A Vampire`s Loyalty
By: MWC




Prologue:

We climbed the ladder to the oustide and noticed that the sun was rising, so we quickly and
safely got back to Frost`s suite, except we were the only ones going back to it. It was going to
be hard continuing the vampire life without Frost, Quinn, or Mercury. Except, we were given more
than one choice. When we got back to the suite we noticed BLADE and the human were there as well.


"Came back to finish you off," BLADE said holding that shotgun again.


Gabby stumbled backwards as BLADE raised the gun, I stood my ground.


"Unless, you are willing to take the easy way out," BLADE continued.


I was puzzled. "What do you mean?" I asked him.


"Well," he responded, "either I can kill you right here, and end your pathetic vampire lives, or,
you can take Dr. Jenson`s cure, which will turn you back to humans."


This was difficult. By now I loved the life of a vampire, but on the other hand, I didn`t want to
lose Gabby. Speaking of which, while I was standing there thinking, Gabby walked over and placed
her hand on my shoulder.


"Matt, I don`t want to die, but most importantly, I don`t want to lose you," she said, "Let`s
just take this cure."


I was most shocked. I wasn`t called by my human name in weeks now. I had to agree.


"Okay, we`ll take the cure," I said. Gabby seemed very thrilled.


Before we left, we put on sunblock so the sun wouldn`t affect us. On the way back to BLADE`s
makeshift headquarters, we followed his car in my car. The ride was really long. All I could
think about was all of the interesting times we had, and the abilities which we were going to
lose. To be honest, I didn`t want all that to end, but I also didn`t want to lose Gabby. If I had
rejected, BLADE would have killed me, probably Gabby too. If not, Gabby would have been
devistated. Basically, I had accepted to take the cure for her sake. In a way, my sake too
because I wouldn`t be losing Gabby.


We finally made it to BLADE`s headquarters. Not much to say about it, mainly because I was there
before. We got out of the car and walked over to where the human was standing. She appeared to be
mixing something and putting it in a syringe.


"Okay, I`m going to inject this serum into you. You will lose your strength, ability to
regenerate, and your speed. You will be.." I interrupted her.


"I know, I know, just inject me," I told her.


She shrugged then walked over to me. It felt a little painful as she injected me, but the
reaction quickly took effect. She then grabbed another syringe and walked over to Gabby as I was
really starting to feel the affect.


About an hour later I was completely out of it. I was very weak, nautious, and my mouth was
killing me. Gabby apperently felt the same. I can`t remember much from that point but about two
hours after I felt much better, Gabby too.


Well, to tell you the truth, I never thought I would be doing this, but afterwards I was thanking
BLADE. To be honest, I kinda missed Frost and the "adventures" we had, but I was thanking him for
giving us the option of living as humans, rather than dying as vampires.


That night we went back to our apartment. It had been quite sometime, like we were just moving
in. Gabby jumped onto the couch to go to sleep, I leaned against the wall. Suddenly there was a
knock on the door. I pushed myself away from the wall and walked over to the door. Strangely, it
was two cops. They basically said that they heard me and Gabby were kidnapped and were just
checking on us. I told them we were okay. As they left I noticed something strange. While they
were walking away I noticed they had symbols on the backs of their necks, kinda like the glyphs
that were at the temple. Oh well, I was too tired to care anyway, so I think I`ll just go to
sleep and forget this ever happened. Why were those cops really here anyway?


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Author`s Note: Some of the names and places are property of the major motion picture BLADE.
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-Chapter 1-




The next day me and Gabby woke up around 11:45 in the morning. The antidote seemed to work but we
were still a little nervous to step outside. We finally decided to take a trip outside around
1:05. We were very hesitant but still proceded. Well, through the main doors we went, and still
alive. I looked at Gabby and she looked at me, and we both breathed a big sigh of relief.


"Well, we`re humans again," Gabby said to me.


"I know," I responded, "so now we`re going to have to continue our lives."


As we headed back into the apartment building, I looked down the street and saw a police car,
occupied by two officers. I was a little curious at first but didn`t think much of it. We
got back to the apartment and got ready for the day when there was a knock on the door. I was in
the other room when I heard the knock, so Gabby went to answer it. I walked out into the hallway
just as Gabby opened the door, and witnessed the cop smack Gabby in the face with a gun. I yelled
out as Gabby fell to the floor. The cop looked up as I yelled and pointed his gun at me. For a
quick second I thought I was a goner until I saw the familiar sword go through the cop`s arm and
pin it to the wall. As the cop screamed in pain, I smiled when I noticed the familiar figure step
out into the hallway.


