Our Darkest Hour

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Chapter 12: Darkest Comes Dawn

The now-unholy fusion between Scar and Void was complete. The rest of the former Howling Commandos no longer seemed in existence, with the exception of Troia, Persiana, and Crisis. The Justice League, as well as members of all spectrums of Lanterns, were now wondering what to do next against this menace that claimed to be the incarnation of death itself. Leon looked at Batman,
"Got any ideas on what to do? I'm fresh out."

Superman and Doom rushed in first, in an attempt to get a quick attack in. However, Void raised Scar's hand and unleashed a mighty blast of dark energy. The Man of Steel was repulsed back as well as the mad dictator of Latveria, but, Doom recovered first, activating his orange ring in an attempt to slow himself down and rebound back. He shouted,

"None shall have more power than me, for I am Doom!"

Farrah looked at Wonder Woman,

"Is it me, or is this getting a little old for you?"

Hal then had a suggestion,
"What if we combined our rings into Void? Maybe that would hurt him."

Crisis shrugged,
"Worth a shot."

Each one of the ring users fired their respective light hue at Void. However, as the blast hit, it just seemed to bounce off. A black force field appeared in front of Void as the blast hit. Sinestro then moved around and attempted another attack, but the light was just being absorbed. Wonder Woman shook her head,

"This isn't working."

Troia added,

"It is almost as if there is something that is missing. Something that we need, something that can give us purpose for this attack."

Captain America nodded in agreement,
"I feel it too. But, we can't give up yet. We're close to winning."

Marie blinked,

"I hate to break it to ya, Cap, but that Void guy is really powerful."

Void laughed evilly,

"You have no idea, human."

He bellowed out and, in moments, several of the Black Lanterns began to reappear. Except, now, several of them seemed even more powerful than before. The Black Lantern Deadpool waved his sword around,
"All right! Now, this is what I'm talking about!"

He charged in, taking aim at Superman first, but Hippolyta blocked him with her sword and stood in front of him,

"You shall have to do better than that."

The insane mercenary seemed to grin at that,

"Why not? Anything to boost my ratings!"

A sword of black energy emerged in his hands and, after a few intimidating swings, took it straight at the Amazon queen. Hippolyta blocked the first attack with an emerald shield, then countered, stabbing the now-undead mercenary in the side. Of course, Deadpool laughed,

"Hah! You think that's going to hurt me? I'm undead! Besides, even if I wasn't, guess what, I wouldn't-."

Another sword strike came, decapitating the Black Lantern member. Hippolyta looked down,

"You talk too much."

Deadpool whined,

"No…fair…"

Superman said,

"This is getting us nowhere. He's just going to wear us out and then convert us to Black Lanterns."

Tigra called out,
"I'm open to suggestions!"

Then, all the rings began humming at once. Guy Gardner snarled,

"What's going on?"

Sinestro looked at his ring and asked,

"Ring, what is happening?"

The ring replied,

Unknown power source detected. Current trajectory indicates touchdown within several kilometers of current position.

Doom perked up at that,

"Power source? It is mine!"

Just then, a bright light seemed to penetrate the dark clouds over head. And, as it did so, something shining began to float down to the ground, landing in the middle of the dead park in Metropolis. The park, which was in decay because of the Black Lanterns, began to sprout new plants and life as the source of the light hovered down to the ground and seemed to land without so much as moving the dirt below it. Captain America asked,

"What is that?"

Doom was already there when he saw it and touched it,

"Yes! Power! It is mine to command!"

A sweeping bright light enveloped the armored despot, and, in moments, his orange ring seemed to disappear in favor of a white ring. Doom's armor and cape were now solid white and, as he looked up, he bellowed,
"YES! THIS IS TRUE POWER!"
Sinestro also took a look and then felt the power flow through his veins. No longer in the familiar Sinestro corps outfit, the wielder of the yellow ring was now wielding a white one, and in a white costume. He too seemed to succumb to Doom's power, and soon, both of them were attacking Void. Persiana smirked,
"Well, if they're willing to do the dirty work for us, fine with me."

Hal seemed to nod at that, but the Green Lantern then felt something. It was almost like a voice was calling out to him. He turned to the source of what appeared to be the White Lantern Corps, and as he did, it seemed to communicate something to the Air Force test pilot. He said out loud without thinking,

"They're going to lose."

Superman picked up on it,
"What?"

Hal looked at him,

"Doom and Sinestro can't win. This thing won't let them. Whatever it is, it's asking us for help."

Wonder Woman asked,

"Then, why did it lend Sinestro and Doom its power?"

Hal shook his head,
"It didn't. Whatever this white light is, the power that is behind it has to be given willingly."

The flirtatious Lantern then added,
"We've got to ask it to give it its power, or we're never going to win this fight."

Next Chapter:

As Doom and Sinestro continue the fight, it's up to Hal to figure out how to ask the source of the White Lanterns for its power! Stay tuned, fellow readers!