Part 4

"Ekaw pu."

Constantine rubbed his face with both hands and struggled to sit up and turn around so that he could feel his feet hit the floor. "Fucking bollocks…how long did that bastard knock me out for?"

"I don't know what bastard your talking about, but your welcome." Zatanna crossed her arms and looked at John as he looked up and give her a grin.

"You know manners have never really been a strong suit of mine. Where are we anyway?"

"Well, we're in a world of witchcraft and no Superman-like heroes. More specifically, this house belongs to the Spellman family. A couple of witches with a niece named Sabrina."

"I figured that there were demons here." John stood up and grabbed the trench coat that Zatanna had on a nearby table. "Especially considering one distracted me." He started for the door, but stopped and turned around. "These clothes feel weird. Did you have to dress me after finding me without any?"

Zatanna smiled and rolled her eyes. "Get downstairs. We have a lot to catch you up on." John lead the way downstairs, where Zatanna brought him to the group of people in the living room. As soon as he entered all eyes are on him.

"All right, you're probably tired of introductions, so let's cut to the chase. What the Hell is going on?" John pulled out a cigarette and started smoking.

"Remember back on our Earth, when we got caught fighting Enchantress? Well, looks like that fight caused a rip in reality where someone over here decided to give us a vacation." Jason responded.

"Not just someone. Satan, our Dark Lord." Zelda chimed in.

"Yes. We managed to get this demon named Lilith to tell us what his plan was with us." Jason finished.

"I'm assuming this Lilith was the one that caused me to take a nap, was it?"

"Most likely." Deadman floated towards John. "She said this world's Satan saw an opportunity to achieve all of his goals when he peeked into our world and decided to take our power for himself. But as you can see, he hasn't exactly done the best job at being on top of us."

"Just how exactly was bastard planning on doing that?" John asked. He saw Nichols off to the side and noticed her wanted to say something. "You look like a bloke that knows a thing or two about this."

Nicholas nodded and cleared his throat. "Uh, yea. I was asked by Father Blackwood-our Dark Lord's representative on Earth-to start writing a bunch of symbols on your body that looked like to be a part of some sort of conjuring spell to bring something in your body."

"So, from what it sounds like, he was going to take over your body and take your powers." Zatanna said. "After that, he would either take the rest of ours or just brainwash us. Either way, nothing really surprising."

"I'm sorry, but I have to ask." Hilda spoke up, a little nervous. "But since you're here, won't this mean that Satan will try and follow you here?"

"No question about it." Jason said. "But don't worry, we had our friend Alec go outside and keep an eye out for anything suspicious. So, what's our plan here? More importantly-"He turned towards Zelda. "Will you be helping us? I understand you get all of your powers from him in this world."

Zelda nodded. "Yes…which is why we won't be helping." Hilda seemed ready to speak up, but Zelda beat her to it. "BUT…it's not like we will be actively going against you. We just won't interfere. Won't we, Hilda?" She turned to her sister, who didn't seem completely happy but nodded in agreement.

"Honestly, it doesn't matter either way. We've taken on bigger threats before." John said.

"But we won't have to take on any threat if we act quickly and find a way to get back to our Earth." Zatanna moved right in front of John and give him a stern look.

John smiled. "Right, but it's not like our new friend is going to take his sweet time getting over here." He looked over to Jason as a thought popped into his head. "What did you do to this Lilith demon anyway?"

"We banished her back to Hell." Zelda responded for him.

"Don't worry." Jason said. "I made sure to give her your regards before she left."

John nodded. "Well, I suppose we should get to work then. Z, you and I can start figuring out the right spell. Jason, why don't you keep our god old Swamp Thing company. Deadman, feel free to move back and forth."

As they were moving around, Nicholas looked around a little confused. "So, where exactly does that leave me?"

Hilda walked over. "You already helped by bringing the last of them here. No need to get yourself involved with all of this." Nicholas just nodded, wondering how all of this will wrap up as he walked out and headed back to The Academy.

Zelda then got Hilda and the two of them went upstairs to get out of the way. As soon as they were out of sight, John turned to Zatanna. "I know we should keep our involvement here to a minimum- "

"Damn it John, we can't get into a fight here!" Zatanna interrupted him.

"I don't want to, but it's not like we always have a choice in the matter!" Zatanna crossed her arms and gave a deep sigh.

"You're not wrong. So, what exactly did you have in mind."

After John told her what he wanted to do, she just laughed. "You are out of your damned mind Constantine!"

To that, he just grinned and took a deep inhale and released all the smoke he had inside of him. "I usually am. What do you say?"

Sabrina was sitting on her bed, holding Salem close to her as she felt confused, angry, and just betrayed. Hilda and Zelda walked in to check in on her.

Hilda walked over and sat near Sabrina. "How are you feeling luv?"

"I just…can't believe it. Ms. Wardwell was Lilith! All this time, she said that dad asked her to keep an eye over me and had me believe she was just a friendly witch."

"Oh, Sabrina…" Zelda walked closer to her niece and sat down on the other side of the bed. "We understand what you are feeling. She lied to us too. Next time, we'll make sure to express our rage."

"You don't understand! I was being manipulated by Satan this entire time!" Sabrina exclaimed. "He was using her to get me to sign his book, tricked me into thinking I had someone on my side. Now I just feel alone."

"Oh hush!" Zelda said. "Sabrina, we will disagree with you on so many things in life, you can count on that. But you can also count on us being on your side."

"That will always be true dear." Hilda confirmed. "Now, come here." She held out her arms and brought Sabrina in for a hug, with Zelda joining in as well. Afterwards, they walked to the door but got stopped when Sabrina asked. "What do you think the Dark Lord's plans were? She said he had plans that I was supposed to be a part of."

The two aunts looked at each other before responding. "We honestly can't say dear." Hilda spoke and Zelda gave an apologetic look before closing the door behind them. Sabrina sat back in her bed, thinking things over. It wasn't long before she felt a strange presence…enter her…then all of a sudden, she was surrounded in darkness and started to panic until she heard a familiar voice.

"Stop! It's Brand, Deadman!" Sabrina turned around and started to slowly calm down. "I'm sorry that I'm talking to you like this, but the enchantment that lets us talk normally is contained to the living room. I just wanted to make sure you weren't overwhelmed by everything going on."

"It…this feels weird, but…I understand what your trying to do. I'm fine, really. Well, I'm going to be fine. I guess, or hope so." Sabrina said. She then decided to ask a question. "Do you constantly feel like you're stuck in a situation that you have no control over? I mean, I just don't think being a ghost is something that you ideally pictured yourself becoming."

"Well, I certainly felt like that at first. And it does get frustrating, not being able to do what you feel you need to do." Deadman thought for a moment. "But…the best place to start is by focusing on the small things you can control and work your way up to some of the bigger things. I think you might be able to find you have more control than you think. And maybe one day…you might be able to change the situation, one way or another."

As Deadman left, Sabrina found herself back in her room, and found herself…feeling more positive. Even if it was just a little. Sabrina started to hear something intense going on outside, and she started to get up. While her aunts may not be willing to get in the Dark Lord's path, she has already proven to be a little rebellious.