[IC] I am the fire - Constantine RP

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay smiled back at John as she helped Serena get him to the couch downstairs, making him lay down which she wad glad he was complying for a change. She listened to what Serena was saying, also getting medical student vibes from her terminology. "he's healed up, so should be fine."she said back to Serena, sitting on the floor beside John feeling tired from healing him. She didn't regret it though and would in a heartbeat, do it all over again if it came to it. She couldnt figure out why she feeling so protective and drawn to John, but she wasn't exactly complaining about it either. The moment John asked Serena about her training, Kay fel glad that her assumptions and observations were correct.

At the mention of burning her bag she sighed and felt like what's left of her was being ripped from her. Chas could see how it was hurting Kay emotionally about the idea of burning her bag, and he honestly could understand it, but he also knew it was for the best. "I'll burn the bag, I can do it out back safely. I'll bring it to Kay so she can retrieve her things from in it first though" he suggested, seeing Kay sigh with some little relief at the mention of that. "thank you" Kay said, getting a nod of acknowledgement in return. "and I don't care mate, you're staying right there with Kay, rest up. Just for once please?" he told John, seeing him trying to sit up. "they're right John, please. I might have been able to heal you but you still need to sleep. Even if its just for an hour. You need to properly rest." Kay chimed in, looking at him with almost pleading eyes to just do the right thing. Chas watched on as Kay have John the pleading eyes, and even held his hand into her own to fully sell the plead, making him smirk ever so slightly before walking back upstairs to grab Kay's bag and bringing it down for her to empty its contents. "thanks Chas" she muttered, looking away from John for a brief moment to stare at her bag.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John stared at Kay as she took his hand and looked at him. Then he sighed and nodded. “Alright alright...enough of the puppy eyes...I’ll sleep. Not too long but I can for a little while...” Serena smirked at Kay and she moved to sit by the couch, helping John lay back down and covered him with a blanket. “You’ve take two slams into a wall in the last day, don’t push your luck. You need to sleep...”

John nodded and rolled over, closing his eyes. Within moments John was snoring softly, out cold. Serena leaned back in the chair and watched Kay pull her stuff out. “We can get another bag for ya, and this one we can put a charm on it to make sure nothing else gets left...”

She glanced at Chas and said “how was taking your kid to school? You said you had a daughter right?”

[FuriePhoenix]

When John caved under the pressure they were all giving him, to the point of making a remark about her puppy eyes at him, Kay couldn't help but look smug that it worked, which only matched Serena's smirk of success. Chas couldn't help but chuckle in bemusement that the girls hanging up on John actually worked. Kay was glad that Serena was teaming up with her to get John to rest and making him get some sleep. As he did so and the blanket went over him, she let go of his hand so she could tend to her bag. She started pulling everything out which wasn't too much at all. A sad sight to see and realise when she saw she had three small piles of belongings. One had a folded up hoodie that had one more spare top inside and leggings with clean socks, the second pile had her sketchbook and pencil and one fiction book that was clearly well read as the covers were curling from being folded back as she read the book. The book being called 'a tale of two cities' by Charles Dickens. The third and final small pile was simply of just two photographs. One was of her seven year old self with her mother on the sofa having a tickle fight and laughing. Her mother raving the exact same hair colouring as herself, but it was in a shoulder length Bob. She had the same eyes as her mother and looked truly like a mini version of her. The second photo of her adoptive family and herself when she was in her late teens on a camping trip, her sister/childhood best friend Sam who had extremely dark brown hair, tanned skin and dark eyes. A stunning girl who was popular, the polar opposite to Kay. She truly looked the odd one out in the family but it was clear the three of them loved Kay. As Serena spoke up about getting her another bag, she simply nodded.

Chas wasn't expecting Serena to ask him anything, but as she did he wasn't going to ignore the woman. "yeah, a daughter. She's twelve now, called Geraldine. It was fine taking her. Actually was quite nice to be honest. She wasn't embarrassed by me dropping her off so that's always a win in my book" he chuckled. He glanced over and saw what little Kay had making him sigh with sympathy. He noticed her reading choice and was somewhat surprised by the choice. He didn't know why but he didn't take Kay for the classic literature type for some reason. He also noticed the two almost worn photos but was hesitant to ask about them, but did anyway. "that your adoptive family?" he asked, gesturing at the pictures. Kay looked down and nodded, "yeah.."she quietly replied.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena looked over after checking John's stats and looked over. "They look lovely Kay..." She got up and rolled her neck. She got up and walked over to the stairs and said "I'm going to check out the books again...see if I can find something on what made that seal now that I have seen it..." She walked up the stairs and grabbed one of the books she had been looking before they were attacked again.

She opened the book and flipped thru the pages, trying to find where she had been. She paused and found the page, starting to pace around as she read. John stirred a little but just rolled over in his sleep, looking terrible.

