Okay people as promised I sort of redid this story so that there is More structure to the story and a more sound plot. I know that some of you liked this story just fine but I wanted to make it better so please enjoy.
-Anjie-Kun Out!
In the afternoon...
London was at its most pleasent during this time of day, even with the heavy rain which would often vist the busy streets. Many people rushed to escape the dreary storm some were huddled under canopied buildings or inside shops and cafés indulging in their tea time and swapping stories, or tales of gossip with friends and such. One subject came up quite often what with it being the front page of the newspaper. "It's so sad." Said one lady to another. "I know, they were such a lovely couple, one day their family is planning a wedding and now they're planning a funeral." Responded the other lady with pity in her voice before she took a sip of her tea as her friend continued talking.
"I heard that they were killed the night before their wedding." She said. "How tragic! That makes three couples thus far. I do hope that they catch the doer as soon as possible." Said the other woman as she put a hand to her chest mortified by the news. These two ladies weren't the only people on edge about these gruesome murders, all of London was frightened. They've never had such an epidemic of deaths since Jack the Ripper. It was an almost constantly talked about subject that nobody was able ignore, it was safe to say that the people of London were petrified with fear.
While nearly the whole tea shop talked and prattled on a lone figure at a table sat quietly not even touching their tea. They seemed to had been listening in on the other women gossiping. Once they had heard enough they got up and lft the café quickly not even trying to avoid the rain that poored down.
Elsewhere...
Angela Blanc is seen flying high up over Sebastian's head with a tender yet superficial smile on her face. It was quite sudden how fast the whole ordeal transpired, Sebastian was dutifully walking home from the market with fresh groceries for dinner. During his rebound toward the Phantomhive manor he sensed Angela's presence, far away outside of town. Sebastian was not exactly looking for a fight but once he was in a secluded location; in a forest outside of London, she attacked. The able dark butler managed to get the shopping goods to safety before he began deflecting the fallen angel's assault.
After much dodging and exchanging blows Sebastian could sense something...off about the angel's excecution. He needed to bring the brawl to a momentary hault to know for sure what was different. He brought down a tree which nearly trapped her but she dodged at the last minute and flew herself to safety. She tried to look as though she had the upper hand but Sebastian new better, he could now sense what was different about the angel now and he couldn't help but smile triumphantly.
She was discreet in showing her desperation to escape this fight unscathed so she offered Sebastian a chance to join her again in a symbiotic partnership, promising him all the souls he could ever desire if he'd help her 'cleanse' this world. The dark butler was no fool, he could see pass her ruse and continued to let his smile widen. Now here they were caught in a locked-eyed stare down with each other, Angela trying to replenish as much power as she could muster while awaiting the demon's obvious answer, she flaps her large feathered wings ominously as she asks him, "So demon, will you accept my offer?" The butler grins with his eyes lit up glowing pink and pupils narrowed like a cat. He then chuckles and responds, "I'm sorry but, I'll have to refuse." The fallen angel then scowl defiantly and says, "What a shame, even with my counterpart dead you still wont leave that impure brat to join me?-" Angela had finally conjured enough strength to launch an attack. "Very well then… DIE!" She screamed as her energy spiked.
She attempts to smite the butler with feathers from her wings like daggers seeking him for their target, but he dodges and counter attacks with his signature silverware. In the blink of an eye the angel was overcome with pain as the knives and forks penetrated her wings and abdomen, making her plummet to the ground hard. Blood oozed down the feathers tainting them in red, Angela had to retract them in order to stop the pain whilst Sebastian lands in front of the weakened angel and smiles sadistically. "You may have lost your purity but you are still a being of divinity; you will live." She looked up in anger and thought to herself as she panted heavily, 'Damn demon!' She held her wounded stomach in an attempt to quell the bleeding, but she failed and was losing focus in her vision. Sebastian walked over to Angela swiftly, until he was towering over her damaged body. Angela did her best to scoot away in horror at how close the butler was, she had come to realize that it was a mistake to try and take on Sebastian while in such a weak state. She was now trapped under the spell of the demon's amused intimidating eyes as he kneeled down to her level and said with a seductive tone,"Now I have a proposition for you…" He leaned in to put his lips next to her head baring sharp teeth as he quietly spoke into her ear. "...Marry me." He said in a husk whisper. The Angel's eyes widened in speechless horror before she soon felt her world go dizzy, then finally slipped into darkness as she instantly lost consciousness.
