Ok, people, here's the next chapter. I call this one return of the interceptor because in the animated series, I liked that ship. A powerful weapon, really fast and an impressive creation. So I figure, why not make it so that it wasn't destroyed. Ok, on with the story.
The trio had been flying through space, looking for any threats from the Red Lantern's, or anything else that seemed dangerous. While flying, they came upon a big yellow planet, that looked to be mostly sand.
"Looks like we've found a new place to investigate," Eddie said.
"I'm running a scan on my ring, and it says that this planet's atmosphere is mostly methane," Sinestro said.
"Methane?" Eddie said confused.
"Poisonous gasses," Elsa answered.
"Once in the atmosphere, leave your life support fields on. They'll stop you from breathing any of it in," Sinestro ordered.
So they all flew down and on the planet, it was nothing but sand and wasteland, as far as the eye could see.
The trio landed on a big brown rock and Sinestro looked to see a big glass dome.
"Wait. I think this is that planet Hal Jordan crash landed on, when Aya plugged herself into the Anti-Monitor," Sinestro said to himself.
"What did you say?" Eddie asked.
"It's nothing really," Thaal replied.
"Come on, Thaal, what is it you're not telling us?" Eddie asked.
"A group of our Green Lantern's have been here before. It all started over two months ago, when deep in frontier space, Green Lantern's were somehow getting killed out there. Do you both remember that human Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, the one who came to us when I was telling you about Parallax?"
"Yes," Eddie replied.
"Yep," Elsa said to reply.
"Well, over two months ago, Hal Jordan had taken the Guardians' best weapon, a ship called the Interceptor, and went out in frontier space. That ship was the fastest machine ever created. It ran on the green energy, and it had a highly intelligent AI. He called it Aya. Out in frontier space, Hal Jordan discovered the Red Lantern Corps. He eventually stopped the Red Lantern's by taking down their leader. But one of the Red Lantern's broke Atrocitus out of prison, and he reprogrammed another old invention of the Guardians. That's what became a second threat."
"The Manhunters," Elsa pointed out.
"Yes. The Manhunters were created by the Guardians, but they had decided that all emotion was evil, so they tried to wipe out all emotion. But once they got out of control, the Guardians shut them down. But they hadn't seen the last of them, because something reactivated them. A giant robot, that called itself the Anti-Monitor. It could feed on anything it wanted, by blasting it into anti-matter. As for the Interceptor's AI, she blew its head off, but then plugged herself into its body, to try and wipe out all emotional life."
"What happened to Aya?" Elsa asked.
"Hal Jordan and Kilowog had recruited a Red Lantern to join their side, that Red Lantern fell in love with Aya. Aya eventually stopped trying to end all life, but as for the Manhunters, Aya had created a virus that shut them all down, but she also had to do the same thing to herself. But after that happened, Razer the Red Lantern believed she was still alive, for Aya was a living being, not just a robot. She had an essence that came from a creature living inside the green central battery. One that fuels the entire Corps. Aya was created by a Guardian, and after she disappeared, Razer left to find her."
"By the way, what does this Interceptor look like?" Eddie asked.
"It's a big white ship, that had green lines on it, and has a green sphere engine. Why do you ask?" Sinestro asked.
"Because the way you just described it, wouldn't that be it?" Eddie asked, pointing down.
Sinestro came over and looked to see the Interceptor flipped over, and buried in the sand. "I believe we've found a faster way for transportation."
So the trio flew over and they each grabbed the ship with a claw construct, then flipped the ship back right-side up.
Inside the ship, the trio was making repairs to get everything back online. Sinestro was over where the steering wheel was, and was connecting a bunch of wires, to get the AI back online.
"Greetings and welcome aboard the Interceptor. I am LANOS, your Lightspeed Astronautical Navigation Operated System."
"Oh, great," Sinestro said.
"What is it?" Eddie asked.
"This is that AI that Hal Jordan calls Lame-o," Sinestro answered.
After he said that, Elsa and Eddie tried to hold back laughing.
"Yes. Hilarious," Sinestro said. "All right, LANOS, can you get all systems back online?"
"Accessing ship systems."
After that, all the controls started to light up, for they were getting back online.
"What about the window? How will we breathe?" Eddie said.
"Activating force field window."
LANOS then turned on a force field where the window was.
"Now, LANOS, give me manual control," Sinestro ordered.
The wheel on the dashboard then came out, and Sinestro flew the ship into space.
"Now what?" Eddie asked.
"Now we head to Ysmault, to find out what the Red Lantern's are planning," Sinestro answered.
After that, the ship went into ultra-warp, where inside the vortex, a bunch of colors flashed brightly.
Ok, that's all for this chapter. Next chapter is where they discover Atrocitus' secret plans. One that not only involves Manhunters, but something much worse. What is it? You'll find out later in the story. And I know some of you want me to make Hans a red, and I think maybe I will later in the story. Until then, please read, review, and enjoy.