"I have to owe you for this," I said.


"We`ll figure something out," BLADE said as he pulled the sword from the cop`s arm. The cop
yelped when BLADE did that, probably because of the sudden, sharp pain.


As BLADE proceded to beat the shit out of the cop, I went over to check on Gabby. She was still
out cold. ::Hmm, now`s my chance:: I thought to myself at that moment. I stood up, faced the cop,
and kicked him in the stomach. As he keeled over, I drew my arm back and gave him an uppercut to
the chin. I guess now was a good moment to talk to BLADE. I stepped over the cop and walked over
to BLADE, who was sheathing his sword.


"Look, we seriously need your help," I told him.


He looked at me, but said nothing, so I went on.


"As you can see we aren`t safe here by ourselves so we need to meet some kind of an agreement
here. Please, can we help you defeat these guys?" I asked him.


BLADE thought for a moment, then was ready to speak but was interrupted by the sound of someone
moaning behind us. I turned around and saw the cop coming around, so I kicked him in the face.


"Okay, I will need your help because my partner was killed," BLADE said.


"Huh?" I asked him, then suddenly felt a chill when I remembered. "Oh,...I`m terribly sorry."


"Save it for later," BLADE said, "but right now we have to worry about the problem at hand."


I nodded, then walked over to the door. As I shut it, there was something I suddenly thought
about. Where was the other cop? I quickly turned to BLADE.


"I think we have a problem here," I said.


BLADE stood up straight and faced me. "What are you talking about?"


"Well, there were two cops when I first saw them. So where`s the other one?" I told him.


BLADE then turned and walked over to the window. As he looked I walked over to the other window
and looked out as well.


"There," BLADE said pointing down at the police car.


I looked down and saw the other cop run towards and jump into the police car. Without wasting a
second BLADE whipped out his gun and started firing at the car, and from what I could see, hit it
with every single bullet that was fired. Unfortunately the cop was still able to speed away.


And that was the start of it all. From then on our lives would be different, again. BLADE agreed
to our helping him. After we got the proper weapon`s and physical training we needed, we helped
BLADE at hitting the vampire night clubs. Apperently a much more powerful vampire had taken over
after Frost`s death, a vampire by the name of Viscortho. I really hadn`t heard much about him but
what I did hear about him wasn`t good, for us. We had hit six night clubs and were successful at
taking out the vampires, but the seventh was different.


We had arrived at the night club and forced our way in. We took care of the vampires on the main
dance floor but we noticed a door on the west wall. BLADE opened the door and discovered a
hallway, a rather dark hallway. We decided to procede, BLADE leading, Gabby taking the rear. I`m
not exactly sure what happened or when it did but at one point when I turned around, Gabby wasn`t
there.


"Gabby?" I called out. BLADE stopped and turned around. We stood there silently, but heard
nothing. I called out again.


"Gabby?!" I shouted. Again nothing. I was starting to get scared. ::Maybe she went outside:: I
thought to myself. Forgetting about the task at hand, I ran outside. She wasn`t in the main dance
room, or outside.


"Gabby!?!" I screamed out, but again I heard nothing. Suddenly I heard footsteps behind me. I
quickly turned around, thinking it might be Gabby. It was BLADE. My hopes were shot. Something
happened to Gabby, and it wasn`t good.


"I couldn`t find her," BLADE told me. I just stood there, nodded, then stared at the ground. By
then I was devastated. ::What the hell happened to her?:: I thought repeatedly. BLADE told me
that there really wasn`t anything we could do, so we decided to go back to HQ.


For days I thought about her non-stop. BLADE and I were still sweeping up the vampire night clubs
but I couldn`t shake Gabby out of my head. Well hell, I didn`t want to. Unfortunately this was
causing me to be very sloppy, and BLADE could notice it.


"Listen, you have got to stop thinking about your girlfriend for once and focus, otherwise these
bloodsuckers are going to take you out," BLADE told me.


"Yes, I know, but I can`t stop thinking about her. Dammit, what the hell happened to her?" I
replied. But before BLADE could say anything we were soon interrupted.


"You must be talking about that girl, Gabby right?" a male voice said behind us. We turned around
and saw eight vampires standing against a wall.


"Well, you don`t need to worry anymore, because she`s with me," one vampire said. The vampire was
tall, around at least seven feet, with long black hair and a black leather trenchcoat.


"Who the hell are you? And what did you do to Gabby?" I demanded.


