Chapter 8: Sinestro's Return and Dinner Date:
Garfield, Sinestro, Arisia, G'nort, and Ch'p flew back to Oa as they see the other Lantern's looking at Sinestro's return. They all speak to themselves about his return, as Gar notice Soronik flying up as she sees her father for the first time in years.
"Papa?" Soronik whispered as she sees her father.
"Soronik, you have grown up as a lovely girl the last time I saw you." Sinestro comments as his daughter embrace him in a hug.
"Papa!" Soronik shouts as tears flows out of her eyes as Sinestro hugs her back.
"Back from the dead I see." said Kilowag as he, Arkkus, Tomar-Re, Katma, Laira, and Boodikka, a Bellatrix woman with silver hair, pink skin, purple eyes, and wears a green wing tiara around her face as she wore green armor.
"Lanterns Kilowag, Arkkus Chummuck, Tomar-Re, Katma, and Boodikka. It's nice to see you all here." Sinestro as he saw Hal Jordan flying towards him "And I see you haven't change at all, Jordan."
"Of course not, Sinestro." Hal responded as he smirked at his close friend. "I'm glad to see that you are alive. Gar was the only one who still had strong hope that you were still alive."
"That's true papa, Gar never lost hope." Soronika agreed while she linked her arm with the green human and layed her head on his shoulder. "He's the most hopeful man in the whole galaxy."
'When did Logan and my daughter get so close to one another?' Sinestro thought to himself before he pushed his fatherly instincts away. "That's nice to hear."
'I hope Sinestro won't be angry about me dating his daughter.' Garfield pleaded to himself.
Sinestro stood facing the Guardians as Garfield and the other Green Lantern Corps watch and listen.
"It seems that you are truly alive, Sinestro." said one of the Guardians.
"But where have you been in all these years?" asked the female Guardian as she hears Sinestro speak.
"I was out patrolling my sector when I saw a Psions outside of the Vega System. I don't understand why are they trespassing, so I pursue them with all my might." Sinestro began "But once I catch on to them, one of them blasted me with a laser set on stun. Before I knew it I was taken in to the Citadel Empire." he said much to the shock of the Lanterns as they have heard unpleasant things about the Citadel.
"My god." Garfield muttered as he listens.
"I became their slave in labor after they took my power ring. It was then I escaped 3 years later after they declared war on Thanagar as I flew out of the empire." his eyes look grim as he continued "Since then I thought I was free, until I encountered the Psions and have captured me. They decided to experiment on how much will power I have because I was a Lantern. Because of this, I became isolated on the outside galaxy, with no chance of freedom until I escaped after a year. Since then I became a wanderer, with all of my injuries and the trauma from the experience from the experiments and slavery I have been experienced." he finished as he saw the shocked faces of his fellow Lanterns, especially from Hal, Garfield, and his own daughter Soronik.
"Sinestro, I'm sorry that happened to you." Garfield apologized as the purple man place his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"It's alright Garfield, I manage to survive the whole experience. Thank Oa that I didn't end up in Apokolips." Sinestro respond calmly to the boy "There's nothing to be feeling guilty about it."
"He's right Garfield." Boodikka said as she flew towards Gar and Sinestro "Sinestro has the most strongest willpower out of all of us."
"Not really, Boodikka." Sinestro respond to his old friend "I have felt a little fear from the Citadel, but I have too much will to live so I won't die on that accursed planet."
"Your fear gave you the motivation to act and to survive." Garfield commented with a cocky smirk and twinkle in his eye.
"Yes so it appears that your theory about fear was correct after all." Sinestro replied to the teenager boy.
Two months have past as Sinestro sits on his bed of his apartment, reading poems from a Genesis author. The door opens as he looks and saw Tomar-Re.
"What brings you here in my apartment, Tomar-Re?" Sinestro asked him.
"I would like your assistance on something, Sinestro." Tomar-Re replied as he and Sinestro exits the apartment.
