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In blackest day, in brightest night, beware your fears made into light!
Let those who try to stop what's right burn like my power,
Sinestro's might!
- Oath of the Sinestro Corps
Less than an hour ago, Kim Possible was a recent high school graduate. Now she was flying at supersonic speed to the west coast without a plane. Kim Possible, the rookie Green Lantern for Sector 2814, was letting her ring guide her to where it was she was supposed to go. Coast City, California.
Kim looked down at her uniform, and the blank white circle on her chest where her symbol should be. As a rookie Green Lantern, she had not yet earned her badge. Even though she understood, the blank disk didn't look right to her.
"So how exactly do we get this Rayner guy out of the fear creature?" Kim asked.
"Unknown," her ring responded. "Only one other being has been freed from Parallax; Hal Jordan of Earth."
"How did he get free?"
"Divine intervention. Lantern Jordan was deceased, and his soul was bonded to an entity called The Spectre."
Kim had a full body shudder. She had heard of the Spectre. Suposedly he was the very Wrath of God. Wait, did the ring just say what I think it said? "Hal Jordan was dead?" she asked the ring. "What, did he get better or something?"
"Affirmative," was all the ring said.
"Okay," Kim sighed, "this is gonna be a weird working relationship."
Several years ago, Coast City California was destroyed by an alien warlord named Mongul and his accomplice, a cyborg impersonating Superman. The Man of Steel had recently fallen at the hands of a monster called Doomsday, and this Cyborg Superman duped many into believing he was the real thing back from the dead. Over seven million people lost their lives in that fireball, and Hal Jordan was driven mad with grief. His weakened will left him open to posession by the fear entity Parallax. Hal's downfall led to the fall of the Corps itself, as Sinestro had planned. However, the Corps was not fully wiped out. A lone Guardian named Ganthet preserved one ring, and gave it to Kyle Rayner of Earth.
Kyle's refusal to let the Corps die, as well as helping bring Hal Jordan back to the light and back to life, put him high up on Sinestro's hit list. Sinestro manipulated another yellow ring weilder named Alex Nero into commiting atrocities using Kyle's face and a link to the Ion entity residing within Kyle, and had a member of his Corps, a sentient virus named Despotellis, infect Kyle's mother and kill her. This grief led to Kyle's posession by Parallax. Sinestro even tore the Ion entity from Kyle and imprisoned it.
Now Ion was free and in a new host, Sodam Yat of planet Daxam. It was time to free Kyle. The only problem was, Parallax didn't want to let Kyle go.
Hal Jordan faced his greatest fear as a child when he saw the experimental plane his father had been piloting explode. Hal lost his father that day, and learned what it was to overcome fear. Kyle Rayner had once insisted to Hal that he was unlike the other Lanterns in that he wasn't someone who could overcome great fear. Hal convinced him otherwise. Now he had to reach Kyle again, and help him free himself from fear incarnate.
On the outskirts of the rebuilt but still mostly deserted Coast City, fear and will clashed in an epic battle. The villain Parallax, looking like a mockery of the Green Lantern known to the Corps as the Torch Bearer, launched himself at the Emerald Gladiator. "This mind is so much more fertile than yours, Hal," the creature taunted. "This imagination is intoxicating!" Parallax was clothed in green and black armor that seemed to drip malevolence from it. Parallax's mouth split into a fang filled grin.
"I know you're in there, Kyle!" Hal yelled. "Fight it! Come back to us!" Hal knew he couldn't keep this up for much longer. His ring was down to just 1% power; too low to even call for backup. I just have to keep fighting until John and Guy get here.
Parallax created a mechanized construct around his arm, strengthening it to near Kryptonian levels. "Goodbye, Jordan!"
"Hello, scum ball!" a voice from nowhere yelled before a glowing green wrecking ball plowed into the avatar of fear.
"Who the-?" Hal started to ask when he saw the rookie Lantern fly in. "Normally I'd ask who you are and what you think you're doing, but this time I'll let it slide and thank you for the help."
"No big," Kim smirked as she landed. "What is that thing?"
"That 'thing' is my friend," Hal snapped, "and if you're really worthy of that ring and that uniform, you'll help me get him back!"
"Amp down, GL," Kim said, trying to keep her own temper in check. "I'm still new to this whole super hero thing. I'm Kim Possible."
Hal nodded at the newcomer. "I've heard of you. There's a pretty extensive file on you and your operation at the Justice League Watchtower."
