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Previously on Blade...

Where you shipping the bodies?

Detroit.

Who's taking possession?

Marcus Van Sciver.

MARCUS: You've been peeking through a lot of keyholes, Zack.

It's my brother.

BOONE: He got caught up.

He pissed off the wrong people. Like every single one of these guys.

You know who killed my brother.

BLADE: If we've patience, we can find about their operations.

This is a transponder. We can track it anywhere in the city.

Oh, so you want me to carry it?

We want someone else to.

MARCUS: Dr. Dydeo. Professor Cray.

CRAY: Marcus, The work you've done here is fantastic.

It's like...

Stepping back in time?

Exactly.

There we go.

She's going to do it.

MARCUS: None of it would've been possible if it wasn't

for the efforts of ten pioneers in the industry.

Work him, work him.

I am simply...

...following the legacy they left.

( sighs )

Oh, don't be so modest.

They say you're the man who's going to save Detroit.

Some do.

Gentlemen, excuse me.

Fritz.

Gentlemen.

I believe we're all too quick to forget our past.

Did you know

average age of a building in United States

is less than 30 years old.

Didn't know that.

Take this city.

It's been around since the late 18th century

and yet-- if you asked somebody to point out

a prominent historical landmark

they'll probably aim for the Joe Louis Arena.

You see, the past has been torn down

and replaced by something that in a short matter of time

will also be torn down and replaced.

It's a wasteful cycle.

There's only one thing this country values

when it comes to old age.

So, trying to recapture the past?

Just trying not to forget it.

Me, either.

So tell me about you.

There's not much to tell.

Well, you could start with a name.

Katherine.

Katherine.

Now you seem to me to be more like a...

Krista.

Man, I told you.

You look familiar.

Like someone I once knew.

There was this young man--

his name was...

Zack Starr.

He wasn't particularly bright

or assertive,

but he was desperate.

Desperate for some sort of control over his life.

Let go.

People like him-- they're always taking,

never giving.

Draining on the people around them--

sucking the life from them.

Honestly...

he's better off.

Or at least the world is.

( sighs )

KRISTA: Screw this.

Where's she going?

What the hell is she doing?

I'm going to kill her.

Excuse me, Mr. Van Sciver...

It's okay.

She wanted me to give you this.

Who?

The woman you were talking with.

Hello, Krista.

KRISTA: I know what you are.

You're watching me, aren't you?

Through a ten power scope

attached to the top of a match-grade sniper rifle.

Wow. That sounds impressive.

Now you're allergic to garlic, so...

I'd stay away from the gazpacho.

I did. Thank you.

There you are.

Tell me more.

Sunlight won't just burn your skin--

it'll turn you into ash.

And I've got a silver bullet ready to blow

that stupid smile right off your face.

You killed my brother.

Yes. Yes, I did.

If you knew who I was, why mess with me like that?

Because it's my nature.

You're everything your brother wasn't, aren't you?

A success where he was a failure.

Bright...

where he was dim.

Shut up.

Oh, come on, Krista, take the shot.

I don't care how fast vampires are--

you can't dodge a bullet

moving at 2,000 meters per second.

And trust me...

I'm a hell of a good shot.

SHEN: What happened?

She screwed up.

( door opening )

( spits )

( yells )

I'm impressed, Krista.

I hope you still are when I'm shoving a stake up your ass.

I've killed a lot of people.

But your brother...

that wasn't out of pleasure.

I really did like him.

But he was looking around

at things he wasn't supposed to.

Being too curious.

You, on the other hand, might just work.

What are you going to do?

Bite me?

Bite you?

That's for savages.

And in truth, it's not the most reliable form of transmission.

No.

Here at the House of Chthon...

...we're a bit more civilized.

You need permission, Marcus.

Not this time, no.

Let me kill her and end this.

Hush, Chase.

Stay the hell away from me.

Oh, I know, you're scared.

You think of us as sociopaths

who've just walked out of a nightmare.

But this is an honor, Krista. Trust me.

There are severe restrictions placed

on the number of humans we're allowed to turn.

We don't want to attract unwanted attention

or put a strain on our food source.

We survive by living in the shadows,

as unknowns. And myths.

( whimpers )

( agonized cry )

It's okay to fight.

It's only natural.

But you will think so much better,

so much clearer,

once you've been through the change.

