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Two light trails, one green yellow, raced across the horizon to the proud tower that watched Jump. Both landed on top of the massive building, the green T-Car disappeared as its passengers disembarked. "What the Hell just happened!?" screamed Cyborg as Jason landed.

The teenaged Lantern swayed slightly, but his friends paid Jason no mind. They were too busy staring at their fearless leader who acted like a rabid animal. "Yellow! He wears yellow like Slade! Must…fight…" Robin growled as he thrashed against Starfire's restraint.

"Friend what is wrong with dearest Richard!" cried Starfire as she held her boyfriend back.

Jason walked up to Robin and, after several attempts, grabbed his ring hand. "Sorry boss." He tapped the two rings together, and swore as their auras swapped. Robin's eyes flew open and a blast sounded off. Jason rocketed back, smoke billowing from his chest.

"Cyborg!" shouted Robin, his eyes clear and his costume now yellow and black.

The green covered teenager threw a massive construct hand that caught Jason, whose aura was now a muted crimson. Raven darted over, her lantern staff glowing. But Jason didn't need help. He righted himself and unleashed his aura. It vaporized Cyborg's construct, and the five Titans were bombarded with raw rage.

Finally Jason reined his emotions in. He touched down softly on the roof of the Tower, his hair and eyes now matched his aura. "I…guess I have explaining to do." Blood started to trickle from his mouth, Jason swayed slightly. "One moment, ring restraint mode ruby." A loud vacuum sound rang out, and then Jason's aura disappeared. His ring was still red, but Jason's eyes were slate colored, and his hair was black. He wavered slightly, but stayed up. "Ok, we should go inside…before I pass out." He took a step, and almost fell. A yellow glow appeared around him as Robin helped him up.

"Let's get you to med bay," said the teenaged detective.

Jason shook his head. "I'm fine, we need to talk, common room best place for that."

"You're wounded, I can feel dry blood on you, and you opened up a lot of the wounds Rae patched up. You're going to med bay," replied Robin, he wasn't angry, but he wouldn't be argued with either. "You're a Titan again, and you still owe me."

Jason smirked slightly as he leaned against Robin. "Damn bet."

Robin gestured to the rest of the Titans who fell into step around him. All except Raven, she looked back across Jump, she could still feel Slade out there, but a hand tugged on hers, and the empath couldn't stop the smile that wormed its way onto her face as she followed Beastboy.

Inside the Tower, Jason was all but forced into a bed while Cyborg, with the aid of his new ring, ran a dozen diagnostic tests. "Damn man, I wish I got one of these before, I can do things I didn't even know was possible!" commented the mechanical teen.

Jason smirked slightly as he leaned back. "Yea, they come in handy." Raven moved her staff around his body while Cyborg scanned him.

Finally Cyborg and Raven confirmed each other's thoughts and turned to Jason. "You're dehydrated…severely. Under nourished, exhausted, three of your bones weren't set right, not mention the sheer amount of bruises you have, both old and new. You're in here for a while dawg, no buts," said Cyborg. "Man did you just not eat when you were in space or what?"

Jason waved his hand but didn't argue. "Apparently not enough." He made himself a bit more comfortable and closed his eyes. "Since it's late and I just got the shit kicked out of me for saving you guys, I'm going to bed."

Raven gave him a disbelieving look. "You saved us? As I remember, Slade was about to kill you when we jumped in."

"Semantics, you wouldn't have gotten free without me, hence I saved you," countered Jason with an amused smirk.

Raven slapped Jason upside the head. "Good night." Cyborg guffawed as the pair left; Jason just shook his head as he settled down into his cot.

The teenager looked down at his dull ring. "Ring, release restraint ruby." A bright blood red light filled the room and Jason felt new life course through him. But anger, so much anger. And no emerald energy to dull it. Yet at the same time it felt…different. There was a different tang to the energy. That's when Jason's eyes widened. "Impossible. Ring, diagnostic!"

The ring gleamed as it pulled up a fiery construct depicting Jason. "Analysis indicates that with lose of connection to certain elements in the emotional spectrum has created a slight warp in remaining connections. External emotional sources have been lessened by influx of the five others colors. As such, until full connection is restored, each color in spectrum will be weaker, and draining on the battery."

"The battery being me," replied Jason.

"Affirmative," answered the ring.

Jason sighed as he stared at his ring. "How can I recall the rings from the others?"

"Each ring has been keyed into their specific wielder, only by removing rings can full connection be restored," stated the ring.

Jason nodded to himself. "So they have to take the rings off for them to join you. Hmm, intriguing." He yawned loudly as he shook his head. "I'll think more 'bout this tomorrow, no use worrying now." He turned over onto his side and closed his eyes.

He shifted in his sleep, a frown marred his features, then his hand shot out, catching the hand hovering over his head. Jason's eyes shot open and a red blade appeared in his hand as he pulled his assailant onto his bed, knife against their throat. "What do you want!?" hissed the Red Lantern.

"Jason! Let him go!" cried Raven as she grabbed Jason. Jason's eyes cleared as he looked down at his attacker, it was Beastboy.

"BB?" he whispered. He recoiled from the green teen. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, that, I'm sorry. I…I would never, you got to know BB."

Beastboy rubbed his throat; a small trickle of blood ran down it. "It's ok dude, I mean it's not, but like, never mind."

Raven placed a hand on her boyfriend's throat, healing the small wound. "What were you thinking!?" she hissed at him.