"Oh yes, forgive me. You probably know me, my name is Viscortho, Viscortho Delemonte. And don`t
worry, Gabby is safe with me," Viscortho stated.


"Viscortho you asshole,..." I started to say, but was interrupted.


"Young man I am very busy and we must keep the chit-chat to a minimum. Before I depart let me
just say that if you want to see your girlfriend, you must go to Club Kill tomorrow at 11:30 PM.
But take warning, I doubt she`ll remember you," Viscortho laughed. "I must be on my way now, so
I`ll leave you in the hands of my associates. Have a nice day."


As soon as Viscortho left the room the other seven vampires, who were armed with swords, charged
us. BLADE darted to the right pulling out his automatic pistol, I stood my ground and pulled out
my M-4 assault rifle and immediately began firing at the charging vampires. The flying bullets
had killed three vampires who were charging at me, but missed the other two. As I tried to reload
my weapon one of the vampires kicked it out of my hands and slashed at me with the sword. I
dodged and ran for the wall. The two vampires gave chase and as I neared the wall I opened my
coat and grabbed my mini bowgun. I ran up to the wall, did a wall flip, and landed upright behind
the two vampires. As they turned around I shot one in the heart with an arrow and roundhouse
kicked the other in the face, knocking him off of his feet. This gave me a quick chance to look
behind me and notice that BLADE was in trouble. While he was taking care of one vampire another
was coming at him from behind. Aiming my bowgun I shot an arrow, which got the vampire in the
side of the face. After finishing off the remaining vampires BLADE and myself walked over to the
door that Viscortho took to exit. BLADE tried the handle and over course, it was locked. I took
it in my own hands to use my assualt rifle to blow the lock off. It worked. After unloading
around twenty bullets into the lock the door slowly swung open. The door led to a hallway.


After reloading our weapons we ventured into the hallway. There really wasn`t much inside the
hallway, but a door at the opposite end. The door was unlocked so I opened it.


"Shit!" I shouted into the cold air. The door had led us to a back alley. Viscortho had gotten
away that time, but he wasn`t going to get away again.


The next day I waited somewhat impatiently for 11:30 to roll around. Seeing as how we were going
into a vampire club, and how Viscortho knew we were going, we supplied ourselves with the proper
gear. Eleven o`clock came around as we headed for the club. The trip was about twenty-seven
minutes long. To my surprise, and I`m sure BLADE was surprised, none of the vampires touched us.
We were pretty much at this club for an obviously different reason. We weren`t there to kill any
vampires, we were there to find Gabby. I was looking everywhere but I couldn`t find anyone who
resembled Gabby, until I looked at the section of tables. At one table there was a group of about
five women, seemed around Gabby`s age, all somewhat beautiful, all somewhat dressed like Goths.
But the one whose back was to me, the one who was sitting with her right leg crossed over her
left, holding a lit cigarette in her right hand, wearing a black silk shirt and a red velvet
skirt and knee-high boots, the one with the red hair just down to her shoulders, was the one
that caught my eye.


::My God, is that Gabby?:: I thought to myself. If it was, why was she so relaxed around all of
these vampires?


"BLADE, I think I found her," I said.


"Where?" he asked me. I pointed over to the tables. Before we could proceed the five women stood
up and walked over and into a room. But my hopes had risen when the girl with the red hair just
happened to glance over by the entrance. It was Gabby. I made my way over to the room, leaving
BLADE behind. The room they went into had a window which looked out into the dance floor, so I
was able to see what was going on inside. As I peeked in, I saw two human males restrained to the
wall. The women were yelling at them and throwing things at them until I saw Gabby approach one
of the men. She grabbed him by the hair and wrenched his head to the left side, and sunk her
teeth into his neck.


I threw myself away from the window. ::Holy shit. She`s a vampire?!:: I couldn`t believe it at
first. My girlfriend, who I hadn`t seen in a month, now I see her for the first time, feasting
on some human`s blood. I couldn`t bare it. I ran towards the entrance, rushing past BLADE.

The cold air swept past my face as I ran over to the car. I leaned over the front of the car and
started to beat it angrily. And I thought I was devistated when I found she was missing, this
was much, much worse. As I stood there, leaning over the car, BLADE walked up to me, though I
didn`t acknowledge his presence. BLADE finally spoke up.


"She`s a vampire, isn`t she?" BLADE asked subtly. Still leaning over the car, I stopped beating
the hood and nodded.


"She was obviously bitten by Viscortho. Now that she is a vampire, she will always be loyal to
her master. No matter what happens, if she were to side with us, we won`t be able to trust her."


