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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
2010-09-23 03:30 am UTC (link)
"Well, we may have a little bit of lead time before anyone knows who's grave it was. Someone smashed my headstone." Hal tells her.

"I don't want you, Jim or Ollie getting harrassed about me, okay? If anyone asks you, just tell them you don't know anything and you haven't seen me. A lot of people who knew me will probably look at you and Ollie first, followed by Jim. Jim and Ollie can handle themselves, though.

Not saying you can't, but people are going to assume because I worked for you and...well, we've been friends and more for a long time." he says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-23 03:58 am UTC (link)
"I don't worry about what people assume." She was a little insulted. "After all this time, anybody coming around asking about you isn't looking for a story. They'll be after you for other reasons. I can deal with it."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-23 04:14 am UTC (link)
"Carol, I appreciate you being willing to stand up for me, but if it's a Lantern or some psycho like Black Hand, I'd rather you not." Hal says.

It's completely okay for him to risk himself to protect or save her, but he won't stand for her ending up in danger because of him.

"I just don't want to bring trouble to your door." he says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-23 04:19 am UTC (link)
"You're years too late for that one, Jordan, and you weren't always around. This damsel learned to save herself. Do you seriously think that all your enemies and friends visited your grave and didn't consider that maybe you weren't in it?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-23 04:58 am UTC (link)
"Well, as far as the hero community goes, I died in pretty public fashion and only a few people knew what I was into after that. I'm sure more than a couple checked to make sure I was /really/ dead." Hal says. Batman shoots to the top of the list of that group.

Bruce and Hal had never liked each other much, because they were polar opposites, despite their seeming similarities.

"And I'm back /now/, so making sure you're safe is something I'm going to be doing, so you might as well get used to it, Ferris." Hal says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-23 05:04 am UTC (link)
"Big talk coming from a walking corpse wearing my old sweats!" she shot back.

As soon as she heard the words, she covered her mouth to hide a laugh. She was tired and stressed, and he was still pushing her buttons. "What is it about you that turns me back into that eight year old scolding some runty kid sneaking onto my dad's airfield?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-23 05:13 am UTC (link)
"The same thing that makes that runty kid want to push those buttons until you realize that I'm going to do what I do best and you're going to live with it." Hal chuckles.

"You know, Carol...I know we talked about how I wanted to get into your pants once before, but..." he looks down at the sweats. "This went a little further than my thoughts on the matter did."

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-23 05:55 am UTC (link)
"That would be the Hal Jordan version of 'be careful what you wish for'."

She turned her head to keep from laughing at the faded yellow pants and saw the time display on the microwave. "I have a business meeting in six hours. If I'm not sharp, Wayne Industries will end up owning my airfield and I'll be on salary."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-23 06:04 am UTC (link)
"Wayne Industries? How did you end up working with them? Bruce Wayne doesn't seem like the type to be interested in aerospace stuff." Hal says, simply playing off of what people know about Bruce Wayne, the man.

"Besides, it probably won't be Wayne at the meeting anyway. He's usually too busy seducing some heiress and then giving her the kiss off after a week or two." Hal says.

Carol's way too smart to fall for a jerk like that.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-23 06:24 am UTC (link)
"Not that I need your advice when it comes to business matters, but Wayne Industries and Ferris Air are working out an arrangement to share a bid on a government contract."

She favored Hal with an exasperated look. She was way too smart, and Bruce Wayne had hardly been a jerk. Once the ground rules were set, she found him to be a likable person. "I submitted the proposal after Bruce and I talked at a charity function. He attended the other two meetings between Wayne Industries and Ferris Air."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 01:22 am UTC (link)
"Bruce is it?" Hal asks, and there might be a little bit of surprised edge in his tone.

"Look, I've just heard about how that guy is and I don't want to see him try any of that on you." Hal tells her.

Because then he'd have to throw Batman into the sun with his ring, and that...that wouldn't be a good way to start his second chance at life.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 01:27 am UTC (link)
"If you climbed out of the grave just to tell me who I can and can't do business with, you can climb back in."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 01:32 am UTC (link)
"Hey, do all the business you like with the guy. No big deal. Just...make sure /he/ keeps it in the realm of business." Hal says.

He had the sense that this conversation was starting to take a bad turn, but he stayed the course. Carol would probably get annoyed, but Tom would back him up on this.

Why wasn't Tom doing this deal anyway?

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 01:51 am UTC (link)
"You're impossible." She rose to start cleaning up. "You just leave the business, and businessmen to me, Jordan."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 02:00 am UTC (link)
"Well, if I didn't do it, you'd accuse me of not caring." he says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 02:07 am UTC (link)
She tossed the last container in the trash and turned to face him, hands on hips. "Hal, look at what you're wearing."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 02:13 am UTC (link)
Hal looks at what he's wearing.

"Okay. Your point?" he asks, looking back up at her.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 02:17 am UTC (link)
"If I'd had it, you'd be wearing a man's bathrobe, not something of mine. Did it ever occur to you that I'm too old for somebody like Bruce Wayne to consider trying his playboy moves on?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 02:28 am UTC (link)
"Um...no?" Hal says genuinely. "You're not 'too old' for anything. You're beautiful, smart and tough-as-nails. As weird as this," he indicates his attire, "is for me, I'd feel weird about wearing another man's bathrobe."

"Bruce Wayne would be a fool to not try hitting on you. You're a great woman, Carol. Any man would be lucky to have you." Hal says.

Some of us were, and we botched it.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 02:33 am UTC (link)
This was the absolute strangest conversation to be having after discovering Hal alive.

"Forget that, forget the business, that's all my territory. You need to concentrate on you. Are you going to be able to rest tonight?"

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 02:53 am UTC (link)
"I won't disturb you, but I think I'm going to take some time to get caught up on the world I've come back to. I'm just so /wired/ right now, I don't think I could sleep if I wanted to." Hal says.

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 03:03 am UTC (link)
"That's actually reasonable." She didn't think she was going to sleep much either, but she could go over her figures again for the meeting. "The television is in the den. Also the last few newspapers I haven't read yet."

She touched his shoulder tentatively. He even felt real, if his mouth running on high hadn't convinced her. "I am so glad you're alive, Hal."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 03:36 am UTC (link)
His hand finds hers, and his arm wraps around her waist for a moment to hug her.

"I'm glad to be alive, Carol. Even more glad that you're the first person I saw when I got here." he tells her.

"Promise me you won't stay up working tonight. You should get some sleep."

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[info]ferris_ceo
2010-09-24 03:54 am UTC (link)
Carol wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her face against the top of his head. "You come back from the dead and I should get some sleep? I think I need to watch you."

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[info]highballjordan
2010-09-24 04:09 am UTC (link)
"If you stay up to watch me, we both know I'm going to watch you until you pass out." he laughs.

"Besides, I don't want to be the reason you aren't ready for your meeting in the morning...though I wouldn't mind if you rescheduled it to let me massage that spot on your calf." he tells her.

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(no subject) - [info]highballjordan, 2010-09-24 12:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ferris_ceo, 2010-09-24 03:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]highballjordan, 2010-09-24 10:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ferris_ceo, 2010-09-25 01:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]highballjordan, 2010-09-25 02:04 am UTC
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