[theme music]
(male narrator) Previously on "Green Lantern.."
For what possible reason would Aya want to time-travel?
(Razer) To remake the universe.
There is no hope for her.
Our only choice is to destroy her.
Green Lanterns, these will very likely be the final orders
I shall ever give to you.
The Aya Entity, now bonded with the Anti-Monitor
is in orbit above Maltus.
'It plans to return to the very moment of creation'
'to remake reality.'
'Everything you have ever known will never have existed.'
The new universe she creates will be..
...will be devoid of organic life.
'I will not belie our chances.'
'Aya has absorbed the energy of dozens of star systems.'
The Green Lanterns' power, as great as it is
is no match for her.
Still, we shall fight to our last breath.
We, the Guardians of Oa, wish you luck..
'...our Green Lantern Corps.'
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Display star chart.
Highlight systems destroyed by the Aya Entity.
Which I unleashed on the universe.
This is not your fault, Hal Jordan.
In cultivating Aya's independence
you cannot know what havoc she would wreak.
Couldn't I, Tomar-Re?
I stole the ship she was trapped in
broke her out of Scar's lab
without giving it a moment's thought.
And now I either destroy my friend..
...or we lose everything.
Like these people dead.
An interesting coincidence.
That is my sector, 2813.
So this is personal for you? You're anxious for some payback.
This particular system was devoid of life.
'A fortunate stroke of luck.'
Revenge will not cloud my actions.
But deployment begins.
We must join the others.
You know what? You go ahead.
There's something I need to check.
[instrumental music]
Display secondary star chart.
Highlight all uninhabited systems.
Overlay map with sectors destroyed by Aya.
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(Aya) My task is nearly complete.
Hold them off a short while, my children.
[gunfire]
[explosion]
[grunting]
[zapping]
[clangs]
Too many of them. No way we're busting through.
Aw, the little robots are too tough for the sergeant?
You want I should send one of the guys out
for a smaller, weaker universe-threatening entity?
Why, you puffed-up little hatchling.
I'll show you who's tough!
[firing]
[explosions]
(Salaak) 'All divisions, be alert to Manhunter reinforcements'
'approaching Sector 22, Mark 8.'
Salaak, I know this sounds crazy
but you've got to call off this attack.
The time displacement generator is coming online.
All life, past and present
is now within moments of nonexistence.
Salaak, listen!
Hal Jordan of Earth, no.
- Jordan? - Cover him!
ka-boom
[explosions]
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Aya, listen to me.
You are not what you claim.
I know about the systems you destroyed.
'I know your secret!'
If living organisms have no meaning or value to you
then why feed only on stars surrounded by lifeless planets?
'I scanned the systems you decimated.'
'Every single one of them was uninhabited.'
You couldn't do it, could you?
Vaporize living beings..
'because you're not a killer.'
(Aya) 'What you believe about me is irrelevant.'
But you were instrumental in my escape from the computer prison
the Guardians doomed me to.
And for that, I give you a gift.
You will bear witness to all creation being remade.
'Before you die, you shall be the last living organism'
'in all existence.'
[screams]
[instrumental music]
Where..
Oh, wow.
[music continues]
A window to the dawn of time.
Hal Jordan to Corps. Come in. Do you copy?
'Kilowog, Guy? Anybody.'
Hal, you okay?
Forget targeting the Anti-Monitor.
We'll never defeat this thing with fire power.
Send in Razer, top priority.
Copy. Send in Razer.
But how are we supposed to--
No time! Just do it.
That's easy for me to say.
What is this, Bingo night at the retirement home?
Forward on!
[explosion]
What now, sergeant, shoes too tight
coffee not hot enough for you?
Shut it, Guy. I just got a message from Hal.
He wants us to send in Razer, ASAP!
Hal, your friend who was just eaten?
Wants me to ignore orders, stop what we're doing
and try to get red pyjamas here inside the giant robot corpse?
Uh-huh, I'll get right on that.
I know it sounds nuts. Hal's plans usually do.
The crazy thing is they sometimes even work.
Razer's the only one here with the Power Ring
that works on Green Constructs.
Aya's practically made of the stuff.
Maybe Hal figures if we can get it past the defenses
'he'll be able to shut her down permanently!'
You seldom fail to surprise me, Green Lantern Hal
considering the stakes for your fellow organic beings.
I would have thought you'd attempt to shoot me in the back.
Would it have done any good?
None whatsoever.
You can't do this. Look around you, Aya.
An eternal endless expanse completely devoid of life.
Nothing but emptiness forever.
This is your dream of a perfect universe?
It's nonexistence.
No. Only for your kind.
(Aya) I am not preventing the Big Bang as you call it.
I'm improving it.
Eliminating a few key elements
required for organic biology.
The Universe will exist.
But without life.
I will fill the cosmos with self-replicating
artificial beings incapable of pain.
A perfect universe.
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What if Jordan's wrong?
