A/N: I just decided to add to this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Blade, but I sure would like to. I mean that voice make me weak in the knees. I own my characters.

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The nausea and the pain were unbearable. Her wounds had still not healed and she had to fight to remain conscious. It was pretty hard too, considering that the room was extremely dark.

The door banged open and a burst of light streamed through. Diana went temporarily blind for a minute. Then her vision cleared.

"Your so called friends haven't come for you yet. And it's been two weeks," said an all too familiar voice.

"I didn't expect them to," she barely managed to croak. "My mother is more important than I am."

"Yes, I noticed that. Too bad Blade seems more concerned with a woman he's never met than you and your unborn child. He doesn't care about you at all," Janus said.

"Duh, he's made it pretty clear that he doesn't want anything to do with me. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. He's an ass, and I don't expect him to be anything different," she replied.

"That smart mouth is going to get you killed someday," Janus growled. His lips turned up in a twisted smile. "Or your baby," he added.

The blood drained from Diana's face. "No."

"Oh, yes. Your friends aren't here, and I'm quite frankly tired of waiting for them to come with your mother and brother in tow." He pulled out a switchblade and popped it open. "I think they need a little motivation."

"Get away from me!" she said. She couldn't scream or yell because her throat was too dry. He approached her menacingly.

"I'll only just draw enough blood to get them moving faster. Think of it as me helping you get them here sooner. Don't worry, the baby might survive, but who really knows."

Janus pressed the blade against her neck.

Blade, Melina, and Nikolus watched the display in horror through a barred window. Melina and Nikolus were holding Blade back. He wanted to go in now, but they needed to wait until Janus was out of the room.

Janus struck and severed her jugular. Blood began rapidly oozing out. Blade could hear Diana's mental scream as it tore through his head. He wanted so badly to go in there and save her.

A servant appeared in the doorway.

"You shouldn't have done that, My Lord," the servant said in a subservient tone.

"And why not?" Janus asked. The servant trembled in fear.

"Because he's here, My Lord."

Janus smiled. "Perfect." He wiped the blade on his pants and walked out with his servant trailing behind him.

"Let's move," Melina said, but Blade was way ahead of her. He grabbed the bar window and yanked it out of its frame.

"O-K," Melina said a little scared. "We had tools, but I guess that's just as effective."

They jumped down into the cell, and Blade immediately rushed to Diana's side. She groggily turned to face him. Her time was running out.

"Diana, stay awake. We're going to get you out of here. Just hold on," he said inspecting her handcuffs. They were wired to a bomb under the bed.

"Blade," she said hoarsely. "I don't have much longer to live."

"No, you're going to be fine. We're going to get you out," he argued.

"You and I both know that that's not true. If you want the baby, you should know that a baby can live inside its dead mother for five minutes. I'm sorry, Blade," she said. Her eyes closed and her head dropped to the bed. Melina checked for a pulse.

"Blade, she's dead."

"No!" he yelled. He caressed Diana's cheek. "Please wake up!" Diana remained still.

He let loose a torturous howl. Diana was gone. He was still for a moment. He thought back to Whistler's teachings. He bottled up all his emotions and put on his unreadable face.

"Get to work on saving the baby. It's the only part of Diana I have left," he said in a passive tone. He started towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Nikolus asked, but he already knew the answer.

Blade drew his sword. "To kill the son of a bitch that started all this." He left the room and the sound of metal hitting flesh sounded through the hallway.

Melina waited for a second then withdrew the needle from Diana's arm.

"It worked," Nikolus said sadly. "Now bring her back." Melina dug in her bag for another syringe.

She found it and injected Diana with the liquid inside.

"You know that we can never tell Blade about this, right?" she said.

"Yeah, somehow I think that telling him that we made him think the woman he loved was dead will end up in our untimely deaths," he replied.

"I doubt he loves her. He might care for her, but I don't think he loves her," Melina said.

"Well, we'll see about that," Nikolus said as he began diffusing the wires to the handcuffs.

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Janus sat down at the empty dinner table. Kafele sat on the other side.

"I'm here to discuss a trade," Kafele said.

"Finally, a bite. Nenet agreed to my terms?" asked Janus.

Kafele gave a short chuckle. "Hell, no. She's, how would you say, on hiatus." He smiled evilly. Payback would soon be his.

