Kelly's eyes narrowed, hair now blowing about behind him as though in a gale. "Did he hurt you?"

"I got away," said Lily uncomfortably.

"Tell me who he is and I'll find him," said Kelly.

"He lives in a mansion with lots of bodyguards!" protested Lily, "You'd get hurt!"

Kelly smiled at her, brows knit in question. "I would, huh?"

"Well...maybe not," the corner of her mouth lifted ever so slightly.

Kelly's hair stopped billowing and wrapped around her, cocooning her to him as his expression softened and he gave her a kiss.

Lily snuggled into him, "I'm glad to have you back,"

"Glad to be back," said Kelly, brushing his claws through her hair. "Shadows ain't much fer company."

She giggled and kissed him, "I hope we never part again,"

"I don't plan on it," he assured her. The hair unfurled itself and he gave her one more pet before standing and stretching his spidery limbs. "How 'bout we take a walk?"

"That sounds wonderful," she said taking his arm.

Kelly led her along the beach, the sight of the two of them together creating a bit of a stir as they passed through more crowded areas.

Also on the beach were Bert and Antimony, Bert was leading Antimony onto the surf with a net in his hand, "We're going to have a clam bake later so I thought we'd do some scrounging and see if we find anything tasty,"

"You ever go clam-diggin' before?" asked Antimony.

"Couple times, Kurt spends a lot of time out here when he's not at work and he was nice enough to show me how to do it," said Bert.