Kelly POV
Blade and Karen got back not too long after me and dad, having already washed and redressed I help Blade to clean and stitch his stab wound, it's already started to heal thankfully so won't need much more doing to it,
"Are you alright?" he asks, I look to him confused, do I not look alright?
"With what Quinn and Pearl said, sounds like someone has plans for you" he says, I look down at this with a glare, remembering Quinn's words,
"It makes me feel uncomfortable, I don't like it. The thought of someone controlling the shots and I don't know who…I need more information, but I aint doing anything anyone tells me to do that isn't you, dad or myself" I say, he nods at this in agreement,
"Try to rest brother" I say giving him a hug which he returns,
"Whatever happens I'll be there little sis. Don't worry too much" he says, I smile at this and nod, leaving his room into the main room where I see dad with Karen,
"I found him when he was 13. He'd been livin' on the streets, feedin' off the homeless.
His need for blood had taken over at puberty. I took him for a vampire at first.
Almost killed him too, until Kelly stopped me, I don't know why even now but she just stood right in front of him blocking him from view, right in front of my gun, he was more shocked then me but I knew she wouldn't move. What shocked me the most was that he didn't run and he didn't even try to attack her either. Then I realized what he was.
Blade's mother was attacked by a vampire while she was pregnant. She died, but he lived. Unfortunately, he'd undergone certain genetic changes. He can withstand garlic, sliver, even sunlight, and he's got their strength. This time tomorrow, all those wounds of his will be healed. He still ages like a human, though. See, vampires age slower than us.
Unfortunately...he also inherited their thirst" dad says, I sit on one of the chairs beside him,
"I thought the serum was supposed to suppress that" Karen says,
"Time's runnin' out" dad says, I start to help dad to get the serum ready for later, knowing Blade will need it.
"His body's startin' to reject it. So far, all my efforts to find a cure have failed" dad says, I rub his back at this to show support, he has been working tirelessly to try and help Blade's thirst, but no matter what he or I do nothing helps.
"Why do you hunt them?" Karen asks, I frown at her for this, why hunt vampires?
"Kelly and I had a family once—I had wife, and three daughters. Then a drifter came callin' one evenin', a vampire. He toyed with 'em first, tried to make me decide which order they'd die in. Kelly was only a baby at the time, she'd crawled into a hidden hatch in the wall of her nursery, she was – thank god – a quiet baby so rarely cried, I thought that he had killed her but when I went to check, she came out as if we had been playing hide and seek like we used to, I don't think he knew she was there. To that day I swore that I would keep her safe and prepared" he says looking over at me and smiling which I return, having already heard this story before, I barely remember it all which I am grateful for, but I wish I remembered my mother and sisters more,
"We kill as many of 'em as we can find, but it's gettin' worse. Because of Frost. There's somethin' happenin' in the vampire ranks. It's somethin' big...and I'd stake my Life
that son of a bitch is at the centre of it" dad says, I nod in agreement at all this, every time something bad happens his name is present.
Next day –
"Dad I need you to have a look at this, the record keeper was doing some research for Frost and it had something to do with a legend of La Magra" I say, after walking out of my room, handing dad the page I took from the archive yesterday, he looks at it with a frown from his desk,
"Smells like a vampire wiped his ass with it" he says after taking a sniff of it, I smirk at this,
"It's written in blood, it's from the book of Erebus which I assume you already know, otherwise I'm sitting you down for studying again" he says I smirk at him for this, but nod to let him know that I already knew,
"We think it's what Frost has been workin' on" says Blade who walks over to us from his room,
"It says something about the blood god, the spirits of the twelve, I – I don't know, I can't make out the rest of it" dad says, I nod at this, I read the bit of the blood god, but I couldn't get the rest, not that I'll tell him that or he will keep me down and reading books for a week.
"Maybe this'll help" Blade says, handing dad the disc he took from Pearls machine,
"I'll figure out something" dad says, I nod in agreement, if need be I'll stick behind and help.
I look behind Blade from hearing a large vehicle reversing into the warehouse, Karen coming out of the drivers seat, odd I thought she was still asleep, oh well.
"So, what's all this?" Blade asks, I stay seated listening, watching as Karen starts bringing what looks like medical equipment out of the van,
"Took a trip to the hospital last night, borrowed some equipment" she says, I raise my eyebrows at this in surprise, first a torturer and now a thief, beginning to think we may be a bad influence on her.
"For your miracle cure?" Blade asks, I can hear the disbelief in his voice, well she is a medical woman she might know some things we don't,
"This is E.D.T.A. It's an anticoagulant, we use it to treat blood clots. Now look what happens when I introduce it onto a sample of vampire blood. Take a step back. The reactions energetic" she says, I step back with dad and Karen, keeping my eyes on the blood sample.
But Blade stays where he is stood, but jumps back in surprise when it explodes in front of him, I laugh at this, the image of us using this against vampires brings a big smile to my face, dad snickering beside me when Blade looks back at us, eyebrows raised,
"Some cure" Blade says,
"I didn't say E.D.T.A was a cure. But maybe you could use it to explode some vampire heads" she says, I smile widely at this,
"Hell yeah! We need to order some more of this stuff" I say making dad and Karen smirk,
"Wait a minute. I need a sample of your blood" Karen says, looking to Blade before he steps away.
"Later. Gotta go downtown. Need some serum" Blade says,
"Serum can wait. This is important" dad says, and after a shared look, Blade nods in agreement, I take dads hand at this,
"Come on dad, time for your injection" I say silently, knowing he doesn't like others to hear, he nods grudgingly at this, already starting to hear him cough, he sits at his desk while I get his injections and bits together, gloves, swabs and disinfectant alcohol, I can hear Blade speaking with Karen, likely telling her the truth of dad, I'm not thrilled that he is telling her but I keep my mind to the task at hand,
"We need to check on Karen and her progression, she only has a few more days" dad says, I nod in agreement at this, getting rid of the needle after his injection is done.