John raised his revolver and fired at the first; the blessed bullet struck him in the chest and killed him instantly. The other leaped in the air over the gate and attempted to crash into the group, Gabriel shot a round at him and he fell behind them, a burning mass of festering flesh.
Midnite advanced and raised his open hands as he stood before the gate, he chanted quietly and then with one sudden wave a burst of energy erupted from his palms, only seen as a ripple in the air, the gates swung open and the four walked in.
"There's no one else." Said Frank, his solider instincts kicked in and he put a finger on the trigger of the crossbow, ready for any ambush.
"They're all inside, he wants us there." Said John, "We should split up now."
"Go with god." Said Midnite as he head to the east side, John head to the west. Frank and Gabriel went to the main entrance.
A couple of shots from the shotgun blew the door open, the unlikely fighters walked in with their weapons pointed forward.
"Eheh, this isn't what I expected." Said Frank.
No less than thirty half-breeds stood facing them, ready to rip the man and woman into shreds.
One half-breed started walking up to them, Gabriel raiser her weapon and fired.
A blast of fire shot through the air and the blessed bullet struck the man and sent him flying back. His comrades didn't seem to be discouraged. Gabriel did it again, and another one bit the dust.
Gabriel looked to frank; he was struggling with his weapon, pulling the trigger profusely to no avail.
"A little help would be great"
"This damn thing don't work!"
Gabriel tried to keep the half-breeds at bay, but they kept coming, they quickened their pace, and she couldn't fire fast enough to finish them all off.
As they got within ten feet of them Gabriel tried to gone someone down, but heard an unassuring click. The gun was empty.
They started to panic, Gabriel tried to reload her gun but she was too alarmed to do it.
"Awww, Bloody Hell."
Frank slammed whipped the crossbow into the wall, both were unarmed, a half-breed saw it would be best to seize the day, so he jumped through the air to take them both out.
In one last desperate attempt Frank raised the crossbow and pulled the trigger, a silver arrow shot with tremendous speed and caught the demon as he soared in the air, the power of the arrow was so great that it sent the demon up into the air till he slammed into the ceiling where the arrow had embed itself.
The half-breeds retreated in initial fear; the demon shot by frank was dying as he was pinned to the ceiling by the silver arrow.
"Shiiiit." Frank uttered in glee and then he brought his attention back to the half-breeds, Gabriel finished reloading her weapon; they were both armed again.
As Gabriel gunned down all that came near her, Frank began exacting revenge on the enemy. He fired an arrow that plunged into a half-breeds chest and sent him flying back and slam into another half-breed. Both demons were pinned to the wall by the silver arrow.
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Crowley teetered in his place as he felt the energy caused by the deaths of his loyal legion of half-breeds flow thickly; his plan was working better than he hoped for.
Crowley wrapped a cloak around himself and made his way to the chamber where the child was kept, it was time.
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Midnite followed Crowley silently as he went down a flight of stairs, hidden from all eyes by his powerful Voodoo magic.
Crowley stopped at a door at the bottom and turned around to face Midnite.
"I know you're there. Reveal yourself."
Midnite expected that a sorcerer of Crowley's caliber wouldn't be completely influenced by his magic, so he relinquished the spell.
Crowley saw Midnite fade into his view from nothingness, he instantly recognized the legendary Shaman.
"Papa Midnite," he said in a mocking theatrical tone, "The Witch Doctor from the Depths of Trenchtown! Or once. And now the Bartender to all otherworldly creatures."
Midnite wasn't fazed by the lack of respect, he descended down the stairs
"That's the difference between us. See, you know me, whereas I only heard of you yesterday."
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"That's for Nigel!" Shouted Frank as he shot a half-breed. He heard Gabriel fire twice and a then a couple of loud thuds followed.
"That's for Jack!" Shouted Frank as he deported a demon, "And this is for my car!"
Hellish cries of agony erupted from the sea of decaying flesh as Frank and Gabriel made their way into the mansion, dozens of demons were deported in a storm of fire and bullets.
It was judgment day for the damnation army.
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John stabbed ahalf-breed guarding a hall in the back as he followed to where he sensed the child's presence, the unique sensation he first had when he the child first arrived days ago.
John opened a window at the end of the hall, looking behind him to see if anyone was coming he stepped out and walked on the ledge with his back to the wall. The warm wind blew against his face, bringing a mild reminder to the Hell's Climate.
