Deacon emerged from the Temple of Eternal Night tiredly. His eyes had gone back to their cold blue color but La Magra was still lingering silently inside of him. It had taken him the better part of a week to pull himself together because of the amount of damage Blade caused. He was hungry and alone. He looked up at the sky and sighed in annoyance. The sky should be black and the human race should be totally destroyed yet the sky was disgustingly beautiful and the smell of humans was stronger than ever. Using his enhanced senses, he could hear two voices in the distance. The first thought that popped into his head was to feed. He was so hungry he didn't much care whether the voices were those of vampires or humans. He climbed up the side of a nearby building and looked down into the alley where the voices were coming from.

"What are we doing here?" A beautiful woman with long black hair and clear blue eyes said.

"It's a surprise." A man with short, spiked hair and hazel eyes said coldly.

Deacon could tell by the man's scent that he was a vampire. He looked on, waiting for the perfect time to kill them both. As he waited, he caught the scent of two more vampires and looked towards the end of the alley.

There were two more male vampires standing at the entrance of the alley. The bigger one was muscular and was bald with green eyes. The smaller one was skinny with a little muscle, a buzz cut, and dark brown eyes.

The vampire with the woman chuckled evilly. She turned around and raised and eyebrow at the sight of the other two vampires. "Jake, what the hell is this?" She asked.

He smiled evilly and he and his two friends stepped closer to her.

When he smiled, she saw his fangs. She finally realized what was about to happen but didn't seem scared. She crossed her arms and glared at him. "Vampires? Let me guess, you're gonna bite me, suck me dry, and leave my dead, lifeless body lying here in this pile of trash, right?"

"That's the general idea." Jake said.

She sighed and dropped her arms to her sides. "Fine." She said as they moved closer to her. "I guess I'll just have to kill you first then."

She moved to one side as Jake lunged toward her and he landed in the pile of trash. "Baldy" threw a series of punches at her but she blocked them and kicked him in the stomach, making him stumble backward.

"Xavier, get her!" He barked at "Buzz-cut".

Xavier lunged towards her and she spun out of the way but he stopped before running into Jake, who was back up to his feet. "Baldy" grabbed her from behind, holding her by her arms. She struggled to get free but he just tightened his grip. Jake and Xavier stepped forward, grinning evilly, knowing they had won. She flashed a smile of her own and leaned back against "Baldy" as she jumped up, kicking Jake and Xavier in their faces. Then she leaned forward, flipping the other vampire over her shoulder, and he landed on Jake.

"Get the fuck off me, Luca!" Jake barked. "Get her!"

Luca jumped up and lunged toward her. She dodged him and pushed him away from her. Jake punched her in the stomach and she doubled over in pain. She quickly shook it off and punched him in the face then grabbed his arm and threw him into Luca. Xavier threw a punch at her but she dodged it and kicked him the lower, sending him stumbling toward Jake and Luca. She faced the three vampires, waiting for one of them to attack. All of a sudden, a strange feeling came over her and something told her to look up. When she looked, she saw a dark figure standing on the roof of one of the buildings. Luca found this distraction to be the perfect time to attack. He kicked her hard in the chest and she fell back into the pile of trash. She gasped in pain and grabbed her side. She looked down and saw a piece of scrap metal protruding from one of the bags she landed on.

At the sight of her blood, all the vampires, including Deacon, licked their lips and Jake, Xavier, and Luca closed in on her. Then, the strange feeling that had come over her moments earlier came over them. They stopped in their tracks as she climbed to her feet. Luca charged at her and started throwing punches at her. She blocked them then kicked him in the chest and he stumbled back. She flipped forward, wrapping her ankles around his neck and flipping him to the ground. With one quick move of her lower body, she snapped his neck. Xavier attacked from behind, grabbing her arms in an attempt to restrain her. She pushed backwards, slamming him against the wall. She turned around and kicked him in the chest then pressed her boot against his neck, pinning him to the wall. Jake lunged forward as she pulled her pant leg up. She pulled a silver dagger out of her boot and extended her arm, stabbing Jake in the chest. As he turned to ash, she flipped to dagger around, moved her foot from Xavier's throat, and stabbed him. She watched him turn to ash the put her dagger back in its place and walked out of the alley. She grabbed her side as she walked down the street. Deacon stepped out in front of her from around a corner. She stopped and looked up at him. "I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going. Ow." She said as she flinched and looked down at her side. She lifted her hand a little to see the huge gash.

Deacon looked down and saw the blood on her hand. He was so hungry. He wanted so much to suck her dry but he restrained himself.

"I have to go." She said and stepped to one side to walk around him. He stepped over, too, blocking her path. She sighed heavily. "Oh great." She said under her breath then raised her voice to speak to him as she flinched in pain again. "What do you want?" She rubbed her forehead and her breathing get heavy. "I'm really...not in the...mood for anybody's shit...so if you wanna...mug me, just hurry...up and do it...so I can go...h-h-..." Her voice trailed off as she passed out.

Deacon quickly reached out and caught her before she hit the ground. He looked at the cut on her side. It was long and deep and obviously needed stitches. One of the vampires that worked for him was a doctor he was turned and had some medical equipment that Deacon had gotten him just in case they ever needed it so he decided to take her to him. He knew he had to move fast since she had already passed out from the loss of blood. He picked her up and, with his vampire speed, ran to his penthouse. The doctor lived in the building so he called him upstairs.

"Mr. Frost?" The doctor said as he stepped out of the elevator with a bag in his hand. "I thought you were dead."

"Hardly. I need your help with something." He led the doctor to the living room where the woman was lying on the couch, still unconscious, and was now in one of his shirt button-up shirts and her bra and panties. "She needs stitches."

He kneeled down beside the couch and opened his bag. "Well, lucky for her, she doesn't need an IV, if it was any worse, she would be dead, though. I have a feeling I already know but I'm gonna ask anyway, what happened to her?" He started stitching her wound, shaking his head at the extent of the injury and amount of blood loss.

"She killed three vampires."

"She worked for Blade?"

"I don't think so."

"You shoulda killed her anyway."

"No, no. I think she might be useful to me." The doctor stopped working and looked up at him. He was watching the woman closely and there was a very faint sign of concern in his eyes. He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the doctor. "Hurry up. Finish and get out." He walked into the kitchen for some blood without saying another word.

The doctor finished stitching the woman's wound and checked her for anymore major injuries. He taped up her side to protect the stitches, then put his things back in his bag.

After he left, Deacon came back out into the living room. He sat on the edge of the couch beside the woman and gently ran his finger down her cheek. Her skin was so soft and she was so beautiful. For fuck's sake, she's a human. Get a hold of yourself, Deacon. He thought to himself. He walked to the other couch and laid down. He hardly ever slept but regenerating took a lot out of him. He laid watching the woman sleep until he, too, drifted off to sleep.