The tour took a while, as they stopped in every room as he memories came rushing back. Most of it was trivial stuff, reading in the library, movie nights in the living room, that sort of thing.
Then they got to the training room. That's when he remembered-he was a superhero. It hit him like a ton of bricks. He suddenly felt dizzy as missions, training and just being a superhero hit him. He swayed a little, but Conner caught him.
"I'm...a superhero?"
"Yeah. One of the best," he tells him.
"What happened to me? Cassie wouldn't say."
"I'll explain that," Nightwing's voice came out of nowhere, as did he a few seconds later. He walked over to the holocomputer and brought up an image of a large ship, definitely alien.
"You know the alien invasion?" he starts.
"The one five months ago? Yeah."
"This was the mother-ship. It was the last one standing. We were sent in do destroy it," as he talks, Jaime remembers every detail.
"I knew the only way to destroy it would be to sacrifice myself," he says in a low voice. Nightwing nods in conformation.
"After it exploded, we searched for hours in the wreckage, what little there was. The blast vaporized almost everything, which is why we thought you were dead, even with no body. I'm sorry we gave up Jaime. Cassie was the only one who didn't."
"I understand."
The rest of the Team comes in, and Mal says, "We should head to the grotto." Everyone nods, smiling. They lead him down a familiar path to an underground room, with a few holograms of heroes. He sees that the one of Artemis is gone, of course, replaced by one of him.
Everyone moves to stand in front of it, and a smiling Robin says, "We'll, don't need this anymore, do ya Blue?" and he hits a button. The hologram fades, and there's some cheering, not to mention more hugging from the girls.
Then he realizes something.
"Guys, the scarab hasn't talked to me. At all." Nightwing uses his glove computer to scan it.
"That's odd. It's almost completely offline, but it's repairing itself. Probably won't be able to talk to you or activate the armor for another few weeks."
They do some more scans, and they confirm that the scarab is self-repairing.
Only a few weeks more of peace before Jimminy Cricket with a bad attitude comes back. Joy.
Cassie drops him off at the place he's supposed to meet his parents, then tells him she has to go home, her mom's waiting.
His parents don't speak much on the way home, but they keep glancing at him, like they're trying to make sure he's really there. His mom makes his favorite dinner, while his father calls the cemetery to remove his gravestone. Wow, that might just be the weirdest thing he's ever thought. They talk about getting him back to school and throwing a "He's alive!" party (another odd thought).
But as he sits there with his family, he starts to feel something he hasn't in a long time; normal.