Blade: Blood Feud
Chapter 1
B-t-O-A-f-a


Summary: Blade and Whistler find out that not all of the Reapers were killed. A new carrier for the Reaper strain is revealed. And is Jared Nomak really dead? Rated 'R' for later chapters.


"Blade, why do you think there isn't much action lately?" Karen Jenson asked the Vampire hunter.

"I don't know, but I've seen similar results when Nomak was around." Blade replied and Karen nodded.

"I think it'd be really bad if those Reaper things came back, if they're as bad as you said they are." Karen said, but Blade didn't reply, just kept staring ahead as he drove.

Suddenly, the car stopped and Blade got out, puzzling Karen as to why since she wasn't paying attention.

Blade kneeled down beside a body that was in front of the car. Karen got out and walked up to him, staring at the body.

The body was a male with short blonde hair and wide, frightened green eyes, one looking as if it were bitten.

"He's a Vampire, or was. The bite marks are extremely familiar." Blade said and he grabbed the dead Vampire by the shirt and picked him up.

"What are you doing?" Karen asked and Blade looked at her.

"I'm going to take the body back to Whistler so he can examine it." He said and he walked over to his car and opened the trunk, putting the body inside.

Karen shivered, slightly, feeling like she was being watched. She crossed her arms and looked to the top of a building and gasped when she saw a female figure crouched up there, watching her and Blade.

Karen could see the figure put a finger to its lips as if warning her not to say anything. Then, the female got up and walked away.

Karen shook her head and got in Blade's Dodge Charger, trying not to think about the creepy scene.


Elsewhere. . .

The female from the building top sits crouched above the many Reapers below her. They were acting like a bunch of rabid dogs trying to fight each other.

'I have to get out of here.' She thought, suddenly, the noise getting to her.

She jumped off her perch and onto one of her many Reapers, making it hiss at her. She got off the creature and walked out of the chamber, wanting away from the noise.

Suddenly, the female was grabbed by the throat and picked up off of her feet. She clawed at the hand, but that only resulted in the fingers tightening around her soft throat.

"Who are you?" Asked a raspy male voice and she stopped struggling for the moment.

"You must be Jared." She said through her own raspy voice, but that was partly because she was choking.

"Who are you?" Nomak repeated, harshly.

"Name's Alexandria." She said and his grip loosened only a little bit. "Could you let go? I haven't fed in a while and I don't want to be tempted to attack one of my own."

"What do you mean by that?" Nomak asked, a little suspicion apparent in his voice.

"I guess I'll have to show you." Alexandria whispered and she looked him in the eye.

Her inhuman mouth opened and he dropped her, making her close it again and look up at him.

"You're a carrier." It was more a statement than a question.

"Mostly." Alexandria replied, getting up. "Before you ask how you got here, my Reapers found you half-regenerated and brought you back here. I've been taking care of you since I really don't trust any of them alone, even with one of their own."

"Why didn't they tell me about you?" Nomak continued his questions.

"They didn't want you to get any ideas about mating or some nonsense like that." Alexandria replied, crossing her arms.

"Weren't they worried you would get ideas, too?" He asked, looking her straight in the eyes.

"They thought that since I was female they could control me easier." She replied, rolling her eyes as she did so.

"I guess they were wrong since you escaped." Nomak said, coming closer with each word.

"I put the bite on them before they had the chance to register the fact that I was there." Alexandria said, getting a bit nervous with him getting so close to her.

"I guess what they say is true. The females are always the most vicious." Nomak said, standing only inches from her.

Alexandria could feel the heat radiating from his body. It made her feel like she was drawn to him.

Alexandria raised a hand up and touched his cheek. Nomak closed his pale blue eyes and brought a hand up to cover hers.

"Your fingers are cold." He said, re-opening his eyes and looking at her.

"Really? I can't feel it." She said, blankly, and he smiled.

"We're two of a kind." Nomak replied.

"I know." Alexandria said, and she closed her eyes and let out a long awaited breath.

The female Reaper leaned forward and Nomak welcomed her in a tight embrace and she buried her face in his neck.