Justice League 'Fan fiction Story'
By Tayla Drago
Episode # 3 – In Blackest Nights
On the planet Ajuris 5, a tribunal of alien judges orders the robotic Manhunters to apprehend John Stewart. On Earth, John is walking down the street in his old neighborhood. He runs into one of his old high school teachers but seems moody and withdrawn. As he thought to himself about leaving some note to a certain super hero he trusts, like John had to do something on his own. 'Wearing some of the black of her shirt, pants, boots, gloves, having her long blonde hair in a ponytail, and a red jacket to go with it as her new fighting outfit. She also goes by a super hero name at time called – Gemmy being Gem for short'.
"(I hope she gets the message.)" he said to himself.
Meanwhile…In the Watchtower….Amber has been studying, calming her mind a lot, and trains so many times of her crystal powers control since she has been part of the Justice League; she's been doing a great job for others supporting her 'including Flash the most' while J'onzz calms her mind with his mind control from time to time.
"Lots of practicing has done wonders for you."
"It really has, Mr. Martian." Amber said for doing another round. "I'll show you what else I've been working on my powers…Like so."
Using her gymnastics moves, Amber does well to use her own crystal powers to release from her body carefully…From fighting, weapons to make, popping out of grounds a little or so, and so much for not being afraid anymore in the last month or so; with Flash asking Hawkgirl about what she does on her home planet at times, comes and goes of being a cop hero while they also witness Amber's training.
"Wow…"Flash admires her a lot. "She's both amazing and skillful."
"I suppose so." Hawkgirl said back. "Not bad. Amber's gotten better lately. Saving people, aiding others, stop a few bad guys here and there. She has learned so much."
Making a final jump of her balance of movements and landed it find of her own made crystal type of platform, Amber shows what she was made of. So far that is.
"Yes! Not bad, huh?" she said with a smile. "Hey, Mr. Martian, I hope you don't get too lonely here with me around."
"It is fine." He didn't mind at all. "Just something to get use to. Keep up the good work, Amber."
Suddenly…Flash, Hawkgirl, Amber, and J'onn J'onzz detect the incoming Manhunters and fly to intercept them.
"Huh?" Amber was confused. "What's the danger this time?"
"We got trouble landing on earth."
"More like an invasion about to happen." Flash added.
Get into the ships and get ready to go after the Manhunters. For these 4 have to be the only ones taking care of the problem for the time being, since the others are too busy right now on other things offscreen.
"Wonder Woman is on another case; Superman is dealing with an earthquake and Batman would only say that he is busy."
It is true on what J'onzz explained to the rest of the team.
"Typical." Hawkgirl said back. "And the other 2 girls."
"Megan had a big bounty she went after with Helen turning the man in for justice and cash." Said Amber. "What? We talk on the phone the three of us from time to time."
"What about GL?" Flash calls John that.
And of course, J'onzz couldn't get a hold of him either of the danger of him being hunted down.
"I don't know."
"Really?" Amber was lost while seeing a note left from John to her. "(But this note says… 'I need to do something big, Amber, I leave the rest of the team to you, for my sake. Keep up with your training. Forgive me, but there's something I really need to take care of. Please don't follow me.' What does he mean by that?)"
It was very confusing alright. With John seeing his old neighborhood while stopping some thieves. Seeing his old teacher with his grandson hanging out, the Manhunters landed on earth to find the other Earth of the Green Lantern member.
"Stop." Said J'onzz. "What do you want here?"
"We are here for John Stewart."
When one said John's name, it only meant trouble.
"For what?" ask Amber.
"That's none of your business." The robot said back.
"Wanna bet?" Hawkgirl attacks first.
Too strong to be thrown aside, Flash saves her. With J'onzz and Amber are no match again the Manhunters at all. Strength to electrical poles to every have it long enough to be fired at. Flash's speed couldn't confuse them, even for Amber to have her crystals up for shielding to soon break as she fires a few to be nothing to the robots with no direct hits.
"Seriously?! What type of alien robots are these?"
Outnumbered and out match of the 4, Superman joins them later after finishing dealing with an earthquake.
"Back off!" stops one of them and breaks one of the Manhunter's weapon in half.
