Kevin let out a grunt of effort, sweat glistening on the exposed skin of his shoulders and arms as he sat at the chest press machine.  The crooning voice of Lynyrd Skynyrd rang in his ears, his focus entirely on counting out the reps of his exercise.  Eleven.  He breathed in deep and pressed forward, the intense effort apparent on his face, air forced out of his lungs.  Twelve.  He let the weight of the machine fall back but didn't let it slam down, stopping it at the last minute.  Thirteen.  It wasn't many repetitions but he wasn't going for endurance but strength.  Intense amounts of weights that would cause his arms to give before twenty or else he hadn't put enough weight.  Fourteen. Once more he breathed in deeply, before exhaling with the effort of pushing the weight.  Fifteen.  Done.

Breathing in through his nose, out through his mouth he dabbeb himself off with a towel before walking to the cleaning station and grabbed a few rags to wipe down his used machine.  In practiced, lazy motions he swiveled the soap saturated rag over the handles of the machine and the fake leather seat.  It wasn't pristine but at least it was wet with mildly clean water, not Kevin's sweat.

He gathered his water bottle and threw his borrowed towel over his shoulder, scanning the gym for his next workout.  It wasn't the best gym he'd been to, but it also wasn't the worst.  Sure it didn't have an obstacle course, but how many did these days?  Bringing the water bottle to his parched mouth he drank, careful not to just guzzle the water.  His workout wasn't done yet and it wouldn't due to have water sloshing about as he tried to run six miles.

Carefully, he stretched out the angry muscles of his right arm, stretching it across his chest and pulling at it slightly with his left.  Just enough pressure to stretch the muscle, before he switched and repeated the action with his left arm across his chest.  Not a lot of people used the gym, but enough it wasn't empty.  Without any rush in his steps he walked to the cardio room, it was full of ellipticals and stair-steppers, with a good many treadmills.  He took the towel of his shoulder and placed it to the side, then placed his water bottle in the convenience slot on the machine itself.

A good slow pace, he thought to himself, just to start.  He jogged the first few minutes, warming up his legs before he increased the pace and set it to random inclines to make it more realistic to running outside.  His mind free as his body repeated the same motion again and again, Kevin finally found his 'zen moment' and started to think, Creedence Clearwater Revival blaring in his ears.

In all honesty, Jack didn't really go to the gym that much, he used to work out a lot which helped with getting as muscular as he was, but he body had always kept the same shape. Luckily at the gym he went to, they offered a baby sitting service so he took Kailah with him. She had her fiery red curls down and wore a cute yellow dress. He packed a bag for her that had her favorite toys abd snacks, she was in the process of potty training but still wore some big gi diapers.

He carried her across the gym, she of course stared at everyone, she was always curious about everything and body. He reached the daycare, kissing her and gave her, her favorite toy which was a stuff elephant. He decided to warm up after leaving his daughter to.play, stretching out his thick and tattooed arms out, immediately he smelt a hunter and turne his dark eyes on the man running. He watched him for a minute, almost looking angry and looked back to the daycare door. If that hunter went near that door he would tear him to shreds. Jack was fiercely protective over Kailah, but he continued with his warm up routine, keeping his peripheral vision on the hunter while his other senses were on high alert.

The steady thump of Kevin's feet faltered momentarily in the briefest of manners as a hot glare pierced through him.  He'd thought the feeling of being glared at was imagined, but when he glimpsed the man potently staring him down.  Kevin had no idea what it was about.  Shaking his head he went back to the rhythmic pace that allowed him to empty and focus his mind.  He wasn't running as smoothly as before he'd noticed the new man in the gym though.

It was unnerving for Kevin, people typically opened up to him, and found him friendly and approachable, it was a new experience to consider someone didn't like him right off the bat.  He glanced down at his tank top, there was no obscene language on it, his plain gray gym shorts didn't expose any naughty bits.  Kevin took new inventory of the room and saw a pretty little girl with fire in her curls.  Maybe just an insanely protective father?  It's not like he'd let his mustache grow, it always made him look like he touched little girls and that just wasn't his style.  He touched women.  Big hipped, small waist-ed women.  Probably women like whoever mothered the girl.  Fiery redheads were the absolute best.