"Then you don't get Dyania or the baby." Janus started to get up, but Kafele held a hand up.

"But I am willing to trade myself and another council member for Dyania and her baby," Kafele said seriously.

"Which council member?" Janus asked.

"Melina."

"I don't want another one of Horus's sloppy seconds. Make it Chione."

"Did you know most bank robbers get caught because of greed and not stupidity?" Kafele asked. Janus understood the hidden message.

"Melina it is. Where is she?"

Kafele's grin grew wide. "She's already here."

Blade crashed through the door. He was covered in ash and blood. Janus and Kafele jumped out of their seats as a reflexive.

"Blade, what are you doing?!" Kafele shouted. The plan was ruined.

Blade brandished his sword and stepped menacingly towards Janus.

"That bastard killed Diana," he growled. Kafele felt the anger rush through him.

"You were going to have me trade with you under false pretenses?!" Kafele's eyes went electric blue and his canines elongated. Payback was way overdue.

"Stop being so dramatic. You're acting like nobody in this world lies," Janus said nonchalantly.

Blade took another step towards him. Janus feigned fear.

"What are you going to do? Poke me with your stick?" he taunted. Blade smiled.

"Nope." Then, lightning-quick, Blade pulled out his gun and shot him in the chest.

The stake pinned Janus against the wall. Blade walked over to Janus and placed the sword over his neck.

"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Janus spat out.

"You don't deserve to die just yet. You deserve to suffer as much as you made Diana and my baby suffer." For some reason, Janus grinned.

"What's so funny?" Blade demanded.

"I bet you're going to make me suffer as much as you made her suffer," Janus sneered. He laughed at Blade's shocked expression.

"I kept tabs on her. Poor Dyania, stressing for three months on whether she should tell you that she was pregnant. She even almost lost the baby for stressing so much."

Blade growled and pressed the sword harder against his neck.

"Blade!" Melina shouted. Blade turned around and saw her in the doorway. Janus took the chance to lash out and kick Blade in the solar plexus. Blade soared through the air and smashed into the table.

Janus pulled out the stake and fell to the floor. "Moron," he muttered. He got up and threw the stake at Melina.

As the stake approached, Melina shouted, "Isis! Protect me!" The stake glowed yellow then stopped an inch before her and fell. Her eyes glowed a fiery yellow.

"You and Horus have destroyed my family. You took away my sister then subjected her to years of torture, then turned around and did it to me. I am sick and tired of being pushed around like a little kid and having you torture my sister. I'm sick of it!" Her whole body was surrounded by a yellow glow.

She stuck her hand out and yellow light shot from it. The light wrapped itself around Janus's limbs and forced him against the wall. Blade got up and stared in amazement.

"You do deserve to die. You're going to rot in hell for eternity. And I'm going to take pleasure in the fact that I killed the son of a bitch who broke my sister's heart," she hissed. Another yellow light surrounded his neck.

Melina balled her hand into a fist and the light grew tighter around Janus's neck. He coughed at the pressure. It felt like someone had a steel grip around his throat and was gripping tighter. His windpipe crushed and he couldn't breathe.

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"We haven't heard anything from them, let's go!" Calix ordered.

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The rest of the council rushed in just as Janus's dead body crumpled to the ground. The light disappeared and Melina fainted but Blade caught her.

"She's alive," Nikolus said from the hall doorway. In his arms was Diana. Blade rushed over to them, and he handed Melina to Nikolus and Nikolus handed Diana to Blade.

Blade hugged her tight to her body. He put his hand against her chest to feel her heartbeat. It was weak but beating.

"She needs medical help," he finally said.

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The doctor stepped out of the room. Blade stood up.

"How is she?" he asked. "And the baby?"

"Her and the baby are healing. She might make it."

"What do you mean 'might' make it?" Blade growled lowly.

"She is hooked up to seven different blood bags. She requires blood to heal. In a regular situation, she would be healed in a few days. But since she's pregnant, things are progressing slowly. The baby is absorbing the majority of the blood to heal itself and leaving only a little for Diana. Diana might make it but it will take awhile. If she doesn't pull through in the next few weeks, then she might not make it at all," the doctor said sadly.

"And the baby?" He was almost afraid to ask.

"We'd have to do an emergency C-section and put her in the premature baby program," the doctor explained.

"'Her?' I have a daughter?" The doctor nodded. "Can I go in?" The doctor nodded again.