Now, Krista,

all you have to do is die.

( horn honks, alarm blares )

CHILD: Wake up.

Zack?

You can't catch me... catch me...

Zack?

Come on. I want to tell you something.

Zack.

( speaking backwards )

Please.

Kill me.

( echoing ): Kill me... me...!

( growling )

( distant clattering and rustling )

♪ ♪

( faint buzzing )

( snarls )

( thunder rumbles )

Hello, Krista.

Welcome to the family.

SHEN ( over radio ): You can stop looking.

The body was delivered to the morgue

last night at 2:00 a.m. Vanished about 3:00.

Then she's been turned.

Blade, you can't cure her, and the thirst

is going to take over by the time the sun rises tomorrow.

If you find her...

you gotta stake her, just like always.

The serum.

The chances of that working...

Are what?

Slim man!

Pump her with it before sunrise,

she'd get a clear head for a few hours.

If she feeds on fresh kill before, then who knows?

Finding her is still a problem.

Krista left a loose end out there. I'm gonna tie it up.

( gasps )

( pained gasp )

MARCUS: I would have warned you...

but there is something to be said

for learning from experience.

( remote beeps )

You've been asleep all day.

I feel...

Alive?

Yeah.

Those shoes.

Put them on.

You see, Krista...

the so-called living--

the ones growing obese and passive,

oblivious to the true layers of life--

they are the ones who are dead.

Their dulled senses have no ability

to unlock the real beauty of this world...

unlike us.

You will learn soon enough

that everything has so many more facets of pleasure.

Music, food, sex.

Your rebirth is here.

You're greote.

Greote?

In our language, it means

someone who has achieved true life.

And as your sponsor, it is my privilege to teach it to you,

and to introduce you to our culture.

I saw you.

And I saw my brother.

The images you witnessed are part of your A.D.E.,

an after-death experience triggered

by the genetic memories of your sponsor

and your own synapses as they rebuilt your cognitive functions.

The visions you witnessed are sacred, Krista,

and must only be shared with someone you really trust.

( snarls )

Don't touch me.

What did you do to me?

Oh, what did you do?

I saved you.

Take her with you.

This is a mistake.

What is? Her?

Yes, Marcus.

Remember when you were turned, Chase?

Everyone starts somewhere,

and some start a lot lower in life than Krista Starr.

You will take her on a ride-along,

and you will teach her,

and you will dress her.

When the board finds out what you've been doing...

( snarls )

Don't question me, Chase--

ever.

Hey, I told his sister everything I know.

You can't do that! You can't do that. I'm protected.

Not from me.

If someone disappears down here, who knows where they go?

I don't know.

Give me a name, Danny.

He's a cop. Boone.

He got the charges on Zack and I dropped.

You gotta understand why we do this, man.

We want to be like you.

Strong, fast...

And immortality, man?

I'll live for freakin' ever.

No, you won't.

CHASE: Can you see it?

Krista.

KRISTA: See what?

Relax your eyes.

Pull your focus back.

Look.

I see something.

They can only be read in the ultraviolet spectrum.

The House of Chthon glyph.

It means it's ours.

Ours?

One of the places we recruit.

We also have safe houses throughout the city

where fresh blood is delivered.

If you're out and dawn approaches, you go, but...

if you see the House of Leichen glyph,

stay away.

The thirst.

It hurts.

Yes.

We'll drink.

Soon enough.

Fritz.

Go.

Hey, hey.

Lloyd.

SHEN: Blade, the transponders are online.

I smell it.

Me, too.

Well, drink.

Slowly. Take it all in slowly.

When did it happen to you?

When did you become...

greote?

Marcus told you that, didn't he?

It's his favorite word.

He says the same speech to all of them.

All of who?

The newborn.

But with the strict rules we live by, the enemies outside,

most of them don't last a year.

Did Marcus change you?

No.

My husband did... and lived to regret it.

He still does.

BOONE: Hey!

You should be careful out there, honey. These streets are dangerous.

There a bed inside?

You wouldn't believe what's inside.

You are just a little snack of a thing, ain't ya? Jesus.

I thought I told you my pets are on a strict diet.

Hi.

( bones snapping )

Don't pull that Dracula shit, sneaking up on people.

I almost crapped myself.

You've been overfeeding them again.