"Man, what a day." Ch'p asked as he, Garfield, Hal, and G'nort all rest in the lounge of the Corps after busting smugglers "Those smugglers were tough to arrest."
"Well, they were stone monsters so of course they were really tough to handle." Garfield replied as he spotted Soronik talking to Iolande, a purple skin princess with purple curly hair, blue circular markings on her face, black eyes, and blue full on lips. Her GL attire consist green leotard and black leggings with green gloves and shoes "Soronik, who's your new friend?"
"Garfield, meet my new partner of space sector 1417, Princess Iolande." Soronik told him as Iolande smiled.
"Please, just call me Iolande." the Betrassusian Princess replied as she checks out on Garfield.
"Garfield, but you may call me Gar if you would like." Garfield greeted in return while he took her hand and shook it. "Nice grip." He complimented the princess.
"Thank you, Garfield." Iolande replied with a slight redish tinged on her cheeks.
"You just met her and you are already flirting with her, Garfield." Soronik teased her boyfriend. "I can't say that I'm surprised by that."
"I wasn't flirting!" Garfield yelped in shock. "Speaking of flirting, do you want to go to get the girls together and swing by Earth, and get some quick lunch? The owner of the old Italian reastruant in downtown Coast City owes me a favor and a nice quite lunch would be just right."
"Sure, I'll call Arisia, Laira, and Katma. Say, let's invite Boodikka as well." Soronik suggested.
"Of course, she's been needing an excuse to come out of Oa and hopedully she's not busy." Garfield respond as he waves the guys goodbye as he follows the two female Lanterns.
"Man, that kid's all grown up." Hal comments.
"Yeah, as an intergalactic ladies man no less." Ch'p states as he eats a nutshell.
"Yep, we raised the pup good." G'nort said as he chews a bone.
"Too good if you ask me." Hal comments as he drinks some water.
Back on Earth, weeks after the End of the world.
"Friend Cyborg, do you have a holoring for me? I will be out of the town." Starfire asked Cyborg as he, Robin, Raven, and Beetle all gather together in the common room doing their everyday stuff they always do.
"Sure little lady, what for?" Cyborg asked.
"Well, I got a call from Friend Lantern Garfield, and he wish to invite me with him and his female friends to a restaurant at Coast City." she replied as everyone heard Robin dropping his coffee mug. "Are you alright, Friend Robin?" Starfire questioned her team leader.
"Fine, Star." Robin hurriedly answered as he rushed to clean up the broken pieces of his cup. "I have to go train."
"What was that all about, ese?" Blue Beetle asked his teammates.
"I'd tell you later on." Raven replied with a ghost of her smile on her lips.
"Friend Raven, why don't you come along? I'm sure Friend Garfield wouldn't mind." Starfire commented to her best friend.
"I don't know, Starfire. He didn't invite me, he invited you." Raven responded with a blush on her cheek.
"I'm sure he doesn't mind me bringing you along." Star states "I did heard him called you cute." she teased to the blue haired empath.
'Well, it wouldn't hurt. Plus I don't have my father's influence anymore, and I might ask him about this Sinestro guy.' Raven thought as she stood up "I'll go to Coast City with you, Star." she said as Starfire hugs her friend.
"Glorious!" Starfire exclaimed as she hugs Raven so tight, her soul's about to leave her.
"Star, you're killing her with your hug." Blue Beetle told her as Star released Raven.
"Sorry friend Raven." She said meekly.
"I'm good." Raven replied as she stretches out her back.
"We need our holorings, Friend Cyborg." Starfire told her friend.
"Got 'em." Cyborg replied before he ran to his room. "Be right back."
"When will Kori arrive?" Arisia asked her boyfriend as she took a seat next to him in the local park in Coast City.
"Kori will arrive soon, Arisia." Garfield answered his girlfriend as his blond hair blew in the wind.
