Chapter 5: Reunion (Part 1):
3 years later.
"Stop, Lobo!" shout Lantern Garfield as he chases down the last Czarian bounty hunter, Lobo. Over the years, Garfield has grown up with a well-built body over the years as the jacket wearing Lantern chases down Lobo.
"Oh frag, just because I drank a lot and blew up a space bar, that's a crime!?" Lobo respond as he rides his space cycle down to the next galaxy.
"Give up Lobo, you know you can't outrun a Lantern." Garfield told as he forms his ring into a net to capture Lobo with.
"Frag!" Lobo shouts as he speeds up his space chopper as he rides really fast, only for Garfield to follow chase.
"So, you want to give chase, eh?" Garfield asked with a smirk "Well I do need some exercise." he then change into a chitaka, a species of aliens that can run around a planet at 280mph. He chases towards Lobo as he manages to catch up with him "Now step off of the vehicle, and maybe you might get a lighter sentence." he told even though Lobo would suffer more punishment.
"Come on, Gar! Why are you messing with me when I hear that, that fraging dick Val-Vor and the Locrix are in your sector? Frag I heard that they are by some planet call E-arth." Lobo asked his favorite Lantern to have around if he is going to bust you. "You're from E-arth, aren't you?"
"It's called Earth, Lobo! The 'a' is silent!" Garfield yelled back after he captured the intergalactic bounty hunter in a cage. 'Is he telling the truth? Lobo never lied just to get away before.' He asked himself as he got closer. "What have you heard about that prick, Val-Vor?"
"He's hunting the Locrix, and typical Valy fashion he followed them to Earth. With your Justice League gone, who will save your home world now?" Lobo answered with a smirk. "Just let the Main Man go and go save your people."
"I'll catch you next time, Lobo." Garfield replied as he speed off.
As Garfield speed towards to his home planet, which he has never been to in a long time as he gets an upcoming message from Kilowag "Hey Killy, what's up?"
"What's up? I'm calling you if you caught Lobo yet?" Kilowag asked him.
"Oh that, he got away, but I'll catch him. Just need to check up on Earth a bit." he half-lied "Have Chippy deal with Lobo, or maybe you can."
"Boy, the Guardians and Katma are going to have my hide when you-" Garfield cuts off communications as he flew in towards Earth.
Garfield flew towards his home planet as his rings has him follow any trace of Val-Yor or the Locrix. To Garfield and anyone else in the galaxy, Val-Yor was some superhero from Vernathia who's pretty much annoys everyone due to his egotistic nature and his prejudice of some species of the galaxy, mainly Tamaraneans. It didn't help that he came from the South side of the galaxy.
As he follows the readings, he notice a giant T-shaped tower and a couple of destroyed Locrix "He was here alright." Garfield told as he follows the signature readings just as he saw the tower "Who would built a giant size tower shaped like a T?" he muttered as he flew off to follow Val-Yor's signature.
It took the teenage Lantern a couple hours, but he was finally able to track down the galaxie's biggest asshole and to his shock, but not surprise the arrogent alien had flown into a minefield.
"Val-Vor really is that arrogent!" Garfield told himself before he flew at top speed towards the spec of an object before him. "I should reach him ten to fifteen minutes!"
"Boys and girls it seems that we have wondered into a minefield. That is my fault, but we will get out of it. Even excellent Captain like myself can make such a mistake." Val-Vor told the Titans.
"A excellent Captain wouldn't have done the wondering into a minefield in the first place." Starfire politly told the man who had done nothing but throw insult at her.
"Troq, why don't you go outside the ship and move the mines out of the way. Then we can safely monuver throughout the field." Val-Vor ordered the young Tamaranean princess as he managed to keep the hate and destain out of his voice.
"Why not you? Surely you can handle this job as well." Starfire told with a hint of harshness in her voice.
"I can do it better, but I'm needed here." Val-Yor respond 'Don't talk back to me, you filthy little Troq.' "Besides, your people can withstand the hostile conditions in space." he remarked as Starfire gave a mile glare, which the Titans didn't notice as she flew towards the corridors to move the mines.
Garfield finally flew towards Val-Yor's ship as he notice someone coming out of the ship 'That's not Val-Yor, but according to my ring that's a Tamaranean girl! What is she doing in Val-Yor's ship? I must stop her before she gets closer to the mines!' he thought as he quickly flew towards the Tamaranean girl.
"I am almost near the minefields." Starfire informs through the con-link as she heads towards the mines, until she is stopped by a Green Lantern.
"Hold it right there miss, this is a dangerous minefield area and I'd advise you to stand back." He told her as Starfire looked at him questionably 'Why do I feel that I know her from somewhere?'
'Is that Friend Garfield?' Starfire asked herself as she just floats there in space.
"Troq! What the hell are you doing?" Val-Vor's voice rings out over the girl's com-link and the Lantern heard it.
"What did that trash just call you?" Garfield asked in a cold whisper which confused the girl.
'Why does the Lantern cate if I was called a Troq? Unless he really is Friend Garfield.' Starfire thought before she explained everything that happened to her and the Titans before this.
