In orbit
Hal and Blaze could see a huge circular spaceship twice the size of the watchtower floating in orbit just above Almerac firing down at intervals. Probably taking out the planets defenses while their ground troups deals with the armies being their thought.
"I think we should listen to the two sides and find out what this war is about before engaging in it" Blaze suggested. They were fast approaching the planet and needed to decided on a course of action to aid the situation.
"Let's try to contact their leader and find out." Hal pointed to an opening in the large spaceship where from his calculations would house the control room viewing panel overlooking Almerac.
In his time as a green lantern core member, Hal had never seen a spaceship of this kind and design and he had been to almost every sector in the universe. The only spaceships that came close to its size were Thanagarian warships and those were a rarity to be seen. Rumor had it that' if your planet picks it up on their radar then you were about to be invaded and added to their already vast colony.
The two floated Infront of the observation panel with green lantern scanning the ship.
"Well…now what?" Blaze looked to Hal who was scanning the ship with his ring.
"We'll ask what all this is about. My ring does not have any information regarding this spaceship or which planet it may be from."
"I'm guessing that we should be worried about that" blaze spoke up unconsciously getting into a fighting stance. The only thing he had ever encountered from apokolips whose technology the lanterns couldn't get a read on was Doomsday and that was something he did not want a repeat of.
"Yes we should. I am sensing life forms in the control room but they don't seem too bothered to try and communicate." Hal had tried contacting the ship via his ring but there was no response. Something was not right he thought.
His ring lit up signaling a success at making contact.
Ebony Maw was in the command center studying the two humans one coincidentally being a green lantern hovering infront of their observation panel deep in discussion.
The lantern had scanned their ship with his ring and from his facial expression the results did not sit right with him.
"The lantern is trying to make contact with us." One pilot informed him when the the icon came up. "What's your order?"
"Patch him through" if the lantern is an advocate of piece then under comply to surrender so that the world below be spared from their wrath.
"My name is Hal, protector of sector 3410. Identify yourselves and the purpose of this invasion" came Hal's voice from the audio system.
"Who we are and the purpose of this invasion does not matter." The Maw spoke then continued. "What you should prepared to do to end it is what should matter."
"And what's that?" Came Hal's voice. "I know I'm not going to like it"
"You and your friends surrender" he declared The other human could provide crucial Intel on this universes earth the maw thought.
The lantern cut off communication before a loud rumble was felt then alarm sounded from everywhere in the ship.
"Status report" The Maw demanded watching a trail heading down to the planet.
"One engine down. We have been borded." Came his confirmation.
It seems this universes humans were more intelligent than their counterparts but how did the human know where engine room 1 was. All 10 engines necessary for the smooth running of this space ship were perfectly hidden and camouflaged and well secured for him to find let alone destroy one this quickly.
He wasn't worried In the least bit, the intruder would be found and destroyed long before he did any serious damage to the ship which needed 4 engines to function while the rest were for emergency and incase they used their secret weapon which requires tremendous power.
"Activate the defenses." He instructed floating and following his senses to where the intruder was attacking.
Hal had cut off communication when they heard the demands and had split into two groups. Blaze was to engage the main ship while Hal dealt with the ground troups.
This was the best course of action since Queen maxima was already farmiliar with Hal unlike Blaze who was from another universe altogether.
"I need to ground this space ship." Blaze thought aloud. "Any ideas?" Trixx was the only one who could have a clue on how to accomplish that. The ship was so huge it would take quiet a lot of time to circumnavigate and find out its weak points.
I could get the required information from the onboard network Trixx suggested a course of action that would involve hacking.
"Work on it." Blaze agreed while hovering down the tunnels and corridors.
Trixx usually requires authorization from Ben or Azmuth before she hacks into any known or unknown network because according to her protocols, that is usually under the illegal side of handling things.
Blaze was viewing her progress through his HUD and noted it was taking a bit longer than usual.
The fastest way to ground this ship is to destroy 7 out of the 10 available engines each located in a different part of the ship. Files retrieved indicates 6 vessels each loaded with uncountable number of chitauri soldiers waiting to be deployed. Trixx informed Blaze while showing him the strategic locations they are all located.
"What's a chitauri soldier?" Blaze had never heard of that term and according to what he was viewing, the watchtower database did not have any information regarding it too.
Chitauri soldiers are a sentient specie of cybernetically enhanced beings operating under a hive mind intelligence that usually consists of over 100,000 aliens with a queen in charge of them. Images displayed to him showed the clear differences between a normal chitauri and a queen in terms of their physical size and capability. This specie is a variation of the ninez specie in our universe Trixx concluded showing the differences to him.
