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Sorry it's been a while since I updated this but I got more focused on some other stories I was doing and then exams. But I'm here now.
Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review. Yes, it expands now. Agreed on Quinn. Edgar is basically a Vampire with similar powers to Quinn, hence those lines. No kidding on Pearl. Agreed on Frank too. Actually, there will be some changes, beginning with this chapter. As for Dracula, I have an idea for him. Tell me what you think- John Wick exists in this version of MCU. And Keanu Reeves played Jonathan Harker in the 1992 Dracula film. So my idea is that Wick is Harker's descendant so now Dracula wants to kill him as revenge for his defeat to Harker and Van Helsing. A bit crazy, but still plausible. What do you think? Agreed on Matt and Elektra too. Actually Karen won't be part of the final fight in this. Well, it was just one scene with them casually on the streets and that was my bad. There won't be any more now. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 6- Attack on the lair
Karen wore a black shirt while Matt and Elektra just sat as Whistler smoked a cigarette and narrated. "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."
"As if puberty itself wasn't problematic enough", Elektra muttered, making all chuckle lightly.
"I took him for a vampire at first. Almost killed him, too", Whistler revealed. "Then I realized what he was."
They all listened carefully as Whistler told them. "Blade's mother was attacked by a vampire while she was pregnant. She died, but he lived."
All three of them could feel their greatest sympathies going out to Blade. Who would have thought such a cold, almost unfeeling warrior would have such a tragic past?
"Unfortunately, he'd undergone certain genetic changes", Whistler informed them. "He can withstand garlic, sliver, even sunlight, and he's got their strength. This time tomorrow, all those wounds of his will be healed."
"So he has qualities of both", Matt said and Whistler nodded.
"He still ages like a human, though", Whistler said. "See, vampires age slower than us. Unfortunately... he also inherited their thirst."
"For blood", Elektra said in realization and he nodded.
"I thought the serum was supposed to suppress that", Karen said, puzzled.
"Time's runnin' out", Whistler sighed. "His body's startin' to reject it. So far, all my efforts to find a cure have failed."
"We have friends who can help", Matt offered.
"Why do you hunt them?" Karen suddenly asked.
Whistler looked down and sighed. "I had a family once- wife and two daughters. Then a drifter came callin' one evenin', a vampire."
All three realized where this was going to go as Whistler said sadly, somehow managing to keep his emotions in check. "He toyed with 'em first, tried to make me decide which order they'd die in."
All three felt sickened to their stomach by how horrible and even primal these Vampires seemed.
"We kill as many of 'em as we can find, but it's gettin' worse", Whistler said.
"Because of Frost", Matt said and Whistler nodded.
"There's somethin' happenin' in the vampire ranks", Whistler said. "It's somethin' big..."
"Just like when the Hand were after me", Elektra said and Matt nodded at that.
"…..and I'd stake my life that son of a bitch is at the center of it", Whistler snarled.
Blade was sitting by himself when he heard Karen call out. "Blade."
He turned around to see Matt, Elektra and Karen in the doorway.
They walked in as Elektra said. "Whistler told us what happened. He told us what you are."
"You all don't know me", Blade said. "You three don't know anything about me. I'm not human."
"You are where it matters", Matt assured him.
Karen started. "You look human to me—"
"Humans don't drink blood", Blade snarled in self-loathing.
"It wasn't your fault", Matt said to him. "You were little and confused."
"That was a long time ago", Elektra said too.
"Maybe you should let that go". Karen said.
"I have spent my whole life looking for that thing that killed my mother", Blade said as he looked at them. "It made me what I am. And every time I take one of those monsters out, I get a little piece of that life back, so don't any of you tell me about forgetting."
Beach, same time
Frost, Edgar, Mercury and some other Vampires took the bag off the abducted Dragonetti's head.
"Morning", Frost said sarcastically before asking. "How you feelin'?"
Frost then pointed at the sky and said. "Look at that."
A scared Dragonetti did and his eyes widened in horror on seeing a small ray of sunlight.
"Whew", Frost said. "Gettin' a little toasty out here, huh? Heh heh."
