One Year Later
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Chapter 20: Love and Fear
Fatality sat quietly on a tree stump, in deep meditation. The cosmic martial artist was preparing herself for the coming battle with a member of the Green Lantern Corps she had hated for so long.
John Stewart.
Though she hated the Corps in general, she hated John Stewart even more so. Since the destruction of her home planet of Xanshi, the dark-skinned warrior was hell-bent on making every member of the Green Lantern Corps pay, especially John Stewart. The former royal pushed herself further and further into her training, becoming a truly living weapon, skilled not only in martial arts, but also in the use of her energy spear. There were green notches on it, each one representing a Green Lantern she had slain in combat.
Sinestro was impressed with the way she handled herself, and her skill as a warrior. The purple-skinned leader of the Sinestro Corps was so impressed, he bestowed a ring to Fatality, and Fatality readily accepted it.
Fatality opened her eyes and looked at the yellow ring on her fingers. Though she was honored to have been a part of the fear-inducing Sinestro Corps, Fatality was also conflicted. All she wanted was revenge against the Green Lantern Corps, not to paralyze innocence with fear. It went against her, the ways of a warrior. In fact, the only reason she even agreed to join the Legion of Doom was to fight John Stewart. She had hidden that away from Grodd that she would leave once her business would be complete.
She stood up from meditating and began to reach for her spear. Fatality was only inches away from it when she stiffened, feeling a presence near by. She turned around,
"Show yourself."
Seemingly, nothing happened at first. Then, a bright violet light began appearing above Fatality and, as the martial artist took a defensive stance, she saw who was behind the violet light burst.
A woman dressed in a dark pink costume with a tiara and white gloves hovered to the ground. Her name is Carol Ferris, a member of the Star Sapphire Corps.
Fatality glared,
"You are one of the Star Sapphires, aren't you?"
Carol nodded,
"Yes, I am. And I have come to help you find love, Yrra Cynril of Xanshi."
Fatality said,
"I am Fatality now, and I have no desire to find anything except vengeance against the Green Lantern Corps, and the Earth man John Stewart."
The Star Sapphire shook her head,
"You can't blame one man for the death of an entire planet, Yrra. He was doing his best."
Fatality screamed,
"He maliciously destroyed them all! My family and my throne are no longer there!"
She lashed out with her energy spear, but Carol created a shield of violet light, and the energy blast was neutralized. Fatality growled in frustration and shouted,
"You have no right to do this! John Stewart must die!"
Carol groaned quietly,
"This is not going to be as easy as I thought."
The Star Sapphire member took a defensive stance and watched as Fatality made a move to attack.
Fatality, her rage driving her, took her spear and lunged at the cosmic warrior. Carol rolled out of the way and put up a wall of violet light, shielding herself from the spear. Fatality swung again, her strength being fueled by her anger towards the cosmic warrior.
Star Sapphire fired a blast of energy from her violet ring, hitting Fatality. The blast took down the warrior, but Fatality was struggling to get up. She did so uneasily, but the Star Sapphire member shook her head,
"I have no desire to hurt you, Fatality. But, you are not making this easy for me."
Fatality hefted her spear and began to try and launch another offensive, but Carol launched another attack. Fatality dodged it, and then landed a blow through the shield, shattering it. The Star Sapphire was sent flying back, but managed to float at the last second, stopping herself. She launched a violet light burst, incapacitating the cosmic martial artist. Blinded, the former Xanshi royal tried to put up a defense, but was knocked out by Carol. Then, encased in violet light, Ferris took the unconscious Fatality to space, to the Zamarons home world.
Later…
Queen Aga'po, the ruling monarch of the Zamaron home world and leader of the Star Sapphires, was a thin, blue skinned alien woman with flowing violet robes and shimmering, gold-like jewelry. She was seated near the source of the Star Sapphire's power; the power of the violet crystal of love.
The Zamarons are distant cousins to the Guardians of the Universe, and their ancestors split off from the Guardians thousands of years ago because of the Guardians' seemingly lack of emotions. It was this rebellious splinter group that embraced emotions and generated a power source that rivals that of the Green Lantern Battery; the Violet Crystal of Love.
Several other Zamaron warriors, all bearing the Star Sapphire rings, were making their way to the queen, accompanied by Carol and the captured Fatality. The queen asked,
"Is it her?"
Carol nodded and bowed,
"Yes, Your Majesty. I have brought Yrra Cynril of Xanshi here."
The monarch nodded,
"Excellent. Prepare her for rehabilitation."
Several other Star Sapphire Corps members removed the yellow ring and energy spear and brought the unconscious Fatality to a special chamber. In it, there were numerous violet crystals, not as grand as the main one, but close enough to the power source. If one were to notice, there were beings within the crystals as well, all females of various alien species. Fatality was placed in the chamber and, as the crystal chamber began to close, she regained consciousness. She struggled to get out, but the crystal had completely encased her and she looked on with almost sheer horror at what could be happening to her.
Queen Aga'po nodded,
"Excellent. We will soon have another member added to our ranks."
She then said,
"Dispose of the yellow ring and the spear. I do not wish for any trace of the old Fatality to exist."
However, as her subjects were to do as they were told, the yellow ring had mysteriously disappeared. Little did they know that the ring was heading back to Earth at light speed, to find someone worthy enough for its power…
Next Chapter:
The Howling Commandos infiltrate Kasnia in an attempt to find out what Colonel Rajak is up to, but encounter more than they can handle. Stay tuned, fellow readers.