Chapter 41: Turnover

The Man:

Running up the ramp, Saint Walker still in my arms, I reach the main deck and gently throw him into the arms of Jaime and Jason.

"Get him to the Doc," I order, "And while you two are down there, tell him to hold on for dear life."

Jaime and Jason don't even bother to say anything. They nod their heads and quickly leave. Meanwhile, I run to the bridge. As I run, I see my red bull charging and galloping. It's knocking green lanterns around and drawing all their attention.

The second I can, I activate the Rusted's thrusters. I can hear the thrusters roaring as they shoot out flames.

"Prepare for immediate take-off," I shout. It takes only a few seconds before the thrusters start to pull the Rusted and she starts to sail.

Guy Garnder:

Screaming as the man with the red ring's crazy bull knocks me back, I hit and bounce off the ground. Holding my chest as I look at the crazy beast, I see the strange pirate ship taking off. There are dozens of rockest behind it, pushing it into the sky.

"Oh no you don't," I say, focusing my will and taking off. "Lobo! Tomar-Re! You two with me. Now! The rest of you, put that damn, rabid animal down!"

Lobo and Tomar-Re follow after me and the three of us chase after the ship.

Harleen:

As the Rusted flies through the sky, I look over the railing and see some green dots heading for us.

"Incoming," I yell, pointing at the dots.

Even before anyone can react, the green dots reach us and I see some familiar and ugly faces.

"Bring that ship down," Bowl HairCut says. He along with Butt-Ugly and Fish-Face aim their rings at the Rusted. They fire and hit the shield, the shield turning red.

"Return fire," The Man shouts. Right away, Leonard, Oliver, and even Supergirl join me at the railing. We all fire back but the green lanterns fly around and dodge them. I watch as Butt-Ugly and Bowl Haircut fly down and disappear, leaving only Fish-Face.

Fish-Face screams as he shoots out his arm and unleashes a giant green beam. The Rusted's shield manages to withstand the green beam, but as the beam dispenses, something else starts to happen. The Rusted starts to tilt.

Lobo:

"Smart thinking," I say, smiling as Garnder and I use our rings to grab the ship and turn it over.

"Yeah," Garnder replies, "The problem with pirate ship. They have no cover."

Laughing, I summon a giant hand and grab the ship. Some sort of shield appears and stops my hand. So instead, I grab and shield and turn it over.

"Enjoy the fall, bastich."

The Man:

"Oh no," I say as the entire Rusted starts to tilt over.

My feet already sliding off the floor, I readjust myself and grab the Rusted's wheel. The Rusted is still tilting so I have to move fast.

"Hold on," I yell, "Everyone! Hold on to something now!"

As soon as I said those words, the whole ship tilts and falls to her side. Like the Rusted herself, we all start to fall as well. Sliding against the floor, I grab the railing before I can fall off the side. Looking toward the others as they claw at the floor and try to hold on, I run along the railing and jump.

"I got you," I say, grabbing Flash's hand. Flash looks up at me as I pull out a sword and stab the Rusted's deck. "Yeah, yeah, don't get carried away. As much as I have no problem seeing you fall, I do have a problem with a sad Iris."

"Hang on," Ivy yells, shooting out one of her arms and a vine appears. The vine grabs the railing and Ivy grabs Cat. Cat seeing Canary about to fall uses her whip and grabs her foot.

"I regret sending two of our fliers away," I say as I see Reverse and Cheetah still sliding. However, Oliver slides ahead of Reverse and uses one of his arrows to pin Reverse to the floor. Meanwhile, just as Cheetah reaches the railing and lends over, Kara catches her.

"Is that everyone," Kara asks, looking around.

"No," a dangling Flash yells. "Arisia."

All of us look at Arisia as she falls off the side.

"She doesn't have her ring," I say, "She can't fly."

"I'm on it," Kara yells.

"No," Harleen shouts, jumping off herself. "I'm on it! Fix the ship!"

Diving through the sky, Harleen falls after Arisia.

"Laria," I say, seeing Laria as she flies around. "Kara. You two need to go under and flip the Rusted around. We'll be fine here."

Kara nods her head and drops Cheetah off with Flash and me. She then flies around with Laria.

"I hope you're all comfortable because we're going to be like this for a while."

Laria:

As Supergirl and I fly around the turned-over ship, we see Lobo and Garnder pushing the ship. Immediately, Supergirl fires at Garnder and sends him back. I charge toward Lobo with a spear in my hand but he sees and blocks me.

"Well, well, well," Lobo says, grinning as he pushes back. "Ain't it the traitor? At least, one of them. Where's your friend?"

"You got the wrong person," I say, pushing forward. "We didn't do anything."

"The video says otherwise," Lobo says, raising his foot and stomping me back. "Then again, the video could be wrong. Who knows? Who cares?"

Lobo holds out his hand and a shotgun appears in it.

Harleen:

I can hear the air as it shoots past my ears. I can feel the wind as it dries my eyes. As much as I want to rub my eyes, I can't. I stay as straight as a pencil. Diving through the air, I see Arisia. Strangely, as Arisia is falling, she seems very calm. She isn't panicking or swinging her arms. Instead, her arms are on her chest and her eyes are closed.

"Arisia," I yell, trying to grab her attention. "Arisia! Come on! Wakey, wakey!"

I can see the ground behind Arisia getting closer and closer. As the ground approach, I check my suit.

"Come on," I say, shaking my belt and slapping my wrist. "Come on. Where are you? Where are you? Come on. Think Harleen. Think. What did you do before?"

Trying my hardest as I think back, I replay what happened.

"Fly," I yell, "Fly! What, can I fly now?"

"Flight command initializes," the same computerized voice says as brightly silver boots appear. Fire shooting out of the boots, I hold out my arm and fly like Supergirl. Flying toward Arisia, I reach out and grab her hand before she could fly any further.

"Hey," I say, shaking Arisia as she dangles. "Hey, I don't know about your homeworld, but on Earth, where I come from, when someone saved you from becoming a stain on the ground, you normally say thank you. Is that not a thing on other planets?"

Arisia doesn't say anything at first. She just stares at the ground. I shake Arisia again and this time, she looks up at me with tear-filled eyes. She then says something I can't understand.

"What?"

Once again, Arisia says something but I can't understand her.

"What are you, wait. Your ring! Your green lantern ring. It acts as a translator. Shoot. I can't understand you, and I guess you can't understand me."

Arisia says something but I ignore it and pull her up. Now, she's standing on my feet, and her face is inches from mine.

"Come on. Let goes back. Before something else happens."

I point upward and Arisia nods her head. I wrap my hands around Arisia and start to fly back up. However, the universe must have heard me because as the two of us fly up, a green wall appears and blocks us.

Looking around, I see Fish-Face hovering near us.

"I know how this sounds," Fish-Face says, "But listen to me. We're not trying to fight you. We're not trying to fight any of you. We just want Arisia and Laria. They need to be put on trial for what they've done."

"Yeah," I say slowly, looking at Arisia as she starts to gasp. "No."

I rise my hand and a pistol appears.

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