p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 5pt;"CHAPTER FIVE | THE BASEMENT/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine made his way deep down into the Library down a set of winding steep crumbling stone steps. An annoying burning sensation came biting at his neck again. Another group of people he'd betrayed. He basically was handing them up to their greatest enemy to serve his own selfish needs. The Serpent brother hood had been growing in power and he knew it. And it did it anyway. To people who openly wanted to help him. Who actually cared about him. Who would end up in the cross fire. Who could end up hurt, broken or dead. Because of him. His heart began to creep backward again, hissing in the corners of darkness. Constantine knew he'd have to deal with them eventually, but right now he'd have other problems. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Suddenly Flynn appeared in front of him, with his arms folded annoyed. "Did you honestly think I wasn't going -"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Don't try to stop me Flynn I—"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""… Help you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Im going whether you- " Constantine stuttered. "What?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn chuckled. "Geeze - John give me a little credit. I know you well enough to know theres no stopping you once your mind's made up about something."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Besides, you won't be able to open the vault without me. It's a two man job. And it won't open for anyone except the Librarian present." He said rather proudly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine shifted. "Right. Well you'll probably need this back then." He handed him his ExLibris ring./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn sighed. "You'd think I'd be used to it with Jones." Grabbing it back aggressively./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""You shouldn't have followed me Flynn."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""You know I couldn't let you in there alone - unsupervised." Flynn said with a wink./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"As they made their way down deeper, something nagged at Constantine. "So Why are you really helping the likes o' me? What's in it for you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Always the cynic."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Think the worst o'people and you'll never be disappointed mate."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Well like you said… pure of heart and all that." Flynn shrugged. "Besides, a threat to you is a threat to the Library, and I can't allow that." He said formally. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""And hows the Ol' Mrs. feel about that?" Constantine said. "She alright with you putting yourself in harms way for a wastrel like me?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Shes my Guardian John." He said "Shes got my back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah… right." Constantine shifted uncomfortably. He thought of all the times Zatana had his back, caught him from the fall, pulled him from the brink. She had loved him. And he threw it all away for his own miserable life. That feeling on the back of his neck got stronger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"The walked deeper and deeper. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Do you remember what I was like when we first met John?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine chuckled. "yeah… a right selfish bastard you were. The Good Ol' days yeah?" He said with a twinge of regret. "You 'ad the weight of the 'hole bloody world on yer shoulders back then mate. Didn't need anyone back then…it was just you against the world." He said. "I suppose I can relate." He said begrudgingly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah… I was always pushing people away… even when they were there to help pull my ass out of the fire…. I figured…" He jumped over a booby trap "I lasted this long without anyone… anyone else will just slow me down, hold me back…Get in the way…" Flynn grunted as he grabbed the heavy lever and pushed it down as hard as he could causing a thick heavy gate to drop behind them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Be a liability - Be someone who gets hurt." Constantine added mirroring his moves. "Better off on m'own mate." /span/p
p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" "Ya know…" Flynn said leaping across a deep chasm. "This life of ours doesn't give us a lot of relationships. Sure as hell not family." Flynn sighed heavily. "Eve and the team taught me how to accept people. To trust. And to love and let myself be loved." Flynn looked at him. "You don't always have to do everything alone John." Flynn placed a hand on his shoulder. "It doesn't always have to be the end of the world that brings people together ya know."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine gave him a look. "Maybe so." He said. "People who hang around me end up broken, or dead." He said grimly. "I cant let that happen to you Flynn. You're… you're happy. You have a family. A proper one. People who love you. Not out of pity or …"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Ya know you could have that too if you weren't such a dick all the time."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"A black arrow whizzed by his jaw just barely missing by millimeters. "Right - lets shrink m'head another time aright. We've got company."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Both men put up defensive maneuvers. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""How'd … how'd they?" Flynn aske bewildered, and then he looked at John crestfallen. "You didn't."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Led us right to you." Said a voice from the darkness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine put his hands up. "I tried to warn you about me Flynn…I'm not worth it" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"A bunch of black robbed assassins all had their blades and arrows pointed at them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Oh but you are Johnny boy. You are." Said Lamia. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""What the - Maziken?! What the bloody hell are you doing here?!" Constantine said with a cock of his head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Whos Maz-" Flynn shook his head. