| Synopsis | - In the Polaris Galaxy of Sector 2682, Donna Troy is leading a number of superheroes from Earth, the Green Lantern Corps, and L.E.G.I.O.N. to stop the storm that is going on in the center of the universe being caused by a giant pair of human hands. As well as that, they're trying to stop the war that has been going on between the forces of Rann and Thanagar, since Rann was mysteriously brought into Thangar's orbit, which caused its destruction and forced the entire Thanagarian race to migrate to Rann, where war broke out between the two races. Right now, the heroes of Rann, Adam Strange, and the heroes of Thanagar, Hawkgirl and Hawkman believe that Onimar Synn, the one who was initially suspected of starting the Rann-Thanagar War, has returned, but Adam doesn't believe so, he thinks this is something completely new.
As L.E.GI.O.N. is coordinating with New Chronus on how to counter the energy waves that are coming from the storm, the Rannians have just discovered that their calculations into the reason why Rann was brought into Thanagar's orbit were wrong, and that there was something else that triggered it. Meanwhile, on a Thanagarian ship, we see Blackfire, Starfire's sister talking with the commander of the Thanagarian fleet and convinces him that the Rannians are responsible for the war, as well as to continue the attack on the Rannian ships. As the two sides resume their battle, the Earth heroes try to get into the battle to try to separate the two fleets from annihilating each other in the storm in order to unite them against the real threat of the energy hands causing the storm. As that's happening, Adam gets a transmission from Tigorr that his sensors have picked up an energy wave heading towards them from the storm. As the energy wave hits, dozens of ships on both sides of the war are destroyed, which forces the Thanagarian fleet to disengage from the battle and to retreat in order to escape the energy waves. Blackfire tries to stop him by saying that it is part of the Rannians' plan against them and is even willing to go out and lead the Thanagarians into battle.
The Earth heroes try to protect themselves against the debris coming from the destroyed ships, but Donna is nearly struck by one of the energy waves, when she's rescued by her ex-boyfriend, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. Instead of thanking him, Donna just tells him that she can take care of herself. Jade convinces Kyle that she's a good leader, but the responsibility is heavy on her, which leads him to just shut up and continue the mission. Meanwhile, on New Chronus, Cyborg and the others are trying to fix their shields when they notice that the Thanagarian fleet is leaving the battle. As that's happening, Adam, the Hawks, Kilowog, and Telepath are trying to figure out what the hands are, and they realize that they're human hands, when they're interrupted by Tigorr, who tells them that he's found something that could potentially end the war, and Kilowog gets a call from Salaak, who tells him that he should head to Thanagar, and have Kyle stay and help out in the battle. As the two groups break off, Donna tells Starfire to maintain a perimeter around the Rannian fleet, while Supergirl and Red Tornado do the same with the Thanagarian fleet, while having the heroes at New Chronus try to set up a conference with the leaders of Rann and Thanagar to end the war, which leaves Kyle and Jade to deal with the hands.
Adam and the Hawks meet up with Tigorr, who leads them to a gravitational nexus where the debris has collected. He tells them that the old Omega ship collided with a stray Thanagarian surveillance satellite and that the reason why he's called them here is because the satellite has footage that goes back to right before Thanagar was destroyed. As they see the destruction of Rann, they notice a blur, which makes Adam relay the information to Sardath. Blackfire, meanwhile, is told that the have intercepted a transmission to the Rannian High Command from the Thanagarian satellite. As they're watching, they see the blur again, and they manage to freeze it, and they see [[W:C:DC:Kal-El
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