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The space erupted in color.
Green beams cut across the darkness like lightning, slamming into jagged walls of black-violet constructs. The clash of willpower and shadow roared in the vacuum of space, the impacts sending ripples of energy through it. Green Lanterns surged forward in formation, their rings weaving shields, war machines, and winged beasts from pure emerald light.
Arthur moved through it all with the unhurried grace of a predator. His eyes burned violet, cold and unblinking, the calm in them more terrifying than rage. In his hands, twin shortswords of shadow formed blades edged with an otherworldly glow that seemed to drink the light around them. He didn't lunge or rush, he flowed, slipping between constructs, letting green energy pass harmlessly an inch from his form before his blades cut through the will-forged weapons like they were paper.
A Lantern in heavy construct armor dropped in front of him, swinging a hammer of emerald fire. Arthur caught the blow on crossed blades, the impact flaring a shockwave of light and shadow, then stepped inside the guard. One blade slid across the Lantern's shield arm, severing the construct at the elbow, while the other pierced the chest-plate. The green light flickered and died as the Lantern was hurled backward into the void.
Kara was a comet beside him her eyes blazing, cape snapping in the currents of battle, fists tearing through shields and shattering constructs faster than they could reform. A cluster of Lanterns tried to encase her in an emerald dome, the walls thickening by the second, but she pushed outward, violet light from Arthur's ring lancing into the cracks. The dome shattered, sending its wielders tumbling back.
Behind them, the Shadow Lanterns fought like a tide of death. Former Yellow Lanterns wielded constructs of screaming serpents and bladed chains, while the Red Lanterns carved arcs of molten shadow through their enemies. They showed no emotion only the perfect, silent obedience of Arthur's command.
But the Green Lantern Corps was no rabble. Their lines held, formations shifting in perfect discipline, willpower surging brighter as each comrade fell.
Farther back, Shadow Sinestro drifted forward like a king surveying his battlefield, his every move precise and disdainful of the green lanterns. Three Lanterns came at him in a coordinated rush, a spear, a large boulder, and a barrage of emerald bolts but he weaved through them with the elegance of a duelist, his single shadow ring forming whips of darkness that bound one, crushed another, and sent the third spinning into Atrocitus's path.
Shadow Atrocitus was raw devastation. His massive shadowed form plowed through constructs like a meteor storm, every strike shaking the void. Three Lanterns tried to pin him with layered chains of will, their faces taut with effort. Atrocitus broke them all with a single sweep of his shadow axe, the blow dispersing them into emerald motes.
Arthur drifted through the chaos, he turned aside a volley of green energy arrows, his swords crossing in an X that dissolved them into harmless sparks, then snapped one blade into a spear mid-swing, hurling it through two Lanterns before calling it back to his grip in a swirl of shadow.
Kilowog came for him like a meteor, constructs forming around his fists, his aura blazing. He caught Arthur's blades on a wall of green force, teeth bared in effort.
"You should know how rings work, you can't keep this up for long, you think this calm act will save you, Shadow lantern?"
Arthur's smirk was almost lazy, his voice low enough to carry only to Kilowog.
"Overgrown insect... Being calm isn't an act,"
He twisted, his foot finding Kilowog's midsection in a sharp, efficient kick that sent the larger Lantern spinning back into the fight. Arthur didn't even watch him go, his eyes were already locking on the next target.
Green light blazed against violet shadow, each clash sparking across the darkness.
Arthur was controlling the rhythm of the battle. The calm in his violet eyes didn't match the chaos around him it unnerved those who dared get close. A Green Lantern shot toward him, a massive construct of a warhammer raised high. Arthur reacted quick. His twin shadow shortswords materialized mid-swing, the curved blades leaving violet streaks in the vacuum. He slipped sideways, cutting across the hammer's handle, the construct shattering in a burst of fading emerald before his second blade found the Lantern's ring arm. The blow didn't sever, it simply overloaded the construct, forcing the ring to dim, the Lantern sent spinning into the void.
Two more rushed him from behind, their constructs forming in sync one with a whip of light, the other a gun aimed for the small of his back. But before they got close, a dark blur streaked past. Ultra, his body moving like a predator, clamped his hands around both Lanterns' necks, cutting off their breath and concentration in the same moment.
"Green vermin" he said. He simply crushed their constructs to shards and flung them into the shadow ranks waiting behind Arthur.
Arthur hadn't even turned his head. Instead, his ring pulsed. Shadows wrapped him like an abyss, folding over his frame until he towered a colossal giant of jagged, dark armor. His eyes, now massive and glowing deep violet, stared down the battlefield. Then, with one lazy, monstrous motion, he raised his massive hand and swatted the force sent a wave of Lanterns tumbling into each other, their light sputtering under the crushing weight of his shadow construct.
The giant form dissolved around him, fading like smoke, leaving Arthur floating as if nothing had happened. He flexed his fingers, tilting his head slightly.
"I have a better idea," he murmured to himself, voice low enough that only Kara still nearby caught it.
He lifted his ringed hand. The glow intensified, violet deepening to black at the center until it hurt to look at. Space bent, twisted, and then tore. A black hole construct ripped into existence, its event horizon swirling with an unholy mix of darkness and violet fire. Its gravity pull was instant, Lanterns screamed as it dragged them from their formations, tearing apart their constructs mid-flight.
Even Kara wasn't spared. A sudden lurch of gravity sent her spinning past Arthur. She shouted his name, arms flailing, before a dark hand construct shot out. Their fingers locked, and with a single pull, he brought her in close so close their foreheads almost touched.
"I got you," he said, voice steady despite the chaos around them.
She steadied herself. "Next time… warn me!"
Behind them, the Green Lantern Corps fought like mad to resist the pull, Killowog shouting orders, constructs bracing against the void, beams of green cutting at the black hole's edge. But Arthur just floated there, calm as a shadow, his other hand still controlling the swirling monster of his own creation.
The pull of the black hole roared in the void, swallowing the screams, tearing at the emerald constructs as if they were paper. Lanterns gritted their teeth, their will straining under the crushing gravity. Beams of green light lanced toward the construct's event horizon, but every strike only made it churn more violently.
Kara hovered near him, her hair snapping in the unnatural wind. Her voice cut through the chaos.
"Don't you think this is... too much?"
Arthur didn't even glance at her. His gaze was fixed on the writhing darkness before them. "No," he said calmly, almost coldly. "This was their choice."
A flicker of green flared behind her. Kara spun, heat vision igniting as she shattered an incoming energy blast before it could hit them.
"Damn it," she hissed. "I guess this is a point of no return."
Arthur shifted just enough to avoid a desperate construct blade slicing through the space where his head had been. His voice was as even as ever.
"Sadly, it is."
And then he stopped moving. His head tilted, eyes narrowing. The black hole kept pulling, swallowing, but his focus was somewhere else entirely. Kara caught the subtle shift in him, the way every muscle stilled as though something had just frozen him from the inside out.
It wasn't just him. One by one, the remaining Green Lanterns froze mid-flight, eyes widening in the same instant. Their rings began to pulse slow at first, then faster, a sharp emerald signal of distress.
Arthur's violet gaze sharpened. Slowly, he lowered his arm. The black hole construct collapsed in on itself with a deep, echoing boom, the crushing gravity vanishing in a rush of silence. Lanterns caught themselves mid-fall, gasping for breath, battered but alive.
Kilowog, still panting from the strain, clenched his jaw and growled, his voice low and grim.
"Oa is under attack…"
Arthur's brow furrowed, confusion flashing across his features calm cracking for the first time.
"…What the hell is going on there.." he repeated to himself.
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