At the Phantomhive Manor…
Ciel Phantomhive looked up Suddenly he was struck with a strange feeling like something was a miss. The young Earl couldn't put his finger on it until he realized, his butler hadn't brought him the usual afternoon tea which raised some suspicion. "That's strange Sebastian should've been back by now. Hm, what is that dog up to?" He said aloud to himself. Ciel put down the papers he had been reading which came from the confines of a manila envalope which contained more papers. Stacked up neatly next to the opened folder was a pile of two more folders. They were all the case files of the murdered victims throughout London. Apparently the Queen was confident that her loyal watch dog could solve the case, though it had proven difficult.
Ciel had been immersing himself in theories and evidence reports trying to piece together what he needed so far he had nothing not even a witness, it was like the Jack the Ripper case all over again. Even the nature of the crimes were baffling, all of the victims were killed in such an unusual and impossible manor especially for a murder. According to the Undertaker they all seem to have died from ruptured organs, and eyes. There were no incisions, no needle marks to suggest a drug was responsible, not even an abrasion on any of the bodies. This case was proving to be so baffling that Ciel had to actually call in for help, not from the Scotland Yard but someone far worse.
Soon there was a knock at the door, 'Is that him?' He thought. "Come in!" He called out hoping to see his butler no matter how much he detested his presence, oh how wrong he was to think it was Sebastian. Alois Trancy suddenly bursts in unannounced, "CIEL! How are you?" He asks excitedly as he attempts to hug the younger boy.*BAM* The obnoxious boy was out for a short minute, after having his head pushed into the wall by Ciel. This fool was unfourtunately Ciel's 'help' in solving the murders. The Queen's spider was just as capable of solving such a questionable case as the one eyed gaurd dog so it made sense to the young Phantomhive that he enlist the Trancy boy's aid, though lately he seemed to be regretting his decision the more time he spent with the annoying blonde.
Ciel got up to leave his office and scold Sebastian for letting this worthless creature into his mansion. He found himself stopped by a dark clad demon butler that wasn't his own, it was the Trancy butler Claude Faustus. "What is the meaning of this Where is Sebastian?" He demanded. At that moment Mei-Rin ran up frantically trying to catch her breath. "Young Master-I'm sorry...*huff-huff*...I couldn't catch up with them!" She said bowing profusely with a mop in hand. "Mei-Rin where's Sebastian?" He asked. The stammering maid then pondered for an answer trying to remember where the butler said he'd be. "I believe he said he was going to the market to pick up ingredients for dinner tonight." She said. "It's strange though he should've been back by now." Mei-Rin muttered, it was loud enough for the blunette boy to hear.
'He isn't back yet?' He thought. 'What could be taking him so long?' The Phantomhive wondered and concocted a million different reasons for his butler's absence. Soon his train of thought was interrupted by Claude. "Lord Phantomhive if you would like I could prepare the tea for you and my master during Michaelis' absents." Suggested the spider demon. Ciel was apprehensive but he figured it would be alright, he and the Trancy earl had agreed on a truce to solve the case. Speaking of said case Ciel didn't have time to worry about Sebastian's strange disappearance when he had to keep searching for answers. "Very well then. Come Trancy were going to the library, we have work to do." He said as he walked pass the butler and out the room. Alois shot up and followed after him swiftly. "Excuse me!" Said Mei-Rin as she bowed and turned from Claude to return to her duties. Claude then walked off to tend to his own obligations.
In the Library...
Ciel continued looking over the file of the latest victim trying to find any pattern that may have been overlooked while Alois, read through some books on anatomy rupturing and any other medical knowledge that might explain the cause of death. So far the two came up with nothing all they did know was that the victims were all young, of different statuses, and were either engaged and killed three days before the wedding, or recently married and killed three days after the wedding. There was deffinately somewhat of a pattern and a possible motive that being the possibility of good old fashion jealousy towards the lovely young couples, and their new found happiness, but even with this much it wasn't enough to go on. Ciel even read the deceased brides' journals to see if they mentioned anyone who might stand out, still nothing which meant that the boys would have to find something else as a lead.
