A/N- Wassup? It be TOBN here with a new chapter of The Blood Moon Effect!

So it's my turn to spin the dice for this chapter - if that makes sense - and I got to say, I am quite excited to write this chapter because it is the first piece of writing that is being done on my brand new Macbook!

That's right; TOBN got herself a new laptop! You would think that this is a good thing, as I finally have something to help me get my work done, but actually, this will probably fuel my habit of procrastination even more, considering I have Tumblr on the tab next to me :P But I will try to get things done as efficiently as possible, and use this laptop to its standards :)

But as this story is a collab rather than a TOBN update, so let's get started, shall we? I am very excited to write this chapter, as a lot of things are going to happen, and I think you'll like it a lot :)

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The Blood Moon Effect

By: MBAV fan66 and TiredOfBeingNice

Chapter 4: New Clues and Bad News

Red eyes. A scream. Teeth stained crimson. A growl. A body. Trail of blood.

Red eyes.

Red smile.

Red moon.

Ethan screamed, shooting up from his bed. Sweat beaded his forehead as he took quick breaths. His heart was racing and the only thing that plagued his thoughts was the creepy vision that he had just now.

He looked at the time. 4:21 AM, it read.

'Well that's just fabulous,' Ethan thought, his eyes on the ceiling when his head hit the pillow.

His mind was stuck on the images that appeared in his nightmare. As he shifted to the side, he felt as if the darkness that surrounded him was suffocating him. He tried his best to fall back asleep, tossing and turning in his bed.

After a while, he sighed, sitting up and rubbing his head to try and get rid of the migraine he was having.

'Looks like I'm not going to be getting much sleep tonight,' Ethan thought wearily, and rolled out of bed, going downstairs to hopefully get some early breakfast.

Benny was the last one to get to the Whitechapel Public Library, holding one coffee tray with four cups in one hand and a single coffee cup in his other. He smiled at the receptionist at the counter who greeted him, and made his way to the back of the library, where his friends were.

When he got there, he saw Erica, Rory, Sarah and Ethan sitting around the table they always sat at, talking quietly amongst themselves. Benny grinned when they saw him walk to his usual seat, placing the coffee trays at the head of the table.

"Okay, so on tray one, I have a peppermint latte for Erica, a chocolate frappe for Rory, a vanilla bean frappe for Sarah, and a caramel macchiato for myself and Ethan." he said, handing out the drinks. "Everyone satisfied?"

"Yup!" Rory said happily, sipping his drink through the straw. "Though I don't understand how you, Ethan and Erica tolerate warm drinks in the middle of August."

Erica shrugged, taking another sip from her drink. "I can't speak for them, but I am always feeling cold, so I am always getting a warm drink. I'm dead enough, Rory."

Benny and Ethan exchanged looks.

"Well, I got it because I like caramel macchiatos; the caramel frappes don't satisfy me enough," Benny explained, and Erica muttered, "That makes no sense whatsoever; they are both caramel drinks."

Benny rolled his eyes, and everyone faced Ethan. He sipped his coffee quietly before answering, "I'm tired," and that answer seemed to satisfy everyone for now. Benny opened his mouth to ask Ethan why he was so tired, but Rory beat him to it, talking about something else.

"So, since everyone is here, I guess we can start the meeting!" he chirped.

Erica frowned. "Meeting? Since when did I agree to join the supernatural council of Whitechapel?"

Rory rolled his eyes at the sarcasm. Sarah just shifted in her seat, sneaking nervous glances at Ethan, who seemed distracted enough. She took a breath, and then began to add to the conversation.

"Well, we did come here to talk about supernatural happenings, so I guess you were always part of the supernatural council of Whitechapel," she pointed out, to which Erica just flashed her fangs at Sarah in annoyance. Sarah smirked.

"What are we talking about?" Benny asked. "I was a bit late from the coffee run, and I'm not a mind-reader, so who wants to fill me in?"

"We're talking about the recent killings in the city," Ethan said as if it were obvious. "What else would we be talking about?"

Benny looked at him in confusion. "I thought you already told me about the killings when I went over to your place? You said it was some vampire who struck bad luck during the night of the blood moon and drained the hell out of some woman?"

