Serena nodded weakly and sat on the bed, the room spinning as she tried to lay down. “Sorry Kay…I came to help you but all you’ve been doing is saving my neck..”

John raised an eyebrow and said “bow? Like cross bow? That’s a new one…” he rolled his neck and saw Kay take Serena upstairs and frowned. “Serena isn’t healing as fast as I am…something must be up….

Kay smiled warmly at her, "its okay" she told her, "I just want you to be okay right now" she said, feeling like she would be okay, but still worried about Serena. She was a friend and she wanted her to be feeling better than she was right now.

"more like recurve bow. Crossbows are and I quote" the cowards bow"" Sam said, quoting her father. "he's very traditional in that sense. Even taught Kay how to shoot" she added, having a feeling he wouldn't know that tidbit of information about her. She looked up when John's attention got taken by Kay and Serena going upstairs. "I'm sure she's fine, probably just from stress or something, you guys must have also had a long drive to get here" she commented.

John blinked and said “who uses a curve bow in this day and age? Very old school I like it. Maybe I’ll find one for her” he leaned forward and nodded. “Ya, they traded driving on the way here…and after today poor girl needs a break”

Serena nodded weakly and laid down, closing her eyes and tried to sleep. “Thanks Kay…”

Sam chuckled, "you're thinking of the traditional bows like long bows, recurve bows are very much modern. Olympians use them" she said, "but she would no doubt like that. Though, I don't know if she even still likes Archery" she said to John, "Dad took her when she was young to try and get her talking and to focus her angry outbursts" she added. "But as for Serena, yeah she needs the rest and break. You and Kay will have to have these couches when you guys wanna crash" she smiled. "babe you're forgetting, this one we're on is a sofa bed. They can fold out the bed to use" Lara told her.

"Any time" Kay replied, finding a throw blanket and pulling it over Serena before exiting the room and heading downstairs. "Sam, you got a bowl I can put beside Serena's bed? Just incase" she asked, "Yeah, I'll grab you one" Sam said, tapping Lara's arm as a signal to be let up off the couch, which Lara obliged and let her up so she could walk to the kitchen to one of the under counter cupboards and grab Kay a bowl. "Here you go" she told her sister, "thanks" Kay replied, heading back upstairs and placing the bowl down beside Serena, then headed back downstairs to reuntie with everyone else.

John watched Kay and asked when she came back down “our guardian doing alright? I thought she would be feeling better by now since it’s been a few hours…did I miss something before when we…we’re having trouble?” He didn’t want to say too much in front of Lara.

Kay walked over and sat beside John again, "she'll be fine. It seems to be just stress related so I reckon a proper long sleep and she'll be right as rain again" she explained. "so nothing to worry about right now. If she's still rough in the morning we'll drive her back earlier rather than later" she added.

John nodded and put his arm around her. “Thanks for checking on her…my leg is still numb…” he looked at the couple and asked “so…now what?” He rubbed her shoulder in his hand, his other rubbing his neck which was stiff.

Kay just nodded at his words, whilst slightly leaning into his hold of her. It really felt like it was becoming second nature to her to do so, and she actually enjoyed being in such a manner with someone. She too looked at Sam and Lara when John did, asking his question. "I could order takeout for us lot there's this amazing burger joint not far from us that does deliveries. I can guarantee you'd have never had any burger like it" Sam said, knowing it was a newer place and not even Kay would have experienced it.

"I'm down for that" Kay said, it had been nearly all day since she last ate what with everything that had gone on for them all.

John nodded and said “food sounds amazing. We should get some food for Serena when she wakes up…” he looked around then frowned. “We should lock up just to be safe…”

Kay was glad that others were ready for food as she was starving and being able to eat whenever she got hungry still, even after all this time felt like such a novelty to her. She nodded at John's words, but Lara's eyebrows raising didn't go amiss on her either. "We can be a bit paranoid..." she commented, coming up with a reasonable reason as to why John would want the place locked down.

"....Right, that's fine, our doors and windows autolock so you don't need to be paranoid about anything" Lara explained before getting up and grabbing the restuarant's menu by the phone so Kay and John could look through it. "This is the place, pick whatever you want, it's on me and Sam tonight" she told them with a smile.

