Chapter Thirty-Five: Resurrection.
The very instant Alia and Zatanna returned, the two girls made the trek to the crypt. Lily's condition showed them while the situation lacked any kind of ideal quality, the second oldest Evans daughter remained alive. Alia followed the woman's instructions to the letter and got her to a safe location.
Alia currently ran over what happened in her mind. The girls very narrowly escaped from Limbo. Belasco's defeat happened due to some inside help. The Warrior Princess stayed confident the creature would fall no matter what. The time taken could take much longer and Alia's relief showed through at the fact they took him down in a less amount of time.
Lily rested in the next room after the two women liberated them. Zatanna sat down next to Alia. The two girls waited to see how Lily pulled through. Both felt confident of the redhead witch's capabilities of pulling through. Regardless of any confidence, many questions occurred.
"So?" Zatanna asked.
"You have questions, don't you?" Alia asked.
"She rested in the crypt for about eight or so years?" Zatanna asked. Alia nodded swiftly in confirmation. "She must have been a wreck, but how did she not…you know."
"Decompose?" Alia asked. Zatanna nodded in confirmation. "Good question, you know."
"It is a good question," Zatanna argued, frowning really deeply. "So, what's the good answering I know you have."
Alia thought about it for a long time and her mother hinted about the reasons why. Magic proved to be an extremely weird process to be honest.
"She never really died," Alia explained. "Thanks to the killing curse, Lily looped into some kind of magical stasis. The people in charge placed in her the crypt because they mistook her for dead. And let's face it, very few people would have checked."
Zatanna agreed.
"But, the moment her spirit went through the portal and rejoined with her body, she woke up," Alia continued. "The situation is not ideal and she's not out of the woods yet. Rowena's checking on her and she'll do what she can do."
Alia folded her hands against her lap.
"Rowena will be able to sort out, what needs to be sorted out," Alia replied. She took a deep breath and Zatanna gripped Alia's hand.
"Even you have to admit, there's a whole lot needed to be sorted out," Zatanna replied.
"Yes, I know," Alia agreed.
The Killing Curse caused damage other than death. Alia thought it might, most people were killed. The Lightning Bolt scar once on her forehead which contained the Horcrux proved this much.
Alia waited and Alia watched. The warrior princess eagerly anticipated Rowena's return. She hoped, the most brilliant witch in history put her mother right. If anyone acquired those skills, Rowena had to be the person.
"It might have been less problematic to create her a new body, and place her inside that," Zatanna said.
"Yes, but that's a rather involved ritual, isn't it?" Alia asked.
"In a sense, yes," Zatanna agreed.
"The potions should do their job, you know," Alia answered. Zatanna nodded in response. She squeezed Alia's hand. "The potions should do their job in restoring what my mother was prior to her third magical maturation at eighteen."
Alia also switched gears. She rescued two young women who needed to talk to her because they bound themselves to her. Given all of the people they potentially could decide to bind themselves to, Alia felt grateful they bound themselves to her, instead of someone else.
"I'll be back," Alia said. "Call me if Rowena has any updates with my mother."
"Right," Zatanna murmured.
Alia swept in and kissed Zatanna lightly on the cheek. The magical girl tingled from Alia's lips meeting her cheek.
Ginny and Illyana sat in the next room. Both girls finished up their check ups with Rowena to ensure Belasco never left any tricks behind.
Alia bent down and started to speak in Russian with Illyana. Ginny pouted and felt she got left out of the loop.
"So, how are you feeling?" Alia asked.
"Better," Illyana said in a clipped tone. "Your Russian is very good."
"Thanks, I took the time to master a few languages," Alia answered. "But, you do know more English than you let on."
"Yes, it's been really funny to see her mime everything," Illyana replied. "Guess, I was jealous at being replaced…..he really did a number on me, didn't he?"
Alia grabbed Ilyana's hand and squeezed it tightly.
"You'll recover," Alia said. The warrior princess asked the obvious question, "How did Belasco tempt you?"
"It was that witch called Ananym," Illyana said in a low voice. "She posed as my brother's friend, Katya, and I thought I heard her calling. By the time I realized what happened, it was much too late."
Alia turned her attention towards Ginny.
"So, how did Belasco get you down there?"
"Well, Ananym posed as a friend," Ginny responded. "She seemed to be the perfect friend, a bit weird, but perfect."
"Perfection is hard to attain, even with the best of us," Alia told Ginny in a gentle voice.
"I know," Ginny agreed. She really wanted to see the best out of this girl, but she would be wrong. "I'm so not ready to talk to my family."
Alia placed a hand on top of Ginny's and leaned in.
