"When are you cutting me open? Hurry, my 'baby' can't wait!" Constantine yanked open his shirt, revealing a blurry face pressing outward from his abdomen.
He'd hosted demons before, but Mammon's restlessness was new.
"Not until I deal with this," Gabriel said, eyeing Rumlow's approach, tense. His fiery aura stirred bad memories.
Rumlow, axe in hand, looked irritated, like he was stuck with tedious work. "You're an angel?" he asked, glaring down at Gabriel's swollen face, axe dangling in a standoff.
"As you see, lamb," Gabriel replied calmly, voice tinged with pity.
"Hey!" "Ha!" "Who's—" Luke's war cry cut in, blade at his side, charging like a brutal bull, aiming to gut Gabriel.
Rumlow roared, stepping back, conjuring an Ancestral Hammer's shadow to smash Gabriel's head. Gabriel, unconcerned by the attacks, felt malice behind it. A familiar hand gripped its broken wing, stripping its power.
"Who?" Gabriel managed before collapsing, strength gone.
"My God! Hurry, the baby wants to see the world! Hope it can face life's truth bravely!" Constantine clutched his belly, shouting a twisted Romain Rolland quote.
Crack! Rumlow's hammer slammed Gabriel into the ground, nearly splattering it, but a black hand blocked the blow. Gabriel, pinned like a nail, couldn't dodge Luke's charge. The rugged blade pierced its waist, nearly flipping it.
"Seems you're fed up with it?" a gentle voice said. Manny, an angel, held Gabriel's wing root, stopping Luke's blade with his other hand. Pristine white wings spread, radiating holiness.
"Oh, dear Manny, you playing dad to this kid?" Constantine, veins bulging, roared.
Manny ignored him, taking the Spear of Destiny from Gabriel. "Gabriel, the Lord no longer shelters you. Your actions defy Heaven's code," Manny declared loudly.
When Manny gripped Gabriel's wing, its power seemed reclaimed by Heaven. Matt, blind but wary, sensed something off about Manny's arrival.
"Phew, so angels can look like this. Guess the storybook writers saw your model," Luke said, pulling his blade from Gabriel's waist, eyeing Manny.
"But black angels? That's a surprise," Luke added, casually referencing race, unbothered as a Black man himself.
"Let me help Constantine," Manny said, leaving the powerless Gabriel slumped on the ground, too weak to speak. He approached Constantine, toying with the Spear.
Matt, uneasy but unsure why, readied for combat, axe raised, shielding Angel. "Didn't you say observe only?" Constantine asked, fishing for a cigarette with one hand, pressing his belly to calm Mammon with the other.
"Hell broke the rules first, so I can intervene," Manny said, nearing Constantine, extending his black hand.
In the other dimension, the Ancient One eyed Manny oddly. Bul-Kathos watched Andariel wrestle Satan in Hell, gaining the upper hand.
Rumlow, with an "am I done?" look, and Luke, curiously observing, watched Manny squat beside Constantine, raising the Spear as Constantine looked expectant, fearless.
The array glowed black. Bul-Kathos's expression shifted.
In Hell, Satan, pained by his waist wound while grappling Andariel, felt a summoning pull. It bypassed Agamotto's barrier, a clear beacon from Earth, laced with Constantine's near-death aura. "Hold them off!" Satan roared, answering the call.
Human summons didn't provoke the Sorcerer Supreme's ire—it was Earth's invitation. Under the shocked gazes of other Hell lords, Satan and Andariel vanished together. The array summoned the target and nearby beings. Andariel, a barbarian, was magically obtuse—only tanking or dodging worked against magic.
(Chapter End)
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