This chapter is where the other left off….
Phoebe just saw something that she was worried about and she just left the apartment.
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Phoebe ran to the shop where she bought the book at. But the sign and the bars indicated that it was closed for the night. So she went back home to go and read some more about vampires. Maybe she imagined it. His hands were covered with soapy dishwater. So she probably missed the cut. Well, she would just have to get a good look at his hands tomorrow.
*******
After Phoebe ran out of the apartment, Joey and Chandler both looked at each other confused. Joey turned his head to the side and shrugged his shoulders, while Chandler shrugged his arms. They then noticed that he was not wearing the band aide over his finger and no cut could be seen.
"Do you think she saw?" Joey asked.
"I did not catch her looking this way. But I am not sure." Chandler answered solemnly.
"I guess we had better be on the lookout for strange behavior."
"One question, how can we tell? This is Phoebe we are talking about here."
Joey just looked at Chandler. "Right. Well, more so than usual."
*******
The next day:
Rachel decided to make an announcement. "Uh, guys, I have been thinking since the night before last about what happened. I have come top a decision." Rachel then took a deep breath. "Joey, the love I feel for you is a special love. I mean you are special to me and always will be a very good friend. You are there for me and always have my best interests at heart and you and I have a great open communication."
"I will always be there for you Rachel and would never lie to you. I love you." Joey responded
Rachel's eyes started filling with tears. "But I do not love you like that. I love you like I would a brother. And that is how I look at you, a brother. I am really sorry, Joey. But Ross and I have a history together and now we have Emma. I mean we were younger then and now we are more mature and we can make a relationship work. Besides I think that it would be in the best interests for Emma to have both of her parents together. I mean there is so many kids who come from broken homes, I think that it would be best if Ross and I were together for Emma's sake. I am truly sorry."
"No you are not. This is just your way of copping out. I mean why would you want me? I am not very bright or we might as well say dumb and I have no real good job, or no steady paycheck. I am just an out of work actor."
"Joey…that is NOT true!"
"I remember that your greatest dream in life is to marry a doctor. A smart doctor who has a REAL job and a steady, good paycheck so that you can go to any of the stores of your choice and NOT have to worry about money."
"Joey!"
"I mean with me what do you get? I will tell you what you get: an actor who does not make much money, a man who is probably the dumbest person on the face of the planet." Joey then continued on before anyone could say anything. "But what I leave with you Rachel Karen Green is that I would NEVER cheat on you. I would have always treated you like the lady you are. I would have NEVER taken you for granted. And most importantly, I would have loved you with all of my heart, every day of my life. And that is my promise to YOU, I will NEVER find anyone to settle down with, because my heart is set on YOU!" After his speech Joey quickly left.
Rachel started to follow him. Ross grabbed her arm. "Rachel, wait for a bit, he will settle down. I mean it's Joey."
Finally, Chandler could stand it no more. "Yeah, it is Joey. Who has feelings beneath his exterior. But remember this Rachel, he just gave you his heart and bared his soul to you. How you choose to use the information that you have been given, is your decision."
"Well, I think it is a good idea that you and Ross are getting back together again!" Monica happily stated, ignoring her husband.
"Thank you Monica, but Joey…"
"He will get over it in time." Phoebe prophesied.
Chandler shook his head, "No he won't."
"Chandler, I want to talk to you NOW!" Monica then grabbed hold of his arm and led him toward the bedroom, shutting the door. "Rachel made her decision, she wants Ross! Now what is YOUR problem? He is your friend and brother-in-law!"
Chandler took a deep breath, "Monica listen, Joey meant every word that he said. He is in love with Rachel as much as I am in love with you! Why can't you see that?"
"You are ONLY siding with Joey because you believe that he is the ONLY one who is getting hurt. Rachel is hurting, too!"
"Rachel is NOT hurting! Hell, she is probably enjoying all of this attention she is getting and this is just something that she can use in her little games of cat and mouse with Ross."
Monica then hit Chandler hard upside the cheek. "How dare you! She would never play anyone like that, ever!"
"Yes, she would and you know it! The only reason that you want to believe her is that she is your best friend, and that you are concerned for Ross's happiness. Not to mention you romantic streak is getting the better of you." Chandler then sighed. "Honey, right now I am at the crossroads where I think that Ross and Joey would be better off WITHOUT Rachel in their lives romantically speaking. She is just too fickle to care about anything but her own happiness."
