- The Flash: Lucky for the Big K we've got Martian care on our League HMO.
- J'onn J'onzz: Bolovax's physiology is very similar to my own.
- Hawkgirl: And how much of this is guesswork?
- J'onn J'onzz: ...I would rather not say.
- Kilowog: [looking for John Stewart's battery when Flash opens the fridge] I don't think he keeps it in there.
- Green Lantern: I'll go with you.
- Katma Tui: Uh-uh, John Stewart. You'll stay and coordinate with them.
- [kisses him]
- Katma Tui: Besides, you wouldn't look very good in a brass bikini.
- The Flash: [searching John Stewart's refrigerator] Aha, I knew it! Johhny does have a kink in his armor.
- [takes a tub of ice cream out of the freezer]
- The Flash: Bob and Terry's.
- Kilowog: [takes the ice cream tub and eats it whole] Delicious!
- The Flash: Right. Stick with me, big guy, I'll open up a whole new world for you.
- [runs over to the TV]
- The Flash: Hey, check this out: People's exhibit B, "Old Yeller".
- Kilowog: [takes the tape and eats it whole] Delicious!
- The Flash: Hey, big guy.
- Kilowog: Hey, little poozer.
- J'onn J'onzz: He'll be fine now.
- The Flash: Great. Can we keep 'im?
- Kilowog: [after turning around realizing someone is advancing on them, Flash gasps; he stares horrified] What *is* it?
- [shot to a glaring old lady with a broom]
- Green Lantern: There's always a resistance, isn't there?
- Shifflet: Wherever there's oppression, there will be, I believe the saying goes.
- Despero: [as his followers ascend to the galaxy] Go! The conquest begins now! Emblazon my word and will across the cosmos!
- Landlady: What are you doing in my building? And why are you wearing Mr. Stewart's clothes?
- The Flash: Uh, ma'am, we can explain.
- [she starts hitting him with her broom]
- The Flash: Ow! Ouch! Lady, please!
- [Kilowog uses the distraction to look for John's lantern]
- Landlady: Mr. Stewart has told me about monsters like you. Well, I'm not a-going to let you suck out my brain.
- The Flash: Ow! Lady, we're his friends. The good guys!
- Kilowog: Found it.
- The Flash: Knock it off, lady! I'm gonna... ow!
- Green Lantern: Not a good sign. Must have had some heavy ordnance to take out a G-class cruiser.
- [using his ring to look around]
- Green Lantern: I just hope you survived, Kat.
- Soldier: What did I tell you? Contraband. You know Despero's law forbids you to read.
- Kalanorian: I beg Despero's forgiveness. I praise his name. Despero is the beginning. Despero is the end.
- Soldier: Wrong. We are the end.
- Hawkgirl: Perimeter alert. We've got a contact coming in fast.
- Green Lantern: A meteor?
- Hawkgirl: Don't think so. I'm reading a life sign. A possible incursion?
- Green Lantern: Only one way to find out.
- Green Lantern: A power ring's not something you leave lying around.
- Katma Tui: It is when you're working undercover.
- Green Lantern: Undercover?
- Katma Tui: Coming in through the front door doesn't work here. We lost Arkkis and Galius trying.
- Green Lantern: Oh.
- Katma Tui: Fortunately, I got away. They helped hide me, and I've been gathering intelligence ever since.
- Green Lantern: You always said, stealth and guile.
- Katma Tui: Hmm. I'm glad you learned something.
- Green Lantern: So what is Despero up to?
- Katma Tui: He's preparing to start a massive world conquest. Rancid 7 was just a test run for him. But I don't know when the real campaign begins. And thanks to you, I almost lost my cover.
- Green Lantern: I'm sorry, Kat. I didn't know.
- Katma Tui: Next time, call ahead.
- Galius Zed: Your contact in the resistance obviously missed a detail or two.
- Katma Tui: Quit griping and just do our job.
- Galius Zed: This is pointless. We need more altitude.
- Arkkis Chummuck: I'm with you.
- Katma Tui: Stop!
- Galius Zed: You're not dealing with raw recruits here, Katma.
- [flying into the air and coming face to face with an enemy ship]
- Galius Zed: Oh, no.
- Katma Tui: [watching them get vaporized] No!
- J'onn J'onzz: We can't raise John on the comlink.
- Kilowog: That's no surprise. Kalanor's at the fringe of the galaxy. What a cruddy place for Katma to get stuck.
- The Flash: If she's even still alive.
- Kilowog: The last time I saw her, she was, but I just don't know.
- Hawkgirl: Well, we can't let John face this Despero alone.
- J'onn J'onzz: Can you take us to Kalanor?
- Kilowog: I'm okay now, but my ring's completely drained. I need my lantern battery.
- The Flash: Doesn't John have one?
- [getting a hard slap on the back]
- The Flash: Ah!
- Kilowog: You're right, you little poozer. Of course he does. Do you know where he keeps it?
