Eric Brooks, otherwise known as Blade, was a half vampire half human who dedicated his life to the death of all vampires. He has all of their strengths and none of their weaknesses and his ability to walk in the sun has arisen to his name, the Daywalker. Using silver, garlic, and a silver edged sword, Blade pursues his pray with extreme prejudice.

Blade walked into a the nightclub where he knew almost a hundred vampires were congregating. He allowed himself a small smile, allowing his fangs to show. Two guards at the inner door saw him and drew guns on him. Before their weapons even cleared their holsters, Blade threw two silver stakes. They zipped through the air and buried themselves in the guards. In seconds, they were reduced to ashes and dust, still smoldering at the door. The Daywalker retrieved his weapons and pushed the doors inward. Heavy beat music mingled with the sound of stomping feet and the chatter of voices and the musky smell of many bodies in an enclosed space. As he walked in, a spotlight fell on him and the all noise ceased. After several moments, the silence was broken by Blades deep voice calling out over the crowd, "Where is Draconis the priest?"

He was met by silence which stretched for minutes. Then, all at once, the host of vampires bared their fangs and talons and began screaming for his corps. Blade simply smiled and pulled out two of his glaives. They were triple bladed throwing weapons that returned to the wielder much like boomerangs. With skillful movements, Blade threw the weapons, cutting through vampires like a blade through grass. Blade caught them, returned them to their place and drew his sword and a long stake. The masses surged forward, wielding knives and clubs in a futile attempt to kill their hated enemy - the Daywalker. Blade took them two, three or four at a time, using his sword and stake to end their lives and turn them to piles of ash and dust. Before too long, the numbers of attackers were thinning and the vampires realized that they were in dire straights. They scattered, running for every exit except the one the Blade stood at. He sheathed his sword and stake and was about to go for his customized hand gun armed with silver hollow point bullets with garlic essence and silver nitrate when a white light suddenly flashed around him. Within the blink of an eye, Blade found himself in a courtyard that he was utterly unfamiliar with. All around him were fountains of water and at the end of the courtyard stood a dais with a stunning white marble thrown. On the thrown sat massive being. "Welcome, Eric Brooks. Blade the Daywalker you have been summoned to the Axis of Worlds in order to aide another dimension in their war against vampires."

Blade was weary as he approached the thrown. As he did, he notice three doors behind the dais. Motion towards them with his head, Blade said, "Where do those doors lead?"

The strange being answered, "They lead to alternate dimensions. Through the first, you are within walking distance to the Gates of Heaven. Through the second, you fall into Hell. The third leads to the Axis of Time. All three are forbidden to all save the Holy One. Now, step into that fountain there, with the circle and stars emblem on it. There you will be sent to the world you need to help."

Blade glanced over and saw it. After a moment, he said, "My own world has a huge vampire infestation. Why would go to another to try and help them in another endless war?"

The being stood and stepped off the dais saying, "The problem in the other world is not nearly as extensive as yours. If you are sent there now, you may be able to save it. Now go, lest the world you must go to because far worse off than the world you come from." Blade nodded his head and stepped into the pool.

Batman, Robin and Nightwing pursued the three thugs through the back streets and alleys of Gotham city in the hopes of finding out who this new powerful villain was. After nearly an hour of hard pursuit, they found themselves looking down on the door to a very popular night club in the southern Gotham city area. Looking around, Batman said, "Robin, go and get in through the fire escape so they can't get away through there. Nightwing, check those windows up top. We can work our way inward."

The two others leapt out and the Dark Knight leapt and glided down, slamming hard into the front door and rolling. The four bouncers came at him with chains and clubs. Within a few moments, they were unconscious, draped over chairs and a table. Moving silently, Batman slipped in behind and into the shadows. As he watched the crowd, he noticed several mob bosses talking to the three goons that he and his companions were chasing. The mobsters just shook their heads and began to gather their things. Thinking fast, Batman took stock of all the guards and muscle that were in the building. Quickly, he through a smoke grenade and leapt in after it. As he did, he saw both Nightwing and Robin moving in from different directions, fighting thugs and guards as they went. Batman the group he saw nearest to the bosses. They were mostly just tough looking guys who mostly did their job through intimidation though some were professionals. Both went down before the Dark Knight. Before long, the thugs and guards and some who just wanted a piece of the action were down. Batman, Robin and Nightwing hemmed in on the mob bosses, three of them to be exact. They were part of new Falconii Cartel and Marcus Falconii stood before Batman with all the confidence of a man who knew he was about to win. Before he could even be asked a question, the boss said, "You're a dead freak, Batman. You have no clue who you are up against this time."

