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[color=a95353]Valon sat in the passenger side of the car silently as the mile markers quickly passed them by, neither one of them had bother to look at the other since leaving the train depot. Cal probably out of fear or concern for his well being and Valon because he did not trust even in the slightest the man he was sitting next to right now. Thirty years ago he had captured Calvin if that was even a real name and chained him to a wall, broke his jaw, slit his cheek open and nearly choked him to death. So in a real manner of speaking how was it that thirty some years later he was sitting next to the older version of Calvin and him as his partner? The only thing he could think of was it was a trap, somehow this Hunter had played the good guy long enough to be trusted and this was the moment where he would get his revenge. Although... in many ways such a thing was damn near impossible, trying to fool the upper levels of the Guardian's was no simple task, not by any means. When Valon had taken his first test, the man whom interviewed him... saw right through him as if his entire life was a book in big print. 

[color=tan][b]“I am not going to stab you in the back, just so you know.”[/b][/color]

Valon looked over slowly as the sudden voice made a remark of sincerity, Calvin was sort of looking his way, as much as he could while driving. Sweat was dripping down the side of his face even though it was not really all that hot inside the car or out. The fear in his eye's were all too evident, Valon looked away again returning his eye's to the road, he said nothing but Calvin did continue to speak.

[color=tan][b]“I know what your thinking man... honestly I thought about it too for a long time. You an me... we ain't exactly had what one would call a pleasant history with each other. I tried to kill you and you than almost killed me and gave me this scar on my cheek. I won't lie I wanted to kill you for a long time after that.”[/b][/color]

Valon hardened his brow as he listened, likely words from someone who was trying to deceive another. It was not the first time a Hunter tried to lull him with false words of friendship or that they had seen some light that showed them the way.

[color=tan][b]“I know you don't trust me and honestly I don't trust you all that much, in fact when I saw those eye's back there I nearly had a flashback to the wall you had me on. But things ain't like that no more man, I had to make a choice and I made it. Whether you understand this or not, I chose to become an exile among my own blood. You don't have to love me, hell you don't even have to consider me as part of this existence... but I have a job to do and I am going to do it if you want my help or not. So for the time being can we forego the tension and just co-exist until this is done?”[/b][/color]

Calvin slowly pulled up his free hand and offered it to Valon in what could only be assumed as some sort of an olive branch between them. Valon glared at Calvin's hand as he slowly looked up and caught Calvin's eyes for a couple moments. Ever so slowly, like it was some game Valon raised his hand from the arm rest and gripped onto Calvin's hand an closing his fingers around his. Calvin's hand was full of tension as Valon gripped it. Calvin sighed lowly to himself as Valon shook his hand, he didn't expect Valon to tighten his grip enough that his knuckles were cracked for him.

Calvin yelped in surprise as the car swerved wildly before he got control over it again, Valon released his hand as he pulled it back giving his a rather angry look.

[color=tan][b]“What the hell was that...”[/b][/color]

Calvin was surprised to see Valon giving a small, barely noticeable smile, Calvin merely rolled his eye's as he shook his hand. He scoffed lowly in amusement.

[color=tan][b]“Thats real mature Valon, while don't we try to act our age. Me  a fifty year old single man and you somewhere between God and Jesus.”[/b][/color]

[b]“The enemy of my enemy is my friend... don't mistake my intent. I still don't trust you but I will at least give you the benefit of the doubt... for now. But if you make one wrong move towards me, your head will fly for miles before it touches ground again.”[/b]

Calvin went white in the face as he put his eye's back on the road, well that pretty much took that little moment of break through and ruined it... with authority for that matter. Both of them sat silently after that not really making much conversation, at least until Valon lite a cigarette and blew the smoke all around the car.

[color=tan][b]“You know those things will kill you right?”[/b][/color]

Valon slowly turned his head and looked at Calvin with an expression that made him nearly bust out laughing. Maybe Valon wasn't so bad, he was rough as hell but he seemed okay minus the death gaze and the head rolling comment.

[color=tan][b]“By the way on a more serious note we really need to think about some new clothes for you, maybe a wig too or something. You stand out pretty good Valon, no insult meant but even though Halloween is here you would still look sorely out of place. I know a drift store in town th...”[/b][/color]

Calvin's face went into shock as he accidentally jerked away from Valon, the car flew into the other lane hard coming right at a semi. 

[color=tan][b]“Shiiiiiet!”[/b][/color]

Calvin yelled and he pulled the car back into the other lane, the semi was blaring its horn at him as he got the car back under control. He looked over again, Valon was no longer sitting next to him but some other dude, younger and prettier.

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[b]“Is this better?”[/b]

Calvin's heart was still beating out of his chest as he pulled the car over to the side of the road and bent his head back taking large deep breaths.

[color=tan][b]“Damn you... its been all but twenty minutes and you nearly killed me again... what the hell is that? Are you some sort of shape shifter too? If your gonna do that shit can you at least give me forewarning or something, heart attacks ain't much to you but to me they are very real... jesus. How did you do that?”[/b][/color]

Valon raised his now youthful hand and move a ring on his pointer finger back and forth silently, the same ring he had removed from his pocket moments before putting it on his finger.

