Chas focused on the road as he began driving them back to the millhouse and Serena and Josh talked with each other, Serena seemingly calming more and more as they spoke. He glanced at Serena through the rear view mirror and nodded, "I agree with that, but he ain't gonna be happy with what we have to say" he replied back to her.

Kay had to admit at first, she didn't hear the footsteps from up above, but now that Trish pointed out, she focused her ear on upstairs and low and behold, she hesrd them. "hmm...you stay here, I'll go check it out" she told Trish, pointing her finger at the kid as she gave an order, then headed upstairs.

Serena nodded weakly and sat up a little. “What if I went after him? Just to find out what he knows?”

Trish nodded and moved to be on the floor again. The steps were still going upstairs

Chas sighed, "I dunno Serena. John will tell you no doubt all you need to know about Midnite and I know he, like myself won't feel comfortable with you finding Midnite yourself and getting information. It's far too risky and I won't put you in more harms way" he explained both options that she could be meaning by her words.

Hearing the footsteps still heading up just ahead of her, Kay followed them before deciding to do something that she always hated in horror movies, calling out. "hello? John, that you?" not sure who else who it could be, if anyone as none of the magic warding seems to have gone off with alarm due to an intruder. So in her mind, it had to be either John or someone who knew how to get in without setting wards off.

Serena looked up at him and said “Chas we may not get a choice. We can’t let him get John no matter the…” she suddenly jumped up and grabbed the wheel, turning sharply to the left. Right at that moment a van came out of no where and hit the cab from the side, the cab spinning out of control and slamming into a light post. If Serena hadn’t grabbed the wheel, Chad would have been hit straight on.

John was still passed out, but by the bed stood a young man with dark hair. He was checking johns vitals and muttered “good…his still alive. She will be relieved. Now just need to warn mom…”

Chas saw himself as a good and reliable driver but even he didn't see the van coming as it felt like it had come out absolutely nowhere. With Serena's input, he swerved out of the way but unfortunately making him hit the lamppost. He just felt glad he had a seat belt on, but that didn't stop him from hitting his head on the steering wheel and then falling back into his seat. With a groan he held his head, the area around him spinning as he felt some blood on his hairline. "bollocks.." he grumbled. "Serena, Josh, you guys alright?" he asked, but there was no response from Josh initially, "Josh!" he said a bit louder, his voice hoarse. "I-I'm good..." Josh managed to croak out, checking he had movement in all his limbs.

Kay heard a voice that wasn't John's in John's room which made her sneak up to the doorframe and hid out of sight for a moment, weighing up her options. She had to protect John at all costs and in this split second she didn't know if the intruder was friend or foe. With Fee's assistance, she ignited her right hand in flames and stepped inside, holding her hand up, ready to attack if it was necessary. "who are you and how did you get in here?" she asked firmly.

Serena sadly hadn’t been wearing a seatbelt and had ended up flying into the front seat, partly thru the front window. The van that hit them opened their doors and three men in masks jumped out. They walked towards them and Serena tried to sit up. She saw them coming and said “crap…”

The young man turned, his bright silver eyes shining as he held up his hands. “Whoa Aunt Kay hold on! I’m a friend. I won’t be here long. The spell doesn’t last long. I just needed to check on Uncle John to make sure he was alright?”

When Chas managed to get his vision to focus once more, he saw properly exactly the predicament that Serena found herself in. "double bollocks" he grumbled as he carefully tried to see how to move her with a ut injuring her anymore than she already was. The state of his cab didn't bother him as much as he knew John had put a spell on the cab to always come back, just like he did with him. Serena on the other hand was a very different matter as he was certain that unlike Kay, she wouldn't be coming back to life if she died. He then saw the three men coming out of the van and toward them, "shit!" he complained as he tried to Serena out a bit more quickly, but still just as carefully. "we need to get out of here" he said to them both.

The moment the young man turned and held his hands up in a defensive manner, Kay looked at his eyes finding they felt somewhat familiar. As he then continued to call her aunt Kay, she paused in her step and extinguished her hand, lowering it slowly. "a-aunt? Uncle? You're... You're Serena's future kid?" she questioned, eyebrow raised. "John is fine, I've got him dosed up on meds and resting" she told him.

Serena turned so she was loose off the glass and muttered “Get Josh out of here. I can hide in shadows…I can distract them…you two need to get out of here…” she was trying to free her leg that was pinned against the door ans seat, blood coming from some where on her person.