"I don't know why that's considered unlucky." Erica smiled, licking her lips, her tongue touching her pearly white fangs. Ethan shuddered, but tried to ignore it, facing Benny once more and continued to explain the events to him.

"Well, B, remember when I said that the reason this vampire went savage was because there was a blood moon outside the night the killing took place?" Benny nodded still confused, and Sarah sighed, shaking her head.

"Benny, the blood moon has passed," she said. "The killings should've stopped by now, but last night, there was this man murdered by some mysterious person, and his dog had died too by the murderer's hands."

Rory gasped. "You didn't tell me they killed a dog!"

Erica rolled her eyes. "Because we knew you would react like that."

"That bastard," he said over-dramatically, narrowing his eyes. Erica shook her head - "I think I'll need another coffee, or the blood of a jogging man," she complained with a sigh. Benny shook his head.

"So these murders have been happening past the blood moon?" he asked. Sarah nodded.

"Yup. We think it is the same vampire who killed the woman in the parking lot." she said. "I mean, the evidence is the same; there were two marks on the man and the dog's necks, and they were both drained of blood when they were found. It has to be a vampire."

"Basically, there is a vampire who is savagely feasting on humans over regulation," Erica explained.

"Wait, there is a regulation on how many humans you can eat?" Benny asked in shock. Rory looked at him as if the answer was obvious.

"Of course there is," he said. "If there wasn't, there would be no more humans."

"What is the limit?" Ethan asked. Erica winked.

"The limit is when you've had enough," Erica said slyly, and Benny's eyes widened. Sarah rolled her eyes.

"No it's not, calm down." Ethan and Benny sighed in relief. "The rule is that you can eat people, but cannot kill one. If you do, you either have to turn them into a vampire in attempts of saving them, or turn yourself in to the Council and be banished."

"I assume Dracula over here isn't planning on turning himself in to the Council anytime soon, and I am pretty sure that woman was good as dead - and not in the vampire-y way," Benny said. Ethan nodded.

"That is why we have to stop him before anything happens," Ethan said confidently.

Sarah nodded, along with everyone else, and looked at the clock. When she checked the time, her eyes widened and she stood up.

"I need to go. I promised my mom I would be back by this time," she said hastily. Erica stood up beside her.

"I guess I'll be off as well," she said. "Maybe I'll grab some takeout and see how far I can stretch the regulation without breaking it."

Erica winked, and before anyone could say anything, she sped off. Rory's eyes lit up like Christmas lights when she left, and he looked at all of his friends' concerned looks with an excited grin.

"That is so hot!" he exclaimed, and before anyone could stop him, he sped off in the same direction to chase after Erica. Sarah chuckled, picking up her drink and her bag.

"Anyway, I'll be off. You'll be good to clean up?" she asked the two.

Ethan took note that Rory and Erica had left their drinks. He was about to reply, but Benny, however, beat him to it. He saw Benny look at Ethan, and then he watched as he beamed a smile towards Sarah.

"We'll be fine!" he said cheerily. Sarah smiled, waving goodbye, and speeding off.

The two were alone in the library, quietly picking up the books that they had used for research and the empty cups left behind by their friends. The quiet atmosphere remained the same for a while, before Benny finally broke the silence.

"You seemed a bit better today," he said quietly. Ethan smiled.

"I am. Thank you. Especially for Saturday, as that seemed to help me a lot. It was really nice that you came over and helped me out when I was feeling down, and it made me feel a lot more better about what happened. You're a great friend, B."

"Thank you." Benny blushed, before daring himself to ask, "Does that mean you are over Sarah?"

Ethan shrugged. "I don't know if I will ever be over her. She is...she's great. If there was an apocalypse, and I had to marry someone before the world exploded, Sarah would've been my first choice. That's not much of an answer now, is it."

Benny hated seeing Ethan laugh when it came to something like this as it seemed like more of a dark chuckle than a happy one.

Suddenly, he blurted something out without thinking.

"How about me?"

Ethan dropped the book on the table and looked at him.

"W-What?" he stammered. Benny shrugged, trying to play it off coolly.

"Would you date me if it was the last choice you had?" Benny asked. "I mean, I am your best friend, and there is no one else like me. You like me as a friend, don't you? So if the end of the world ever did come, and Sarah was not an option, would I be one?"

