Word on the street was that Blade and Abraham Whistler had aligned themselves with an elite group of commando vampires calling themselves The Bloodpack. Which at first was confusing to Vaas, as everyone knew the pair were sworn enemies of all vampires. And then it was revealed as to why this unholy union was consummated: to hunt Reapers. Their key target, of course, was Jared Nomak, since he was the originator of the<i>Reaper Strain.</i><br/><br/>Knowing Blade and his new “allies,” they would want to eradicate all Reapers from existence, though for very diverse reasons. Blade detested all types of vampire. Simple enough. While The Bloodpack and their ilk viewed Reapers as a deadly threat to their undead lives. Vaas was convinced that if Reapers had primarily feasted on humans instead of vampires, Blade leading The Bloodpack would never have seen the light of day. The Reaper smiled at his own twist of words.<br/><br/>Oddly enough, any intel he and Jared acquired was, for the most part, from human snitches. Money and illicit drugs and favors of all sorts remained powerful influences. Fellow Reapers were useless in this capacity, as the power of speech and thought deserted them upon turning. Arguably the juiciest tidbit Vaas had absorbed was the fact that The Bloodpack had trained for two years to take down Blade. And now here he was leading them. At minimum, that had to infuriate the members of the team. If Vaas could remember how to properly laugh, he would have laughed riotously right then.<br/><br/>Rumor had it that The Bloodpack consisted of eight vampires. What he now wanted from his and Jared’s informants was confirmation of this and their names and whereabouts. Instead of playing the role of the hunted, Vaas wished to be the hunter, and he knew Jared would agree with this. Surprise was definitely their ally.<br/><br/>It had been a while, after all, since he last fed. That was another trait that he shared with Jared: the ability and strength to ignore the need to feed. With The Bloodpack currently in play, it now came down to which one would be his initial morsel for consumption.