Kay felt utterly helpless sat on the stairs, but she had to admit to herself it was sweet that even Trish was openly declaring that she would look after her. "He's blocking the link between us Serena....it's just making it more powerful as my half is fighting to break the block" she said to Serena, holding her head with one hand as she looked down at her lap. "I can't lose him Serena....." she said again, a tremble in her voice.

When his shadow jumped out in front, Chas just knew who it was even before Bane showed himself and spoke to him. As John told him no, he held his hand out to him to quiet John as he focused on the goons that were talking to him before Bane did. The temptation to beat the living shit out of the goons was great but bringing his best mate to safety was more tempting and far more important. "I'll grab John, then I'll help you Bane" he told Bane, rushing to his friend's side as he knew he had only so many extra lives on his soul and he didn't want to risk losing one for such a simple task...at least, a simple one in comparison to most of their situations.

He pulled John up onto his feet. "It was me coming after your sorry arse or Kay...so think yourself lucky it was me" he told him. Chas knew he just needed to get John as close to the cab as possible so Josh could help him in the cab. Seeing John getting brought to the cab, Josh opened the door and ran over to help.

Serena smiled and said “knowing John his blocking it just to stop the pain. If he were in real danger he would tell you. Don’t worry the guys will find him I know it”

John could barely walk as they got him to the cab. He was covered in blood and badly. He leaned on the cab and muttered “I didn’t want anyone coming for me Chas…” he stumbled to Josh and swayed badly, blood hitting his lips.

Bane smirked as his eyes glowed silver. “Now shall we speak on your manners?” The remained goons walked towards Bane, not knowing what they were getting into.

"He needs to learn and remember we're a team, he doesn't have to do everything alone anymore" Kay said back to Serena, she didn't care if he was doing this to try and protect her she also wanted to help him. "This is what he does, he lures people in then leaves them high and dry, it's a miracle he's even kept Chas around, though I'm certain its just so he gets a free ride every damn time" Renee's voice came out of the quiet as she had gotten up and stood in the doorway of the living room looking at the girls on the staircase.

"Do you really think Kay would have been okay being left at Renee's house? The girl damn well was stumbling out the door to come after you" Chas replied back to him. "That girl is as stubborn as you are and I know we've told you that enough times already but it's true." he said more, making sure Josh had a secure hold of John as he brought John to the cab with Josh's help and opened the car door, where the two men got John inside. "Do yourself a favour and stay in the damn car" he warned him. "i got this Chas, go help Bane" Josh told him, helping John in the car and staying standing by the door to block John getting out form that side. With a firm nod, Chas jogged back to Bane. "These assholes still not taking the hint I see" he spoke to him.

Serena’s eyes glowed and she turned to look at the woman. “Well, if we were asking opinions of closed minded people we would have asked. John left here because of you so I’d keep your mouth shut. He already risked his life for her and myself. Was shot and worse. Kay knows who he is. John more likely is trying to protect her knowing she’s been thru a lot today. He was protecting her from unneeded pain. He left here without fighting you so he didn’t cause more stress to those who love him.” She was shaking with rage, her nerves raw.

John sat in the car and looked at Chas saying “I didn’t want her to feel any more then she has today…I know she would try and come but I knew you guys would…stop her…” he blinked hard as he fought to stay awake.

Bane rolled his neck as the guys were on the ground. “No they aren’t taking the hint…”

At Renee talking, Kay looked up at the woman as she spoke and spoke so badly of John. If she wasn't so worried about John's life, she would have had a lot of choice words for the woman but it seemed Serena was much more capable of it than she was, as she verbally tore the woman a new one. The moment she realised however that Serena's eyes were glowing, she placed her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Serena...stop. It's not worth getting worked up over." she told her.

She then looked at Renee again, "but know this, you're wrong about John. He may not be perfect, but none of us on this damn planet are. I know for a fact he hasn't just walked out on me. He's hurt and Serena's right, he probably is stupidly doing this to protect me because he loves me. Somehow he found me worth giving a damn about. I don't care for your spat with him, and right now I can't care about how you feel about him, all I can care about is the level of pain and worry I have going on for him right now" she finally managed to say.