- The Flash: Uh... I thought you might know.
- Kilowog: It's called the Legion of the Third Eye. A fanatical cult from the planet Kalanor. They invaded Rancid 7, so we were called in. Our orders were simple; bring in their boss, Despero, short-circuit his advance.
- Hawkgirl: Sounds like they sent you packing instead.
- Kilowog: We underestimated Despero's real power. The others never had a chance. I was lucky to get this far. I lost some good friends back there.
- Green Lantern: [saving a civilian in trouble] You can demonstrate your gratitude by giving me some information.
- Kalanorian: [running away] Despero, forgive me!
- Green Lantern: Wait!
- [as the crowd behind him murmurs, a female protectively grabs her child]
- Green Lantern: Oh, good job, Stewart. This kind of attention I don't need.
- Kilowog: John, they got her. They got Kat.
- Green Lantern: [he passes out] Who got her? Kilowog!
- [gently putting his head on the ground]
- Green Lantern: Take care of him.
- The Flash: [watching him fly away] What just happened?
- Hawkgirl: I said rotate the securing bolts counterclockwise, not clockwise.
- Green Lantern: [outside the Watchtower] That's what I did.
- Hawkgirl: Oh, no, you didn't.
- Green Lantern: Wait. Didn't you tell me that the clocks on Thanagar move in the opposite direction to those on Earth?
- Hawkgirl: Uh... I never said that.
- Green Lantern: Oh, yes, you did.
- Radocko: What do you want?
- Green Lantern: Nothing that concerns you.
- Radocko: It does concern me if you're breaking into Katma's quarters.
- Green Lantern: Do you know Katma Tui?
- Radocko: I'm Radocko, her friend, but I don't know you.
- [drawing his sword]
- Radocko: I think you should leave.
- Green Lantern: I'm here on business from Despero. Now, if you'd like to avoid trouble...
- Radocko: [leaving] Uh, not a problem. I... I apologize, sir.
- Green Lantern: Stealth and guile, Katma. You were always right about that.
- The Flash: [John Stewart's landlady attacks him and Kiliwog with a broom] Nice meetin' ya, ma'am, if we never need a replacement for Hawkgirl...
- Galius Zed: [in the middle of a battle] It was a setup! And we walked right into it!
- Katma Tui: Shut up, Galius!
- Arkkis Chummuck: This was supposed to be a simple extraction.
- Katma Tui: Fall back and regroup.
- Green Lantern: Why am I alive?
- Radocko: You were plucked from a fiery death courtesy of our handy matter transporter.
- Green Lantern: You have a matter transporter?
- Radocko: [indicating the device] It's a bit rickety, but it's saved a few like yourself.
- Katma Tui: And it was the best I could come up with on short notice.
- Green Lantern: Kat!
- Katma Tui: [punching him in the face] What are you doing here?
- Green Lantern: Nice to see you, too. I thought you were in trouble.
- Katma Tui: And since when have you known me to ever need help?
- Green Lantern: I was obviously mistaken.
- Despero: Another Green Lantern. This is getting monotonous. But I'm sure it's not your fault. You were, after all, just following your master's orders.
- Green Lantern: Despero, I presume.
- [his followers chant Despero is all in unison]
- Green Lantern: With a backup group, no less.
- Despero: The Guardians would be wise to step aside. A new order to the universe is coming, one that will be written in fire and with the blood of all who oppose me. You would be wise to join me.
- Green Lantern: I don't know what you're selling, but I'm not buying.
- Despero: What you want is irrelevant. The only will that matters is mine, the one true voice of the Flame of Pitar. Such was bestowed upon me in the time of before.
- [narrating over flashbacks]
- Despero: I was but a simple peasant cast out because of my deformity. Alone and forlorn, I wandered in the wasteland, guided by an unknown hand of fate. It was when I was set upon by a gang of thieves bent on taking what little I had that the ultimate truth was revealed to me. Before the thieves could flee, the ground split asunder. A great flame shot forth and destroyed my assailants. But I was spared. My third eye opened, and the flame spoke to me in a voice only I could hear. It told me of a time when Kalanor would become a paradise. Pitar charged me with the honor of leading my world to greatness and spreading its light across the galaxy.
- Green Lantern: Hmm. Your story sounds a little derivative.
- Despero: You doubt my word? Behold, the Flame of Pitar.
- Green Lantern: [a pair of doors are opened and the flame is unveiled] You built a bonfire. Am I supposed to be impressed?
- Despero: You are not the first skeptic. You will not be the last.
- [John fights off two guards]
- Despero: Open your eyes that you may see!
- [he fires an energy beam from his third eye, which John counters with his ring]
- Despero: Feel the power of my rage! Feel the power of my hate!
- [John's ring is overpowered]
- Despero: You see the futility of your quest?
- [knocking him down a flight of stairs]
- Despero: Priestess, throw this one into the Flame.
- [the priestess is revealed to be Katma]