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""My names Lamia… you pitiful street trash." She spat./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Well I'll be damned. 'Lucy know yer 'here?" he said with a knowing grin. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Oh alright… I thought maybe you wouldn't see through my little ruse." She said pouting./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine chuckled deservedly. "Right then. Well lets have it." In a fluid movement both Constantine and Mazikeen together took down the startled henchmen. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn looked between the two of them. "What what ?" Flynn stuttered. "Constantine explain! NOW" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Blimey this ended up better than I expected." Constantine said with a grin. "Flynn m'lad I'd like you to meet M/spanspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"azikeen of the Lilim/spanspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;". Also known as the right hand demon, o'the light bringer 'imself. Maz Ol' girl – meet Flynn Carsen, The Librarian." He said with a little bow. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""We've met." They both said ruefully. "She tried to kill me." Fynn said turning to John with indignation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Oh… just a little bit." She said squeezing her fingers together. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Wait a minute all this time… you've been a … been a demon and I didn't know?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""What can I say it was a fun little game." Maz shrugged. "A little glimmer charm … ya know … But Im a torturer by nature… and a demons gotta do what a demons gottta do." Maz said smiling at the fun of it all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn was not impressed. "What are you doing here?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""He sent me to find you Johnny." Maz said. "Some little piece of shit has been up here causing trouble and hes getting blamed for it." Maz said pointing and baring her teeth as spoke. "I thought it was one of mine… but it turns out its present and accounted for down there." Flynn noticed her sharp pointed little razon sharp teeth under her lips that hed never noticed before. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah we know who it is love. Its… Havok."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Maz's eye went wide. "Wh-when did he get out?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Don't know but – I'm gunna stop him. You go tell yer boss not to fret his pretty little 'orned 'ead." Constantine said with a puff of his cigarette. "Ol' Johnny's on the case." He smiled at her with his cigarette dangling form his lip. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn gave John a darkened look./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"John Understood and turned to Mazikeen "Right. Oh - and Maz!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah?" She turned/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Tell Lucifer to take care of the brotherhood. Properly." He said with meaning./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Maz grinned evilly. "You got it." She was gone with a puff of fire./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine made his way deep down into the Library down a set of winding steep crumbling stone steps. An annoying burning sensation came biting at his neck again. Another group of people he'd betrayed. He basically was handing them up to their greatest enemy to serve his own selfish needs. The Serpent brother hood had been growing in power and he knew it. And it did it anyway. To people who openly wanted to help him. Who actually cared about him. Who would end up in the cross fire. Who could end up hurt, broken or dead. Because of him. His heart began to creep backward again, hissing in the corners of darkness. Constantine knew he'd have to deal with them eventually, but right now he'd have other problems. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Suddenly Flynn appeared in front of him, with his arms folded annoyed. "Did you honestly think I wasn't going -"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Don't try to stop me Flynn I—"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""… Help you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Im going whether you- " Constantine stuttered. "What?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn chuckled. "Geeze - John give me a little credit. I know you well enough to know theres no stopping you once your mind's made up about something."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Besides, you won't be able to open the vault without me. It's a two man job. And it won't open for anyone except the Librarian present." He said rather proudly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine shifted. "Right. Well you'll probably need this back then." He handed him his ExLibris ring./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn sighed. "You'd think I'd be used to it with Jones." Grabbing it back aggressively./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""You shouldn't have followed me Flynn."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""You know I couldn't let you in there alone - unsupervised." Flynn said with a wink./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"As they made their way down deeper, something nagged at Constantine. "So Why are you really helping the likes o' me? What's in it for you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Always the cynic."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Think the worst o'people and you'll never be disappointed mate."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Well like you said… pure of heart and all that." Flynn shrugged. "Besides, a threat to you is a threat to the Library, and I can't allow that." He said formally. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""And hows the Ol' Mrs. feel about that?" Constantine said. "She alright with you putting yourself in harms way for a wastrel like me?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Shes my Guardian John." He said "Shes got my back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah… right." Constantine shifted uncomfortably. He thought of all the times Zatana had his back, caught him from the fall, pulled him from the brink. She had loved him. And he threw it all away for his own miserable life. That feeling on the back of his neck got stronger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"The walked deeper and deeper. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Do you remember what I was like when we first met John?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine chuckled. "yeah… a right selfish bastard you were. The Good Ol' days yeah?" He said with a twinge of regret. "You 'ad the weight of the 'hole bloody world on yer shoulders back then mate. Didn't need anyone back then…it was just you against the world." He said. "I suppose I can relate." He said begrudgingly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah… I was always pushing people away… even when they were there to help pull my ass out of the fire…. I figured…" He jumped over a booby trap "I lasted this long without anyone… anyone else will just slow me down, hold me back…Get in the way…" Flynn grunted as he grabbed the heavy lever and pushed it down as hard as he could causing a thick heavy gate to drop behind them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Be a liability - Be someone who gets hurt." Constantine added mirroring his moves. "Better off on m'own mate." /span/p
p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" "Ya know…" Flynn said leaping across a deep chasm. "This life of ours doesn't give us a lot of relationships. Sure as hell not family." Flynn sighed heavily. "Eve and the team taught me how to accept people. To trust. And to love and let myself be loved." Flynn looked at him. "You don't always have to do everything alone John." Flynn placed a hand on his shoulder. "It doesn't always have to be the end of the world that brings people together ya know."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine gave him a look. "Maybe so." He said. "People who hang around me end up broken, or dead." He said grimly. "I cant let that happen to you Flynn. You're… you're happy. You have a family. A proper one. People who love you. Not out of pity or …"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Ya know you could have that too if you weren't such a dick all the time."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"A black arrow whizzed by his jaw just barely missing by millimeters. "Right - lets shrink m'head another time aright. We've got company."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Both men put up defensive maneuvers. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""How'd … how'd they?" Flynn aske bewildered, and then he looked at John crestfallen. "You didn't."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Led us right to you." Said a voice from the darkness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine put his hands up. "I tried to warn you about me Flynn…I'm not worth it" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"A bunch of black robbed assassins all had their blades and arrows pointed at them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Oh but you are Johnny boy. You are." Said Lamia. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""What the - Maziken?! What the bloody hell are you doing here?!" Constantine said with a cock of his head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Whos Maz-" Flynn shook his head. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""My names Lamia… you pitiful street trash." She spat./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Well I'll be damned. 'Lucy know yer 'here?" he said with a knowing grin. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Oh alright… I thought maybe you wouldn't see through my little ruse." She said pouting./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Constantine chuckled deservedly. "Right then. Well lets have it." In a fluid movement both Constantine and Mazikeen together took down the startled henchmen. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn looked between the two of them. "What what ?" Flynn stuttered. "Constantine explain! NOW" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Blimey this ended up better than I expected." Constantine said with a grin. "Flynn m'lad I'd like you to meet M/spanspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"azikeen of the Lilim/spanspan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;". Also known as the right hand demon, o'the light bringer 'imself. Maz Ol' girl – meet Flynn Carsen, The Librarian." He said with a little bow. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""We've met." They both said ruefully. "She tried to kill me." Fynn said turning to John with indignation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Oh… just a little bit." She said squeezing her fingers together. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Wait a minute all this time… you've been a … been a demon and I didn't know?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""What can I say it was a fun little game." Maz shrugged. "A little glimmer charm … ya know … But Im a torturer by nature… and a demons gotta do what a demons gottta do." Maz said smiling at the fun of it all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn was not impressed. "What are you doing here?!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""He sent me to find you Johnny." Maz said. "Some little piece of shit has been up here causing trouble and hes getting blamed for it." Maz said pointing and baring her teeth as spoke. "I thought it was one of mine… but it turns out its present and accounted for down there." Flynn noticed her sharp pointed little razon sharp teeth under her lips that hed never noticed before. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah we know who it is love. Its… Havok."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Maz's eye went wide. "Wh-when did he get out?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Don't know but – I'm gunna stop him. You go tell yer boss not to fret his pretty little 'orned 'ead." Constantine said with a puff of his cigarette. "Ol' Johnny's on the case." He smiled at her with his cigarette dangling form his lip. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Flynn gave John a darkened look./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"John Understood and turned to Mazikeen "Right. Oh - and Maz!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Yeah?" She turned/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;""Tell Lucifer to take care of the brotherhood. Properly." He said with meaning./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Maz grinned evilly. "You got it." She was gone with a puff of fire./span/p
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