"She does know to be in disguise, right?" Soronik questioned as her black hair flowed flawlessly with her pale white skin.
"Yes. I told her to do just that. I told her to meet here and I will find her." Garfield responded when she caught the Tamaranean's scent in the air.
"Sorry we're late, I have to get Friend Raven to come as well." Starfire said as her's and Raven's appearances. Star's is a Caucassian girl with red hair and green eyes and wears a green tube top and short jean skirt, as Raven's a tanned girl with black hair, blue eyes, and wears a purple shirt with blue biker shorts.
"Ah, Star and Raven, glad to meet you two." Garfield quipped as he gives a charming grin "You two remembered Arisia, Soronik, Laira, and Katma? Now let me introduce you to one of the finest Lanterns, Boodikka and Princess Iolande."
"It is an honor to meet a fellow princess like you." Iolande said as she bows.
"Nice to meet you two." Boodikka greets as she bows as well.
"Hello new friends!" Kori exclaimed as she hugs the two "Of my civilian identity, I am known as Kori Anders."
"Call me Rachel Roth in public." Rachel states.
"Alright Kori and Rachel, and all the ladies, next stop is Luigi's Place." Gar quipped as he, the Titan girls, and the Lantern girls walk to head forward to the restaurant.
Unknown to them, they are being watched by a certain bulky armored villain as he glares at them.
"Welcome to Luigi's, my name is Daisy, how may I serve you?" said a woman with big chestnut hair, blue eyes, and wears a yellow shirt with blue jeans as she waits at the counter.
"Garfield Logan and I have a reservation at one." Garfield replied, and smirked when he saw the woman's eyes bug out.
"Oh of course, Mr. Logan. Please come this way. We have your table waiting for you, please come this way." Daisy states in a frantic manner at the mention of the most important client that their restaruant has ever had. "You and your lady friends will have a great time."
"Thank you Daisy, but please you don't need to panic or anything. I'm a normal guy, I ensure you." Garfield commented to the woman.
Daisy blush as she rush back to her counter as Garfield and the girls sit at the table as they read the menus. Thanks to the universal teachings, the Lantern girls learn how to read English.
"This planet has some unique food, especially this 'pasta' here." Iolande comments.
"Yes, I have tasted Friend Cyborg's spaghetti before, and this spaghetti looks good." Starfire comments.
"You can order up as much as you want, cause I'm paying for you all." Garfield states as a man with a black mustache, brown hair, blue eyes, and green suit confronts Garfield "Ah, hello Luigi."
"Y-yes Mr. Logan. When my girlfriend said that you're here, it is an honor to have you here at the restaurant." said Luigi as he look at the girls "And I see that you've brought some ladies along."
"Hey, you know me Luigi, I am giving you some tips on your employees, and the restaurant." Garfield comments much to the Italian's shock of happiness.
"T-Thank you, Mr. Logan!" Luigi yelped in shock and awe. "I can ensure you thay your dinner is on the house." He told the man.
"That isn't necessary, Luigi." Garfield told the Italian man. "I will pay for my lunch and the girl's lunches as well."
"You are too kind, Mr. Logan." Luigi commented before he walked away. "The waiter will be with you shortly."
"Have you beautiful ladies decided on what you wanted to eat?" Garfield questioned which caused all of the girls to giggle, except for Raven who wished that she had her hood on her.
'I need my damn hood!' She thought as she gave a pouty look.
"We've all decided to have spaghetti for lunch." Soronik states as she smiles as well as the rest of the girls except for Raven, who just nodded.
"Alright, spaghetti dinner it is." Garfield respond as a platinum blond woman with teal eyes a aquamarine shirt and jeans comes to the table.
"Hi, my name is Rosalina, I'll be your waiter. What can I serve you and your lady friends, Mr. Logan?" she asked them.
"We'll have spaghetti dinner for eight, please." Gar orders as he gives a hundred dollar tip to the waitress "Keep the change."
