Disclaimer: I don't have the rights to the Teen Titans, but I do for Ghost Blade.
Chapter 6. Hidden
Death had nearly taken him, but still he lived, even if he lived in the darkness.
He had lost so much blood. Somehow he had been able to stop the bleeding, but he couldn't figure it out.
'You used magical fire.'
Yes, that was it. He had somehow called on magic to burn his wounds closed. But, how? He had lost all his magic when his sword was destroyed.
'She showed you how.'
She?
'Long ago. She showed you how.'
Yes, she had. She had shown him a long time ago. She had shown him when they had been small. But, where was she now? She had been in trouble when they had last departed. She had been hurt. She had been dying when they had last separated.
'You said she had just been sick.'
Hurt and dying she was. In pain and I was leaving.
'I'm here!'
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Sudden and sharp, he was pulled forth.
He could smell and taste. There was something between his arm and thigh, it moved. He could feel. There was sounds, voices of those he knew, though they were far away. He could hear.
"Is... will he be alright?" It was the voice of a woman he knew, he loved.
It moved again. He though he might have smiled, but he was too far from himself to be sure. He loved it... her. Barely a year had passed in her life and she already knew the life ahead of her. But, she would never know her name sake. Never known his past and those long lost. Never know the source of his pain.
"Is it true?" She was talking again... The one he loved.
She too didn't know or ever would.
"We promise." One of his male friends responded.
"Can I join in?" His voice was hoarse.
Rave looked down at her conscious love. "Valere. You've be out for a few hours. Cyborg repaired all your internal injuries."
"The only thing is, we need an egg." Cyborg said to Raven.
"When's the soonest they'll be done?" Raven asked, desperation lingering in her voice.
"A month..." Valere drifted back into sleep.
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'I'm here.' It was her. The one from so long ago.
'I found her.' Another voice he knew, but this one had not left him long ago. He only ever spoke when it was important.
Did he know something that could bring her back? Even both?
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"Love?"
Valere awoke to the voice of the woman he loved and his baby daughter between his arm and his thigh.
"Can you feel this?" She asked.
It was her heart beat. He could feel it through his left hand. An entire arm that shouldn't even be there, was. "Yes, I can."
Raven wrapped Valere in a tight embrace and locked her lips with his. She pulled away after a short while. "Cyborg and Gizmo have been working and a cells that are also robotic. They used one one my eggs to combined with the cells to regrow your limbs. They knew it would work, but were unsure if you would be able to feel anything."
"Well, I defiantly feel you." He was trying to play with her, but he had very little energy.
"Your eyes should also be regrowing, but they'll take another two months or so." Raven kissed his for head. "Till then, your in darkness."
Valere chuckled a little. "And, your voice will be my light." Valere took a deep breath. "Can I speak to Cyborg?"
"He's not here." Raven explained. "After he injected the cells at the end of your limbs, he said that he was going to have to go off-line for a month to do some major upgrading to rival Brother Blood's new student."
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Cyborg awoke slowly, taking his time to feel what his body was touching.
Slowly, he sat up in the bed. He was still in the underground infirmary. Gizmo was not that far away. "How am I doing?" He asked weakly.
Gizmo waked away from whatever he was doing and the Cyborg's bed. "Same as Valere. Only thing left is your eye."
"That's good." Cyborg lay back down.
Gizmo smiled. "Jinx will be so happy."
