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[Aden-OCarrol]

It doesn't take long before he pulled up in front of the hotel. Parking his bike being back going off the spare helmet and holding it in his hand giving her a soft smile as she made her way out and handing her the helmet. once you get the helmet on he softly drove off. There was a big difference in how he drove when it was just him on the bike and someone else was on the bike with him. He always drove a lot more conservative and a lot safer with someone rode with him.

Is a very easy smooth ride as they made their way to the little diner as parked. " A lot of stuff has happened and I've always had depression issues. I booked a hotel one of those horrible crappy ones that people generally don't stay in." He pointed at the rundown hotel about a block and a half over could see the lights look like it should be in a for a movie.

You got off the bike placing the helmet or the handlebars to begin to walk towards the diner. "Then turned around and pointed out towards the street again. Sometimes I'll go for a walk but I'll get lost in my own thoughts. Basically heads way beyond the clouds somewhere out there in the stratosphere. For what unknown reason I begin to walk across the street like some type of days the zombie as my mind was just doing the motions".

Then he held the door open " Apparently Valkyrie, that's what I call my sire. Was out for a drive on her motorcycle. Have a little bit of fun when she turns that corner than in the middle of the road there's some dummy with his head in the clouds. She managed to swerve and tip me with the handlebars."

As he makes his way over to one of the booths, he pauses for a second as the waiter makes her way over. "Nothing for me but whatever, she wants".

[Cara (DELETED 10504)]

Cara nodded and waved as he came up, putting on the helmet and grabbing on as they drove off. She lifted her eyes as he started talking about himself when they stopped and she put her helmet back onto the bike when she took it off. Depression huh? Well, he had enough reason for it didn't he. Wife betrayed him, practically stole two children from him, there were other things that came to mind, but she realized perhaps they didn't have as much to do with it maybe. Of course, there were some people who just had depression, but there was plenty of times a reason behind it starting too.

She smiled with a simple thanks as he held the door open and they went inside as he continued to explain and she furrowed her brow in thought as she listened. When he did give the pause for the waiter and her to order she smiled again and added, "Fried bannock and a water please." she asked, she was kind of interested to sea what a bannock tasted like. She'd had some meals here but she hadn't actually tried one of those yet.

Cara returned her eyes to her father once the waitress left and asked her brow furrowed again, "Was that how she ended up making you a vampire?" she asked quietly. She knew there was some conflict with vampires and she didn't want to accidentally get him or her shot.

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Smirks " So are here because she sat with me hereafter to make sure I didn't have a concussion. Then she gave me her business card."

Leans back as he could almost remember coming here for the first time. "So but a few days later I look up her business and decide that I would go to treat her to dinner to thank her. Or something I'm not sure I was just trying to find a way to make it up to her. But that didn't go so well., In the process we were attacked by vampire hunters. Oddly enough that was one of the few nights when I first got to the city that I did not carry my gun everywhere I wen. before I enough ammo to take down a small village. I have about 200 rounds or more on me right now. But back to the story, I had a few throwing knives on me and two fighting knives. The guys that attacked us had shotguns and a few others guns. And you know the whole story don't bring a knife to a gunfight. So I didn't do so well as they thought I was a vampire too I think and were totally fine if they killed someone collateral damage that wasn't a vampire. I member the fight starts, and for some reason it's fuzzy. I remember screaming " To Valhalla with my soul". When it looked like I was going to die, I'm pretty sure. Then it goes a little blank from there.

Smiles at the waitress when she brings back the food waiting for her to leave before continuing on with the story. " I'm pretty sure I got all beat up. I think somewhere in there she gave me the choice. To live or to die. And that's why I call her Valkyrie. In the Norse religion the warrior dies of Valkyrie takes his soul to one of the Halls of the gods. She gave me a choice and save me for my own personal dar,kness. In a way she brought me to a different life. I had asked Odin to guide me. Help me find what it is that I seek what connect make me feel whole again to make me feel alive. To help me find that thing that I was looking for that primal thing I needed. And he brought me to her. and I woke up in her basement very hungry and confused. Then I attacked her when she came downstairs to check on me. As you know I thought I was kidnapped.