"She is MY best friend!" Monica replied back with hotly.
"Honey, I AM your best friend! Who was it that severed ties with who? And who was there for you when you were in the dumps and had relationship problems?"
"You have always been there." Monica admitted.
"I have always tried to be there for you and to help you out . I even kept waiting and hoping that somehow you would look at me differently after the beach incident. I will always be thankful for London and everything that happened there. From everything to that idiot man calling you Ross's mom, although you look like you just got out of your teens. To your stupid bitch of a mother who is SOOO jealous of you that she has to make up reasons to hate you! I mean you are SOOO perfect that it is so obvious that she is jealous of you. I mean you have a career, live in a great apartment. Have terrific friends and a husband that will always adore and love you. And one that will never take you for granted! Ever! To me you are the most perfect woman on the face of this planet!"
Monica looked at Chandler for a minute then gave him a half smile. "You really think so?"
"Babe, I KNOW so." He kissed her on the forehead and then the cheek and finally the lips. He then held her in his arms.
"I do know that Rachel is so much prettier."
"Not in my eyes. I mean she had to have plastic surgery to get to look that way. You were just born naturally gorgeous! And your beauty is not only stopped by what you look like outside, by how great you look inside!"
While they were inside talking, the others could hear every word.
Rachel was stunned, mad and very hurt. How dare he say that stuff. It was not true, she was not using Joey to get Ross to propose!
Ross was astonished and not as much hurt as he was mad at Chandler now. Since all in all Chandler said that he wanted Ross to have the best interests at heart.
Phoebe was a surprised to hear that coming from Chandler's mouth. But one thing was for sure, he was playing Monica like a well tuned instrument. That she was sure of.
He knew what buttons to push and exactly what he should say to get on her good side. He was a master manipulator. For what he was saying and how he was saying it, it would have taken a long time to get where he was at, almost a lifetime.
But what he was doing right now was getting Joey and even Ross from being the bad guys to Rachel to being the bad guy or woman. It seemed as though to him that he was getting Monica distant towards Rachel. By making it look like that Rachel was playing both Joey and Ross. Joey because he was so innocent and Ross because he happened to be Monica's brother.
Something was up. She need to take the information that she had obtained to Madam Juliann.
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Later on that day,
Phoebe arrived at the shop. She walked up to the old woman there.
"Madam Jillian, something is wrong."
"Yes, my dear. Tell me all about it."
Phoebe then took out a picture of Joey and Chandler and handed it to her. "I have a bad feeling that something is not all kosher about these friends of mine here."
Madam Jillian took one look at the picture went over to the door and closed the shop up. "Come with me, Phoebe. I need you to tell me all about them. First off what made you think so?" She asked as she led Phoebe down a flight of stairs.
"Well Chandler, the brown headed one, got a very bad paper cut on his right forefinger, but I saw that it was not there an hour later. And other little things that went unnoticed before."
"You are right definitely right, my dear. They are BOTH not normal. Tell me is there anyone in their lives, romantically or are either one of them married?"
"Yes, Chandler is married to Monica. And Joey just told Rachel he loves her. Why?"
"How long has he been married? Five years?"
"No about four."
"Hopefully there is still time. And Rachel?"
"She and Joey are not dating. He just came out and told her that he loves her."
"She is safe for the moment. But Monica…is in danger of becoming a vampire."
"WHAT?"
"They are both vampires."
"No, there is no way."
"Chandler is in the process of changing her into a vampire. There are two choices: one kill them all, which might be better for Monica, since she is almost one as it is, or two kill the men and bring Monica here to make her a huntress. She will not be a vampire, but she will not be normal either, she will be able to hunt them down. But we must act quickly, once Chandler turns her into one or as he turns her into one, he will kill her close relatives and friends systematically. Vampires are dangerous and will let nothing stand in their way to get what they want."
"WHAT? That would be me, Rachel and Ross. Not to mention her parents."
"Not if Joey decides to make Rachel a vampire. Listen, I hate to say it, but if Monica is with in a year of becoming a vampire, then it would be best if we kill her as well as Chandler and Joey.."
"What? I can not kill them, they are two of the sweetest men on the face of the earth. Neither one of them could really hurt anyone."
