Diclaimer- I only own the characters that do not appear in the show, and the story line...

Warnings- Same as before.

Yes... Well here we are again. I want to thank all my reviewers. And well that's all. Read on!

Chapter 9

The call he got was not what he was expecting. Ryan had awoken, jumping high in the air, when his cell phone rang. The once low soothing music, had been loud to the man's new hearing. 'I guess I have to get used to this.' That was easier said then done. It had been Paul who had called, wondering how the other was doing with his changes. To be frank, Ryan was adjusting slowly, the fact that he was going back to the lab the next day scared the shit out of him as well. He needed someone to talk to, and had some things to research. 'Now if only Alexander were here…'

You called. The booming voice of the man, echoed through his head, making the pain in Ryan's head a full out headache.

'Yes, but a little quieter please. The headache you've just given me doesn't help anyone.'

The man laughed, softer this time. Speaking from a true experience he responded. So sorry, I forgot about how the newer ones get. The reason you called? Alexander was acting impatient, but what was to be expected of him, when he had a wife glaring at him from across the table. "This is not good at all." He accidentally spoke aloud, letting his wife's excellent hearing pick it up. The glare only worsened, causing the other to shiver lightly.

'I need to learn about this prophecy, the woman you told me about, what powers I have as a mix between the races, and what other powers I may receive. By the way the changes my body has gone through, its kind of hard to take in. Would you please come by and tell me a little bit about this?' Ryan hoped his message got through clear to the man. He could almost sense the trepidation rolling off the other.

Alexander couldn't deny it, he was relieved beyond hell itself. Life was looking brighter for him. 'I may actually have a future now.' Looking up at his silently fuming wife, he spoke. "Elizabeth honey, you want to know what's going on right." A slow, hard nod. "Well you can find out if you come with me, and I assure its not another woman. Before we go there we need to see Riley."

I will come Ryan, but give me an hour at most, there are some people I need to gather for you to fully understand the situation at hand. With that straying thought, he cut off the mental link between himself and the young hybrid. Standing up he raised a hand, waving it slightly. A portal appeared before him. "Are you coming Elizabeth?" The woman huffed, walking through the portal her black bunny ears, flopping up and down. Sighing Alexander followed. 'I may be dead after this…' The two ended up in front of a small straw hut. His wife walked inside, her black heels clicking on the stone beneath them. Following Alexander looked around the place, though he had been here many times before it never ceased to amaze him. The place was always changing. Today there was nothing odd about it, just a crystal looking ball on a table, some weird bottles of things the man didn't want to know the name to, books, in scents, and papers. From behind the back closer to Elizabeth a woman came out. Her hair was long and snowy white, her iris' were devoid of any color with the exception of two small slits of a very light shade of grey. The color had always freaked out Alexander, today was no exception. Holding out his hand, he greeted his old friend. "Riley how are you?"

"Good, but I'm assuming you are here with a question about meeting a certain boy. My answer is yes I will come along, and we need to bring along some old friends as well." The woman extended her hand, shaking the others. Her blue robe waved slightly from the movement. Turning around she waved her own hand, making yet another portal appear, walking through she left the other two alone.

"Are you coming Alexander?" Elizabeth had started to walk towards the portal, hand on her hips, making the fabric of her black dress wrinkle, exposing her long muscular tanned legs. Alex nodded, wincing at his wife's tone. She was still pissed.

The two exited, landing in a dark alleyway. Cars drove past, zooming by. The couple was focused on only one thing though, the apartment building the white haired elf was walking towards.

"Seth?" Alexander was confused, this was one of his good friend's apartment. As far as he knew the man would be of no help. Looking over at his wife, he noticed she held the look in her fire red hues, the confusion was quickly replaced by anger.

"Let's go." The two walked across the street, barely making it. Riley wasn't far ahead. While she knocked on the door, Elizabeth took the time to calm down.

A young man answered the door. He had silver hues and shoulder length blonde hair with pine green tips. He wore nothing, with the exception of a small towel, revealing his pale skin. "Hey guys what are you doing here?" The man blushed heavily.

Riley's hues went vacant for a moment, loosing the grey of her pupil, before returning. "You may want to clothe and tell Ketsueki to as well." The man blushed harder, tightening his grip on the towel. "You will have a visitor soon."

"Okay. Come in." The man moved out of the doorway, allowing the trio to walk in. Another figure started to walk towards at the same time. The blonde noticed. "Is that my visitor? Matt?" Riley nodded her head slightly. "When he comes please let him in. I need to get dressed."

"Okay, Seth."

Seth scurried down the hallway. Leaving the others to fend for themselves.

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Ryan paced around his living room. It was a habit of his when he became nervous. The last time he checked the nearest clock (which happened to be in his living room). It read noon. An hour had passed since the conversation and no one had come.

"Ryan I'm sure it's fine." Paul had come over on his lunch break, hoping to take his holed-up friend out to lunch. His plan didn't end well, considering he was stuck on a couch. "They will walk in any minute now." He had been saying that for the past ten minutes by now.

"I know, but what…." The beginning of Ryan's rambling were cut off by the doorbell. Paul mentally cheered on the person. Ryan looked up, staring at the door like he didn't hear the noise. Truth was it was loud.

