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The Legendary Super Saiyan
Chapter 3: First fight
John Stewart stood in front of the javelin mulling over his thoughts regarding the meeting that happened almost a 4 days prior. Should he tell Broly about what J'onn found out, would this dissuade the rooky from actually finding out more about his past or will it simply encourage him to find the truth. The situation wasn't very favorable, and apparently them finding the man floating in space was more like Pandora's box than King Arthur's sword. One had to wonder which Broly was.
Breaking out of his reverie as he saw both Kara and Broly in the distance, flying towards him, "So, any idea on where you might want to start?" asked Kara to Broly as they flew down the outer atmosphere of Oa. Broly had informed her of what the Guardians told him and as a result, she was wondering what his plans were.
"Well, first I'm going to see if anyone at the Watch Tower can reverse engineer this to see if we can span portions of the galaxy for similar energy signatures. I'm pretty sure there might be others in similar conditions, whether floating in space or they might have crashed on a planet, we should be able to find more of my people," spoke Broly in an optimistic tone. As he and Kara landed they walked up to John as he continued, "Then I'm going to find out everything I can about this Ki ability, perhaps someone on Earth or somewhere else might be familiar with it, so they might be able to help me control it and perhaps train me in its use."
As they walked up the platform into the javelin John asked, "So, any luck?"
"Didn't find out too much about my own people, but I do have some ideas about what they might have been. I get the strange feeling they might have been a warrior race, I'll explain on the way home why I think that is, but other than that, the Guardians gave me this device which hones in on Ki energy signatures," said Broly as he sat down and strapped himself in.
As the ship launched and went on its way home, Broly began searching the database for any references to Ki energy. He wondered what he would find on earth and how things might be different if he could control his power. What would it do and how would he use it to help the league. Unfortunately things would not go his way as he began hearing a beeping sound.
"Hey you guy's hear that?" asked Broly as he got up to investigate the sound. He walked over to a console with a small cabinet in the bottom that holds food rations. Just as he opened the door, a flash enveloped his vision and everything went dark as the ship exploded several thousand light years away from Oa in a yellow explosion of energy bright enough to almost be mistaken for a star.
The next thing Broly felt was a splitting headache, a pain that was somewhat foreign to him given his amnesia but familiar enough so he could identify it as an obvious headache. He felt a hand nudging him slightly, attempting to wake him from his dark slumber. He slowly opened his eyes only latter to raise them up to shield them against the onslaught of light that came barreling at him. The sky was incredibly bright and it took awhile for his eyes to adjust before he could make out the image of John Stewart. Only for some odd reason, his Green Lantern uniform was missing and was replaced with civilian clothing. A simple blue jeans and grey muscle shirt was around his body, and his eyes were not the typical glowing green he had grown accustomed too.
Sitting up and groaning, trying to get his eyes to adjust he asked, "What happened?" As he said this he brought his hand to his head as he felt the splitting headache come back in full force after it slightly dulled for awhile, "Owe, my head!"
"I'm not sure, Supergirl is still out cold while my ring isn't working. Somehow, we survived an explosion that knocked us out. I was hoping you would have some answers," standing up John helped Broly to his feet, seeing Supergirl lie there he was about to ask before John said, "She's alright... I think."
Broly looked around to survey where they were at, it was a barren wasteland of rocks and desert like sand, only the ground was purple. He noticed there were two pulsing white suns, probably Dwarf stars if his memory serves correct.
"So, how the heck do we get out of here?" asked Broly as he looked at John for answers.
"Well, unless you can create some kind of energy barrier that contains air enough for us to travel, we're gonna have to find..." but before he could finish, John grabbed Broly and pushed him out of the way only to have a yellow beam of energy fly straight into his chest and send him several feet away.
Broly turned around and saw a blast coming straight at him, he jumped only to have the yellow energy follow him into the air as he floated. He took a gamble and decided to deflect the blast as he reared his back hand and struck the energy, sending it into the air as it exploded. He looked in the direction of the source to see a purple skinned man, in what could only be described as a yellow uniform similar to that of the Green Lanterns.
"Hey, what is your problem!" yelled Broly slightly irritated as the figure flew towards him with his arms crossed and a smug look on his face.
"I had heard that the Justice League obtained a mysterious new member and I must say, being able to deflect one of my blasts has both intrigued and impressed me," spoke the mysterious being Broly was facing. He turned to see if John was still alright and saw that he was just knocked out cold, quickly moving his gaze back to the being so as not to be caught off guard, Broly sneered at his opponent.
"Ok, I'll bite, who the hell are you and give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip your arms off for trying to kill us!" Broly spoke in a threatening and intimidating tone. He didn't know why, but the idea of being caught off guard in such a way by this man seemed insulting in a way. It was as if his instincts were yelling in his ear to kill this coward for daring to strike at him and his friends in a way that deprived him of a good fight.
"I'm Sinestro of the Yellow Lantern Corps and you are?" said Yellow Lantern in a somewhat melodramatic bow, introducing himself.
