[IC] I am the fire - Constantine RP

[FuriePhoenix]

The usual delivery kid wasn't expecting someone else to answer the door, having always been used to this place be only inhabited by John and Chas (Chas may not live there but he's there nearly all the time he may as well). "oh uhh, nothing. John paid over the phone for it" he replied, seeing how shaky her hands were, he wondered if she'd be able to take the pizza. Chas glanced up toward the front door above them, seeing that Serena was at the door with the pizza guy, making him put down the books and head up there. "I got this" he said to the kid, gesturing to give him the pizza boxes, which the kid did. "thanks Nick" he said, before letting the delivery kid named Nick go to finish his rounds. He looked at Serena and smiled, "come on, let's get you fed. You need to keep hydrated and fed if you want the shock to go away" he told her softly.

Kay listened to what John was saying, still finding it hard to believe that it made sense to him that this book was talking about her mother. A mother she always thought was just about forty years old when she went missing/died when she herself was only nine years old. Now she was starting to feel like the reality of what she was and what her mother was was truly starting to kick in. If the book was meaning her mother, then that would make her mother thousands and thousands of years old in reality before she died. "there's more in that book, but I'm guessing it to do with the Apollo part of the history. If he's the sun god then maybe we should branch out on the info from that mythology? Considering for the most part, scientifically speaking, you can't have shadows without light" she added, as she saw Chas come down with the pizza boxes.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John looked at her and nodded “that’s a good idea, you keep reading in there and I’ll start checking out Apollo...and nyx” he moved so Chas could put the pizza down as Serena followed Chas and sat on the couch, rubbing her face. John moved next to Chas and muttered “it’s not just shock is it? Something else is wrong...”

Serena opened the book again and was trying to read, holding her hands in fists to stop the shaking. She didn’t grab food as the others did.

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas put the pizza boxes down and opened them both up, so they could all help themselves to what they wanted, looking at how Serena was being as she sat down next to Kay after John moved. He shook his head at John's assumption, "I don't think it is just shock but I don't know what exactly, so I think just monitor her for the time being and see what else happens or if she shows any other signs of whatever and go from there. But I'm no doctor so unless Serena knows exactly what is going on with her, we not got anything much to go on to help her. I just hope not much else happens with the girls as a lot has happened in such a short time. They deserve a break" he replied quietly. Unlike Serena, Kay did indeed grab a slice of pizza, being careful not to let any topping fall on John's old books. She was enough of an avid reader to know that these books were priceless and she guessed that some books in this house probably weren't even made out of things like paper and leather.

She continued to read, keeping the book balanced on the arm rest slightly at an angle so she could eat and read withoug risking ruining the book, eating as she read. The moment the pizza hit the inside of her mouth, she had to pause her reading as she closed her eyes and tried hard to refrain from making some undignified noise of satisfaction. She couldn't remember the last time she ate pizza and this one was particularly good. She didn't like to make it obvious how it had been so long since she had proper food, but it felt like whenever she ate in this house, it reminded her of that very fact. As she re-open her eyes to continue reading, she found herself being reminded of not just her eating history, but also the fact she did suffer a head injury not that long ago and her vision was blurring slightly from so much reading. So she did all she could do in this moment and take a break, solely focusing on eating.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John saw Kay’s face and walked over, taking the book. “Okay, rest your eyes. Eat your full then you can finish up...” he put the book down then looked at Serena who was still reading.

“Serena? You alright? You still okay?” Serena looked up and nodded. “Ya...just wiped out” John looked at Chas then grabbed a slice and handed it to the vessel. “You need to eat. You need to rest for a bit. I will handle the reading after we all eat and just calm down for a little bit...”

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay looked up when she became aware of John walking over and taking the book from her and speaking to her. She nodded in agreement, that resting her eyes from reading was the best option to do, having no qualms or need to argue with him over it. She knew he was right, and she was overworking herself after everything. She couldn't help but glance over at Serena when he also asked her if she was okay, seeing how tired the other woman looked and that it was only now obvious to Kay, that Serena hadn't eaten anything yet, due to John making Serena take a slice of pizza to eat. She then took a second slice of pizza and ate, making herself sit back on the couch as comfortably she could considering her shoulder blade hadn't long been stitched up.