Batman grabbed him by his custom two thousand dollar suit and lifted him off the ground, rasping out, "I've fought the mob before and brought them to their knees. What makes you think I won't be able to again?"

Marcus just laughed at his interrogator. "The mob is the least of your worries, Batman. The guys we work for - their YOUR worst nightmare. They'll take you apart like a big, fat piece of chicken fresh off the fryer."

Batman was about to ask when a chuckle came from the back towards the offices of the building. Three more men stood there. Batman dropped Marcus and faced them, saying, "I'm going to give you three a break and let you go, for now. Take this opportunity. You may never get another one."

As he said this, he noticed something about the three individuals. They stood as still as statues and had glowing pale eyes. Not only that, their very presence seemed to make the room colder. Robin and Nightwing were by Batman's side in an instance. After a few moments, the three men moved in on the trio of heroes. Robin extended his staff and moved in saying, "The man warned you. Now pay the price."

He was mere moments away from striking one of them when they where just not there an instant later. Suddenly, a blow sent Robin out onto the dance floor. Immediately, the other two moved into action. Batman took a tall fellow with red hair. As he got close to him, the Dark Knight noticed the strange mans fangs. The creature swung at him with a hiss. When Batman blocked the blow, it felt as though he were blocking a metal baseball bat swung by a pro MLB player. His armored suit took most of the blow or his arm would have broken like a twig. He retaliated with an uppercut, but the creature was faster than humanly possible, moving out of the way and kicking Batman in the chest. He flew backwards, slamming onto his back hard and loosing his breath. He hopped up and pulled out two batterangs, throwing them with blinding speed at the man. Even with seemingly superhuman speed, the creature could not avoid them and they took him in the shoulders and knocked him to the ground. With a grunt of satisfaction, he leapt over to help Robin, he was pinned against the wall by his throat. The creature looked as though he were about to bite the young man's throat till Batman threw a flying kick, knocking the creature off of him. Robin dropped to his knees, gasping and coughing. Batman helped him up and was suddenly attacked from behind by the one he thought he had brought down with his batterangs. It pulled the second one out of its shoulder as if it didn't feel a thing and hiss, "Do you really think that these little things would do anything against a vampire, Batman?"

With that, he hurled Batman across the dance floor and into the bar. As he stood, Nightwing landed on his side next to him, out cold. Robin leapt and stood beside his mentor, true fear in his eyes. The three monsters moved in on them with fangs bared in feral grins as the redheaded one said, "It looks like we will have dinner and three new members of our fine host, my brothers."

Batman readied himself to fight to the death when he saw a shadow streak out from the darkness and hit the redhead like a bolt of lightning. The creature screamed as a silver object seemed to just grow out of his neck. Within moments, the creature disintegrated into a pile of ashes and dust. The other two looked shocked then turned their attention to the new threat. Standing there was a tall, black figure. He was dark skinned, dark haired and wore dark glasses and a long black trench coat. With a lightning fast motion, he pulled out a silver steak and began to fight the other to vampires, who attacked him with chairs, broken table legs or anything else they could find. Before long, another one screamed with a silver stake through his heart. The last one backed off, terrified. The dark man looked down at him and frowned. From behind his back, he pulled a long silver-edged sword. Faster than vision, he swung the sword and sheathed it, making Batman wonder if he had ever actually held a sword. The vampire was frozen for a moment then suddenly fell over, its body turning to ash as its head rolled on the floor. Turning to the three heroes, the dark man said, "Was he bitten?"

Batman knelt down and looked, seeing no marks on Nightwings neck. He looked up and shook his dead. "Good." the dark man said, "Means I don't have to stake him too. My name is Blade but where I come from, they call me the Daywalker."

Robin kept his staff at the ready in case it was needed against this newcomer and asked, "Why do they call you that?"

Blade smiled, revealing a pair of sharp fangs and saying, "Because I am the only existing person on earth with vampire blood can walk in the sun without turning into a pile of ashes. I'm half vampire and half human. My mother was bitten less than an hour before my birth."

Batman said, "Why should we believe any of this…Blade?" The Daywalker removed his glasses, revealing shining green eyes and said, "Look at what just happened here. You were attacked by three guys who were mopping this dance floor with you, something I'm betting you're not used to, until I show up. I shove silver stakes into them and cut of one guys head and they turn to ash. They had fangs and were much faster and stronger than you. What other proof do you need that these guys at least aren't your everyday wackjobs?"

Batman pondered it and said, "I see. Would you come with us? I believe we should discuss this in our cave." Blade smiled, flashing his fangs again and even getting a shudder from Robin. "You three live in a cave?"

"Yes." Batman said, "The Batcave."