A.N.: I was watching an interview of David Goyer and I found out that the city in which Blade: Trinity takes place is fictional and the second language that everyone speaks in this weird city is Esperanto. For those of you who dont know, Esperanto is a language that was developed in 1887 by a Polish Eye doctor. William Shatner supported the language and even made a movie named the Incubus. Unfortunately, the Incubus is one of the most boring movies on the planet but memorable none the less.

Abigail remember the last time she saw her mother and stepfather over a year ago. It was far from a Hallmark moment and the memory of it, still fresh in her mind, angered her even now.

"This is for your own good." Her stepfather had tried to convince her of his intentions but Abby wondered if it was the truth or if he was just tired of dealing with her. Either way, she knew he wanted her gone. Abby's mother had been unusually quiet, this signified that she either had no choice in the matter or that she agreed with her husband.

"You can't send me away. I turn 18 in three days. You can't send me there!" She yelled, but her brain hadn't yet completely registered her predicament.

"Abigail, you need help. These delusions of vampires are not healthy, you have to realize that."

"They are not delusions!" Abigail remembered turning to her mother for support but saw in her eyes that she would get none. Abby tried despite it.

"Mom, tell him. Tell him that they're real. You've seen them." Her mother's eyes teared up as they apologized for her silence.

"That is enough, Abigail!" Richard had finally grown a pair and stepped out of the role as peacemaker. "This. Is. Final. We are sending you to an institution where you can be healthy again."

Abigail stared at her mother, hoping that her face spelled betrayal before she turned around to her stepfather and yelled at the top of her lungs. "Fuck you, Dick!" She ran to her room and made sure she locked the door before she had gotten to work. What she grabbed then wasn't far from what she had with her now. A book bag, two shirts, and two sets of undergarments. The essentials were stuffed into her cargo pants, which was everything her father had sent her: vampire mace, essence of garlic, and two silver stakes.

The banging on Abby's door had been unbearable as it was threatened to be kicked down. She was forever grateful for the fire escape that lead to freedom. At the time she took a risk that most runaways wouldn't take during an escape. She hoped that her caretakers would be busy with an empty room so she had snuck in through the front door to get as much as she could from her mother's purse, but as she scanned the living room for her treasure her mother appeared from the hallway.

"Here." She shoved bills into Abigail's hand. "Don't do anything stupid."

"Why are you letting him do this?" She pocketed the bills but her mother's apathy had hurt her.

"I told you to keep quiet about this but you wouldn't listen. These are the consequences."

"Bullshit."

"Take this." Her mother ignored her obscenity and handed her a airplane ticket. "The last I heard, this is where he was." Her mother sighed, and offered an explanation to sooth Abby's disbelief.

"You aren't happy here. I love Richard and this way you both get what you want." Abigail nodded and turned to leave.

"Goodbye." she said softly.

"Take care. I love you." Her mother said to Abigail's retreating form.

Abigail shook her head to take away the images of her flashback. She'd been in the vampire infested city for a year and had not found a single trace of her father. She only had an old picture of him that she stole from her mother and her financial situation did nothing to lift her spirits. Abigail worked in a local diner doing the dishes and mopping. She was surprised how little questions some ask as soon as you prove that you're legal. Abigail finished the last of the dishes and punched out. She got out at five in the afternoon to give herself a chance to look for her father and hunt.

"Have you seen this man?" Abigail asked the newspaper vender on the way to her crummy motel room. Rent was 35 bucks a week and proof that there are more roaches than people on earth.

"Ne, mi ne havas." After a year she had enough knowledge of the language to know he said 'No, I haven't.'

"Danko." Abby gave her thanks and continued to her disheveled room to change and start a very entertaining evening.

As soon as night fell she continued the only routine that she had, which was to meet with a friend in a subway station. Her name was Madison. She was bout five years older than Abby and her family had been killed by vampire although she didn't realize it until a doctor at her job told her what she had seen. Madison had been training to be a nurse at the time and had grown fond of the doctor. She never told Abby her name but she did know that this doctor had come in contact with Blade and Abby's father. At times Abigail felt like beating the name out of her companion but she was too much of a help. They hunted together and Madison had sworn the doctor had gone missing. Either way Abby asked her every time she saw her.

