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4) NO EVIL SHALL ESCAPE MY SIGHT...
"Ok. So maybe this won't be as easy as I thought, but hey, at least it's a chance to get some practice." Kid Flash nervously chuckles as we push our backs together, whilst slowly turning around on the spot to see all the trouble surrounding us. The dark red eyes glow from the darkness, sending a cold chill down my spine. Realising that I'm getting scared, I shut out the fears creeping in and recite the oath in my mind. In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night. No Evil Shall Escape My Sight, Let Those Who Worship Evil's Might. Beware My Power, Green Lantern's Light. Feeling my fear evaporating, my green aura intensifies. It's bright light illuminating the shadows, revealing bared fangs. You picked the wrong day to mess with me, weird... things.
"KF?" I mutter to my twitching companion.
"Yep."
"Baseball."
7th of September, 10:00 PM
The cold of the mountains wraps around my body, as I lie on the soft, new, but freezing snow. Peeking over the side of the hill, my anxiety levels rise as Wally still isn't back yet from his scouting.What is he doing, the idiot. Right on schedule the familiar whizz drones into my right ear and Wally appears, lying on my right hand side. "Miss me?" he mocks, but I don't fall for it. This mission is far too important for me not to focus.
"Stay focused Wally. Lives are depending on us." I bark a little more roughly than I would have liked, but I can't afford any slip ups. "What's going on down there?" I question, Wally expression turns sour, so I know it must be bad.
"Plenty of Guards. Too many. I've found an entrance to the warehouse, now all we need is for the artillery to arrive." he briefs in a serious tone, a part of me finds it weird. However, the other knows I would rather have him in Gametime mode, we'll need him to get as out as fast as he can.
"They should be arriving any minute now." I assure. A wave of silence hits us. The only sound is the whirl of snow falling gently to the ground. Our breaths forming small clouds of pure nervousness, this is the calm before the storm, the silence before the roar of cheers, the numbness before the pain. This is the reality of having the lives of others rest upon your young shoulders, crushing down on our conscience.
"Whatever happens, I get the last cookie when we get back." Wally jokes, no matter the situation, he is always the beacon that guides us forward.
"You can have more than that. WHEN we do this, i'll get you a whole jar." I emphasise our inevitable success, willpower always prevails. "Heads up. JLA, incoming." I state when I see the figures of Superman, Hal Jordan and Martian Manhunter incoming. In a large orb construct made by Hal are: Green Arrow and Batman.
"Do they really need all of them?" Kid Flash asks incredulously, although I know why they brought in the powerhouses.
"From what i've heard about this guy, hell yeah." I respond, dubiously.
"I'll take your word on that." KF nodded with a wide grin on his face.
"I'm serious." I give a smile of my own.
"Stay focused, Kyle. Lives depend on us." Wally mimicks me from earlier, I couldn't think of a comeback, so I decided to keep my mouth shut. "Showtime baby."
Justice League POV (Third Person)
"Are you sure about this bats? Entrusting lives with two kids." Hal questions Batman over the telepathic link that the Martian Manhunter has estabilished, Batman scowls over Hal lacking faith in the two members of the Young Justice.
"You need to have more faith in your fellow Lanterns. There is no room for doubts in the League." Batman coldly shoots down the lantern's query, earning a small chuckle from the Green Arrow, who quickly stops when put under the Bat-glare.
"Hal has faith? Not a chance. He doesn't even trust himself to not fall off the bed at night." Superman casually jokes, Hal nearly breaks his own construct from the shock.
"Was that a joke... from Superman? " Green Arrow inserts himself into the conversation. "J'onn, can you check out his brain for damage? " the Arrow begs the Martian, completely serious about his request. All of the group were still in a state of nihilism, apart from Batman, who was unfazed.
"I do not understand. Why would you request me to do this?" J'onn asks, befuddled to the reasoning and human humour in general.
"Shut it, all of you. Might I remind you we are here to arrest a 52,000 year old immortal, not a common criminal." Batman barks through the link, followed by silence. No-one, not even Superman, dares disobey the bat. "We are approaching the compound." the dark knight cooly informs, with the target creeping into view.
"You ready, Bats and Arrow? " Hal requests, making sure they are ready for phase one of the attack.
"Ready."
"Ready." the two quickly respond and bend their knees slightly, bracing for impact.
"All aboard the choo-choo train." Hal jested, before sending Green Arrow and Batman spiralling towards the compound in a huge flying train, Green Arrow is thrown about the construct, where as Batman is standing firmly in the middle of the chaos.
Kyle's POV, 10:30PM
After a rather weird flying train smashed into the facility and instigating thugs to swarm out of the warehouse like a bunch of school children, me and Wally took the chance given to us. Ignoring the sounds of explosions and mayhem around us, we sneaked to the hidden entrance Wally had found. To say it was an entrance would be on overstatement. It's only a hole in one of the walls. "Come on Kyle, time waits for no hero." Wally motions me to follow him into the warehouse, where the hostages are supposed to be kept.
