Chapter 1 – Dex-Starr

"What is it?" Dex-Starr growled

"Available information indicates that it is a distress signal." The power ring replied.

"From master's ring?"

"Negative, the signal is coming from an unknown technology but is emanating from the same co-ordinates as the last signal from Atrocitus' ring."

The grey cat growled and continued padding across the barren landscape only stopping when a movement caught the corner of his eye and, turning, he stood and watched as a brown, hessian bag blew across the windless landscape. Tendrils of anger crept into the cat's mind as his thoughts started to drift to the similar bag he had once been tied up in. The bag rolled and bounced out of sight and Dex-Starr continued on his way.

Dex-Starr looked down as something crunched under his paw, a dented, broken power ring lay on the ground with no sign of its owner, looking around Dex-Starr saw a desert of spent power rings littering the ground around him. Using his own ring, Dex-Starr scooped up a number of the rings and put all but one in a bag constructed from red light then he turned the remain ring in the air.

"What's wrong with it?" He purred

"The power ring shows evidence of over load." Came the replied from his own ring.

"How's that even possible" Dex-Starr asked

"The ring's wearer must have produced an extreme amount of anger in an instant. It is likely that something provoked them. I suggest caution."

Ears twitching, Dex-Starr tracked the source of the distress signal until he came to the source of the distress signal, the signal was coming from a cylinder which tapered to a smooth point at both ends, there were what looked like air vents in the centre of the cylinder. As he was about to raise the strange device out of the ground, Dex-Starr was distracted by a movement to his right, as he watched a hessian bag rolled around the ground and came to a stop just in front of him. Approaching, Dex-Starr noticed the slight movement of something trapped within the bag and his memories drifted back to the men who had once trapped him in a similar bag with the intention of throwing him into the nearest river. He remembered he had only survived due to the timely arrival of his own power ring.

"Warning, anger levels rising." Stated his power ring.

Strange mewing sounds started to emanate from the bag and the cat sped up as the bag seemed to blow away from him. Every time he began to gain on the bag it sped up or changed direction. All the while the mewing grew louder and more desperate

"Anger levels spiking, approaching ring's tolerance levels."

The bag stopped and Dex-Starr pounced forward, claws ready to rip into the material, to free whatever was trapped inside when the bag flipped over, instead of the sealed opening Dex-Starr had expected to see he found himself faced with a tooth filled mouth which opened wide as a brown, knobbly tube shot out. Unable to stop Dex-Starr twisted in the air, slashing at the tube, a horrendous scream emanated from the bag as the cat's claws made contact with the strange appendage. Dex-Starr landed and turned to face the bag just as it started swelling and bulging, stunned the Dex-Starr watched as the bag stretched in every direction, accompanied by the sounds of cracking bones and gushing wind. After reaching three times its original size the bag began to fold and bend, forming a body and four feet, its hessian texture changing to mated fur until it became a large dog, the strange tube hanging where its tongue should be.

"You dare mock Dex-Starr, you try to make me angry by showing me the bag. You think I will show you fear because you now look like this creature. I am Dex-Starr, the angriest kitty in the universe."

The dog creature moved forward emitting a low growl that sounded like the word 'angry', the tongue/tube began to rise and move towards the angry cat. As the tube moved forward Dex-Starr felt himself convulse, his blood began to boil rise in his throat. As tube shot out of the dog's mouth Dex-Starr pushed the blood in his mouth out, vomiting red, burning plasma over the strange creature. The dog howled in pain, gave Dex-Star one last look then it's back opened up to reveal a pair of wings and it flew off into space.

"Warning, anger levels approaching critical, advice, regroup and find help and information before giving chase."

Turning, Dex-Starr growled agreement to his ring and returned to destress beacon.

"Where is the nearest red lantern?"

"The only detectable active lantern is new recruit 'Red Floof'. Currently situated and the planet earth."

With a sigh, Dex-Starr raised himself in to the air and, dragging the beacon behind him, headed to Earth.