Chapter 1
A message from the queen
Ceil put his paperwork down in a huff as his demon servant walked into the room carrying the daily mail. In his right hand he held the junk mail, but in the left he surprisingly held a tray carrying an envelope with the wax seal of her majesty Queen Elizabeth the second. "What is it this time Sebastian?" Ceil asked not even bothering to look up from his paper work. "I do hope it is the newspaper, I'm utterly bored with all of this." He said motioning to the paperwork. He gave an exasperated sigh as he started to rub his temple. That was when the butler finally reached the desk.
"Well master the mail is here." The butler said handing Ceil the junk mail and the newspaper. "And a letter from her majesty the queen." That was when Ceil finally looked up. 'Finally!' He thought. 'Something else for a change.' Honestly, it had been quite some time since the queen had needed anything. He had thought the queen would be worried about the odd automobile accidents happening lately. When he opened it he was not surprised to see the contents. Indeed, she had ordered him to solve the causes of the deaths. It even had said in the newspapers that the police were baffled by the incidents. Ceil didn't know much about the deaths either to tell the truth. All he knew about them were they were not murder or suicide and the all had died in car accidents. Truthfully, Ceil thought they had all been accident for that matter and nothing more. But if it frightened the Queen it had to be important.
After reading the letter he stood up with a small smirk on his face. He had wanted to do something like this for weeks and now she called upon him for something so tedious. *Sigh* "Well, Sebastian it seems her majesty wishes for us to investigate the odd automobile accidents." He said. "I really don't see I really don't see why she is worried about something so petty." He picked up the newspaper to see if there had been any more accidents. After a moment or two of scanning Ceil spotted the title in which there had indeed been another. "Sebastian prepare the car for Liverpool. We must get there before Scotland Yard gets there and messes up the crime scene."
As Ceil stepped out of the car he took a good look around. Indeed, Scotland Yard was there searching for evidence, but it was indefinitely clear; there was none to be found. When Ceil examined closer it had appeared to him if the driver drove himself into a lake. For, the car was completely submerged, and the police were attempting to successfully pull it out of the water. After examining the crime scene Ceil made his way to the half-submerged car as Sebastian followed him closely at his heels. "I don't see why your people are searching for evidence when this obviously was not a murder." Ceil said intently looking at the chief of police. "Actually, I don't see your people are here in the first place." He smirked when he saw the chief's facial expression.
"For your information Ceil, not all of us are spoiled rotten brats who like to stick their noses where they don't belong." The chief said looking very aggravated at the thirteen year old boy. "Besides this case is for smart minded adults only; now go away." He motioned his hand in a shooing motion. "You are neither needed, nor wanted here." The chief added as he started to walk away.
"I'm touched; you didn't call me a spoiled rotten brat who always demanded the attention of others." Ceil said simply brushing off the police chief's insults. "And actually I am wanted by her majesty the queen." Ceil added matter of factly to the chief who now looked thoroughly pissed off. "I really don't see why her majesty would be so worried about something as petty as this." Ceil continued now talking to Sebastian since the police chief was now ignoring him. "They just seem like accidents to me why meddle with such affairs?" That was when the police chief smirked at his unwanted visitor.
"You would think that wouldn't you?" The chief said triumphantly while supervising the backing up of the corpses. That was when Ceil finally looked at the police chief seriously.
"Oh, and what do you believe happened here?" Ceil said curious to see what Scotland Yard had come up with. The chief then opened his mouth to reply only to close it again. Every time he revealed something to the brat. Ceil Phantomhive would always use the evidence against him to solve the case and then took all the credit for himself. This time; it would not happen again.
"I'm not telling you Ceil." The chief replied snidely. This made Ceil's eye to bulge angrily.
"You would dare betray the queen." Ceil scoffed.
"Oh, I would never betray her majesty." The police chief replied staring over his spectacles at Ceil. "I'm just simply refusing to show you any evidence. For you see every time I do show you; you use it to solve the cases, but then you never give us any credit for helping you. So, what I'm saying is;" The chief removed his glasses for a dramatic pause then looked at the teenager very sternly. "You're on your own." He replied walking away to his police car.
"So, that's it your simply leaving me with no leads what so ever. Turning your back on the queen!" Ceil said looking completely pissed off. The chief simply snickered under his breath as he looked the brat right in the eyes.
"Let's just say; we work on our case without help from you, you work on your case without help from us, Ceil Phantomhive." He replied simply. "Think of it as working on to completely different cases, and for the fun of it why we don't add a little competition into to it. Let us see who can solve the case first." The chief put his spectacles back on.
"So, your challenging me to a race it seems." Ceil said snidely.
"Yes it does seem that way doesn't it?" The chief replied.
"I hate to inform you, but if I accept this challenge of yours you know you are going to lose." Ceil said a new smirk had magically appeared upon his face. "But, I cannot refuse an offer to something so rare like this. Challenge initiated. Challenge accepted.