"Talk to them when you're ready and not a second before," Alia replied.
Ginny felt glad Alia supported her all the way. She needed a pick me up and some kind of support.
"I feel sorry for her in a way, Ananym," Ginny said. "I mean, sure she did some bad things, but she was a victim."
"What happened to her?" Illyana piped in. The girl sounded less kind about Ananym than Ginny. "Did she…."
"She's waiting for me," Alia answered. "I'll decide how to best punish her for her crimes. She may even enjoy it."
The two girls shuddered at the implications of Alia's words. Ginny leaned towards Alia and pondered what to say next.
"So, is it true?" Ginny asked. Alia raised an eyebrow. "Dumbledore abandoned you to Muggles, didn't he?"
"Yes, he did, but it wasn't bad, because I got rescued," Alia said. "And you know who I am and I think you can figure out why no one can know."
"Hey, I would never breath a word to a soul," Ginny said. The girl sounded almost annoyed Alia thought she might do such a thing. "But, you know, it might be hard to prove you're Alexandra Potter anyway. You're much older than you should be."
"You are too," Alia said. "You two girls get some rest and I'll take care of both of you later."
"Oh, I'm sure," Illyana said.
Illyana understood her mistress worried more about her mother. The demonic beauty understood this fact.
Alia left the two girls, not alone, but more to rest other than anything else. Zatanna leaned back and greeted Alia the moment she sat down.
"Nothing, yet," Zatanna whispered.
The two young adult women waited. The wait felt longer, even though it only amounted to a few moments.
Rowena left the room. Alia rose to her feet and crossed the distance across the floor to speak with the most brilliant witch who ever lived.
"She's currently resting now," Rowena informed Alia. "All she needs is time and rest. I'll check on Illyana and Ginny right now and since if they're fine."
"Thank you," Alia responded.
Alia thought she could finally rest and get on with her life with her mother being back. One of the events defining the warrior princess wrapped to a close. The girl thought, perhaps assumed, she rested more easily when Lily left.
"Why don't you get some sleep?" Rowena asked. "We wouldn't want you to become ill."
'Yes, given how bad things happen when you don't sleep, it's a good idea you try and get some, Alia,' Diana prompted her sister.
Alia hated Diana telling her what to do, but in this case, the girl's older sister raised a really good point.
Smallville recovered quite nicely from the demonic invasion. The moment Belasco fell in battle, the demons disappeared on Earth. The result left the people who witnessed it with an interesting story for their grandchildren.
Alia Evans turned up at Smallville Middle School to meet Donna on her lunch break.
'Have to say, the teachers are either dedicated or sadists for keeping school back in session after that,' Donna commented.
'What about a little bit of both?' Kara asked.
'Actually, I can go with that, a little bit of both,' Donna agreed.
Alia smiled and saw a group of students walking around campus on their break. They looked up when this imposing and rather tall young woman.
'So, after the time in Limbo, how old are you now?' Kara asked.
'I'm not sure if it will be wise to do the math,' Fleur answered. 'My sister is disappointed she didn't get sent to Limbo.'
No one asked why Gabrielle registered her disappointment on such a thing.
The teenagers at Smallville Middle School looked at Alia. The girls whispered at each other in excitement.
Donna parted the crowd and rushed towards her.
"Alia, I'm glad to see you," Donna commented. She rushed and hugged the teacher.
The simple fact Donna hugged Alia got people talking and no doubt, the rumor mill swung into full blast like students their age would do.
Donna smiled and Alia caught sight of Claire and Lana, who hung out with another blonde. The blond looked at Alia with a surprised look.
"So, how are you, Claire, Lana?" Alia asked.
"Fine," Claire said with a smile. "It's a good thing a mysterious blur saved the day."
Speaking of the devil, Kara turned up to join the rest of the group.
"Kara, what are you doing here?" Claire asked.
"I'm here to check up on my favorite cousin," Kara answered. She moved forward and hugged Claire with a smile on her face. "After all of the weirdness you were in the middle of, how couldn't I?"
Claire pulled away from Kara, smiling. Fair enough, she guessed.
"You know Alia Evans?" the blonde asked suddenly.
"Yes, I know, she's my cousin, through her mother's side," Claire said.
"And she's my cousin, through her father's side of the family," Lana said.
"I can't believe you know someone that amazing," she said. "My name is Chloe Sullivan, and I've been following you for some time, Ms. Evans. It's such an honor, I mean, I can't believe that I'm actually meeting you here in the flesh. Is it true you've created a computer that can load information faster than I finish this sentence?"
"Even faster," Alia confirmed.
