Exploring the End (Tag: Anyone)

Sunshine shook her head quietly. She saw it all. She saw him go in and the green light. She still was recovering from the slight headache about it, too. Her hand fell to one side. Hanging off of her wrist was a golden ring, shined to a polish, glistening. It may have just looked like an expensive bracelet, but anyone who knew Shadow knew exactly was it was.

“He left the other one to you and Pitch. He said he trusted the Others Unit with them for...when he was gone.”

"Yang. Getting angry about this will only make the situation worse. Disparion feeds on negativity. You saw how he got people to feel the worse...and then just...literally helped him out." She learned the truth too late. Disparion had sent a demon to mess with the minds of certain people, bring out the worst in them. "He didn't tell me the whole truth either. At least not in person." She reached into her pocket, pulling out the folded sheet of paper Shadow had given her before he literally went to hell. "And even with this, there are still some holes."

Riku was having a day. One minute he was carrying along getting donuts from his new family in law, and the next there was utter apocalyptic chaos going on and he didn't know where his wife was. He needed to make sure she was okay before anything else, at least that was what his heart said. His sense of duty on the other hand...He'd almost shot three terrified citizens in his panic, mistaking them for monsters. He'd directed them to safety when he realized who they were though, and continued on his way. The next time it happened though, well, the citizen wasn't completely defenseless and Riku had heard stories about him. Mainly, not to trust the djinn. Aqua had issued a warning about Constantine. Constantine on his part was sending fireballs through two creatures trying to attack some kids. So Riku felt compelled to help him. Maybe they could strike a deal. Riku pulled out his gun and loaded some jade bullets before taking a pinch of combustible powder and blowing it in the eyes of the demons. They screamed and cried out in agony as he shot them. Constantine nodded at the actions.

"I owe you my life and the lives of these two wee babes. I don't like that"

"Well, since I saved you, you owe me. I'd like you to help me find my wife, as soon as we take care of these kids"

"No worries lad, I told them to go to a friend's. She'll probably get them to safety"

"...Do I want to know who this 'friend' is?"

"All you need to know is she's a good leader. Now, who's your wife lad?"

"Sunshine Seddon"

"Do you have anything of hers?"

Riku pulled out of his pocket a locket, which he'd kept some of Sunshine's hair. He used it to make a small ward of luck and protection for her, but hadn't had the time to give the now spelled hair back. It would come in handy. Constantine took it and began mumbling words, lifting off the ground and being wrapped in an aura. He settled to the ground in a few minutes and the hair charm glowed white purple. It floated just above Constantine's hand. "I'll take you to her, the charm will lead but only in my hands" the blond said and Riku grimaced but nodded.

"fair enough. Just take me there"

it was the cemetery. Of course it was.

"Sun?" Riku called, tense.

Yang was silent for a moment as she scanned the paper.  So this was what had been going on.  At least Shadow hadn't brought about the end of the world willingly.  He'd had no choice.  Yang still felt like she would have liked to at least try to stop it though, before it happened.  If Shadow had told her about this sooner, she would have done all she could to help.  Why did he feel like he had to deal with this alone?  Why keep all these secrets?  Weren't they close enough to get past all that?  She pushed the thought aside, deciding to worry about it later.  Sunshine had said that Shadow wasn't completely gone, so that was good.  She just hoped he stayed that way long enough for them to find him, or he might be gone for good.  She looked up when she heard a voice call Sunshine's name.  It sounded an awful lot like Riku, but Sunshine reacted on the offensive, maybe thinking it was a trick or something.  It was the end of the world, after all.  You couldn't be too careful.  Yang's fists glowed lightly with flames as she stood alongside Sunshine, although she did smile slightly at her friend's "kitchen sink" comment.  "Just come out nice and easy, buddy," she said calmly.  "If you're some monster pretending to be Sunshine's husband, you've got another thing coming."

Sunshine stayed absolutely still. While her hand slowly lowered from the gun, the threat to shoot being lost to the favor of a parley, she still was mistrusting. Not of her husband, but of the demon he brought with him. The face was one she recognized. John Constantine, who would come in once in a while but something rubbed her the wrong way. It was then that he confirmed an “old master.” It had to be Disparion.

“Doesn’t hurt to have someone who worked for Disparion once. But what’s in it for you?”

Constantine hesitated. "Cruella...I want to give her a chance to regroup her girls. Her pack is her life" And Cruella had turned into his life. He wouldn't mind being the hybrid's mate, or partner or whatever she wanted. He just wanted her and her girls safe. "Being in a somewhat human body gave me emotions. I want to protect the one person dear to me, and the people who are dear to her" he might as well be honest.

Riku looked at Constantine. "Cruella the rumored underworld boss? You..." he shook his head with a half smile. Love sure was strange. "Aright, you have people to protect too. Let's get this taken care of so nobody any of us cares about gets hurt"

Yang raised an eyebrow. Cruella had a sketchy reputation, although she'd never been convicted of anything. Was Constantine seriously involved with her? She decided not to ask. If she was willing to put aside her disdain for Vanitas aside to make Moses happy, she could work for this guy in order to find Shadow. Sunshine seemed to think the same as she gave Riku and Constantine a summary of what they were doing. "We're looking for the grave of a girl named Maria Gerald," she added. "She was a friend of Shadow's."