"Get back in the ship, Ma'am. I need to speal with your 'Captain.'" Garfield told the girl who slowely nodded her head.
What the hell is that Troq doing!?" Val-Vor demanded in pure rage. "She didn't clear any of the mines!" He added before stormed from the room.
"Ese, what was that about?" Blue Beetle asked his teammates?
"I don't know." Robin replied in suspicion.
Starfire got back into the ship and didn't find the Green Lantern with her.
'Where did the Lantern go?' Starfire asked herself before she was met with a furious man.
"What the hell are you doing, Troq?" Val-Vor demanded before he got knocked back by a Green Lantern who appeared out of nowhere.
'Friend Garfield was able to do that!' Starfire screamed in her mind.
It was then the Titans came in as they witness the Green Lantern holding Val-Yor by the arm as Starfire watch.
"Who's worthless now, you piece of frag?" Garfield grits his teeth 'I'm starting to sound like Lobo.'
"What is going on here!?" Robin demands as the rest of his team, Cyborg, Raven, and Blue Beetle marches forward.
"Say, isn't he like a Green Lantern like the one we have on Earth?" Cyborg asked as the Green Lantern lets go of Val-Yor and push him to the ground.
"Sorry for the sudden appearance. I am Green Lantern Garfield of Earth and space sector 2814, who are you and what are you doing here with this asshole?" Garfield asked with a tone of authority in his breath.
"Friend Garfield!" Starfire shouted at the top of her lungs as she squeezed the green teenager before her. "I believed you to be dead!"
'Friend Garfield? Kori!' Garfield thought in shock as he remembered the small girl from before. "Kori...I need...to breath." He gasped out before he felt her grip loosen, but she still held him. "Now what's this nonesense about me being dead?" He asked as he turned around to his shock but not surprised a much more matured Tamaranean princess. "Kori...you look beautiful."
Starfire blushed as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Thank you friend Garfield, you look very the handsome yourself. Ane as with me thought that you were the dead, Sister Blackfire told me that the Green Lantern for this sector was a brown haired human, and there is only one Lantern per sector." She explained as she held his body close. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Kor." Garfield replied with a fixed glare at Val-Vor. "As for you! I want you out of my sector now! And I want an official appology to Kori and to the Emperor and Empress of Tamaran! I should let you know that I have Lobo on speed-dial."
"That is not necessary, Friend Garfield. I Am sure that this klorbag has learned his lesson." Starfire commented on her friend's words.
"I disagree, Kori. This piece of frag dare call the Princess a racist slur and then sends her on a suicide mission. Who happens to be my friend, my oldest and first friend." Garfield replied.
"Whoa, Star's friends with a Green Lantern? I thought Lanterns aren't even allowed on Tamaran." Blue Beetle comments as he shows his fascination on the pointy eared Lantern.
"How on Earth do you know that?" Raven asked her blue teammate.
"My scarab." Beetle respond to the empath.
"W-w-wait a second, since when do you know Starfire? And what do you mean you're in charge of Earth?" Robin asked in suspicion and a hint of jealousy towards the Lantern.
"I've known her since we were young, and it was on the first day that I received my ring when the princess's aunt dropped down towards into my planet. I have to retrieve her body back to Tamaran until the Lanterns found me with her body and led me to Oa. I requested the guardians to return Torkar'i's body to her planet but the Guardians denied my request due to a treaty. But I kept my promise and plan on going through with it. Once I reach to Tamaran with Torkar'i's I was blocked by some guards and they told me that they're going to retrieve the body back to the palace, but I told them I will do it, but I got knocked out in the process." He breathes in and out as he continues "I then found myself in one of the prison cells, and I met Princess Kori who we both couldn't understand each other, so she kissed me since apparently Tamaraneans can get through lip contact to learn a new language, and she we became friends until she was called away. I then escaped form the prison turning into a fly and retrieve my ring and told the Emperor about how his sister Torkar'i crashed into Earth. I then run off after the Emperor learns that Kori performed the lip contact with me." he breaths out of every word he rapidly said as he looks at them "Did you get all that?"
The Titans all stared at him as the nodded "Good. Now if I didn't stop Kori from going into the minefields, Val-Yor would've triggered an intergalactic war and have Earth caught in the crossfire."
"But we have to stop the Locrix!" Val-Yor states.
"Then I'll have the Lanterns deal with this. I'm taking this "crew" you probably lured into your ship back to Earth." Garfield states with a snarl "You're lucky the Justice League weren't here, cause Superman and Wonder Woman can kick your sorry blowhard ass."
"Hold up." Robin spoke in his leader mode "Those Locrix are aiming towards Earth and the Titans volunteered to stop them." he said as he hits his hand with his fist.
"And you are, traffic light?" Garfield asked which struck a nerve on Robin.
"I'm Robin, and this is Cyborg, Raven, Blue Beetle, and apparently you've already met Starfire. We are the Teen Titans." Robin told with pride in his voice.
"Never heard of you." Garfield respond with a deadpan expression, hurting Robin's pride.
"We stopped the Gordanian Invasion of Earth." Starfire told her friend.
