Before anyone could even say anything else, Bane in his wolf spirit shadow form appeared and spoke with Serena telling her to accept help. Kay watched on as she rubbed her temples S she tried to put some of the missing pieces to the gethrr of the time she seemed to have lost but couldn't figure it out. She hoped when Serena got her full help from Bane that things would be explained to her. She saw how weak John as yet again which made her scooched closer to check on him. Chas nodded at Serena's question, "you was yeah, throwing the water on you was our only way of waking you up. Or John would have passed out from channeling the energy to give to you. Not only that Fee risked Kay to get Bane here to help save you" he explained, which now made all the pieces begin to fall into place for Kay also. "so please accept his help and link to him again" he requested.

She looked at him and said “okay...but this time, learn your lesson. I can’t get found again...” Bane nodded and vanished. Serena flinched and lowered her head.

John sat on the floor and held his head. “We might have been too late...” he tried to get up and the room spun. He looked at Chas and said “sorry mate...I...” he fell forward and Serena cursed trying to move fast enough to catch him.

There was a relief to Kay and Chas when Serena agreed to remain linked to Bane and keep on fighting instead of just simply giving up. As John spoke up after Bane joined once more with Serena, Kay quickly saw how uneasy John was. "John?" she asked cautiously, and like Serena did, she quickly went to grab him as he fell forward, as did Chas. "John?! John don't you bloody well dare mate!" he cursed him, lifting his friend up and carrying him to the couch where he laid him down. Kay followed as it was a mere two steps to do so from where she was. "does this guy do this a lot?" she asked Chas, who gave a shrug in return, "yes and no. Depends on the situation. He's usually better than this though and stronger, it makes no sense to me with this situation" he explained, running his hand through his hair clearly looking confused and almost paniced over the situation. Kay nodded slowly and took JOhn's hand, hoping there would be a way to help him once again even though she was weak herself by this point.

"Kay don't you bloody dare do anything reckless, you're still learning about what you can do and you're not even fully linked with Fee yet." Chas warned her, but Kay just simply looked at Chas with almost daggers in her eyes, not toward him, but more toward his words. "and I need him to help me to do that! I have never let someone just die or go through something tough alone and I'm not about to start now! If I'm truly a phoenix then if I go too far then I'll just get reborn right? That's what the bloody firebird is all about.... rebirth? So whose to say I can't help John right now?" she countered, which made Chas go silent as he really didn't have an answer for what she said. "Serena, is there a way you can help me?" she asked.

Serena moved over and check John over and smirked. “His alright guys...I think he just fainted from the loss and getting up too fast...” she checked his pulse and nodded. “His heart is fine...Chas, lift his feet. We need to get the blood back to his brain. I think we need to just bring him back around so he can eat something...”

When his feet were raised John groaned, turning his head. Serena smiled and said “Kay, talk to him, help him wake up”

The moment Serena came over and checked John over, confirming that he was indeed okay and not indeed of any other kind of help apart from the simple moves of lifting his legs and giving him a moment to wake up, then making him eat something, Kay felt overwhelmed with relief. Chas nodded and did as he was instructed to do, lifting his legs up slightly,propping them up on the armrest so they were just bit higher than his head. He even used a cushion under his feet to give that extra little bit of height, which he figured was helping as he heard his best mate groan. Kay didn't waste any time in doing as Serena suggested to her, "John wake up, you're alright and just fainted but you need to wake up." she spoke to him, despite her words, her tone was actually quite soft. She noticed how pale he looked from fainting and knew he definitely needed something sugary in him to bring his blood sugars back up.