"John doesn't love anyone but himself" Renee scoffed back. "that's where you're wrong! He IS capable of love!" Kay spat back before getting up and storming outside, sitting on the step of the porch so she didn't punch Renee, purely for Chas' sake.

Josh listened to John as Chas was already by Bane at this point. "it took Serena to actually make her back down...shes worried sick about you. That head injury you got? She felt it full force, we fou d her practically on the floor and stumbling to leave to get here" he explained.

Chas cracked his knuckles ready to fight them as Bane said they weren't taking the hint that they needed to leave. It was then there was a bright golden light in front of them, swirling in an oval shape as a covered hooded figure stepped out of it and magic with the same energy signature as John's came flying toward the attackers who were on the ground and restrained them tightly. The figure didn't speak a single word and kept their head down, focused and sent the attackers into Hell as they made a giant sigil underneath them and with a blast of golden magic, the attackers were pulled down and gone.

The figure which looked obviously feminine, looked up just enough to smirk at Chas and Bane. With a flick of her hand in goodbye, throwing a folded piece of paper at them in the process, she stepped backwards into the portal and vanished as quickly as she arrived, leaving the paper to fall at both their feet.

'John' was simply hand written on the folded paper in neat italic handwriting, synonymous with someone who was left handed.

Serena looked ar Renee and said “now I get why demons have an easy time with humans…you lot make it easy…” she looked at the girls before her and said “Trish?” Trish was glaring st Renee and said “John saved my life and nearly died doing it…you don’t really know him…you just have a black heart. I’m not sure how you have a sweet daughter who is willing to be friends with a freak like me…must be all Chas…” she wiped her eyes and ran out the door.

Serena looked at the mother and asked “I think I’ll take the girls home…this isn’t helping them heal…and I’m going to keep from ripping you apart for Chas and your daughter sake…don’t ever go near them again…” she walked out, slamming the door shut. “Get in the car girls…”

John cursed and said “I thought I was fast enough…I didn’t want a fuss…” he was out of it, blood on his lips and from the number of pressure cuts he had. He suddenly fell to the side, blacking out as the gold light flashed.

Bane frowned as they vanished and picked up the paper. “Who was that?” He handed the paper to Chas. “You need to have a word with your ex…the girls are leaving the house…seems she opened her mouth to we two worse girls to mouth off about John…I can feel Serena trying to not blast something…”

Because she was outside already, she didn't hear the rest of what Trish and Serena was saying to Renee. She was trying to remain civil for Chas' sake but she couldn't take hearing John being bad mouthed so much when she was in the state she was in currently. She only snapped out of it when Trish came out and joined her on the porch. Without saying a word she pulled the kid into her and gave her a hug, needing it just as much as Trish possibly did. She wasn't proud of herself for storming out the house like a child when she was a grown woman, but she felt she needed the air.

As Serena came out and said she was taking them home, Kay sighed with relief, wanting the security of John's place. "no complaints from me." she said, letting go of Trish so she could get up onto her feet and handed Serena the car keys as she really didn't want to drive anymore. "I just wanna go home and crash" she said, walking to the car and got in the passe her side when Serena unlocked it. She sat in the passenger seat silent, unknowing to everything that was going on at John's location.

Josh went to reply to John when he saw him pass out and cursed under his breath. It was then he looked over at everything that was suddenly happening, going wide eyed at what he was witnessing, whilst wondering what the hell was going on. When the mysterious figure disappeared he watched as Bane bent down an dpicked something up off the ground handing it to Chas.

"ain't got a bloody clue mate" Chas replied to Bane, just as confused as he was. He didn't know of many other mages in John's world. He knew of a clairvoyant named Zed, and of the voodoo bloke who went by the name of Papa Midnite but not any other mages that used magic like John did. He took the paper and saw it was addressed to John. "whoever it was, somehow knows John...we better get back then. I'm not surprised somehow that's happened. I'm guessing the girls will go back to John's place" he replied to Bane, tucking the paper in his jeans pocket.