[FuriePhoenix]

As comments were made about her photos, she grabbed them and tucked them inside her book so they couldn't be seen again. It was always a difficult subject for her to delve into and now was no different. She looked up as Serena got up to head for the stairs where the books were before looking back down again. She grabbed her little sketchbook and pencil, opening it, flicking through the rough sketches she had in it to find a blank page. She didn't see juvh point in interrupting Serena as she was working on finding out more about the sigil that was on the bottom of her bag. She glanced at John as he turned over but remained asleep, suddenly getting inspired and started sketching away. She wasn't drawing John as such, but everything they had gone through did give her some kind of inspiration, using John as a muse so to speak. It was just rough lines at the moment to get the positions she wanted perfected before she even thought about adding more fine lines or details.

Chas followed Serena upstairs and leaned against the balcony, "you found anything useful to help us out?" he asked her curiously, noting the similarities between her and John with the wayy they both paced back and forth as they read a book when researching something. "by the way I might head out later if you two need anything for here? John is terrible at keeping the place stocked for himself, let alone guests" he then remarked, knowing that someone would have go out to replace Kay's bag if she didn't feel like going out herself and clearly they'd need the general bathroom supplies at least. He figured when it came to clothes, the girls would have to either go together alone or go with him and John for safety to go shopping.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena looked up and shook her head. "Not yet...I'm on the right track I just haven't found it yet..." She paused and looked at him. "I can run out for supplies if you would rather keep an eye on John...he doesn't seem like the type to take it easy even if he should..." She paused at a page and tapped it. "This is it...crap" She turned the book to show Chas. "This is bad..."

John groaned in his sleep, his face twisting in pain.

Serena waited till Chas read the page and said "What do we do? Wait from them to hit or we go hit them with guns blazing?"

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas nodded waiting for her to finish reading, whilst listening to her suggestion of her going out so he could keep John resting. "good point, if you think you'll be safe going out. I'll gladly give you the cash for it" he replied to her, thinking it was only fair to help out where he could. He didn't think the girls would have much money between them, if any at all as well. It was clear Kay certainly didn't for a start, as she had previously mentioned stealing to get by as best she could. When Serena found what she did. He took the book that she handed to him and began reading it. "we need to strategise that's what we need to do. Set a trap if we can, somewhere that's not here. This place needs to remain as secret as possible for obvious reasons." he explained.

Kay looked up from her sketchbook when she heard John fidgeting and groaning in his sleep, making her put her book down and check on him. "John you're okay," she said to him, hesitantly at first, she grabbed for his hand in the hopes it would subconsciously calm him. She let her thumb rub against his calloused skin, and rested her head against his. "please be okay" she murmured to herself.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John calmed at her tough, seeming to be able to relax again. It had been a long time since he had had this good of a sleep without nightmares invading bad enough that it would wake him in a cold sweat. Kay brought a calm he hadn’t felt in a very long time.

Serena nodded and said “I can handle the shopping. I’m not homeless like Kay was. I have been jumping all over the place...funds are not a problem for me...” she got up and closed the book, putting a marker in the page. “I’ll start working on some kind of trap when I get back...you stay and keep an eye on those two” she walked right by him, smiling softly. When he was close he would pick up an aura off of her, much like a alpha Wolof would have over their pack.

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay felt him relax and sighed with relief. She kept one hand on his but sat up a bit more, grabbing her sketchbook and pencil, pulling up her knees so she could rest her book against her legs and continued to sketch with her free hand. She couldn't figure it out but she just couldn't leave John unattended, even though she was usually far from ever giving a shit about anyone in recent years. She was barely even aware of the other two up above them as she just let herself get wrapped up in what she was doodling, letting her pencil tell her what to do next rather than truly thinking hard on what she wanted to do.

Chas nodded, glad that such things weren't a problem for Serena, unlike with Kay. He noticed how she put a marker in the book so she could easily find the relevant information once again, thinking that's exactly what John would have done. As she walked by his eyes rows rose in curiosity, sensing the aura from her and he wasn't even remotely as in tune with all things magical like John was. He was just the cabby in his eyes with only a small amount of magical knowledge. So if he could sense it then it had to be incredibly strong. "right, stay safe when you're out there" he told he. "you got a phone? Let me sticky number in it so if you run into trouble you can speed dial me and I'll be there" he told her. It was only fair that they all exchanged numbers as he just knew it'd come in handy at some point.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena paused and nodded, pulling his phone out and unlocking it. She handed it to him and said “not many contacts any more...but it works just fine” she pulled her jacket on and looked down at Kay and John. “Kay, I’m heading out for supplies and such, do you want me to pick you up anything?”

John seemed to be sleeping peacefully now, a rare feat when it came to the mage. Serena walked down the stairs and looked around for a pen and paper for Kay to right a list. The shadows moved and brought her both, Serena smiling at both and started writing. She looked up and said “Chas? Anything specific you wanted?”

