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[theme music]

Manhunters are matching our speed

Anti-Monitor a little behind him.

We're gonna need to arc up the ultra warp drives to lose 'em.

So do it already! Head of state here, precious cargo.

Quiet, Zox.

'Now that we're all here, we leave.'

Razer, where's Aya?

She's gone.

What do you mean, Aya's gone?

I mean, she's gone.

- Where is she? - She's dead!

She came out of the ship to rescue me

and that thing killed her!

You mean her body's gone?

Right. She probably downloaded back into the ship.

Aya? Aya!

It was too far to do that.

She's dead.

She was just a kid.

What were you doing so far away?

I ordered you back to the ship!

You think this is my fault? Then say that!

Don't mince words. Say that! One time!

Stop! We have no time for this.

Though you cannot see it at this moment

the AI's death is not an entirely negative event.

What she means is, we can mourn Aya later.

Razer. I'm talkin'. Look here!

I need you to run diagnostics in the engine room.

I need that now.

You should watch your wording.

I must inform the council of what has transpired.

I-I need to make a call, too.

I never saw this coming.

I wish I could tell you to take a day off to clear your head

but we need you right now.

Aya isn't the first crew member we've lost

'and you can be darn sure she won't be the last.'

Then let's make sure it wasn't for nothing.

(Zox) 'Manhunters, as far as the eye can see.'

'The green lunkheads don't know what they're doing'

and that creepy blue troll kid just sits idly by

as I'm forced to endure Jordan's recklessness? Unacceptable!

What will you have me do, prime magistrate?

Send in the big guns.

We have a problem. The bad guys have managed to speed up.

They're gaining on us!

So without Aya and the ultra warp..

We get caught by the tail in less than an hour.

What course of action do you propose?

You said Krona banished the Anti-Monitor

to another dimension.

Can you do that?

Krona had access to powers and abilities

we Guardians no longer possess.

We've got to think of something. Is there any other way?

Stop the ship.

Is there more to your plan?

She's gone space simple. Just eject her out the air lock.

Green Lantern Jordan, you will accompany me.

The rest of you, stay here.

[dramatic music]

Anytime! You can begin your wise

and effective plan anytime now.

- Stop! - Negative.

Your programming supersedes obedience to the Guardians.

I am of those who created you.

The Manhunters will obey the Guardians.

[crackling]

What the nudge was that?

What happened to powers and abilities

we Guardians no longer possess?

The Guardians once possessed incredible power.

But we locked it away after establishing the Core.

'It has taken time to re-tap these abilities'

so foolishly cast aside.

Thousands of years.

But slowly, I master them again.

It would not matter if you had a thousand millennia.

The Manhunters serve me now.

'Time has passed your kind by, Guardian.'

Your creator was Krona.

He was a Guardian, as am I.

Obey me!

zap

I was there when you were nothing.

And I can turn you back into the nothingness from which you came!

The Guardian race will be buried soon enough, but you die now.

whoosh

[crackling]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

whoosh

[grunts] I can't move.

Witness as I cast out your friends.

whoosh

[all groaning]

No!

[grunting]

zap zap

We're loose. But how?

The reinforcements that I demanded have finally arrived.

Keep firing at that monstrosity!

[gunshots]

Fire the Liberators!

Your pitiful efforts are nothing to me.

Behold the definition of true power.

[whooshing]

[shattering]

[whooshing]

thomp

[instrumental music]

No.

Zox, order your men to evacuate.

And abandon Shard? Never!

In a few minutes, there's not going to be a Shard!

(Zox) 'All Red Lanterns, to escape vehicles!'

'Repeat, all Red Lanterns, run away!'

It's going to take a while to break down that fortress.

We should use that time to get out of here.

[dramatic music]

This is all your fault! We were humiliated out there!

Nothing can stop that thing. We're doomed!

Enough! Kilowog, take the controls.

Push the ship as fast as she'll go,

given the circumstances.

- Right. I'm on it. - And you.

You need to contact Ysmault, prime magistrate.

Tell them to warm up everything they got

because once the Anti-Monitor is done with Shard

it's coming for them.

'Your people are counting on you, Zox'

'and there is not a lot of time.'

[beeping]

Do you share my opinion that the sweet embrace of death

would be welcome today?

No, I do not.

After Ilana was killed, I had nothing left.

I lost the will to go on.

But you survived.

I knew if I just gave up, Ilana would disapprove.

Well, Aya wouldn't approve, either.

Or she'd at least tell you why your logic was faulty.

In fact..

[rumbling]

What in the name of Framad's turquoise exit vent was that?

Whatever it is, it's heading for the lower ramp.

[instrumental music]

Aya?

You're alive! I-I can't believe it!

Thank you, Green Lantern Hal.

I am also pleased to see you again. All of you.

Impossible.

You look a little different. What happened?

When I was critically damaged, I was too far away

to upload into the Interceptor's computer banks.

I managed to transfer into a disabled Manhunter's CPU.

I could not communicate, however.

So I followed the ship as best I could until I caught up.

I can't believe it. You're alright!

Don't scare us like that again.

I will endeavor not to, Green Lantern Hal.