Gives her a second or so to let it sink in. " We ended up with a link, of some sort with the change. She claims it's a not a normal thing. Whatever she feels I feel double. When I'm in serious trouble or feel that I need backup. She just knows, she kind of just feels out where I am. I can kind of do the same to her. I don't really know how to explain it. She's a nice woman that doesn't takes **** from anybody. She has a complicated past and so do I. She accepts me for the loudmouth **** talker I am. And she keeps trying slowly to get to know me even when I push her away. Your mom and other X did a number on me. I was already hard to get along with I put up an emotional wall for reason and I'll do the same to you. I'll pull you close that I'll push you away than try to pull you close again. I can't help it. As you haven't noticed I talk too much." he says with a cocky smile.

[Cara (DELETED 10504)]

You got run into by a woman and decide to treat her to dinner? She thought with amusement chuckling at the first bit of the story, she let her head lean back in thought however as the story turned onto the violence. It wasn't that she was skittish about it, but she understood the seriousness of life and death situations. Her father had basically died. On the one hand it seemed like it was basically Valkyrie's fault, on the other she could just as easily thank her for saving him.

"Oh thank you." Cara said nodding towards the waitress as she brought her the food, she started to eat as he continued. Oh, yes that was pretty good. It wasn't exactly what she'd call exotic but it was still a pretty good dish. Good enough for her at the very least, and apparently other people around here. She shook her head to herself as he mentioned he attacked his sire when he woke up, fair enough, still can't imagine that would have been the most pleasant thing for either of them.

Cara looked at him with a sort of raised eyebrow which turned into a furrowed brow as he continued to explain, mentioning the link, the strange ability to feel what was going on with the other one. Well, she didn't exactly have a reason to doubt him about that. After everything that she'd had to absorb in a days it was just another thing. Then he mentioned the wall, that he would want to pull her close, push her away, then come back She sighed leaning back finishing the bite she had looking up before responding, "You know how crazy all this is right? I mean, I believe you, I think. But it's still totally nuts."

"Absorbed a lot in the last two days you know. Can't say I know what to do with it all." Cara said leaning forwards and smiling again, "So, how in the world can I fit into any of this hm? It's a world of vampires and vampire hunters, what are the chances that I'm gonna get shot or drained of life." she asked still smiling. It was however, a legitimately concerned smile. She could fight but what could you do when you were fighting undead...or people who could kill the undead.

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Smirks " I doubt you'll get shot unless you get involved in something where you know you need your gun. very few vampires are into force turnings because it doesn't work out that well. Most everyone wants to give you the choice. It is not as much fun living without the sun for a lot of people as you might think it kind of drives them crazy. I'm not really sure how you would fit in, to be honest. I'm not even sure how I fit. You might find you don't want to stay around me in this craziness and get back to more of a real-life scenario. How About we see how this plays out if you decide you want to stay maybe we catch up for a little bit of lost time or just see where this goes. We can get you an apartment or house. I would just ask that you try to go to like college or get a trade or something. That way you have a skill. but again I don't really feel I have the right to tell you what you should or should not do. The amount of money that's in your trust fund you could pretty much just goof off forever. But that gets boring. And you don't seem the type that likes to just party and have fun. Seem like you have that drive that dad and I have. and you probably do have to head back to fill out the paperwork with the lawyer. That way would give you a time to clear your head to decide if you wanted to stay here away from all of your friends and your family down there".

He was probably talking too much which was one of his habits. " But it's up to you,"

[Cara (DELETED 10504)]

Cara nodded as she listened finishing off her meal as she was doing so. Yes, wait and find out first. Once she knew enough, then she could make a legitimate decision. In truth, she wanted to know her father better...but she still felt a bit betrayed by the fact he hadn't found some way to contact her before. Logically she knew she couldn't expect that. It didn't mean she didn't still feel it that way.

She leaned back and groaned looking up at the ceiling in thought, "Yeah I guess we'll see. Not exactly set on making my decision today. Sooner or later I will, maybe go back and visit grandpa. But just yet, I'm still just kind of undecided. As for a job, well, at least getting a job would be a good idea. As for college? I mean, I guess it could be useful, not sure if I'll actually do it or not though."

What even was she supposed to do if she did go to college? What kind of place was this anyway, what if she could just get some kind of job where she could do things she was good at...then again, she was only human. Couldn't exactly match up to vampires or something on that front. Maybe some kind of show with getting creative with knife throwing? Well, possibly, but really didn't seem like a great long term choice.