"Wait, the Justice League's been keeping tabs on me?"
"In case we decided to recruit you later," Hal said. "It looks like the Guardians beat the JLA to it. Look, we need to find a way to get Kyle free form that thing!"
"Kyle?" Kim scrutinized the snarling figure now flying towards them. "Then that's Parallax. The fear entity."
"Good," Hal said, "I don't have to bring you up to speed. My ring's low on juice, so I'm gonna need a hand here."
"I'll distract him," Kim replied. "All right, tall dark and gruesome; let's dance!"
"So pretty," Parallax hissed at Kim. "Your fear smells exquisite. And it has a name. Ron Stoppable. You're afraid of failing him; of losing him."
"The psyche out's not gonna work, fang face!" Kim shouted, trying to convince herself as well as the monster before her.
"You told me how your mother died without fear, Kyle!" Hal added. "Fight through it! Come on!"
"You're a Green Lantern!" Kim added. "This is what you do; what we do!"
"Sorry," Parallax snickered, "but the pretty boy can't...." The embodiement of fear began to choke as a hand came up its throat.
"Okay, that's just wrong sick," Kim winced.
"That's Kyle!" Hal rushed to the hand and took hold. "I've got you, buddy! Just hang on!"
"Sorry, Jordan, but it is I who has you!" Parallax's chest opened up and dozens of yellow tendrils came out, grabbing the Green Lantern.
Hal's uniform had been flickering since Kim arrived, but as soon as he was pulled into Parallax, his uniform faded out, disolving in green flame. Kim distinctly heard Hal's ring report "Power levels at 0.0%."
When Kim looked up, she saw that Parallax was now wearing yellow and black armor, letting his true nature show through. "It's just you and me now, Kimmie."
Kim narrowed her eyes and focused her will through the ring, causing it and her to glow brightly. "Bring it."
Before Parallax could strike, another green streak appeared in the sky. "Hal?! You down there?" a deep voice asked.
"Sorry, John," Parallax sneered, "but he's got a new partner!"
A green catapult assembled itself in front of a flying African American man and hurled an emerald fireball at Parallax. Kim's ring projected a set of shackles to keep him in place. "Not so fast, creep," Kim said as the green fire flung Parallax fifty feet back. This other Green Lantern, John Stewart, landed in front of Kim.
"Well this is a surprise," he said. "It's nice to have backup, but isn't it a bit dangerous for a rookie out here?"
"Blame the ring," Kim deadpanned. "It kept telling me to come out here."
Yet another Green Lantern, this one a redheaded man wearing a sleeveless green jacket over his black uniform. "Who's the white circle?" he asked, dismissing Kim and adjusting the large rectangular shaped package he was carrying.
"The name's Kim," she growled, "and I really don't need the attitude problem right now."
This other Lantern, Guy Gardner, stared Kim down. Or he tried to. Kim didn't budge. "Hard headed and redheaded," he said. "Kinda nice to have company."
"Is that the painting?" John asked.
Guy ripped the wrapping off the painting, revealing an image of a boy in a sprawling wheat field. "Yup. I found it on Kyle's doorstep. Thank God for FedEx."
"What's the painting supposed to do?" Kim asked.
"It belonged to Kyle's mom," John explained. "It was the only thing of hers he wanted after she died. We're hoping it can help him find his way out of Parallax."
"Speaking of," Kim said, pointing to an approaching yellow streak, "here he comes now!"
"Hey, where's Jordan?" the other redhead asked.
Kim pointed to the approaching villain. "In there."
"Great," Guy sighed. "Now we have to bail Hal out along with Kyle. Figures."
"The gang's all here," Parallax snarled. "Now we can get this party started."
"Sure can," Guy smirked. "I brought the party favors. Remember this, Kyle?" Guy showed the monster the painting, and Parallax only laughed. For a moment. Green light suddenly started pouring from Parallax's eyes and mouth.
At that same time, deep within the fear entity, Hal Jordan had found his friend, and was helping him back to the light.
Cracks appeared in Parallax's armor, and more green light spilled out, along with two sets of hands that were clawing their way out. Yellow blood was being flung everywhere.
"Gorchy," Kim gagged.
"Yeah, I'd say that about describes it," Guy added as Hal Jordan, clad in his leather bomber jacket, green shirt and blue jeans pulled himself out of the now limp skin that was Parallax's disguise, as well as a nude man with black hair, whose modesty was quickly covered by a pair of glowing green shorts created by Guy's ring.
