Demons

10. Ascention

Shiva grips Soultaker and slowly inches back. Nyssa warned her what could happen when she is resurrected. Nyssa might target Shiva because she is the one who killed her.

Nyssa had theorized that because Soultaker removes the soul, then it would perhaps remove any bloodlust towards the murderer after resurrection. Nyssa believes that urge to kill the killer is connected to the soul.

Shiva still is cautious and is ready if Nyssa comes for her.

Out of the bubbling waters Nyssa finally emerges. She stands with the water touching her waist. The initiates kneel as she rises and raises her head to gaze upon them. Nyssa pauses for a moment as the water drips down her head and torso.

Shiva locks eyes with her and the chilling stare that she receives from Nyssa sends shivers down her spine.

"Ra's?" Shiva mutters.

Nyssa steps out of the Pit and gestures to the initiates who have her chest plate. They swiftly attach the chest plate to her and return to kneeling.

Nyssa walks over to the sheathed sword that lays next to the Pit.

"Alas, I am free of the light. Now I am pure. The sword will except me as pure and I will wield the power of the Sword of Beowulf!" Nyssa says as she lifts the sword.

The scabbard is a grayish humanoid arm that grips the sword until one worthy enough to wield it says the incantation. She grips the hilt and says the incantation.

"Abannan afol Beowulf."

The hand of the scabbard releases the sword as it sends power through Nyssa's body. Nyssa rips the sword from the decrepit arm as it glows ferociously with yellow beams of light.

Nyssa has never felt such power before. Combining the sword's power with the Lazarus water and the Nth Metal has made Nyssa more powerful than she could have ever imagined.

As the sword pulsates energy through her, she approaches Sara, who is starting to get over the drugs.

Nyssa stares into Sara's eyes for a moment then steps back.

"I already knew that it worked since I am wielding the sword, but it's a comfort to know that now I'm truly void of my soul. Now it is time to test the sword's power on you, Miss Lance," Nyssa says as she powers up the sword.

Suddenly, a time portal opens under Sara and she falls in along with the initiates that were holding her down. They all come crashing down from the ceiling of the Waverider onto the floor.

"Tup esoht nem ot peels," Zatanna chants. The initiates fall asleep before they can even react to what had happened.

Charlie steps back. "I can't believe that worked. We almost lost ya there, Captain."

Sara looks around and rubs her eyes. "I'm home now?"

"Yeah, mate."

Constantine nudges Zatanna. "You mind sobering her up for us? She still seems a bit groggy."

"Sure. Umm. Sgurd ni reh ekat on tceffe," she says.

Sara snaps out of it. "Oh my god," Sara says as she starts to hyperventilate. "Ava...we gotta go back. We gotta get her back. Gideon, plot a..."

Constantine hugs her unexpectedly.

"It's gonna be okay, luv."

Sara pushes him away. "We gotta get Ava back. I don't care how. Time travel, the Pit, I don't care."

"Are you even sure that that bloody Pit would even work on Ava, her bein a clone and all?"

"Soultaker has her soul. It'd be easier to just go back in time and..."

"And do what? You can't go back and interfere with time, Sara. You know that better than any of us."

"What the hell am I supposed to do then, John? I'm not giving up on her."

Suddenly, Giovanni appears next to Sara.

"Giovanni, what are you doing here?"

Zatanna runs up to him and hugs him. He is rigid, but hugs back.

"Dad? What's wrong?"

Giovanni sighs. "I'm sorry."

Giovanni uses magic to retrieve Gary's time courier and then disappears.

"Dammit, Zatanna," John yells. "You know your dad is working with the Demon's Head. You can't let your love for him cloud your judgement."

"His magic is better than mine. I couldn't beat him or block him out even if I tried, so it wouldn't have mattered anyway."

Sara clenches her jaw. "She has a time courier now. She has the ability to teleport and time travel. She has a powerful sword, Lazarus water in her veins, a chest plate that can make her fly, no soul, a time courier, and some other item that Giovanni is getting for her. Guys, this is bad. She could kill thousands of people."

"With a time courier, she could show up here at any moment," Gary says weakly.

"She doesn't know how to work it. When I met her, she had never even touched a computer before. Out of all the skills she has, technology is her weakness."

"Let me blast her," Mick waves his gun around.

Charlie slaps the gun down. "Haven't you been listening? That little toy ain't gonna do anything to her. By the looks of it, we're gonna need a nuke."

"We aren't killing her," Sara says.

Constantine pulls Sara aside. "Sara, she killed your love. She has more power than any of us can counter. You said it yourself that she could kill thousands of people. We have to kill her, luv."

Sara shakes his hand off her shoulder. "We aren't killing her. I don't even think killing her is possible at this point."

"Well, what do you propose we do then?"

"I don't know."

"Well, you better know quick."

~Meanwhile at the stronghold~

Nyssa holds the time courier in her hand. "How does it work?"

Giovanni bows slightly. "I'm afraid I do not know. I apologize."

"No matter. Go and continue your search for the cloak."

"As you wish," Giovanni says as he disappears.

Shiva slowly approaches Nyssa. "How do you feel, Ra's?"

"If you refer to bloodlust, I feel nothing, as I predicted."

"That is good news."

"Indeed. I admit I had my worries. I have seen Ta-er al-Sahfer come out of the Pit as a rabid monster. But my theories were correct. The Pit had no more soul to take from me. It had nothing left to corrupt."

"You are wonderful."

"I do not wish to fill others with wonder. I wish to fill others with fear."

"Yes, of course. So, what is your plan now?"

"When Giovanni returns with the Witching Cloak and I figure out how to use this technology, there will only be one thing left for my ensemble."

"You've told me of that contraption. The one that you assigned that odd man to make for you. What do you call it?"

"I have been inspired by many villains and heroes. That contraption is a tribute to the one who broke the bat. I will call it the 'Bane Tank.'"

"And this tank will administer Lazarus water to your body constantly?"

"Yes. The Lazarus Pit and I have a special bond now. The water is a part of me. I am Lady Lazarus."

"A reference to Plath?"

"I have risen from my ashes, and I will eat men like air."