Madison's form came into view as she approached Abigail. She was average height but stood out none the less. Her hair was dark, straight and short. Her steel eyes intimidated anyone but her figure separated her from the average. Her curves were well defined despite her muscles' attempt to drown out her sleek figure.

"How's it hanging, Gail?" Madison sat next to her friend on the bench as they waited for the next train. Abby personally didn't like the name Gail but she knew it reminded Madison of her grandmother.

"What did you find out?" Abby went straight to the matter that had been stuck in her mind today more than any other.

"No 'how you doin?' or 'how was your day?'?"

"Come on, Maddie."

"Ah, one of those days." She knew perfectly well that some days were impossible to escape memories. Although she hardly thought that Abby had any really bad memories to be afraid of. Madison knew that Abby had taken her past life for granted. She would trade this life for a normal one in a heartbeat. Abby wouldn't. She had a different kind of fight in her heart. Madison wondered if she would even continue the fight if she ever found her father. Something in her heart made her think she wouldn't.

"The doc seems to have passed her info to another biologist but I'm having trouble getting a name. She's been keeping a low profile ever since the doc disappeared."

"How sure are you that it's a woman?"

"Pretty sure. She has a daughter. That's probably why she's a little hesitant on telling people where she went."

"Or her name?"

"There are too many ways to find someone with just a name."

"Not enough." Abby said with a sigh and Madison immediately knew she was talking about Whistler.

"He's living off the map. Has been for years."

"Maybe we should too." Abby considered all the factors.

"No way. Neither of us can afford that."

"Then how does Blade and my father do it?" She thought out loud.

"Abby, if anything they rob them, and we don't kill enough to support ourselves."

"My father wouldn't rob them."

"You don't even know him." Madison said bluntly. Abby hated the truth with it came to her father but thankfully she was saved from responding by the train stopping in front of the pair. Through the think plastic material that passed as glass of the train Abby saw that it was relatively empty except for a small group of six pale creatures she immediately recognized as vampires. To any observers they might have looked like extreme ravers.

"Ke festo esti imponega. Deacon devi havi esti fiera." The vampires spoke loudly as Abby tried to deceiver the message. She couldn't but it didn't matter; most of these vampires weren't going to live long enough for it to make a difference.

"Hiya boys." Madison stood in front of the group and waved. Abby always admired how bold the dark haired woman was. They attacked in unison and the vampires responded as soon as their minds got over the shock. It was obvious that in their mind the clear image of what was a predator and prey was slowly disappearing. Abby kicked the vampire closest to her in the knee so she could stake it easily. She didn't consider the silver weapon in her hand very reliable since she had been forced to make her own means of protection now that her father didn't know she had left home.

Her train of thought was interrupted by a scream behind her. It wasn't the shrill of a vampire turning to ash, a sound that she had become accustomed to. It was the sound of a different kind of fear. Abby turned around and saw that a new group of undead monstrosities had joined them. Abby felt her heart drop as she saw their ashen hands gripped tightly on Madison's arms. The next train stopped to Abby's left and the remaining vampire, along with his three rescuers, boarded the train defiled by markers and spray paint. Abby made to follow the group but hesitated when they tightened their hold on her companion.

"Stay right there." The vampire behind Madison gripped her neck. "Wouldn't want anything to happen to your cute girlfriend."

"I'll find you Maddie." Abby helplessly shouted as the train doors shut and Madison's image faded. Abby, not being one to give up, ran up the stairs and resigned herself to get to the following station. She nearly fell down as she rushed down the stairs to the following station but as she stared at the back of the fleeting train, panting for the second time that night, she felt her hopes of finding Madison leaving with the train.

A few miles from the subway station in a fairly high end neighborhood a familiar and a vampire stood in the security guard booth just outside of a house Danica Talos liked to call home.

"Okay, okay." The security guard named Hoop chuckled. "Tell me if you've heard it. What is a vampire's favorite mode of transportation?"

Hannibal King shook his head at the awful joke. "What?"

"A blood vessel."

"You call that a joke? Give me another one." Hannibal motioned with his hand for Hoop to continue.

"Um, what's fast food to a vampire?…someone with high blood pressure."

"Oh, that's terrible."

"We'll they cant all be golden."

