Editing Kyle Rayner (section)

===Green Lantern again===
After threatening Hal's brother and family in Coast City, Parallax is confronted by [[Hal Jordan]], who is enraged by the entity's attempt to take James Jordan's life as well as possession of Kyle. Surprisingly, Jordan actually manages to beat Parallax consistently in fury but loses the charge in his ring before he's able to defeat him completely. While visibly weakened, Jordan becomes absorbed by Parallax in addition to Rayner, and Parallax takes a new physical form with a bright yellow costume, a sign that he is a creature capable of inducing great fear.

Meanwhile, fellow Lantern [[John Stewart (character)|John Stewart]] orders Honor Guard Lantern [[Guy Gardner (character)|Guy Gardner]] to retrieve the painting (Kyle had discussed the painting in the ''Sinestro Corps Special'', as well as the ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax'' one-shot) of a little boy in a field, which was hanging in Kyle's dead mother's house. As Guy returns and shows the painting to Parallax, it visibly shifts his demeanor. Jordan, the beacon of green light that had come to Kyle inside his mind, assists Rayner in fighting Parallax exhaustively until they finally break free from the fear embodiment's grip.

Just as the now-separated Parallax creature counterattacks the Lanterns, ousted [[Guardians of the Universe|Guardians]] [[Ganthet]] and [[Sayd]] arrive with four Lantern Power Batteries, and they proceed to entrap Parallax within them all. Ganthet explains that his final act as a Guardian is to give Rayner his power ring. The Guardian asks Rayner if he is willing to downgrade himself to a regulation Green Lantern after serving as host to [[Ion (comics)|Ion]] for so long. Kyle quickly agrees, and the four officers then take their batteries, recite the oath, and recharge their rings.<ref>''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #24 (October 2007)</ref>

The four Green Lanterns then split in two directions; Hal returns to Coast City to prevent it from being destroyed again with Kyle by his side, and John and Guy head to New York City to battle the Anti-Monitor, [[Superboy-Prime]], and [[Hank Henshaw|Cyborg Superman]]. As Hal and Kyle battle Sinestro, Sinestro momentarily gains the upper hand after one of the Manhunters absorbs their power ring's energies. After the Green Lantern Corps defeat the Cyborg Superman, the Manhunters immediately deactivate, with Hal able to take one of the robots' skulls to absorb Sinestro's power. With three of them powerless, Hal and Kyle immediately engage Sinestro in combat, with the two Lanterns emerging as the victors against the despotic Korugarian.<ref>''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #25 (December 2007)</ref>

After the war, he is assigned to the Honor Guard as Guy Gardner's partner and sent to counsel [[Sodam Yat]], the new Ion.<ref>''Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion'' (December 2007)</ref> Kyle and Guy decide to move to Oa, giving them better access to performing their duties. Kyle places his mother's painting on the wall of his new Oan apartment.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #20 (February 2008)</ref> The [[Ion (comics)|Ion]] is now stated as unrelated to the [[Starheart]] Power given to him by [[Jade (DC Comics)|Jade]]: Such sudden spike in powers enabled the Guardians to temporarily bond the Ion entity with Kyle. With the loss of the Ion entity, Rayner again has the powers and abilities of a standard Green Lantern. {{Volume needed|c=y|date=November 2010}}

Since his promotion to Honor Guard, Rayner has acted as a troubleshooter for the Corps, participating in actions such as the defeat of Sinestro Corps member [[Mongul#Son of Mongul|Mongul]] and the capture of Sinestro Corps member Krybb. Following this, Rayner and Lantern [[Soranik Natu]] began a romantic relationship.