9143/An Ally's Journey Begins

An Ally's Journey Begins
Date of Scene:	10 September 2019
Location:	Bryant Park, Midtown
Synopsis:	During a pitched battle between Hal Jordan and Rankorr, a Red Lantern, Haytham Nazari bravely intervenes to give medical aid to a hurt and injured Green Lantern.
Cast of Characters:	Green Lantern (Jordan), Haytham Nazari
Tinyplot:	War of Light

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Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    It was a wet, dreary, and cool day. The remnants of the storms that hit the east coast of North America were starting to blow themselves out, and the city of New York is starting to recover. People are back to work, and lunch hour was just over. Today, however, in Midtown, a battle was taking place!

    The Green Lantern, well one of them, of Sector 2814 was in a pitched battle in the skies right above Midtown. Green light mixed with red light, as Hal Jordan was combating a Red Lantern! A hideous, goat headed creature was tossing red flames from his mouth at Hal Jordan! Taken a bit by surprise by the ferocity of the attack, Hal grits his teeth, and struggles against the attack.

    "You will die Green Lantern! Ssssss...burnt to death at the hands of Rankorr! Atrocitus will reward me greatly for this...sssssss!

    Hal Jordan was taking damage. The red fire licks along the edges of Hal's shield, and eats away at his defenses. "Arrrggghhh!" Hal's scream pierces the air, as the damage hits him, causing him to fall and hit the ground...hard. A loud crack and "pop" sound lets everyone who knows anatomy that there was a dislocated shoulder and perhaps a broken bone or two.

Haytham Nazari has posed:
Haytham Nazari, one of the state's resident medical students, sees the pitched battle betwen the Green Lantern and what looks like an alien. They pitched their emotional colors against each other and it seems that Green Lantern, if but briefly, was knocked down. But while the Red Lantern no doubt does some measure of Chaos, while others are gripped by fear, Haytham knows that someone is hurt.

He - has - to help.

So despite someone initially trying to stop him by grabbing him, Haytham rushes onto the field, over to the Green Lantern. "I'm here to help, I'm here to help." He heard the crack, so he knows something is either broken or dislocated. "Where?" Haytham asks Green Lantern, and he knows he's in harms way, but he swore to himself that he'd help if he could, in any situation.

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    Slowly getting up, Green Lantern looks at Rankorr with a grimace, and then realises he has but moments to warn the crowd away. "Get back everyone! This creature is dangerous." Suddenly, Haytham was there to help. "You shouldn't be here..." Hal looks at his arm. "There." Hal's left shoulder and arm hung limply, and out of place. However, his right arm was fine, and came up just in time to stop another red flame attack from Rankoor.

    Suddenly a green shield erupts around Hal, the nearby crowd, and Haytham, protecting them but weakening his shield. "Okay...no more mister nice guy!" Hal says, more to himself than to Rankorr! With a thrust of will, Hal uses the green light surrounding everyone to turn into a huge fire extinguisher, putting out the flame.

    Surprised, Rankorr narrows his eyes, and prepares for another attack...too late! Hal uses his opening to create a large sling shot, fires a ball of green at Rankorr's mouth, which turns into a gag. Quickly following that up came a large boxing glove <TM>, and the fight was over.

    Encasing the now unconscious, bound and gagged Rankorr in an emerald shield, Hal turns back to the crowd, grimaces in pain, and says, "Is everyone alright?" Next he looks to Haytham. "That was a brave thing you did, rushing to my aid. Mr...?"

Haytham Nazari has posed:
Haytham moves with the grace of someone who clearly has practice. See? Helping out at the hospital helps, especially with general care. But, he looks at Hal's arm and he gently supports Hal's shoulder and motions his other hand to hold at the elbow, lifting the arm.

"I won't lie, this will hurt. Please don't hate me."

He thrusts the arm forward, popping it back into place.

Hopefully it doesn't hurt too much. But when Green Lantern apparently immeidately gets back into the fight and traps Rankorr, Haytham is breathing fast. "That was...really close.' It was clear he was very scared, but acted anyway.

"Uhm, Nazari. Haytham Nazari. Nice to meet you, Mr. Lantern sir."

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    Hal Jordan grits his teeth, and readies himself for the pain to come. Bracing himself, and his will to maintain the prison for Rankorr, Hal nods, and with a slight smile. "I won't hate you. Maybe dislike...but not hate." A tinge of amusement was reflected in his expression, letting the man know he was kidding.

    Taking a deep breath, Hal lets Haytham re-set his shoulder. "Urrnn." Is all he says, not wanting to show weakness to the milling crowd. "Ugh. Thanks Doc." Hal jordan moves it a bit. "Nice work Haytham. Thank you. I owe you one."