"You two all right?" John asked, helping his friends out of the dissolving mass of yellow light.
"We're both still breathing, so I'd say yes," Hal laughed.
He's just laughing this off and I'm fighting to keep from throwing up, Kim thought. These guys are the ones who can do anything!
"I owe you guys a round," the black haired man who Kim assumed was Kyle Rayner said.
"Make it two," Hal smiled.
Kyle looked over at Kim and held his hand out. "Kyle Rayner."
Kim took his hand and smiled. "Kim Possible."
"Welcome to the Corps," Kyle said.
"Thanks. Although, I'm starting to think I'm out of my element here."
Guy mussed Kim's hair. "And here I thought you could do anything, kid."
"None of you can do anything!" a feral hiss from behind them declared. The sloughed off remains of Parallax had coalesced into the shape of a giant yellow insect. "I'm not finished with you!"
"No, Parallax, it is we who are not finished with you." Two diminutive blue aliens appeared, each carrying two Green Lantern Power batteries, with a fifth floating with them. "You have been weakened, and now your essence shall be split and imprisoned in the batteries of the Earthlings."
"No!" Parallax shrieked. "You can't do this to me!"
"Never again shall you inhabit the Central Battery on Oa," the Guardian known as Ganthet said. "The Earthlings have proven time and again that they are much better at facing fear than the Guardians, so it in their batteries that you shall be divided and imprisoned."
The glowing yellow insect was split into five streams of light and sucked into the batteries. Those batteries then floated to their owners. Kim gingerly reached for hers.
"Is this?" she started to ask.
"That's your battery, Kim," Hal said. "Just be careful with it. Salaak will tear you a new one if it gets destroyed. I've been there, it's not fun."
"Ganthet?" Kyle asked. "Is that you?"
"Yes, Kyle," the long haired alien answered. He looked over at Kim. "Greetings, Kim Possible of Earth. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps. I am Ganthet and this is Sayd. I see that the duplicate I made of Kyle Rayner's ring found a suitable bearer."
"I'm starting to wonder about that," Kim said sullenly. "I am so out of my element here."
"Said the girl whose been fighting super villains since before she could drive," John smirked. "You'll be fine, Kim."
"So are you going to help us, Ganthet?" Hal asked.
"We cannot," Sayd answered. "We have been banished from the Guardians."
"Banished? Why?" a very confused Kim asked.
"Because we committed a crime in the other Guardians' eyes, Kim Possible," Ganthet said. "We feel. That is why this is the last Green Lantern ring I will ever pass on. Kyle Rayner of Earth, your destiny no longer lies with Ion. Will you again take up a power ring? Will you stand with your brothers and sister in light?"
Kyle quickly slipped the ring on his finger and smiled. "Hell yes."
"All right, boys and girl," Hal said, holding his lantern before him. "It's time to light 'em up!"
Kim followed the other's lead. She held her battery out in front of her, and pressed her ring inside of it. For the first time, Kim joined in reciting the Corps' sacred oath.
"In brightest day in blackest night, no evil shall escape our sight! Let those who worship evil's might beware our power; Green Lantern's light!"
"Ring power levels at 100%," all five rings reported.
Hal was again in uniform, and Kyle was now wearing a uniform with a metal mask that wrapped around the upper part of his face. His symbol was over the left side of his chest. Instead of a green lantern in a white circle, his badge was in a black circle.
"Okay," Kim said, feeling a rush from charging her ring for the first time. "Now what?"
"Now, Kim Possible," Sayd said, "you learn of third and final verse of Cosmic Revelations; the hidden chapter of the Book of Oa."
"You mean the Blackest Night," John Stewart said in an ominous voice.
"Yes, John Stewart, the Blackest Night."
Kim flew at supersonic sleep alongside Guy Gardner and John Stewart, trying as best she could to absorb what she'd been told. Just as there was a visible spectrum of light, there was a corresponding emotional spectrum. Her ring utilized the center color; the green light of willpower, whereas the Sinestro Corps used the yellow light of fear.
She also learned of the Zamarons, an all female offshoot of the Guardians who were experimenting with the violet light of love to empower their own corps, the Star Sapphires.
That's not what worries me, Kim thought. It's some of the other corps that are supposed to start up. The blue hope guys sound pretty good. So do the indigo ones, since their light is compassion. But the red light of rage and the orange light of avarice? And then a war between all seven corps leading to the end of all life and this Blackest Night? So not good. This is why I need Ron. He keeps me grounded and gives me the strength I need to keep fighting. He gives me hope.
