Life's Gifts
-Chapter 3-
John just stares at Angela in shock dumbstruck even, still starring at her. He sighs shaking his head and opens the cab door getting in, Angela doing the same. Chas looks at them both seeing their sad expressions,
"ok who died now?"
John looks at Chas a little annoyed,
"just drive…Downtown on Monica street."
Chas nods starting up the car and pulling out of his parking space, Angela giving John a sympathetic look. John looks at her with a sad expression Angela feeling like she's about to cry,
"Angela…Why didn't you tell me?"
"I…I thought that maybe you wouldn't agree with the pregnancy because of who you are and what you deal with, half breeds wanting to just come after you and kill you. So I thought it would be more safe if you didn't know about Rowan."
John looks from Angela to Chas making sure that Chas isn't paying attention to any of this and turns back to Angela,
"I wouldn't agree? Angela…"
He takes both of her hands in his,
"you were wrong. I would've protected you both and now…I'm going to do what I do best…I'm going to go get her and deport whatever sorry ass minions Mammon has back to Hell."
Angela smiles from hearing his words as they pull up to a abandoned building in downtown Los Angeles, all three of them getting out of the cab. Angela getting out her automatic pistol from its holster inside her coat, and John bringing out a rather large golden cross gun he used the last time to send half a dozen half breeds to Hell. John after bringing out his gun looks at Chas,
"your coming with us. Be on the look out for anything."
Chas nods as they all go inside and look around, John looks at both of them.
"Look's like we'll have to split up. Chas check downstairs, Angela check down here, I'll go upstairs."
They both nod and walk off, John walking up the stairs of the building. Two half breeds walk out from a room and spot John, they both run at him. John throwing a bottle of holly water at them first, then firing reducing them both to ashes.
"Hello?"
John looks towards the room those half breeds came out of, hearing a little kids voice say Hello. John runs into the room finding Rowan tied up propped up against a wall, he runs over fast kneeling down and dropping his weapon to untie her ropes. Rowan just stares at him with a straight face,
"you're the man who was with me in the closet weren't you?"
John smiles down at the little girl Rowan untying her ropes and standing her up, she smiles back.
"Are those people with the funny looking faces gone?"
He looks at her oddly,
"you saw what they really looked like?"
She nods,
"and you weren't scared?"
She shakes her head smiling and he smiles back picking his weapon back up thinking: thats my girl,
"let's get going Rowan."
"You know my name?"
He nods standing back up only to be put back down again, hit over the head by Gabriel, made a half breed again by Mammon. Angela hearing a noise coming from upstairs runs up the stairs and into the room when Gabriel, Rowan, and John are. Seeing John on the floor and Rowan being held by Gabriel, Angela raises her gun aiming at Gabriel.
"Put her down, now!"
Rowan smiles about to run to Angela but Gabriel keeping a good grip on Rowan's arm,
"Mommy!"
Angela's eyes turn hard starring at Gabriel,
"just hold on sweetie. Let her go, Gabriel!"
John wakes up, being behind Gabriel and Rowan. Realizing where he is he grabs his weapon back, still on the floor, and fires at Gabriel in the back. This wounds her making her throw Rowan into John, and Gabriel pushing Angela out of the way running out of the room. Angela sits up seeing John holding a crying Rowan in his arms, trying to calm her down a little. Angela stands up quickly getting over to both of them kneeling on the ground,
"Rowan! Rowan are you alright!"
Rowan pull's herself out of Johns arms and into Angela's hugging her,
"Mommy I hate that lady!"
Angela giggles a little but strokes Rowans ebony hair to try and calm her down,
"calm down sweetie everything's fine. That mean old woman is gone now, were here."
John smiles looking down at the little girl in Angela's arms, almost looking at a reflection of himself.
"Mommy…That lady told me about my Daddy."
Angela looks down at Rowan with a shocked expression,
"really? Well who is he then?"
"That lady said that he would do anything to get me back and that his name was John Con…Con…"
Angela smiles from her daughter not able to pronounce her Father's last name,
"Constantine?"
"Yeah! Mommy do you know him?"
Angela nods smiling and looks at John,
"Rowan…This is John Constantine."
Rowan looks up at John's serious face and smiles wide then her expression turns to a curious one,
"why weren't you home with us?"
He smiles at Angela then down at Rowan,
"I had to deal with the evil people here in this place…The ones with the funny looking faces."
"Oh so you're a super hero?"
"No…I'm just a normal guy."
Rowan smiles as Angela and John get up, John picking Rowan up in his arms and carrying her. Chas coming upstairs,
"John! I got that Gabriel woman."
"Good."
Chas sees the little girl John's holding with one arm,
"who do you got there?"
Angela and John just look at each other then to Chas,
"Chas this is my daughter…Rowan."
Chas's eyes widen,
"you have a daughter! When were you going to tell me this!"
"Well I didn't know until a few minutes ago, Chas."
They all walk from the building outside to the taxi cab, a shadow looming in the alley besides the abandoned building watching the Constantine family leave.
Authors Note: thats chaper 3. Rowans back safe and sound, and she finally meets her Dad good old John. But Mammon and Gabriel are still out there, wonder what their going to do next? Good question. R&R for future chapters.