"Episode 8 Old Wounds, Fresh Blood" "Incredible." "Lucius being defeated by Blade is an outcome that we had not foreseen." "Daywalker's power is formidable." "Blade and all those who turn against us must be killed." "VAMPIRE 1:" "Calm yourselves, please." "But..." "We of the High Council are the chosen pure-bloods." "There is no need to be concerned about the doings of impudent, inferior beings." "Let's have Blade and Deacon Frost fight a great battle." "When they get tired, that will give us sufficient time for us to make our move." "If we can get them to fall together, we'll kill two birds with one stone." "No, we should nip danger in the bud as soon as possible." "Between Blade and Frost's Existence, we're facing enemies on two fronts." "That's a bit of an overestimation." "The dirty half-breed and his ilk are no match for us pure-bloods." "VAMPIRE 2:" "Your ideas fly in the face of danger." "Why do you say it like that?" "Are you insulting us?" "Open your eyes and take a good look around!" "Have your 400 years of wasted life dulled your thinking?" "This is exactly the problem of senility." "Shut up!" "What the hell do you 200-year-old children know about anything?" "know about anything?" "What did you say?" "Enough, gentlemen." "It's just as Lucius Isaac's final report states." "If Existence has begun preparations for a war against us, we should try to wedge them apart." "But for the span of a few thousand years, we of the High Council have continued to reign as superiors to all kinds throughout the history of darkness." "Eternity has been bestowed upon us." "There is no change upon that fact." "And it will never change." "I'd better be off." "Please, be careful." "(nos BARKING)" "Daddy?" "Where are you going?" "Alice, don't you worry, now." "I'll be back before you know it." "(MAN PANTING)" "(GRUNTS)" "(PANTING)" "Damn!" "I sense something..." "Northwestern Vietnam" "Logan was right, but we never expected that we'd be the ones who got chased." "(GROANS)" "BLADE:" "Let's separate here." "What?" "That's out of the blue." "Come on, it's just a scratch." "I'm good to go." "Why don't you head back while I draw the ninja away?" "You can't defeat them with your skills." "It's not like I'm the only one who got hurt!" "By morning, I'll be fully healed, but you won't be." "Razor, stay with her." "So much for being a team, huh?" "So I guess that's it." "I'm nothing but dead weight to you now." "The worst part is I know you're right." "The last thing you need is for me to slow you down." "Razor." "Come on, boy." "Wait." "(GASPS)" "But this was your mom's." "Do me a favor?" "Try not to lose it, okay?" "If you come with me, you'll only get hurt." "For now, it's better to be separated." "You son of a bitch!" "You should have said so from the beginning." "All right." "I'll return it when I see you again, because it's important to you." "Take care, partner." "See you around." "They're coming back." "Hurry up." "(GROANS)" "Eric." "I see you're awake now." "Don't stare at me like that." "I helped you when you were left for dead in the jungle." "Great blade, huh?" "Best of all, it's well-maintained." "I was able to see how you fought." "You're the vampire hunter, Blade, aren't you?" "What are you going to do with me?" "I thought so." "That's not what I'm gonna decide now." "You're with them." "Part of the Existence organization." "Actually, they're a nuisance because they chase me everywhere." "A stake made of silver." "It's useless for a vampire like you." "So you noticed?" "Whatever." "It's not like I had any choice in the matter." "Name's Stan Davis." "Sergeant Major, United States Marine Corps." "My unit was stationed near here towards the end of the war." "I don't suppose you've heard of the V-Project?" "No, never." "Not many people have." "It's a long story, and not a pretty one." "Daywalker, I want you to hear us out." "Us?" "I'd been transferred from my unit and assigned to Special Ops." "So it was no surprise when my C.O. told me" "I'd been selected for a special assignment." "Saigon" "I was young and naive." "I believed we'd bring world peace once we'd won the war." "I could endure anything for my country." "The V-Project." "The army gave soldiers injections the CIA had acquired from A.I.M." "it was unbelievable stuff that would create an invincible force capable of turning the tide of the war." "That very medicine was vampire blood." "To prevent us from disobeying orders, they