Serena helped Trish inside and got into the drivers seat, fuming. “If she weren’t Chas’s ex wife and mother of that sweet girl…I’d have thrown her thru a wall…” she put the car in drive and headed out of there, her hands shaking.

Bane nodded and bowed his head. “I’ll go back ahead and make sure the girls are secure. Safe travels” he vanished in the shadows just as John seemed to have trouble breathing clearly.

"Mhm, likewise" Kay replied to Serena as she let her do the driving back home. "i'm not proud of storming out like a child, but I couldn't take hearing what she was saying about John anymore...I know he warned me that we may come across people who will say shit about him but I didn't think Chas' ex wife would be so callous" she said more. "You know...John actually told me he loved me last night? I really hope he's okay...I can't feel him anymore and it's scaring me shitless" she added.

"You too Bane" Chas replied as he watched Bane vanish back into the shadows and go to find the girls, he walked back to the cab and got in before leaning over and seeing that John was out cold and starting to struggle to breathe. "Shit...we gotta back in his place fast" he said to Josh, turning back to the front and quickly starting the car up again and started driving back to John's home. "Chas, what was that figure and what did they throw at you?" Josh asked as they drove back. "i dunno mate, but she threw a piece of paper addressed to John" Chas explained.

Serena looked over and said “if he was in danger Bane would tell me. I sent him after the guys. It will be alright Kay. I know he can handle himself and the boys will take care of him…”

John suddenly coughed up blood and coughed hard, his breathing labored.

Serena pulled into the house to see Bane waiting for them at the door. “We need to get inside…Bane has that look…”

Reaching the millhouse, Kay really hoped that Serena was right about John being okay but when they saw Bane standing there waiting for them, her heart sank as she felt there was only bad news coming their way. The moment Serena stopped the car, Kay was out of it like a bullet and rushing over to Bane, "Where's the others? What's happened with John?" she asked rapidly, panic setting in before she could even control what she was doing or saying.

"Chas he's getting worse!" Josh said as he saw John coughing up blood and getting more and more labored with his breathing. He did not want to be bringing a dead John Constantine back to Kay as he feared how she would react to that. He may not know her that well yet, but he had a feeling it wasn't going to go down well at all and Kay could explode emotionally over that news. Chas nodded and speed up, taking a bunch of short cuts in side roads and similar to get back quicker. "We're almost back" he told him, trying not to curse and punch the steering wheel in the process.

Bane looked up and said “John was jumped on the way back to here. His alive but from what I saw he might have internal bleeding of some sort. My lady, your skills will be needed. I wanted to get you ready before they got here”

Serena ran inside and said “I’ll need all the medical supplies we have here in the living room!” Bane looked at Kay and said “his alright. It will look worse then it truly is. No magic was used against him.” Trish walked over and took Kay’s hand.

John opened his eyes weakly and said “hard…breath…lung…” he coughed again and fought to keep his eyes open as he said “Chas…slow down mate or…we mate get into a wreck…”

Kay gasped when Bane explained what had happened to John and what he thinks might be wrong with John. Her hands began to shake as got inside, thankful for Trish taking her hand and holding it for support. She nodded at Bane's reassurance that no magic was used against John which she took as a good thing, but then again, she knew how badly someone could get hurt just from mundane beatings. "Will Serena be able to save him?" she asked Bane.

Hearing John come round and telling him to slow down was of great relief to Chas, even if he found it ironic that he was being told to slow down by the man who usually told him to speed up. He did as he was told, but still kept the very limit he could drive as they neared the road to the mill house. "Kay is gonna lose her sanity seeing you like this mate but it's good to see you back with us" he replied as he got onto the road and drove up to the mill house.

Bane smiled and said “she is the best one for the job. She knows how to fix these kinds of injuries. Her time working in ERs has made her skills and in the know how how to help him”

Serena was looking for any tools she might need to help John, her mind focused on the task at hand.

John smiled weakly and said “I won’t last long…I’m barely staying awake at the moment…I think ribs are busted…a lung hit maybe…” he coughed again and blood hit his lips.