He sighed and said “that’s good…she will be relieved that her stepping in worked…she couldn’t come thru herself thanks to the wards but I can since…well, that doesn’t matter now”

Chas didn't like the idea in the slightest, he felt somewhat responsible for Serena even though she wasn't a child. "I really hate this plan Serena" Chas said to her, but didn't fight her on it. He scrambled his way out of his side of the car and stumbled round to Josh's side of the can. Opening the door, he helped Josh get free of the seat belt then helped him out of the cab, slinging one of his arms round his own shoulders and paused for a moment. "you sure about this Serena? I can get you out too!" he said one more time. He was so hesitant to leave her behind.

Kay found herself scrutinising the young lad's words. "wait...her, as in mine and John's future kid?" she asked, finding talking to this lad was bringing the whole future possibilities all the more into reality. "what's even your name? You seem to know us but we don't know you" she asked, slowly stepping forward and closer to the lad. "is there something worse coming?" she found herself spewing out questions, not even thinking about whether or not he was able to even answer them.

Serena looked at him and nodded. “I’m stuck Chas…I’ll only slow you down. I think these guys are after you. It’s your cab and they couldn’t have known we would be with you…get going and I’ll catch up…” she was trying to free her leg, shaking badly as the three hooded men got closer. “Go Chas…”

He smiled and said “I can’t say names…it’s messes with the whole time line thing. But you’ve heard my name used for another. Someone dear to my mom. And it all means what you mean by worse. There are challenges ahead but…nothing you and uncle John can’t handle…and we will be helping when we can when it comes to the trouble coming from our end. Now, I need to warn my mom not to go out today. She’s the one in danger next.

Chas hated these kinds of situations and he just wanted to stay with Serena and give her backup but he knew deep down that Serena wouldn't let him. "...fine but you come back to us alive dammit!" he told her and with Josh, he started to make their escape by taking the alleyways to get away as safely as possible. Josh groaned as he limped beside Chas, keeping up to the urgent speed Chas had picked up as best he could. "I hate leaving her behind Chas" Josh said through gritted teeth, "I know mate, so do I" Chas replied.

Kay despised not being able to get answers but she accepted the answer nonetheless. She also hated that this lad said things are only going to get worse for their group but she had to try and take solace in the fact he said it was something she and John could handle. "I hate to say this but she's already out. With Chas and Josh... They've been gone for a while now" she told him, having a feeling he wasn't going to like that bit of information as he said Serena going out was the last thing she needed to do.

The lad then would have felt his phone buzzing with a text message from Kay and John's daughter Fia:

"hurry up! Is dad alright?! What's taking so long in there?!"

Serena watched them get away and smiled weakly. She looked at the guys now at the cab and said weakly “sorry boys…just little old me here…”

He went white and cursed softly, then moved to get his phone and read the message. He dialed and held it to his ear. “Fia, it’s Drake…your dad is fine but I wasn’t too late to get to mom. I fear they might have already hit the cab. We need to get there now”

"you say that like you still got strength to take us on girlie" one of the men sneered with a sickening smug smirk on his lips. "you also assume we're after the men you were with but we don't give a shit about John Constantine's lackie and the nobody with him" he added. "so why don't you just come with us without a fight yeah? Last thing you wanna do is make that keg of yours worse now" he smirked.

Seeing Drake go white, Kay knew instantly that what she said meant nothing good to them. She watched him as he pulled his phone out to read a message before he dialled a number and cLled whoever text him. She felt a wave of shock and familiarity course through her when she heard the name Fia being spoken. It was so close to her birth mother's name and it seemed the theme of fire related names seemed to continue when it came to naming her kid whenever she has her.

"bloody hells!" Fia cursed down the phone, sounding exactly like her father as she always cursed like he did. "get out of there before my folks see you and we'll get moving if we're to save your mum!" she told him as she paced outside the millhouse.

Serena smirked and her eyes glowed. “You think I’m defenseless just cause I’m pinned? I’m sorry but your sadly mistaken…I just need to stall…” behind the men a shadow was forming and Soon a three shadow wolves food behind them, growling and barking. Serena wasn’t as weak as Bane made it sound. She looked at them and said “still worth your time or lives boys?”

Drake swallowed and said “Umm…I kinda was already spotted…I am in the room with your dad…his okay and out cold but…I scared your mom when I got in…I’m heading out right now just give me a sec. I don’t want to be rude” he hung up and smiled at Kay. “Pardon my hasty exit, but I need to go.” He stepped back and a shadow moved and wrapped around him, making him vanish.

Drake appeared outside the mill house and said “we need to go now. If they were hit, mom won’t be able to hold those shadow wolves for long.”

The men smirked seeing how much fight Serena still had in her verbally. It was quite impressive but they didn't let that show, they just wanted her and to get out of here. Two of the men turned round as they heard wolves barking and knashing their teeth toward them, making them actually step a bit closer to Serena and not further away. "oh you're worth our time and lives bitch. We've dealt with worse than shadow puppets" the talkative one spoke up, still all arrogance and bravado.

