Demons

6. The Heist

Sara leads Zee into the Waverider.

"Gideon, is John on board?" Sara asks.

"Yes, Captain. Shall I call him in?"

"Yes. Thank you."

Nate walks in. He drops the book in his hand at the sight of Zee.

"Oh my god. You're Zatanna Zatara!"

Zee laughs. "I am."

"I've been a fan of you forever. I went to Gotham once to see your show."

"I'm surprised you recognized me without my magician outfit," she laughs. "Most people don't."

"Well," he clears his throat. "I'll admit, I was kind of obsessed with you for a couple years. I was so fascinated by how you did your tricks. I've never been able to figure some of them out."

Sara butts in. "You can nerd over her later. We've got pressing matters to deal with."

Nate retrieves his book from the ground. "What happened?"

"I need to get everyone in here to catch everyone up. Gideon, call everyone here."

"Yes, Captain. Shall I also call Director Sharpe?"

"No. She doesn't need to be involved with this. It has nothing to do with time. This is my mess."

"Yes, Captain."

The team shuffles in one by one. Constantine is the last one to enter.
Zatanna smiles when she sees him.

"Hi, Johnny," she says.

It takes a moment for John to realize who she is.

"Zatanna? No bloody way that's you."

"In the flesh."

John walks up to her. "But you're all grown up now."

Zatanna laughs. "Well, 13 years tends to do that to a 12-year-old, Johnny."

"Has it really been that long?"

Sara claps her hands together. "Sorry to break up this reunion, but we got work to do."

"Why are you here?" John asks Zatanna while ignoring Sara.

"I need your help, Johnny," Zatanna starts. "It's my father. I think he was taken by a demon."

"Which one?"

"I...don't know. I haven't practiced Demonology since you were teaching me..."

"Why do you think it was a demon?"

"I tried tracking my father's essence. I for some reason couldn't teleport to him so I tried connecting telepathically. All I heard was 'Demon' before our link disconnected."

"It got disconnected? How is that possible?"

"I didn't think it was. At least, not with me and my father."

"Well, I can think of two things. Either this demon is also telepathic and blocked his mind from you, or your father cut you off himself."

"Do you know of demon that can do that?"

"So many of them...I don't even know where to start."

Sara interjects. "Zatanna, we will help you with your demon problem, but can you help me with my problem really quick? It won't take long. I promise."

"Sure. You needed me to incapacitate your friend or something?"

"Actually, I was wondering if you could teleport in there, grab her, and teleport her into our holding cell."