After a minute of slow walking, he finally reached a window to a room that had only a crib in the middle of the room, three half-breeds guarded her.
John reloaded his revolver and laid the duffel bag secured on the ledge then shot the lock, the wind blew it open and John jumped in.
The Exorcist flung an ampoule of holy water at one of the demons and shot a bullet into another's skull, then fired at the first and he fell to the ground, dead.
The third was able to disarm John, grabbing him by the neck and lift him in the air against the wall; John reached for the dagger and stuck it into the demon's heart.
The fist tightened on John's throat as he took his last breath, But John was freed when the demon fell like those before him.
A little nervous John walked over to the crib, and looked at the child that came regardless of the objection of everybody, to the rest of the world it looked human, but John was able to see it's inner self, the glistening Crimson skin with the black markings, and those violet radiating eyes full of mystique. Whether it had the goodness of an Angel or the evil of a Demon he didn't know, he then realized it had the free will of man.
He picked the child up and knew how it felt, it was week; it was dying. Demons and Angels' bloods couldn't co-exist. Its human part was all that held it together.
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Gabriel and Frank had split up a while ago after they'd disposed of the bulk of the Damnation Army, she thought she heard someone laughing in one room and hesitantly decided to enter.
It was in the dinning room; Nergal was feasting on raw flesh and drinking bottles of wine. She raised her weapon at him.
"Heyyyyyy," he greeted, showing no fear of the weapon aimed at him, "Why don't you put that trinket down and join me for a drink, Angel. Oops. I mean fallen angel."
Gabriel pulled the trigger and a bullet left a streak of flame in the air as it made its way to hit its target.
"Nice shooting."
Nergal had moved out of his chair and sat in another from the time she hit the trigger till the time the bullet ht the chair he was occupying.
"Don't worry, Crowley won't mind you deporting his furniture." Scoffed Nergal as he drank straight from the bottle.
Gabriel aimed again and fired, she saw Nergal disappear before the bullet hit its target.
"Tell me something, Gabriel." Said Nergal as he appeared somewhere else, "If it weren't for that whole Demon-Angel-Heaven-and-Hell-conflict thing, would there be any hope for us to get into bed?"
Gabriel fired immensely at Nergal, and although her aim was accurate, Nergal was too fast, she would always end up putting a bullet into a chair or a table or a wall, all the while he was laughing at the top of his lungs. She checked the chambers, only one was left.
Before she could make any decision she found her weapon being taken away from her and thrown away.
Nergal stood in front of her, a cruel smirk on his face, intending no good. She felt helpless and tried to escape.
"Where to?" Asked Nergal as he appeared in front of her, "The fun has just begun!"
He grabbed her arm and twisted in violently, making her scream loudly as her arm was being mangled.
"Scream for mercy." He ordered.
Gabriel stopped screaming, she desperately wanted him to leave her but she wouldn't give up. She stayed silent.
He started bending her arm in way an arm in ways that arm shouldn't be bent; she squirmed as pain shot through her body.
"Beg for my mercy!" He shouted.
"Never! Miserable Swine, you hell spawn piece of shit!"
Nergal reached for her shoulder and pulled her arm out of its socket.
As Midnite and Crowley traded insults, they heard the horrid scream of someone being mangled by a brute force; both flinched at the sound of Gabriel's pain.
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Frank was stapling demons to the walls when the heart stopping scream of a woman being tortured pierced his ears, he realized it was Gabriel and stood still for a moment wishing she'd survive whatever she was going through, then resumed his battle with more aggression and twice the fire.
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As John emptied the duffle bag on what was in it and placed the child in it, he heard the scream of Gabriel. Although he didn't like her one bit, he felt sorry for her, if for a fragment of a second.
He held the bag and opened the doors, there were Crowley and Midnite. And as the first turned he punched him square across the face sending him falling to the ground.
"Midnite, think fast."
John threw the bag in the air and Midnite caught it, he ran up the stairs again with the child in his arms.
Midnite made his way to the floor above, disposing of remaining half-breeds as they came with his magic. He finally was alone and placed the child on a table, it looked human to him but he sensed there was something off about her, something that only John could see.
He placed his massive hands around the child's head and started performing the most powerful magic he's ever tried.
The air was thick with energy; Midnite could feel it just like Aaron. And just like the satanic priest he could channel said energy. Though he wouldn't use it to transport the child to hell, but for an entirely different reason.
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Gabriel was pushed against the wall by Nergal, her left arm hung beside her motionless.