"Guess we'll see huh." She said, she really couldn't think of much else to ask. Just sort of sitting staring at the ceiling trying to think about it all and forgetting time was passing.

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" You definitely took after me with talking. You say whatever comes to your mind. Either you have a decent of it to say or nothing at all. Unlike your mother who never actually shut up. Which was cute when we first started dating for a long time because she always had nice wonderful things to say. Okay, not really but I liked listening to her voice. But once it slowly turned into lots of nagging it was and is pretty anymore. But I swear she like to be a professional nagger"

Reaches to into his pocket and pulls out a $50 bill and lays it on the table. " So there's a spot up in a mountain about 20 minutes from here. It's kind of my go-to by myself place. I have knives target set up kind of like grandpas. I got a few cool swinging targets from some trees. What we had up there so that we have something to do besides you just try to figure all the millions of things you've always wanted to ask me. You'd be the first person I ever took up there."

He slowly gets out of the booth and begins to make his way toward the door. He holds the doors open for her gets back on the bike waiting for her to put on her helmet.before he slowly begins to drive off again with her being on the back he dry very different than what he's in a hurry or by himself. Very safe and in control of his bike not taking any chances keeping the speed decent.

Like you said it didn't take them long winding through the mountains before he pulled off, small little dirt road. It was a little bumpy as a made a few wines for the came up to it top of a small little mountain that seemed cleared out. He had cut a lot of logs and set them up as targets. He only pitted a red dot in the center. it's hard several wood targets of people in attack positions. There was one in the center of all the rest of the farther back giving them the finger. Most of the knife marks were in the middle finger of the ridiculously huge hand for that particularly made for that purpose. The way everything was set up was very similar to grandpas. With each one of the targets being at the same distance that he had it set up. The swinging targets were set up against several of the trees.

" It's not much but it reminds me of home" he walked over to a chest that was covered in snow. Brushed it off and then opened it up as it was full of different style of throwing knives. All of them haveing the initials J.W. "We made all these over years experimenting in his kife forge."

[Cara (DELETED 10504)]

Another thing about her mother, this one she was a little more aware of then some of the others. And a thing about how similar they were. It was quite odd indeed how that had happened. Could have been because of the grandfather, but still, unusual.

Soon enough they'd be off again, to a place he said he'd never taken anyone else before. In a mountain. In a short while they were on the road and before long they were there. It was a rather familiar setting she realized when she looked at the range cocking her head. Yep, grandpa again, truly he'd passed on quite a few of the things he had to her father.

In addition he showed her a chest filled with knives. There was already a few things she wanted to say, "You should have been the one to teach me this first," "Grandpa has something like this," "Betcha I can hit more than you can." things like that. But...for a moment longer she remained silent, just looking at the knives. Finally she had found him and she couldn't get the proper words out yet, "When did you make these?" she ended up asking. Regretting the complete lack of much in it. It was such a boring question. Why ask that? There were so many better things to say or ask. And this was what she ended up with? Crap.

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Smirks as he responds " I know I should've been there, I should've taught you how to make these as well and a lot of other things that should happen." And he began to pick one up he would spend it through his fingers as he would begin to tell her a little small story about each one. Around the age when he made it, whether idea was with changing it a little bit and a little antidote about him and his dad. He would hand her every other one to throw at a target of her choice as he went to about 40 of them. once you get done with the story about that particular knife he would throw it or he would hand it to her. Aden like to get a bit fancy with some of his throws you a tossup knife. Catch and throw it though it behind his back, speed throw and throw four or five spinning around in his palm or by the ring in the back and toss it.

There was still like 10 or 15 in the chest. " Let grab up the ones we tossed "As these are to walk towards the targets grabbing knives as he walked ." It's amazing to watch you throw you throw just like dad. Very smooth you don't go for the fancy tosses very often. I think you only did a few just because you wanted to show me up. Did he ever do the juggling flaming ax trick? The one he claimed that won mom's heart? you take one of the axes and bury it almost head deep in the original target. Then hit it the ax that you buried with the back of the other axis. They bounce off and land another target that is sitting on the ground and the axes make the heart? Apparently, you're supposed to walk up to a pretty lady that you're interested then show her the ones that landed in the heart shape. You are exposed to explain that that is your heart and it's meant for her. Not sure if it works the other way around. Not sure if I would be a little bit excited a girl did that or terrified now that I say that out loud."