"I'll grab him something to eat. I know where his secret stash of dark chocolate is, even if he thinks I don't know" Chas said with a smug smirk and tone to his voice, knowing it'd be the perfect thing for him to eat when John stirred. He walked into the kitchen and went straight to the cupboard under the sink, where he reached his arm round to the left and pulled out John's box where he stashed the chocolate. He knew his mate wasn't a massive sweet tooth but he did always know about his appreciation for decent chocolate and not the cheap stuff. It was only when he walked back through the kitchen and to the girls and John, that he realised all the girl's stuff was still on the kitchen table. Making it back to John, he opened one of the bars of chocolate and wafted it in front of his nose as Kay continued to talk to him to wake him up. He couldn't help but notice how Kay was around his mate and had to wonder if Kay had any kind of crush on his mate, not that he would be surprised by it as it seemed anyone and everyone found John attractive and it was no real secret he liked to sleep around with anyone who would have him. Even if there was no emotional attachment to his past notches on the metaphorical bed post. He wasn't going to say anything but it just seemed crazy to him that someone they just meant was so adamant on helping John to the point of putting their life on the line for it. He also thought it wasn't very discreet how much softer she was when hesitantly going for John's hand or talking to him and vise versa.

Serena was checking his vitals again as John groaned again and opened his eyes. “Wait...who has my chocolate?” He slowly sat up, Serena helping him to move slow. “Your okay, you fainted from getting up too fast. You need to eat and don’t get up. Kay, you are to make sure he doesn’t move got it? Your my nurse right now...” Serena got up to go the kitchen

John smiled at them and said “sorry...I’m okay I swear...”

Serena stood in the kitchen, her hands shaking badly as she stood in the middle of the room. She looked up, tears starting to roll down her cheeks as her breathing got sharp. “Not again...breath Serena...”

Chas couldn't help but smirk at John's first words as he came round once more before throwing the chocolate onto John's chest in a way that said 'eat'. Kay couldn't help but find it amusing as well at the way he reacted when he woke up, she looked at Serena and nodded, "got it" she replied to her as Serena exited the main room and went into the kitchen. She slapped his arm after John apologised and insisted he was okay, "don't bloody scare me like that!" she scolded before sighing, "but I'm glad you're okay" she said in a much softer tone. She was still trying to digest everything that had happened in the last 24 hours as it was a lot to acknowledge and accept. She had no idea that Serena was still struggling in the kitchen to some idea as her focus was solely on John and in some ways, Chas.

She remained on the floor by the couch the entire time, not wanting to leave where she was. Chas then remembered about the supplies and decided to head to the kitchen to grab them. "I'll err..go check on Serena" he said, swiftly exiting the room. Kay fell into a silence but not an awkward one. It was simply a comfortable silence as she glanced down at the floor where her belongings still remained, out of a bag. "Looking at my life laid out like this is seriously depressing. Makes me realise how little I have to my name. How if I truly died for good, I have nothing to make me think anyone would even miss me. Or even know I was gone" she said after the silence. It of course wasn't entirely true, she did have her adoptive family but they weren't in her life anymore due to her choice of wanting to keep them safe and out of this shit show that was this world of supernatural beings and mythical creatures. She didn't want to risk getting her only form of family killed because she was near them. Which these last 24 hours showed her just how easily those who she could let in, would be killed because of her, or more precisely, the need for her. She was trying so hard mentally not to let these people in, to keep them at arm's length but she couldn't do it. Now here she was wondering why she feels like a teenage girl with her first crush around John.

John smirked and popped the candy in his mouth saying “trust me, worse has happened to me love...nothing tht can’t be fixed or undone...” he reached out and took her hand and said “we would notice. The world would notice if it lost a light as bright as yours...you don’t have to hide anymore. Today you showed that your not just a treasure to be found...your also the dragon guarding the treasure...we can get more to your name...”

Serena was still standing in the kitchen, arms wrapped around her middle as silent tears rolled down her face. She had had to play strong and brave till now, now she remembered the own crap load she was being handed. She closed her eye, not hearing Chas come in as she muttered “you won’t be a battery for hell, Serena...it will be okay...get a grip...”