"Wow," Chloe breathed in excitement. She finally took a breath after finishing. "That's really fast."
"Yes, it is, given you won't shut up," Claire said. Chloe gave Claire a mocking look.
'Hey, Alia, you have another stalker,' Kara teased her girlfriend.
'Add her to the growing list, add her to the growing list,' Alia said.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Chloe," Alia said. "You must be new, because I haven't seen you around."
"Well, yeah, I transferred in just yesterday, and….that wasn't your average first day of school at Smallville, was it?" Chloe asked. "Although, I did some research, and the town is a magnet for weirdness, and the bad kind of weirdness as well. This blur who showed up and helped trounced those demons, she is amazing."
Kara's smugness barely hid itself. Granted, she barely had any opportunity to fight these demons. The blonde Kryptonian refused to pat herself on the back too much. A pat on the back only showed to be about six inches away from a kick up the ass.
Alia smiled.
'Everyone did okay, Kara did well, Cass did well, and I…well I held my own,' Donna said.
'I'm sure that you did great, Donna,' Alia answered. 'You protected the children and that's all that mattered.'
Donna smiled and realized Alia's point proved to be sound. Everyone came out okay. She really did have middle child syndrome where she needed to prove herself. Those opportunities where Donna accomplished something which got her the attention of either of her sisters, made her smile.
'For the record, there's no need for you to fight for our attention,' Diana chimed in sternly. 'You have it already.'
'I thank you for that,' Donna agreed.
Zatanna flashed into Alia's line of sight on an astral plane. Alia turned her attention to the dark-haired magic user.
'I checked out things, and there are no residual traces of magical energy in the two locations where either Ginny or Illyana had been kidnapped,' Zatanna said. 'I believe we're safe now.'
Alia smiled and felt a weight lift off of her heart. All proved to be more than well and the Amazon princess needed to move forward.
A visit to Smallville proved to be nice and now she needed to return to Illyana and Ginny to check up on both girls.
Alia returned to meet with both of the girls. Much to the warrior's surprise, she came face to face with Ananym.
"I'm here," Ananym responded.
"I can see that," Alia said.
Alia looked at the same demon who tricked two girls to go along with her on a trip to what basically amounted to hell. At least, Limbo took the form of hell when Belasco ruled the roost. From what the Warrior Princess learned, Limbo took the form of whoever ruled and now Ananym ruled, things were a little less messed up.
A little less messed up, but there were still elements which looked to be messed up. Ananym's issues looked to be frustrating to deal with and Alia took everything one step at a time.
"I'm here to make amends with what I've done," Ananym answered. "I'm not going to deny that I've done some really bad things, to some really good people."
"You have," Alia agreed.
"Yes, I have," Ananym answered. "And so I'm here to make amends and give yourself to me. The spoils of war belong to you after all. Make me your bitch, if you'd like. Do whatever you want to with me."
Alia crossed the room and leaned towards Ananym. Ananym felt a little hot under the collar when the warrior princess approached the demon princess.
"So, you want me to do whatever I want to with you?" Alia asked. Ananym nodded in confirmation. Alia's lips curled into a smile. "You do realize anything gives me a pretty liberal license of what to do with you."
Ananym realized just as much and hoped Alia took liberties with her.
"You are my bitch now, and there's no need for me to make you one," Alia answered.
Ananym felt her clothes fade from her body, exposing her nude form in all of its glory. A primal look flashed through Alia's eyes.
"Bitches don't need clothing," Alia said. Alia smiled when she looked over Ananym like a piece of meat.
Ananym shuddered when she felt Alia's burning gaze take her body in. Alia visually devoured the girl like she amounted to little more than a piece of meat.
"I bet you like that, don't you?" Alia asked. "I bet you like me looking you over like that, don't you?"
"Yes," Ananym said with a shudder.
"You're nothing but a piece of fuck meat," Alia said. "A good looking piece of fuck meat, who is begging for me."
Alia leaned towards her and kissed Ananym fiercely on the lips. The demon girl sighed when the powerful Amazon overwhelmed her with her talented tongue. The girl nearly choked for the pleasure.
Suddenly, Ananym found herself in chains, slumped against the wall. Her nipples stuck out, begging to be touched. Alia refused to put her hands on them.
"Yes, I know you'd like to be fucked," Alia said. "That's not going to happen though, at least not now."
"Why?" Ananym asked.
"You are being punished, and I'm going to watch you as I put two girls you obviously thought as inferior you through the paces, getting the pleasure you think should be yours," Alia informed Ananym.
Ananym's pussy throbbed. She got into being potentially demeaned more than she felt she should.
