A vast glass mirror towered in the Oa Star System, the darkness within it like a vortex that could devour everything.
The First Lantern, Volthoom, fell into it without a sound.
The red light of the Red Lanterns, the orange light of the Orange Lanterns, the yellow light of the Yellow Lanterns, the green light of the Green Lanterns of Will, the blue light of the Blue Lanterns, the cyan light of the Compassion Cyan Lanterns, and the violet light of the Violet Lanterns—all seven emotional powers unleashed by the First Lantern, Volthoom, had formed an emotional contamination of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, cyan, and violet. It, too, dissipated with extraordinary speed.
For a moment, the universe suddenly fell quiet again, as though everyone were wondering what they had been doing.
"Aah!!!!" A soldier whose rage had been stirred by the contaminating red light of the Red Lanterns broke down and screamed. Just moments ago, he had plunged his fingers into the neck of his respected commanding officer and forcibly ripped out his windpipe, killing him before slaughtering every comrade aboard the warship.
The moment his senses returned, everything he had done crashed into his consciousness, battering his mind until he howled in agony.
"Why..." A soldier aboard a warship began sobbing loudly, curling up on the floor in anguish before crying himself unconscious. Those harrowing memories became nightmares that coiled through the depths of his consciousness, and his brain activated its automatic protective mechanism, erasing the tragic memories that made him wish he were dead.
A moment later, he climbed up from the floor, shedding bewildered tears. His faintly aching heart had lost something, leaving him staring at the corpses around him, shocked and wondering what beast had done this, killing all his comrades aboard the warship.
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