"Are you going to answer that?"

"Yeah." Striding over to the door, Ryan quickly glanced at his reflection in the TV, the glamour was still in place. 'I am so paranoid.' Ryan knew he was, but his paranoia was well grounded. Opening the front door he was greeted by the last person he wanted to see. Eric Delko.

"Hey Wolfe." Eric rubbed the back of his neck.

"Delko." Ryan didn't want to be rude, but he had other things to do. Ones that didn't involve the Cuban man before him. "What are you doing here?" In the room behind him, Ryan heard the faint sound of Paul greeting the newcomers. 'Alexander?'

Yes I'm here, but did I come at the wrong time. The man's voice was full of mirth.

''Oh no. Just a co-worker.' Ryan wished it was more, but things would not change overnight for them.

Delko stood in front on the door frozen. He had been expecting a reaction like that. 'I just had to be the bringer of bad news.' Shifting his body weight to one side, Eric braced himself. "I hate to say this on you birthday and all, but we need you for a case."

Ryan froze. His day was not supposed to be like this. "Sure, hang on let me get my coat." He closed the door, leaving Eric outside. Walking back into his living room (the room and front door were connected by a short hallway) he faced the newcomers. Alexander and three other people were there, people that Ryan had never seen before.

Alexander strode forwards, extending his arm to a woman with lightly tanned skin, long back hair and black bunny ears. Her hues were a smoldering fire red. A form fitting dress covered her body. "This is my wife Elizabeth." Ryan shook hands with the woman, surprised by her strong grip. Alexander moved onto the next person, the other woman. Unlike the one before, she had long white hair and hues. Her pupils were a very light gray. The only distinctive feature on her were the elf like ears, each was pierced with a moon and star earring. She wore a long, rather large royal blue robe. Extending his hand, Ryan shook with the woman. "This is an old friend of mine, Riley." Ryan remembered the name, from the conversation they had the day before. 'So this is the woman.' The last person in the room was male, who looked the youngest out of everyone else. He had long white hair, that reached his mid-back and light brown hues. A pair of white fox ears sat atop his head, a matching white tail with the a tip of a light gray wagged merrily behind him. He wore a white robe that laid open, revealing a white undershirt, and black sweat pants. "This is Matt." Ryan shook hands with him as well.

"I'm sorry, but I'm needed at my job." Ryan made his way into the bedroom, grabbing a black suit jacket in the closet.

"No problem." Alexander's voice carried easily through the thin walls. "We can wait here." Riley looked at Alexander as if he had grown another head.

"I have other things to do." Riley was an impatient person at times, usually when the future was obscure to her.

"It won't take long. Will it?" Alexander turned to Ryan, while Riley moved over to a dark brown leather armchair. Ryan pulled on the jacket over his lavender dress shirt, and made his way to the door. "I'm not very sure, but I will tell you." Ryan walked out the front door, letting it slam behind him. The guests inside talked, passing time slowly.

Eric was sitting in the car, leaning against the driver's seat backing, phone in hand. Ryan raised a brow, curious. The old saying ran through his head. "Okay Calliegh." Eric hung up the phone and turned to look at his co-worker, who was climbing into the car. He had even more bad news. "Calliegh said that another body showed up." Ryan nodded his head, urging the man to move on. All thoughts of his new 'condition' vanished for the moment, along with his feelings. "There was writing on the wall behind the body, in the same language as our other messages. It may have ties to the killer we've been looking for." Eric's voice was grave.

An array of emotions ran through Ryan. Anger, helplessness, and fear were just a few. He settled on anger and easy emotion to deal with. How could the killer/s do that? They already showed what they wanted? 'What if they weren't finished…'

'There is one more thing. The body is missing its head."

Hope flashed through Ryan, though it was small and grim. The only sure way to kill a vampire was decapitation, a horrible gruesome death, but it was efficient. The body they had found could have belonged to one of them. 'Or it could be a trap?' Ryan knew his thoughts were a little darker then normal, but his kind (well part of him anyway) were known for their cunning.

In the silence that had passed, between the time Eric had spoken, both men had clicked on their seatbelts in place. (Ryan on autopilot.) The car had been started and pulled out of the parking area onto the road, where it was now.

"Wolfe, I want to do something that should have been done when you first came here." Eric's grip on the steering wheel tightened. The Cuban knew that if he ever wanted any kind of relationship with the other man, he would have to fix a problem from long ago.

Ryan looked away from the window he had been staring at. He was confused. Delko was a man that rarely righted his wrongs. And the only thing he could think of was the cold welcome he received when he first began working as a CSI.

"I wanted to…" Delko's brown pools fixated on the road. "…say that I'm sorry for the way I've acted in the past." It was hard for the Cuban and Ryan knew it. The apology still came as a surprise, but a good one.

Speechless Ryan sat still as a statue, the only movement, being the car. Eric's hues darted back and forth, between Ryan and the road. "I'm sorry as well." Eric turned surprised, before fixing his gaze back on the road. A hand met his view for a second. Slowly taking his own hand off the wheel Eric shook hands with Ryan, making a promise for a clean start.

A/N: I should get the next chapter up soon. Review plz.