Life's Gifts
-Chapter 7-
Just another day in the life of Rowan Constantine, Rowan thought as she sat in English class barely awake. As Rowan yawns a blonde haired girl in front of her turns her head towards Rowan, Rowan's eyes widening. Seeing the girl's face disappear leaving nothing but what it looks to be a dead person's decaying face, she jumps back in her seat frightened as the girl smiles evilly knowing Rowan can see her for real.The teacher sees this and order's Rowan to go to the office for class disruption, Rowan gladly getting up and out of the class in a hurry.
Minutes later Angela's called to Rowan's school by the Principal because of what Rowan is saying about one of her classmates, Angela walking into the office dressed in her usual detective attire walking into the Principal's office. Principal Moss motions Angela to take a seat next to Rowan Angela sitting down giving Rowan a disappointed look, then looking at the Principal.
"Now Mrs. Constantine…Your Daughter Rowan here has been telling me some wild stories about one of her classmates that is even beyond far-fetched."
"Oh well Rowan's always been a good story teller."
Angela smiles nervously hoping the Principal believes her,
"Mrs. Constantine…I would like for you to take your Daughter home and straighten her out."
Angela nods her smile faded getting up Rowan following close behind out of the office and into the school hallways, Angela giving Rowan a odd look.
"Rowan…What did you see when you looked at the person in your class?"
Rowan looks at her Mother oddly,
"I thought you and the Principal didn't believe me?"
"Just tell me please, dear."
"Ok…When I looked at the girl I saw her face just disappear revealing a decayed looking face like she's been dead or something."
Angela sighs knowing what's happening now Rowan giving her a odd look still, realizing something.
"You know what that was don't you Mom?"
Angela shakes her head,
"we'll talk about it with your Father when we get home."
Rowan sighs a little disappointed.
John sits at one of the tables in the back of Midnight's bar talking with Midnight, the music of the bar slightly heard from outside the room their in.
"You know John it's been a while since you've come, what's been keeping you? Family matters perhaps?"
John nods taking out a piece of gum,
"guess you could put it like that. Teenagers can be a pain in the ass."
Midnight chuckles taking a drag from his cigar,
"just be glad that you have family John you never know what you have until it's truly gone."
"Where'd you hear that at or is it some kind of voodoo advice."
Midnight sighs shaking his head,
"it's an old saying John I'm surprised you've never heard it until now. Which reminds me when will I get to see this beautiful Daughter of yours?"
"Hopefully never, her being like me isn't a good thing when I want her to live."
"If she's truly like you then she will live. But there is one other thing, John."
"Yeah and what's that?"
"I've heard some of the half breeds come through here talking about your girl and also…He's making the claim's on both of you…He'd come up here himself to collect both of you. But their only rumors you'd still want to be careful about that."
"I always am. I should get back home it's almost time for school to let out."
Midnight smirks as he watches John leave walking back to the bowling alley.
As John walks in he sees Angela standing up with her arms crossed waiting on him and Rowan sitting down at the table drinking a glass of water, John walks over to Angela wondering why Rowan's here early.
"Angela? What happened?"
She frowns looking at John like she's about to cry,
"John…She saw again, it's time."
Rowan looks at her parents,
"time for what? What's going on!"
Angela smiles at Rowan walking over to her,
"sweetie go get some rest me and your Father have to talk."
"Ok…"
Rowan gets up leaving her glass behind walking into her room closing the door behind her, and falling down on her bed. John and Angela both look at each other tears starting to fall down Angela's cheeks,
"John she's going to be like us…"
John gets closer to Angela embracing her holding her trying to calm her down,
"she'll be alright…She'll be fine."
Rowan fall's asleep almost instantly getting the feeling like she's falling downwards like last night, waking up in the same place that looks like Hell. She gets up quickly getting the feeling she's needed somewhere, running to the street's seeing the same woman that looks like her Mom. Rowan gets a good head start running as fast as she can towards Isabel just when she's about to jump Rowan grabs hold of her wrist pulling her back.
A bright light blinds Rowan making her shield her eyes, the light disappears but all she sees is light around her like a white room. What she doesn't realize is that a woman is in the room with her, the woman she brought back from taking her own life. Rowan stares into the green eyes of the woman identical to her Mother,
"who are you?"
Isabel smiles not wearing a hospital gown anymore, her hair kind of wavy and brushed like her Mother's, wearing black dress pants and a button up white shirt.