Feeling frisky now at the thought of a long legged, beautiful redhead, Kevin upped the pace on his treadmill, feet starting hitting the track a little bit harder than they had before.

He went to the weights, finding the.heaviest one and lift it up with ease. He even tossed it to the other hand and caught it like it was a ballon. He started lifting the weights with ease now, not even paying attention now to the hunter, but his.hearing and smell were still alerted. It was about fifteen minutes in when he decided to go and bench press, but not before one of the caretakers had come out with Kailah.

Jack stopped, wiping his face and smiled when Kailah ran up to him, her fiery red curls bouncing around her beautiful face. She was a very beautiful child, she looked more like her.mother but did have his dark eyes and.personality. Kailah wanted her father to take her to the bathroom. He got up, holding her hand and brought her to the bathroom. She wanted to stay with Jack and go.swimming in the swimming pool they had, but he would take her.swimming once he was.done and she had her lunch.

He kissed her cheek, smiling as he watched her go back to the daycare. Kailah of course smiled at the man that her father was glaring at, saying hi to him as she was taken back. He walked by the man as well, looking at him for a moment before getting on the treadmill beside.him.

Never one to be rude to a lady, Kevin smiled back at the little girl and waved.  He kept the smile on his face, until the man that was quite obviously her father got on the treadmill beside him.  In his peripherals, Kevin sized the man up.  He hadn't seen the tossing of the weights, but he knew the man was fit just from his form.

Trying to be as indifferent as possible, Kevin idly upped the inclination of his run, making the difficulty a little bit higher than it had been before.  He'd already been running for nearly half an hour, and had another half hour to go, so he kept the pace relatively easy, not wanting to tired too quickly.  Still, he could feel the tension between himself and this strange fatherly figure.  And Kevin was no man to back down from a challenge.

Jack noticed how the man beside him had upped the speed and couldn't help but laugh on the inside. This human was trying to compete with him who was alpha none the less. He just uppe his to match the hunters. He didnt even break a sweat and looked totally calm and in control. If this hunter wanted ti compete, then he would enjoy mopping the hunter all over the gym floor.

He looked to the hunter for a moment, running faster now and everyone in the gym could tell their was some kind of competition between the two males.

Kevin narrowed his eyes slightly, noticing the dark haired man's obvious acceptance of the unspoken male law. It was similar to pulling up to a red light and revving your engine. If the other guy revved his as well, it was game on.

It didn't worry him at all that the man wasn't sweating yet, Kevin would make him. Endurance be damned, Kevin's pride would not allow him to do anything but win. He upped his speed a few more clicks and his incline as well, running flat was all well and good, but inclines made it more difficult.

Kevin glanced at the man beside him, his mind starting to wonder. Fitness wasn't just a passing fancy of Kevin's. Fitness meant survival, meant making it to his next sunrise. The man beside him seemed to run with the ease of someone with natural strengths that wasn't used to challenges, Kevin wouldn't back down. Not now.

Although it was kinda unfair that he had a advantage over the Hhunter, it was fun to have some competition going on and so far the human was putting up a fun competition. He watched the male actually up his speed which jack of course did the same. He actually went to the highest speed now, glaring back at the male.

Jack wasn't sweating yet, he was actually makinghimself try not to sweat, he wanted to be the top dog, cane with being the alpha werewolf in Bitter Springs. He looked back over at the male, not helping but to look cocky at how good hee was doing.

Kevin watched in disbelief as the man next to him ran at the highest setting, without breaking a sweat. No one was that fast. No person he'd ever met at least. His face became a blank with anger as he tried to run at the fastest setting. He could feel his control of being on the treadmill start to slip as he upped the speed. Before he could even get there he had to stop and hit the emergency slow down.

His breathing came in gulping gasps, sweat dripping down his body. Kevin was fit, Kevin could run, no person could run like that without even breaking a sweat. As the treadmill slowed to a crawl Kevin lifted the edge of his tank top to wipe his brow. He was smiling, it was true and honest, the reasons behind it just weren't. "You sure are fast." He tried to have admiration sound in his voice, the kind that reminded one of a kid looking at a hero in a 'gee-whiz mister, you sure are swell' sort of manner.