Blade entered the room and sat beside Diana's bed. The cuts and bruises had healed, but they left faded scars on her skin. He took her hand in his and held it. He reached out with his other hand to feel her stomach. He applied a little pressure and concentrated. In a few seconds he felt the heartbeat of his baby. It was strong. He kissed her hand.

"Diana, please pull through. If not for me, for our baby," he pleaded. Her body remained in its comatose state, her vitals never changing. Blade rested his head on her stomach and listened to the heartbeat.

"Please, Diana."

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Melina waited impatiently in her chair, thrumming her fingers on the book on her lap. She looked up when Blade came out.

"Any changes?" she asked. Blade shook his head. Melina stood up and handed Blade the book.

"What's this?" he asked as he took it. The book was a embroidered with lavender silk and had a picture of a sonogram on the cover.

"It's Dyania's baby book. She was planning on giving it to the baby when it turned eighteen," she explained. "She already started on it. I thought you might want to get caught up on what's been happening with the baby."

"You mean when she turned eighteen. We're having a girl," he said absentmindedly as he flipped through the book.

"Well, I'm going to go check on her. Bye." Melina went into Diana's room.

Blade turned to the first page. There was a sonogram picture and a picture of Diana

's forehead pasted there. Under the sonogram was scrawled, Your first sonogram picture. Under the forehead picture, How I first found out I was pregnant with you. Blade looked closer at the picture and saw a faint scar on her forehead. It was from when she fainted and knocked her head on the table.

He looked at the second page. It was a snapshot of him and Diana on a pier. Under it was written, Your dad and me.

He remembered the picture. They had been under the guise of an engaged couple. He was leaning against the pier railing with Diana in his arms and his chin resting atop her head. They looked so comfortable in each other's arms. He remembered the day vividly.

"Say cheese!" said the photographer. Blade and Diana kept their faces passive as the guy took the picture. The photo came out and he handed it to Diana and Blade paid him.

"Give me the picture," Blade said. Diana frowned.

"Why?"

"So I can burn it." Diana smiled. She held out the photo and just as Blade grabbed for it, she snatched it back.

"Give it, Diana!" he growled. She just smiled mischievously and slipped it into her back pocket.

"If you want it, come and get it," she said huskily and took off down the pier.

"Little witch," he mumbled then took off after her.

Diana saw that Blade was following her and she went through the pier exit and rounded the corner heading towards the beach. She turned around and saw him nowhere in sight. She always had been the faster runner.

She took a look around to make sure nobody was around, and then started shedding her clothes.

Blade finally reached the beach and looked around, but Diana was nowhere in sight. A high-pitched whistle echoed in the air. Blade looked to see where the sound was coming from and found his answer.

Diana was in the ocean and soaked from head to toe. And she was completely naked. She really wasn't revealing anything though. Her wet hair covered her breasts and the water was up to her hips. She had a smirk on her face.

"Diana, give me the picture," he said keeping his eyes level with hers. She cocked an eyebrow in amusement. The tide rushed in, then back out, leaving the water level lower than before. He had to admit that her body was toned. He could see her slightly visible abs and the perfect curve of her muscles leading down to her… He snapped out of his trance when he heard her laugh.

"What's so funny?"

"The only way you're getting this picture is if you come in here," she said suggestively. It took all his willpower to not just do what she said. She looked incredibly sexy drenched in water. He had a sudden urge to kiss her. Maybe more.

Focus, he thought. He looked for a distraction. Bingo. He spotted her clothes on nearby rock. Diana followed his gaze to her clothes.

"Don't you dare!" she shouted. Blade walked over to them and picked them up.

"Have fun getting back to the hotel," he said and started back up the beach.

"You.." and it was followed by cursing in many languages.

Blade waited for an hour in the hotel before Diana showed up. She was using a wraparound skirt as a strapless dress. She still looked sexy as hell. He didn't notice that she had a hand behind her back.

"What kept you?" he said leaning back in a chair.

She brought out a bucket from behind her back and dumped a huge load of seawater over him.

"Payback's a bitch and so am I," she growled and dropped the bucket at his feet. She marched towards the bathroom.

Blade grabbed her and threw her on the bed. She tried to get up but he pushed her back down and straddled her waist to hold down her lower body. He grabbed her arms and pinned them above her head. She wiggled her body to try to get out.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he whispered in her ear and she instantly stopped. "Where's the picture?"

