signs of Hal Jordan's whereabouts, Aya?" His voice was gentler and Korin picked up on it. It was a subtle change but Korin could tell that Razer regards Aya highly in some way.
"My sensors indicate a green power ring approaching us"
"Where?"
"Right next to us"
"The wall?"
The four of the were on alert looking at the wall, they took a step back and stood ready with their rings aimed at the wall. Suddenly the wall began to crack and with instinct, Kilowog created a shield on them as the wall broke and stones flew everywhere. When the dust had settled, Hal Jordan appeared and looked at them with gladness.
"Hey guys, missed me?" He said. Kilowog released the construct and bumped arms with Hal.
"You really know how to make an entrance Jordan" Kilowog spoke in his booming voice. Razer folded his arms but with a brief nod he welcomed Hal's return even Aya had a little smile seeing Hal back. Then, Hal saw Korin standing with them. He smiled and gave a soft pat on Aya's shoulder. She knew what he wanted her to do.
Hal walked up toward Korin and held his shoulders. "Nice to see you kiddo, I promise to explain all of this soon"
Korin looked at him bewildered and then the loud sound of footsteps brought them back to the present situation.
"But first let's get out of here"
Kilowog smiled and exclaimed, "About time!" He then, created a huge drill construct and drilled an exit. Hal created shield construct which fit the the exit around the team and followed it down while Korin and Razer took pieces of the floor and covered up the hole. The team was now home free undetected.
Soon they were back in the comforts of Korin's grandfather's bunker. Korin stood in the corner gazing at his power ring, once everyone had settled down he began to ask his questions;
"Why do you have a Green Lantern ring, grandfather?" He turned looking at everyone sitting before him. "Why can I use it? Don't the rings choose their wielders?"
"They do Korin" Hal tried to explain. "It chose you"
"How there haven't been Green Lanterns here since...since"
"Since 13 years ago" Korin's grandfather murmured. Hal tried to say something but he stopped him.
"It's alright Jordan, it's time Korin knew the truth"
A/N: Thanks for all your support guys :) The next chapter will be the Tyron's dedication chapter. Again I thank you all for the constructive reviews and I especially want to thank Adnicaj, Nikki and Mijumaru for always being there for Son of Ishra. They are amazing friends and readers and even more amazing Fanterns :) thank you all so much for all the love and support. I'm always open to questions, reviews, comments and critiques :) 1000000% welcomed :3
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