And for what? A few dirty $20s?

I've got something for you.

Shit.

( tires screech )

SHEN: Blade...

Fat Lady's ready.

Bring her.

MARCUS: I told you too many times.

Alright, alright, I'll stay away, okay?

You got to help me now.

If I was like you, I could do so much more.

Come on. Make me, Marcus.

( growls )

( gasping )

Make you?

( gasps )

( screeching )

( screaming )

I've put up with your disobedience

and carelessness long enough.

Come on, man. I...

BOONE: Wait a minute.

You turned her? That slacker's sister?

It's my turn, Marcus.

No!

( gasping )

There is no room for someone like you in my inner circle.

It's time to cut bait, and unfortunately for you,

you're the only person I know she hates.

( gasps )

You'll make it easy for her.

( gasps )

( hisses )

( pained gasping )

Now, Krista, it's time for your first kill.

( vampires growling )

MARCUS: That's enough. Leave him be.

This is something she must do on her own.

BOONE: No!

Come along! The new vaccine is ready.

( groaning )

( vampires growling )

( yells )

Damn.

( device beeps )

( air whipping )

Blade's here.

Deal with it.

FRITZ: Marcus...

give me the new vaccine.

No.

He's here.

Let me serve you.

Krista!

You can still fight it! Don't!

♪ ♪

( pained grunting )

( grunting stops )

( gasps )

Hi.

( grunting and groaning )

( screaming )

( snarls )

( chuckles ): It's been fun.

Oh, shit.

"This stuff always works," my ass.

Shen?

Shen?

Shen? I'm here. I'm here.

Shen, something's wrong.

What?

( grunts )

Shen, make the Fat Lady sing now!

( groans )

Hope your earplugs are in, buddy.

Here we go.

( whirring )

( yells )

( deep whirring tone continues )

( whirring continues in distance )

( machine powers down )

MARCUS: Fritz... that's enough.

You're my new favorite.

You've proven a success.

( panting )

( pained grunting )

SHEN ( over radio ): Fat Lady's recharging. She's got one more hit in her.

Give me a sec to get her going again.

( snarls )

( grunting )

( deep growls )

( deep growling )

( both snarling )

( gasps in pain )

SHEN ( over radio ): She's singing again.

( whirring tone )

SHEN: Blade, Fat Lady's out of juice.

I'm coming in.

Shen, don't!

Sorry, brother.

Go, goddamn it!

( loud grunting )

( gasping )

( deep roaring )

( roaring grows weaker )

( roaring stops )

( panting )

( gasping ): What did you do?

( panting )

( grunting )

( loud gasp )

( panting )

GUARD ( in distance ): Be careful, he's dangerous.

Come on, this way. There he is!

( engine starts )

"This stuff doesn't work..." I found you, didn't I?

( grunting, groaning )

There you go, big guy.

Next time I offer you backup, you take it.

Good day, Fritz.

You did well, Krista.

How's Chase?

She'll be fine.

RUSK: Marcus. The Pure Bloods would like a few words with you.

Privately.

Of course.

Excuse me.

Marcus?

Yes?

The visions I saw when I was changed,

the ones of my brother, what do they mean?

What did you see?

( sighs ): Him and I...

...a long time ago, as kids in this...

Storybook Village

we used to go to.

( young Krista laughs )

Zack wanted me to chase him.

He was trying to show you something.

What should I do?

What you have been.

Follow him.

( racks slide )

My stuff always works.

Not this time.

Where'd you hit him?

It's something else.

♪ ♪

So what the hell were they doing here?

( beep )

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

( growls, gasps )

What did you do to me?!

I injected you with a serum

to get you thinking straight.

Krista! Krista!

( panting )

That cop.

I ripped his throat out.

I killed him.

Listen.

If you take the serum twice a day,

it might keep the thirst under control.

Look, you wanted in...

and you're in.

You're in as far as you can go.

You're one of them.

So are you.

You can learn so much.

I can work with you.

Just like I worked with your brother.

My brother?

Zack worked for you?

Yes.

He was my contact here.

Oh, my God, you got him killed.

No.

Marcus did.

But Marcus was wrong about him.

He was a good man.

( sighs )

Give me the serum.

I got to get back.

What do you think?

Could go either way.

( gasps )

( laughing )

( stops laughing )

( screaming )