"You okay, Kim?" John asked.
"Honestly, no," Kim replied. "I'm really starting to think the ring made a mistake choosing me."
"No mistake, kid," Guy said. "You faced off against fear in the flesh without flinching. I think you can handle a bunch of jokers with yellow rings."
"I'm still not sure about splitting up like this," Kim said. She, John and Guy were meeting up with the rest of the Green Lanterns in New York while Hal and Kyle fought off a group of Sinestros in Coast City.
"Don't worry about those two," Guy said. "You're gonna need to watch your own butt for this one. That white circle on your uniform is gonna be like a huge bullseye!"
"Kinda like every other mission I've been on then."
"Except these guys have the death rays on their fingers," John pointed out. "But there is something different now. A new law was added to the Book of Oa, allowing the rings to use lethal force against the Sinestro Corps."
"I don't kill," Kim said in a firm voice.
John flew next to Kim. "I'm not saying you should. In fact, I hope you never have to. What I am saying is, if it comes down to your own survival, you might have to. Look, I used to be a sharpshooter in the Marine Corps. Killing is never something you want to do. But sometimes, it's the only way to save your own life and protect innocent people. Now get your head in the game, rookie, we're almost there."
What Kim saw next was almost too much to comprehend. New York city was burning, and floating above it was a large sphere with a gigantic yellow lanetern atop it. Green Lanterns and Sinestro Corps were swarming around it, make the sky flicker with green and yellow light.
"That's Warworld," John explained. "It was originally built by a guy named Mongul."
"The guy who blew up Coast City after Superman died," Kim added.
"One of them. The other guy was the Cyborg Superman."
"Who is that guy, anyway?" Kim asked. "And what's his damage?"
"He used to be an astronaut named Hank Henshaw," John explained. "He and his crew were exposed to radiation in orbit, and started mutating. Henshaw got the ability to control machines. His crew, including his wife, all died, and Henshaw was left as pure energy. Henshaw blamed Superman for it. He was able to get a sample of Superman's DNA, as well as Kryptonian metal, and pass himself off as Superman reborn. Now he's working with the Manhunters."
"And the Manhunters are really bad news," Guy chimed in. "They were our direct predecessors, I guess. Androids the Guardians built to patrol the universe, only they had their hard drives up their own exhaust ports and decided that the only way to preserve order was to destroy life. They wiped out most of Sector 666."
"My God," Kim gasped.
"Oh, and one more thing," Guy said, "the newer bucket heads can drain our rings, so watch your backside out there."
Kim's eyes narrowed as she focused herself. "Duly noted. Now let's go kick some Sinestro Corps butt!"
"Oh yeah!" Guy exclaimed. "I like your style, Possible!"
Kim spotted someone and shot off, leaving her fellow Earth Lanterns to find their own dance partners. "Hey! Sur! I've got a score to settle with you!"
Kim had found Amon Sur, the Sinestro Corpsman who attacked her boyfriend Ron Stoppable and tore the Mystical Monkey Power from him.
"Come on then, little Lantern!" Amon Sur taunted, "and I will take your ring as I did that energy from your little friend!"
Kim shunted her will into the ring, unleashing a beam of light with enough force to break through the hull of a battleship. The beam struck Amon's ring shield, hurling him back nearly a mile. Kim was in hot pursuit.
"Come on!" Kim shouted. "Let's see how tough you are against someone who can fight back!" Kim conjured several giant constructs of Ron Stoppable; one in his mission gear, another in his jersey and cargoes, one in a ninja gi, and one wearing the spacesuit Ron had worn when he rescued Kim from the Lorwardian ship. The army of Rons started kicking the alien around like a soccer ball. After softening Amon Sur up a bit, Kim encased him in a capsule like the one he had trapped Ron in, and shot him off into the stratosphere. "Booya," Kim said, grinning smugly until the retreating form of her construct exploded in a flash of yellow light.
"Your concentratrion is weak! As is your will!" the enraged alien screamed. "You cannot stop me! I am fear!"
"And I just helped kick fear's biscuit," Kim countered, "so bring it!"
"Watch yer back!" a gruff voice from behind Kim warned.
Kim quickly darted out of the way before three glowing yellow monstrosities could sic her. "Thanks for the heads up!" Kim saw the source of the voice; a large, bulky pink skinned alien who had an almost porcine appearance.
The big alien snorted as he looked her over. "Just what I need. Another Earth poozer."
