Today I skipped Chapter 12 and finished Chapter 13. Chapter 13 is the first of the side stories in the book. These side stories show us what Agent N was doing to other Protectors during the purge, along with introducing us to new heroes. I forgot I was supposed to do this after completing Chapter 12, but by the time I realized it, I was so far into the chapter that I might as well finish it.
In Chapter 13, we go to the Lantern Universe (Universe L), where we meet Agent L. After being teleported from Homeworld by the Grand Protector, Agent L has his computer prepare the Contingency Protocol in case he doesn't make it. The computer then locates Agent N on the planet Nekron, home to the Black Lantern Power Battery (the source of the Black Lantern's power). Agent L knows what Agent N intends to do and teleports there.
We then see Agent L in the Observatory looking over the statuses of all the Protectors. So far, he managed to kill the Protectors that weren't expecting him, but still hasn't killed the ones teleported by Verndari. He then looks at Agent L's status, and knows that he's too dangerous to be left alive. Along with this, he also can't afford for the various Lantern Corps to stand in his way. As he looks at the planet Nekron, Agent N knows what he has to do. Agent N then opens a portal and goes to Nekron.
When Agent L gets to Nekron, he attempts to stop Agent N from activating the Black Lantern Power Battery, which if activated, would cause chaos and destruction all over the Universe. The two then engage in a fight, with Agent L being trapped under a massive amount of rocks. Using this to his advantage, Agent N activates the Power Battery, which is about to release a massive amount of dark energy. Agent N then teleports away, leaving Agent L to his doom. As he sees the Power Battery release the dark energy, Agent L tells his computer to activate the ring before being absorbed by the energy.
We then meet Andrew Hunter, who is walking down a street until he sees a man getting mugged by a group of guys. Andrew steps in, punching one man in the face, but is quickly overpowered by the other guys. While getting beat up, the white power ring appears, and flies onto Andrew's finger, giving him a lot of power. He then attempts to punch one of the guys, but instead, a massive fist appears and punches everyone. Wondering what's going on, Andrew suddenly gets teleported.
Andrew gets teleported to a strange room, and hears someone say "hello". When turning around, he sees a man standing in front of him named Azmuth. This is where the chapter ends.
The reason why we don't see Andrew with the other heroes in this story is because he has his own story to do. Remember earlier in the chapter when Agent N said that activating the Power Battery would cause thousands of Black Lantern Power Rings to spread all over the Universe? That's what Andrew has to deal with. I didn't want to include the rest of the story because that would add too much confusion and is too long to be included in this story. The time we see Andrew, he will already have completed his mission and have complete control over his powers. Since we won't ever see Andrew's story, I will write a brief version of it here so that you know what's going on.
The story is a version of DC Comics Blackest Night, a Green Lantern story about the Black Lantern's attempting to destroy every Corps in the Universe by bringing dead heroes back to from the dead. All of the Lantern Corps have to come together to stop this threat, and find the White Lantern Power Battery, which is the only thing that can stop it.
The same thing is happening in this story, except while the other Lantern Corps are holding off the Black Lanterns, Andrew Hunter is training under Azmuth (mentioned in the Chapter, Azmuth was a Watcher and is in charge of watching over the Emotional Spectrum) to unlock every emotion, even Darkness. After months of training, Andrew has unlocked every emotion except Darkness. Before he tries channeling it, he finds out that the Black Lanterns have destroyed every Lantern Power Battery except the Green Lanterns on Oa, and goes to stop him.
Andrew then confronts the Black Lanterns with his power, and stops them. Andrew then makes a plan with the other Lanterns, having them go to Nekron and launch a final offensive against the Black Lanterns. While distracting them, Andrew will fight the Black Hand; the leader of the Black Lanterns.
After launching the plan, Andrew confronts Black Hand, who has grown powerful from the massive amount of Darkness present in the Universe. The two engage in a massive fight, and while Andrew is winning, he can't stop Black Hand unless he uses the Darkness. Andrew attempts to channel the Darkness, which is dangerous because doing so could corrupt him. He manages to do it and after struggling to control it, Andrew uses the power of the Darkness to stop Black Hand and the Black Lanterns once and for all.
After doing so, Andrew uses his power to restore all the other Lantern Power Batteries, restoring the Emotional Spectrum. It is around this time that Andrew is summoned by Verndari.
For those who don't know, Andrew has the power of the White Lantern (powered by the Light). He is able to channel other emotions (Will, Hope, Love, Greed, Fear, Rage, Compassion, Light, and Dark) and use them.
Before I end this update, here are a few interesting facts about this chapter:
*Andrew is one of the only people to control the Darkness without being corrupted by it
*This Universe is based off of heroes from DC Comics
*This chapter takes place during the events of Chapter 8
*Agent N's contingency plan was using a White Lantern Power Ring (forged by Azmuth) to give a person powers similar to his Core
*This chapter explains one of the plans Ragnarok had when trying to destroy the Multiverse
*Kallack was the first person in history to have a Power Ring, as the Green Lantern Corps hadn't existed yet.
*It could be theorized that Kallack's actions are what lead to the Guardians of the universe to create the Green Lantern Corps
*This Chapter takes place after the events of Chapter 11
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