"Okay this discussion to be continued later, first lets ground this thing." Blaze used his super speed to navigate the ship using the map provided which was very efficient because in no time he had destroyed one engine and heading to the next.
The next two engine rooms housed a legion of their chitauri forcing blaze to engage preferring to set them on fire instead of actual fighting to save on time. He had to finish and proceed to help Hal on the ground.
"You will be a great addition to my fathers children" Blaze looked up to see a figure, who Trixx named The Maw hover close to the ceiling probably waiting and already knowing his plan. I have a strong dislike for telepaths he groaned.
The Intruder was moving, locating and destroying the engines akin to a person who knew the internal structure of the whole ship and that worried The Maw because no doubt the control room would be next after all the engines were shut down and he could hav that.
Giving instructions to his surbodinates to summon back Gamora and the others, he headed for the next likely target of the intruder.
This invasion was not going according to plan and by the reports he was receiving from Nebula, the planet was putting up quiet a resistance due to the natives being meta humans much like the avengers.
They needed to restrategize now that a green lantern and an unknown human had joined the opposing force.
The internal cameras showed the human moving at an inhuman speed and had a physic similar to that of the superman they read about of the justice league and that could be a problem. In no circumstance were they to be stranded in this planet and taken captive or better yet lose to this insignificant creatures.
"Joining up with a bunch of space assassins and warlords was not in my New Years resolution thank you very much" Blaze replied charging up the flames on his palm and directing it to the engine already bored of this guy.
"A pity." "Your powers are inconsequential to mine. I will dissect each and every part of you to learn what makes you tick." The maw waved a hand towards the engine and deflected the flames thrown by blaze to nearby chitauri soldiers who were already charging to engage the intruder.
Back in Almerac green lantern had joined the fight and blasted through the second vessel using his body as a weapon dismantling their weapons systems.
"Your majesty" Hal bowed when he came to a stop beside Queen Maxima in a crater obviously created by her.
She was a force to be reckoned with capable of holding her own against superman and the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo and clearly these invaders were in way over their heads thinking they could invade Almerac with just a handful of ships.
"Hal Jordan, nice of you to come and give aid to your lover" her eyes unashamedly roamed over his body undressing him thinking back to their last encounter where she definitely got to experience why he was the best green lantern in many sectors. He had quite an unbreakable will.
Hal noticing the hungry look in her eyes fidgeted on his spot also thinking back to the one week he spent in Almerac as part of the delegation to broker a peace between Almerac and some nation he couldn't remember the name right now.
That was to say the best week of his life in space. Maybe I can convince Blaze to spend some days here to help with the rebuilding he thought while his pants suddenly felt very tight.
We both know the answer to that his subconscious chided him to many things going on to indulge on sex right now finally having a defeated look on his face.
Maxima watched the various emotions on Hal's face then directed her gaze lower.
Well someone definitely won't mind another round she thought since she knew her usual harem of males will be helping with rebuilding the city after she kills every last one of these things.
"Why is your planet being invaded and who are these? Did you kidnap their prince?" It wouldn't be the first time Almerac went to war or got invaded because their queen could not handle rejection and resorted to kidnaping.
"I have done no such thing. Our database does not recognize these aliens but it won't matter once I am through with them." She hovered rising up in the air before looking down "be sure to stay and help me rebuild my palace" then with a sonic boom she headed for the second vessel that was gradually losing all its functions from Hal's precious attack.
"Won't mind if I do" Hal grinned already thinking of how they would probably do more damage to the palace in their battle to force the other to submit even though it usually ends up with Hal submitting when his ring runs out of power. The queen was the sexiest, roughest woman Hal ever bedded in the entire galaxy and to put it into perspective he has bedded countless women. Something made possible by the green lanterns unlimited credit card. I love my job he thought.
"The Maw has sent a distress call." Nebula informed her sister watching the panel linked to their main ship in orbit. "An intruder is taking out the engines surprisingly fast." She added not mentioning that they may be stuck in this planet if they do not make a tactical retreat. Everybody knew that detail.
"This universe is much more advanced." Gamora agreed. The same invading force used during this invasion could conquer more than two planets in their universe without them having to replenish their ranks or soldiers yet they were struggling taking this one planet. "Father will not be happy."
"I know. They already have Proxima and Cull obsidian and the first vessel is too damaged to recover anything. The queen will distract them long enough for us to regroup and contact father." Nebula agreed then pointed in one screen.
"Green lantern" Gamora turned and saw the woman from earlier heading towards their vessel at incredible speed killing any chitauri in her way with a human green lantern on her tail.
"Teleport us back." She ordered one pilot. They did not have enough manpower to deal with those two, let alone the one attacking their main ship.