Kim scowled. "I beg your pardon?"
"Never mind," the alien Green Lantern huffed. "Just keep yer head in the game if you don't wanna lose it."
"Who was that," Kim asked as the alien flew off.
"Lantern Kilowog of Sector 674," her ring reported. "Corps drill sergeant."
"Great, that means I have to deal with him some more when this is all over. I know I'm gonna regret this, but what's a poozer?"
"Literal translation: worthless rookie. Originally used by former D.I. Lantern Ermey. Lantern Kilowog assumed its usage, as well as the role of drill sergeant, following Lantern Ermey's demise."
Kim looked over her shoulder and saw Amon coming at her again, along with another Sinestro Corpsman; one who looked like giant reptile. Before Kim could create another defensive measure, a green beam cut through the reptilian, killing it instantly.
A look of stark terror appeared on Amon Sur's face. "The Lanterns can kill?" he whispered to himself, right before launching into space.
"Coward!" Kim yelled.
"Never mind him, poozer," the Lantern called Kilowog said. "We got bigger things ta worry about."
"Like what?"
"Like that!" Kilowog pointed over at Warworld, which was now coming down on an armored giant. "John and Guy figured we could kill two birds with one stone by crashing Warworld into the Anti-Monitor. Now we need every poozer with a ring to make sure all that antimatter don't take out all of New York."
Kim nodded and followed. John had told her of the Anti-Monitor; the ruler of the antimatter universe and Guardian of the Sinestro Corps. Years ago he had tried to destroy the positive matter universe. Many heroes, including the second man to call himself the Flash, had given their lives to stop him. Kim remebered the havoc Ron had caused when the Mathter's calcu-laser had turned him into an antimatter boy. With a being as massive as the Anti-Monitor, Kim knew the damage would be catastrophic.
"Hold the line!" Kilowog yelled as he unleashed this beam. Some Lanterns threw up a sheild around the falling Warworld, the Cyborg Superman, and the Anti-Monitor, while others created hooks and chains to pull Warworld down.
Kim strained to hold her shield up as Warworld ignited, filling the green dome with more explosive force than she had ever seen. She heard a loud roaring in her ears, but didn't realize it was her own yelling until the fireball died down. Drained from the exertion, she nearly collapsed, only to be caught by Kilowog and eased back to ground level.
"Not bad for a white circle," the large alien smirked. "What's yer name, kid?"
"Kim," she panted. "Kim Possible."
"I can't wait ta see what you can do once I get you in basic, poozer."
The rest of the battle wasn't as smooth. The Anti-Monitor survived, only to be hurled into space by an alternate reality version of Superboy who had been working with the Sinestro Corps. This Superboy Prime, as he was called, was himself defeated by the sacrifice of one of the Guardians, and blasted into the space between spaces known as the Bleed. When all was said and done, many Green Lanterns and Sinestros were dead, and much of New York was in ruins.
The Green Lantern Corps remained to rebuild and clean up, which gave Kim the time she needed with Ron and her family. In the days following the defeat and arrest of Sinestro by Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner, Kim had gone to Japan to enlist the help of Sensei and Yori. Now Sensei, along with a Green Lantern in a flowing hooded green cloak named Torquemada, were bathing Ron in their mystical enregies.
Kim didn't know if this alien, a being with white skin that had black patches over and above his eyes, and on either side of his mouth, knew that there had been a human with that name; the Grand Inquisitor during the Spanish Iquisition. She doubted that the historical Torquemada was this kind.
"We have done what we can, Rookie Lantern Possible," Torquemada said. "Ronald is healed, and he will regain his strength."
"Even though Stoppable-san had only recently gained full control of the Mystical Monkey Power," Sensei explained, "it had been a part of him for quite some time. His body became dependant on its energies. We have helped his body adjust to its loss." Sensei turned to the towering alien and bowed. "Thank you, Torquemada-sama."
The Green Lantern smiled and returned the bow. "It was my honor, Sensei. And thank you for calling on me, Rookie Lantern Possible."
"Sure," Kim said in a quiet, sad voice. "What happens to Ron now?"
"Stoppable-san will return with us to Yamanuchi," Yori said. "There we will attempt to restore his powers to him."
"Can I see him?" Kim asked.
"I think that would be the best medicine for him," Sensei smiled.
Ron lay deathly still in his hospital bed, staring up at the ceiling. The IV in his arm deleivered much needed nutrients to his now depleted body. Were it not for the fact that his eyes were open, Kim would have thought he was asleep. "Hey," she quietly said as she sat at his bedside.
