John gave Amelia a surprised glance when she jumped. "[i]take him and get behind me,[/i]" he said as he turned to face their uninvited tag along. It could be the man from earlier. A fight right now wouldn't be good. John couldn't  tell Amelia to run. She wouldn't know how to get into Haven, and he was pretty sure he wasn't strong enough to handle him yet.

He still had to do something though. Dropping into a combat stance as he spoke, "[i]whoever you are you have five seconds to identify yourself, and to give me a reason not to rip you in half.[/i]" If this person was a threat he would have to make sure that Amelia got Jerome out of here. In a lower tone now, "[i]if this comes to blows I need you to run, and find a place to wait for me."[/i]