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===Blackest Night=== {{Main|Blackest Night}} Continuing his duties as a Green Lantern Honor Guard member, Rayner moved to Oa, running a new version of the Warriors Bar with Guy Gardner and continuing his relationship with [[Soranik Natu]], secretly breaking one of the ten new laws in the book of Oa unveiled by the Guardians: No relationships between Green Lanterns.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #27 (October 2008)</ref><ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #33 (February 2009)</ref> He had been involved in the lead-up to "[[The Blackest Night]]", being one of the first to deal with a new [[Star Sapphires]] member, and fought on Oa after the Guardian [[Scar (comics)|Scar]] caused a mass prison break of Sinestro Corpsmen.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #36 (May 2009)</ref><ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #37 (June 2009)</ref> After the prison break, the [[Alpha Lanterns]] were ordered by the Guardians to execute all Sinestro Corps members and all other prisoners. Rayner and Guy opposed this, cautioning the Alphas and the Guardians to avoid the dark path to which such actions would lead, but the Guardians ignored this, reassigning Rayner and Guy to Earth for their opposition to their decree.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #38 (July 2009)</ref> After briefly returning to Earth, the two Lanterns returned to Oa, encountering an immense swarm of black rings, which reanimated all the deceased Lanterns in Oa's crypts, bringing Kyle face to face with the reanimated corpse of Jade.<ref>''Blackest Night'' #1 (July 2009)</ref><ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #39 (August 2009)</ref> Having learned that these Black Lanterns are not truly the deceased persons they once were but grotesque mockeries, Rayner tries to destroy them, but the false Jade torments Rayner with images of people he has failed in the past.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #40 (September 2009)</ref> The false Jade is destroyed by Natu.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol) 2, #41 (October 2009)</ref> During the Black Lanterns' attack upon the Central Power Battery on Oa, Alpha Lantern Chaselon's internal power battery was breached. Anticipating its detonation, and after professing his love for Natu, Kyle sacrificed himself by grabbing it and using it to destroy as many Black Lanterns as he could.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #42 (October 2009)</ref> Black rings attempt to resurrect Rayner as a Black Lantern, but they are destroyed by the Corps, Munk of the [[Indigo Tribe]], and Miri Riam of the [[Star Sapphire (comics)|Star Sapphires]], whose power embodies love. Having sensed the love between Kyle and Soranik in jeopardy, she uses her power to connect Kyle's heart to Natu's and restores Rayner to life.<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #43 (December 2009)</ref> Journeying to Earth, Rayner battles a Black Lantern version of Alexandra DeWitt, where he helps defeat the Black Lantern Corps leader, [[Nekron]].<ref>''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #45–46 (February–March 2010)</ref> In the aftermath, some of the Black Lanterns are restored to life, including Jade.<ref>''Blackest Night'' #8 (March 2010)</ref>
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