Kay nodded at Bane's words, trusting that Serena would know what to do after her told her as such. She had no reason to question it and in her eyes this was their only option that wasn't taking him to the hospital and checking him in to be seen. "I trust her" she told him back, walking over to the couch and sitting down, not wanting to get in the way. She didn't even pay attention if Trish followed her there or not.

Chas pulled up to the mill house eventually and stopped in front of the door, "Lets get you inside" he told John, whilst also making it clear that he would need Josh's help getting John inside. "just don't die on me or Kay will kill me" he smirked, getting out the car after killing the engine and opening the door to John's side, getting help from Josh to get him out of the car. He slung one of John's arms over his shoulders, whilst Josh did the same thing with John's other arm and helped carry him to the door and inside. "We're back!" Chas called out.

Trish walked in with Bane as Serena was laying everything on the coffee table. She looked up and said “Kay? You feeling alright? Your pale”

The door opened and as the boys walked in Trish ran over and gasped. “John what happened to you?” John was barely awake now as the pain doubled being moved. John was almost dead weight between them as Serena ran into the entry. “Get him on the couch. Let’s see what we have. Can you tell me what happened?”

Serena's voice cut through her thoughts and made her look up at her, "...I'm fine...just focus on getting ready for John..." she told her as she turned her attention to the sounds of John being carried in and Chas calling out to them. She instantly moved from the couch and went to the separate to chair, sitting back down. She was worried sick seeing John in such a state and as he kept phasing between consciousness, she started gettign waves of the pain he was feeling.

Chas and Josh, as carefully as they possibly could, got JOhn down the spiral staircase and over to the couch laying him down as instructed. Chas could see how pale Kay looked and how worried she looked, knowing it had to be because of the bond between her and John. "Kay you look white as a sheet" he pointed out, "..I'm fine!" she practically snapped back, even though she didn't mean to and luckily for her, Chas didn't take offence to it. He turned to Serena, "what do you need from us?" he asked her, wondering how he and Josh could help, if at all.

Serena moved and started to undress John so she could get a look at his chest. His chest was bruised and beaten and she cursed. “From the looks his lung was hit…I need to repair it…maybe” she moved to the table and grab a knife and needle and said “this is going to be gross”

She checked both sides and found the lung that had been damaged and then made a small cut next to the lung and said “Chas I need you to hold his arms down. Josh? I need you to find anything I can use to hold the hole made open. Kay? I need you over here”

She pulled Kay over and said “I need you to watch his breathing. As soon as you hear a change tell me” she then threaded the needle and a shadow took it and she moved the shadow into his chest. She closed her eyes and focused, using her shadow to move to the hole in his lung and start repairing it.

Trish moved to out of the way and said “is she using shadows to do surgery?”

Kay watched on from where she was and the moment she saw the bruising and damage that he received she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. She felt tears threatening to fall from her eyes from worry and anger toward whoever did this to him. She just wanted him to be helped, she didn't care about anything else. Chas nodded at the instructions that Serena was giving out to them all, instantly going into a position above John where he could hold down his arms to make sure he didn't thrash about. Yet something told him John wouldn't.

Josh rushed off to find something that could hold the hole and cut open for Serena to work properly, eventually finding something that wasn't all that dissimilar to tongs, but much thinner. He rushed back and handed them to her, "will this work?" he asked her as she spoke to Kay and dragged her out of the chair and over to her.

Kay's hands were shaking as she tried to keep it together and let Serena do her job as she herself stayed by John's head and monitored his breathing closely. She watched as Serena got her shadows to help with repairing with the lung. "come on John...dont you give up on me" she whispered before glancing at Trish then back at John. "yeah she is" she confirmed.

Serena looked at Josh and nodded. “Perfect thank you love” she took the tongs and slipped them into place to hold the wound open. Now she was able to use both hands to guide her shadow to the damaged lung and she closed her eyes to see what her shadow saw.

Bane was by Trish and said “clever…she’s using her shadows like a surgeon would use a small camera and tools…to keep having to open his chest up…”

Serena was sweating as she said “I found the hole. There is a rib in the lung. Chas? I need you to move his rib back into place. Josh? You are goin to take the arms from John because once that rib moves its going to hurt a lot…”