Jason looked out the window, it was morning. "I…I wasn't." He disconnected himself from all the medical machines and stood up, he swayed slightly, but forced himself to stay up. "We need to talk, all of us." Jason noted his friends were still in their Lantern costumes, the rings hadn't lost their charge yet.

"Jason stop! What happened!?" called Raven but Jason was already outside the medical wing.

Beastboy sighed as he rubbed his hand against his throat. "I guess it was lot scarier in space than Jason let on."

"His body is covered in new scars," answered Raven. "And Jason was never the most adjusted person we knew."

Beastboy laughed as he hugged Raven. "That's a bit of the pot and the kettle you know." Raven just smacked her boyfriend as she made sure he was fine.

In the common room, Jason found the other Titans, all still Lanternized, going about their business. "Ahem," said Jason. The others turned to see him. "We need to talk, about those," he pointed at their auras.

"These rings are most wondrous friend! I am connected to dearest Richard in ways I never knew before. I sense love everywhere, this world is filled with it!" cried Starfire as she flew around the common room.

"Yea man, all my schematics! I can make them all with this thing!" agreed Cyborg.

Jason sighed and pinched his nose. "That's great guys, but we seriously need to talk.

"Yes, let's talk Jason. For example, why do all of our rings have a ban on interstellar travel?" asked Raven as she and Beastboy appeared. "Or, what exactly have you been doing since you joined the Lanterns that left you so paranoid you attack anyone who approaches you while you sleep."

Jason glared at the indigo covered girl, a fierce glare that seemed out of place on the face the Titans all remembered. This Jason, he was different, darker, grittier. But he was still Jason, he unclenched his hands and blew a breath out through his nose. "I'm suspended from the Corps, technically I'm under house arrest, and I should be on OA, but…I came here, and managed to convince the Guardians to allow me to stay on Earth. As for the rest, it's none of your damn business." The Titans all stiffened at the harshness of Jason's words. Even when he was a blistering ball of anger, he never sounded so…definite.

He shook his head and he turned back to the others. "First of all, your rings, they have a 24 hour charge, at which time they'll become inert, unless, you charge them." Jason's eyes flashed and he opened the dimension where his battery rested. "This'll work for Cy, for the rest of you, um, I'm the battery. My ring is keyed into my specific energy signature. Normally since I'm the one who wears it, the ring is always fully charged, but since you guys have them, there will come a point when you need to charge. Also, if you take your ring off, it goes back into mine."

Jason wavered slightly and grabbed his head. His aura flared for a second but he pulled it back in. "Sorry, each of your rings have different abilities. Cyborg and Robin have the easiest to manipulate since fear and willpower are two of humanity's most basic emotions. You use your willpower to create constructs with the ring, simply think it and the ring will do it." Jason then looked at Raven with a shake of his head. "Compassion is a bit trickier. Normally it forces all other emotions out of its wielder, but, given Rae's already powerful emotions, and her abilities as an empath, it seems Rae has found an intuitive balance. Indigo Lanterns use the emotions around them to attack or defend. Indigo Lanterns use the strengths of their enemies against them." He turned to Starfire. "As for you Star, Violet Lanterns are powered by love, your greatest strength lays in this fact, as long as you wear that ring Star, trust in love and it will see you through." Starfire flitted into the air clapping. The smallest smile wormed its way onto Jason's face.

Then Jason went to Beastboy. "And last, but not least, BB. Blue, blue is the color of hope. You and you alone, were the only one who in that mess knew, unquestionably, that the Titans would walk away, like we always do." He placed both hands on BB's shoulders. "Hope, hope is the single greatest force in the universe. With hope, we can face down any challenge, conquer any obstacle, but at the same time, it's the weakest. Without willpower, courage, hope is useless. That's the truth of hope, united, we're unbeatable, divided, we're vulnerable, remember that." Everyone stared at Jason.

He held up his ring hand, the piece of jewelry gleamed in the morning light. "These rings, they are capable of things not even their makers fully understand. And together, they can make us unstoppable. But, the true test of a Lantern is to restrain himself," he paused as he stared at his ring. "A test I have failed, several times. If you want the gift of using these rings, be prepared to take responsibility for them." Jason sighed as he walked to the windows. "I'm gonna stretch my wings, been awhile since I've felt sun on my skin." He threw one open and stepped out. The Titans rushed to the edge just in time to see Jason fly up, a pair of red wings attached to his back. He rolled in the air as he flew away.

"He seems….different," said Cyborg as the Titans all took in the information.

Raven pulled her cloak tighter around her, a slight blush on her face as Beastboy stared at her legs. "Keep staring I'm going to blast you."

Beastboy scratched his head as he hugged his girlfriend. "I can't help it Rae, you look so good!"

Cyborg shook his head as he turned back to the kitchen. "Your flirting aside, seriously, that's not the Construct we all knew and love."

Starfire landed next to Robin, cuddling up against the teen detective. "Friend Cyborg is correct, Friend Construct was…off, he had the look Tamaranian warriors wore after hard fought battles."

"He is displaying signs of PTSD," agreed Raven.

Robin remained silent. He broke away from Starfire and walked to the window. One new ability of his yellow ring was he could see fear, he could track it even. Jason was afraid, of what Robin couldn't say, but he could see it, plain as day. "For now we help him acclimate to life as a Titan again. After all," he said as he turned back to the others. "He was in space for over a year, things happened. If he needs to talk he will, but for now he needs to remember he's home again." Robin gave his team a smile as Starfire zoomed over.

Of all the Titans, only Raven wasn't convinced. She stared outside though she couldn't see Jason anymore. A sense of foreboding settled on her, and she didn't know why.