Parallax

[Intelligent Life has been identified.]

A surge of anger is welling up inside you.

[You belong to the Red Lantern Corps.]

In the Universe, the number of Red Lantern continues to increase, their crimson light shining among the stars and illuminating the shattered remains of their persecutors.

Earth's Fortress.

"Jordan, you're here." Sinestro lowered his head, a playful smile on his face.

"You seem to know a lot." Green Lantern walked up to Sinestro.

"Of course." Sinestro nodded. "Now what do you want, Jordan? Let me guess, is it to shed a tear for an old friend's future, or to reminisce about what you earthlings call 'the good old days'? Just like in the past."

"I'm sorry, I'm not as sentimental as you."

"I have to point you in the right direction, just as I did with the Guardians." Sinestro looked at Green Lantern. "Let me guess, have they handed command over to you?"

"You knew this would happen all along?" Green Lantern, somewhat surprised.

"Predicting the Guardians is as simple as forecasting the weather on a rainy day," Sinestro said. "The Guardians firmly believe they must suppress all emotions; they firmly believe the only way to avoid the doomsday Prophecy is to suppress and extinguish the power of the Emotional Spectrum. They are extremely weak, and what they are doing now is merely a temporary compromise. They haven't yet realized that what they should be doing is not stopping the prophecy, but preparing for it."

"You mean, they just want to temporarily push me out to face the pressure from the other Legion, while actually still planning to annihilate Legion?"

"Of course," Sinestro nodded. "From the moment that Prophecy appeared, they were prepared to bury their heads in the sand."

"Do you also know about that Prophecy?"

"Other Legion will rise. They are about to wage war, and the Blackest Night will fall upon each of us," Sinestro said. "That's what my dear friend Abin Sue told me years ago."

What else do you know?

"I know the Guardians will panic when they finally realize they can't stop it," Sinestro said, a hint of annoyance in his voice as he spoke of the little blue men. "Hal Jordan, you should understand that too, right?"

"Of course, Ganthet told me a lot." Green Lantern nodded.

"But I'm different from them. I'm very confident that when we face these unknown shadows that threaten to end the Universe, the Green Lantern Corps will be rebuilt into a force of order capable of crushing all chaos." Sinestro looked directly at Green Lantern.

"The Green Lantern Corps will rule this Universe as I ruled Korugar. Whatever dark form a threat takes, it will be easily incinerated by the green light."

"I trust the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan, what about you?"

"I trust myself," Green Lantern said.

"Is that so?" Sinestro was somewhat surprised; in his memory, Green Lantern wouldn't say such a thing. "Then let me see what you're still afraid of?"

A dazzling yellow light exploded from Sinestro's chest in an instant; this was the last layer of protection he had left for himself.

"Strange—I clearly took off your Ring. This chain is a divine artifact; it can also seal your power," Green Lantern said calmly. He didn't think Sinestro had any way to deal with him, but something was amiss.

A giant yellow insect with many arms and legs and a segmented body suddenly appeared in front of Green Lantern and opened its mouth at him.

"This is—" Green Lantern felt a moment of disorientation, then suddenly saw his father, "Dad?"

"I've already let you hold my jacket, relax—come on, kid, give me a smile." Green Lantern's father, Martin Jordan, appeared here just as he remembered.

"Go, Dad!" Hal Jordan shouted in his memory as a teenager.

"Charge, kid!"

"My dad's piloting that plane!" young Hal Jordan said proudly.

"Hmph, my dad owns that plane." Carol pouted.

"Damn it. I've run into some problems here, Ferris! The fuel's consuming way too fast. I think the Torque Pin at the very back has failed. I thought it had already been sent for adjustment and repair."

"It has"

I need to take it with me, away from the crowd.

"There's no external leak. Investors are watching. Fifteen million dollars and six years of hard work are with you in the air. Keep flying, Jordan."

"No—no!" Seeing all this, Green Lantern lost his composure. "Quick, Ring —shine! Run—save him!"

"This thing is about to crash, Ferris. It'll land on your heads, in Coast City, or right here—if it's here, no one else will get hurt."

"What did you say, Dad? What did you say?"

"You'll never know his last words, and that's what keeps you terrified, isn't it? You're afraid your father died in fear," Sinestro's voice rang out.

"Sinestro —no, the Parallax?"

"Hmm." Sinestro, transformed into the Parallax, nodded. "Today, yellow will shine exceptionally bright."

"Tsk—there's nothing to fear except fear itself—I'm suddenly curious what Roosevelt would say now?" Green Lantern quickly composed himself and said with a touch of wistfulness.

"As expected of you, you've adjusted so quickly?" Sinestro emitted a blazing yellow light, releasing the trapped Yellow Lantern Corps members. "Hal Jordan, do you think this will be another battle where Willpower will ultimately prevail? Green is merely the balance point at the center of the spectrum; the real power lies in yellow."

"Let's give it a try," Green Lantern shrugged and said to Green Arrow, who was on duty. "Leave this to me."

"----What else can I do? Fight these Alien?" Green Arrow looked at the Sinestro Corps members, his lips twitching involuntarily. "Sometimes I really feel superfluous. Who came up with this shift system for guarding the Earth's Fortress?"

"It seems to be Batman," Green Lantern said after a moment's thought, while parrying the attacks from Sinestro Corps.

"Isn't that ironic, Jordan?" Ammon Sue conjured a yellow Hal Jordan and charged at him.

"What's so ironic, Amon?" Green Lantern shot out a dazzling beam of light, scattering the yellow glow. "Should I use your father's Ring to knock your nose out? That's rather ironic."