[b]“Its an enchanted ring, it was made for me years ago so I could go on high profile assignments and not be sighted by Hunters, well at least not easily anyways. It is among the same concept supernatural creatures use to blend in as humans just a bit more powerful. Not even Hunters can see through this easily, not unless they know who they are looking at anyways. Try it... think of my face and look at me again.”[/b]

Calvin did as he was told and pictures Valons face and just like that the illusion the ring created was broken and he could easily see him again.

[color=tan][b]“Damn... thats a nifty little ring to have, did you choose the appearance or did they naturally want you to look like an emo pretty boy?”[/b][/color]

[b]“This is what I looked like when I was younger...”[/b]

Calvin was going to say something but than decided against it, he slowly pulled back onto the road continuing their journey. 

[color=tan][b]“So... do you know what the hell this is all about by chance. I keep thinking vampire but there are characteristics that just don't add up.”[/b][/color]

[b]“It could be.. an rogue Elder Vampire. But as of yet I am unsure, I won't know until I can do some looking around.”[/b]

[color=tan][b]“Elder Vampire?”[/b][/color]

Valon sat watching the tree's pass by outside as he thought about his last encounter with an Elder Vampire. He had been much younger back than and he was not a Guardian at the time. He had crossed paths with it when he was but a wanderer. 

[b]“Its a Vampire that is about one thousand years or so older, as you may know some supernatural the older they get they stronger they get, the more their abilities develop. Elder Vampires for the most part are usually tycoons or billionaires in this day and age, most live the good life. But there are a few that turn to a life of darkness for one reason or another. Think of it like this, a supernatural being of immense strength speed and agility with an army of newly blooded vampires under its control.”[/b]

[color=tan][b]“Under its control?”[/b][/color]

When he had encountered him, he had been taking shelter in a large cave system for awhile to rest. He had stumbled into the nest by complete accident, by time he had realized what was happening the children had swarmed him. Most of them were barely older than eighteen.

[b]“It rare but vampires who reach high age can develop an extremely rare ability to control the vampires that they blood, its tatamount to mind control but more like a hive. Every blooded is connected the Elder, they can feel each other, its been said they can even feel each others pain. They start what we refer to as a nest, the Elder finds an out of the way spot, usually well hidden and bloods new vampires, these become known as their children. Once they do this they send their children out to bring more humans to be blooded or for food.”[/b]

[color=tan][b]“If this is a distinct possibility than why kill other supernatural than?”[/b][/color]

Truth was supernatural were enemies to rogue Elder Vampires merely for the fact that they only fear other supernatural creatures that could put up a fight. Naturally he had been a big threat and what happened afterwards would be something he would never forget.

[b]“There are various reasons, the most likely one being that other supernatural could find the nest, its very possible they got too close and were killed for their trouble, maybe they knew something. There is no way to know right now and speculation is a worthless sediment.”[/b]

[color=tan][b]“Have you ever faced an Elder Vampire before?”[/b][/color]

Valon became silent as he looked out the window of the vehicle and saw a sign indicating that they were nearing their destination, looking ahead he could already see the outskirts of the town coming up.

[b]“Once. A long time ago.”[/b]

Valon said nothing more, the tone of his voice was enough to deter Cal from asking any deeper into the topic, atleast for the time being. As they drove into town Valon watched the tree's turn to houses and very soon the houses turned into buildings of various natures. For such a small town there were plenty of people within, everywhere he looked people were decorating, children were running around. This was the perfect playground for new bloods.

[color=tan][b]“You want a coffee? I need a coffee, I hate mornings.”[/b][/color]

Valon looked at Cal shaking his head. Did it really look like he was someone who actually drank coffee, hell he barely drank water. The car slowly pulled to a curve within the bustling streets in front of a building named Coffee Central. Cal shut off the engine and got out of the car quietly, Valon did the same, he took a step outside into the crisp air. Reaching back into the car he retrieved his blade and attached it to his back and tightened it, making sure it was firmly in the square of his back.

[color=tan][b]“Are you really going to carry that thing around town? Never mind stupid question, listen try not to draw attention to yourself. I will be back out in a bit so stay by the car please.”[/b][/color]

Cal disappeared into the coffee shop as Valon shook his head at the man, he was not a child nor did he need some glorified babysitter. Cal could have his coffee, Valon on the other hand was curious too look around, after all this was the first time in 8 years he had been allowed to leave Rome. Valon walked quietly down the sidewalk as various people passed him by, most seemed to not even pay him any heed as he went by. His eye's darted back and forth from store front to store front, the one that caught his attention was a place called Treasures of Time. The name was interesting enough to catch his interest, walking up to the entrance he opened the door with a ding as he walked into the shop.

Valon stood in the doorway looking around almost methodically as his eye's scanned the room he was standing within. It seemed that this was some sort of antique shop. At least in some sort of way he kind of felt like he was somewhere he kind of felt familiar with. Unknown to him Cal was already standing outside with a coffee in one hand and a look of annoyance on his face.

[color=tan][b]“Really Valon... I knew I should have gotten the coffee before picking him up..”[/b][/color][/color]