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...”