As early as a year ago, Sinestro had buried a Yellow Lantern ring deep within Earth's core, custom-made specifically for Superman.
That way, even if cosmic affairs forced him to leave Earth someday, he could still seize any opportunity to bring Superman into the Sinestro Corps.
Now, that opportunity had arrived.
Carol, piloting her space fighter, had finally drawn the attention of a large portion of the people in the sky.
Still stubbornly fighting back, Hal Jordan was both shocked and furious. He demanded to know why Carol had betrayed him.
Carol drove her fighter straight toward Hal, retorting that his unconditional support for Superman had become an obsession and betrayed the ideals that had led him to become a Green Lantern.
Guy Gardner tried to stop Carol's fighter. He didn't want to see either of his friends hurt.
Sinestro secretly directed several Yellow Lanterns to launch energy attacks at specific locations.
Hal and Guy, who should have been enemies, both unleashed their green light to fight back.
Amid the collision of densely packed energy on the battlefield, the space fighter was torn apart. Having taken a Superman Pill, Carol possessed a physique comparable to Superman's, but she couldn't fly.
She screamed as she plummeted.
Guy Gardner tried to rush over, only to be seemingly accidentally blocked by several Yellow Lanterns who had already been secretly deployed to surround him. "No!"
His ex-girlfriend had finally drawn away much of Hal Jordan's attention. In that moment of distraction, Ganthet of the Guardians of the Universe stripped away his Green Lantern ring from a distance.
Sinestro immediately flew over, perfectly "in character," and offered Hal a Yellow Lantern ring. With a wicked grin, he asked whether Hal wanted the power to save Carol himself.
Batman's attention was completely drawn to the scene.