Courage On Oa, the Guardians watch the unfolding of their plans. The Third Army continues assimilating all those it encounters. The First Lantern accuses them of killing individual thought and destroying souls, but the Guardians reply that the First Lantern only values souls so that he can torture them. Referring to the First Lantern as an emotional sadist and a reality-bending monster, the Guardians are only using him to fuel the Third Army. When he is no longer needed, they will have the power to destroy him. At the same time, the First Lantern promises to destroy the Guardians once he escapes.
In Dearborn, Michigan, Simon is standing before the Justice League. Batman asks Simon how he got the ring. Simon believes he got the ring to stop the bomb-maker, but Batman says that Green Lanterns are chosen for their courage. The Flash says that a Green Lantern is chosen when another Lantern dies, but Simon doesn't know anything about a dead Green Lantern. Wonder Woman gets ready to use her lasso, but Batman insists Simon take off his ring. Simon tries to do so, but the ring suddenly generates images of Sinestro, screaming that no one will take the ring.
