In the wreckage of a train in Zhejiang Province, China, Alan Scott frantically comes to, looking for his boyfriend Sam. He is approached by a green light, which initially thinks is a rescuer, but turns out instead to be a talking green fire. The fire says it has chosen him to be the guardian of the power of the Earth. Alan thinks he is going mad, that he must find Sam, but the fire insists that he is needed and Sam is dead. During the Apokolips War, Earth was protected by Superman. Now, it must protect itself. In Poland, the Flash is stunned by the arrival of a superhuman who wants to recruit him. She says her name is Hawkgirl and that she was sent by "Fate". To test him, she fires a crossbow at him and manages to overpower him when he tries to flank her. However, she calls an end to the f