Greeting Party

The Man:

"It had been three days," Kara says, standing by my side as she looks out toward the empty space. "At least, I think it had been three days."

"It's hard to tell uh," I reply, my attention switching between Kara and the Rusted's wheel. "You know, due to the lack of sun, moon, or even a clock. Don't worry though. You're right. It had been three days since we left Earth. Oa should be close."

"How do you know," Kara asks, turning back to me. "I mean, have you ever been to Oa before?"

"Yes," I reply, "How else do you think I know where Oa is. I've been there plenty of times."

"Okay," Kara says, nodding her head up and down. "One more question. Why did you design your spaceship like this? I mean, this doesn't at all seem like a normal spaceship."

"It's not," I chuckle, rubbing the back of my head. "Yeah, I'll admit, this is sort of a weird design for a spaceship but I want to keep using the Rusted. That, and I'm exactly the biggest fan of water. Despite my years on the sea."

"Your years on the sea," Kara repeats. "You were a sailor before."

"Years ago. In fact, one of my first times begins a sailor came from an old captain friend of mine. He had a ship exactly like the Rusted. I was a part of his crew, and he taught me a lot about how to sail the sea."

"What was his name?"

"Captain Edward Kenway of the Jackdaw."

"The Jackdaw?"

"It's a kind of bird. Anyway, besides teaching me how to sail, he also taught me a few other things."

I think Kara was about to ask what else Edward taught me but before she could, we hear screaming coming from below.

"Are we there yet," Flash shouts, stomping up the stairs and onto the deck. "We've been on this stupid boat for a week now. Why are we there yet? Where is Oa?"

I'm about to reach for a kungi but then I remember Kara is standing beside me. Instead, I bite my tongue and inhale.

"You can ask me that all you want," I yell from the ship's bridge. "But we are not there yet. You will know when we're there because you see a giant green planet. P.S, we've only been on this ship for three days."

"Three days," Flash repeats, looking at me. "Three days? It feels so much longer. Can't this boat go any faster?"

"The Rusted is a ship," I say. "She is a ship, not a boat. It is a ship."

It's not too long before the others start to walk out from below deck.

"Are we there yet," Jason asks, walking to the railing and looking out.

"Do you see a giant green planet," I ask, holding my hand over my eyes and looking around. "Hmm, no? Then I guess we're not there yet."

"Hey," Oliver says, walking out from below. "Are we there yet?"

I put the end of my finger pistol against my head and shoot.

"Boom," I whisper, invisible parts of my skull and brain bursting out.

"Also, how do you know we're not off course or anything like that? I mean, I'm not doubting your 'sailing skill' or anything, but this isn't the high sea."

"No, it is not."

I picture my days on the high sea versus my days traveling through space and as interesting as comets, black holes, and aliens are, nothing can beat the time I watched a squid fights a whale.

"Ahh, nature."

"What," Kara says, looking back at me.

"Nothing. Listen up here Robin Hood, this may not be the 'high sea', but I can still navigate it just fine. We should only be a few hours from Oa."

"Hopefully, Hal is okay," Flash says.

"Besides, if we are off course," I say, "The dozens and dozens of instruments I have in front of me will let me know."

Checking the monitors in front of me, I don't see anything too bad. Looking toward the sea of stars, I then shoot out my hand. Holding my hand at an angle, I close one eye.

"Yeah. Judging from the stars' position, we are still on course."

While still holding out my hand, I see something else besides the stars. There seem to be green dots heading for the Rusted.

Arisia:

"Arisia," Salaak says, flying beside me. "You need to be careful. You're new at being a green lantern, and this could be one of Superman's regimes."

"I will Salaak," I say, tightening my fist. "Don't worry, I will."

Flying ahead of the others, I am the first to reach the strange object.

"What is this," I ask when I see it. "Is this a spaceship? It's the strangest ship I've ever seen."

As I hover near the spaceship, I see people all over.

"They don't look like any of the One Earth soldiers who have been attacking, and this doesn't look like a One Earth ship."

About to ask who they are, I stop when I see a woman turning around. She is wearing a blue uniform with a red cape. As she is turning around, I see a bright red S on her chest.

"She's a Super," I scream, aiming my ring at her. "Attack!"

The Man:

"Arisia," I say, seeing the young, blonde green lantern, with pointed ears in a white shirt and green skirt.

"She's a Super," Arisia screams, aiming her ring at us. "Attack!"

A green beam shoots out from Arisia's ring, it hits the Rusted's force field, the force field turning red and the Rusted shaking. As she shakes, most of us fall to the floor.

Grabbing and latching onto the Rusted's wheel, I steady her, and the shaking stops.

"Arisia," I hear Salaak yell, flying to her side a few moments later. Following behind him are some other green lanterns I don't recognize.

"Salaak," Arisia says, pointing at Kara. "She's a Super."

"A Super," Salaak repeats, looking at Kara. "Everyone, fire."

Arisia, Salaak, and others all aim their rings at the Rusted and fire. Pushing the Rusted off-course, I catch Kara as she is about to fall.

"I'm guessing they're not big fans of yours," I say, pushing Kara back to her feet.

"What do we do," Kara asks, grabbing onto the railing as the green lanterns keep on pushing us back. "We can't fight them."

"You wanna bet," I say, looking at the lanterns. Reaching into my pocket, I pull out two black and silver discos.

I slam one disco on my chest, my excellneno-suit taking over and changing from my jacket to my armor. The second disco, I throw on the floor, the disco hovering for a few seconds before expanding into a hoverboard.

Jumping onto the hoverboard, I kick against the floor and fly off the ship and into space. Slamming the disco on my chest, a helmet forms over my head.

"Space helmet initiate," my armor suits, "Oxygen at 100 percent."

One of the lanterns seeing me as I fly from the Rusted aims his rings at me. Firing at me, I fly around the beam and circle around until I can get close enough to punch the lantern across the face.

"Hey, morons," I yell as I fly past, all the lanterns stopping. "We're on your side. So knock it off."

"You can't be on our sides," Arisia yells, aiming her ring at me. "You're with Superman."

Firing a beam at me, I lend to the side and dodge the beam. It's not even a full second later before Salaak and the other lanterns start to shoot me.

Lending left and right, dodging the countless green beams, I step on a button near the tip of my hoverboard. Hearing the gears turn as a rocket launcher appears on the underside of my board, I step on another button and fire a rocket.

"I know I'll regret this later, but until then, knock it off!"