Green Lantern: The Animated Series

1x04 - Into the Abyss

Previously on Green Lantern...

You proud of what you did? Answer me!

Easy there, Kilowog.

We just got our butts saved by a Red Lantern.

He's comin with us.

Unh!

Ahh. Grub time!

You got a problem, poozer?

Only that I dislike clumsy 7-foot pigs.

Err!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Kilowog, break it up. You, too, Razer.

What did I say about killing each other?

Come on, Hal. We're just fooling around.

Right?

The ship's too small for this nonsense.

I want you two to shake hands.

It's an Earth custom to show there's no hard feelings.

Come on. Shake hands.

Not like that.

Attention, incoming distress call.

This is captain Goray of the container ship Truvedon.

I've struck a pinhole and unable to proceed.

One of my engines has failed.

The other is at full power, but it's just slowing the inevitable.

I need help.

Aya, hold the transmission. Could be a trap, Hal.

We get there, the disabled ship opens up,

and the Reds start pouring out.

There are no Red Lanterns in this sector.

- It's not a trap. - How do you know?

I was in charge of setting those traps.

This is Hal Jordan of the Green Lantern corps.

Sit tight, Truvedon. We're on our way.

I've got two questions: "A" How far are we from that pinhole?

1.8 teraquads and closing.

Which brings me to "B." What's a pinhole?

It's a microscopic black hole at the center

of a whirlpool of energy.

The closer that ship gets to the pinhole,

the stronger gravity becomes.

It will compress that cargo ship into a space

tighter than a grub worm's vacuole.

That's close enough, Aya.

We don't want to get pulled in, too. Deploy the tractor beam.

Anomalous gravitational readings are infecting my instruments.

Unable to compensate.

Captain, do you have any tow cables?

Deploying them now.

Ah. Heh heh. Missed.

We'll have to go out there and attach them to

the interceptor manually.

Anomalous gravity always puts a bug in my britches.

If you don't think you're up to the task...

Just try and keep up, punk.

Green Lanterns train in variable gravity.

Let's see how you fly when you 1,000 kilos,

then 6,000, then 2,000.

This is a dangerous undertaking.

Why are we risking 3 lives to save one?

A Green Lantern protects innocent life even

at the risk of their own. That's what we do.

Oh.

Quite... a downdraft!

That's downdraw.

You don't make it over the gravity whirlpool, you're dark matter.

All right, Aya! Let's haul this baby out.

Warning. Gravitational pull is too intense.

Cables cannot withstand the strain.

The ship's stable for now, but sooner or later,

I'm telling you, it's going in.

We'll have to get the captain ourselves.

Err.

You could have given him a hand.

I don't need a recruit on my 6 and especially not a Red recruit.

Down here!

Deal with it.

Thank the grollmother you're here!

I'm at half power and have no way to pull myself out.

Exactly what are you hauling?

Some kind of eggs?

Leave them. With the refrigeration out,

they're goning to spoil anyway.

Spoil? It's only a matter of time

before these things hatch.

Hatch?

I can't tell what kind of creature's inside.

Who cares? Only vermin and insects hatch from eggs.

- I hatched from an egg. - My point exactly.

- Err. - Ease up.

The Truvedon's logs identify them as Spegnarians.

They are incredibly rare ever since their planet was

devastated by volcanic activity.

So these eggs are some kind of last-ditch colony?

I suppose so.

I was paid to avoid major shipping lanes.

Well, you sure did that. Change of plans.

We're gonna rescue every life form here.

It's a waste of time.

He's right. The starboard engine's dead.

Then we'll restart it. I'll get the civilian clear.

You're leaving me with him?

You two need some bonding time.

I heard of you Green Lanterns.

I know you're brave and all, but you're crazy to go back.

Brave, crazy-- it's a fine line.

Green Lantern Hal Jordan, I have several suggestions to

conserve energy until the inoperative engine is repaired.

Yeah. That's great, Aya. Keep us out of the crush zone

for as long as you can.

He must not have heard me.

Engine room's this way.

This way. That's the main power line.

As if you know how a cargo ship works.

It's not some Red Lantern death ride made ou

of lead foil and scrap wire. And stay in front of me.

How's that phony ring holding up?

Without a Red Lantern battery, eventually its charge will die.

Huh. Sooner the better.

But for now as long as I feel rage, it's as strong as yours.

Whoa!

Err!

I hope you're good at maakila.

That wasn't me.

This ship is falling to pieces, and I'm sick of your

self-righteous braying, you fat, green oaf!

Aah!

You kids stop that now, or I'm turning this ship right around.

Isn't that exactly what we're trying to do?

Try something like that again, and I'm blowing

my ring charge on you, pinhole or no pinhole.

I'm not afraid to die.

You should be. You'll live longer.

Unh!

Huh?

Hello? Can you hear me?

Start the engine now, or both ships are going in.

Goray, why is the computer offline?

Aya, are you there? Aya!

What happened to her?

I don't care! We're out of time!

Err!

Wait, captain. Ease off that winch.

Unh!