Garfield's eyes light up in recognition. "That was you?" He asked his friend who noded her head. "Okay I'm impressed. Maybe with you 'Titan' by my side we can stop this invasion a whole lot quicker."
"What about, Val-Vor?" Cyborg questioned the Green Lantern.
"He will leave my sector. Now." Garfield replied. "I will take you all to Earth and there we will mount our defenses against the Locrix."
"Agreed friend." Starfire stated her agreement with the Lantern.
"You can't do that! Those Locrix are produced in their home planet Crixis. If we don't destroy and eradicate them with my Quantum Eradicator, they'll be unstoppable!" Val-Yor counters as he disapproves the young Lantern's plan.
"The Green Lantern does not and will not commit genocide on any species no matter who or what they are. I'll send an emergency call for all Green Lanterns to prevent the Locrix from reaching Earth." Garfield countered as he calls in all available Green Lanterns to help him on the mission.
Back on Earth Garfield takes the Titans minus Val-Yor back as Garfield gets to know about the team more.
"And this is Friend Cyborg." Starfire introduced as she introduces her team to Garfield.
"What up, Kid Lantern." Cyborg comment as he gives a hi-five to Garfield.
"Doing good, arresting planetary bad guys and space pirates. Also, I am known as the Beastly Lantern at Coast City." Garfield told him.
"That's you, ese!" Blue Beetle excitedly shouts to the Lantern.
"Yeah ese that's me. Which reminds me. Kor there is this very nice restaurant in Coast City that I think you will just love." Garfield replied before turning his attentions to the Tamaranean. "Maybe this time I won't have my life threatened by your father."
"I would like that, Friend Garfield." Starfire responded with a soft smile. 'Did Friend Garfield just ask me out on a date?'
'Did that Lantern just ask out Starfire, and did she accepted?' Raven thought in shock as she notice Robin's jealousy risen 'This might not end well.'
"Cool, and maybe the next time I come to Earth you can meet my girlfriends." Garfield stated to his friend.
'Girlfriends!?' Robin thought in shock as well as the others.
"Oh I would love to meet your friends of the girls!" Starfire respond "Maybe they'll like me?"
"I'm sure they'll do." Garfield replied, happy that his old friend accepts his offer.
"This guy must be some young Captain Kirk, huh amigo?" Blue Beetle said as he nudge at Robin, who just scowled.
"Captain Kirk?" Garfield inquires.
"You know, Star Trek?" Blue Beetle replied.
"Sorry, but I don't know who that is." Garfield commented which shocked the young hero.
"No way/ese!" Blue Beetle and Cyborg yelled in shock.
"How can you not heard of Captain Kirk and Star Trek if you're from here!?" Cyborg questions.
"Unless he's not really from Earth." Robin told as he crosses his arms with a smirk.
"Actually, I've been living in Oa for the rest of my life. Sure I know all of the stuff on Earth, like cars, Lex Corps, and Lantern J., my partner, would always keep me up to date when he's around." Garfield respond "And besides, does Garfield sound alien to you?"
"If you're not an alien, than how are you like this?" Raven inquires.
"I'm a meta." Garfield answered as his ring blinks "Lantern Garfield speaking."
"Hey Gar, the Lanterns are here right now, and the Locrix are coming." Kilowag informs the young Lantern.
"I'll join you. Mayne if they are here you can meet Arisia, Katma, Laira, and Soronik sooner than I thought." Garfield states before he stood up and smiled at his friend. "You are welcomed to fight if you can breath in space, if not then please don't."
"I will join you then, Friend Garfield." Starfire stated with great joy. "The Earth is my second home!"
"Where is Garfield?" Arisia asked Katma.
"He should be here soon. He is on Earth, but we dongt know where." Katma replied.
The girls Arisia, Katma, Sodomik, and Laira, a Jaydian with red hair, green eyes, pale skin with pointy ears wearing a Green Lantern leotard with matching arm length gloves and thigh high boots awaits for Garfield along with the other thousands of Lanterns.
"Hey, I think I see him, with someone following him." Laira said as she spots Garfield and his friend Starfire.
"Hey ladies, I would like you all to meet Princess Koriand'r, aka Starfire of the Teen Titans and responsible of defeating the Gordanians invading Earth." Garfield spoke highly for the Tamaran.
"Greetings, Friends of girls of Friend Garfield's." Starfire greets as she gives a bow to the girls.
"Nice to meet you, Princess Koriand'r." Soronik bows to the princess as well as the other girls.
"Alright everyone, prepare the shields!" Kilowag commands as every Lantern uses their rings to create a green shield as the Locrix charge towards Earth.
"It's a good thing the kid and Lobo tipped us!" Ch'p states as he saw Garfield, his girlfriends, and a Tamaranean "What's a Tamaranean doing on Earth?"
"Whoever she is, she's kicking their asses!" Kilowag states as they saw Starfire beating down the Locrixes one by one as Garfield and the girls takes them down as well.
"You know, her righteous fury reminds me of Torkar'i." G'nort states as he witness the fight.
"Well Kori is Torkar'i's neice." Garfield stated as he sensative ears pick up the Lantern's words.