"You got a point there." Hannibal turned to see an approaching black S.U.V. He could hear someone struggling in the back seat and recognized the driver as Danica's brother, Asher.

"There's my big ball of sunshine. How are ya?" Hannibal leaned towards the open window as soon as it came to a holt only to have Asher hit him on the head. Asher was never capable of giving the patience his sister's new pet required.

"Open the door, Ball-boy?"

"Look Asher, there is no need to be bitter because I get more ass than you." Hannibal pressed the button with his elbow to open the gate.

"Get in the car. Dan wants you to see this." Asher ignored his comment and the back door was opened so he could join the group.

"See what?" Hannibal nodded a goodbye to Hoop and got into the car to take in the site. A young woman with short dark hair and a muscular figure struggled with the two vampires who had her gagged an were currently trying to hold her down.

"What the fuck is this?" He turned to look at Asher's reflection in the rear view mirror.

"That's a hunter. We got her on the subway just before she tried killed junior over here." Asher slapped the vampire sitting next to him on the shoulder. Hannibal had met him before and recognized him as Brynn.

"Her name is Maddie." One of the vampires chuckled as another began to tease her.

"Aww, Maddie. What a cute little name. Maddie."

Although she was gagged it was clear when she yelled 'Fuck you' to her kidnappers. Hannibal didn't have to ask to know what would happen to her. He'd heard enough about it in the last year and half of his stay in the vampire world. She would be made an example of for the rest of the hunters.

Madison was dragged out of the car and up the stone steps to the large double doors that were opened as soon as Asher approached them. Behind the double doors was a spacious room that was divided by a large black marble staircase that matched the first floor. The two massive vampires from the car carried her easily despite her struggle although it was apparent that she was starting to tire. Hannibal stood at the entrance; watching. He felt numb and was barely aware that his hands trembled. He felt his dead heart quicken when he caught the woman's eyes. She stopped struggling and conveyed utter bewilderment as she was carried to the left and through another pair of extravagant doors.

Hannibal stared at the open door until Brynn shoved him forward.

"Come on, man." They both approached the door.

"You know, I don't feel comfortable with you touching me." Hannibal moved away from vampire.

"Why? Not comfortable with your sexuality?"

"Not at all. I'm just pretty confident I know the way you swing. So go back to Asher, I bet he's in the mood." As Hannibal walked into the badly lit office he felt condemned. Madison was tied to a steel chair, still gagged and looking up at cold green eyes. The large, overly polished desk in front of her was ornamented by a small woman with her legs crossed. The woman beckoned Hannibal to her.

"Danica, you should let her go." He gestured to Madison. "She doesn't look like she's into bondage. Plus, she's just not your type." As soon as he was within arms reach of Danica, she grabbed him by the ear roughly and brought his face to her own.

"This day is very important for you." Danica's nails dug into his head as she spoke. "Today, you get to see the other side of being a vampire. The survival side. Now sit." To his left was a large pudgy leather chair. Danica all but pushed him into it and hopped off of her large perch. Asher retreated to the door followed by his sister.

"Don't take too long. We have things to do." Danica closed the door behind herself. Hannibal heard the sound of Danica's heels fade on the marble floor. Madison's gag was ripped off by one bulky vampire but she didn't scream as they had expected her too.

"What's your name?" Hannibal leaned forward in his chair.

"We told you. Its Maddie." The vampire sniggered behind Madison.

"Shut up." He glared at the large vampire then his eyes shirted back to Madison. "What is it?"

"Madison."

"I like it." He saw her mood relax slightly.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Brynn watched the interaction and was disgusted.

"Let her go, Brynn. This isn't right."

"Not right? What about my family? There were six of us a few hours ago! I'm all that's left!"

"Well, what do you expect? We kill thousands of people every year! They're going to start to notice and do something about it!"

"Whose side are you on?" Brynn yelled at his treachery.

"I'm on-" Hannibal hesitated and looked at Madison. "I don't know."

"Listen King." Another vampire decided to join in.

"What did you call me?" King asked softly.

"Just sit down cause its going to happen either way." The vampire ignored him and turned his attention to Madison.

"No, it wont." King reached for Madison's restraints. His vision blurred as Brynn hit him from behind. King fell to the floor and dropped into the abyss of unconsciousness, as loud screams surrounded him.