[theme music]
(female narrator) Previously on "Green Lantern.."
Now, let's destroy the rest of these Manhunters
and get outta here!
You will not harm them.
They function without emotion, as I do now.
I shall be their queen.
[instrumental music]
Sisters, look!
[dramatic music]
[gunfire]
Invasion!
[grunts]
Hyah!
[grunts]
[groaning]
Manhunters here?
[groaning]
[grunting]
No man escapes the Manhunters.
I am no man.
I am Aga'po, queen of the Zamarons!
(Razer) As soon as the scanners locate Aya
we'll set a course directly for her coordinates.
If we find her.
What's that supposed to mean?
Hey, look, I love your cockeyed optimism
but she was our NAV computer.
All the stuff we need to find her
we can't do so, well, without her.
Aya needs our help more than ever.
She's confused and her processors are misfiring.
Confused? We wish.
Going off the deep end and plugging
into that invincible Anti-Monitor body?
We'll be probably be saving folks from her.
Aya has helped pull our fat from the fire plenty of times.
Now we're gonna return the favor.
If only we knew where she was.
[dramatic music]
(Aya) Star Sapphires of Zamaron
I demand an audience with your queen.
You are the robot that served the Green Lanterns.
Why have you come here making war?
(Aya) I have gained the understanding
that the emotion you serve, love
is not only useless, but destructive.
Love does not destroy
it sustains and strengthens all who feel it.
That is a lie.
I loved and was loved
only to have that love retracted
leaving me nothing but pain.
You, a machine?
A truly living being
would trust that love will always prevail.
Negative.
I am here to punish you
for cultivating this corrosive force.
How dare you insult all we stand for, intruder?
[dramatic music]
[groans]
I hope that you are finished with your futile resistance.
Our queen needs medical care.
Please let us take her to the infirmary.
You may try and save her, but it is for nothing
just as love is for nothing.
(Green Lantern) 'The best way to find Aya'
'is to get to Oa and scan from there.'
We're two months from Oa.
Sure, at regular speed, but an ultra-warp
ten minutes tops if we don't stop for coffee.
Ultra-warp without a NAV AI? Way too risky.
One tiny rounding error
and we end up smack-dab inside the molten core of a planet.
But if you're right about how volatile Aya is
we have no choice.
Why do you want to destroy us?
Yes, we serve love because love is the one thing
that will eventually bring peace and harmony to the universe.
If you had ever felt love, you would know you are wrong.
I have loved. I do love.
Who do you love that you are so sure of this?
I love Hal Jordan of Earth.
And who does he love?
He loves another.
So your love has brought you nothing but pain.
Yes. I mean, no.
How will that pain bring peace to the universe?
It will.. I cannot say!
You have dedicated your life
your entire planet's purpose
to something you cannot explain.
We gained our understanding of love
from a teacher who is not on Zamaron.
Then bring this teacher here.
Impossible. She is half a universe away.
Teleport her with your crystalline apparatus.
We cannot.
The portal reunites beings
that share a love between them.
It cannot bring one without the other.
Your supposition and technology
are respectively wrong and primitive.
[groans]
Oh, not again!
Will this take long?
The buffet closes in five minutes.
Carol Ferris, I am sorry you were taken so abruptly
and in the middle of such important matters.
It was not our choice.
You were brought here by this Aya.
Right.
Aya comes to us for answers about love
so I thought it best you speak to her.
Well, of course it.. Wait, what now?
Carol Ferris of Earth, can you convince me
that the Zamarons and love should not be destroyed?
Well, I, uh, wait. Destroyed?
Wait, you wanna destroy love?
I will destroy love's proxy in the universe
the Zamaron homeworld
unless you can give me a reason not to.
Oh, so no pressure, then.
Well, um.. Uh, I don't know..
L-love is a battlefield.
Love is patient, love is kind.
My love was unkind.
He offered his love, then took it back.
Oh. Uh, okay. Well, it is not proud.
- It is not easily angered. - False.
When love is revoked, it creates anger and resentment.
[screams]
Carol, tell Aya what you told me.
I don't know!
Uh, uh.. Okay.
All I said is that love
is about doing what's best for the one your love.
It's as simple as putting his or her needs before your own.
But I'm no expert
I'm just someone who fell in love.
Whom did you love?
I loved Hal Jordan, love Hal Jordan.
I guess that's the hard part.
I'll always love him
even though he makes me so angry.
Then you hate and love the same person simultaneously.
I could never hate Hal, he may drive me crazy
but...he'll always have a place in my heart.
So you posit that love is stronger than hate.
Of course.
Excellent. We shall see.
There shall be a trial by combat between love and hate.
Emotions can't really fight each other.
Negative. I will force them to.
Alright, looks like we're ready for ultra-warp.
Aya makes those calculations in a fraction of a second.
Raze has been working on that for three hours.
I'm reasonably sure I addressed all of the variables.
Oh, as long as you're reasonably sure.
Jordan, look at this map.