Broly sneered at him, Sinestro spoke with an arrogance that he couldn't even imagine and it, for some reason, grated on his nerves to no end. But Broly kept himself under control and resisted the urge to crush his skull in his bare hands.
"I, am Broly. So, I take it you're the one who blew up our ship?"
"Yes that is quite correct, I wasn't expecting any of you to survive but what a surprise when I saw you descending to this planet with your friends using an energy barrier of some kind."
Broly didn't try to show it, but he had no idea what this person was talking about. Either it was an ability he had that was lodged deep in his psyche that activated in a subconscious manner or it was a once in a lifetime fluke that he could not repeat. Either way, he knew of a way to get off this planet and back to Oa if he could manage it. The question now was whether or not he could get rid of this pest to be able to do that.
"Tell me, what species are you? I would call you a Kryptonian, but something tells me you're not," inquired Sinestro. Even though he was looking forward to ending the life of John Stewart after prying the secrets of the Green Lantern Corps from his mind, he was just as intrigued by this new being who could deflect his attack with ease.
"Does it even matter?" asked Broly who tensed up, getting ready to strike or counter at any moment should he make a move.
Raising his right hand to look at his ring Sinestro spoke, "No, I suppose it doesn't." At that moment Sinestro went on the offensive as he created a bladed construct and slashed at his opponent. Broly however brought up both of his hands and clasped the blade between both his palm to stop the attack.
"Impressive, not many people can block my attack like that," as Sinestro said this, he created another ring construct, an alien spiked mace as he tried to slam it into Broly who was still holding the blade. It almost slammed into his side but before it could he redirected the blade to Broly's side so it slammed into the other construct causing it to pull Sinestro slightly downward.
As Sinestro created a fear construct of his own fist, Broly brought up both his forearms and blocked in an x shaped pattern, that did very little as the fist came into contact and blew up in energy. Immediately he was sent flying backwards as he flipped over again, using his energy he caught himself upside down, sensing something coming close he reacted as he spun off to the side to avoid being impaled onto a spike, he twisted himself at an angle that allowed him to kick Sinestro and force him to be sent back down to the ground.
Before hitting the dirt ground, Sinestro caught himself and quickly leaned to the side to avoid Broly's fist as it slammed into the ground, taking his ring he blasted Broly back as his back crashed into and through a plateau. Grounding himself, Broly's feet dragged along until he looked up and saw several yellow energy blasts heading his way from Sinestro.
Digging in he decided to deflect them all and Broly was even surprised at himself as he did so with ease. At that point Sinestro stopped as he saw several of his ring blasts being deflected back to him as he dodged, deciding the best idea was to go on the offense. But before he could choose to do that, Broly was already upon him as he slammed his fist into Sinestro's face, causing him to spin around as he was sent back a bit, catching himself in the air only to have his neck snap up as Broly's foot connected with his chin which caused him to fly upwards in a few flips.
Catching himself again Sinestro barely dodged to the side as he slammed a yellow energy blast point blank into Broly's chest causing him to go flying back a bit, giving Sinestro some breathing room. At that point he tasted something in his own mouth, he brought up his hand and spit in it to reveal, "Blood?" Sinestro's lips curled into a snarl as he clenched his fast.
He looked up as Broly came back again, barreling down onto him. Sinestro created a yellow bubble construct as it absorbed the hit. But as it did, the construct then morphed into a snake like creature and wrapped around his arm before it snaked around almost his entire body, rendering him incapable of defending.
"I must say, you are impressive for drawing blood, however this ends now!" as Sinestro said this, the snake like creature reared its head to bar its fangs, ready to strike.
However, something happened to Broly unexpectedly, he broke free from the snake as Sinestro's construct was obliterated as a light green sphere surrounded the young man burst forward from his body. It was impossible for Broly to believe, at the last moment his hidden power that Sinestro had mentioned saved his life. He wasn't sure how, but he knew it was his ki, perhaps an ability he was able to manifest at will if he could only find the time as he kept dodging construct after construct and blast after blast as he tried to force it to manifest.
As Sinestro stopped a bit hovering a few feet away from Broly he looked upon his opponent with a certain amount of admiration. Not since his battle with John Stewart and other Green Lanterns had he had such a battle. It was rough, gritty and everything he had hoped it would be. While Sinestro wasn't much the type for close up frontal assaults, he did appreciate the thrill of a good fight.
However, little did he know that Broly was feeling the same way times ten. The fight was thrilling and while he knew what was at stake, the lives of his friends, he couldn't help but take a certain amount of joy in fighting his opponent. He was truly forcing him to test himself, forcing him to think of a new way to win, which would make his victory all the more satisfying.
As Sinestro was mulling over how his opponent was going to get beaten he decided to appraise him, to perhaps buy some time for him to formulate a plan, "I must say, you are a very impressive warrior. Your skill in battle is to be commended."
