Lydia Jade Logan II
Chapter 3- Reanimation
A strange beeping noise came from Cy's robotic armor.
"Wait! Her locator is back online!" Victor shouted to the others.
"Then where is she?" his wife, Bee, demanded.
A bright white portal opened in the middle of Jump City. From it, stepped Lydia and Meadow Lark. The two sorceress' were just a few feet away from Raven and Beast Boy's memorial. The statues stood proudly as if thier spirits still protected the city. Beneath them sat a titanium vault and inside that laied their casket.
Meadow Lark used her powers to pry open the vault's lock and remove it's two ton lid. She then levitated the casket out of it's dark chamber and onto the grass. The top of the casket opened to reveal two figures. Raven and Beastboy.
Both were burried in a replica of thier usual battle outfit. Ember had said it was to make them feel more like themselfs. Raven's ever present dark blue cloak was wrapped around her. Her favorite long sleeve, navy dress with fingerless gloves and high slits fitted her form. Beastboy's black and purple uniform had changed over the years. He wore a white and lavender suit with an italic B.B on his chest. Both lovers had thier hands folded on her stomachs.
"They look soo peaceful." whispered Lydia with tears in her eyes.
"The dead usually do, Lydia." Meadow Lark took a deep breath and leaned over the casket, her right hand laied on Raven's chest and her left on Beastboy's. Her hands began to glow bright blue. Many images flashed into the mind of the elder sorceress.
"Thier hearts suffered the most damage, easily repaired with the right level 16 spell. Lydia, hand me that book."
Lydia did as she was told and Meadow Lark opened it to the page with the Reanimation spell. She looked over to her neice and motioned for her to come closer.
"Ok, i'm going to need a bit of your power to help me. As I chant the words, I need you to transferr as much energy as you can to the bodies. Understand?" asked the woman reading the words on the page. Lydia nodded. "Ok, now stand a few feet from the casket." Wren backed up 4 feet and carefully watched Vanessa.
She chanted in a mixture of Azarathian and english as her entire body was encased in a white light. Lydia fed as much of her own bright green aura as she could to the bodies of her parents. She and Vanessa levitated a few feet from the ground with thier powers pouring into the bodies beneath them. Then, a surge of raw energy shot straight up into the heavens. With a final flash, it was over. Both mages were gently sat down on the grass, powers drained, looking into the coffin. Rachel and Garfield's bodies seemed to have regained some of thier lost luster.
"Mom, dad?" called Lydia's quiet voice. The sound seemed to sturr them. Their eyes opened to reveal two shocking shades of violet and emerald.
"Lydia?" called Raven with a raspy voice, thinking she had heard her daughter's voice. She sat up noticing her husband wide awake at her side.
"Beastboy? What...Lydia!" shouted Raven as she jumped out of her steel prison and into the arms of her daughter.
"Lydia Jade, is that really you?" asked Rachel through watery eyes.
"I can't belive it! You're back, both of you!" sobbed Lydia into her mother's chest.
"How about some love for your old man?" asked an ever cheerful Beastboy. Lydia gleefully embraced her father, tears still streaming down her face.
"Vanessa?" Raven asked, finally noticing her sibling.
"It's been a while sister." Meadow Lark smiled and embraced her.
"Was it you that revived us?"
"No, Lydia came to me asking for help. I just provided the extra power boost."
"I can't think of anything to say other than thank you, soo much."
"It wasn't any trouble at all, Rae. Just seeing you alive is enough." replied Vanessa with tears streaming down her face.
"LYDIA!" called 4 voices. Lydia turned to see the four Titans running toward her at full speed.
"Lydia what..." started Nightwing, but stopped short noticing the three figures huddled around the small girl.
"Raven, Beastboy." wispered the former boy wonder. His mask did nothing to prevent tears from rolling down his face. He jumped at the two, embracing them in a hug that would make Ember jealous.
"Wow, Robin. Missed you too!" Gar chuckled.
"You have no idea how much we've missed you, man!" shouted Cyborg as he joined in the hug. Ember and Bee weren't too far behind.
"How did this happen?" Cyborg asked, baffled. "Wait! I don't wanna know! All that matters is that you're back!"
After an hour or two of questioning Lydia and crying over Raven and Beastboy's return to the world of the living, Ember found her voice to speak clearly for the first time that day.
"Please, friends. Why are your appearences the same as they were 16 years ago?"
Raven and Beastboy looked down at themselfs and saw she was right. Although thier spiritual ages were 38 and 39, they still had the bodies of 18 and 19 year olds.
"The reanimation spell brings a person or creature back to life as they were before they died." Vanessa explained. "So now, Rachel and Garfield are exactly as they were the moment before thier deaths."
"Good. Cause you know, I always wanted more kids." Beastboy grinned elbowing his wife in the side. She only rolled her eyes and was about to reply, but Bee cut her off.
"Ok, we can talk about that later, all that matters now is getting you two back home where you belong."
Nightwing then approached Vanessa holding his hand out in graditude.
"I owe you everything, Vanessa. You've given us back part of our family, and for that we're forever grateful. You're welcome back with the Titans anytime. You're consitered part of the family, you know."
"Thanks, Richard, i'll keep that in mind. And you'll see me again, you can count on that." She then bent down to hug Lydia.
"Never have I encountered a soul as determined and bright as yours. You're truly your mother's child. Stay safe my niece." and with her last words said, she opened a portal back to Azarath.
"Take care." and she stepped through, the swirling vortex closing behind her.