Kay simply nodded at his words about being okay and how he'd been through worse than just fainting which wasn't entirely surprising to her in the slightest. "that somehow doesn't surprise me" she smirked ever so slightly. The smirk disappeared however when he spoke back at her ramblings about her own life, telling her he and the others would notice, as would the world. What he said felt incredibly cheesy, but it meant something to her nonetheless. It was only as she looked down and went to speak back that she truly realise that he was holding her hand. "thanks John...it was incredibly corny and cheesy what you said but it did mean a lot hearing that. I guess I'm just feeling done with only really existing and surviving and not being able to truly live, if that even makes any ounce of sense to you?" she replied honestly. "I just don't want to be alone anymore, I'm tired of having my walls up constantly, and I have no idea why I'm pouring my heart out to you like this" she added with a soft half snigger.

Chas didn't initially notice that Serena was crying until he looked over as he heard her muttering to herself. "hey, you okay? You know you don't have to play the hard tough girl the whole time around us right? It's okay to break down in this place, none of us will judge you for it. John has had his fair share of break downs ya know. Not to mention the fact I'm a dad, so I'm a good listener if you wanna chat" he softly told her. "what I'm basically trying to say is that you're not alone. It really is true when they say a problem shared is a problem halved. You're safe here. You both are. Neither myself or John will let either of you be taken to Hell for any reason." he added. "so how about you take a long bath in the bathroom whilst you can? Truly relax now you got proper supplies?" he suggested.

John moved his hand to tilt hers to look at his face. “Because you need someone to watch your back. I was like you...always going and always running...until I found people I could trust. Like Chas. You don’t have to run anymore...whatever comes, we will beat them back with sticks if we must...take you time with the walls coming down...there’s no rush here...”

Serena looked at Chas, wiping her eyes on her sleeve. “When I was doing my time at a hospital...my second year...I was working to be a ER doctor...then a guy comes in with chest pain...but when we were alone in the room, he changed into a demon. He grabbed me, trying to drain the life out of me. He kept saying I was a never ending power source...the shadows are a never ending battery...I had to grab paddles to shock him off of me. Then I ran...and blocked the link to Bane...I had to do it to save us both...” she covered her face and said “it still wasn’t enough to protect those around me...John got hurt because of it...”

Kay slowly looked up at John when he gestured for her to do so, making herself look in the eyes and forcing herself to not look away, no matter how much she must have wanted to. She listened to what he said, nodding slowly at his words feeling glad that he understood where she was coming from because he too, went through that moment of wanting to run. She was glad that he wasn't wanting to push her into breaking down those walls to let everyone in all at once, she appreciated that he was giving her time to do it in her own time. "thank you John, truly." she said back to him, still looking at him. "the last person I trusted was my best friend/adoptive sister Sam. Not having her near me to tell me things are okay and its okay to trust and let others in, it's difficult" she explained. "I will get there eventually, I promise, but I'm not ready to fully drop my guard yet." she added. "but I want to...I really do. I mean, you're not the worst person I've had in my company" she smirked ever so slightly.

Chas leaned against the table as Serena opened up ever so slightly to him, to explain why it was difficult for her to just be herself around them or even be around them full stop. "that's tough. I can't imagine what that must have felt like, but I know what it's like to come face to face with a demon, to have threats given. I also know what it's like to die. John got involved in this magic world from an early age. We were young and stupid and in a punk band. Anyway, shit went down during a gig and a demon was summoned, slaughtering everyone in the club. John being who he was, thought the way to defeat the demon was to summon an even more powerful and bigger one. Except it went south fast...that demon stole our bass player's kid Astra. She was only like 10 years old, and he's hated himself ever since. Even put himself into an insane asylum to try and cope" he explained. "As for me? Myself and John were out at a gig in another bar one night. John drunkenly cast a spell on me leaving me behind so he could once again have a one night stand. An hour later if that, the placed somehow caught fire and burned down. myself and 47 others died, but because of the spell John cast on me, I came back to life, waking up in the hospital with my wife and kid by my bedside. I now have those other 47 souls onto myself, and every time I die, I come back but it costs me one of those 47 souls. Needless to say in this life that I help John in, I don't have 47 chances to come back. I have about 40 left" he explained.

John smiled at her and nodded. "Just do as I say, not as I do...in the beginning I had no idea what I was doing and became a drunk who had a death wish...if it hadn't been for Chas I would be dead in a hole somewhere or worse...in hell being some demons punching bag..." He sat up more and rolled his neck. "What I am wondering...is how Fee got to the Bane so fast...and...why Serena blocked him in the first place."