She smiled at him. His eyes darkened.

"You have already succeeded in severely pissing me off, and I swear if you don't give me the picture…" She started laughing. "What's so funny?"

"You're so worked up over a silly picture. You need to learn to relax and sometimes even enjoy yourself. That's what I was trying to get you to do earlier, but it backfired," she said. "I mailed the picture to a friend of mine."

"You're dead," he said seriously, and then surprisingly, he tickled her. She wiggled around and tried to get him off of her, laughing. They wrestled for power and Blade let Diana win.

"Thanks," he said. Diana smiled. She knew what he meant.

"You're welcome."

That had been five months ago. He really missed her bubbly personality. He flipped through a few more pages in the book then set it down. He wanted his Diana back.

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3 weeks later

Blade just came out of the shower. He was going back to the hospital to check on Diana. He had visited her everyday and stayed until visiting hours were over. She showed progress

He had been staying with Nikolus and Melina. The phone rang. He answered it.

"Blade, Diana just woke up!" Melina shouted into the phone.

"I'll be right there," he said. Finally, after weeks of torture, she was awake.

"Wait, hold on." Blade could hear talking in the back. "She says she doesn't want to see you until she's discharged."

"And when will that be?"

"Tomorrow. She says that you can wait until then," Melina said. Blade gritted his teeth in annoyance. Why did she have to be so stubborn?

"Fine," he growled and hung up.

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"You know he's really upset over this, right?" Melina asked.

"Yeah, but I don't want to face him just yet. I need time to deal with this," Diana said weakly. Melina's anger rose.

"You've had three months to deal with it. Get over it. Enough is enough! You owe that man so much. He was worried for weeks that it his fault that you were kidnapped! He has been blaming himself constantly, and you're still acting like a selfish bitch! Get it together and forgive Blade. I know what he did upset you, but goddamn, it's been three months! Get fucking over it!" she yelled.

Diana's eyes were wide with shock. Melina left and slammed the door shut behind her. Diana rubbed her temples in frustration. This was going to be hard.

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Blade was sitting in the living room reading the baby book. Diana had kept journal entries and doctor charts from her appointments in the book. One dated the week after he left caught his eye.

As he read the paper, dread went through him. Janus had been right.

The front door opened, and Diana entered. She looked a little pale and tired, but nonetheless glowing.

"Blade, we need to talk," she said softly. He stood up, eyes glaring at her.

"Yes, we do," he said icily. He held up the paper.

"Why didn't you tell me that you almost miscarried?"

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"Calm down, Blade," Diana warned.

"You expect me to calm down after finding out that you've been hiding your pregnancy from me for three months? Then you almost die, and now I found out that you even didn't have the decency to tell me you were pregnant after you almost miscarried!" he exploded. Diana glared at him.

"Well, I didn't exactly think that you cared at the moment," she snapped.

"I still had a right to know," Blade countered.

"I tried to tell you, but you left. Remember?" she hissed.

"Cut the crap, Diana. All you had to say was, 'Blade, I'm pregnant'. Instead of doing that, you told me not expect you to be here when I came back. You didn't try to tell me. You were looking for an excuse not to!"

"For good reason too. You know you wouldn't make a good father," she said without thinking. Blade dropped the paper and crossed the room to stand right in front of her. Her eyes stared right into his. She wasn't going to back down.

"What did you say?" His voice had gone from angry to menacing, and it terrified her. Yet his proximity was making her uneasy; in the way she liked. She took a step back and placed a hand on her hip.

"Tell me Blade, could you raise a child? Be there for her on holidays and birthdays? Hold her when she cried? Soother her when she had a nightmare? Or protect her and love her everyday? Could you do it, Blade?" she taunted.

He clenched his jaw. "I'd try. But you probably wouldn't have let me anywhere near her." That was a low blow.

"That assumption was unfair."

"But it seems I'm right," he growled. "Not so nice being on the other side, is it?"

"I had valid reasons to back up my assumption/decision," she argued.

"And what were those?"

"How about 'The whole thing between us has been a mistake' or 'We can't be in a relationship'? Do any of those sound familiar?"

"First of all, I told that I lied about what I said in the mountains. Second of all, what does a relationship between you and me have to do with raising a child?"

"To raise a child together, we'd have to have some sort of relationship, whether it's friendship or something else," she explained.