Once we enter the warehouse, we can't see anything as it is pitch-black. The only light in the room is the slight glow my suit gives off constantly. "Owww" Wally winces as it sounds like he hit a wall or something. "Uh, Kyle. How are we supposed to find these people to rescue?" Kid Flash mutters, I was about to answer when I heard a slight creak coming from my left.
"It's nothing." I assure myself.
"That's what they always say in horror movies... before they die." Wally declares, adding no security to my nerves.
"Gee, thanks." I groan, using the moment to crack a few of my knuckles and stretch out my fingers.
"Uhh, Kyle, what is that?" KF inquires, turning around I notice what he is staring at. A multitude of red eyes peeking out of the shadows, I was about to ask the same question when several more sets of eyes appear all around us. They form a circle around us, seeming as though they are daring us to run. "We're surrounded." Wally whimpers and pushes his back into mine. "Ok. So maybe this won't be as easy as I thought, but hey, at least it's a chance to get some practice." KF chuckles darkly. Feeling my will grow and thrive, the light illuminates the shadows to reveal huge and disgusting spiders; pincers clicking in anticipation.
"KF?" I whisper behind my shoulders.
"Yep."
"Baseball."
"This is gonna be cool." Wally utters, before taking a deep breath and whizzing away. Forming a baseball bat, I go into a batting stance and face the direction he ran off to. Within a few seconds he zooms back and rolls into a cannonball, hurtling straight towards me. Swinging at him, I connect and he flies into the nearest spider, surprisingly splitting it in half. A few sparks fly off the smouldering heap of metal. They are robots. With one down the rest pounce on me and Wally, who is still getting up from the maneuver.
Constructing a shield, I leap in front of Wally and deflect a spider that was pouncing onto him. "Thanks." he congratulates gratefully and runs off, smashing two more spiders in quick succession. Out of the blue a spider attacks me from behind and I soar into something hard, which moves and throws me onto the floor. These guys are playing ping-pong and i'm the ball. As I was holding up my ring, a leg knocks it back to the ground and I find myself pinned by both arms under one of the spiders.
It's head bows down and stares at me in the eyes, for a few moments it remains that way until it dips down, it's metal fangs searching for my throat. Not today, you aren't. I wriggle my right hand free and send a blast of willpower into it's chest, blowing a hole clean through it. Pushing it's carcass off me, I float up to see Kid Flash in a similar position, until I constructed a chain and yanked the thing off him.
I held it down as he rapidly punched it until he broke through the shell, the punches were so fast I have no idea how many it took. "Well, that was entertaining." I croak, my breathing still heavy from the exertion of precious energy.
"Thrilling mission. Check. Near death experience. Check. Hostages. Nope" he makes a mental checklist, he was right about all things, there are no hostages to be seen.
"Where are the hostages?" I try to deduce, but I will disrupted by Superman crashing through the wall into the warehouse. "Ok, I think we should help him." I presume, we instantely run over to the hero, who stands up.
He turns around and spots us coming, he holds out his had, signelling us to stop. "Get out of here and signal the League, this whole area for miles around is jammed." he orders before soaring out of the warehoude he entered, yelling in a ferocious battle cry. By now I only just noticed the intense shouting going on outside and could tell they were in trouble.
"Wally, get out of here and call in the League." I command, but Wally shakes his head.
"No. I'm staying."
"No, you're not."
"Yes, I am."
Having enough of this nonsense I grab a hold of his suit and pull him towards me. "I need you to go!. WE need you!. You are the only fast enough to run all the way outside of the jamming range!." I yell in what could be considered borderline rage. Pulling my emotions together, I let go of him and look into his eyes. "You gotta go, bro." Wally nods and immediately zooms away into the distance. We're counting on you KF. Steeling my will, I fly out through the hole and bear witness to the scene unfolding around me.
Chaos is consuming my eyes, as I see: Batman locked in a vicious battle with Bane, Hal in a war of emotion with Sinestro, Green Arrow in a stalemate with Killer Frost, Martian Manhunter in a duel of minds with Gorilla Grodd and finally, Superman in a colossal brawl with Black Adam. Damn, this is bad. This is the only though circling my mind. As though punishing me for this, Hal comes crashing to the ground by a blast of fear from Sinestro.
Protecting my fellow Lantern, I soar up into the sky until I am face to face with the user of fear, who is only a few unbearable metres away from me. "Hal was so pitiful, it's genuinely sad. Now, let's see if you are any different." Sinestro cackles menacingly, although he was leaving himself open. Seizing the opening, I leap forward with a constructed fist and swing for him. Almost with no effort at all, he bashes it away with a fist of his own. "Taking the fight to the enemy, how ruthless of you." Sinestro compliments, almost making me throw up.
"Does anyone ever talk to you? Is that why you love the sound of your own voice? Or is it that, that moustache of yours has a life of its own." I insult and my enemy lashes out with a claw, which wraps around me. Summoning my will, I only just break out of the chains and I am given no time to rest, as several blasts of energy as thrown my way. Constructing a force-field, I hastily observe the events around me and the balance is tipping out of our favour. Batman was winning his fight with Bane, but with help from Killer Frost, he is slowly losing. Green Arrow is lying on the ground and struggling to escape the ice freezed over his body. Hal is still twitching on the floor, I am thankful he is still showing life. Just as I saw Superman, a bolt of lightning slammed into him and he stumbles slightly, before uppercutting Black Adam. Finally, over in the far corner is Grodd and Manhunter, motionless as they invade each others minds.We won't hold out for much longer. the fear I had though I shook off earlier, returns with a vengeance. However, something happened that I would never expect. It felt... powerful.