"They are both over two thousand years old, together."
"What?"
"See for yourself." She then lifted an old book that had old photographs in it.
"Oh, my god!"
"They both have killed before. And even recently, as well. That break in at the museum? It was them. Listen, if we do not stop them, then they will kill again and again and again. It is the only way to save your friends lives."
Phoebe closed her eyes in pain. "What must I do?"
"We have got to stop Chandler from inducting Monica into the fold. Next time when the full moon is going to be up, we have to stop him. During this, though, we will have to show Monica how much of a monster he truly is."
"And then we kill him right?"
"No, Monica is going to have to kill him."
"But she will never kill him, she loves him too much."
"Then we will have to kill her as well. Either way, Chandler and Joey will have to die. You will have to kill them if Monica will not."
"Why me?"
"Whether you know it or not, you have gypsy blood flowing through your veins. We have no choice but to kill those creatures. Whether they be werewolves, vampires or zombies. That is one of the reasons why I gave you that book. Yu must be trained with the knowledge of the ancients and now!"
"What must I do?"
"Tell me more about your fiends."
*********
Chandler and Joey met at a bar with three other people. Nora Tyler Bing, Joseph Tribbianni Sr. and another imposing man.
"Well?" Nora asked.
"Monica will be able to be brought across with in a year and a half." Chandler explained.
"Good. You mentioned another problem."
"Yes, one of our friends has another copy of THE BOOK." Joey explained.
"What? I thought your father destroyed them all. "Nora spat out.
"We thought so too. But it is a copy of it."
"Are you sure, Chandler?" Nora asked.
"Very."
"We will have to stop her, from obtaining and using the knowledge." Joey's father stated.
"Agreed, but how?" Joey asked . If anything is done then it will draw attention to what she was talking about.
"Leave that to me." The imposing man stated. "Now about Ross Geller, what needs to be done?"
Joey and Chandler looked at each other. Chandler then started. "Well, he must do something so gruesome that his parents will no longer think of him as the terrific one and there will be no feelings of poor Ross or anything to that effect."
Nora smiled a truly wicked smile, "I think I have an idea."
***********
The next chapter will be far more gruesome. And everything will start happening at a greater pace.
Phoebe just saw something that she was worried about and she just left the apartment.
******
Phoebe ran to the shop where she bought the book at. But the sign and the bars indicated that it was closed for the night. So she went back home to go and read some more about vampires. Maybe she imagined it. His hands were covered with soapy dishwater. So she probably missed the cut. Well, she would just have to get a good look at his hands tomorrow.
*******
After Phoebe ran out of the apartment, Joey and Chandler both looked at each other confused. Joey turned his head to the side and shrugged his shoulders, while Chandler shrugged his arms. They then noticed that he was not wearing the band aide over his finger and no cut could be seen.
"Do you think she saw?" Joey asked.
"I did not catch her looking this way. But I am not sure." Chandler answered solemnly.
"I guess we had better be on the lookout for strange behavior."
"One question, how can we tell? This is Phoebe we are talking about here."
Joey just looked at Chandler. "Right. Well, more so than usual."
*******
The next day:
Rachel decided to make an announcement. "Uh, guys, I have been thinking since the night before last about what happened. I have come top a decision." Rachel then took a deep breath. "Joey, the love I feel for you is a special love. I mean you are special to me and always will be a very good friend. You are there for me and always have my best interests at heart and you and I have a great open communication."
"I will always be there for you Rachel and would never lie to you. I love you." Joey responded
Rachel's eyes started filling with tears. "But I do not love you like that. I love you like I would a brother. And that is how I look at you, a brother. I am really sorry, Joey. But Ross and I have a history together and now we have Emma. I mean we were younger then and now we are more mature and we can make a relationship work. Besides I think that it would be in the best interests for Emma to have both of her parents together. I mean there is so many kids who come from broken homes, I think that it would be best if Ross and I were together for Emma's sake. I am truly sorry."
"No you are not. This is just your way of copping out. I mean why would you want me? I am not very bright or we might as well say dumb and I have no real good job, or no steady paycheck. I am just an out of work actor."
"Joey…that is NOT true!"
"I remember that your greatest dream in life is to marry a doctor. A smart doctor who has a REAL job and a steady, good paycheck so that you can go to any of the stores of your choice and NOT have to worry about money."