"Alright, Superman!" Amber cheered and stopped another Manhunter this time.
"I thought you were dealing with an earthquake." Flash questions Superman.
"It was a 2.0." he answers back. "Could someone tell me what's going on?"
Only for both Superman and Flash to get attacked from behind. J'onzz saves the two leaving Amber shielding the other innocent bystanders of the attack.
"I got the people to safety! Hey, Mr. Martian!"
"I'm fine." He said. "Amber, just keep doing what you've been doing. Remember your training! Protecting others come first before your battles!"
This battle was getting bad with the old friend and grandson, staying safe for John to go in as the Green Lantern. The Manhunters and the League clash, but John steps forward and surrenders himself.
"Stop!" he said with the ring barrier surround them both.
"Better late than ever." Said the Flash.
"Wait…" Amber stops him. "Something not right with John."
Giving up his ring to the Manhunter, John surrenders quietly to the Manhunters.
"John?" Superman was confused.
"What are you doing?" ask Flash.
No matter what anyone else says or do 'even for Amber couldn't', John wanted for this to happen.
"Stay out of this! All of you."
"You will come with us." The Manhunter said to John.
Off he goes just like that. The others are baffled as he allows himself to be handcuffed and transported away. With Amber showing the other 4 super heroes a note she found from John just a while ago today.
"Before we all get confused about this…I found this note from John this morning." She was lost too. "I didn't know if it's real or not and I didn't get it at all."
"We'll figure this mess out, Amber, don't worry." Flash was there for her. "We're all worried about John, it's not just you."
So what type of bad thing did John do to end up like this…? They follow him to Ajuris 5, where a crowd of aliens vilifies and throws garbage at him. Not just that….but the Green Lantern Core of the members being the Guardians were hiding something big, that goes double on the Manhunters 'as they were acting a bit off than just following order'. Yeah and something they want with the other Green Latner members for a few were there to mock on what John did was very bad. For the other members - Gallius Zed, Larvox, Arkkis Chummuck, and Tomar Re were not pleased at all.
"John Stewart's a disgrace of the Green Lantern Core name."
"I agree with you there."
"Why do this?"
"Beats me."
However the other member Kilowog didn't think so.
"Do you really believe that, guys?" he asks them. "I have my doubts."
With John in prison for a trial to happen, when he looks up into the space in the air that something 'or rather somewhere happened' for something to be gone already or rather it was destroyed. Back at the Watch Tower for J'onzz tries to sense John's whereabouts.
"I since some heavy burden in John's heart." He said. "Amber was right about the note, she was confused on showing us. It wasn't her attention to know."
"I told you so." Flash added in.
"Where could John be?"
"Looking at stars." He answers back at Amber.
Seeing the computer, they pinpointed John's location. Flying to space with the ship to locate it.
"We'll save John for sure." Said Amber.
"It's still weird for him to surrender his ring to those robots." Hawkgirl added.
"John is a strange human being." And Superman.
Oh, says you two a little?
"I think all of you humans are strange." She stops to apologize to Superman. "Sorry."
"It's fine, I get it."
Soon to have their ship getting attack on the planet they were about to land on.
"Incoming three spaceships attacking us!" Amber reports in.
Not asking for anything to have Hawkgirl to start a war at all…Flash and Amber pilots the ship while Hawkgirl, J'onzz, and Superman stop the other ones from attacking them.
"Amber!"
"I got you covered, Flash. Good thing I've been practicing flying this thing."
She really has for the other heroes were helping her out very well. Not bad for the other 3 fighter stopping them, but with Hawkgirl has just critically damaged an attacking ship.
"Hawkgirl!" Superman corrects her mistake.
"What?" Superman flies off to prevent the ship from crashing and for Hawkgirl to finally see it. "Oh, that."
Don't worry, Superman has got them safe and sound to stop the fire added in. With Flash and Amber tries landing the ship carefully on land.
"Flash!"
"I got it! I got it-!" he sort of did. "Back on the ship now!"
"Trouble." Amber said with worrying.
Luckily for J'onzz, Superman, and Hawkgirl finds them. Although it was an accident, Amber piloted fine but Flash sort of.
"What? I did fine." He said.
"I know, it's fine." Amber then asks J'onzz. "You know where John is, Mr. Martian?"
