JOHN'S PLACE

Kay sighed as John left to get more rooms ready for the others. Something told her that with the house being imbued with magic, it'd no doubt create new rooms by itself to make life easier for John. She acknowledged Bane sitting next to her by shuffling across to give him space. She listened to him and didn't think he needed to be sorry but she appreciated the sentiment nonetheless. "Appreciate it but you don't need to be sorry Bane. There's nothing you can do or any of you can do right now. I'm just trying to sort everything out in my head. Make sense of it all I guess..." She explained.

"I'm just thankful I don't have to deal with this on my own anymore. Sure, things have escalated rapidly, but if I had to deal with this whilst living on the streets on my own? I honestly feel like I would have just given up the fight a long time ago..." She honestly said to Bane, feeling like it was easier to say it to him than it would be to John. What she and John had was still new and she felt like in some ways she was still learning what their budding relationship was, but she hated worrying him with everything happening to her, let alone what thoughts she had at times.

Then she heard in an adjacent room the familiar sound of FIA's portal and footsteps coming through. "Seems like they're coming back..." She remarked.

LUX BAR/JOHN'S PLACE

Fia didn't complain about Drake wanting to stay back and walk through with her as it was pretty common for them to do so. It always brought back memories of when she first learned how to do it and she'd convince him to sneak out of the house via one so they could go to the nearby playground or roof, sending both their parents into absolute panic attacks trying to find them until John figured out how they were sneaking out.

She let the others all go through two at a time before it was their turn. "Just like old times" she smirked, taking his hand and walking through, feeling the portal close behind them both once they reached the mill house. Letting go of Drake's hand, she walked ahead of the others, "we're back!" She called out before seeing Kay and Bane on the couch. "How you feeling?" She asked Kay, leaning over the back of the couch and hugging Kay. "I'll be okay kiddo..." Kay replied, lifting a hand and patting Fia's arms to signal for her to let go before Kay stood up slowly and turned to look at the others.

Bane listened to her words closely and nodded in agreement. “I can understand…but do not forget we are all here for you and that we all wish to help in anyway we can. I tried to help Serena for years but she locked me out because of fear and anxiety…and I the end it hurt her even more. Lean on us when you feel safe too…alright?”

He reached over and took her hand gently just as John was coming back hearing the portal. He smiled at them and said “well isn’t this a lovely sight. I heard the magical bus stop, shall we go greet them?”

Serena was now aiming to sit on the couch as Lucifer walked around and said “Jonny boy…you never said you had such a sweet hideaway…a bar and everything….” John smirked and said “I had help. Chas? Everything alright on your end mate?”

As the others began to filter through to the room that Kay, Bane and John were in, Kay did eventually look at everyone, giving a nod of hello after Bane have her the reassuring tap on her hand. She really could understand why Serena felt safe with Bane. He really did have that calming effect on people. She glanced up and let her eyes follow Lucifer's movements as he walked over to John to greet him. As she did, she shuffled a Ross a bit more to make sure there was plenty of room for Serena to join herself and Bane on the couch, all whilst eavesdropping on what Lucifer had to say to John.

Chas looked at John as he walked in close behind Drake and in front of Josh. "Yeah, everything is good on our end, especially now we're back. But let's just say as a group we probably have a lot to discuss. But Lucifer and Maze do genuinely think they can help with what the girls are dealing with" he explained, noticing out the corner of his eye Maze leaning against the wall by the fireplace, twirling her blade between her fingers.

Fia also noticed, making her start to think Maze was a pretty cool person and wondered why she never met the woman in her time. It seemed that as the years went by before Fia came into being something must have happened. Shaking the thought from her mind, she refocused on the here and now. "You sure you're okay Kay?" She asked again, noticing how she was distinctively quiet, something she wouldn't get used to as her Kay was far from keeping quiet. "Yeah I'm sure. Just a little lingering muzzy head but nothing to worry about" Kay replied, hoping that Fia would drop it.

"Taken anything for it?" Fia asked, "no need to, it'll pass soon enough" Kay countered, not wanting to be fussed over, despite what the being in her vision trip still haunting her mind loudly. Part of her wanted to distance herself from Fia for her safety and part of her wanted to wrap her future kid in bubble wrap and never let her go for the sake of her safety. "So I take it, these two are Lucifer and Maze" she spoke up, trying to change the subject, "you're subject switching" Fia accused.

Lucifer walked over and took Kay’s hand and kissed the top of it. “Hello my dear. I am Lucifer Morningstar. You must be Kay. It’s a pleasure to meet you. That is Maze. My partner. We are here to help. Now, why don’t you tell me about you. I want to know everything.”

He sat across from her on the coffee table. Serena moved to John said “I swear this will be fine…”

Drake leaned on the couch, rubbing his forehead, feeling an ache.

The moment Fia called her out for subject switching, Kay got the feeling that things didn't change too much in the future and Kay had the habit of subject switching as a style of avoidance enough that Fia knew the signs too well. The very notion made Kay roll her eyes so not to make a quip back at the teenager. An attempt at the being the adult. Her eyes flickered up when Lucifer walked over, lifted her hand, kissed it and introduced himself and Maze, a woman that made Kay feel slightly on edge. Or was it Fee who was the one feeling on edge? Kay couldn't really tell too well. "What's to tell? Thought for the longest time I was utterly insane and paranoid, only to find out I'm neither of those things, demons are chasing me to use me as a weapon because I'm part phoenix" she told him in an abbreviated version of her story. She didn't know what else to say, especially as she felt like she had already said too much to this man already.

"Not come across your kind in a very long time, thought they were extinct" Maze commented flatly, not giving anything away with her tone, whilst she flicked her knife back and forth in her hand. "Well my very being is proving that different" Kay replied. "I don't like this Kay, my child. Being this close to a very old demon makes me nervous" Fee spoke in Kay's head cautiously.

Fia watched the whole exchange happen between them all, looking around the room to try and guage the level of tensions in the room, only to find Drake rubbing his head, just as Kay was. "You okay Drake?" She asked him.

Serena said “take is easy Kay…I promise these guys are friends. They don’t do anything with the other demons that we have been dealing with. Lucifer can help…” Lucifer nodded and said “indeed I can. Now what can I do for you?”

Drake flinched and muttered “it’s nothing…my head…it hurts and…I can’t figure out why…”

John looked around at the others then said “we have a…small problem Luci…or rather a really big one that we can’t handle on our own…”