Ron quickly summoned his trademark goofy grin for her. "There's my bondigetty super hero GF!" he said in a raspy voice. "I take it you kicked mucho alien biscuit?" Rufus scampered out from his resting place so he could hear Kim's rousing tale.
"Yeah, we sent them packing," Kim said unenthusiastically. "How are you?"
Ron's grin faded. "To paraphrase, the Monkey Master has left the building. But Sensei thinks I might be able to get the mojo back." Ron forced another smile. "I guess I was more right than I thought."
"What do you mean?"
"About you going to the stars," Ron answered. "I mean, you're a Green Lantern now."
Kim took her boyfriend's uncharacteristically cold hand and helt it. "Not yet. I'm still a rookie. And there's no guarantee the Guardians will let me keep the ring since it was given to me by someone they banished." Kim stood up and paced to the other side of the room. "Anyway, I don't think I'm keeping it."
"Why not?" Ron asked, quite clearly shocked.
"Because I don't think I'm cut out for this." Kim turned to face Ron with tears forming in her eyes. "And I don't want to leave you. Especially not now when you need me."
"It's all good, KP." Ron started to say, right before Kim cut him off.
"No it's not 'all good!' You saved me and the world from the Lorwardians! You've been helping me save the world for years with no recognigtion! And now, when you finally have the hang of them, you lose your powers! It's so not fair!"
"Neither is life," a voice from the doorway added. It was Kyle Rayner. "I know all about loss, Kim. My girlfriend Alex was murdered because of this ring. She was only the first. I even lost my mom recently because I was given this thing. So I know what it's like. But you have a chance, Kim. You can do a lot of good with that ring."
"What he said," Ron added. "Look, I don't want you to go, but you have to. This is what you were meant to do! You're a hero, Kim. You've always been one, and now you can step up from saving the world to saving the whole universe."
"Not without you I can't," Kim said, the tears now flowing. "I can't do this alone."
"You're not alone, kid," another voice said. John, Hal and Guy were all in the room, along with the Possibles and Stoppables.
"Brother!" little Hana shouted before leaping onto her brother's lap.
"Careful, kiddo," Ron grunted.
"She was terrified you'd been killed," Ron's mother told him. "She kept crying 'Brother gone' and we don't know why."
I lost the power, that's why, Ron thought. But hey, at least Hana still wants to be around me, so it's not all bad.
"You're one of us now, Kim," Hal said. "And Green Lanterns always stick together. No matter what."
"It's time to go," John said. "We need to get you to Oa to see if you're keeping that ring."
"If the Smurfs are smart they'll let her keep it," Guy groused.
Kim wiped her eyes and nodded. "Jim, Tim," she said, going to her brothers, "I need you guys to fill in for me, okay?"
"Really?" Jim asked.
"You want us to be Team Possible?" Tim added.
"With me gone and Ron on the mend, who else is there?"
"Hoosha!" the Tweebs shouted.
Kim looked at Ron's little sister and smiled. "Hana, I need you to take care of your brother for me."
"Kay, Sister," the little girl happily said.
"Mom, Dad..."
"We know," Anne Possible said. "And I agree with Ron. This is what you were meant to do."
"Just be careful out there, Kimmie-cub." James Possible shook his head. "I knew you'd leave home someday, but not for deep space. I wish I was going with you."
"Who knows, Dad," Kim smiled, "maybe the Guardians will let me take you for a trip around the solar system after I'm trained."
"I'd do it anyway," Guy smirked. "What the blue guys don't know won't hurt ya."
Kim hugged her family and Ron's, and then went back to the love of her life and kissed him. "You get better. I'll be back before you know it."
"I love you, Kim."
"I love you, Ron. More than anything."
Slowly the couple parted and Kim joined up with Guy, Hal, and John.
"We'll keep an eye on her, Ron," Kyle said.
"I beg to differ, GL," Ron smiled. "I think KP will be the one keeping an eye on you."
Kyle went over and shook Ron's hand. "The name's Kyle Rayner, Ron. I hope we meet again soon."
"Thanks, Kyle. Me too." Ron let out a long sigh as he watched his girlfriend walk out of his hospital room with her fellow Green Lanterns. "You're off to the stars," he said to himself, "and I'm stuck on Earth."
Next Chapter: Kim's quest to become a Green Lantern and Ron's quest to reclaim the Mystical Monkey Power