Tanya blinked her eyes in surprise. "You want a sample Blade's blood? Why?"
"We want to know why he isn't vulnerable to sunlight, garlic, and silver. And we'll also need a sample of your blood," Marcus explained.
"Alright, but I got two tattoos last week, just to let you know," she said and rolled up her sleeve.
Chase pulled out a medical kit and withdrew some blood from Tanya's arm. After she pulled out a bell button ring from the kit.
"We'll also need you to wear this," Chase said and handed it to Tanya.
"It's a belly button ring," she said puzzled. Why would they want her to wear a belly button ring?
"It's a tracking device, sweetheart," Chase said. "We want you to wear it so we can keep track of you, and when things go south, we can pull you out of the mess just by dialing up the satellite."
"Lay on the table, and we'll do this right now," Chase instructed. Tanya climbed on the table and lied on her back. She hiked her shirt up so her belly button could be seen. There was a Celtic knot tattoo going all the way around her waist.
"That's cute," Chase commented. She wiped the girls belly button with alcohol and prepared the ring. "Okay, I'm not going to lie to you. This is going to hurt like hell."
Tanya readied herself for the pain that was to come. Chase pushed the ring in.
"Holy fuck!" she screamed. She felt as if something ripped through her stomach.
"There, there. That wasn't so bad," Marcus said soothingly. He helped her off the table and handed her a mug of blood. She drank it greedily.
"It will heal faster if you drink blood, but since you can't do that in front of Blade, it'll take about a day to completely heal," he said. "And please have the blood sample within a week. That's when you're job will be done, and when you'll be able to see your brother again."
Tanya stood up at this and hugged him. "Thank you," she whispered. She hadn't seen her brother since she was six.
"Run along now and have fun. We'll see you in a week," Marcus said and kissed the top of her head and she left.
Chase waited until the door closed to say, "When are you going to tell her that you're her biological father?"
"She doesn't need to know right now. I'll tell her when she's ready."
Tanya was in the Walgreens store looking for supplies and toiletries. She passed by the feminine sanitary supplies and sighed. She didn't need those anymore since she was a hybrid. Right next to those supplies were condoms.
She stared at them. She didn't know if she would need them or not, so she grabbed a box and dumped it into the basket. She finished her shopping and drove back to the hideout.
Once she got there, she was greeted by a very angry Whistler.
"Where the hell were you today!" Whistler demanded.
"I got a piercing and went shopping," she shrugged.
"Liar! You followed us!" he accused. Tanya smiled at that.
"And how, pray tell, would you know that?" she asked with a evil smile on her face.
Blade looked from Whistler to Tanya. "Yeah, how would you know?"
Whistler looked almost guilty, but he didn't say anything. So Tanya walked to his car and opened the door. She picked up the tracking device from the floor and closed the door.
"Would this happen to be the reason why you thought I was following you?" she asked devilishly.
Whistler snatched it from her and stomped off. Blade cast a sympathetic glance towards her. Tanya just grabbed her bag and headed off to her room with Blade behind her.
"You shouldn't aggravate him, you know," Blade said as Tanya set down the stuff on her bed. She took off her jacket and hung it in the closet.
"Oh, so now you're taking his side. He tried to bug me, so I messed with his head. It's no big deal."
"Whistler is not good with trusting people, so just lay low for awhile," Blade suggested.
Tanya shrugged and took off her shirt regardless that Blade was in the room. She pulled out a shorter tank top from her closet and put it on. It was red and stopped short of her belly button. It looked cute with the ring. She turned to Blade.
"What do you think?" she asked. Blade's jaw dropped when he saw her belly button ring. It looked extremely sexy. He walked to her and gathered her in his arms.
"I like it," he said and kissed her passionately.
"You know, my birthday is in two days," she said. "I'm turning twenty." Blade kissed her neck.
"What do you want for your birthday?" he asked. She looked directly in his eyes.
"You." Blade looked at her in confusion.
"But we're already together," he said.
"As in sex, Blade," she said like she was explaining something to a two-year old.
"No," was his reply. He pushed her away from him.
"Why?"
"You're way too young for that."
"I'm not a virgin. I lost my virginity when I was 16."
"To who? Raoul?" he joked. His smile disappeared when he saw the look on Tanya's face.
"Yes, and he didn't seem to have a problem with me like you do now," she snapped.
"It doesn't make it right, Tanya. You're like twelve years younger than me."
"Ten, actually, and don't give me that young crap. You didn't have a problem kissing me, or watching me while I got dressed six months. Yes, I heard what you said to Whistler. What's the difference now?"
"I don't think that it's appropriate."
"Appropriate? I'm a grown ass woman!"
"Yes, but I don't want you to end up like her!" Blade blurted out. Tanya stared at him in shock. She started to walk out of the room but paused in the doorway.
"Well, Blade. This might be news to you, but I'm not her. Now that I think about it, I realize that you'll be basing all your decisions regarding me on what happened to her. It's nice to know that whenever you think about me, you think of how things could be different this time around. I'm not a replacement, Blade. And I don't expect to be."
She walked out of the room and didn't look back.
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