She sighed as she continued to eat, mostly in silence until she couldn't eat much more. She had eaten her fair share of the pizza, whilst not hogging it all at the same time. She did want the others to eat enough as well and was well versed in sharing what was available to make sure everyone ate enough to keep surviving. Her homeless ways would take a long time to drop, but in her eyes the survival skills of sharing food and making sure others were also okay were not bad things to keep as part of her habits. Eventually she found herself falling asleep on the couch in the corner of it.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena barely ate the one slice given to her. After the few hours she was at the windows looking out at the street. John was watching her from the couch, sitting next to Kay and had put a blanket over her. He looked at Chas and said “something is up...she’s in her own head. She’s not telling us something else...has she hinted anything that could be bugging her?”

Serena was playing with the pendent around her neck, her eyes dull as she was fighting the shaking.

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas, like John could tell that there were something going on with Serena but she just wasn't telling them anything. If he was honest with himself, it was highly frustrating that they were just getting little snippets of information from the woman but nothing that was continously helpful and only gave them more questions left unanswered. He shook his head at John's question, shrugging as well. "Nothing, if she had I would have told ya mate, you know that" he replied to him. He then looked back toward Serena and cleared his throat before speaking up once more, "Serena? You okay? You seem a bit lost in your own mind. There anything else you need to tell us?" He didn't want to pry in some ways, but they needed answers and needed them as soon as possible. This was not just her life at stake, but also Kay's and if they were to help them both, it was now also his and John's life at stake also.

As Chas tried to get answers from Serena, Kay's sleeping form had shifted and leaned against John, whilst not waking up and just getting more wrapped up in the blanket in the process. Her arms raising to under her chin, pulling the blanket up with them, and every now and then a little almost inaudible hum would escape her lips as she slept. She couldn't have looked any more different to Serena's nervous shaking state if she had tried and was awake.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John looked at Chas then looked down at Kay and smiled softly. He moved the blanket so it covered her more as Chas talked to Serena. She looked back and both men saw how tired and stressed she was. "No...sorry guys...its just that tube attack...its not the first time. Last time I was trapped in a shower at the hospital till another doctor came in and smashed the glass...it would have killed me...after the attack in the tub I keep flashing back to it...no matter what defenses I have up...what I fight off...they keep finding me..." John frowned and said "Serena...what happened after the shower attack?"

Serena frowned and then said "I had a panic attack...it lead to me...hyperventilate...and I passed out. If I hadn't been living with my boyfriend at the time...I could have been attacked again" She looked at her hands, they were still shaking. "Crap...it could happen again..."

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas listened to what Serena was saying after she turned round to face them finally, making it clear that this day's events were really taking its toll on her. He listened intently, making sure to truly hear what she was saying and if there was anything in what she was telling them to be questioned, could be questioned. He felt so sorry for the woman when she said about the tub incident being the second time she was attacked whilst trying to have a relaxing shower or bath. He let John ask the question first, knowing out the two of them it was John who could help the most. He continued to hear her say what happened after the shower attack, before she came to the conclusion that it could happen again which brought on her nlg question for him.

"so, just so I can get this right. If this happened once before way before you even knew Kay even existed, then the bath attack couldn't have been linked to her bag being hexed. So your attacks and Kay having a tracking sigil on her bag really aren't related at all. But what makes you think it could happen again? This place is the safest place you can be... Or should be anyway" he replied. He didn't want to pick holes in her story, but when one was so large, he couldn't help but pick the hole. This whole time they assumed it was down to the bag being hexed, which caused Serena being attacked in the bath and Kay, but he was now starting to question that massively. Kay remained asleep during this conversation, finding herself find comfort in the blanket John pulled over her more, and him being by her side. One arm even draping round his arm in her sleep. For once she wasn't getting nightmares for the time being.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John looked at Chas and said “there is only one way they could be linked. It was the same one who tacked her in the first place that is after Kay now...meaning that whoever is after Kay has been keeping an eye on Serena for a while now. What we have to figure out is why?”

Serena moved to sit on the stool by he table, rubbing her face. “The only thing I can think of is it was only a few months after I started showing the powers I had over shadows...after the attack in the shower is wasn’t even a month that the guy in the ER tried to jump me...”

