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Hal Jordan/Green Lantern ([info]highballjordan) wrote in [info]dc_heroes,
@ 2010-09-20 11:14:00


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Entry tags:"rebirth", carol ferris, green lantern hal jordan

Awakenings
First, there is pain.

/Begone, Spirit of Vengeance/

The pain begins at the same time the chanting does. He can feel himself being torn apart at the seams, a feeling unfamiliar after so long as one who cannot feel pain. His alter-ego tries in vain to keep hold of him, but soon enough he finds himself adrift in the sea of darkness.

The chanting grows louder, more urgent and the pain in his stomach, his mind and his heart become nearly unbearable, followed by a sharp pain in his eyes and across his body.

Still, he struggles toward the rhythmic voices, unwilling to let this this deter him. He can feel the wind on his face, like when he's flying followed by the rain.

Nearly five years after his death, Hal Jordan climbs out of his grave, casting his eyes on the world around him.

The first thing he sees are bodies.

Scrambling out of the hole in the earth, Hal runs off into the Coast City night, naked, wet and afraid.

He has to find somethng or someone that can make this make sense.

He has to find Carol.



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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 08:45 pm UTC (link)
"Wow, what bit you, Ferris?" Hal grumbles. He thinks about his next words carefully, because she may hang up on him.

"Christmas Eve party, 1999. Your office. I found that spot on your calf that you like massaged at the end of the day. You like pistachios, which I hate. You love Top Gun. How am I doing so far?" he asks.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 09:01 pm UTC (link)
An icy chill blew through her, tempering the heat of anger. She remembered that party, eneough that she flushed with the memory.

"Hal, is it really you?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-20 09:27 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, it is, Beautiful. Now will you take some pity on a dead guy and come get me. I'm Old Town. I'm the naked guy standing in the rain wrapped in a blanket." Hal smiles through the receiver.

"Can't miss me." he says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-20 10:35 pm UTC (link)
"I'll be there as soon as I can."

Forget the complete lack of sense to go running out in the middle of a rainy night because a /ghost/ asked her to get him. This ranked right up there in terms of stupid acts. She should have called someone to go with her. Tom would have, but she didn't want her partner out in the weather and neither would his wife.

It didn't take long to get to Old Town. In very little time she was a foolish woman driving an expensive car where the homeless spent their nights.

With her dad's .38 in the seat next to her.

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 02:03 am UTC (link)
Hal recognizes the car and tries to make himself look a little less like one of the homeless people trying to hitch a ride with a rich woman. He steps forward from the shadows with the blanket about his head and shoulders, but he is otherwise naked.

"Carol! It's me!" he says, waving her down.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 02:46 am UTC (link)
The car slowed and the passenger side window lowered a few inches. Carol peered out, one hand on the gun.

The door lock clicked. "Get in."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 02:54 am UTC (link)
Hal goes around to the other side of the car, wondering if these are the last moments of his life. He wishes he had his power ring right now, because it would solve a lot of his immediate problems for the time being.

He gets in on the passenger side, praying she doesn't have the AC on.

"I'm sorry to drag you out here like this, Carol. I just...didn't have anyone else to call. After how I died, I knew you were one of three people who might hear me out. One didn't pick up and the other is dead." Hal says.

"How are you?" he asks quietly.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 03:07 am UTC (link)
The heat was on. Carol cranked it up to high and directed the dash vents in Hal's direction. With the gun in her lap, safety on, the car sped off through the streets.

"Five years, Hal. It's a long time."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 03:44 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, it is, Carol. I wish I could say I planned this, but I'd be lying if I did." Hal tells her.

"I have no idea what's happened, or how I came back. I...I only know that there were dead bodies around me when I crawled out of my grave, which had been defaced, by the way." Hal tells her, trying to warm himself.

"How's Tom?" he asks.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 04:21 am UTC (link)
"He's well." She stared at the road ahead, almost afraid of looking to make sure he was really here. As if there would be a rotting corpse in the car and she wouldn't be able to wake from the nightmare.

"I don't know whether to hug you or call a priest."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 04:30 am UTC (link)
"Once I've showered, I'll take the hug." Hal grins. She's not looking at him. Was she still angry at him about how they'd left things before he died? Or...had Carol really moved on? Had he taken her away from her family with this late night call?

"I'm not here to cause you any problems, Carol. If you need to drop me off at a shelter or something, it's no problem. I'll start talking to people in the morning and find out what happened to all of my things." Hal says, shivering bneaath the towel despite the heat.

Five years gone. He'd been dead long enough that everything he owned was gone. No money, no apartment, no friends to speak of. Sure, his family might accept him back after a million questions, if they even believed it was him.

Ollie might have the same reaction Carol was having. Could the dead dream or have nightmares? This was starting to become the latter pretty fast.

