* Please Review! I'm so sorry I took off on this story. Just nothing I was writing was working. None of my old writers block tricks were working. Nothing. I started new stories, I watched the movie over and over again, nothing. Then last night I was doing the dishes and listening to some music I had when of a sudden one of the songs from the Blade 2 soundtrack popped on and the chapter hit me! So enjoy!*

Getting into the vampire hideout was easy for them, too easy and they all knew it although they were ignoring it. They moved down a long hallway with guns up and ready to fire. Scud was the most nervous. He had no real training on firing a weapon. They were moving slow with Blade in the lead, Scud next, and Whistler bring up the rear.

" She's in here." Blade's voice was low and deep. " I can smell her." He turned around and grabbed Scud by the arm. He thrust him forward. " Open the door, bitch." He ordered. Scud swallowed hard and took a hold of the door knob. He wasn't sure what he was going to find on the other side. He exhaled as he pushed open the door.

Alexcia was in the middle of a small room. She was sitting in a chair with her head down. There was a rope around both of her ankles, keeping them tied to the chair legs. Her arms were behind her back and he was sure they were tied. The three filed in with Whistler closing the door behind him. Scud rushed forward and gently took a hold of her chin. He tilted her head up but before he could see her face, Whistler knocked him to the side.

" Alexcia, honey, open your eyes." He said. Scud narrowed his eyes as he stood up.

" What the fuck, pops?" He said.

" Fuck you, tote boy." Whistler said as he checked over her neck.

" She been bit?" Blade asked from his spot at the door.

" I want to see her too." Scud said as he walked towards her back.

" You have seen her enough." Whistler snapped.

" Has she been bit?" Blade asked again.

" Look, old man, I know I fucked up but I want to fix it. I care about her." Scud snapped back.

" You care about her so much you all but served her up on a silver platter for the suckheads." Whistler's voice grew louder.

" I said I was sorry! What more do you want from me!" Scud yelled. He was behind Alexcia while Whistler was in front of her. Both men were glaring at each other over her head.

" Enough!" Blade yelled, shocking them both. " Let's get her the fuck out of here! You can compare your dick sizes later!" Scud and Whistler narrowed their eyes at each other but got to work. Whistler dropped his knees and started to untie her ankles.

" She hasn't been bit." Scud muttered as he started to untie the rope at her wrists. " Chupa doesn't do it like that. He will want to play with her for a while first."

" And the fuck do you know that?" Whistler asked.

" Because I have seen what he does to girls." Scud said.

When they had her untied, Alexcia sagged forward with Whistler catching her before she hit the ground. He gently turned her so he could look at her face. Scud walked around and sank down to look at her. Whistler pressed his fingers to her pulse and held his breath. He closed his eyes as he felt her heartbeat. It was strong and hard. He sighed and opened his eyes.

" Let me carry her." Scud said. Whistler looked at him and pulled her against him.

" Fuck you." Scud frowned and wanted a snappy comment but he bit his tongue.

" Look, W, I'm stronger then you are. I don't have a limp, I can carry her better then you can. I can't fire a gun as well as you can. You can watch our backs better then I can." Scud tried to reason.

" He's right." Blade spoke up. Their man looked away from each other. " Do you really want him watching your ass. Give her to him."

After a few tense moments, Whistler let Scud take Alexcia from him. Scud slipped one hand under her knees while his other one went around her back. Slowly and carefully, Scud stood up. Whistler took a hold of her left arm and slipped it around Scud's shoulders. He moved her right arm so it was resting against her chest so it wasn't just dangling.

" You drop her, I will turn around and shoot you in the fucking face." Whistler said. Scud held her closer to him.

" I'm not going to drop her." He said, working hard to keep his anger in check. He was the one that fucked up, not them. He did care about her and Whistler was important to her so he had to get it together.

They left the room, still with Scud in the middle. The three of them were creeping down the hallway, waiting and wondering when the ball would drop. The vampires knew they were there, there was no doubt in any of their minds that that was true. Scud was gripping her tightly. He kept glancing at her face so any signs that she was coming too but she was out cold and that had him worried.

" So," Chupa's voice ran through Scud's veins, making the three of them freeze. " You taking my pet, huh?" Slowly they turned and faced the vampire. " I haven't even had a chance to try her out yet."

" And you ain't getting one either." Whistler snapped.

" So this little shit head gets to taste her and I can't?" Chupa asked with a smirk. " That just doesn't seem fair." He started rubbing his chin as he spoke. " See, your man here, he was one way, then he got inside that sweet ass and totally changed who he is so that got me wondering about how great it must be. Scud's a piece of shit. Your girl must be pretty fucking amazing to make him go against us."