implanted us with brainwashing microchips developed by A.l.M." "The Vampire Unit's track record was the stuff of legends." "But the end came suddenly." "We were completely wiped out by friendly fire bombing by the Air Force." "Afterwards, those of us who regained ourselves dug the chips out of our heads with our knives in order to escape their control once and for all." "Once we had the brainwashing chips out, we returned to base." "All the evidence of this diabolical plan was completely whitewashed." "This was also after all the generals had left." "We were all' made to look as if wehadbeenlostinthewar." "The only thing that we could confirm from the few remaining documents was the number of people we killed by sucking their blood." "We knew that as the Vampire Unit, we would never return home, so we lost all hope." "Eventually, my comrades began to curse their own fates." "One by one, they disappeared into the morning sun." "So the Vampire Unit completely disappeared, leaving only me behind." "To live or to die?" "I still don't know the answer." "(GROANING)" "(ROARS)" "BLADE:" "Are you suffering from blood-sucking withdrawal?" "(PANTING)" "Yeah, it's pathetic." "So now," "I'm clinging to life with these plasma bags I steal from town." "Deacon Frost is gathering all the vampires in Asia and is planning on creating a mighty army." "They want to add you to the collection, right?" "I will never become someone's tool again." "But you might get hungry for blood and attack people again." "It was the same with me." "But I'll never be like that again." "That's why I chose this way of life." "So that's the difference between you, Daywalker, and the other vampires?" "What are you doing?" "I probably survived so that I could meet somebody like you." "I am a vampire." "If you want to kill me, then kill me." "If I die, the V-Project will disappear with me forever." "Blade, I have a favor to ask you." "What's that?" "(GROANS)" "Stay back, you fools." "Can't you see you're outmatched?" "It's been a long time, Eric." "But you go by Blade now, do you not?" "BLADE:" "Mikage Kikyo." "Don't tell me you sold your sword to Existence?" "Why not?" "They met my price." "That's why I'm able to meet you like this." "You know this guy?" "From way back." "We studied swordsmanship under the same master." "I have something to say to Sergeant Stan." "I am Mikage Kikyo." "I have a message from Deacon Frost." "We would like to welcome you as a comrade of Existence." "I have the full intention of taking you back to him at all costs." "I refuse." "I have buddies I must continue to mourn." "Mourning is laughable." "What?" "There's no tomb for a vampire who turns to ashes." "How long do you intend to hide in this jungle and waste your life?" "I wish I could say that I respect your dedication to principle, but I'm afraid it's beyond my comprehension." "I don't care." "Get out of here." "If that's the case, this means war." "I was ordered to kill you if you resisted." "I suppose it's of no use for me to say, "Don't intervene."" "Don't side with this man." "Whatever the reason is, Kikyo, if you stand for Deacon Frost, I will kill you." "(SCOFFS)" "Think you can?" "I've been looking forward to this." "Which Yagyu-style swordsman shall prevail?" "Let's get back to where we left off!" "(YELLING)" "(GRUNTING)" "That damn healing factor." "Both Logan and you are mutants who have healing skills." "Logan." "Haven't heard that name for a long time." "Much as I'd like to finish this now, I have a contract to fulfill..." "I will fight with you some other time at my leisure." "BLADE:" "Wait!" "(CHUCKLES)" "(GASPS)" "I told you if you resisted, I'd kill you." "(GROANS)" "What the hell?" "(GASPS)" "Blade..." "Take my buddies back home." "Sure thing." "Thank you." "(ALICE GIGGLING)" "STAN:" "Alice?" "It's Daddy." "Huh?" "Welcome home, Daddy." "Hey?" "Are you crying, Daddy?" "WOMAN:" "Welcome home, darling." "R's good to be home." "You're like those who live forever, but never know the sadness of dying." "I just want to do battle with someone who moves me." "I've been searching for you." "Let's decide our fate!" "Bring it!" "Every move you make makes my heart tremble." "I will bury you with your persistent hunger for strength." "YAGU:" "Is that sufficient?" "You both have forged your spirits." "Whenever you face your sword, always know the true meaning of victory or defeat." "NARRATOR:" "Next time on Blade:" "The Bond" "The Bond"