"Joey!"
"I mean with me what do you get? I will tell you what you get: an actor who does not make much money, a man who is probably the dumbest person on the face of the planet." Joey then continued on before anyone could say anything. "But what I leave with you Rachel Karen Green is that I would NEVER cheat on you. I would have always treated you like the lady you are. I would have NEVER taken you for granted. And most importantly, I would have loved you with all of my heart, every day of my life. And that is my promise to YOU, I will NEVER find anyone to settle down with, because my heart is set on YOU!" After his speech Joey quickly left.
Rachel started to follow him. Ross grabbed her arm. "Rachel, wait for a bit, he will settle down. I mean it's Joey."
Finally, Chandler could stand it no more. "Yeah, it is Joey. Who has feelings beneath his exterior. But remember this Rachel, he just gave you his heart and bared his soul to you. How you choose to use the information that you have been given, is your decision."
"Well, I think it is a good idea that you and Ross are getting back together again!" Monica happily stated, ignoring her husband.
"Thank you Monica, but Joey…"
"He will get over it in time." Phoebe prophesied.
Chandler shook his head, "No he won't."
"Chandler, I want to talk to you NOW!" Monica then grabbed hold of his arm and led him toward the bedroom, shutting the door. "Rachel made her decision, she wants Ross! Now what is YOUR problem? He is your friend and brother-in-law!"
Chandler took a deep breath, "Monica listen, Joey meant every word that he said. He is in love with Rachel as much as I am in love with you! Why can't you see that?"
"You are ONLY siding with Joey because you believe that he is the ONLY one who is getting hurt. Rachel is hurting, too!"
"Rachel is NOT hurting! Hell, she is probably enjoying all of this attention she is getting and this is just something that she can use in her little games of cat and mouse with Ross."
Monica then hit Chandler hard upside the cheek. "How dare you! She would never play anyone like that, ever!"
"Yes, she would and you know it! The only reason that you want to believe her is that she is your best friend, and that you are concerned for Ross's happiness. Not to mention you romantic streak is getting the better of you." Chandler then sighed. "Honey, right now I am at the crossroads where I think that Ross and Joey would be better off WITHOUT Rachel in their lives romantically speaking. She is just too fickle to care about anything but her own happiness."
"She is MY best friend!" Monica replied back with hotly.
"Honey, I AM your best friend! Who was it that severed ties with who? And who was there for you when you were in the dumps and had relationship problems?"
"You have always been there." Monica admitted.
"I have always tried to be there for you and to help you out . I even kept waiting and hoping that somehow you would look at me differently after the beach incident. I will always be thankful for London and everything that happened there. From everything to that idiot man calling you Ross's mom, although you look like you just got out of your teens. To your stupid bitch of a mother who is SOOO jealous of you that she has to make up reasons to hate you! I mean you are SOOO perfect that it is so obvious that she is jealous of you. I mean you have a career, live in a great apartment. Have terrific friends and a husband that will always adore and love you. And one that will never take you for granted! Ever! To me you are the most perfect woman on the face of this planet!"
Monica looked at Chandler for a minute then gave him a half smile. "You really think so?"
"Babe, I KNOW so." He kissed her on the forehead and then the cheek and finally the lips. He then held her in his arms.
"I do know that Rachel is so much prettier."
"Not in my eyes. I mean she had to have plastic surgery to get to look that way. You were just born naturally gorgeous! And your beauty is not only stopped by what you look like outside, by how great you look inside!"
While they were inside talking, the others could hear every word.
Rachel was stunned, mad and very hurt. How dare he say that stuff. It was not true, she was not using Joey to get Ross to propose!
Ross was astonished and not as much hurt as he was mad at Chandler now. Since all in all Chandler said that he wanted Ross to have the best interests at heart.
Phoebe was a surprised to hear that coming from Chandler's mouth. But one thing was for sure, he was playing Monica like a well tuned instrument. That she was sure of.
He knew what buttons to push and exactly what he should say to get on her good side. He was a master manipulator. For what he was saying and how he was saying it, it would have taken a long time to get where he was at, almost a lifetime.
But what he was doing right now was getting Joey and even Ross from being the bad guys to Rachel to being the bad guy or woman. It seemed as though to him that he was getting Monica distant towards Rachel. By making it look like that Rachel was playing both Joey and Ross. Joey because he was so innocent and Ross because he happened to be Monica's brother.