There are 15 near misses in the Anders Nebula alone.
No human brain can react fast enough
to get through that alive!
Flying is mostly instinct, there's no brain involved.
You know what I mean.
It's worth it if it gets us to Aya.
Razer's right. She needs our help now.
In three, two, one and power!
[whirring]
How exactly are you gonna make love and hate fight each other?
I will summon hate's champion.
[dramatic music]
Who freed me from my cell?
A Green Lantern?
[grunting]
[groaning]
Not quite.
Atrocitus of the Red Lanterns
you are here to represent hate
in a fight to the death against love's champion
'Carol Ferris of Earth.'
No! Carol Ferris is an innocent!
Please, let me be love's champion.
You yourself said Carol Ferris possesses
the greatest understanding of love.
She is chosen.
And why should I agree to this melee?
Should you win, the prize is your freedom
and the death of your opponent
'Hal Jordan's one true love, Carol Ferris.'
That is acceptable.
Wait! This is nuts!
I can't fight an alien warlord!
Are, are those serrated teeth?
Here, the Star Sapphire Ring you returned before.
Right, because if I'm gonna be battling to the death
'I should at least be well-accessorized.'
Of course, the fight must be fair.
Atrocitus should have his power ring, as well.
[grunts]
[groaning]
[breathing heavily]
Are you insane? How is that fair?
Coming out of ultra-warp in three, two, one.
Did this figure into your calculations?
We've jumped right into the atmosphere of a star!
I see that!
[grunts]
[sighs]
One half a degree and we'd have been vaporized!
But instead, we're alive
and we're that much closer to Oa.
Next time we'll just remember to--
Next time? Uh-uh. We're never doing that again.
[dramatic music]
thump thump thump
growl
Aya, I am not the champion of love.
Please, call this off!
Fight or die.
[grunts]
[intense music]
[panting]
[grunts]
[groans]
[growling]
Unimpressive.
Think, Carol, think!
growl
[grunts]
[groans]
I can't do this, I can't!
[panting] Wait.
The Star Sapphire's special power.
Bring me the one I love.
Carol!
Atrocitus!
Jordan, wait!
[dramatic music]
[groaning]
Only the strength of love could bring Carol Ferris a hero.
Hal Jordan, please be safe.
Do you know what the heck that was?
He's been transported to Zamaron.
Then we gotta hightail it there.
Atrocitus was waiting for him. Atrocitus!
Zamaron is in Frontier Space. We'd have to use ultra-warp.
Then let's go.
[grunts]
[groans]
When last we met, human
I had just conquered Oa.
This time you find me better rested.
[grunting]
[groans]
[groaning]
The Star Sapphire Ring doesn't let you drag
just anyone across the universe.
It was either you or my high school prom date.
And he's an accountant in Tucson.
growl
[grunting]
[groans]
Carol!
[groans]
[gasps]
growl
No!
[groans]
Gi'ata, no.
'This wasn't your fight.'
Your mate is next.
[grunting]
[groans]
[grunting]
I've had just about enough of you!
You are done, over!
Gi'ata, you shouldn't have.
There is no greater privilege
than to perform a deed born of pure love.
[sobbing]
And no greater honor..
...than that it should be my last.
There is your proof
that love is the strongest force in the universe.
Only love could cause beings to put themselves
so completely in harm's way
and then make the ultimate sacrifice
one's life.
I am comforted that Gi'ata did not die in vain.
She proved love is superior
and saved our planet from destruction.
We owe her our lives.
(Aya) Love is not superior.
But I represented love
and I am not the one smashed under a rock right now.
I won, we won.
No. Atrocitus lost.
He and his ring shall be sent back from where they came.
His failure is unacceptable.
[groans]
ting ting
Aya, please listen to me.
Just stop and consider everything that's happened here.
I, we would like to help you.
This trial demonstrated that love causes only pain.
It foolishly led Gi'ata to her own destruction.
No, it led her to an act of total selflessness.
All life is pain.
I now understand that the best thing I can do for the universe
is to eliminate all life
and replace it with emotionless machines
like my loyal Manhunters.
What? Aya, that's crazy!
You fought alongside me against the same enemies.
You are as alive as I am, and now--
Prepare for the total annihilation of Zamaron.
[intense music]
No, Aya. I won't let you do this.
I do not recall giving you a choice.
[groaning]
Aya!
Aya, what are you doing?
To destroy life a single planet at a time
is illogical and inefficient.
'I will find a way to erase all life in one motion'
'and remake the entire universe in my own image'
'free of all emotion.'
[intense music]
Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan..
...you have saved us from destruction.
We are forever grateful.
I only wish we could have saved Gi'ata.
She is a true hero.
We'll keep her in our hearts.
The last time you were here
you returned the Star Sapphire Ring.
And this time?
I think I'll keep it.
You never know when it might come in handy.
You honor us by doing so.
So?
Thanks for being there when I called, Hal.
I'll be seeing you around the Galaxy.
[theme music]