"And because I didn't think that we should have a relationship, you thought you had the right to not tell me about our child?" he snarled. He was becoming more pissed off by the second.

"Look, Blade! You left me! Not the other way…"

Blade grabbed her and restrained her against the wall angrily. She tried to struggle out of his grasp, but she was too weak in her condition. He stared in the eyes, but she looked away. This frustrated him even more.

"Diana, look at me!" Her silver eyes met his amber ones.

"This stopped being about you the moment you suspected that you were carrying my child. Our child." Diana's expression went slack.

"How did you know about that?" she asked, her voice uneasy.

"Doesn't matter. What does matter is our daughter," he said firmly.

"Please let me go," she pleaded. She didn't want hear him say that he wanted. It took away her self-forced belief that he didn't care.

His eyes softened. "Why do you really think I didn't care?" he asked. She opened her mouth to speak, but decided against it. She looked away.

"Please, Diana. I atleast deserve to know why," he said pleadingly.

"I thought that since I wasn't a good enough reason for you to stay, then the child I'm carrying wouldn't be either," she admitted. Blade looked into her eyes and saw that she was telling the truth. He let her go and stepped back to gather his thoughts.

"You really thought that?" he asked. The hurt in his voice was evident.

"What else was I suppose to think? You hardly talked to me," she said softly.

Blade sat down on the sofa and rubbed his eyes. "Diana, I want a normal life. I want a family. I want a wife. I want someone to love and to love me. But my current life prevents that from ever happening. My job as a vampire hunter prevents me having the things that I want the most. And that includes you, and the baby. But especially you."

Diana sat down next to him. "You never told me this. I never knew."

"Because I didn't tell you. I thought it would be better if you didn't know that I want an out to this life. If you did, it would be more tempting for me to actually leave it."

"Why don't you leave? You could have a better life," she suggested.

"Because I don't want what happened to me and my mother to happen to anybody else," he said. Diana finally understood him. This was the most he had ever opened up to her.

He turned to her and caressed her face gently. She placed her hand over his. "Diana, I want you." He leaned and kissed her sweetly. "And I want this baby and to be apart of her life." He lowered his head and placed a kiss on her belly.

"Why?" Her voice broke and tears slid down her cheeks. She walked over to the wall and leaned against it. He walked up to her until their faces were inches apart.

"Because I love you," he said and smirked.

"I always hated your cocky grin," she said but smiled nonetheless. She pulled him in for a passionate kiss.

Their lips met and their tongues explored. She wrapped her arms around his neck as they engaged in a passionate liplock. He picked her up and carried her into the bedroom.

There they made love well into the night. He held her tightly against him afterwards. Diana fell asleep in his warm embrace, content to be with him again.

"I will never let anything happen to you or the baby again," he said to her sleeping form. Anybody who messed with them, were obviously fucking with him and he was going to take them out. As he slipped into sleep, he wondered if Melina was able to locate Janus's associates and colleagues. He would really like to pay them a visit.

His hand slid around her stomach and rested there. The baby's heartbeat pounded against her abdomen. That was their daughter in there.

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Diana woke up feeling like she was near an oven. She realized that the heat was coming from Blade. She tried to untangle herself from him, but his grip on her tightened.

"Don't move. You're warm for once," he muttered.

"Well, you feel like a furnace so let go. Plus I'm hungry." Since he didn't know the male rules regarding pregnancy, he didn't listen to her.

"Blade, I swear if you don't let me go this instant, I will castrate you!" Blade let go.

"Fair enough. Aren't you cranky this morning?" Pain exploded through his arm as she slugged his shoulder.

"What the hell was that for?!"

"For getting smart with me when my hormones are imbalanced," she sneered.

"Oh, yeah," he remembered. "Mood swings." He remembered reading about it in one of pregnancy books he bought.

Her expression changed into one he knew well. "But you can make it up to me in the shower," she whispered into his ear and stroked his chest.

Lightning quick, Blade rolled her to her back and pinned her to the bed. He held her arms over her head and kissed her. When he pulled back she smiled.

"I love you and you're not going to go through this alone," he told her. She leaned up and kissed him. I love you too, Blade.

He wrapped his arms around her and picked her up walking towards the bathroom.

"Hey, where are you taking me?" she asked.

"To the shower," he said with a smirk.

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