Chapter 3 : The Blood Red Moon

The moon shined in the sky, illuminating the ground in an enchanting glow that made the forest look like something from a fairy tale.

Eli rested his head on a tree, far from where Ross and the two girls were currently sleeping.

They did not know his location, and he did not trust them well enough for them to be together.

He stared into the stars before looking down at the ground, his eyes drooping from his exhaustion.

Glancing one more time at the stars, Eli closed his eyes.

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"USELESS!" A woman said , her eyes filled with the same crimson colouring that Eli possessed. "IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU! WHY? WHY ARE YOU SO USELESS? you shouldn't of being born... you shouldn't of been born. You shouldn't be born..." The woman screamed and cried , before throwing a wine bottle at a innocent young boy , staring at her with confusion present in his eyes.

A wine bottle flew across the room , hitting the young boy on the forehead.

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Eli jolted up , before placing his hand on his forehead and breathing , sweat dripping down his face like a constant stream.

A scream erupted in the forest , alerting the forest to the people.

Eli frowned when he heard the scream , as he recognized that the scream was that of a humans , and that it came from the same place that Ross and the two girls were camping.

Eli grabbed a small rock before walking over to the place where the scream erupted from , only to see a pool of blood.

Eli's eyes were like the abyss when he stared into the lifeless body of Ross , who was on the floor with no trace of his lively attitude.

Following the trails of blood , Eli saw the quiet girl pounding his head with a rock , small sounds of laughter echoing through the forest.

The laughter , stopped , however.

That was when the two girls stopped looking at the mutilated corpse of Ross , and looked towards Eli , who had just arrived.

The laughter turned into tears , as the quiet one pointed at the rock before pointing over to Ross.

"He... he.... he..." The girl threw sniffles in a attempt to push her agenda's , but Eli shaked his head in annoyance.

"He tried to violate me!" The quiet girl spat out , which gave Eli a sense of amusement.

Eli's gaze switched from the quiet girl to the confident one , as the bloodthirsty expression from her quickly changed as well , resulting in a quiet cry. However , her acting skills were a lot less charming than the quiet girl, and she failed to convey the message as fast.

Seeing the deadpan stare of the Eli , the girl's clicked their tongues in annoyance before the fake act of their sadness was erased. It was replaced with a bloodthirsty expression on both of us.

"You knew from the start , didn't you." The "quiet" girl said , which caused Eli to laugh.

"Your not a mute?" The confident girl muttered, her expression went to confusion... to happiness. "I wonder how your screams will sound. Perhaps you will endure longer than that boy.." Her eyes flickered down to the corpse of Ross before towards Eli.

Both of them suddenly rushed over to Eli , as the latter suddenly started to create some distance between each over.

"Useless. If your a man , fight us straight on!" Both of them were a lot smaller than Eli , but had the number advantage.

Eli's eyes suddenly contorted , as memories flushed into the head of Eli.

"Useless." The same woman that haunted his head. "Your father did not want me! it's your fault! your fault! YOUR USELESS!"

U̵̱͘s̴͍͖͆̒̆͠͠ë̶̻͎̝̥́l̶͓̠̦̠̺̉̿̋̉̾͜͜ê̶͔͈̯̩̣͇̯̬̬͇͂͝s̵͇͖̆ş̵̬͇̪͎̙̜͉̣̍͂̋̈͂͌͛̇ U̵̱͘s̴͍͖͆̒̆͠͠ë̶̻͎̝̥́l̶͓̠̦̠̺̉̿̋̉̾͜͜ê̶͔͈̯̩̣͇̯̬̬͇͂͝s̵͇͖̆ş̵̬͇̪͎̙̜͉̣̍͂̋̈͂͌͛̇ U̵̱͘s̴͍͖͆̒̆͠͠ë̶̻͎̝̥́l̶͓̠̦̠̺̉̿̋̉̾͜͜ê̶͔͈̯̩̣͇̯̬̬͇͂͝s̵͇͖̆ş̵̬͇̪͎̙̜͉̣̍͂̋̈͂͌͛̇

Tendrils burst out of Eli's finger's , before flying towards the girl's vital organs.

They briefly stopped , as they saw the red strands fly towards them.

"He's a energy user!" The confident girl said , turning her back and talking to the sadistic one. "We need to run!"

"B-BEHIND YOU!"

A strand pierced the confident girl's body , erupting from her back , before lifting her in the air. Not even blood escaped her body as she became nothing more than a lifeless husk in a matter of seconds.

Energy seeped through the body of Eli , but his mind shaked from his past memories.

"Sister!" The eldritch tentacle did not stop at one , however. Fuelled by its primitive blood lust , it automatically seeked out the next closest person , which belonged to the sadistic girl.

She turned her back and attempted to flee , only to meet the same foolish fate as her sister.

In seconds , she was reduced to a lifeless husk , before her own body was thrown out with her body.

But the tentacles did not stop there , as they flaied around in the air , attempting to desperately try to find the next source to quench its never-lasting gluttony.

And then its eyes turned over to the only last remaining source of vitality it could see.

It's own master.

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Eli's head fluttered around , his memories flowing like a open river that provided him with nothing but pain.

"Mother...mother..." Eli softly spoke , the words seeping out of his mouth.

Each word produced became more sorrowful..... more angry.

Flames flickered in his eyes as he saw his own weapons rapidly approach him.

Then he thought of something.

The only thing that had gotten him through years and years of torture.

"Never mind the darkness

Never mind the storm

Never mind the blood red moon

The night will be over soon

The night will be over soon

Brush away the sorrow

Brush away the tears

Sing away your heavy heart

The night will be over soon

The night will be over soon

For every night goes quiet

And every moon grows blue

Beyond the dark, comes something new

The sun will be rising soon

The sun will be rising soon

The sun will be rising soon." Eli sang out , reclaiming the memory of his mother singing him a lullaby stopped the memories , as his eyes returned to their empty and dull state.

The eldritch string's were just inches away from his throat as they slowly started to retract back in his body.

Eli's dropped to the ground , as exhaustion started to fill his mind and his body.

Watching as the sun came up, Eli lay down on the ground , his eyes drooping once more from the toll that the energy had on his body.

The night will be over soon.

And the sun will rise.