Carius curled up next to Kierstian, and fell asleep next to her inside of five minutes.  The next morning he called New York and booked passage on a ship out of New York bound for Brighton England.  They sold their small car that morning for 200 dollars, and rented a Subaru SUV.  After packing up the family in Dan and Jerry's car, and the rental car, he and Kierstian left town, heading north east, following Dan and Jerry, who had been to New York before.  Unknown to any of them, they had picked up a tail. Kurjak was following.  When they arrived in New Yorek they checked into a hotel. 

The children, Dan, and Jerry stayed in their hotel room while Kierstian and Carius went to the shipping office on the wharves to pay for their tickets.  It was as they left the shipping office and went for a walk on the hudson's boardwalk, to take in the sites of the big apple, that Kurjak lept out between some crates and attacked them.  The fight which ensued happened quickly, and ended quickly.  While Kurjak lunged at Carius with his sword, Carius dropped beneath the thrust and plowed against Kurjak's legs, and as he collided with him to push him backwards, Kierstian leapt at him from behind with her knife to stab him in the back, puncturing a lung.  As she did this, Kurjak regained his footing, and in his rage, he swept around with his blade with an angry roar, and slashed Kierstian with his sword.  Carius meanwhile had pulled his pistol and leveled the muzzle with Kurjak's head to pull off three rounds.  Whether Kierstian stabbed him again, Carius could not tell.  Kurjak dropped dead to the ground.  The two werewolves had maintained their human appearance during the fight.  Carius fought back the tears in his eyes as he whispered Kierstian's name as he saw the blood flowing from her, then cursing under his breath, he quickly dragged Kurjak's body to the edge of the wharf and dumped his body in the hudson, then gathered Kierstian up in his arms to carry her back to the hotel.  He had covered her wound with his leather jacket. 

Each time he passed someone, Carius cracked jokes to Kierstian about getting drunk, and how she should learn her limit, or how he was going to take advantage of her drunken state.   Carius was amazed when he entered the hotel to find Mick there, checking into a room.  Carius shook his head in disbelief, but had no time to be social however, and quickly carried Kierstian to their hotel room.  After getting her into bed, he called the desk to ask for Mick Walker.  Carius invited Mick up to his room, and when he arrived, he showed the Aussi Kierstian's wound to tell Mick that fate and fortune had shined on them again with his presence there.  Mick had laughed and said it had nothing to do with fate.  That Carius had made him decide to leave Ravenswood himself, and move back to London.  "Have teh look after meh friends after all," Mick had said with a grin.

Kierstian would have time to heal during their journey at sea.  Mick had bound and concealed her wounds well, and given her medicine to neutralize the silver at their hotel room the night before they left.  Mick had also returned to the docks, and cleaned up the blood and mess after mending Kierstian.  Mick had planned to take a plane, but decided to book passage on the boat with them.  He looked after Kierstian aboard ship and when they arrived in Brighton, they rented another car and drove to London.  While Kierstian rested at the hotel the next day, with Mick watching over her, Carius went out looking for work.  Dan and Jerry too kept Kierstian company while she finished mending.  Carius secured a job at a shipping company on the third day, driving a forklift and operating a cargo crane.  Carius had also secured a large apartment on London's southside, and had invited Mick to live with them as long as he wished, telling him that he was always welcome wherever they lived.  Mick agreed to stay with them until he decided to go his own way (which was probably as soon as he bought himself another car to live out of).  Jerry and Dan rented an apartment across from their own, despite how rough the neighborhood was.

Six months later Cabron was laid off.  For awhile, Carius, aka Cabron, worked for a landscaping company, but the pay was lousy, and so in the 9th month of Kierstian's pregnancy, in May of 2005, he applied at Club X-Tech as a bouncer.  When Cabron talked to the owner, Louis DeLeon, he asked if his wife Kierstian could also work there spinning records and bar tending in her spare time.  Louis agreed and hired them both.  Carius and Kierstian had no idea that vampires existed, and that they would be working for a 4th generation Vulcan vampire, and even be surrounded by vampires at Club X-Tech.  Carius asked Louis if he knew of any available houses near his club, and it so happened that Louis owned a 4 bedroom cottage, with an attick, den, and full basement near the club, that was available.  Cabron's new boss cut the lupus a rather generous deal for the place.  Carius bought a bottle of fine wine back with him from the club to celebrate the news about the job and house with Kierstian, Mick, and the others.  Oh what a surprise met Carius when he got home.  Kierstian was having the baby.  Only...It was not just the one child they had expected, but twins.  All the irony was beginning to make Carius question his lack of faith.  Perhaps he did believe in something after all.  Fate.

(Pregnancy time line taken care of peeps.  Note the changes.)