"Death is a constant in every universe,"
The Lanterns and the girls were back at Pinkie pie's house, as Carol explained to the girls what and who Nekron was.
"And Nekron....Nekron is death," Carol continued, "inevitable and unstoppable."
"A threat so powerful that even enemies became allies to stop it," she went on.
"But we could not prevail," added Saint Walker.
"Our universe was at an end," Carol carried on, "Ganthet did what he could to save the last of the living, but in doing so...." she faltered, "I fear he has only doomed this universe as well." Carol's head sank.
"I still don't get it," Hal said, he'd been phasing back and forth while Carol had been explaining, "how? The Last Light that Ganthet invoked is only meant for ring-wielders powered by the emotional spectrum" he continued phasing, "Nekron is the exact opposite of that, he's darkness, decoy, he's pure entropy."
"Well going off of what Carol said," Sunset said, slowly "entropy is an intrinsic part of every universe, if is true and this...Nekron... is a manifestation of entropy, he can theoretically exist in some form in every universe."
"You are correct, Sunset," Carol nodded, gravely "but Nekron does not change form as he moves between realities, he is the same elemental force, he's always wanting to snuff out the light."
"You said that you beat Nekron once before," Twilight said, "why can't you do it again?"
"Because Nekron isn't stupid," Hal replied, "we beat him the first time thanks to Kyle Rayner, the white lantern, Kyle had the unique ability to unite the power of all the different lantern corps."
"But this time Nekron took him out first, before Kyle could harness the entire spectrum again." Carol finished.
"And thats just the tip of the iceberg," added Hal, "Our rings, like yours, need to be recharged by power batteries." he pointed to the lanterns and staff that he, Saint Walker, Carol and Indigo-1 carried.
"Thankfully we got these when we did," Saint Walker chipped in.
"Along with taking Kyle out Nekron also destroyed the central power batteries of all the lantern corps," Hal continued, "and without the central batteries no new rings can be forged, which means no new lanterns of any colour."
"Which also means no reinforcements beyond those of us who were saved by Ganthet's Last Light." Indigo-1 said, grimly.
"If we couldn't stop Nekron with the combined power of all the corps," Hal said, "the odds are even lower now."
"Oh, I didn't know we had guests," a monotone voice said.
Everyone jumped and turned to see Pinkie's older sister Maud Pie, who had enter the room.
Maud seemed unaffected by the four people wearing different colours and glowing.
"Boulder was playing hide and seek," she continued, pulling a small pebble out from under the sofa cushions, after which, she left the room without another word.
"Anyway" Rainbow Dash broke the silence, "a no-win scenario, Hal" she smiled, "you've come to the right girls."
The Graveyard
The Blackest Night falls from the skies,
The darkness grows as all light dies,
We crave your hearts and your demise,
By my black hand, the dead shall rise!
The words of the Black lantern oath echoed everywhere, hands sprang from the ground as the dead began to rise, all wearing black rings.
"Find the lanterns!" the disembodied voice commanded, "bring me their hearts!"
"By your will, master it shall be done," the black figure holding the skull replied, "by the hand, Black Hand."
"Nekron, as your loyal servant I shall ensure that all light will die" Black Hand continued, as the corpse of the dead clawed themselves free from their graves.
"Then go my Black Hand," the voice of Nekron said, "the blackest night has just begun."
Two rings flew over to two graves, the graves of Pear Butter and Bright Mac
Pear Butter of Earth ri.....
Bright Mac of Earth ri.....
Over and over the rings tried to takeover the bodies, but an invisible wall seemed to keep the black rings out.
Pear Butter of Earth at peace
Bright Mac of Earth at peace
Pinkie Pie's house
"So let's go find Nekron and knock him into another dimension," Rainbow Dash said.
"There's still the matter of the other three corps," added Saint Walker.
"We don't even know where they are now," Applejack reminded.
"Hey, guys" Pinkie Pie called from down stairs, "have you seen the news?"
Everyone rushed to where Pinkie was watching the news.
"Continuing our live coverage of the battle erupting in the downtown area." the news broadcaster said, as blasts of yellow, red and orange energy fired back and forth as the lanterns flow around shooting each other. Before the broadcaster could continued a blast of yellow energy hit the camera, knocking it out.
