Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

KILOWOG:
Ardakian Trawl,

do you realize you got patrol?

Oh, and I thought I was coming

500 million light-years...

...to give you a sponge bath, Kilowog.

Knock it off, you poozer.

How much longer?

I'm in your star system,

so quit flaring your nostrils.

My God.

[GRUNTS]

[ARDAKIAN GRUNTING]

[ARDAKIAN SCREAMING]

KILOWOG:

Ardakian, you there?

Ardakian? What happened?

Ardakian!

[PANTING]

Where is it?

[RING PULSES]

Hey.

[GRUNTING]

GANTHET:
Needless to say,

we're all shocked and saddened...

...by the news of Ardakian Trawl.

She was a bold and gallant

Green Lantern...

...whose achievements

will long be remembered.

But for now, we must set aside

our mourning for the threat at hand.

[PANTING]

Glad you could make it.

Sorry.

We know from her ring that Ardakian's

murderers were Shadow Demons.

Soulless creatures

from the Antimatter Universe.

We haven't seen them

since the great crisis.

They came from a rift in our sun, a rift

that connected directly to their universe.

We take it this was no mere anomaly.

No. We were able to make

a detailed analysis through the ring.

There's no mistake.

The demons were sent by Krona.

[LANTERNS MURMURING]

GUARDIAN:

Most of you know Krona's story...

...how he defied authority...

...and created the Antimatter Universe

billions of years ago.

He nearly annihilated all of creation.

As punishment he was turned

into disembodied energy...

...and cast throughout the cosmos.

We thought him gone...

...but it seems he has reconstituted himself

in the Antimatter realm...

...bringing the Shadow Demons

under his control.

We sense this is just the beginning...

...that Krona means to use our sun,

the very center of the universe...

...as a portal to attack us.

We have sent a squadron of Lanterns

to the sun to begin monitoring.

They'll be setting up observation platforms

to conserve energy.

Meanwhile, all important documents

and artifacts will be moved from Oa...

...to the Broome-Kane star cluster

for safekeeping.

We'll need everyone to keep a close watch

on the sun while we evacuate.

LANTERN:

Evacuate?

[LANTERNS MURMURING]

We have already removed the Book of Oa,

our most sacred text.

Next will be the library.

KILOWOG:

You gotta be kidding.

Excuse me, Ganthet, but these precautions

do seem rather extraordinary.

Krona was a tyrant

with insatiable aggression, Sinestro.

He vowed to destroy Oa,

and we take that threat seriously.

We suggest you charge your rings

immediately...

...for the Central Battery

will be removed as well.

Let those who worship evil's might

Beware my power, Green Lantern's light

LANTERNS:

In brightest day, in blackest night

No evil shall escape my sight

[GRUNTS]

Let those who worship...

Sorry, kid.

Usually I like to mentor recruits...

...for more than a couple of hours

before they face Armageddon.

It is kind of overwhelming.

[GRUNTING]

- Are you all right?

- Yeah. Sure.

It's just that, well,

three days ago I was sitting in class...

...trying to figure out a physics problem

and then this.

Yeah, that's the way it is.

The thing is, why me? I'm just a student.

A nobody, really.

I'm sure Avra felt the same way.

- Who?

- The first Green Lantern.

It's one of the first stories you learn.

I guess we got a little sidetracked.

To quote scripture:

The first one given a ring

was not the first Lantern.

The first was Avra.

HAL:

The Book of Oa, first chapter, first verse.

Long ago, before our stars had ignited...

... long ago, when life was new

and the universe was in its infancy...

[SHIPS WHOOSHING]

... before order...

... there was chaos.

[EXPLOSIONS]

Chaos outbalanced creation...

... hate outbalanced fellowship...

... and all life suffered.

The Guardians saw it all.

The evil was too great

to be left unchecked.

And so they gathered the light.

They knew of its variety and strength...

... and the light with the most power.

But they sought their answer

in the light of will...

... to form from it a weapon unequaled...

... to turn armies to sand.

Will, given substance...

... forming.

The greatest warriors of the universe

were gathered.

Four would be chosen.

The first four.

An event to be recorded

and remembered.

And the Guardian said to the assembly:

GANTHET:

Stand tall, warriors.

If we are to be Guardians,

you are to be our strength.

If you are to be our strength,

these shall be your arms.

[PULSING]

HAL:

But then, the unexpected.

They called it an accident.

Accident is only the will of the universe

expressing itself.

And it was the universe's will

that the fourth Lantern be Avra...

... a mere scribe...

... chronicler to the Guardians.

And so it would be for all time,

the rings would choose their successors.

The Guardians had armed the first four,

and sought to train them.

Though no training could prepare them

for what would come...

... when training gave way to duty.

[EXPLOSIONS]

[GRUNTS]

A plague had savaged the universe.

The Guardians dispatched the first four

to stop its advance.

Ready or not.

[AVRA GRUNTS]

WACHET:

Your first battle?

Just do what I do. And try to stay alive.

Are these really enough

to stand against all that?

WACHET:

The Guardians say they'll protect us.

AVRA:

But they're just rings.

And before getting yours

you were just a scribe.

Use your imagination.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

HAL:

Lt was too much for them.

For anyone.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

WACHET:

These rings are useless.

We might as well be wearing trinkets.

What do we do?

We have only two options:

Retreat or death.

There is no victory here.

WACHET:

Retreat it is, then.

Go. I'll cover your escape.

HAL:

And the first Lantern saw...

... and would not run.

AVRA:

Wait.

The Guardians forged these rings

from will.

Will can do more than pave our retreat.

Will is the first cause behind any action.

We must will our survival.

You're commended for your faith

in the Guardians, Avra...

...but this is a failed endeavor.

You'll die.

So be it.

I choose to believe in the Guardians.

This is battle, Avra. It's real.

It's not one of your books

where you can invent the outcome.

He's dead.

[EXPLOSIONS]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

AVRA:

The Guardians forged these rings from will.

We must will our survival.

[YELLS]

WACHET:

By the stars.

HAL:

He held his first construct.

No longer a scribe...

... now a warrior.

The first Lantern.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

HAL:

This was the beginning.

In time, the first of the rings

would be passed on...

... while a hundred more were forged...

... and then...

... thousands.

All would be taught

as the first Lantern had learned.

A new path to victory.

A use for the ring

that even the Guardians had not predicted.

In time, old Lanterns would fall...

... their rings given to the new,

to learn as they did.

Even Avra would fall...

... his ring given to one

who would be taught his lessons...

... and would one day teach them.

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