Maglor walked inside his house and looked into the living room. There he saw two boxes of pizza sitting on the table, Xander was sitting on the floor working on something on his laptop, Rowan was showing Aegnor a map that was in a book. Maglor looked at Aegnor his hand going instinctively to his shoulder. Rowan looked up a bit and asked, “Maglor? What’s wrong?”

“I got a strange text from an unknown number, somehow they know about Aegnor and I figure about me. Since it said ‘Stop trying to figure out how your cousin came back’.” Maglor replied as he walked over to them.

“That’s a bit concerning,” Said Rowan nodding.

“Text was from an unknown and untraceable number I take it,”  Said Xander looking up from his laptop.

“That’s right,” Maglor said nodding.

“Alright. Let’s see it,” Xander replied. Maglor nodded and walked over handing his phone over. Xander took it and took a wire out of his bag. He plugged the phone into his laptop and started typing. While Xander was typing, Maglor sat down and rubbed his shoulder again. Rowan looked over at him but Maglor just shook his head.

“What’s going on exactly?” Aegnor asked looking from Rowan to Maglor.

“Do you remember how I told you earlier how it can be dangerous if someone found out you were immortal? Well, it seems like someone knows that you are and I can only assume by what the text said that they know that Maglor’s immortal as well.” Rowan answer.

“What are we going to do?” He then asked.

“Be patient, find out what we need to know and get you caught up on fighting skills,” Maglor replied

“I can fight,” Aegnor said defensively.

“With a sword, you can but you were never good at hand to hand combat. Also, fighting styles have changed and the fighting styles we learned how to use are nothing compared to what else was out there.” Rowan said jumping in to explain to Aegnor what Maglor meant.

“So. There were other fighting styles that people have learned over time,” Aegnor replied more to himself than to Rowan’s comment.

“Xander. Got anything yet?” Maglor asked looking over to Xander.

“Working on it. I can tell you it came from somewhere in England. I am still working on the exact location but that may take some time.” Xander replied. “I can most likely get you the answer about this text within a few days if I pull all-nighters again.”

“Thank you,” Maglor replied.

“No problem. I will need to hang onto your phone though. You can use the spar you have.” Xander replied as he snatched a slice of pizza and ate it with the one hand as he used his other to type on his laptop.

~~~

It was a few hours later and Aegnor was looking out the window of Maglor's car. They had made a plan that they'll continue teaching Aegnor about the modern world and teach him how to better defend himself. In the meanwhile, Xander will be looking to find out who the text was sent from. As for Rowan he'll do his own research and continue helping Aegnor when he could.

"Where did you say we were going again?" Asked Aegnor turning to look at his cousin.

"The gym and then shopping," Maglor replied. "I do not want to keep getting food from restaurants."

"Restaurants?" Aegnor asked.

"Tavern made food that you can either be delivered to your house or you can pick it up," Maglor replied holding back a heavy sigh. Aegnor nodded and looked back out the window watching the buildings go by.

"Can I ask a question?" Asked Aegnor

"You just did but go ahead," Maglor replied.

"What happened with you and Rowan? I mean how did you two get so close" He asked.

Maglor tensed slightly and said, "A lot...more than I can answer now and please...do not ask again until I come to you."

Aegnor nodded and started to realize that there was much more to his cousin now. He must have been through a lot to have the look in his eyes. The rest of the drive was silent until Maglor pulled up to a building that had glass windows with a lot of pictures posted over them. He stopped the car and they both got out. They headed inside and Aegnor just watched and followed. Maglor talked to a person at the desk and then he went through a door. Aegnor came with and looked around.

"Where are we going?" He asked.

"Private room," Maglor replied. Aegnor just nodded and followed him as he leads him into a gray room that had windows lining one wall. The other wall had a small 'fridge' as Maglor called it and a bench. Right next to the bench was a door that leads to another room. The floor was lined with some sort of firm yet soft mat. There was also storage containers and a large cabinet on one of the walls.

"Alright, let's get started," Maglor said as he pulled out a short-sleeved shirt form the bag he carried with him. He then tossed it to Aegnor who looked at it; it was just a simple black shirt. When he looked back up Maglor was holding one that was exactly the same.

"I take it these are to spar in?" Aegnor asked.

"Yep," Maglor replied as he took off his shirt and tossed it over the bench. Aegnor held in a light gasp, Maglor's back was covered in old scars and bruises. There were other forms of scars on his back that all looked old and still painful. Even after Maedhros returned form Angband he did not bear the same degree of scars that Maglor had. Aegnor's mind went back to the conversation he had with Rowan and how he said that something worse happened to him and Maglor. He turned away and put his own shirt on.

Maglor did feel Aegnor staring as he put on his shirt. He knew he saw those scars but did not know what was going on in his head. He pushed what he felt off to the side to deal with it later, right now he needed to focus on making sure that Aegnor can handle himself in a fight. "You ready?" He asked as he turned around.

"I am," Aegnor replied. They two started sparing and it quickly became very clear to Aegnor that fighting styles have changed. That and that Maglor seemed to be a better fighter now than he ever was in Valinor or Middle-earth. Aegnor was already panting out of breath when he skidded back. He got his composer together before running back at him. Maglor was ready though and grabbed his arm twisted him around. Flipped him over and pinned him to the ground.

"How are you so good?" Grunted Aegnor from under Maglor.

"You mean besides the fact I had a few 1000s of years to train and learn these skills and master them," Maglor said. "Seeing is how we have work to do. I'll start off simple."

Maglor stood up and helped Aegnor up. He walked over to his bag and pulled out a weapon. "This is a gun. It's one of the weapons they have now, I'll teach you how to use one later but for now, I'll show you a few ways to stop someone from shooting you if they are close enough."

It took around an hour but Aegnor picked up the three ways that he could use. Maglor did show him how to fire it but they'll work on actually using one later.

~~~

Aegnor followed behind Maglor with a small yawn. They had finished training for the day and were at the store. He was slightly bored, these markets were less than exciting. They were inside and were set up by rows and rows of stuff. Yet, it was very strange how they sold things in some ways. He almost crashed into Maglor who stopped suddenly. He left the cart and walked over to a young woman standing further down the hallway. They two chatted for a bit and he was positive he could see Maglor blushing the tiniest bit.

The two must have said goodbye since they gave each other a hug and Maglor walked back over. Aegnor looked at him to which he replied, "Do not say anything. She's just a friend."

"Alright," Aegnor replied. The two then went about and finished shopping.