Chapter 2 - Witch Hunt

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3rd Person POV

"How's our magical upgrade going, Ray?" Sara asks

"Almost done, I think." Ray says through the comms. "Though the they never covered how to interface time seismographs and enchanted bones in the Ivy U PhD program."

He works some more

Sara, Mick, Zari, and Brooklyn -- holding a sleeping Maddie -- all wait for Ray to return to his normal size after he's done upgrading

Ray returns to his size

"Well, that should do it." Ray says. "My peers would say that science and magic don't mix, but to them, I'd ask, Have you seen The Fifth Element?" Ray laughs. "Right?"

"Ivy U sounds like a real party school." Zari says

"Oh, I hope this works." Sara says. "We need a way to pinpoint magical threats on the timeline. I mean, who knows what kind of creatures are out there wreaking havoc on history?"

"Like, uh, vampires." Mick says

"Gremlins." Zari says

"Aswangs." Ray says. The group gives him a look. "Cannibalistic Filipino were-beasts with proboscis-like tongues. I've been doing some research just in case.

"I thought that's why we had Constantine. " Zari says

"Yeah, about that." Sara says. "Constantine is--"

"Tired, hungover, and in need of a stiff one." Constantine says, walking in with a trunk. "Dealer's choice as to what that's a euphemism for."

"He's here." Sara says

The group walks down the stairs and joins Constantine on the bridge

"Yeah, you know, I meant what I said about joining you lot, but then I pictured that same lot squaring off against some of the manky buggers that I've come up against, and I thought, Yeah, you know what? You're right. You're all bloody doomed without me." Constantine says. "One aswang will take you down without breaking a sweat."

"Ha ha! New legend alert." Ray exclaims. "I better go update the chore wheel."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on, sunshine." Constantine says. "I'm not a bloody legend. I'm merely offering my services as a consultant, and as such, I have some stipulations. I don't do silly costumes, I expect full benefits, and I require no less than two weeks paid vacation."

"Vacation?" Zari asks

"Paid?" Mick growls

"Easy." Sara warns Mick

The device in the parlor beeps

"Hey, it worked." Ray says

Zari walks over to the console

"Will you look at that?" Zari says as the others join her. "We already got a... Do we have a special name for these magical fugitives?"

"Well, I was thinking, since they're mysteries involving mythical beings, we could go with myth-teries." Ray says

"That's stupid." Brooklyn notes

"Fugitives it is." Sara says. "What's it say?"

"Salem, Massachusetts, 1692." Zari says

"First day on the job, and you're taking me to the bloody witch trials." Constantine says

"Well, I hope you're feeling morally superior because we are getting our Puritan purit-on." Sara announces

They all look at her

"That was too much, right?" Sara says

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