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Chapter 2: Poison
"So …She has returned…...."
"Father will be pleased" said another figure who had just drop from her hiding place far above.
"Hallana...."
"James..." Hallana said as she walked up to and stood by her older brother.
"I was wondering when you would get here"
"..So ..our half sister has returned" Hallana said as the both of them started to walk down the side walk.
"Father will be pleased to hear this..."
"He would be if knew where she was," James said as they started to head in the direction that Blade had taken Tamika, "And the only person that can lead us to her is with the Daywalker."
"Do I sense fear in my dear old brother's voice?"
"I do not fear anything......," James said as he back handed his younger sister, "especially that Daywalker."
"Sorry......But Blade has killed so many of us. Even father fears the Daywalker some."
They walked in silence the rest of the way down the side walk.
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Whistler was sitting at a workbench working on a new "toy" for Blade when Blade's black car pulled in to the old warehouse where they were currently staying. Whistler looked up from his work when Blade got out of his car. Blade open the passenger side door and lifted Tamika out of the car with blood still flowing from her wound.
" So you brought back another one," Whistler said as he wiped the grease from his hands with a rag. When Whistler got to the table where Blade had set Tamika down on he noticed that the only wound she had was in her left side.
"Blade you know we can not save anyone who has been bitten by a Ripper"
"She wasn't." Blade said as he applied more pressure to Tamika's wound.
"Then why bring her here? Why not to a Hospital?"
"Tamika…" Blade said as he looked from Tamika to Whistler, "….is a Daywalker."
"What" Whistler said, "Wait….did you say her name was Tamika?"
"Yes" Blade said as Tamika mound in pain as Blade applied more pressure to her wound.
"Never mind right now, we need to stop the bleeding. Even know she is a Daywalker, she can still bleed to death."
"OK," Blade said. As Whistler went and got the stuff he needed Blade removed Tamika's coat. Blade set it on a chair when a picture fell out of a hidden pocket. The picture had two people in it, a man and a woman. Blade put the picture back into the hidden pocket as Whistler walked back in.
"…..Where……am I?" Tamika said in a weak whisper as Whistler started to work on her wound.
"Some where safe. Now don't try to talk you lost a lot of blood." Blade said as Tamika past out again. "Is she going to make it?"
"It is to soon to tell. Even if we give her some blood, it all depends on how strong she is." Whistler answered as he finished rapping Tamika's wound.
"Ok" Blade said as he carefully picked Tamika up and took her up a set of stairs. Blade then walked throw a door and laid Tamika on a bed and covered her up. Then Blade left the room and shut the door behind him.
"So how was it tonight anyway?"
"The number of Reepers keeps growing and growing. There must have been at least thirty of them where I had found Tamika." Blade then took off his jacket and went over to his car. He reached in and pulled out Tamika's broken sword and set it on the table next to Whistler.
"Do you think you can fix it?"
"Ya," Whistler said as he looked at the two halves.
"Why did you ask if Tamika was her name?"
"When I was being tortured by the vampires, I heard them talking about another Daywalker by the name of Tamika. I did not hear much." Whistler said as he began to work on Tamika's sword. Blade went to his own room to train.
*************************two hours later********************************
Tamika was sound asleep in a bed when something moved in the shadows near the window which was now open. A woman of about Tamika's age appeared out of the shadows. Blade came in to check on Tamika and saw the other woman. The woman drew two daggers and charged at Blade.
"Get away from her!" They both yelled at the same time.
Suddenly the lamp that was on the bed side table went flying throw the air right between Blade and the woman when they where just inches from hitting each other.
"Remya! Stop it! He is not going to hurt me," Tamika shouted weakly as she griped her left side which was now surging with pain again.
"You know this woman?!" Blade said to Tamika while looking at Remya.
"Ya,…" Tamika said weakly "Blade this is Remya, Remya this Blade, he is the Daywalker that has the vampire nation in an up roar."
"I still don't like him" Remya said as she leaned against the near by wall.
Remya and Blade stared at each other suspiciously for what seemed like an hour until Tamika doubled over in pain as blood started to seep throw the bandages.
"I told you this would happen," Remya said as she went over to Tamika as she past out again, " the poison is still not out of your system."
"Poison?"
"Yes, a vampire named Rakshasas developed it."
"Why, it won't make the vampires any stronger."
"He developed it to use it on Daywalkers. We had found the lab were they were making it and destroyed it, but they were able to infect Tamika with the last of it."
"Is there an antidote?"
"Not yet, and if I do not find one soon it will be too late." Remya said as she got up and left the room.
Whistler was heading up the stairs when he saw Remya come out of the room. He was about to say something when he saw Blade come out. "Who is this?"
"This is Tamika's friend, Remya." Blade said as they all went down the steps and over to Whistler's work bench.
"How's Tamika?" Whistler said as he started to work on Tamika's sword some more.
"Not good. Remya just told me that Tamika has been poisoned, and until a cure is administered her wounds will not heal all the way."
There was a long silence and then Whistler said, "Maybe if I had a sample of the poison I could try and find the cure," as he turned around and looked at Blade and Remya.
Remya reached into her pants pocket and pulled out a small test tub with a liquid in it. "Would this be enough to use?" Remya said as she handed Whistler the test tub.
"Ya," Whistler said as he put 2 drops on to a side and placed it under a microscope. He looked into the microscope and said "This is not good!"
"What do you mean" Blade said.
"I can probably make an anti-poison for it but it could take months even years." Whistler said as he looked at Remya and Blade.
"Then let's get started. I will help as much as I can. I know some things about chemistry," Remya said to Whistler.
"OK," Whistler answered and they went to work. Blade decided to go up and get some sleep. So he headed up the steps and turned to go to his room when he heard Tamika mumbling in her sleep. So Blade went to check on her. Just as he opened the door he heard her mumble, "Poisoned Blood..."
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Authors Notes:
Thank you very much for your reviews. I am really sorry it took me so long but I was destructed.