Illyana and Ginny stepped inside. Both fifteen year old girls dressed in what essentially amounted to slave girl outfits. The golden material barely covered what needed to be covered.
"They know what I want from them," Alia answered. She smiled. "You'll feel their pleasure, long for it to be yours, and maybe it could be. And then, maybe, I'll let you cum."
"Please," Ananym said. "I've been a bad girl."
"A very bad girl," Ginny answered. "Because, you're not a good girl, because you tricked me, and now I get what you want."
Ginny wrapped her arms around Alia and kissed the hell out the warrior princess. The two tangled their tongues together.
Illyana refused to be done better. She really tried to kiss Alia. Alia returned the favor, kissing Illyana extremely hard. The Russian demoness choked out Alia's tongue when her quick hands moved over her body.
Ananym's body ached with anticipation and frustration.
"Rowena gave me the good news," Alia said. She practically sang, which was odd because her singing voice made the ears of anyone who unfortunately listened bleed. "My mother is going to make a full recovery."
"Really, that's great," Zatanna replied.
"And I'd really like to thank you for all of what you've done for me, in this time," Alia said. "I'd like to thank Circe as well, but for some reason, after we left Limbo, she did a runner."
'Odd, Circe isn't around to bask in the glory of her role,' Donna answered.
'Maybe something happened to her,' Diana said.
'Well, don't seem too broken up about it, now,' Betsy teased. 'It is out of character though, isn't it?'
Alia smiled and pulled herself away from the bond banter.
"I'm sure Circe will turn back up when we least expect," Zatanna offered. Alia smiled. "I wonder what you did to get in her debt."
"Well, she hasn't outright explained it, more hinted about it," Alia answered.
The two girls sat down on the nice couch. Zatanna and Alia fit extremely tightly on this particular couch, but the fit proved to be a rather cozy one.
"Well, Voldemort and his followers caused magic to gain a really bad reputation in some circles," Zatanna said. "Anything can get a bad reputation if it becomes misused."
Alia nodded grimly. The magic which enabled Voldemort's immortality proved as much. The base magic for the Horcruxes intended to be use to put bodies in magical stasis to find a cure for disease. Some inventive wizard took the magic and turned it into something else. Other people turned and twisted it, until someone figured out using the killing curse allowed for a temporary separation of the soul.
The Horcrux ritual came from there.
"So, I'm really glad that my mother is going to be alright," Alia said.
"Hey, if she's as strong as you, she's going to be just fine," Zatanna answered.
"I hope she'll be well enough, before I head off to Vegas," Alia answered. "Otherwise, I might have to cancel the trip."
"Oh, Vegas," Zatanna said in a wistful tone. "I haven't had a chance to be there….since my mother was performing."
The woman took a moment to recover. Her mother died a long time ago. Zatanna held onto those cherished memories, trying to figure out the secret of how her mother accomplished the tricks.
Zatanna thought she might have been able to form her own path, using the best parts of both sets of her parents.
"I thought about performing there," Zatanna said. "I can't perform in too many areas in the world….well actually Europe's pretty much off limits, you know, because of the Statute of Secrecy thing."
Alia realized what they meant. She felt herself to be less than a fan of the Statute of Secrecy than most would expect. The problem she saw resulted in picking out a huge flaw in the plan. Memory modification seldom ended up ideally. All it took is one slip up and a person who had holes in their mind began to wonder.
"That might be less of a problem because wand wavers are a dying breed these days," Alia responded.
"Odd habits, they die hard," Zatanna said with a shrug.
"Would you like to come to Vegas?" Alia asked. Zatanna blinked. "A group of us, myself, Kara, Diana, Betsy, Meggan, and Alison are going on a trip."
"Why are you heading to Vegas?" Zatanna asked.
"After all I've been through, don't you think I deserve a bit of a vacation?" Alia responded.
"Yeah, just a bit of one," Zatanna agreed laughing.
"Karen Starr invited me to a business convention in town, and it's a good way for SLE to lift their profile," Alia answered. "And Alison is having her first show in Vegas. After the Shaw incident, I figure she should use the moral support. And it needs an opening act."
"Are you asking me?" Zatanna asked.
"I hoped you would do me a favor," Alia said. "Didn't you just say you wanted to perform in Vegas?"
"Actually, yes, it could be fun."
"Great, Ali will be thrilled," Alia answered.
The two girls rose to their feet and embraced. The two took things one step further and leaned into each other.
A passionate kiss followed. Zatanna felt tingles go down her spine. Alia kissed divinely, but Zatanna expected no less from a demi-goddess.
To Be Continued.