John leaned back and said “it could be a spell, not a spirit. Some magic spell work uses water for many things, including tracking and holding the target in one place...maybe the spell was in the bag waiting for her energy markers. It would explain a few things...Serena your still shaking”

Serena blinked and looked at her hands then sighed. “It...is messing with me...I haven’t been a huge fan of the water as it is...these attacks don’t help that...” she took her pulse and said “and my heart is racing too...I have to stop it before I trigger something...”

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas looked toward John when he gave an answer for how he thought the link could be there. He had admit, he never would have thought of such a thing, but then that was why he wasn't the mage and John very much was. He then turned to Serena when she spoke up with more ideas for why this was all happening to the two of them and how it wasn't strictly two separate issues. The looking back and forth between Serena and John continued as they both threw out ideas back and forth for what would be causing such issues for the two women, deciding that although some of it was making sense to him, he was well and truly out of his depth with all of this. "What do you usually do to stop it when you get this shaky? You have any particular motions that you put into place?" Chas asked, knowing that if it was just simply a panic attack or anxiety, most people focused on taking deep breaths to slow down their heart rate which also means they stop themselves from passing out. So he wondered if Serena had that sort of thing in place or not, especially as she was a medical student for a while, and would have possibly learned such techniques to do in this kind of situation.

"As for the other thing, is it possible that they know that there could be a link between their powers, or had a feeling they were meant to meet? Using Serena to find Kay basically?" He theorised in question. It was the only thing he could really think of for why demons and/or whatever else was after the girls would be going after the both of them by using one to get to the other. If Kay was awake, he wasn't so sure he would have expressed his theory out loud with her in the room, but seeing as she was asleep he didn't see the harm in expressing it out loud. Out of the two women, it was clear that Kay was learning all of this for the first time, whilst trying to accept she was very much part of the magical downworld, whereas Serena knows what she is and has done for years now. He would have felt bad if he overwhelemed Kay with all of this, especially with her head injury she sustained earlier on, trying to help Serena and save her.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena started to pace and said “I haven’t had one in a while...and last time I drank...which I can’t do anymore because of my powers...too risky...” John leaned back then said “Mate I think your on to something...they may have found Serena first and waited till they were together to attack again...but I have a feeling...Serena is meant to protect Kay. I think they want to get Serena out of the way or use her to turn Kay...”

Serena’s breathing was getting sharper and she said “John...stop...” John looked over and saw her going white and said “crap. Serena you alright love?” Serena shook her head and stumbled on her feet. “I think...I’m crashing...” she fell backward, John jumping up and cursing loudly.

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas didn't intend for his theory to hold much weight or for John to come back and say he reckons he was onto something with it, whilst elaborating on the theory and expressing more. What he wasn't planning on either and more so was Serena reacting to badly to said theory and drop to the floor finding it harder to breathe. "Deep breaths Serena, breathe in for five seconds out for five." He said, also going over to her, even though John had dived off the couch to her aid as well, which made Kay slide down the couch and her head laying exactly where John was sitting, as she was leaning on him to sleep peacefully. As she plonked down onto the couch, the motion and John's loud cursing woke her up, making her blink and wonder what the hell was going on. "WHat's going on?" she asked, grumbling and rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand and sleeve.

Chas didn't even compute Kay waking up as his full attention was on the woman on the floor hyperventilating, and rightly so. Kay eventually managed to figure out why everyone was ignoring her, and seeing what a state Serena was in. SHe sat upright once more, watching on knowing there was nothing she could do right now, and if she did go over she would just get in the way which wouldn't do anyone any good. Chas just gently put his hand on Serena's back to try and comfort her, whilst trying to remind her and work with her into making her breathe deeply and slowly to calm herself down. The only thing that Kay felt she could do was get up, go into the kitchen and get Serena a drink of water, which she did after managing to find the glasses in the right cupboard and brought it over. "here, this might help too" she offered sleepily.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John nodded and turned Serena so she was on her side. He looked at Kay and said “can you grab one of the bags from the kitchen? She needs a bag to calm her breathing. I think her whole body is in shock. Her mind can’t snap out of the loop. We need to shock her enough to stop the freaking out”

Serena was fighting to breath, her vision blurring. She looked at Kay then motioned with her hand at her bag by the couch. Then she made a hand motion like a inhaler use.