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas took her phone from her when she handed it to him and instantly tapped in his number, saving it in her contacts under his name and handed it back to her after she put her jacket on. He glanced down over the balcony when Serena did and saw how Kay and John were, smirking to himself as he had never seen his friend look that calm when sleeping. The hand holding having also not gone unnoticed on him as Kay continued to sketch with her free hand. At the sound of her name being called, Kay looked up and nodded, "please!" she replied as Serena walked down stairs and with the help of her shadows, gave her a pen and paper to write down a list, which she gladly did including mundane things like a new toothbrush and toothpaste, and as her pencil was proving to be rather small now, she even added a new pack of standard graphite pencils. She did need more clothes but she would prefer to go out herself to find some whenever she could as she was incredibly fussy about what she wore, so she instead thought of the other things such as deodorant, towel and wash cloth along with general shower supplies.

Chas shook his head when he was asked, having only brought in more food and drinks for the kitchen earlier as he was passing the shop on his way from the school run. "nah I'm good. And when it comes to Sleeping Beauty over there I got him some supplies on my way here this morning. So he'll be fine as well" he explained smirking to himself. When Kay was done writing down what she wanted, she handed Serena her list with a thanks for picking it all up for her. She then went back to her little sketch which started to take shape of a figure taking flight in front of the sun. Being that it was in her standard pencil it was hard to tell if it would be a sunset or sunrise she was getting across but she didn't care.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Serena smiled at Kay then headed to the door, nodding to Chas. “I won’t be long...if you get worried or anything comes to mind just call” she opened the door and she stepped out, the shadows wrapping around her and she vanished.

After a time there was a knock on the door. When Chas opened it, a few bags of supplies were there. A note on top was from Serena.

Ran out of room in my arms, so had my shadows bring what I had so far. I’m picking up a phone for Kay, then I should be back after I pick up my stuff from where I was staying

Suddenly John groaned, slowly sitting up and holding his head. “What the bloody happened...I feel like I was hit by a ticked off troll...Chas?” Then he saw Kay and he smiled softly “hello there...”

[FuriePhoenix]

Chas read the note and smiled to himself thinking how nice it was of her for go buy a phone for Kay. It was only when he read it that he truly realised he never did see a phone in that little pile of belongings from her bag. He sure the others bits but never a phone which now he thought about it, did think it was pretty odd for a theory something woman not to have. Then the logical side of his mind kicked in and figured she may have either lost it being homeless, traded it for something to survive or purposely dumped it somewhere. His guess was the middle option but it wasn't something he was going to bring up if she didn't want to talk with him whilst she was clearly engrossed in what she was doing. So instead he brought in the bags and placed them in the kitchen on the table, before walking through as John woke up groaning then spotting Kay on the floor next to him. "you actually got some bloody sleep for a change after Kay healed you up from going one round with a spirit that was tracking Kay.. Remember?" he reminded him, even though he could see John clearly smiling at Kay.

"hey" she replied, taking her hand back after realising it was on his the entire time as he slept. "you err..started sleeping bad..so I just stayed here just incase you fell off the couch or something" she told him, making up any excuse she could, that was threaded through some truth. She closed her small little sketchbook and put it on top of her things that were still on the floor, without her bag. "Serena went out to get some stuff for herself and Kay, her shadows have already brought back some of the bags but she's got a couple of other bits to pick up then she'll be back" Chas cut in to explain why one of the women wasn't there before John could notice and ask.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John smiled and said "Thanks, its been a while since I've slept that well." He got up and rolled his neck and asked "So what did I miss? Anything crazy..." Suddenly the door burst open and a shadow shot in, looking like a raven. It flapped and flew around the room, looking in a panic. John looked at Chas and said "What the heck?" Then he saw it wasn't making sound and he cursed.

"Serena...something must be wrong" Then Chas's phone buzzed and a text popped up.

I'm being tailed. I don't think I can shake them. Don't leave.

John looked at Chas and said "What's wrong?"

Serena was running hard, fire balls flying at her head as she ducked behind a dumpster. She cursed and said "How the heck did they find me?" She looked at her shoulder that was burned. She looked over and saw the man walking down the alleyway. "Now is he after me...or Kay?"

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay let Chas tell John everything that he missed which he pretty much summed up in saying where Serena was. He also went into detail about how Serena was convinced she's found the right thing when it came to burning Kay's bag before finding something else that meant they needed to set a trap. This was news to Kay as well as she really wasn't listening when they had the conversation initially and was about to ask something when the door burst open and a shadow raven was flying around frantically, clearly distressed. She stood up out of instinct when she could feel that danger was possibly nearby, before remembering she mustn't run. Not this time. Chas pulle dout his phone from his jeans pocket and looked at the text that came through. Looking toward John and Kay he spoke up, "Serena says she's being tailed by someone and not to leave the house as she's trying to lose them" he explained.

