Green Lantern: The Animated Series

Previously on "Green Lantern"...

Red Lanterns?

Their power rings fire some sort of red energy.

They have rings?

- Powered by what? - Best guess?

A huge desire to mash us all into pulp.

Initiate gateway from the Lighthouse.

Broadcasting access code "Silver moons of Sentus 7".

Not working.

Are you using galactic 6 numeric translation of the phrase?

Of course. You dare question me, Veon?

My guard got the code directly from the prisoner's mind.

It's...it's not our fault.

Atrocitus will not tolerate excuses.

We need that code to open the gateway.

The entire invasion depends upon it.

So do our lives.

Are you sure none of you have seen it?

It's a Lantern battery for crying out loud.

It's not like it grew legs and ran off.

I can't believe you, Jordan. First you forget to charge your ring,

and now you lose your battery like some rookie.

I am receiving an incoming transmission from Oa.

Guardian Appa Ali Apsa.

After what he did to Ganthet, let it go to voicemail or something.

I don't feel like talking to that backstabbing blue munchkin pain in the...

Ahem. Jordan.

Yes, communication with you, 2814, is equally unpleasant.

However, the Guardians have need of you.

We have deciphered more of the red lantern plans you obtained from shard.

The invasion will begin sooner than expected.

Atrocitus plans to enter Guardian space using the Lighthouse.

That what now?

The Lighthouse was created millions of years ago

by a lost civilization as a way to travel through the Maelstrom,

The asteroid barrier separating the forgotten zone from Guardian space.

When those ancients vanished,

the secret of the Lighthouse was lost,

sealing for countless millennia.

Some years ago a Green Lantern archeologist named Tauverus

made the long trek to the frontier

in hopes of finding the secret code

that would activate the long dormant Lighthouse.

Unfortunately, he disappeared without a trace.

And you're telling us this why?

The Red Lantern armada is headed full speed for the gate.

We believe Atrocitus may already have the code.

If his armada crosses the Maelstrom into Oan space,

they will destroy everything in their power.

Your job, Green Lanterns, is to get to the Lighthouse first

and destroy it by any means necessary.

It's too bad we can't just ask this Tauverus what the code is

so we can destroy the Lighthouse from the inside out.

We can do precisely that.

While interfaced with the security system

on the prison asteroid, I downloaded their records.

An inmate named Tauverus is in fact being held captive there.

Jordan, I hope you remember how these yellow stones

make our rings completely useless.

Don't sweat it. There's no one to fight.

It's a friendly prison now, remember?

- Trust me. - I hate it when you say that.

Green Lanterns!

You have been gone too many days. Too many!

And you promised Goggan that Goggan was only temporary warden.

Goggan work, work, work. Goggan is a slave to work.

Maybe prison is better.

Goggan, this is important.

We're looking for a prison that was here

when Myglam and his spiders ran the place.

His name is Tauverus, a Green Lantern.

The records indicate he is being held on level H, sublevel 6D.

My circuits are experiencing micro failures.

The yellow stones are very draining.

I'll take her back to Goggan's office. She'll be safer there.

Tauverus, I presume.

Sad, sad. Very sad.

Death by mind-altering torture device.

If you thought you were going to die,

wouldn't you find a way to pass on an important secret?

Wait. Tauverus did leave us a message.

"If you want the code to the Lighthouse, free Byth Rok."

Goggan, did you just ink yourself?

Byth Rok is a prisoner, a Thanagarian prisoner.

Horrible, horrible birdman. Dangerous! Brutal!

We put them in there, the birdcage.

Guards go in, but guards don't come back out.

Hawkmen? I love Thanagarians.

They're real soldiers...

Organized, disciplined, and very clean.

Clean? I don't think they're even paper trained.

Outlaws and pirates. Pirates and outlaws.

All with prices on their heads and death sentences.

Wasting time.

Go in, pull this Byth Rok out, and get some answers.

Good idea... for you. Goggan will watch from here.

We're looking for a Thanagarian named Byth Rok.

I'm Byth Rok, Valiant leader of these men.

But temporarily not in charge. A minor setback.

Right. Look, we want...

Shh. The code to the Lighthouse

to get through the Maelstrom. I know. Keep it down.

If these cutthroats think you're here for something I have,

they're gonna want their share.

So, Tauverus didn't make it.

Poor guy. We shared a cell, you know.

He left the code with me 'cause he knew I was a tough nut to crack.

Enough noise. You're coming with us.

Not likely. They're not gonna let you walk out of here with me.

And I don't think your Green Lantern rings work

with all this yellow ore around, so you can't blast your way out.

But you have a suggestion.

All you have to do is challenge Bumpy to a fight.

Bumpy's the usurper in charge.

Don't worry, should be easy for a big, tough guy like you.

You look like a fighter judging by that face full of scar tissue.

Or were you born that way?

Save it for Bumpy.

Got a challenger here. This big flatfoot wants to fight Bumpy.

The wager? He wins, I go free.

He loses, you get to take my new friends here prisoner.

Wait, wait, wait. Nobody's agreed to that.

Don't worry, Jordan, this will be over real quick.

Come on! You can beat him.

Your big man can really take a hit.

- Oh, he'll win. - No, not a chance.

Bumpy can't be beat, not like that.

His armor's made of Imp metal, he's invincible,

and he cheats.

Dirty... flying...

Nicely done. Nicely done.

Now, how about double or nothing?

My man here, this skinny Green Lantern, wants to fight Bumpy.

Avenge his friend's honor and all that.

If, by some miracle, he wins, not only do I go free,

but I get to be your glorious leader once again.

And what do we get when I win?

If skinny here loses, we forfeit our lives. All of them.

Are you kidding?

Your lives were forfeit the moment you walked in.

The only way out is if I'm in charge.

What about it, Thanagarians?

Yeah!

One sec. One second.