Aya, we've got the Manhunters and the Anti-Monitor

headed toward Ysmault.

We need to get ahead of them

and coordinate with their planetary defenses.

- Can you help? - It should not be a problem.

But it would be helpful if Red Lantern Razer

would assist me.

Of course.

zap

The Manhunters must have ruptured

the flow valves to the impellers.

Can you repair them?

(Aya) 'Directing energy to affected systems.

'Rebuilding.'

The damage is considerable.

I see that.

When I last saw you, you said you loved me.

I...did.

Is my appearance disconcerting?

I believe I can rectify that problem.

Since my unfortunate meeting with Atrocitus

I've created a supply of spare parts for myself.

[electricity flowing]

There. This is better, correct?

I..

In my studies of emotion, it seems a great deal

of what is called love is predicated on how one looks.

That is...incorrect. Sometimes.

True love...is different.

I am unsure how to process this. I require more information.

What type of love do you have for me

true love, or some other love?

I do not love you, at all.

I cannot.

That is not consistent with your actions

and what you stated recently.

I...I believe I was confused

because of the form you've taken.

I thought, believed, that I was feeling love.

But if I do, it's not for you.

It's for the memory of my dear Ilana.

'You may have built yourself in her image'

but you are not her.

You are just a machine.

And I can never love you.

I am so sorry.

Processing. Processing.

Processing. Processing. Processing.

[dramatic music]

Zox, your flagship is waiting at the coordinates you asked.

Rally your troops and we'll stop the Anti-Monitor in its tracks.

Well, don't think it hasn't been a little slice of heaven

because it hasn't.

Brots be with you in the coming battle.

Razer does not love me.

W-what? Oh.

Razer confessed his love before I was severely damaged.

But now that I've returned, he says he does not love me.

Oh, boy.

Thoughts of Razer and his lack of love for me

are taking up much of my computing power.

Something is wrong.

I am not operating within my normal parameters.

That happens.

When I think about the times I've messed up with Carol

and the times I've hurt her..

But why did you hurt her?

I didn't mean to. I never do.

And Razer didn't mean to hurt you.

(Aya) 'But he is the cause.'

The moment replays in my memory banks on an endless loop.

I believe it is causing me what you would call pain.

I do not want to feel this.

(Kilowog) 'Buckle up, Jordan, here they come.'

Aya, I promise we'll talk about this all you want afterwards.

Right now, we have a job to do.

But right now I cannot perform to the best of my abilities.

When will my pain end, Green Lantern Hal? When?

Sometimes it doesn't, but that's the chance

we all take when we choose to care about someone.

It's a part of growing up, Aya.

Power regulators set at max levels.

In position for area denial fire.

I promise we'll talk after.

Failing's ghost targeting system engaged.

Let's set that to Manhunter.

[keys clacking]

Stand ready.

Here they come.

[dramatic music]

[gunshots]

[rumbling]

[gunshots]

[music continues]

Fire at will. Fire at will!

[gunshots]

boom

Razer.

Aya, we have much to speak of

but now is not a good time.

No, it is not.

What would you do if emotions were interfering

with your performance?

Simple. I only think of the job at hand.

I shut down everything else.

Shut down everything else.

[instrumental music]

[muffled yelling]

Aya! What's the matter? Get back to your station!

That will not enable us to survive this encounter.

I know what must be done.

What is that supposed to mean? Aya, where are you going?

[dramatic music]

whoosh

boom

whoosh

boom

thwip

[instrumental music]

swoosh

[gunshots]

Now what?

Aya! What are you doing?

You cannot comprehend what I am doing.

I am now operating at super-peak capacity

as I have discontinued all non-essential functions.

Define non-essential functions.

I have shut down all emotion. Don't worry.

I will accomplish our primary objective.

I will destroy the Anti-Monitor.

Aya, wait!

zap

thud thud

Ugh!

What happened?

Aya happened.

[dramatic music]

swoosh

zomp

[rumbling]

- That's not Aya. - Razer's right.

She doesn't know what she's doing.

Aya, stand down!

The Red Lanterns are on our side!

boom

I think she knows what she's doing, Jordan.

'But doesn't care.'

[dramatic music]

[shattering]

swoosh

thud thud

boom

[crackling]

[rumbling]

boom

She did it.

She actually did it.

Aya, are you alright?

[instrumental music]

whoosh

What are you doing? It's not safe.

I do not see why you would be concerned

about the safety of a mere machine, Razer.

Please, Aya, come back here with us.

Do you think I am a robot slave

to be ordered about by you?

That's not what he's saying. You don't seem well.

As if you care about my kind.

You're talkin' crazy, Aya.

You just saved everyone. We're thankful.

Now, let's destroy the rest of these Manhunters

and get out of here!

You will not harm them.

They are foolish children doing as they were told.

They are not to blame.

They function without emotion, as I do now.

I shall be their queen.

I will decide what becomes of them.

swoosh

Calm down, Aya. Something's wrong with you.

Incorrect.

For the first time, everything is working properly.

'But you, all of you, are flawed'

'driven by your emotions.'

You cause only pain and suffering.

I reject you and your kind.

I reject you all.

thwip

[all grunting]

[dramatic music]

[theme music]