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay nodded at John's suggestion, and went to go do that when she noticed Serena signalling for her to get her bag and her inhaler. "inhaler, right.." she replied to let Serena know she understood what she was signing to her, rushing to the woman's bag and rummaging through to find her inhaler, going back to her and handing it to her. "here" she said to her, making sure she had a good enough grip on it through her shaking. She hoped it would be enough whilst staying close enough incase she had to get anything else. She didn't want to get a bag just yet, as she wanted to see if the inhaler would work first.

Chas stayed nearby also, thinking that in theory the inhaler should be enough to help her, but he also knew they'd have to think of back up plans just incase. He also couldn't help but think how different the links between Serena and Bane were to Kay and Fee. From what very little they knew or witnessed, Fee would have helped Kay to calm down and not let her get this bad, whereas Bane seemed to be doing absolutely nothing on the inside to keep Serena calm.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena took the small device and shot it, taking in the medicine and then did it again to get a full dose. She sighed and her breathing calmed, her eyes heavy as she muttered “stop Bane...you can’t force me to rest...that’s not the deal...” she slowly sat up, looking at the others.

“I’m sorry...I am a mess...” then Kay heard thru a link Fee had with Bane she must sleep. She’s going to faint or pass out soon if she’s not forced. She won’t let me help her. She has suffered from the stress of these attacks alone for too long. She must rest and recover

Serena was trying to get to her feet, putting the inhaler in her pocket. “Let’s get back to work...I can take book duty...”

[FuriePhoenix]

Seeing that the inhaler worked and was helping to restore Serena's breathing was of great relief to Kay and Chas. It meant they didn't have to think of anything else to help her regain her breath again. Both heard her mutter something under her breath, but neither heard exactly what was said, until Kay heard Bane in her head which threw her off guard for a split moment, whilst also making her think 'great, now I got Bane in my head too?!' even if she did agree with Bane. "you're not a mess Serena, you've taken on a heavy attack and your body went into shock. Anyone would have been the same" Chas reassured. The moment Serena tried to get to her feet Kay helped her up but stopped her from getting anywhere near any books. "nah ah... No. You're going to get some rest and sleep in bed and recover fully from the shock that came over you. No more reading, no more trying to find answers. That can wait and anyway, there's three more of us that can deal with that. But it's getting late anyway and I think we all need some rest" she told Serena, hoping that ending her reasonings with the fact they all need rest, would help Serena to back down and agree.

"she's right Serena. You're overworked and none of us will be happy with you working even more. No matter what context it was in. Just get some rest, please?" Chas agreed, siding with Kay completely.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John listened closely as the pair tried to convince her to rest but Serena shook her head weakly. “No...there’s too many questions that need answers...you guys deserve to rest more then me...you guys keep saving my neck...”

John frowned and said “you know it’s not your fault right? No need to punish yourself for anything that has happened...” he moved to face Serena and rested a finger on her nose. “You can’t keep going like this...you need peace...” he was trying to decide if he would have to use magic to get her to rest ans reset her mind and body.

[FuriePhoenix]

The moment Serena shook her head albeit weakly, Kay sighed in slight annoyance that Serena was being even more stubborn than she herself could be. Of all the people she could have possibly ended up having as protectors and she's ended up with two incredibly stubborn people. Serena's reasons for not resting did not convince Kay in the slightest, and was glad that John was agreeing with her and Chas about Serena needing to rest. "you know that doesn't convince us otherwise right? Serena you're literally burning yourself out right now, John is right, you need to rest and have some peace for a bit. You're not to blame for any of this. I've had my fair share of problems and attacks way before I even met you." she replied with another counter to Serena's words.

"John if you can, I'd say just use a spell on her to make her sleep. If there even is such a spell" she added, aiming her words at John rather than Serena. Until Serena did get some sleep, there was no way Kay would feel happy about getting back to sleep. She would just feel on edge too much if Serena was awake too much longer.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John glanced at Chas, his moral compass, to see what he thought of using magic on her. Serena waved her hand and turned and went to the kitchen to get the others off her back. John then said “she’s been fighting for so long...I get why she wants to stay awake. She doesn’t want to get caught off guard...poor love probably hasn’t had anyone watch her back since this all started...”

He looked at Chas again and said “if you think it’s okay I’ll do it...but I worry it would make things worse for her if we force it. But it’s your call”