The Phantomhive boy sighed and closed the file seeing that the efforts to find more evidence were fruitless. "Have you found anything of use Trancy?" He asked tiresomely. "Not really all of the possible causes of anatomical rupturing seem to only be possible through some form of penetration to the organs lethal drug administration, or natural cause." He said as he put away the last of the books he was reading. "None of the bodies were found with any wounds other than the ones that were made internally, and the eyes." The blonde took a seat across from the dark haired earl and rested his chin on his fist. Both boys were completely flummoxed.
"Damn!" Ciel cursed softly but not quietly. "Now Ciel, mind your tounge after all swearing is what I do best." Said Alois Playfully as he picked up a file from the table. "Hmp, it's not like you'll find anything we haven't already seen." Spoke the Phantomhive earl. "*Huff* well there has to be something we've missed! I hate this!" Trancy said angrily as he threw the papers back down onto the table. "Getting frustrated won't solve the case any faster perhaps a break is needed." Suggested Ciel making the blonde look up with a raised brow, "We'll continue once we've cleared our heads." He finished as he got up from his seat. He proceeded toward the door of the library which confused the older boy. "Where are you going?" He asked. "Back to my office do as you like here, just don't break anything." Ciel responded. Just as he had reached the door the dark blunette felt himself being hugged by his neck. "Are sure you can't stay?" Alois questioned, "We could continue the anatomy research. We could look up something more...hands on~." Alois whispered sinuously into Ciel's ear causing the younger boy to go red in the face from both fluster and fury.
*BAM!* went the sound of Ciel's fist as it collided with Alois' head. The Phantomhive left as soon as the blonde was out of commission crying helplessly from the throbbing pain as Ciel stormed off down the hall. He was halfway toward the foyer when the aforementioned blonde started running to catch up with him. Ciel walked as fast as he could but he knew he wouldn't be able to get away unless he went into a random room on the first floor, he wasn't about to hide from Alois Trancy in his own home. Soon he was in the foyer which was lit up by the chandelier that hung above the marble-floored entryway, Ciel then became wide eyed as he saw a familiar dark figure coming in from the door that led to the servants quarters of the mansion.
It was his butler wet from the rain but not dripping probably due to drying himself a tad to avoid doing so. The one eyed boy was eager to know of the demon's previous whereabouts and briefly walked over to to see what was the meaning of his tardiness. "Sebastia-…" he was about to speak, but he stopped in astonishment when he saw an unconscious woman in Sebastian's arms being carried bridal styled into his mansion. 'It can't be' thought Ciel as he recognized the motionless white haired woman. How could he not recognize her? She was literally his worst enemy, even worse than the Trancy boy who had just caught up with the shorter earl, vocally questioning him about the mysterious woman being carried by Sebastian. "Who's that?" Asked Alois haughtily as he saw the unresponsive person. Ciel was speechless he had no idea how to respond, Angela Blanc was in his home and his butler brought her there insensate and possibly a threat.
Sebastian looked over and smiled reassuringly at Ciel and Alois, "Hello Young master, Lord Trancy I shall have your tea ready shortly after I tend to our guest." He said before turning toward the stairs to reach the guest bedrooms. The stunned Phantomhive boy followed the dark man with his gaze full of disbelief. "Wow Ciel I didn't know your butler had a lady friend." Giggled the Trancy boy teasingly. That statement got the younger earl's blood boiling, lady friend?- 'No way in Hell!' Thought Ciel as he went off to follow his butler. He was going to get answers one way or an other. Alois just looked on as the boy swiftly followed after the dark butler leaving him confused and quickly bored.
Hope it's off to a good start and don't worry, to those of you who liked the story before I'll keep the old version and just post the remake separately. I'm also adding a sequel to the old version.
Don't worry I'm still here and writing and I'll keep you all posted as much as I can. See again soon my luvs!
Anjie-Kun Out!