" Don't talk about her like that!" Scud spit out. Chupa hissed with his fangs out.

" You better keep your fucking mouth shut, boy! You are nothing more than sheep, pathetic, useless sheep!" He yelled. To his credit, Scud didn't make down. He squared his shoulders and stood up straight.

" You are not touching her." Scud said.

" Oh I'm going to touch her. I'm going to touch her in front of you three." Sneaking up behind Blade was Reinhardt. " I'm going to make her whimper and moan while she cumming under me then I'm going to bite her."

" She will never be like you." Whistler said. " You aren't going to make her a suckhead."

" No, she's not. I'm going to kill her." Chupa grinned.

Before any of them could say anything else or do anything, Blade's blade shot backwards and up. Chupa's eyes went wide. Scud spun around but Whistler stayed trained on the vampire in front of him. Reinhardt was standing directly behind Blade.

" Shit." Was the only word Reinhardt got out before a line of fire then ash started up the center of his body. It only took two more seconds before he crumbled into a pile of ash. Lights overhead switched to red and an alarm went off. Everyone tensed.

" What is that?" Whistler asked. Even Chupa looked worried.

" Oh, that's my fault." Scud said as he laughed. " You know that reaper you big, bad shits heads are so scared off? Yeah, I might have told him where your little hide out. My bad."

" What did you say, pet?" Chupa asked through narrowed eyes.

" Yeah, well, I needed to make sure my girlfriend and family were safe so I made a deal." Scud said.

" What kind of deal?" Blade asked.

" If I delivered the vampire royal family to him, then the four of us would be safe. He would get me out of being their familiar." Scud said, still facing Chupa.

" Why you little shit!" Chupa said as he started forward. Whistler raised up his gun and aimed it. "Guns and bullets can't stop me, old man." Whistler smiled and pulled the trigger.

" Silver ones can." Whistler said as Chupa ashed out in front of him.

" Let's go!" Blade said quickly. Whistler turned around with a frown.

" What about the reapers?" He asked.

" Let the vampires and the reapers destroy each other." Was the only answer Blade gave.

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A spicy, smoke scent shifted into Alexcia's dream. She sighed and turned towards the scent. Arms tighten around her and pulled her into the scent and warmth. She smiled with her eyes shut. Someone was touching her cheek, stroking his fingers across her. She pulled her legs up and curled around the warmth a second before the sleep pulled her back under.

XXXXXX

Scud laid her down in her bed and tucked the blankets around her. Whistler and Blade stood behind him, watching him closely. Scud's hand came down and pushed the hair from her face before he kissed her forehead. He stood up straight and faced her family with his hands in his pockets. Blade's face was shut down, as always. Whistler was frowning and narrowing his eyes. Scud started towards them. They needed to talk and he knew it.

He filled Blade as he walked out of the room. Whistler closed the bedroom door then followed the pair. They walked in one of the work tables where Scud sat down. He picked up one of his screwdrivers and started playing with it. Blade crossed his arms over his wide chest as he leaned against a counter. He was standing directly across from Scud. Whistler took his place on Blade's left side.

" You want to tell me how you met up with one of reapers?" Blade asked.

" Jarrod showed up here after you guys left. He must have followed you back here one night. He was going to kill me but I told him I could get him what he wanted if he could do something for me." Scud said.

" And why would he do anything for you?" Whistler asked.

" Because he didn't have a choice. If he killed me he wouldn't find out where the royal family was. If he killed me after I told him, the vamps were still get killed." Scud looked at them and shrugged. " I told him I wanted to free. I didn't want to be a familiar anymore but the only way I could be freed was if they were killed. I told him the address and he promised to kill them."

" How will know if he killed them?" Whistler asked.

" They wouldn't come and kill me." Scud said.

" And if they show up, you expect me to protect you?" Blade asked. Scud sighed and looked away.

" I expect you to protect her. If that means throwing me out there to them, I'm not going to fight you. I'll go willingly." He said.

" And if she doesn't want you here?" Whistler asked.

" Then I'm gone." Scud said as he looked at the old man. " I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say or do."

" We're going to wait. Before we do anything, we are going to wait and see if they show up here. If any vampires show you, you are the first to go. If no one comes..." Blade shrugged. " We let Alexcia decide." Whistler shook his head.

" So that's just it? We just accept what this asshole says?" He pushed away from the counter and shook his head.

" Just so you know, I can smell it when people lie." Blade said. " I have been able to smell all your lies." Scud looked at him and nodded slowly.