"He's in that building."
Off they go in that direction then…John is put on trial for genocide. Only for Superman, Flash, J'onzz, Hawkgirl, and Amber breaking in to everyone else's surprise that John didn't want to have at all.
"Order! We will have order!" an alien of the courtroom shouted.
"A trial?" The Flash asked.
"Seems like it." Answered Superman.
And of course either one of them weren't welcome here at all.
"Remove these intruders at once!"
Well doing so a little but not hurting them, Superman begs them to stop with Amber using the crystals to shield them a little, but not as a threat.
"Wait! We're John's friends. We don't mean anyone no harm."
"Superman's right." Amber steps in. "We were worried and…Well, we had to see what everyone's saying about a crime he did with proof. Please."
The odd three judges hear and see that they weren't criminals at all.
"Very well then."
"This is trial with some witnesses who know of John Stewart…"
"You all may stay but sit the gallery with no more outburst at this time."
They did as they were told.
"Thanks a bunch." Amber bows down to them.
With the other 5 heroes sitting down, let's get this court started 'I guess'. The prosecution's first witness, space pirate Kanjar-Ro, testifies that he was delivering a shipment of smuggled weapons to the neighboring planet, Ajuris 4, when John pursued him. A stray blast from his ring accidentally hit a vulnerable part of the planet's crust, and the entire planet exploded, taking three billion lives with it.
"3 billion. That's were that many people on that planet." Said Kanjar-Ro in his own words.
The prosecutor lawyer says this next…
"No further questions."
During a recess, the League confronts John, demanding to know why he hasn't spoken up in his own defense.
"What in the heck?" Amber was confused. "John, did you really…?"
"It all makes perfect sense now." Said the Flash. "That's why he surrender in order to clear his name.
"Why did you come here?" John asks them. "Seriously, Amber, I left that note for a reason."
A reason being what? For Amber didn't agree with it, for she knew something was up to even have a pirate of space being a likely suspect too.
"That man's hiding something." Hawkgirl had her mace ready. "Just give me 5 minutes with him…"
John says there's nothing to defend he's guilty.
"Hawkgirl! Flash! Everyone, please listen to me." He stops them all from almost doing anything harsh. "Nobodies lying. I did it, I'm guilty."
Really? Does John Steward/Green Lantern really think he destroy a single planet like that one left with rocks floating in space. Despite John's confession, Superman says he's not convinced.
"3 Billion gone…."
Shocking for Flash to hear, but not to Superman.
"True, but I have my doubts." He said.
"But John prove that he is guilty, right?" ask Hawkgirl.
"Hey!" Amber didn't think so. "Ever heard of someone is innocent until proven guilty or something? Don't say such harsh things." Having her crystal power out a bit but then stops by her doing. "No! I won't allow John to end his own life of false guilt like this! We're friends and heroes to stick together, from bad or worse times. Come on! We can't just give up, it only makes us feel like bigger cowards, people!"
Proven a point 'for John to even hear that last one a little in the other room from Amber's words', and yet this was far from over.
"That's what I want to look into. J'onn, you come with me." Superman and J'onn take off to investigate the ruins of Ajuris 4. "Hawkgirl. Amber. Flash. Can you three stall for time in the trial for a bit."
"We'll try to." Said the two girls.
"You want to fastest man alive to slow things down." Flash asks them. "Fine, but it won't be so easy."
"We can try." J'onzz added.
"Anything proof is better than nothing." Amber too. "Let's do this then! (John, hang in there just a little bit longer for us."
Flash is ordered to stall the trial, and steps forward as John's lawyer, despite being warned that he will also be executed if John is sentenced to death. One of the judges explains, "that's how we solved our lawyer problem".
"We don't want any doubt about our final judgement, do we?"
With the 3rd judge saying so, the 2nd one is like….
"No, we don't. But who will speak for John Stewart?"
"Don't you have any lawyers here?" Flash asks them.
Asking if so or not, they do not for their system on their home planet to work a bit differently.
"We solved our lawyer problem a long time ago." The Chief Judge answers back.
" However, you could speak for him if you wish." Said the 3rd.
Somehow, there has to be a bad catch to all of this.