"You know, Gabriel," said Nergal as he morphed into his demon form, "Hell will be a blast with you, I mean how many demons have you deported? I wouldn't call it exaggerating if I said that every demon in hell has a reason to hate you personally. And when you go there, they're going to line up to give you a welcoming."
Gabriel shot her eyes with a whimper as Nergal stroked her hair subjectively.
"Here is a little preview." Said Nergal as he put his lips to Gabriel's and forced a kiss.
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"You fool!" Said Crowley as he got up, "You have just cost yourself to descend into the deepest of circle of hell. The devil will spare no punishment on you now."
"Me?" Asked John, "You're the one who fucked up."
Crowley pounced on John spearing him to the ground, as he was there he started dealing him punches.
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"Et separatur a plasmate tuo, Ut num quam laedatur amorsu antiqui serpentes. "
If John was there, he could se that the glowing in the child's eyes started to fade and her skin glistened more, the black marks on it started to change form.
"Rescind from the flesh I command thee -- Amar natash bow basar!"
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John pushed Aaron face first into a wall, causing his nose to smash and his flesh to bleed, but his old friend and enemy turned around with a punch to his jaw.
Aaron kicked the fallen John in the ribs repeatedly, avenging his failure, but his vendetta was rough to a stop when John raised his revolver in the air and shot him in the stomach.
Crowley stopped the kicking, his eyes were boiling with rage and confusing as he starred at the bloodied and bruised Constantine, who lay on his back raising his revolver which had smoke pouring out of its barrel. Crowley then seemed to go to attack John but winced in pain and crumbled to the four screaming in pain.
"You didn't think you'd be killed by a gun, did you?" Asked John, breathing hardly on count of his busted ribs.
"you fool," said Crowley as he spat a mouthful of blood out, "didn't you know"
"..That you'd return as a demon?" asked John, "I did, but killing you still seemed like a good idea."
Crowley started to laugh despite the blood pouring from his lips, like a mad man he chuckled, "Johnny Constantine: The biggest bag of air jackass the occult world has ever seen."
John opened the chamber of the gun, only two bullets were left, he shot them both into his former friend's skull and the laughing stopped.
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Gabriel right hand reached into her pocket and produced two objects, the brass knuckles with the crosses carved and the ampoule of holy water, she slipped the first on and waited in disgust as Nergal's tongue roamed in her mouth, arousing pure repulsion.
"There," said the demon as he pulled back, "Was it good for you like it-- AAAAAA!"
Gabriel kicked the demon in his crotch with all the strength in her, channeling all her anger and frustration into that mighty kick, that caused the demon Nergal to scream like a demon of hell should.
Seeing this as an opportunity Gabriel shoved the ampoule into his mouth, and before he realized what she was doing, she shot her good fist with a punch into Nergal's jaw. The punch was fired with more aggression than the kick, adding the enforcement due to the solid metal and the further damage due to the carved crosses, the Punch had a scale tipping effect.
The ampoule exploded due to Gabriel's punch and the holy water coming from the River Jordan went down Nergal's throat and into his stomach.
Nergal gurgled and spasmed as the water cooked his insides, a winded Gabriel leaned, picked up the shotgun with her good arm and she checked the chamber. Only one bullet left. That's all she needed.
She stood over the lord of the Devil's spies and watched; Nergal's skin was blistering and melting away, and in his eyes she saw a look of hatred, fear and shame. Even without her powers as an Angel she managed to defeat Nergal for the second time. She pulled the trigger and Nergal's head exploded and he stopped spasming, the headless body then turned to dust.
Gabriel couldn't help but feel great pride as she left, perhaps the road to salvation has just appeared before her; perhaps she could end up in heaven again. She then felt a feeling of dampness in her back.
From the same spot she felt sharp pain; she turned around to see one of Crowley's half-breads that had stabbed her with a knife. As she bled and tried to understand, the demon took hold of her and pushed her out the window.
Shame, Anger and Sadness was what she felt in a brief moment as she plummeted, and then Serenity set in as she looked around her, watching the beautiful sky with all those marvelous stars. She took one last second to look at the world for the last time as a human, and closed her eyes and just listened and felt the cool air rushing past her skin..
She slammed had first into the ground and broke her neck instantly; her death was ugly but peaceful, for in the fee seconds she fell in, she sent prayers for Midnite, Chandler and Constantine to be victorious in their task. She finally came to understand humans.