Serena listened, holding her arms as he spoke. She nodded and said "Guess we all have to fight of the dark in different ways...the nightmares just keep coming no matter what you do or face..." She closed her eyes and said "I never wanted this...my father was the last vessel and when he died...I became the new one. And the bad thing was I had no idea who my father was...My mother ran from home when she was with child...my father didn't know about me..." She rubbed her face and said "Chas...what I am...what do I do now?"

Kay listened to what he was saying, somehow easily seeing him the drunken idiot type at some point. He always gave her the vibes that he was never one to partuclarly follow rules or do as he was told and it seemed she was sort of right. "seems like Chas is a real rock for you, like Sam was for me when I was around her. As for Fee finding Bane and Serena? I really don't know, I don't really understand Fee most of the time if I'm completely honest with you. It's like having another person or being in my soul and head. One that just loves to scold me at any opportunity she can" she replied to him. "got a feeling if you truly want answers then you might have to have a whole conversation with her and not me." she added.

Chas listened to her speak, glad that she felt like she could open up to him in some way ot another, even if it was only a little bit, it was something. So he wasn't going to be rude or dismissive in any way, and instead give her his full attention. "sounds like you had a rough upbringing of not truly knowing where you came from. I think if there's a way you may need to have this conversation about her father with Bane. Maybe that way you can learn about him, even if you don't know him. As for what to do now? I think you need to rest up and be safe here. We're all fucked up in our way and I think we can all help each other. We'll do all we can do to help you and make you feel like you belong here" he told her, giving her a comforting squeeze on the shoulder.

Serena nodded and wiped her face again. “Well? Maybe I’ll take you up on that bath idea...” she pointed to the bags and said “Kay’s phone is in my bag where it got put when we got here...”

John smiled and said “I am just working a puzzle, it’s her life. I don’t want to meddle...” he looked at her and said “what do you want to learn? What do you want to know about anything?”

Chas smiled softly as she said about taking up the offer of using the bath to truly relax whilst she could get in there and make the most of the hot water. He glanced at the bags and nodded, "I'll get the phone to her whilst you take some quality time out for yourself. You can take your time in there, make the most of the hot water whilst you can. I'll talk Johnkay into getting you all takeout for dinner tonight, will probably have to bribe him with my credit card to do it, but if it'll work it's worth it." he smirked. "Just hollah if you need any of us and I'm sure we'll be able to help in some way" she then added.

Kay nodded at his words smiling ever so slightly as he spoke, finding she was slightly surprised that John wasn't wanting to meddle, having for some reason, taken him as the exact type to do exactly that. With the questions asked, she found herself having to think about her reply. For some it might have been a small question, or at least an easy one to answer, but for her it was huge. There were so much she wanted to know and learn, that she didn't know where to start, not without giving it a serious thought. Eventually she did find her answer, and looked up at him. "I want to know more about what and who I am. I want to know my history, my mother's history. I want to know why I'm so wanted by demons and Hell, who this The First is...But I mostly just want to know who I am" she said, realising she was spouting off an incredibly long list of questions. "sorry...didn't mean to spout off so much" she added sheepishly.

Serena smiled and nodded. "Thank you Chas...you are a good guy...and a good father..." She picked up her bag and headed for the bathroom, rubbing her face. Soon she was in the warm water and relaxing, her eyes closed as she let the days of dirt and stress wash away.

John listened carefully then nodded. "Then that's where we start. I'll reach out to my contacts and see what I can learn, and I'll look in my library for answers as well. I'll help you find answers Kay...I promise. But first lets help Chas unload bags and get that phone set up for ya..."

