Life's Gifts

-Chapter 2-

John sits at the table in the middle of his loft on top of the bowling alley with a glass in his hand, and a whiskey bottle near by. Ever since Angela left he's been like this drinking night after night, drinking for losing his friends and losing her. Always replaying the scene of meeting her on the roof of that hospital where her sister Isabel jumped, giving her the spear of destiny, and watching her walk away like nothing ever happened. After that he tried looking for her, but found out that she ran to New York. So he sits there replaying everything of what happened in those days, including him dieing again to figure out that there's a plan for everyone.

He suddenly hears a knock on the door and turn towards the door in his calm manner, finishing the rest of the whiskey in his glass and getting up. He walks over to the door unlocking it and opening it, his eyes widening a little at who it is. Angela stands at his door with a mixed expression on her face of sadness and hate,

"we need to talk."

John smirks and pushes the door open wider so she can walk in, she does and looks around seeing that nothing's changed.

"So what do you want, Angela?"

He closes the door locking it back and walking back over to the table sitting back down while she stands,

"I need your help. My little cousins been kidnapped by something and I'm thinking it's Mammon, I found a cross with a circle on it in her room."

"Mammon's back huh? Why cant they ever stay in Hell."

Angela sees the bottle on the table and shakes her head figuring out now why Constantine is acting like he doesn't care, but she remembers that he always acts like that.

"John please, I really need your help now more then ever."

He looks up at her seeing tears form in her eyes he sighs getting up and getting closer to her,

"we'll have to go to Midnight's to find out where she's been taken."

She nods as he puts on his long black coat and both of them walking out of the loft, John locking it back with his keys. They both walk down and out of the bowling alley onto the street, the rain pouring down on both of them. A taxi cab pull's up to the street in front of them, a young boy in the drivers seat, Chas. Angela's eyes widen seeing Chas there in the drivers seat since she knew for a fact that he was dead.

"How in the world is he here!"

John smirks opening the back car door and getting in Angela doing the same, Chas turning his head to Angela.

"I was dead but the big guy kind of spared me and made me a half breed."

"Oh."

Angela stares down as Chas pull's away from the curb and drives in the direction of Midnight's bar. She sighs feeling guilty about not telling John the real truth about Rowan, John looking over at her. He sees her sad face and sighs himself,

"look I know you want your cousin back I'm sure she's fine."

"Thank you John."

She looks up into his dark piercing eyes giving a smile, he nods. They arrive at Midnight's John and Angela getting out,

"Chas stay in the car."

Chas rolls his eyes staying where he is as Angela and John walk into the building. They walk down the stairs meeting a bouncer, the bouncer holding up a blank card to John.

"Rat in a dress."

The bouncer let's John in along with Angela and they both walk through the crowd of half breeds to the double doors, the doors opening and letting them in. Midnight sits at a table looking at old antiques that moments ago he traded for, he looks up seeing John and Angela.

"John. How can I help you."

Constantine keeps a straight face looking Midnight straight in the eyes,

"I need to use the chair."

Midnight looks at him half shocked and half surprised,

"other then the fact that it could obviously kill you, you know I cant let you do that."

"Midnight, Mammon's returned…"

"Your sure?"

John nods and looks to Angela then back to Midnight as he gets up from the table walking over to a door and opening it, revealing crosses and crucifix's covering the wall's, a chair in the middle of the room. They all walk into the room and John sits down in the chair untying his shoes and taking them off, Midnight grabbing a electric candle on a post near the door, Angela keeping a good distance back.

Midnight grabs a pan with water spilling it all over the floor beneath John's feet, John flinching from the cold water. Midnight grabs a bottle of liquor that's close by taking a swig, and handing it to John. John takes a swig and gives it back to Midnight, Midnight breaking the glass of the electric candle leaving the powered part.

"Your sure you want to do this?"

John looks from Midnight to Angela seeing her worried expression,

"sure as I'll ever be!"

At that moment Midnight jams the broken electric candle into John sending John into a blinding pain, then into a series of visions. John seeing Rowan locked away in a closet of a old abandoned building, the used-to-be half breed Gabriel there in the building talking with something, Mammon but in a human's body. The visions lead him back to Rowan scared and alone, getting a good look at the little girl, brown piercing eyes like his own, and jet black hair like his own. In the visions Rowan looks at him sensing him there with her, she smiles from the comfertable, knowing presence there with her. Suddenly the visions lead him back to Gabriel and Mammon, Mammon knowing he's there grabs hold on his neck trying to strangle him,

"Midnight!"

Midnight grabs him by the shirt bringing him back and standing up,

"see anything useful?"

"You could say that."

Angela watches all this with ascared look on her face. After John puts his shoes and socks back on they leave the bar, getting back to the taxi.

"So you know where she is?"

John looks at Angela getting out a piece of nicorete gum,

"Abandoned building but I don't have the exact location."

John stops and looks at Angela starring her down with his dark eyes,

"Angela I got a look at your little cousin…She knew I was there, she even looked at me. There was something about that girl that you didn't tell me."

Angela sighs frowning feeling guilty again.

"John…She's…Her name is Rowan Isabel Dodson…She's my daughter."

He looks at her his eyes widening,

"your daughter!"

Angela nods,

"her full name is Rowan Isabel Dodson..Constantine."

"So she's my…"

Angela nods,

"she'syour daughter, John."

Gabriel and the host Mammon's taken over both talk,

"yes but eventually once John figures out that she's his daughter he'll be coming here looking for her."

The human body Mammon's taken over smiles and says in a voice that sounds like two people,

"exactly. Bring the girl in here and tie her up."

"Yes my lord."

Gabriel brings Rowan out of the closet and ties her up sitting her down on the floor, Gabriel smiling down at Rowan all the while.

"Do you know of your Father young one?"

Rowan looks up at Gabriel shaking her head and Gabriel's smile widens,

"well he's a brave man very brave. Willing to rescue anyone including you young one, his name is John, John Constantine."

Thats chapter 2. John's finally found out that Rowan's his daughter! and Mammon's back...This can't be good.