Innocence
Chapter 4 Answers
"It was so real Chas, I know it sounds crazy but I remember her now. I remember what she was like…"
"Come on Gaia what are you saying? Your moms dead"
Gaia shook his head no her mother wasn't dead she was far from it.
"No, Chas that's just it she isn't dead but I heard her talking to him Chas the things she said…"
It was insane maybe her lack of sleep had caught up on her but she knew, she knew it was all real.
"What? You mean Lucifer Gaia just back up a sec are you telling me that you're the daughter of Satan"
Gaia looked away. Chas had been so kind him and John both now here she was telling him she was Satan's kid? This was unreal!
"Right then" Chas said looking more than a little confused.
"John get the hell out here right god damn now"
A few moments later John emerged from his room in his usual crumpled black suit trousers and white shirt.
"What the fuck is going on?" John screamed bags under his eyes pulling a cigarette from his pants and taking a long deep drag.
"Chas?" He questioned angrily.
"John man you aint gonna believe this." Chas replied turning to Gaia.
"I know this is gonna sound crazy but I think I'm Lucifer's daughter, in my dream he and my mom were talking he said, they should never have sent me up here in the first place that my mom didn't want him to kill me and to give me a chance." Gaia rushed the last part tears in her eyes. You couldn't imagine being told after 16 years who your parents were not only that knowing what they were it was mind numbing.
"Gaia look at me did you hear her name? Try and remember" John stared straight into her eyes. His big chocolate brown eyes they were hypnotic. She nodded.
"He called her Merisier, he…" Gaia shook her head focusing on her dream on her fathers face.
"You knew this would happen!" He said firmly yet calmly.
"How could you justify it? How could you justify killing your own child?" The woman screamed.
"Give her a chance you said. What harm can she do? She's only a baby!" He screamed his temper was rising and the whole of Hell knew it.
"You know her power very well Merisier you know of it because you wanted it. Wait till she 's older, she'll return to her parents! You stupid woman she isn't evil why do you think I didn't want her in the first place"
"That is ENOUGH." The woman's face was full of anger her voice boomed over Satan and his kingdom.
"I am your queen. I gave you a son an heir and all I asked for you in return was your love for our daughter"
"She knows everything. She knows what I'm planning to do, she knows what will happen if I do it It's only a matter of time before she finds out her own strength with that Hell forsaken John Constantine around. It's time this ended"
The woman shook her head. She wouldn't allow him to do this. It may have been 16 years but she still loved her daughter no matter what the circumstances.
"He wants me dead." Gaia sobbed letting her emotions flow freely.
16 years of longing just wishing one day she would find her biological parents and now she finds out her father is the devil and wants to kill her!
Chas reached forward gently brushing her cheek with his soft warm hand.
"Don't touch me!" She gasped pulling away.
"Don't ever touch me"
Giving in to everything, to her fate, to the fate of mankind, to her weariness, her aching body. Gaia held her face softly in her hands. What did her father mean… Know her own strength? Did she have some kind of power… Then she remembered. Her first dream that creature had called her master. Suddenly everything was clear everything made sense to her.
"I can control them… And if I can control them then I can stop them"
Slowly Gaia raised her head meeting the faces of the only two people she had ever trusted in her life.
John nodded knowing exactly what she was saying.
"Yes." For so long he had fought alone, relying on his instincts but if he had Gaia exorcism would be easy and quick. 'Get out asshole' and you're done!
"You know what I have to do John. It's time a paid daddy a little visit."