Chas nodded and smiled at her words, finding they meant a lot to hear them, even though he wasn't fishing for them. He let her take the bags with the bathroom supplies in and took Kay's new phone as he pushed himself off the edge of the table he was still leaning on and started to head to the main room, where he could hear John still talking to Kay. He hovered on the theshold before walking in, wanting to not disturb the other two during their conversation. In the room, Kay nodded at John's comment, thankful that he was so willing to help her so much. "thanks John, it really means the world to me" she told him, before smiling a bit more at his suggestion, "right" she replied, and finding out of nowhere she just kissed his cheek, before being interrupted by Chas walking in and fake coughing.

"got the new phone for Kay" Chas declared, waving the box with the phone inside in his hand as he walked over and put it down on the coffee table in front of Kay and John. "Serena is in the bath to relax, so no one disturb her" he also said, glancing at the two of them. "There's still a couple of bags in the kitchen with supplies for you Kay, including that new backpack you wanted." he told her, "Cool, I'll grab it in a bit." Kay replied, grabbing for the new phone box, using a nail to break the seal on the edge and opening the box.

John touched his cheek, a little stunned from the kiss. Then he looked at Chas and said “I’ll help ya with those bags, Mate...” he got up and walked into the kitchen with him, hand resting on his cheek. He looked at him and said “okay...from what I have heard, Serena is in more trouble then I thought...it looks like she’s been blocking the power from the Bane to keep her energy levels low enough that she couldn’t be tracked...but they keep finding her. Now why...I can’t figure out. Did she say anything to you about why they are hunting her like Kay?”

Serena was sitting in the bath, her head back and eyes closed. She was taking deep breathes as she slipped into the water more. She had to plan the next move. But what? Then she slipped under the water and got her hair wet to wash it out. But when she tried to sit back up, if felt like something wAs holding her down. She couldn’t get back up. She held her breath so she didn’t get water into her lungs. She started kicking the side of the tub, praying someone would hear her.

Chas nodded and walked back to where the bags were with John and began sorting through them, putting whatever Kay asked for with her new backpack that they needed to burn still and listened to his mate talk, seeing how he was still having one hand on his cheek. "She pretty much told me the same thing. So that theory of yours collaborates what she told me. She said her father was the last vessel for Bane. That she never wanted it but her father doesn't even know who she is because her mother ran before she was born. So I'm guessing that her mother didn't want to risk her being the new vessel for whatever reason and tried to keep her from her fate. Which as we can see, did not work in the slightest. What did you find out from Kay? Apart from the big thing, we still don't know really anything about her" he replied, "she certainly seems to like you" he smirked.

Kay was minding her one business pulling the out her new phone and began to start the process of setting it up, amazed that she got given such a nice phone and not just something that would be considered nothing more than a burner phone. It was then she felt Fee stir in her head, "I fear Serena needs our help" Fee spoke in her head. Kay paused what she was doing and got up, walking to the hallway which is where she then heard the thudding on the side of the bath, making her break into a sprint and come bursting into the bathroom, seeing the girl struggling to come up for air. "what the hell?!" she cursed, instantly grabbing Serena and trying to bring her up for air. "GUYS HELP!!!!" She screamed out. She kept tugging at Serena, wondering what was keeping her down, but she could feel the force herself. "whatever the hell you are, let her go!" she cursed, before feeling said force throw her off Serena, making her crash into the bathroom mirror, it smashing round her. She placed her hands down to push herself up but she just passed out, blood trailing down the back of her head, and her hands from her accidentally pressing down on them.

Chas heard the yell from Kay making him look up toward the hallway and then at John. "shit" he said, making a run for the bathroom, getting there just as Kay went flying into the bathroom mirror and passing out.

John smirked and said as he set thing down “she’s not ready to open up yet...but she’s getting there. She just needs time and the space to let her wings out so to speak...” he paused and said “she’s...not like other women I’ve met...”

John ran after John and saw Kay go flying. He looked at he tub and said “seems we need to burn that bag now...” he moved his hand and muttered under his breath and the room flashed white, a banishing charm. When it cleared the force was gone but Serena was still under the water. John rna over and pulled her out, wrapping a towel around her so she was covered. He listened to her chest and said “Chas she’s not breathing! Help me with CPR!”

He looked at Kay and said as he pumped her chest “Kay? Love you alright? Can you hear me?”