"Like hell I'm not leaving, she's in trouble, we have to help her" Kay said, she knew she probably should stay put if it was someone or something tailing Serena to find the house and possibly her, but she also didn't like the idea of Serena being in trouble. "I'm not sure you leaving the place is a good idea. It's bad ENOUGH Serena is being tailed, we don't need to risk you getting into trouble as well" Chas replied to her, but he could see Kay was already putting on her last pair of socks and boots, making him sigh and pinch the bridge of his nose. "there's no stopping you is there?" he asked, "no. There isn't. She saved my arse now it's time I return the favour" Kay stated stubbornly.

[MegaraFoxfire]

John smirked and said "We are both going. Serena saved our necks and we need to help her in return. Do we have any idea where she could have ended up?" He grabbed his jacket and headed for the door, a smirk on his face. "Time to walk on the dark side, folks.."

Serena was running again, ducking fire balls as she ended up in a dead end. She cursed, turning to face the demon behind her. She faced him and shadows gathered around her. "Okay...a face on fight then..." She sent her shadows after the demon, her shoulder looking nasty. The demon moved out of the way and was a lot faster then Serena. He hit her in the face and grabbed her neck, slamming her into the wall.

"Where is she?" Serena smirked and grunted "Your better off killing me...more likely to happen then me telling you anything..."

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay was glad that one of them was on her side over it all and agreeing to find Serena to help her out. She pulled on her jacket as she nodded at John's words, before glancing at Chas for an answer about Serena's whereabouts. "I can try and track her phone on the way or her shadow raven could just lead us" Chas replied, knowing which of those two things would be by far the fastest option. Tracking someone's phone would take time, time that they probably didn't have, but if it was the only way, he would hand his phone to John whilst he drove to make John guide him via the tracking. "but other than that no idea. She said about heading to where she held up most of the time to grab some of her belongings from there after picking up Kay a phone, so she could be anywhere in the main city" Chas then added straight after.

Kay looked at the shadow raven that was still around them, knowing that that raven would have had to come from Serena and so it would have to know where she was. "I say we hope this raven shadow leads us. It's the best choice we got" she suggested. Sure, she could have let Fee take over and fly overheard to get a birds eye view of the area to a certain extent, but that would just out a massive red marker on her which they also couldn't risk. Not to mention she hadn't ever done that before so she had no idea if that would even work. "either way we need to be fast" she added.

[MegaraFoxfire]

The raven nodded and followed John out, flying ahead of them. John cursed and said "Guys come on! Its leaving without us!" He ran after the bird, hoping he wouldn't lose it. When they got to the alleyway they saw Serena and the demon. The demon seemed to be chanting something, a silver energy was flowing out of Serena and into the demon.

John cursed and said "Its draining her aura, we need to stop this now" He muttered a spell and a fire ball came to hand and he threw it at the demon, making it turn around and look at them. Serena was barely awake when she saw them. She grunted "No...guys...get out...of here..."

[FuriePhoenix]

Kay ran out with the two men and after the shadow raven, managing to somehow keep up with them all, glad that she had spent so much of her life running. They had to have been running for a few minutes before they reached the alleyway that Serena was in with the demon and being drained. Seeing the demon draining Serena of her aura in that manner just made Kay see red. She got so angry at what she was seeing that she herself fou d herself getting her hands igniting in flames. "keep away from her!" she sneered, following up John's attack with her own to the demon. John was right when he told her she had to stop running from what was coming for her, and it was only now, with Serena getting attacked that she was truly seeing and accepting that. Chas, whilst the other two were distracting the demon, ran to Serena, kneeling down to pick her up off the floor. "they got this, let's get you to a safe spot" he told her, trying to get her to out of the conflict zone.

Kay knew now there was so much more at stake than just herself and if these people were willing to help her get a chance at knowing exactly who she was, then she was going to help them when they needed it. She saw as the demon went for her with a smirk that showed her it was her he wanted all along. She went to throw another blast of phoenix flame at him but saw him dodge it. "shit" she cursed, going on the defense as quickly as she could. "you want me? Keep them out of it!" she sneered at the demon.

[MegaraFoxfire]

When the flames hit the demon he hissed, dropping her to the ground as he turned to face the pair. Serena slid down the wall hit the ground, barely awake. She felt arms around her and opened her eyes weakly, seeing Chas. She smiled weakly and said "I...got her phone...in my bag..." She was shaking badly in his arms, her skin pale and cold.

John moved in front of her and said "Gotcha dirt bag" He waved his hand and a seal appeared around the demon. He clapped his hands and the seal flashed. "We banish you back to the realm you belong...with these words and holy flames..." He looked at Kay and said "Blast him with your flames now!"