Kay remained silent as Drake spoke to Fia, wondering where her daughter was, a sudden overwhelming need to go find her, see her, see what she looked like, how she sounded. Yet before she could ask any of these requests, Drake vanished into the shadows, leaving her stunned into silence, the only noise coming from her was when she lightly stumbled into the wall, running her hand through her hair as she tried to compute everything.

Fia nodded at Drake's words when he appeared in his usual flamboyant manner. "right, get us to where we need to be. We'll save her Drake, I promise" Fia said, putting a hand on his arm comfortingly. She knew Serena would be saved, she had to be if she has Drake in the future, just like Kay had to be okay if Fia comes into existence. With her spare hand she flipped her hood back up onto her head, hiding her vibrant auburn and blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Sure it was sheer theatrics to be cloaked and mysterious but she knew it was for the best, even if she did want to rush to her godfather Chas and hug him tightly knowing he's going to be hurt if the crash has happened.

Drake nodded and his eyes glowed silver. “Alright let’s go my dark friends” shaodws wrapped around the pair and they vanished. They reappeared down the block from the crash. Drake and saw his mother pinned in the car. “fia…whoa…look at her. She’s hurt and still fighting…just like dad said she was…”

Serena moved and glared at the men. “Fine…you want your blood on the ground then that’s what you’ll get” she waved her hand and the wolves jumped them, not just puppets but solid beings. She took that moment to think fast the fastest and most painful way to get unpinned. She moved her hand and closed her eyes. “This is going to suck” then she broke her leg right above the pinned section. She cried out and pulled her leg free then tried to pull herself free on her own while the wolves distracted the goons.

Drake watched with Fia and they both heard the crack. He gasped and said “don’t tell me she just broke her own leg?”

Teleporting via the shadows with Drake was something she was used to doing. She could and had proven she was more than capable of opening portals and travelling by them, but when it came to ease and quickness, she liked it when Drake did the Teleporting work. It also came in handy when she wanted to sneak out of the millhouse in their time for the evening to go out to a club with Drake or a secret job she decided to do (usually a heist of some kind) behind her parent's backs. "she's definitely a badass" Fia replied. As they heard and saw Serena order the wolves to attack the men, distracting them successfully, as she broke her own leg, Fia couldn't stop the wince from showing visibly.on her face and through her whole body.

"I think she did yeah..come on, we gotta help her out." she said, determined to interfere even though they probably shouldn't and if their parents found out in their time, would no doubt get seriously grounded. She ran forward inciting a spell, waving her hands in a circular fashion in front of her before pushing her hands forward, blasting fireballs forward and to the attackers. She then went to Serena, "this group is determined to have death wishes.... I swear" she muttered, helping Serena out of the cab. "we're here to help, so please trust us?" she requested, but the need for urgency didn't fade from her tone.

Serena was barely getting her leg out when she felt arms wrap around her. She turned her head as her head swam from pain and blood loss. She looked up at Fie and said weakly “Johns hooded savior…must be annoying to keep saving us…”

She then saw Drake on her other side and stared. It was joshs face with her eyes and hair. She blinked and said “I must be seeing things…”

Drake looked at Fie as they pulled her from the car and saw her leg was a bloody mess. “She’s bad…if I remember right Chas and Dad took off on foot. We need to get her help now”

Fia couldn't help but smirk sadly at Serena's comment. "would help if you lot didn't throw yourselves into dangerous situation every five minutes" she said back, a slight teasing edge to her voice as she spoke. Yet she knew she was just as bad as the rest of them and it really was seeming to be a family trait. Seeing Serena look at Drake, she wondered why she even bothered to conceal her identity from their family if Drake was going to be seen by everyone. Helping Drake pull Serena from the cab, she looked over Serena's leg then up at Drake.

"I got this. You go after Chas and Josh, make sure they're safe" Fia said to him urgently. "I can get her out of here. Meet me in our usual place" she told him, meaning the rooftop of the their favourite cinema a few blocks away. She knew it was the safest place to take Serena to get her healed up and safest place away from any dangers as they protected the place themselves.

Drake nodded and pulled his hood over his head and ran off to find Chas and josh. But glancing back he saw the goons still trying to get to the girls and he growled. But he knew Fia could handle anything as well as his mother. So he vanished and used the shaodws to travel unseen. He ended up a few blocks down and saw Chas and Josh in an alleyway, hiding and waiting for a moment to go back for Serena. He moved near them to listen to what they were saying first.

Serena hissed as moving bumped her leg. She looked up at Fia and said “you need to get out of here…it’s not safe…I’m not worth the trouble…” she was barely awake now, shock setting in.