At the beginning of the film, a group of vampires led by Danica Talos are investigating a tomb in Syria. Beneath the tomb they locate the body of Dracula, who suddenly wakes up and kills one of them. Next, we see Blade battling a group of vampires. He is confused when he shoots a stake into the chest of one of them, but they do not. Lying on the ground, the wounded man reveals that he is actually just a vampire familia, having set Blade up as the FBI is hunting him, believing him to be a serial killer. Enraged, Blade stomps the stake into the man's chest.