Blade slid his sword from its sheath with barely a whisper of noise and turned around to face the doorway prepared for a fight. He frowned and turned back to King a look of sheer annoyance flashing across his features. "What was that? That is not something you joke about!"

"Who said I was jokin? I didn't say he was here. I just said his name, and for a very good reason I might add." King shook his head and said, "And by the way, if you're gonna try to scare me with a look it'd be more effective without the sunglasses."

"Would you two knock it off? We've got more serious matters here then which of you is more macho! Now, who is this Drake person, and why does even the mention of his name cause a red alert?"

"Drake is Dracula, the actual demon himself," King said ominously, "The vampires woke him up right before we created the Daystar Virus. As far as we knew he died with the rest of the bloodsuckers on the planet, but now I don't think so. I said that the voice had an oddly familiar ring to it, right? Well... If I'm right then that means it's Drake that wants your sister."

Blade growled low in his throat, the sound something so horrible that both king and Nicky stepped away from him, and said in a nearly unrecognizable voice, "This time his blood will flow freely from the tip of my sword, and he will breathe his last breath while looking into my eyes."

Nicky shot Blade and King a petrified look and asked, "If you couldn't beat this guy last time what makes you think you can destroy him now? What can you possibly do to stop him from just coming in here and snatching Lena out from under our noses? I can't lose my twin to some bloodsucking monster who I'm sure has no good intentions." Sinking to the floor he sighed and placed his head between his knees. "How are we supposed to protect her?"

Blade's hazel eyes sparkled with pure hatred as he said in a softly menacing voice, "I have something I didn't have last time. I have you two. Knowing that you two depend on me, and knowing that I now have my son fighting at my side… Drake will fall before me."

"How am I supposed to fight at your side? I can't fight. I'm best with technology. Lena fought all my battles for me when we were kids. If anyone would be the best choice to fight Dracula it'd be her."

A small gasp was heard from the doorway to the padded room filled with weaponry and training equipment, and the three men look up at the stairs to see Lena sitting on the top step doubled over. Nicky and King reached her first and they both knelt down in front of her. A worried frown creased Nicky's brow as he lifted her head up and looked into her eyes with his black ones. Upon close examination he noticed that her eyes appeared to be a chocolate brown and that her pupils were slightly smaller than normal. "Sis, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Oh… I'm fine. I just felt really panicked for a moment there and needed to sit down. Now, what the hell is goin on, and I want the truth. What's all this nonsense about Dracula and vampires?"

Blade stood in front of the three younger people and asked, "How long were you standing there?"

"Long enough to know that you're my father and that you've all either lost your minds or are using vampires and Dracula as some sort of code for something else. Either way I'm really confused. I really don't enjoy bein confused, especially when it involves me." Taking the hand King offered she stood up and walked down the stairs forcing the men to do the same. "I'm an adult just like the rest of you, and I deserve to know what's goin on in my own God Damn life!" As she said this the equipment in the room shook violently causing Blade to take off his sunglasses and stare at her with a curious look in his eyes. "Galen, what was that you were sayin earlier about contacts?"

Lena looked up at Blade and shot him a glare that had him taking an involuntary step back. "What is your problem? You're worried about contacts when obviously somebody wants to kidnap me, though it's probably just Craig again. He's probably found out that I'm pregnant. Like he was always sayin, bein rich can do wonders in this world."

"What is this guy's name?"

"Craig… Did you not just here me say that?"

Blade sighed trying to gather patience and said, "His full name, and anything else you can tell me about him would be helpful too."

"Sure, his name is Craig Donovan Ryu Minh. He's 6'1 with extremely pale blue-green eyes, brown hair that was cut almost to his scalp when we met, and he's got an amazing body. He is thirty-three years old and he's an orphan who made all his money on his own, though I've never really been sure what he does for a living. I asked once and he said he's in the import-export business."

"Hmm, Craig 'Dark Warrior' 'Dragon' Minh, I think I know what's goin on here."

Everyone looked at Nicky in confusion. And he sighed. "Okay, so his first middle name means dark warrior in Celtic and the second one is Japanese for dragon. King said the voice sounds like Drake and Drake also means dragon. I think Drake is the father of Lena 's babies, and he plans on keeping 'em."