Our Darkest Hour
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to Marvel or DC. I own Farrah/Persiana and Leon/Crisis.
Chapter 6: Less than Ideal
Barry knew that bringing Sinestro up to Watchtower is a big mistake, especially since the last major security breach took place. It was decided that the key League members meet Flash and Sinestro in Metropolis. The fighting had subsided for the moment, which was long enough for tempers to flare.
Specifically, Guy Gardner's.
The red-headed Lantern pointed a finger at Sinestro,
"All right, you ugly grape-faced-."
He was immediately swatted by Batman,
"Shut up, Gardner."
Sinestro said,
"I see some things have not changed on Earth."
Guy growled and rubbed his head,
"You and that other yellow ring freak Crisis are on my list!"
The former Green Lantern replied calmly,
"As much as I would like to punish that traitor myself, I believe the more pressing issue is this Black Lantern Corps."
Superman asked,
"What do you know about it?"
Sinestro folded his arms,
"First, I want an assurance that anything I do does not weigh on your moral objections."
Batman surmised,
"You want full immunity from everything you do here on Earth."
This time, Hal spoke up,
"Out of the question, Sinestro. I still haven't forgotten all the crap you pulled up in space."
Sinestro shook his head,
"That is for another time and place, Jordan. I only want this deal to be on Earth."
The Dark Knight then came upon a realization,
"You're worried that the Corps members killed would come for you, and you want an alliance with us here."
Sinestro smugly smirked,
"And to think there was not any intelligent life on this planet."
Guy flipped him off, to which Sinestro ignored. Barry said,
"I may not like his idea, but we need all the help we can get."
Guy immediately raised his voice,
"You're gonna trust him?!"
Barry continued,
"I think we can win this. I think everything is going to turn out all right."
"I know it will."
Everyone turned and saw Saint Walker, the alien Blue Lantern of hope, float to them. Draped in the blue ring's aura, he said,
"All will be well."
With him was a beastly alien, with large fangs and covered in a red aura. His symbol was that of the Red Lantern Corps, a Lantern group that thrived on rage and bloodshed. A sickly red plasma seeped from this alien's lips, but, despite the feeling of rage, this alien was somewhat docile.
Saint Walker introduced him,
"This is Atroticus, a leader of the Red Lanterns."
Batman narrowed his eyes, while Superman said,
"We've had a run-in with a Red Lantern ring in the past. It took over one of our people." (1)
Atroticus said in a grisly voice,
"Perhaps she yearns for that rage within her heart as well."
Guy quipped,
"If you mean she was a bitch, that's pretty much a consensus."
Everyone looked at the arrogant Lantern and he shrugged back,
"What? She was a hot bitch, but I'm not into psychos that want to cut me up."
Hal rolled his eyes,
"Once again, Guy, you demonstrate the questionability of why the Guardians chose you to be a Lantern."
Guy shot back ,
"Hey, I got what it takes to be a Lantern, Jordan! When this is over, how about you and me go at it? Mano y mano!"
The Air Force test pilot chuckled,
"With the king of glass jaws? Oh, please."
Saint Walker asked Sinestro,
"Have they always fought like this?"
Sinestro answered,
"Guy Gardner has always had a penchant for not knowing when to keep his mouth shut. As for Jordan, though a decent ring user, he is outclassed be me and cannot stop flirting with any woman within his field of vision."
Above the skies, Troia was flying faster than she ever thought she could. Persiana was just barely latching on when the Amazon warrior noticed something,
"Look, over there. There are the others."
Farrah grumbled,
"Good, I need to land. My stomach is killing me."
As Donna descended quickly, Farrah leapt off of her back and landed on all fours. She shook her head and stood up suddenly, allowing herself to get slightly dizzy. Her eyes were shut tight for a moment before she opened them and sat down,
"Oh, that hurt."
Diana came to her sister,
"Donna!"
Donna hugged her sister tightly,
"Diana, you're all right!"
As the two princesses hugged each other, Saint Walker seemed to smile,
"As you can see, all will be well."
"I would not count on that happening anytime soon."
The darkened clouds parted over the Metropolis, just long enough for several figures wrapped in black auras descended from them. Farrah got worried,
"Great, they followed us here!"
Superman and the others looked on and were very surprised to see many of the Howling Commandos now donning Black Lantern costumes. Crisis had the symbol on his shirt of the undead corps instead of his regular motif, and War Machine had it on his chest plate.
Satana, Fire, Arsenal, and Deadpool were donning the same symbol, but Fury was nowhere to be found. Satana, now having dulled gray hair, grinned in a twisted, undead fashion,
"Feeding time, boys!"
Deadpool pulled out his swords,
"All right, finally I get to play the part of the bad guy! Bet you didn't see this coming!"
Hal deduced,
"I'm guessing, but Persiana and Troia were probably going to warn us about this happening, and, the Black Lanterns followed them here, or knew we were coming. Am I right?"
Farrah nodded,
"Close enough."
Guy Gardner powered up,
"All right! Rematch time!"
Next Chapter:
As the battle rages on in Metropolis, a villain brought from the Marvel universe makes his moment when he acquires the Orange Ring! Stay tuned, fellow readers!
This happened to Artemis in 'Strength of the Mind'.