If he's wrong, neither of us will ever know.
Ready?
It takes little preparation to be a living bullet.
Not what I mean.
Kid, understand, I care about Aya as much as..
You know what you gotta do, right?
I will do what must be done.
Yawn, what are you waiting for?
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[music continues]
Fire!
ka-boom
(Green Lantern) Aya, listen to me.
You only converted uninhabited systems into energy.
Your empathy stops you from destroying life.
I have neither empathy nor enmity for organic life.
By preventing life from ever developing
I can stop suffering from ever occurring.
You'll also stop joy and happiness and love.
A characteristically emotional outburst
from an organic life form.
It's time for a rude awakening, Aya.
All that was missing was the spark of life.
Unbeknownst to anyone, I extracted a portion
of the entity dwelling inside the central battery.
I required but a sliver of that being
to complete my experiment.
And alas, what you call Aya, was born.
Newsflash. You are not purely artificial.
You were created from a strand of a living being.
You're alive, Aya.
No. It is faulty information.
You know it's true.
I'm not clever enough to fake that footage.
'You're one of us, Aya.'
[groans]
You can't destroy life without destroying yourself.
[zaps]
That changes nothing.
A universe free of pain is a desirable objective.
Even if it means the end of my own existence.
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Living or not, I am a being free of emotion
and make this decision based solely on cold reason.
A new reality is about to be born.
Yours will be the last and only emotion
this universe will ever know.
What emotion is it, Green Lantern Hal?
Regret.
[sniffles]
[screaming]
Razer!
Huh!
[zapping]
What-what have I done?
Is this the emotionless machine mind
that wants to fix the universe?
Your emotions were never completely sealed off.
They couldn't be because you're not a machine.
'You're alive.'
'And your decisions'
'are just as flawed as any of ours.'
[moans softly] Aya.
Yes, my love.
[groaning]
Razer must receive medical attention.
That would probably be best done back in our own time.
[rumbling]
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If there's a populated future to get back to that is.
[rumbling]
I have ceased manipulating the vortex.
The universe will develop naturally and undisturbed.
You need to go now.
[dramatic music]
[explosion]
What have I done to him? What have I done?
Aya, think. Help him.
I absorbed enough energy to turn back time itself.
I now use that power to heal your body.
[instrumental music]
You will be alright, Razer.
'You must be alright.'
I will be.
Now that you have come back to me.
I was a threat to everything.
'To all life, in that one moment.'
You could have struck me down. Why didn't you?
How could I kill you?
My Red Energy Constructs are powered by hate
and there is no hate in my heart for you, Aya..
...only love.
(Kilowog) 'Jordan, come in. Are you alright?'
- 'What's going on in there?' - It's over.
We did it. Aya's back on our side.
'It's gonna be okay.'
That's real good news, Jordan
about your robot turning good and everything.
'Too bad she still has an army of Manhunters attacking us.'
Aya, stop them. Call off the Manhunters.
I have tried, Green Lantern Hal.
The other Ayas no longer recognize me as one of them.
They will not obey my commands.
In my madness, I uploaded a copy of my program
into the Manhunters.
'Now, each of them is a newly minted copy of me'
'and a potential threat to the universe.'
You only became a threat because of my treatment of you.
- Surely these copies are.. - Negative.
It is a statistical probability that eventually
any one of them will ultimately
find a way to end life in the universe.
Then we'll just have to find every
single one on them and make sure that--
There is no time.
However, I have an immediate solution.
- A computer virus. - 'Yes.'
This will seek out and delete every possible version
of the Aya program
ridding the universe of my threat forever.
Except you. It won't delete you.
The virus must eliminate every version of me
in order to protect universal life.
No. You cannot destroy yourself.
I won't let you!
It is too late, my love.
It is already done.
Please, Aya. Don't do this.
Don't leave me alone.
You will never be alone.
'You have a family now.'
And somehow, I know I will be with you, too..
...watching over you always.
I don't understand.
I do not either.
It is just...a feeling.
[instrumental music]
Hey, Razer
the Corps can't honor its heroes
if the the heroes don't show up to the ceremony.
I'm leaving.
Look, Razer, I know it's hard.
All these people celebrating when you just lost Aya.
But that's just it.
I refuse to believe that Aya is dead.
I made that mistake once before.
Red, we all miss her.
But you gotta face it. She's gone.
No being as adaptable and resourceful as she
could truly be deleted from existence.
I know in my heart
that she is out there somewhere.
I will scour the universe if I must.
But I will find her.
Okay then, we're coming with you.
Kilowog, my friend
you would only slow me down.
You get into any trouble out there
find yourself in a jam
you don't hesitate to call us.
'Cause we will hightail it out there and..
Save me.
I know, Hal.
You already have.
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[sniffles]
I still say he's crazy.
Even if she is out there
how's he gonna find her in all that endless space?
Knowing Razer..
...I'd say he's got a pretty good shot.
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