I'm almost sure many people know John Constantine. He seems to have his way, he always did. I'm sure he's also mentioned me at least once. Zatanna, or as he likes to call me, Zee. I'm also sure he's mentioned our history. Ex-lovers. Yeah I'll admit it was nice at the time, but I don't know. He's got his work as do I. If I were to tell you every problem I had with him, you'd be a year older when I'm done.
At the time I was reading when I got a call from an old friend.
"Heh, hey, Zee."
Oh god, what did he do this time, "Hello, John. What happened now?"
"Why do yeh assume I'm needin' somethin', Luv'?"
Like it wasn't obvious, "Because usually you work alone unless you're in an extremely tight situation in which you can't get yourself out of."
". . . Fair point. I don' suppose you're busy, are yeh?"
I look down at my book and close it, "So what happened?"
"Funny you should ask, Luv'. I erhm, don' know."
I stand, "What do you mean you don't know, what happened?"
"I just showed up to the scene, Zee. This is somethin' I've never seen."
Shit, "Let me know where you are, I'm on my way."
Once I arrived where John was, I looked around before walking to him. He had his hands in his pockets and a lit cigarette between his lips. He flashed a smile at me. That smile is the same one I've seen countless times. I return the smile and meet him.
"Ey, Zee. Glad yeh could make it, Luv'. Anyways, I was informed of a demon possession. But when I arrived, I guess the demon had already left the bloke. He was shakin' and mutterin' who knows what. When I walked up, he ran. Bloody 'ell, I'd say this is a new kind of shit."
John wasn't wrong, this demon wasn't like the rest. It sounded like it was attacking people at random only to drive them insane then go to a new target. Definitely not the normal.
"I agree. Did you find anything before I got here?"
John shook his head and took his cigarette to puff out smoke, "Nothin'. Although. . ."
"Although what? Did you remember something?"
"The man was mutterin' about a woman. . ."
"A woman?"
"Just as stuck as you are, Luv'."
"A woman drives someone insane, but you get a call for demon possession. What the hell is going on?"
"Dunno, Zee. Thought yeh might be able to help me."
I hope I will be helpful in time. As of now, this was a mess that was going to take hard work to organize. A lot of hard work and time.
"I'll do a bit of research. A demon woman that drives people insane?"
John puffed out smoke again, "Yep, sounds about right, Luv'. I'll do me own research as well."
If this was something powerful. . .
"John, I'll take care of this one. I've got nothing to do anyways."
"Y'sure, Luv'?"
I nodded, "I need to keep myself busy."
"A'ight then. Be careful though, Zee."
I smirk and laugh a little, "John, funny to hear that coming from you."
He scoffed, "I'm careful. Don' know what yeh thinking."
Sure, if that helps him sleep at night, I'll let him believe it.