Clearing his throat, he asked. "When was the last time you stopped to appreciate a good sunrise?"
Dragonetti couldn't speak as Frost said sarcastically. "Oh, that's right. You were born a vampire, so you never had the pleasure, have you? That's OK. It's all right. Least we're here together. Share the moment, which means a Lot to me, by the way, really. I mean that."
He groaned a little and continued. "'Cause actually, you know, when you get to know me, I'm a fairly sentimental type of guy. Bit of an innocent, you might say."
The sun started coming up as Dragonetti gasped and dared Frost. "Do what you want, Frost. Doesn't make any difference."
"You just don't fuckin' get it", Frost smirked as Dragonetti gasped.
"You're never gonna be a pureblood", Dragonetti rasped at him.
"Hold him", Frost commanded and Edgar and Mercury did as he rasped again. "You will never rule us."
Frost then took out pliers and grabbed one fang of Dragonetti as he screamed in pain. "AAAAAH! AAAAAH!"
Frost pulled the fang out before doing the same to the other one, making Dragonetti yell more as his fangs were both gone now.
He fell down as the sun started coming up while Frost, Edgar, Mercury and their cohorts wore special suits to protect themselves as Frost quipped. "Have a nice day. Sorry, you old dog. You just got a little too long in the tooth."
Edgar laughed as they looked at him incredulously and he said. "What, man? That was funny. ''Long, tooth.'' Funny. Did I tell you the one about..."
The sun came up as Dragonetti screamed in pain. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
His body let out steam and he exploded into pieces as the others watched.
Later, Council Room
Frost walked into the room as Gitano asked. "What have you done with Dragonetti?"
Frost sat down and threw the fangs on the table, making them all pale as he said. "Let's get down to business, shall we? I need 12 volunteers."
Whistler's lair
"Whistler", Blade called out and handed him a small piece of a book.
"What is this?" Whistler asked and sniffed it before pulling it away in disgust. "Smells like a vampire wiped his ass with it."
"You have no idea", Matt groaned as his nose twitched at just remembering the smell.
"I took it from the archives", Blade said. "It's written in blood. It's from The Book of Erebus. I think it's what Frost has been workin' on. It's somethin' about the Blood God, the spirits of the 12."
Whistler tried to read but failed. "I-I don't know. I can't make out the rest of it."
"Maybe I can help", Matt offered as he held out his hand but Blade raised his hand and gave Whistler the disk. "Maybe this'll help."
Whistler took it and said. "I'll figure out something."
Blade then noticed Karen's equipment and asked. "So what's all this?"
"Took a trip to the hospital last night, borrowed some equipment", Karen said.
"I accompanied her", Elektra said and Blade nodded.
"Is this for your miracle cure?" Blade asked.
"I think she mentioned something else", Matt said.
"This is E.D.T.A", Karen explained as she showed it. "It's an anticoagulant. We use it to treat blood clots."
Looking at the test tubes she said. "Now look what happens when I introduce it onto a sample of vampire blood."
She poured it into there before saying. "Take a step back."
Matt and Elektra did while Blade looked through the test tube as Karen said. "The reaction's energetic."
The tube suddenly exploded as Blade backed off, making Matt, Elektra and Whistler snicker as Elektra said. "She told you."
"Some cure", Blade muttered.
"I did tell you it wasn't a cure", Matt said.
"I didn't say E.D.T.A. was a cure", Karen agreed. "But maybe you could use it to explode some vampire heads."
Blade started walking off when she said. "Wait a minute. I need a sample of your blood."
"Later", Blade said. "Gotta go downtown. Need some serum."
"Serum can wait", Whistler said as he stepped in the way.
"This is more important", Elektra agreed.
Blade took off his coat and sat as Karen took his sample and Whistler coughed in the corner while he worked with Matt.
"Is he sick?" Karen asked Blade.
"Cancer", Blade muttered, shocking the other two.
"You have a lot of love for him, don't you?" Karen asked.
"We have a good arrangement", Blade said. "He makes the weapons. I use 'em."
"Looks like more than that to me", Elektra said, making Blade glare at her so she shrugged and walked off.