Broly wasn't sure what he was getting at, perhaps he was stalling for time, perhaps he would try to recruit him, but whatever it was, Broly knew that this would buy him time as he was forcing the sphere to form, "You're not too bad a fighter yourself."
"So, tell me, what species are you?"
"I'll be honest with you. I don't know what my people are, let alone where I come from. The Justice League found me floating in space and woke me up. I have no memory of who I was, where I came from or if even my people are still alive."
Sinestro's eyebrows raised as he questioned, "And why do you think your people no longer exist?"
"Because, according to the guardians, I am a part of the elder races."
That truly shocked Sinestro to no end. An elder race? One of the very first beings to have evolved was standing right in front of him and he didn't even know it. The possibility of his powers being unlocked intrigued him, he knew he shouldn't kill Broly now, as his abilities could be replicated and given to his newly formed Yellow Lantern Corps. But if he didn't, he could risk the chance of him getting the upper hand or Supergirl waking up, so he has to kill him even though his powers and abilities would come in handy.
"Well then, how about you and I join then. I'll spare the lives of your friends and then I can help you find out about your past."
Broly looked at him with an eyebrow raised as he said, "You know, it's not exactly a deal if you're threatening my friends."
Sinestro chuckled as he said, "Death it is then!" He then raised his fist up as a bladed construct was created and flew towards Broly, only to have a green sphere materialize and have the construct shatter into pieces.
"Thanks for the time, I needed that. Now if my theory is right about this," Broly smirked as he raised his hand and concentrated the energy into it as his shield simply formed a green energy ball. It shot off at Sinestro as he infused his fist with yellow energy and slammed his fast at it, knocking it back. Broly simply caught it with his bare hands as he flew towards Sinestro threw the energy blast he had made back at Sinestro who barely dodged only to come up to Broly as he flickered his energy shield to avoid getting punched. The energy swirled around the yellow lantern's fist as it forced him off balance, causing him to fall slightly.
Broly took a chance to grab Sinestro's face and force his head into the ground. He did so successfully, but was blasted back as Sinestro got up and floated back a bit to get some distance between him and his foe. Broly simply gathered energy in his hand as he flung his arm across in an arc as hundreds of green ki energy balls flew out and multiplied. Sinestro created a shield around him as he was blown back by the blast.
As he caught himself in midair Broly was upon him and slammed his fast with as much power as he had and destroyed his shield, sending him hurdling down to the ground. Sinestro landed near John and Kara, as they were still unconscious. Sinestro got up only to have Broly grab his head and began applying some small pressure. Sinestro began to grip at his head, panicking as fear settled in; unsure sure if his life was going to end, he didn't have to wait that long.
Broly let him go but not of his own accord as he was blasted to the side by red energy. Sinestro caught himself before he could hit the ground and looked at the way to the blast. There standing before him, was a creature about 7 feet tall, with red scales and red reptilian like skin. He has uniform of red and a symbol similar but different to the Green Lanterns.
"I cannot believe you're incapable of handling such opposition," spoke the creature as he floated towards Sinestro. He lowered himself on his hind legs as his tail swished around. He jerked his hip to the right as his tail went left and destroyed a small stone pillar that was somewhat by him.
At that point Sinestro looked upon his ally, "Atrocitus."
Atrocitus as he was called by Sinestro looked at him, it was clear that Sinestro was getting beaten as his lower lip was cut and bleeding as well as his eye looking bruised. The fact that he was even bleeding out of the side of his mouth was also indicative to the battered and bruised state he was in.
"I believe it's time for a tactical retreat," said Atrocitus, using his ring he created a portal of swirling red near them. As he did this he turned around and created a mace and smashed Broly off to the side, preventing him from tackling him, "Next time you fail Sinestro, I will leave you to your fate."
They stepped through the portal and left the moment John and Kara were waking up. Broly was buried under some rubble before he literally forced it off of him as he turned to do battle with this new foe when he realized Sinestro and this other being was gone.
The young man however didn't have time to think about why they had attacked as he saw the others waking up. Broly ran to them and began the process of seeing if both were alright. As he helped Kara to her fight John said, "Where's Sinestro?"
"I won the fight against him but his ally interrupted me."
"Ally? What did he look like?"
"Seven feet tall, wearing what I can only describe as a red lantern outfit and he had red scales and yellow eyes. Any idea who he is?"
John stopped for a moment in deep thought. Sinestro never wore any kind of uniform like the one he did when he attacked. And this mysterious red lantern, what could he be doing with Sinestro? Who was he and what did he want?
"Well none of it really matters if we can't get off the planet," spoke Kara as she was rubbing her head, feeling a major headache and slightly irritated that she had to be unconscious and wake up on a desolate planet.
"Leave that to me," said Broly as an orb of energy surrounded them, it was a dark green hue and had a very strange feeling on the touch of the skin, "Hold on, I haven't exactly got the hang of this."
As he said this they lifted off to the air and into the outer atmosphere and headed or the nearest communication station so they could phone home and let them know they were going to be home late.