"Feel your fear crawling in. It's time to give up." Sinestro commences attacing my shield with an array of weapons, ranging from rockets to giant knives. For some unexplainable reason, I not breaking. If a Green Lantern succumbs to fear, it's constructs will crumble, not hold. So why do I feel stronger than ever? the questions I have in my head will have to wait, as Sinestro is growing impatient and devolving to smash the shield with enough energy to cause a supernova.
"A Green Lantern never gives in,... hipster." I release the field and focus my mind on the sole task of defeating this enemy. Reflecting my increase in willpower, the aura coming off my suit is magnifying, lighting up the night sky. Charging towards the Yellow Lantern without any constructs,I wait until the right moment before I unleash a blast of energy, sending Sinestro back a few metres in the air.
"You cannot possibly win. All of your friends will die and so will you." Sinestro sadistically smirks, driving me on further.
"In Brightest Day." I begin, slamming into the villain with another blast. "In Blackest Night." I smash through the bubble Sinestro put up with another unforgiving blast. "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight." Sinestro tries to dart to the side and avoid my next relentless dose of justice, but he is too slow and is pushed back further. "Let Those Who Worship Evil's Might." I construct a large jumbo-jet in the air above me. " Beware My Power. Green Lantern's Light!" I launch my construct at Sinestro and he is helpless to stop it from sending him to the ground like a meteorite.
Seeing the unconscious body of Sinestro prostrate in a crater below, I torpedo down to where Batman is about to get his back broken by Bane. Using a constructed whip, I grab Bane's leg and avoiding ice from Killer Frost, I trip the venom addict over. This allows Batman to spring up and smack Frost on the back of her head, knocking the meta-human out. Restraining Bane with chains of will, I observe as Batman strolls over to Bane and pulls out the tube connected to Bane's head, stopping the flow of Venom and putting him in a temporary coma from overdose."Where's Sinestro?" Batman questions.
"Dealt with." I answer, pretty proud I took on the infamous Sinestro.
"Good job. Go help Arrow and I will assist Superman with Adam." the caped crusader sprints away, cape fluttering in the air behind him. Did I just get a compliment from Batman?. After handcuffing Frost and Bane, I head to where the Green Arrow is trapped.
"D-d-d-do you m-mind g-getting this t-thing off me." he stammers as he sees me approaching, no doubt due to the sub-zero ice around his body. With a few well aimed blasts, I shot off the ice and was just about to find a way to warm him up when half the League appeared out of nowhere. At the head was Wonder Woman and John Stewart.
"Right on time, as always." I sarcastically remark, which John frowns at.
"Show some respect, Lantern." he orders like i'm a soldier.
"Hey John, leave the kid be. You should have seen him. He kicked Sinestro's ass back to Fearville." Green Arrow backed me up and my respect for him grew by a great amount. To my surprise Wonder Woman raises an eyebrow, whilst John actually looks pleased.
"In that case, well done rookie." he congratulates with a slap on the back.
"Hey Firestorm, mind giving me a little warmup." the Arrow asks and hobbles away to the hero in the background.
"Where are the rest?" Wonder Woman questions and I point to where Hal is now being lifted away by Hawkgirl and Hawkman.
"I am here." a voice belonging to the Martiam Manhunter pops into the conversation, very creepily I might add. "I have won my fight. How did the others fare?" MM casually shakes off some dust off his shoulder.
"We just received word that Black Adam escaped, Bane and Killer Frost are in custody and Grodd is being taken now." the Princess briefs, after which we stroll over to the crate where Sinestro should be and I am horrified to find it empty.
"Damn!" I shout at the sky. Today is full of surprises as the Amazonian puts her hand on my shoulder.
"Do not worry, we will find him. As for you, I think it's best if you head to the medbay." she advises, confused as to what she means, I look down and understand the concern. Several parts of my suit is ripped off, leaving deep gashes along my ab, chest and arms. Flushing slightly from my exposed flesh, I touch a few cuts and wince as I realise how deep they are. "We have to find out why Vandall Savage and the hostages are here, but they are."
"I'll be sure to get Hal to thank you." John smiles in what must be the first time I have ever seem him do that. Giving me one last glance, they lift off into the air and leave me to deal with my injuries alone.
"Kyle!" I hear a yell and with a blur KF appears in front of me. "You look terrible." he bluntly comments, poking a few places on my face, causing me to wince in pain. "They got your face good." he continues with the prodding.
"Not the face. It's my best features. " I joke and chuckle, being cut short by the agony it causes on my ribs.
"Shame I wasn't here. " Wally looks genuinely dissapointed by not being in the fight.
"Believe me, it was a mess." I explain the events of the battle to him, with every detail he twitches slightly, however I miss out the part with my weird reaction to fear.
"Let's go man."
