Green Lantern: First Flight Page #3

- These people are irrelevant.

The Corps is on the line.

Get that through your heads.

None of us,

and therefore none of them are safe...

...until we get Kanjar Ro.

I don't care if we have to tear

this place apart girder by girder.

It's him.

- Unh. Ooh!

- Ugh!

Push it.

- Huh? Yeah.

- You all right?

Good shot.

- They're going to reach us.

- Time to lighten the load.

Holy crap!

We have to get through.

There's a rift ahead.

We can get out home free.

It's that guy from the port.

So why are you sitting here?

Unh!

Ugh.

One bug left.

I'd power down if I were you.

I'm the only one who knows

where the Weaponers are.

Without me, you'll never find them.

Take me in, and I'll implicate you,

I swear.

Come on, Sinestro. Put the ring down.

We can still work this out.

- Sinestro?

- I'm thinking.

What's there to think about?

Plan B. It could work.

Sinestro.

Yes.

Down here.

You entered the pilot's cabin on your own.

Yes, sir.

- And you did not see Kanjar Ro?

- No, sir.

And you have no recollection

of killing him?

I did not kill him.

Someone did,

and he wore a Green Lantern ring.

You were the first ones there.

Actually, Tomar Re and Boodikka

arrived on the scene first...

...but I was there soon after.

We followed the ship's

vapor trail separately.

- And no one else was on the ship?

- No.

But I think it's perfectly

understandable what happened.

The human was attacked

by Kanjar Ro...

...and in his last moments

of consciousness, he struck back.

A clear case of self-defense.

He should never have put himself

in that situation.

If he hadn't played hero...

...you might have caught up with the ship

and taken Kanjar Ro alive.

Now there's no telling into whose hands

the yellow element might fall.

Perhaps you'd like to say something?

I didn't kill him.

Then who did?

Whoever took his Energi-Rod.

I sure as hell don't have it.

By your brash actions...

...you have placed the universe

in absolute turmoil.

Excuse me, but the turmoil began...

...when the yellow element was stolen

under your watch.

We've heard enough.

Indeed.

Hal Jordan, it greatly disappoints me

that in the judgment of this tribunal...

...you have been found

of insufficient discipline...

...to carry on the duties

of a Green Lantern.

Will the sergeant-at-arms

please come forth?

You shall hand your ring over

to Commander Kilowog.

Kilowog, you will keep the ring

until the Guardians choose its successor.

And what of the yellow element?

I suggest we call a special session

with our honor guard...

...to devise our next strategy.

I can arrange that, sir.

If there is nothing more,

this tribunal is over.

Are you my ride home?

We both volunteered.

Kilowog has something to say to you.

I'm sorry I said the things

I said about you.

You saved my life. You are a brave

and bold Green Lantern.

Thanks, Kilowog.

- You gonna eat that?

- Go for it.

- Quite a day, huh?

- I'm sorry.

- Did you notice how calm he was?

- Who?

Sinestro. He even defended me,

in a half-assed way.

He's always been political.

Would he have known where

the Guardians hid the yellow element?

- They trust him.

- He hates them, you know.

He's critical.

Uh-uh. No, no. He can't stand them.

What did the Guardian mean when he said

the Energi-Rod might be helpful?

Kanjar Ro controlled

it through his thoughts.

It might contain some

psionic information.

Like where he put the yellow element?

Ranakar doesn't know his butt

from his poozer.

Even if you had the rod...

...you can't use it

without Kanjar Ro's brainwaves...

...and that transmitter

has been shut off for good.

- Are you ready?

- Are we in a hurry?

This is him.

I know it's cold, Kanjar Ro.

I'm sorry about that.

Where...?

You're in the morgue. You're dead.

- Dead?

- I killed you.

I'm reconnecting synapses for some

information. This shouldn't take long.

You remember the yellow element, right?

Yellow.

You left it with the Weaponers.

Where are they?

Qwar...

One more time.

Qwar-

Perhaps you can show me.

Let's sit up, shall we?

All right, now. Where are the Weaponers?

Where is the yellow element?

Sector 324. Very good.

Can you be more specific?

- Qward.

- Wow.

Can you find the nearest pizza joint too?

Well, well, this is a surprise.

What's going on, Sinestro?

It's fairly evident, Kilowog.

I've been working behind the scenes

to find the yellow element.

You killed Kanjar Ro.

To save his hide.

Careful now.

You don't want to damage the Energi-Rod.

The core is quite unstable,

I've been told.

You lied to the Guardians.

I've lied to everyone. I've had to.

- Why?

- Think about it.

How did Kanjar Ro know exactly

where to find the yellow element?

How was Abin Sur killed so quickly?

- Are you saying there's a traitor?

- Of course.

Why do you think

I wanted to work with Earth boy?

At least I could be sure he was clean.

You should've told the Guardians.

In due time.

Let's get the yellow element

first, Kilowog.

Then we'll all be heroes.

Take off your ring.

Don't be ridiculous. Boodikka?

Sorry, Sinestro. I don't think

you can talk your way out of this one.

- Ugh!

- Jeez.

He's still alive.

If she had killed him, his ring

would have flown to the Guardians.

And we'd rather not have that happen

just yet.

It was Jordan's idea to come here.

I was hoping you'd be gone by now.

I told you he was bright.

You played me.

I needed to get inside your head,

see if you should join our club.

But you're not easy to read.

We really need to talk

about personal space.

It's not too late, Jordan.

Boodikka believes in my vision.

Others will too.

But I could use someone like you

who has the stones to get things done.

While the gnomes banish you...

...I offer you power,

more power than you can imagine.

All I ask is for is your loyalty.

Now, you see, you had me.

Right up until that last part.

And I thought humans were different.

Take care of him.

You can hide his body with Ro's.

I shouldn't be long.

Knock me out, will you?

Humans.

Good God.

You're a Weaponer.

I'm here for the yellow element.

You are not the one.

Kanjar Ro is dead. I was his partner.

He told me to come to Qward

to pick the weapon up here.

He paid for it and now it's mine.

Listen, I don't have time for this. I...

Your friend...

...is late.

The weapon is now in forfeiture.

It is yours to take.

This is your control.

Our work is done.

We leave this world to return to our own.

The weapon is a mighty force.

The most powerful and absolute

in your universe.

With one exception.

One...

...slight...

...imperfection.

What?

The imperfection...

...every weapon has.

Its user.

So they got Boodikka.

I start alone, I end alone.

The Guardians want to see you.

And I them.

What are you doing, Sinestro?

Only what's necessary, Tomar.

Oh, don't look so glum. The universe

has become too big for the gnomes.

There's a new day dawning.

A new sun rising.

He was our most brilliant

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