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Once they had brought forth the necessary items for what they were about to do and having laid Sara's unconscious body on the floor beneath them, Oliver, Nyssa, Constantine, Thea, Felicity, John, Laurel, and Quentin were all gathered together and ready to begin the process of restoring Sara's soul. The process required Constantine and two others to travel to the other side in order to locate and bring back Sara's soul to her body. Thea had volunteered to be one of the three who would go, but Constantine advised against it since according to him, her presence wasn't bringing out the best in Sara. Oliver then turned to Nyssa and asked her if she trusted him. Nyssa was unsure about this plan, afraid it might make things worse. After all, look what already happened to Sara after having been resurrected by the Lazarus Pit. But at that point, Nyssa was desperate to restore her beloved back to the way she had been in life. She also knew that Oliver would never do anything to harm the woman they both loved, and Oliver had proven to her many times over that she could trust him. She still hesitated for a bit, causing Oliver to move to one side of Sara's body, stretch out his hand to Nyssa, and say to her,
"Trust me when I tell you this will work".
At that moment, any hesitation Nyssa had left her and she stepped forward, taking her fiancé's hands while standing on the other side of Sara's body across from Oliver. Shortly before they began, Constantine also warned them that whatever had locked Sara's soul away would not give it over without a fight and said that they needed to be ready for that.
With all of that settled, Constantine took out his lighter and, after stooping down, used it to set a fire inside of the small bowl next to his feet. Afterwards, he stood back up, lifted his hands, and began chanting. As he continued to chant, the ground beneath everyone's feet started to slightly shake while the electricity also started fizzling in and out. After a few seconds, the tremors ceased, causing Nyssa to open her eyes. Once she, Oliver, and Constantine had managed to get their bearings together (with Constantine commenting that he had experienced worse hangovers) Nyssa stared at her surroundings and what she saw caused her to experience disbelief. It seems as though she, Oliver, and Constantine had somehow been transported to Nanda Parbat. Immediately, Nyssa rounded on Constantine and angrily asked him,
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! Why is it that we are in my former home?! I thought we were supposed to be taken to where my beloved's soul is being kept. Speak now before I have your head for this!"
"Ease your horses there love", Constantine responded to Nyssa's outburst. "While this may appear to resemble your home, where we are is truly the other side. From what I know of the afterlife, there's always a place created for each soul that is molded after the life they lived on earth. Therefore, I'd bloody reckon that Sara lived a great deal of her life at whatever this place is supposed to represent, which according to you, is a representation of your former home."
Hearing Constantine's explanation, Nyssa managed to calm down a bit, though she was still annoyed that he hadn't told her this information about the afterlife before they embarked on their mission. Afterwards, Oliver asked what they were supposed to do now. Before Constantine could respond, the small group suddenly heard Sara's voice crying out for help and Nyssa, ignoring Constantine's protests, took off towards where she thought the voice was coming from, prompting him and Oliver to follow after her. However, the path they took only led them around in a circle and brought them back to where they had been a moment ago.
"This is new", Oliver said in surprise of this latest development to which Constantine replied, "New is why you brought me along." Suddenly, Sara's voice rang out once more, but before Nyssa could go after her again, Constantine quickly took ahold of Nyssa's shoulder, preventing her from moving.
"Unhand me at once!", Nyssa demanded. "I refuse to remain here while Sara may be in danger."
"Believe me Nyssa, I want to rescue Sara just as much as you do, but we can't rush in blindly. We need a tour guide."
Saying that, Constantine once again produced his lighter, and after settling it onto the floor while saying some sort of chant, it began to spin. As it spun, it lifted itself upwards and continued to spin in midair. A moment later, it stopped spinning and pointed towards the right, after which Constantine took back his lighter and prompted Oliver and Nyssa to follow him in that direction, unless, as he pointed out, they wanted to stay in the afterlife for all eternity.
Making their way towards the direction that the lighter had indicated, they all ended up in another area that was identical to Nanda Parbat's main hall, and in it was also an exact replica of the Lazarus Pit. Guarding it were two apparitions who had the appearance of League members while inside of it was Sara herself, struggling to escape the other souls who were holding her back.
Upon seeing the three individuals who'd come to rescue Sara, the apparitions immediately drew their swords and advanced on them, causing Oliver to respond by quickly pulling two arrows out of his quiver and using them to take down the apparitions. Once that was done, Nyssa immediately made her way towards the pit and struggled to pull her beloved from it and the clutches of the other souls. Oliver also went over to help her, Constantine having told him that he and Nyssa needed to work together to rescue Sara. While they were working on that, a new apparition entered the room, his presence causing Nyssa to turn around, curious to see as what this force was that Constantine warned might be holding Sara back. Taking in his appearance, she realized it was the soul of her father, Ra's Al Ghul, and almost released Sara's hand to deal with him. There was no way she was going to allow her father to try and keep her from her beloved yet again, not in this life or the afterlife. Constantine however urged her to continue what she was already doing and promised that he would take care of this latest hindrance. Nyssa knew he was right and refocused on working with her fiancé to bring Sara back to them. As they worked together, Nyssa heard swords clashing and knew that Constantine was dueling her father's soul. From what she was hearing, she sensed that her father was as formidable in death as he was in life.
Finally though, Constantine managed to defeat Ra's soul, and Nyssa with Oliver were able to pull Sara from the clutches of the other souls and afterwards they with her and Constantine were returned to their own world and Sara to her body. Oliver and Nyssa then released each other's hands and quickly knelt by Sara, hoping that what they had done had worked.
"Sara, Sara, can you hear me ?", Nyssa begged desperately, gently shaking her beloved's shoulder. After a few brief seconds, Sara's eyes finally opened and she began to slowly sit up. Overcome with happiness, Nyssa and Oliver quickly pulled her into their embrace, tears of joy streaming down Nyssa's face. After a while, Nyssa and Oliver pulled away and allowed Laurel and Quentin to also have their moment with Sara while Oliver escorted Constantine out, his work being done. Before leaving, Constantine gave Oliver a warning about Damien Darhk, the latest enemy he and his team were fighting, and recommended that he should leave town while he still could. Oliver then returned and he, Nyssa, Thea, Diggle, Felicity, Laurel, and Quentin spent the next few moments conversing and catching up with Sara while feeling extremely grateful to have this third chance with her. Out of them all, Oliver and Nyssa felt the most grateful because the woman they both loved had been returned to them.