"Thank you, Mr. Logan. Luigi's Place appreciates your continued time as a costumer." Rosaline stated before she walked off with the orders. "Your food will be here in under twenty minutes."
"Thank you, Rosaline." Garfield and the girls told the blond at the same time.
'How can that wimp have all of those babes with him? They need a real man and not some wimp.' Adonis thought as he started to think of a plan.
Several minutes later the waiter came back with several plates of spegetti.
"Here's your food Mr. Logan, and his lady friends." Rosaline stated before she started placing the plates around the table.
"Thank you, Rosaline. This food looks divine." Garfield commented to the girl with a charming smile.
"I agree with Friend Garfield. This food does look very nice." Kori agrees as she peered down at her plate.
"This taste good." Laira states as she munches down on her food.
"We also have Italian breadsticks with your order." Rosalina told as Boodikka and Arisia eats the breadsticks.
"Thank you." all the girls spoke as well as Garfield who thanked the waiter.
"Say, maybe after dinner, we can all go out and walk around Coast City, sounds cool for you girls?" Garfield asked them.
"Yes!" they all agreed as they wait for Rachel's response.
"I don't see why not." Rachel replied as she eats her spaghetti and breadsticks.
"Awesome." Garfield responded before they all drove into a comfortable silence while they ate their lunch.
"Wow that was great." Arisia commented as she rubbed her belly. "You don't get food this good on my home planet." she quietly told the group.
"I agree, Friend Arisia. The spaghetti was most fabulous and the mustard was simply yummy." Kori agreed with the blond girl.
"Glad you ladies enjoyed the food." Garfield commented with a satisfied smirk.
"Alright, now let's go and explore around the city!" Laira exclaimed as she and the others went out of the restaurant after Garfield tips the waitress.
'Now that we're full, I can now speak to Garfield.' Rachel said mentally as she link into Gar's mind 'Lantern Garfield, can you hear me?'
'W-who's there!? Raven is that you!?' Gar asked as he was startled by Raven speaking to him mentally.
'Yes. I want to talk to you about your friend, Sinestro.' Rachel told him after figuring out that Soronik was Sinestro's daughter.
'What about Sinestro?' Gar asked in concern.
'Well, I am an empath so I can feel people's emotions. When I first saw Sinestro, I felt a vibe, the same kind of vibe I get from...' Rachel was then interrupted when a bulking figure approaches "Oh great, he's here!?"
"Who's here?" Gar asked as he looks up and saw Adonis, who looks just like how he met and defeated him 3 years ago 'Hey, I think I know that guy.'
"Hello, wimp." Adonis sneered at the blond male.
"Hey I know you" Garfield stated as he pointed at the armored suited teenager. "You're that dude who got his scrawny little ass kicked by the Beastly Lantern when he first showed up!"
"That green geek got lucky!" Adonis argued in great hate for the Beastly Lantern.
"If I were you I'd run before he or the Green Lantern show up." Garfield advised the criminal as he struggled to keep the instincts telling him to kill the scrawny teen. 'Gotta get help.' He thought as he pressed his S.O.S. button on his ring. 'Hurry up, Hal! I'll distract him until you arrive!'
Hal was just heading towards the Watchtower as he received an S.O.S. from Garfield.
"Looks like the kid needs help." Hal comments as he head straight to Earth as he calls Green Arrow "Hey Ollie, cover for me, got to take care of some stuff with my partner."
"Sure thing, Jordan." Oliver told his old friend through the com-link as he sign off.
Meanwhile in Oa, Tomar-Re brought Sinestro to the labs for some help.
"So what is it that you need help, Tomar?" Sinestro asked his oldest friend as Tomar-Re shows him the Parallex Chrystals.
"I've been researching the origins of this stuff. I was wondering if you can help me assist." Tomar asked the Lantern as he turns back.
"Of course, Tomar-Re." Sinestro replied as he hides his smirk on his face as he grips the crystal "I'll help you in anyway I can."