Sinestro didn’t really care about the reports he had been over hearing from the police station. Reports crazed humans reacting around parts of time. He wouldn’t have bothered with it at all if they hadn’t happened so close to one another, and with such similarly random madness sparking up out of no where. While he hardly cared who got hurt, or what might end up getting stolen in the process, the ruse itself intrigued him.

Bringing about insanity, without any clear use of a chemical of some kind, was interesting enough. He imagined there had to be some kind of frequency or brain wave behind it, if his ring was having some difficulty locating the source. All he needed to do was be around when another incident popped up, and he would be able to trace the source much more effectively. All the same, regardless of how quickly he would figure out what was going on, he was somewhat impressed. Most of the thugs and villains he had dealt with were not of the super intelligent variety. It seemed far more advanced than anything a normal human could come up with, even in such an early stage. Just the concept was enough to leap beyond the realm of normalcy.

After the pounding he had taken, and the subsequent time bed bound, he was eager to find something interesting to do with himself, lest he be driven mad along with the unconnected humans.

As if he would be so easy to break. An explosion hadn’t even managed to knock him down for long, and he hadn’t had a charged ring then. Sure, it messed up his leg beyond repair, it seemed, but that was not the worst thing he could have to deal with. His will would not be swayed.

It was back to work as normal for him.

So he moved towards the hotel, investigating the scene despite the looks of surprise from the civilians and officers around him. He didn’t care what they thought of his appearance there, his wasn’t a mission to listen and obey humans. Even if he had to protect them, he didn’t have to like them. A few going mad was almost a good thing, in his mind.

Thinned the clotted gene pool a bit.

Moving inside the building, he let his ring scan the surroundings, to detect anything that might have been left behind.

Sinestro rolled his eyes at the telecast, almost tempted to chuckle to himself. Of course it had been Grodd- who else would mess with things like mind control? It explained the anomalies his ring had picked up, too. Perhaps he should have known, considering he had worked with the large monkey for a little while back in the day, when he had been particularly embittered by the Guardians attempting to banish him. His wild youth, he liked to call it, even if it had come fairly late in life.

It seemed like his next mission would be a little trip down memory lane- it was rare that he encountered things on earth that actually connected to him in some way. Probably because he hated the planet and wanted a few ties to it as possible.

Go figure.

He was about to start his hunt for the gorilla, when the large animal appeared before him all on his own. Timing was on his side, it seemed. Smiling faintly, the red skinned alien allowed himself to lower to the ground, his ring creating a construct cane for him to lean on as he placed his weight back on his feet. Floating around with his ring kept him from having to deal with his leg, but he wasn’t going to try and hide things from his former companion. It seemed like he would be foolish to do such a thing- he had nothing to fear from this being.

“I see you’re still up to your old tricks, Grodd,” Sinestro said, nodding his head in an almost friendly greeting. Hey, they had been on the same side once, and many would still consider them of the same breed. Evil-doers, no matter what banners they wore.

Or what ring color.

Leaning on his cane, he tilted his head towards his acquaintance, wondering if he really thought this plan was going to work out. “Surely this isn’t the extent of your scheme,” he said, “are you looking for the league to hunt you down? Or have you lost your fire in my time away from earth?” If he did want to try and trick the league somehow, he would likely have gained their attention with his little show. Sinestro wouldn’t believe things were as simple as they appeared.