"You know, my mother used to say, ''A cold heart is a dead heart."" Karen said before walking off as she had gotten the sample.
Later, Karen took off the bandage on her neck and looked at her wounds in the mirror when Matt, Elektra and Whistler walked in.
Examining her neck, he said. "You don't look so good."
"I'm just a little tired", Karen denied. "You know we've been...workin' all night."
"Seems worse", Matt said as he felt the wounds with his fingers.
"I guess we didn't catch it in time", Whistler said grimly as he turned around. "You got another day, two at the most."
Walking away, he said. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry."
"You make it sound like I'm already dead", Karen said.
"We'll make sure you aren't", Elektra assured her.
Blade was walking on the street when he heard someone call out to him. "Blade."
He turned around to see Frost wearing shades, standing on the other side of the street, a little girl in his grip.
Blade crossed the street and walked to the grassy area as Frost took off his shades and asked. "How you doin', chief?"
Blade was about to take out his gun when Frost slightly tightened his grip on the girl. "Easy."
The girl sobbed softly as Frost said. "Wouldn't want our little friend here to wind upon the back of a milk carton, now would we?"
Blade lowered his hand from his gun as Frost said. "Ah, it's nice to finally meet you, man. Had my eye on you for years. I know all about you- your serum, Whistler- everything."
"Sunblock", Blade noted as he looked at Frost.
"Hey, it's a start, right?" Frost asked. "The goal, of course, is to be like you, the daywalker. You got the best of both worlds, don't you? All our strengths...none of our weaknesses."
"Well, maybe I don't see it that way", Blade simply said.
"Oh, so it's back to pretending we're human again?" Frost asked mockingly. "Come on. Spare me the Uncle Tom routine, OK? You can't keep denying what you are, man. Heh. You think the humans will ever accept a half-breed like you? They can't. They're afraid of you. And they should be. You're an animal. You're a fuckin' maniac."
Pointing at all the passing people Frost said. "Look at 'em. They're cattle, pieces of meat. Some of them are different, like the Avengers and Spider-Man, but that's it. What difference does it make how their world ends? Plague...war...famine. Morality doesn't even enter into it. We're just a function of natural selection, man, the new race."
Blade pointed at Frost and quipped. "Looks like your mascara's running."
Frost wiped it and said to Blade. "I'm offering you a truce. I want you with us."
"What do you think, I'm stupid?" Blade asked before saying in the Slavic tongue. "The Spirits of the Twelve will awaken La-Magra."
"You're familiar with the Blood God", Frost realized.
"Frost...you're nothing to me...but another dead vampire", Blade declared to him.
"You're an idiot. You know that?" Frost said. "I came down here offering you an easy way out,and you spit it right back in my fuckin' face.
Blade was about to take out his gun when Frost effortlessly lifted up the girl with one hand. "Careful."
"What do I care?" Blade asked. "They're nothing but cattle...just like you said."
Frost taunted. "If you wanna take the hard road, be my guest, pal, but I promise you by the time this is over, you're gonna wish they never cut you from your mother's—"
That was it! Blade snapped and fired at Frost but he managed to dodge and threw the girl away.
Blade continued firing but Frost ran off as the people all screamed.
Blade turned to see the girl on the road with a truck rushing her. He ran as fast as he could and grabbing the girl, ran to the side in time.
Putting her down, he said. "Go home."
The scared girl simply ran off.
Whistler's lair
"It was simple", Karen said as the three looked to her. "Why do vampires need to drink blood? 'Cause their own blood can't sustain hemoglobin."
They nodded as she loaded up a syringe and said. "Right. So it's a genetic defect, just like hemolytic anemia. That means that we have to treat it with gene therapy, rewrite the victim's DNA with a retrovirus. They've been using it on sickle cell anemia."
"Are you sure that's safe?" Elektra asked as Karen pointed it at her neck.
"I have no idea, but I don't have a choice, do I?" She said before injecting herself with it.
"You actually think this could work?" Whistler asked.
"On me...yes", she said. "On Blade, I'm not so sure. See, he didn't contract vampirism from a bite like I did. He was born with it. It's-it's part of his DNA."
