Razaya Week 2013 Day Six: Reunion

“Are you certain she will remember me?”

“Blue Lantern, I am not certain of anything.” Queen Aga’po led him to a small antechamber behind her throne room before stopping him once more. She turned kind, sad eyes to him. “Remember, nothing like this has ever happened before. There is no guarantee that she will be the same woman you once loved.”

“Still love,” he corrected not unkindly.

Aga’po smiled quickly before it faded into worry. “It would be wisest to go slowly, Razer. Try not to overwhelm her.” With one gentle squeeze of his shoulder, she pushed the heavy door open and stood aside…

…just as a flash of white and green flew towards them and wrapped itself around Razer.

The surprise on his face remained for the briefest of moments before he realized her lips were on his. He gathered her into his arms and let his fingers delve into her hair, the feeling both foreign and pleasant. Not a word had been said, not even a complete visual recognition, but there was no doubt in his mind that this was Aya. He pulled back after a moment (she tried to follow but he kept her back) and let her beautiful face fill his sight.

Her skin was still green, though it was darker or lighter here or there thanks to her new circulatory system. Her eyes were still that bright, inquisitive blue. Her hair (hair!) was a snowy white and hung in gentle curls to her chin. But what truly surprised him was her clothing.

When he had received word from the Star Sapphires of Aya’s resurrection on their world, he had assumed she would have been the newest recruit to their order dedicated to love; the purity of her love for him would certainly have guaranteed her acceptance into their Corps. Or even reborn as a Green Lantern; she had proven her will to be more than a match for death before, so why not again? But looking at her now, he was not sure what to think.

She was dressed entirely in white, a symbol he was not familiar with on the center of her chest. “How…?”

He got no further than that one word. “It was the Entity,” she said in a rush. “The embodiment of life gave me physical form again, this time an organic one. I can’t explain anything beyond that, but…”

Razer’s finger on her lips silenced her breathless explanation. He took his time observing her, searing every little detail of her new face into his brain. “If you ever see this Entity again, be sure to tell it ‘thank you’ for me.”

Queen Aga’po, having watched the entire exchange, quietly slipped away, closing the door behind her, as the Blue Lantern and new White Lantern fell into a kiss filled with such love she almost couldn’t bear to witness it. Hope is almost as beautiful a thing as love, I do believe.