The warm August night air was still, London was asleep. The alley ways were undisturbed, until the faint and frantic sound of footsteps began to echo and bounce off the cobble stone walkway.
"Please leave me alone!" The footsteps stopped and the owner fell to the ground, causing a snapping sound to emit from her wrist. She screamed and clutched her twisted hand. "P-please!"
A shadow loomed over the shivering woman. A white fanged smile stretched across the shadows face as it chuckled darkly. Tears streamed down the woman's face causing her makeup to run down her cheeks. The black water dripped onto her white dress forming a blot of black on her thigh. She coughed, choking on her own tears and spit. "Please, I-I'll do anything! Just please don't hurt me!"
The shadow chuckled. "My dear, I believe it was you who called me." It spoke for the first time, its deep terrifying voice slicing through the night air, driving chills down the woman's spine.
"You didn't sound like that before…" She whispered.
The shadow cackled. "Well…" Gold slits of eyes appeared. "I wasn't in my true form when we met." The woman gasped and tried scrambling to her feet, but before she could get anywhere the shadow was on her, pressing all its weight on her chest with its knees, smiling with delight as it looked down upon its prey. "Please do calm down, it will only take a few moments." Its smile grew. "Its going to hurt like hell though."
The woman's scream ripped at the air for only a few seconds before the shadow consumed her.
Knock Knock
"Come in."
The door opened swiftly and the butler glided in, a silver platter held on his right hand and balanced on his shoulder. He set it down on a table and turned to the boy at the desk. "Tea, my lord."
The boy looked up and sighed. "Right." He set the pen back into the ink and leaned back into his chair. "Make it swift Sebastian; I have a lot to do before our guests arrive."
The butler nodded and pored the tea into a cup, adding sugar and cream. He set the cup on a saucer and set it down in front of the boy. "Oolong tea today my lord." The boy looked at the cup unimpressed and took a sip. "It is praised for its digestive abilities in China. This was in fact a gift Lau left for you yesterday."
The boys eyes widened, he leaned forward and spit out the tea onto the desk. Panting he looked up at the butler with a glare. "What the hell are you thinking Sebastian!? Did you forget he tried to kill me once before!?"
Sebastian sighed and looked down at the boy. "I'm offended master; did you think I wouldn't check for toxins or poisons before I gave it to you?" The boy frowned and leaned back in his chair, saying nothing as he did so. Sebastian sighed and gently lifted the cup and saucer up and onto the silver tray.
"Have Mey-Rin to clean this up." The boy said grabbing his pen and getting back to what he was doing before.
The butler bowed briefly before grabbing the tray and going out into the hallway, quietly shutting the door behind him. He sighed. Why have Mey-Rin clean the damned mess? He entered the kitchen and set the tray down then dragging a hand through his hair. Sometimes I wish this contract was never-.
"Sebastian!"
The butler's head shot out of the clouds and back to Earth. Finny and Mey-Rin were standing in front of him, covered in ash and dirt. Sebastian groaned. "What happened now?"
"We were trying to clean Pluto when he started spitting flames!" Finny screeched between pants.
Mey-Rin nodded. "Yeah! Then Bard decided it would be a good idea to hit 'em with some fire to play with 'em thinking it would calm 'em down and-."
"That's quite enough Mey-Rin. I get the picture." Sebastian sighed rubbing his temples. "Alright, you two get cleaned up before the guests get here." He flipped open his pocket watch. "We have three hours before the guests arrive and we still need to prepare dinner and get the dining room ready. Mey-Rin, Ciel needs you in his study; please hurry down there, after you clean yourself up." The maid nodded and scampered down the hallway. Sebastian looked at Finny and nodded. "Go get cleaned up and tend to the front garden. I want the mansion looking attractive when they arrive." He turned to leave. "Oh, and get that damned hound somewhere out of sight." He added before striding down the hallway.
"Lord Arthur, welcome to the Phantomhive manor." The butler opened the carriage door letting the tall man out. Sebastian took the small hand of the woman in the carriage and smiled. "Lady Francis." He said helping her down the steps.
The woman smiled. "It's been quite a long time, hasn't it Arthur?"
The man nodded, straightening his jacket. "Too long." He turned to Sebastian and smiled. "How is Master Phantomhive?"
The butler smiled contently and closed the carriage door. "Quite well, thank you sir." He held out his arm for the woman who took it immediately. "Please allow me to escort you both inside. Dinner is waiting."
"I suppose I should have seen this coming Arthur, you smelled like a rat when we first met." The boy hissed standing over the quivering man.
A gun had been thrown across the room along with seven bullets, which were now in the woman who was lying in a pool of her own blood, thanks to the butler.
"You brat." The man snarled.
The boy chuckled and looked at the woman. "You never should have crossed me Arthur. It would have ended so differently for you and your wife, had you just left..." The boy reached behind his head and untied the eye patch, letting it fall to the floor.
The man gasped. "Your eye…Ciel…"
Ciel chuckled and looked at Sebastian. "Sebastian."
"Yes my Lord?"
"End this."
A sinister smile stretched across the butler's face. "As you wish, my lord." The butler's eyes became a bright red and his pupils became black catlike slits. "My apologies Lord Arthur." The butler said as he slid his blood covered cloves off his hands with his teeth. "I honestly was staring to like you."
The man scrambled backwards. "Wh-what are you?" Sebastian smiled, revealing a mouth full of bleach white fang-like teeth. He leaned close to the man's ear and his smile spread further across his face. "I'm simply, one hell of a butler."
A scream ripped out of the Lord's throat and echoed around the room for a brief moment until it was suddenly cut short with a small choking sound, confirming the butler had done his job.
It was over.
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