"Good to hear, about Tom. How's Ferris Air?" he asks.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 06:01 am UTC (link)
"I'm not dropping you off anywhere, so forget that idea. You're not causing me any problems." She spared a glare at him before returning her attention to the slick road. "Ferris Air is still in business. Doing well, too."

She paused. "Your things are in storage at the airfield."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Hal sighed in relief and sagged back in the seat.

"Carol, you are the angel of good news. I'm glad to hear that." he says.

"I was really worried about my coat." he says, remembering his dad's old leather jacket. He valued that coat as much as he did his power ring, which he knew was gone.

"You're so quiet, Carol." he says, reaching out to gently touch her hand.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 12:44 pm UTC (link)
"I know you loved that coat," she said. "The coat is in my hall closet. Jim didn't ask about it and I didn't offer it. I should have, at least for your nephew to have when he was older."

"I'm still not sure I'm not in another dream. Five years, Hal. I was finally referring to you in the past tense, in the he's no longer with us way." The touch of his hand was icy cold. She held it to force warmth into him and make him, and this situation, seem less like the walking dead and more of a miracle. "I just need a minute to wrap my brain around this."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 02:34 pm UTC (link)
"Believe me, Carol, you aren't the only one. If it had been my choice, I'd have showed up the day after I died and got to work fixing things." Hal says. "And I would have started with you."

Carol might also notice something odd about Hal when she looks at him: the white "grandpa stripes" that used run from his front temples to the back of his head are gone. Hal used to fret about those a great deal.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 03:35 pm UTC (link)
Carol gave the declaration as much attention as it deserved. She had no illusions over Hal Jordan. She loved him and he was a dear friend, but they never could get it to work for very long.

And she'd always like the gray at the temples. She'll miss them when she finally notices they're gone.

"Let's get you cleaned up and fed before you do anything else. Is there anyone you want me to call? This won't sound crazy coming from me."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 03:47 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, two people. My brother and Ollie, for now. Let Oliver know I'll come to him, because he's got my spare ring and power battery. Then I guess I'll talk to Jim and try to get a job set up while I figure how how this happened and how to get back into the swing of things." Hal says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 03:57 pm UTC (link)
"Pass a physical and show me you can still fly, I put you to work until you get on your feet and decide what you want to do."

She turned off the road and pulled into a garage attached to her beach house. "Jim I'll call in the morning. Ollie can be tonight." She had a suspicion he wouldn't really feel like himself until he had his blasted ring. "Ollie can let anybody else know after he convinces himself you're not a zombie."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 04:45 pm UTC (link)
"Are /you/ convinced I'm not a zombie yet, Boss Lady?" Hal asks, getting out of the car. The beach house was still awesome.

"No one's going to come home and wonder who the crazy naked guy is, will they?" he asks jokingly.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 05:07 pm UTC (link)
"You mean Robert and the twins?" she asked, rolling her eyes at him over the car roof. "I'm still the same stodgy, lonely businesswoman, Hal. The housekeeper will scold me for the muddy footprints, but that's it. No one will care about the zombie. Which is what the physiccal is for."

The garage door closed behind them and she unlocked the connecting door into the house. "The spare room is still in the same place. Go shower while I put some coffee on and find you something to wear."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 06:32 pm UTC (link)
"Sounds good. And don't worry, Carol. I'd be great influence on the kids!" Hal teased, sounding a bit more like himself.

He goes to the bathroom and takes the longest shower of his new life, trying to forget what he went through to get here.

Eventually, he makes his way to the spare bedroom and waits for Carol, wrapped in his towel.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-21 06:57 pm UTC (link)
It took some time to find something that would fit Hal until she could get him new clothes. The best she could do was a large black tee shirt with Ferris Air in white across the left breast pocket and a pair of old stretched out sweat pants in a faded yellow. Underwear was out of the question. When she looked back on this, she would wish for some mens clothes left behind by a date so she wouldn't appear so pathetic.

She took the clothes, turned up the heat, and carried a mug of hot, strong coffee to the spare room. She knocked quiety.

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-21 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Hal was just staring at the door, his mind firing on all cylinders. After taking a five-year dirt nap, he's wired. He can't fall asleep tonight.

"Come in, Carol." Hal says, smoothing his wet hair back.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-22 01:33 am UTC (link)
She opened the door cautiously, almost afraid she'd find Zombie Hal. Forget the brain eating, body parts scattered on the floor would cost her a good housekeeper.

"These will get you through the night. Tomorrow morning I'll get your clothes from storage." She set the clothes on the bed and held out the mug. "This'll help you warm faster."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-22 01:53 am UTC (link)
He takes the offered mug and smiles, glad for something that will take away the chill that seems to have settled in his bones.

"Thank you, Carol, for everything. I'm not sure where I'd be if you hadn't picked up." he says.

"So...how did my stuff end up at the airfield? Did Jim not ask about any of that stuff, either?" he asks.

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