A Truce Forged by Steel
{Ch.2 picks up where Ch.1 ended.}
As Blade charges Vance and attempts a killing slice across the cowboys chest, Vance returns the blow in kind. Each blow lands, but Blade believes he has missed. Enraged at the hit scored on himself Blade leaps into the air trying to divert Vance's attention. It fails. As Blade draws his sword down the 'vampire's' back he succeeds in landing on Vance's sword. Blade hissing and panting stares at this shadow unsure what it is. Vance turns with a chilling smile "I'm immune to silver friend."
At this point Jax leaps down and yells "Wait! Daywalker, there's been a misunderstanding. We are not Vampires as you suppose, but we cannot talk about here in the open. Do you have a place to stay?"
Chin pipes up "Give me ten minutes and then follow me."
{15 minutes later in the quickly set up 'secret base' of Blade and Chin. The group sits and discuss what happened.} {Martin Van Schyver was gassing some pure bloods when some one lit a match. The open flame caused the gasses to explode mutating the virus. Three humans were nearby Jax, Kara, and Vance, the mutated virus then transformed them into daywalkers of sort. Jax is immune to garlic, Vance to silver, and Kara to stakes.}
"So that's why you didn't ash. The silver in my blade can't affect you?" Blade queries.
"Yep, oh and we have one more advantage over the vampires that even you don't have Blade." Vance flaunts with a grin like a Cheshire cat.
Blade just raises an eyebrow as if he is disinterested.
Kara starts to speak "Blade, we seem to…."
Jax cuts her off "We don't have the…"
Vance finishes for the duo his grin spreading by the second "The thirst, we lack the thirst. It doesn't phase or bother us."
Chin starts to grin, but Blade just frowns. "Hey man, what's the problem? This is great we might be able to remedy the thirst for good now!" Chin explains.
"Maybe." Blade allows as he stalks off to meditate in silence.
"Is he always this stubborn?" Kara inquires of Chin.
"Always. Blade doesn't know how to be nice. Dogs aren't very good teaching table manners." Chin jokes enigmatically.
"Well I don't know about you jokers, but I'm gonna get some shut eye." Jax interjected.
{With that our young trios first adventure with Blade came to a close.}