"Well, we know where they are," Sunset said.
"And in other news" the news presenter in the studio continued, "the skies have become dark and graveyards all over the city have been upended."
But the girls and the lanterns have already left the house.
Downtown
"Twilight!" Cinch cried, "There is nowhere you can hide from me!" as she and the Shadowbolts continued their destruction of the city.
"Nobody gets to destroy the Rainbooms, till only one of us is left," Trixie said, as she tried to hold her own against the Dazzlings.
"Time to take you of the equation," Adagio smiled, as she and other two sirens' rings glowed ominously.
"Aren't you going to help me, Larfleeze?" Trixie asked, seeing the orange lantern just hanging off in the background.
"Not my problem," Larfleeze replied.
"Die you worm!" the Dazzlings cried, a combined blast from all three of them, shaped like a spear, fired in Trixie's direction.
But before it could hit Trixie was surrounded by a bubble of blue energy, being projected by Rainbow Dash.
"Hey, it's us you want," Rainbow Dash said, as she, her friends and the lanterns, flew up to the Dazzlings and Trixie.
"Took you long enough," Aria scowled.
"Never figured you were the type to take on apprentices, Atrocitus" Hal remarked.
"You were just as annoying even before we landed here," Artocitus replied.
"And I hoped that was the last of you," added Sinestro's voice, as he flew towards them.
"Sinestro, listen to me," Hal said, "you've got it all wrong," Sinestro fired a blast from his ring at Hal, who blocked it, "we need to keep the entire spectrum together," he blocked another blast, this time from Trixie.
"Y'all have got to stop!" Applejack cried.
"She's right," Saint Walker continued, "we're not the only ones who made it to this universe."
"Nekron followed us!" Carol cried.
"You need to put aside your grudges and work together," Twilight finished.
Upon hearing Twilight's voice Cinch turned around, "I will only stop" she said, flying towards Twilight, "only when I get my revenge on those who stopped me before."
"Nekron?" Sinestro laughed, he summoned up some dual sword constructs and made a slash at Hal, "you think I fear him?" Hal summoned up a shield construct to block Sinestro's attack, "I will finally end him myself!" Sinestro cried, he shattered Hal's shield and realised a surge of yellow energy.
"What use was our alliance before?" Sinestro continued, as Hal got to his feet, "combining the powers of the spectrum only made each of us weaker!" he summoned up a chin-whip and advanced on Hal.
Rainbow Dash tried to counterattack but Sinestro blocked it and blasted her back,"and now you ally yourself with children," he smirked.
"with humans unworthy of a ring," he continued, single handedly firing another blast at Rarity and Fluttershy, who had tried to surprise him.
"I will not let your weakness destroy us all," Sinestro cried, as he unleashed yellow lighting from his ring it hit Hal, Saint Walker, Indigo-1 and Carol
"You feel Sinestro's wrath!" he smiled, as watched his enemies writhing in pain.
"Here we go again," a voice from behind him sighed, "arriving just in time..."
Before Sinestro could react he was nailed in the back by a huge blast of green energy.
"To save Jordan's butt," one of the figures responsible for the blast remarked.
"Don't worry guys the cavalry's here," added another figure.
The girls and the lanterns looked up to see four figure wearing green uniforms come floating down towards them.
"What took you guys so long?" Hal choked, as he and the other lantern took to their feet.
"Well excuse me, Princess," one of the figures replied.
"Still its good to see you, Guy Gardener," greeted Saint Walker.
"And too you John Steward and Simon Baz," nodded Indigo-1.
"Nice to see you made it, Jessica Cruz" Carol smiled.
"Hal do you know these people?" Twilight asked.
"Well, hello what's your name?" Guy asked, noticing Rarity and walking right up to her, "Guy Gardener, green lantern extraordinaire."
"Later Guy," Hal interrupted, "right now we need to leave."
"Killjoy," Guy replied, crossly.
"What about Sinestro and the others?" Twilight asked.
"We will come back for them," Simon said.
"We need a place we can fallback to," finished John.
"I know a place and someone we can trust," Sunset suggested.