This.  The man before him was exactly what he was looking for.  This was why he'd been sent to this town.  This would please Professor Gordon.  He knew it wasn't anything concrete, and his job was far from over, but it was the long piece of evidence for which he'd been searching.

It was amusing that the man was in disbelief at the fact he could run with ease at the highest speed. Once the human gave up, he pushed the emergency slow down button as well. Looking at the male, Jack wondered if this hunter knew that he was a supernatural, more likely he may have an idea now.

"I've been told that, your pretty fast yourself." He said.

He looked at his watch, seeing it was past lunchtime."Nice running with you." He said, heading towards the lockers to get clean up. He would take Kailah to the swimming pool once he got clean up, he wasn't going to be dunking his head underwater, so figured he might as well get clean. He took a very quick shower, wrapping a towel around his waist and put a towel over his head, drying hIis hair off before getting dressed in some swimming trunks.

Kevin considered leaving immediately.  The supernatural, which Kevin was at least 80% certain this guy was, had to be some kind of day-walking kind.  Vampire seemed right out of the picture.  There'd been stories of enchanted jewelry that would allow the blood suckers day-time access, but there didn't seem to be any particular pieces that stood out to Kevin.  Could have been a new thing though, there wasn't a drop of sweat on him.  Kevin wasn't certain, but he was pretty sure vampires couldn't sweat.  He'd have to call one of the analysts when he got home, send them the facts learned and let them come to their conclusions of 'a primary aspect of a venetian lamia'

He'd grabbed his towel and water bottle and turned to leave when he caught a glimpse of red hair in the window of the daycare.  The supernatural had gone to shower off the non-sweat, and he'd left the girl in the tender hands of the care staff.  Kevin brought the towel to dab sweat and the conniving smile off his face.

Breathing in deeply, he opened the door to the daycare, one of the young staff members immediately looking at him.  The girl was easy enough to spot with her red hair, carrying a stuffed toy, "Just saying hi to a friend's princess, isn't she just the cutest?  I got her the elephant."  Step 1)  Associate self with target.  Kevin shot a heart melting smile at the young lady, "It'll just be a sec, promise, her dad just went to shower off and I'm heading out soon too."  She glanced from Kevin to the little girl then nodded.  Step 2) Overcome obstacles in path.

He threw the towel onto his shoulder as he walked over to the little girl, "Hey, remember me?"  He pointed to the treadmills just in the other room.  The little girl shyly nodded her head hiding slightly behind her stuffed elephant.  It only took a few moments of calm words and kind phrases to get her to warm up a little, as confident kids tended to do.  3) Seize the moment.  It wasn't too difficult to get her to agree to his plan.

"Now remember, stay hidden, even when Daddy comes by. Quiet-quiet."  He put a single finger to his lips, making the quiet noise.  She nodded eagerly and scurried off, quiet-quiet.

His conniving smile returned after he left the daycare and flirted a little with the caretaker.  He didn't time it perfectly, but it was close enough, he didn't wait long by the hall way that connected the locker rooms to the main workout area and day care.  As he passed the ultra-male Kevin grinned twistedly, "She really is a cute girl."

He didn't stop walking until he got to his truck, heart pounding in his chest.  What he had just done went against all of his training, you did not provoke supernaturals.  The adrenaline came pumping into his veins though and he pulled out of the parking lot in his old, white, decrepit truck.  He deserved a burger.

Jack had finished getting dressed and stood up, heading out now and stopped when he heard the hunters words. He was quick to go to the daycare and didnt see Kailah. He asked the caregivers where she was, they explained that the handsome man had comein and said that he was the one that have her the stuff elephant. He was frantic now, but kept calm on the inside and sniffed her out, he found her hiding and scolded her for listening and talking with strangers.

He canceled their swimming plans now, getting her things together and was quick to leave the gym. Kailah was crying for her father yelling at her, but he ignored it as he buckled her in