I pushed myself away from the car, wiped the tears from my face, and turned to face BLADE.


"So what are you saying? That we must kill her?" I asked. BLADE only nodded.


"Well, if it were to come down to it, I would take the responsibility. No one but me will kill
Gabby," I said.


"I understand. You realize we`re not left with many options here," BLADE stated.


I nodded, "Yes, I know." I could feel the tears coming on again. "We should head back in again."


"That would be wise," BLADE said.


Fixing my trenchcoat, and my composure, we made our way back into the club. Once back inside, I
led the way back over to the window. We peeked in, but noticed that the room was empty. I turned
to BLADE. Before we exchanged words, BLADE pointed behind me. I turned around and saw Gabby and
her "posse" step through a doorway. Turning to BLADE again, we nodded to each other then made our
way to the door. I opened the door slowly and stepped into a very bright hallway.


As the door shut behind us we took in our surroundings. Other than the door behind us there was
two more doors on the adjacent side.


"Matt, you take the right-side door, I`ll take the left," BLADE ordered.


"Rodger," I replied. As BLADE started forward I pulled out my Glok, checked the magazine, and
proceeded to the right-side door. Before I went through the door, I covered BLADE as he opened
the door. He nodded to me, signaling all was clear, then stepped into the other hallway. I then
opened the other door slowly. Noticing the coast was clear I breathed a sigh of relief, then
made my way forward. This hallway was bright just like the other, except this hallway had bends
in it. As I walked quietly forward I heard a door open then close, then the sounds of high heels
tapping the floor. I ran up to the corner and peeked around, and saw Gabby just before she walked
around the corner. I slowly and cautiously proceeded to follow her. I rounded a few more bends
before I heard another door open and close. I walked around the corner and stood infront of the
door, but I was quickly interrupted by a female voice.


"Why are you following me?" the female said. Startled I turned around quickly and saw Gabby
standing behind me. Taking into consideration what Viscortho said I tried not to show I was
relieved to see her.


"Well I, uh, I..."


"Who are you anyway?" she asked me.


"My name is Matt, Matt Castlemain," I told her, hoping she would remember.


"I don`t care what your name is, I meant are you authorized to be back here?" She obviously
didn`t remember me, but that was obvious from the beginning.


"Not exactly," I responded.


"You aren`t even a vampire are you?"


"No," I promptly stated.


"That`s what I thought. Claire! Rebecca! There`s a human..." Before she could finish I tripped
her, causing her to land on her frontside. Before she could recover I quickly bent down and
raised her head by her hair.


"I know you don`t remember but please try, it`s me Matt, I`m your boyfriend in the human world. I
beg of you, try to remember, please." I released my grip and ran off. As I ran out into the first
hallway BLADE arrived as well. I quickly stopped.


"What`s wrong, what did you find?" BLADE asked me.


"I found Gabby, but she informed her vampire friends of us being here. We don`t have much time so
I suggest we get out of here," I claimed. Suddenly we could hear running foot steps coming from
the other hallway.


"Good idea, let`s go," BLADE said. I followed him out. We got to the car and quickly drove off.
As we sped away I looked in the mirror and saw six vampires run out of the club.


After that night we decided that it was best to stay away from any vampire clubs. For the
next few days we planned to train harder, because the "final fight" was getting close. On Tuesday
I decided to go into the city and get some things, groceries. BLADE stayed at the HQ. As I was
walking down the sidewalk, carrying a grocery bag, I was suddenly pulled into an alley. The force
caused me to drop the bag, and I was knocked back as I felt the sharp pain of a high-heel boot
impact my sternum. I fell to my knees and tried to catch my breath, but looking up directly at
the sun, I noticed a figure quickly approach me and raise a leg. I grabbed the person`s leg, but
the person swung their other leg around and caught me in my face. I fell into a pile of trash
bags face first. As I struggled to turn myself over, the person threw me on my back and slashed
my left cheek with their finger nails. As I laid there, battered and bleeding, the person
approached me. With the sun out of my eyes I could now see who it was.


"I remember who you are," the person whispered into my ear, "I didn`t think I would see you
again. I must make this brief so I`ll say what`s important, I love you Matt." I could see that
her sun block was starting to wear off. Before I could reply, Gabby ran off. I sat there thinking
and after a few moments I wiped the blood from my face and stood up. As I walked towards the
sidewalk I saw the grocery bag, sitting upright, with everything inside it. I picked it up and
walked onto the sidewalk. Looking the way I had come from I breathed a heavy sigh of relief and
continued on my way.