"But be aware: if you lose, you will share the same penalty as the accused." So says the 2nd judge.
"The same penalty?" the Flash couldn't believe in this either. "You mean-that's crazy!"
Well, Flash has to do anything he can for John now. Amber would, but Hawkgirl stops her in the nick of time.
"Don't!"
"Hawkgirl, why?" she asked.
"All for time we can try stalling until Superman and J'onn can discover a clue on their ends." Hawkgirl made her point. "Please don't put your life in danger, Flash can handle this for John's sake…Well, for the time being."
Stopping in time in doing so for now.
"Flash…John…" Amber understood. "Fine for now."
For the rules here as I said before, are just their rules to follow by really.
And no, that's how we solved our lawyer problem." The chief judge says so.
"Fine, I'll defend him."
Well, Flash goes on as much as he can for the time being, while the other two girls have other plans in mind out of the courtroom.
"Hey, Sheryal, over there. The other Green Lanther members." Amber points out.
Off they go then. Both Amber and Hawkgirl confronts John's comrades from the Green Lantern Corps – Kilowog, Gallius Zed, Larvox, Arkkis Chummuck, and Tomar Re, but they are unwilling to help him, calling him a disgrace.
"Why weren't you at the trial?"
"He made us look bad." Answered Zed.
"Not to mention he made us all look bad." And Arkkis added.
Really? Not even with some proof.
"Is that so?" questioned Amber.
"And here we thought he Green Lantern Corp members has some code of honor."
They should, and yet they still doubt John Steward badly.
"Still not worth it."
"Best to keep away from him if we were you two."
Now them 'mainly Zed and Arkkis have gone too far'. Angry, Hawkgirl battles four of the Lanterns, defeating all four who attack without her mace.
"Cowards." Hawkgirl said while fighting.
Seems like Amber didn't have to join Hawkgirl in this battle. But she does slaps some sense into the other 2 members who were bad mouthing John the most.
"Enough!" she said in anger. "For you few, shut it! And you two, what gives?! Hawkgirl makes a good point, and the rest calling yourselves the Green Lanther heroes? How stupid can some of you be?!"
Finally, Kilowog, the only Lantern who didn't participate in the fight, decides to go and help in John's defense.
"These two are right." He finally says something to defend the girls. "John's one of us. And I'm going to help them."
"Wow, thanks." Amber smiles. "(This should hold off just a little while longer.)"
"Don't mention it."
Unfortunately, even with glowing character testimony from Kilowog and others, Flash is unable to press his case.
"Uh, looks like we've got a surprise witness."
"Surprise witness?" the prosecutor was left confused. "He was nowhere near the crime. What kind of witness could he be?"
"A big scary one!" Flash added.
As the prosecutor attacks the Lanterns, the proceedings become more serious, and the Guardians of the Universe, watching from Oa, decide it is time to intervene themselves, traveling to Ajuris 5. Superman and J'onn travel to Ajuris 4's moon, and immediately see something wrong: the moon should have lost its orbit after the planet was destroyed, but it's still there. Investigating a cave, they find an enormous hologram generator. They are then attacked by Ro, who has followed them, intending on maintaining his "secret" but he is brought down by Hawkgirl and Amber 'in spacesuits', who has followed him.
"Not happening!" Hawkgirl fires away at Ro.
Using a crystal to keep the ship from going anywhere with Superman stopping him, they got a witness.
"We thought you behind all of this." She said.
"And we…borrow the defense fighters' ships."
Yeah, Hawkgirl has to take one.
"He's responsible?" Superman was lost.
"Not really…?" Hawkgirl and Amber said it at the same time.
John is pronounced guilty, and he and Flash are sentenced to death. Superman and J'onn arrive back just before the execution is carried out.
"STOP!" Superman shouted.
On his signal, Hawkgirl destroys the generator, and the intact planet re-appears.
"Amber, use your powers!" J'onzz allows it.
"I'm on it! (Brut force for once….here goes)"
The two play their parts well to get the truth to light. It was all a frame-up. John then pounces on Ro, demanding to know why he did this. Ro confesses that the Manhunters paid him to carry out the charade – intended to draw the Guardians away from Oa. The Justice League then notices that Guardians leaving the trial. Time to have the heroes in action.