John looked it over then picked a meal and handed the menu back to her. Then he said under his breath “sorry…i just don’t want take any chances that guy had friends who might want Serena to finish the job he started…”

Kay also picked a meal she wanted as she looked over John's shoulder to do so to save time. She found it difficult at first as everything looked so good but eventually decided on the chicken stack burger and fries. She saw how Lara rose an eyebrow and was looking between them all when John said what he did and she knew she needed to come up with some kind of excuse that was plausible, especially after catching her sister's eye.

"Serena has a stalker. We didn't think he would find her here when we came to visit, but seems he did. That's why we're a bit paranoid, we just want her safe" she explained. Laura's face softened and frowned but nodded, "oh the poor girl. I'll make sure everywhere is super locked up after I've called the order in. Don't worry, we'll keep her safe in here" Lara replied.

John nodded and said “ya, she had a scare earlier. When the two of us went sight seeing…it’s why she isn’t feeling great. I think the stress got to her a bit” he slowly tried to get up and said “I’m going walk around, test my leg. Got banged up before…”

Lara nodded in understanding at his further explanation, finding it more than reasonable, even if John's hurt leg didn't quite make sense to her but she wasn't going to pry in the slightest. It was none of her business after all. "Sure thing, feel free to look round the house" she said to him, seeing no problem with him stretching his legs.

Kay hoped he was alright, but decided not to come across as a paranoid over protective clingy girlfriend. She wasn't the kind of person but she also was worried about him. Instead of going with him, she decided she would stay on the couch with the couple, deciding to give him some space.

John walked around a bit, slipping into another room. When he did he cursed and hit the wall, breathing hard. “You sorry excuse for a mage…those girls could have died and you were unless…completely useless…” he leaned his head on the wall, shaking.

Kay continued chatting with Sam and Lara as they waited for the food to turn up, but Kay's mind kept drifting to John and wondered how he was doing. She may not have not known him long, and she was sure this was probably like him to do, but it also felt unlike him to just exit away from people for a while. Her eyes glancing toward the living room doorway every now and then, wondering how he was doing and when he'd come back in. "He'll be fine Kay, you've never been like this around someone before. He really must be special to you" Sam commented.

"I know... and he is special to me. You know me Sam, I always had the mindset of love being for children but I really do love him already. He's sparked new life in me" Kay replied honestly, which made both girls smile at her.

John stayed in the living room out of sight. He was trying not to lose his temper and lose control as he worked thru her emotions. He felt like he had failed Serena and Kay. He pulled his phone out and dialed Chas. He needed to talk this out as his hand shook badly.

He held the phone to his ear and closed his eyes. When he picked up he muttered “mate…I need you to talk me down…I’m not doing as well as I let off…I failed them mate…she could have died…both of them could have…”

Chas heard his phone ring and picked it up from the table, seeing it was John calling him again and wondered what his mate wanted. Pressing 'answer' he held the phone to his ear, getting up and walking into the hallway, away from his ex wife and Josh. Hearing John talk he sighed and leaned against the wall. "John, they are alive. Neither died, you didn't fail them alright? You got shot for christ's sake. There was nothing you could have done with that. But you're all safe now" he told him.

"You need to keep reminding yourself that Kay handled it like a damn champion. She wouldn't want you beating yourself up over this, you know that?" he added.

Chas heard his phone ring and picked it up from the table, seeing it was John calling him again and wondered what his mate wanted. Pressing 'answer' he held the phone to his ear, getting up and walking into the hallway, away from his ex wife and Josh. Hearing John talk he sighed and leaned against the wall. "John, they are alive. Neither died, you didn't fail them alright? You got shot for christ's sake. There was nothing you could have done with that. But you're all safe now" he told him.

"You need to keep reminding yourself that Kay handled it like a damn champion. She wouldn't want you beating yourself up over this, you know that?" he added.

John cursed and said “I promised her I would protect her. She have to save my neck twice and had to go rescue Serena with Bane…I was useless. She shouldn’t have had to risk her neck…not like this…i should have been able to fight that mage off no problem…I’ve never let myself getting injured before stop me…am I going to be holding her back now? Will input her at risk?”