Ethan looked at Benny, astonished. "I-I...I don't know what to say."

"What's the matter, E?" Benny said cockily. "Would you take a shot? Would you date your best friend?"

Ethan paled. Benny's mind raced.

'What the hell, Benny?' his conscious screamed at him. 'Why the hell did you say that? Oh, you are going to suffer the consequences of that one. It'll be even more harsher than grandma's punishments! What will you say now...'

"I'm joking, obviously," he said with a snap of his fingers, laughing uneasily. "I can't believe you fell for that? If you had saw the look on your face, Ethan; it was like you ran into the ghost of a dead guy!"

Ethan echoed Benny's laughter nervously.

"G-Good one, B," he managed to say.

"It was, wasn't it," Benny said rather dumbly.

The two stand in silence, before Benny coughed, and excused himself out of the library, saying a feeble goodbye and leaving an excuse to leave. When he did go, his conscious was louder than ever, and he was starting to think that his conscious was right; what an idiot he was.

12:13 AM; Whitechapel Gardens

"Oh, Steven," a girl gushed to her boyfriend, "I had a great time tonight. I know this is only our second date, but I feel as if I've known you my entire life. You are truly amazing, and I would love to be your girlfriend forever."

The guy - Steven - he laughed. "Well, this isn't a romantic movie, Daisy."

Daisy laughed along with him. "You are absolutely hilarious, Stevie."

Steven nodded with a smile, wrapping his arm around her waist as she buried her head into his shoulder. They walked along the gardens, watching as the moon peaked amongst the starry sky.

Suddenly, someone drowned in shadows appeared in front of them. Red eyes stared at them, and Daisy backed up slowly.

"Do you know this guy, Steven?" Daisy whispered as the person in front of them stared at them, as if they were studying them. Steven slowly shook his head, and then locked eyes with the stranger in the dark.

"Are you okay?" he asked slowly.

The person grinned, and grabbed Daisy by the neck. She gasped at his touch; cold and strong. His hand was wrapped around her neck, and the person's laugh echoed through the empty garden. Steven's eyes widened.

"Daisy!" he yelled, trying to get her. But the guy just grinned as his eyes flashed red and his fangs appeared. Steven screamed.

"Let's have some fun, okay?" the deep voice said.

He smashed Daisy on the ground with super-human like strength. Steven was crying as he saw Daisy's head crack from the pressure, and as the blood seeped out through a big cut on her head, he knew she was dead, or at least, close to death. He saw tears that stained her eyes as well.

But that didn't satisfy the person yet. The person ran his hands through the girl's hair, that was drenched in blood. He licked the blood off his fingers and growled, sinking his teeth, making holes around her neck. The only thing Steven could do was watch as the person had finished dragging his teeth across his girlfriend's neck, blood pouring out through the sides as he went deeper and deeper into her neck, leaning in to make sure he could go as deep and painful as possible.

"Stop it!" he yelled, but he knew it was pointless.

The vampire grinned, blood staining his teeth as he looked at the deep scars and holes he made in Daisy's neck. Wanting to finish the job, the person yanked the girl's head off with inhumane strength, and Steven screamed in terror as veins and blood dripped out of the decapitated head.

He wanted to throw up at the sight of his girlfriend. To finish off the deed, the person grinned as he snapped her spine, both her arms and both her legs. He ripped off her black high heel and stabbed it through her chest, more blood sinking through. Just to piss Steven off, he licked the blood off her body.

"What are you?" Steven whispered in shock when it was all over.

Its hands, its clothes, and its teeth were stained in crimson blood. He looked over at Steven, who was pale from the events, and super sped up to him, suddenly grabbing his neck. Steven watched the person smile widely.

"Don't be so desperate, Stevie," the person said with a grin, mocking his dead girlfriend. "You'll have a chance to play with Uncle Vampy."

Steven screamed for the third time, but that was drowned out with the person's laughter, and the last thing he saw as his vision darkened was red lips drenched in blood, and eyes that glowed a matching red.

His scream was the last thing the world ever heard from him.

A/N- Was that intense enough? I hoped you like the goriness at the end there, and the side humour contributed by the gang before that. What will happen next however? I guess you guys will learn more next chapter with my fanfic buddy ;)

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