"So something else would be required", Matt realized and she nodded.
"I'm sure I can cure his thirst, but it's gonna take time", she said.
"Ah, we're out of time", Whistler said as he pointed at the ritual on the disk. "You saw what was on that disc."
Suddenly, Matt's head perked up.
"What is it?" Elektra asked.
Then they heard laughter.
Whistler took out a shotgun as Elektra brandished her sword and Matt brandished his club.
"Damn", Whistler said. "Get out of here."
Laughter and chuckles continued as they looked up to see a Vampire but Whistler shot him down just as Karen shot another one and Elektra and Matt threw stakes at two more's hearts, taking them down.
The laughter and chuckles still continued as Whistler shot down another one and turning to Karen said. "I said get out of here!"
Edgar came behind him and was about to fire when Matt threw his club, disarming Edgar. But then Frost leapt at them both and knocked them down as Mercury hit Elektra from behind, throwing her down. She tried to get up but Mercury pinned her down before grabbing Karen.
"Nice place", Frost said to Whistler. "Took us a while to find it!"
"Bite me and get it over with", Whistler snarled.
"I ain't gonna bite you", Frost said before he kicked Whistler multiple times, breaking some bones and drawing a lot of blood as Whistler groaned in pain. Matt tried to get up but Frost kicked him away.
Turning to Edgar, he said. "Do your thing."
He started walking out when Matt groaned. "Strength's in numbers, right?"
Frost turned around and asked incredulously. "First of all, you lot number less than us. Second, you actually think a group of humans can beat a group of Vampires?"
"If they're not just humans, yeah", Elektra said when suddenly a car burst in through the doorway and someone fired from inside it, taking down some vampires as there was chaos all around now.
The car stopped in a corner as vampires ran after it but more were taken down by gunfire as the door opened and out stepped Frank Castle, his skull vest in all its glory. With him was Nuke, wearing shades.
"You thought you could have fun without us?" Frank mocked as he and Nuke fired some more silver bullets, taking down attacking Vampires as Frost screamed. "GET THEM!"
Edgar was about to attack when Luke Cage burst through the wall and lifted him up effortlessly. Edgar tried to bite but his teeth didn't penetrate Luke's skin to his shock as Luke threw him off while Elektra tripped the distracted Mercury and got back up. Mercury tried to get up but Jessica suddenly jumped down and kicked her away by a few feet as Danny Rand suddenly jumped out of nowhere and punched a Vampire away with his Iron Fist.
Luke then held up his hand and Danny punched it, causing a shockwave which sent all the Vampires flying off.
Frost groaned as he tried to get up when Nuke grabbed him. Frost tried to bite and managed to penetrate the human tissue but was shocked when his teeth touched metal.
"What are you?" He asked Nuke in horror.
"I am machine", Nuke said coldly before throwing him through a door, making him crash away. He staggered up and ran off along with Edgar, Mercury and 3 others who had survived the massacre.
"Took you guys long enough", Matt said to them.
"Way to be thankful, horny guy", Jessica quipped, making all chuckle as Matt sighed.
"So you're killing now?" Frank asked Matt.
"He eloquently puts it as 'clearing up remains'", Elektra said as they all chuckled more while Matt sighed again.
"Those were Vampires then", Luke said and they nodded. "Sweet Christmas!"
"After a Dragon, not so shocking", Danny said. "There have been some stories of them in K'un-Lun too. The ever-thirsty ones."
"So you lot called up your friends", Whistler groaned as he got up and Matt ran to support him. "If they didn't just save our asses, I'd be so pissed."
"Easy there", Matt said.
That was when Blade walked back in.
"So we inviting random people now?" He asked.
"Nope. Us", Frank said as Blade gave him a look which he returned.
"They attacked", Karen said before pointing at Frank, Jessica, Luke, Danny and Nuke. "But they saved us."
Blade just gave them a nod before saying. "Well, they intruded our place. Time to intrude theirs."
And done.
Frank, Jessica, Luke, Danny and Nuke are here to help at last. Hope everyone enjoyed that. And Whistler is saved! Yay!
Hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.