The Strange Apprentice- Book One

Chapter 9

I hung up the phone and walked fast to the train stop. A crack on the middle of the road was starting to open,inside was a creature desperate to get out.I had a major deja vu. Only this time, other people were in actual danger and they were going to see the whole thing happen unless I did something. My first instinct was to put me and the demon inside the mirror division so people on the street could be safe. I recognized the damn creature, Tul'Uth. It had came back. My stalker appeared behind me and knock me down to the ground. As i expected it was another demon assuming a human form. The creature climbed on top of me trying to choke me. I was able to kick him out with my legs. I dropped my backpack and assumed a fighting position. C' Mon Casey, Doc trained you for this moment it was time for you to show what you can do. I put my shields up,while the demon made a run for it towards me. I was able to throw him a few punches but made me a couple bruises and a wound on my cheek. Cracks on the ground were starting to open beneath me, they were filled with lava and lost souls were trying to pull me down with them. The lifeless on his faces made me tremble, i was frightened like I haven't been in a long time. My attacker spitted balls of fire through his mouth, my magic shields weren't going to hold for much longer. The final shot knock me out for good, the creature was going to turn me into ash like my grandfather, when it was hit by something. It was Doc, he must have picked up a disturbance in the orb of Agamotto and had came to solve it. Tul'Uth screamed while he tried to fight him with his arms. Doc bend over the buildings on top of Tul'Uth, altering the reality to stall him while he helped me get up. He grabbed my arm and made me run down the street, but smaller demons intersected us. I used my blade to defeat some of them but they were to many to count. Cracks continued opening on the ground living us without escape. Tul'Uth managed to get himself out of the prison Doc had made him, and knock me far away from the action with one of his gigantic arms. I was unconscious for a few seconds, almost fading away. My last thoughts went to my parents and to Doc. Doc tried to reach me but the Tul'Uth grabbed him and got him up in the air. Everything seemed lost when a fireball hit Tul' Uth on the back. I watched the whole thing. Constantine had appeared to save me. He summoned demons of his own which defeated the smaller demons we had encountered, and an angel which took care of Tul'Uth making him let go of Doc. He was dropping for more than a 5 floor height, but the angel caught him and put him down. Constantine was fighting Tul'Uth almost by himself, and was winning. He made himself invisible (didn't know he could do that), while he used necromancers that he had summoned to successfully immobilized the demon, and push him back to where he had came from. He sealed the crack on the ground. All the creatures he had summoned came back to where he had called them through a pentagram drawn on the floor with fire which he made disappear. The situation had been handled. I was still a little dizzy when Doc rushed over near me and helped me get up. I was ok. When i saw Constantine observing us, i rushed to him.

- What are you doing here?

- You know, people tend to say thank you in this situations.

-How did you find out about us? We are inside the mirror dimension!

- If there is a demon involved, I find my way.

- How did you freed yourself from my spell? It was supposed to last at least for a few hours.

- Maybe you are not as much good of a sorcerer as you think you are, love- he made a pause, he genuinely looked concern- you're hurt.

- I'm fine- I answered.

Doc walked in on us:

- I'm sorry, am i interrupting something?

- No. Doc, this is John Constantine. John, this is Doctor Stephen Strange- They shook hands. Doc looked suspicious. He is a fan of black magic as much as i am.- John offered to help with our demon problem- i stated.