"Let's get going." Said Hawkgirl.
"I'm glad those boys were saved." Said Amber too and tries catching back with Hawkgirl to mee with the others right away. "Hey, wait for me!"
The Guardians arrive at the Manhunters' base, only to find them gone, just as the Justice League finds them. They admit that they built the Manhunters several thousand years ago, before the formation of the Corps, but decommissioned them, as the robots were unable to see the "gray area" between right and wrong. They reprogrammed the robots for more mundane tasks, but now realize that the Manhunters have been scheming to retake their old power. The League returns to Oa to find it under attack by the Manhunters, who have taken control of the outer defense systems.
"Attack the core!" said the Manhunter leader. "Use the gun! The Gun!"
With the assistance of the other Lanterns, who were convinced by Hawkgirl and Amber to help 'along with Kilowog, Gallius Zed, Larvox, Arkkis Chummuck, and Tomar Re, they batter their way through the defenses but are too late to prevent the lead Manhunter from entering the central battery, absorbing its power into himself.
"This is bad." Said Amber.
The Manhunter leader is now a true monster.
"NOW I HAVE THE POWER!"
"No…" the Guardian member is now trembling in fear. "All is lost."
However, John absorbs the battery's power into his ring, reciting the Corp's incantation 'even to Amber absorbing the other powers from the other Green Lantern members and the guardians to borrow of her crystal and giving some to John': with some lucky to be working.
"Amber?" leaving Flash, Hawkgirl, J'onzz, and Superman confused.
"(Hey, I didn't know I can do that.)" she jumps in from the power to lend John a hand. "John! Take this from my crystal of the ring's power! Don't ask how, but I can manage it somehow!"
Better than nothing, John, use it now.
"Amber?" he was lost but he uses it anyways. "Whatever you're doing from your training, then keep doing it."
"Then stop that Manhunter!" Amber powers her friend up.
Say it like it is then from the speech!
"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!"
Somehow, this has the effect of cleansing the power of the Manhunter's influence and returning it to the Battery 'thanks to Amber's help a little'.
"Wow!" she said. "Talk about your finishing move. (And yet my powers…It must be something special of mine like Megan's to pull that move off. I'll let her know about it later on.)"
Don't worry, Amber does tell Megan later on for sure. The Manhunters are repelled, all were shutdown, with the batteries out of order with the leader gone. I don't think they'll be having trouble overturning against the Guardians anymore or the Green Lantern members.
"We chose wisely when we offered you the ring." Said one of the Guardians.
With Gallius Zed, Larvox, Arkkis Chummuck, and Tomar Re liking Hawkgirl and Amber's fighting spirits.
"Not work, ladies." Said Zed.
"But hey, we knew that already." Arkkis laughs.
As for the others say they were sorry to John.
"John, you did it." Said the happy Kilowog.
"We were wrong about you." Same with Zed.
Although he does say this to a few of them he forgives the most than the others, for the time being.
"Yeah, you should have." He walks away. "Hey, Kilowog, thanks…"
I guess one member believed in John Steward all along. Moving back to his teammates, it's good to never hide anything that'll hurt you or them to talk about it and work it out somehow.
"Ah, John…"
Before Amber said anything, John speaks up for her first.
"It's fine." He pats her on the head. "I'm sorry for making you do something on my behave before…you know…it could've happen. Don't worry, I know there are others like you guys will always have my back."
"Really? Well, then I wouldn't have it any other way." She smiles. "Just don't do that again please. And yes, I'll still keep on training after that move we did, just to be safe."
Winking, all was well with one more thing on how John himself was feeling after what he has been through today.
"Are you all right, John?" ask J'onzz.
"You all believed in me, like Amber. Just like I almost didn't believe in myself."
"Hey, what are friends for?" said Flash
Restored to honor in the Corps and smiles on everyone's faces again, John leaves Oa with his teammates.
"Let's go home."
Into the ring to fly back to home they go for John to give Amber, Flash, Superman, Hawkgirl, and J'onzz a lift. So yes, all is well again. For fixing things for the Oa planet, the robots to be no more, and doing the right things for the other Green Lantern members will take time, but plenty to make up for things little at a time for others. No kidding.