Haytham Nazari has posed:
Haytham looks at the prison and he gulps a bit. He briefly wondered if the shield would hold, but he focuses on Hal for the moment. After 'fixing' the Green Lantern, Haytham is a bit surprised that he had Hal's thanks, and he rubs the back of his neck nervously. "Oh! Uh, I'm not a Doctor yet, but thats my goal."

SO not the time to talk about hopes and dreams, kid!

"And please, you owe me nothing. I just saw you get hurt and knew how to help." A concerned person just accepting sympathy and helping out. "Uh...I can't help against that though." He points at the demon-goat Red Lantern.

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    Looking back at Rankorr, and seeing where the man's gaze went, Hal Jordan grins, and looks back at Haytham. "Don't worry. He's unconscious and well taken care of. I'll need to get him back to the Sciencells on Oa, but for now, everyone is safe." Hal's voice carries to others, who exhale sighs of relief.

    "Not a Doctor yet! Well, you did that like a pro." Hal flexes his arm a bit and grimaces slightly again. "Um. Probably need to give it time to heal as well." Hal chuckles. "I expect you'll be a Doctor in no time then, Mr. Nazari."

    Looking once again at Rankorr, Hal shrugs. "You never know what could happen. There is a War going on. A War of Light, and we could use people like you to help fight a lot worse than him." Hal thumbs back towards Rankorr. He then looks you up and down. "Compassion is something that is rare in the Universe." Hal begins to float above the ground with Rankorr in tow. "Something tells me, you might be a person to make a difference. Who knows right?"

Haytham Nazari has posed:
Haytham seems to breathe a sigh of relief as Hal informs him that the enemy is unconscious. "Oh good. Then he can't hurt anyone." But as Hal also encourages him to fulfill his dream of being a doctor, Haytham is smiling from ear to ear. "Thanks! I'm trying hard, hopefully I'll make it, but really...thank you, it means a lot."

But Hal speaks of a War of Light and that Haytham could help and there are -worse- things than him out there in the galaxy, Haytham looks like he has no idea what Hal is talking about.

"A war of light? Uh...I mean, I can kickbox?" He seems to be extremely uncertain about this though. "If I can help, I mean, I'll absolutely try my best but..I don't know anything about any war."

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    "No, I have him under control. He's a wild one though. And you are welcome. Always try to follow your dreams. That's why I became a pilot in my other life." Hal smiles. "Or another lifetime ago..." He trails off.

    "Yeah. A "War of Light". Catch phrase I guess. A Blue Lantern coined it to me several months ago. You see, he's a Red Lantern. Represents Rage." Hal points at Rankorr. "I'm a Green Lantern for Willpower. Blue I mentioned. They represent Hope. There are seven different colours that are part of the emotional spectrum. Some are good. Some not so much."

    "Let's see. Orange is Avarice. White is Life. Never seen one of them. Or Black for that matter, which is Death. Yellow is Fear. Violet is Love." Hal Jordan pauses for a moment, and looks at Haytham curiously. "Huh. The last one is Indigo, which represents Compassion."

Haytham Nazari has posed:
Its such a good thing that this kid is smart.

For a minute, Hal dismissed the War of Light as a simple catchphrase, but then starts mentioning 'Lanterns'. So Green Lantern isn't alone? There's Blue Lanterns, White Lanterns, Black Lanterns, Orange Lanterns, etc.?

Woah.

But Haytham seems to tilt his head when Hal seems to look at him specifically when he mentions that the Indigo Light is Compassion. "Uh...so you think I might be one of them? I don't know, this seems really...beyond me. I'm just a regular guy."

Green Lantern (Jordan) has posed:
    "Huh. Perhaps. Just...something." Hal Jordan frowns, but doesn't say anything. "Of course you aren't one of them." Hal chuckles a nervous laugh, and waves his good hand at Haytham. "We are all just "normal guys" though. Well, maybe not so normal." Hal smiles. "You never know. Just when I mentioned that, it felt right. I don't know." Hal floats a little higher.

    "I think we might be seeing each other again, soon to be Doctor Haytham. It's a large Universe, but a small planet." With a salute, Hal Jordan prepares to head out. "If you ever need to find me, head to the Hall Of Justice, and they can get a message to me. Take care, and thanks again for the assist!"

Haytham Nazari has posed:
Haytham is a bit starstruck by Hal, so when Green Lantern tells him that they're all just normal people, Haytham fully believes him as he watches the first human Lantern ascend into the sky with his Red Lantern prisoner.

"O-Of course!" Haytham waves at the Green Lantern, suddenly feeling even more inspired to never be afraid to be compassionate.