Something was up. She need to take the information that she had obtained to Madam Juliann.
**********
Later on that day,
Phoebe arrived at the shop. She walked up to the old woman there.
"Madam Jillian, something is wrong."
"Yes, my dear. Tell me all about it."
Phoebe then took out a picture of Joey and Chandler and handed it to her. "I have a bad feeling that something is not all kosher about these friends of mine here."
Madam Jillian took one look at the picture went over to the door and closed the shop up. "Come with me, Phoebe. I need you to tell me all about them. First off what made you think so?" She asked as she led Phoebe down a flight of stairs.
"Well Chandler, the brown headed one, got a very bad paper cut on his right forefinger, but I saw that it was not there an hour later. And other little things that went unnoticed before."
"You are right definitely right, my dear. They are BOTH not normal. Tell me is there anyone in their lives, romantically or are either one of them married?"
"Yes, Chandler is married to Monica. And Joey just told Rachel he loves her. Why?"
"How long has he been married? Five years?"
"No about four."
"Hopefully there is still time. And Rachel?"
"She and Joey are not dating. He just came out and told her that he loves her."
"She is safe for the moment. But Monica…is in danger of becoming a vampire."
"WHAT?"
"They are both vampires."
"No, there is no way."
"Chandler is in the process of changing her into a vampire. There are two choices: one kill them all, which might be better for Monica, since she is almost one as it is, or two kill the men and bring Monica here to make her a huntress. She will not be a vampire, but she will not be normal either, she will be able to hunt them down. But we must act quickly, once Chandler turns her into one or as he turns her into one, he will kill her close relatives and friends systematically. Vampires are dangerous and will let nothing stand in their way to get what they want."
"WHAT? That would be me, Rachel and Ross. Not to mention her parents."
"Not if Joey decides to make Rachel a vampire. Listen, I hate to say it, but if Monica is with in a year of becoming a vampire, then it would be best if we kill her as well as Chandler and Joey.."
"What? I can not kill them, they are two of the sweetest men on the face of the earth. Neither one of them could really hurt anyone."
"They are both over two thousand years old, together."
"What?"
"See for yourself." She then lifted an old book that had old photographs in it.
"Oh, my god!"
"They both have killed before. And even recently, as well. That break in at the museum? It was them. Listen, if we do not stop them, then they will kill again and again and again. It is the only way to save your friends lives."
Phoebe closed her eyes in pain. "What must I do?"
"We have got to stop Chandler from inducting Monica into the fold. Next time when the full moon is going to be up, we have to stop him. During this, though, we will have to show Monica how much of a monster he truly is."
"And then we kill him right?"
"No, Monica is going to have to kill him."
"But she will never kill him, she loves him too much."
"Then we will have to kill her as well. Either way, Chandler and Joey will have to die. You will have to kill them if Monica will not."
"Why me?"
"Whether you know it or not, you have gypsy blood flowing through your veins. We have no choice but to kill those creatures. Whether they be werewolves, vampires or zombies. That is one of the reasons why I gave you that book. Yu must be trained with the knowledge of the ancients and now!"
"What must I do?"
"Tell me more about your fiends."
*********
Chandler and Joey met at a bar with three other people. Nora Tyler Bing, Joseph Tribbianni Sr. and another imposing man.
"Well?" Nora asked.
"Monica will be able to be brought across with in a year and a half." Chandler explained.
"Good. You mentioned another problem."
"Yes, one of our friends has another copy of THE BOOK." Joey explained.
"What? I thought your father destroyed them all. "Nora spat out.
"We thought so too. But it is a copy of it."
"Are you sure, Chandler?" Nora asked.
"Very."
"We will have to stop her, from obtaining and using the knowledge." Joey's father stated.
"Agreed, but how?" Joey asked . If anything is done then it will draw attention to what she was talking about.
"Leave that to me." The imposing man stated. "Now about Ross Geller, what needs to be done?"
Joey and Chandler looked at each other. Chandler then started. "Well, he must do something so gruesome that his parents will no longer think of him as the terrific one and there will be no feelings of poor Ross or anything to that effect."
Nora smiled a truly wicked smile, "I think I have an idea."
***********
The next chapter will be far more gruesome. And everything will start happening at a greater pace.