"My names Isabel…Thank you…You are truly your Father's Daughter. My niece."
"Your niece! What!"
Isabel nods almost laughing from Rowan's shocked expression,
"My last names Dodson…I'm your Mom's sister."
Rowan's eyes widen,
"Mom had a twin…But…How'd we get here?"
"By you young Constantine…You brought us here between Heaven and Hell. Your very powerful I can tell."
"Powerful? How am I powerful I can't do anything."
"Oh but you can. Do you know what you are Rowan?"
Rowan shakes her head,
"your psychic like I was, and like your Mother and Father. You even saved your parents when you were younger when your Father had no idea who you were, let me remind you, let me show you what happened."
As Isabel puts her hand on Rowans shoulder a number of visions go through Rowan's mind of how her parents met, when they separated, when she was kidnapped, and when she saved her Mother from Mammon. As Isabel releases Rowan's shoulder Rowan looks at Isabel exasperated,
"that mean's…I can actually kill demons…?"
Isabel smiles,
"yes. You must get back to your parents to help them."
"Help them with what?"
"You'll see."
Rowan wakes up getting up quickly and out of her bedroom into the kitchen seeing John holding Angela,
"Mom! Dad!"
Rowan goes over to them hugging them both happily Angela smiling at Rowan,
"well what brought this on?"
Rowan smiles wide at them both,
"oh…Just a little insight from Aunt Isabel."
"Aunt Isa-?"
John and Angela both look at each other shocked, John looking at Rowan then smiling.
"Look's like she knows now."
Rowan smiles,
"uh huh and I put her back in Heaven where she belongs."
John looks at Rowan oddly,
"you what?"
"I put Aunt Izzy back in Heaven?"
Angela looks at John smiling wide,
"your right…She is powerful."
John gives both of them a serious look,
"look's like we'll have to see Midnight about this. Come on we'll go now I just saw him a couple minutes ago."
Angela and Rowan both walk to the door Angela giving John a odd look,
"why did you go to see Midnight?"
"We'll talk about it later."
They all leave the loft walking downstairs into the bowling alley and walking out, the sun almost down.
A man looking in his early thirties comes out from around a corner the black of his eyes glowing red, giving a crooked smile, wearing nothing but black. John stops and looks at the man or half breed as the case may be, the man stepping closer to John. Angela and Rowan both stop looking at the half breed and John with their eyes locked, Angela trying to pull Rowan away but she wont. She whispers to Angela,
"he's one of them…"
Angela nods still trying to pull Rowan away but Rowan stays put, the half breed giving John and Rowan crooked evil smiles.
"So…You're the great John Constantine…It's a pleasure my name is Daniel, and this must be your lovely Wife and Daughter."
He smiles wide trying to get closer to Rowan and Angela but is stopped by John getting in front of him, John's voice low and almost sounding poisonous.
"Touch my family and I'll deport your sorry ass back to Hell where you belong."
"I'd like to see you try Exorcist."
Daniel gets in John's face their noses almost touching locking eyes, Rowan's eyes a little wide from what all's going on. John kicks the half breed backwards in the chest giving out brass knuckles with crosses on them, Daniel getting back is composure and charging at John. Angela pull's Rowan along so she won't be in danger,
"no Mom I want to see!"
"Come on Rowan!"
John punches Daniel in the eye making part of his skin fall off exposing the rotted flesh of his eyebrow, Rowan getting out of Angela's grip and running back to the fight. Daniel grabs John by the collar throwing him against a brick wall pretty hard, Rowan's eyes wide.
"Dad!"
Rowan runs over to John pushing Daniel to the ground while running, Daniel getting up growling at Rowan.
"You'll pay for that young one!"
Rowan kneels quickly down to John's level seeing he's sort of hurt but not badly, she stands up looking at Daniel giving a menacing look her eyes turning a violet color. Daniel lunges at her, but Rowan holds up her hands instinctively throwing fire from her hands at Daniel on accident making his face melt and reveal his real face. He screams in pain and runs, Angela running over seeing Rowan's eyes turn back to piercing brown. Rowan looks down at her hands,
"whoa…"
John looks up at Rowan, getting up and hugging her. He gives her a smile,
"that's my girl."
A/n- That's chapter 7. Rowan put Isabel back in Heaven where she belongs and actually help's out John when a half breed shows up, she's having a wacky day isn't she? R&R for future chapters.