Nikolai reached into his pocket and pulled out his cellphone, he flipped it open and looked at the paper he had stuffed inside, he set it aside and held the wheel and his phone in one hand. He began dialing the number for a hunter he had gotten the number of from another hunter, he dialed the number slowly. He wasn't sure if he should introduce himself as himself or his host, he checked the glove box and looked at the license, it was his hosts and he was fine using it, Travis Lee. God that name made Nikolai chuckle, it wasn't a good name, well it was very American just not what Nikolai was used to. He heard the message beeper and began speaking.
"This is N..." He stopped and fixed himself, " This is Travis Lee, I'm a friend of a friend looking to help out. Anything you got for me I'm happy to do, I need to get in contact with you Rand."
He closed the phone and continued driving, he knew he was heading to the right town, he checked his gas and noticed he was running low, he looked on the side of the road and saw a very brightly lit gas station, the convenience was eery. He pulled into the gas station and stepped out of his 2003 Pontiac Aztec, it was an ugly car but it was efficient. It got him around, he had given it the affectionate name of 'Tona' short for Tonatiuh, the sun god of the Aztecs. He walked to the pump and grabbed it flipping the gas gap and stuffing the pump in. He didn't see any kind of place to insert money, he walked to the main door and saw two people inside, one behind the counter and one near the food. Walked inside and took out his wallet, he pulled out about 100 dollars.
"I need you to fill up the tank," Nikolai said with a small smile.
"We don't have change for a hundo," the man said.
"That's fine, I'm a bit hungry anyway," Nikolai said annoyed walking back to the food aisle, he didn't usually eat food like this but Travis enjoyed it so Nikolai got them, he grabbed a beer, some salt and vinegar chips, a few candy bars. He brought them to the counter and set them all down, the attendant slowly began ringing them up. Nikolai watched the man carefully, he looked at a mirror behind the counter watching the man in the aisle. He kept looked back at Nikolai and the attendant, Nikolai began getting nervous.