Chapter 1- Sheer City
Author Note: Here we go! Maid For You has started! Enjoy, review, laugh, and cry!
There are three things that make most people happy; power, money, and love.
Out in the northern prairies where the sun can cook an egg, two of those things can be found in a place called Sheer City.
Named because of the climate and geography of the area, Sheer City is the place to go if you have money and power.
But don't even try to find love here.
Cause you never will.
A place where money and power rule, while crime is a common news.
The only love you'll see is fat and greedy people and green paper with mainly dead people's faces on it.
Of course, if you're lucky, you'll get enough money to leave this place.
If you go there searching for someone who stays there voluntarily and those who stay for the fame and fortune will be found over in the large open 24/7 graveyard in the west part of Sheer City.
Enjoy your stay. Not.
Rain pounded down on the car's roof like a hammer on nails, which is enough to drive any sane person insane.
However, the driver of the car is the only one going insane as the person riding in the back was humming along to the rain.
The sleek black car rode to a large gate which opened a second later, and then up to a large mansion sitting at the top of the hill it was on.
The driver parked in front of the door to the mansion, quickly got out of the car, and ran over to open the back seat's door.
"Here we are, sir." The driver stated, and the person in the back smiled before quickly getting out and walking over to the door, which thankfully was under an overhang.
"Thank you." The person called out to the driver as he got back into the car and drove off while the person smiled after the car.
The person then squeezed the little bit of rain from his brown hair, and opened the door silently.
He hung up his coat next to the door and took his shoes off to dry by the door.
The person fixed his shirt's collar quietly as he walked into a large study in the next room and sat down before someone raced over to him.
"Good evening, Master. How was the station?" The person standing asked with a sweet voice, and the person sitting smiled happily.
"Same old station, Lenalee. Tea, please." The person stated, and Lenalee nodded before racing off to the kitchen while the person smiled after her.
The person reached for the newspaper on the table next to his chair, and he grimaced at the front page.
Phantom strikes again! Police become useless.
The person sighed sadly as he opened the newspaper silently and read an article on house management until Lenalee returned with a cup of tea.
She set the tea down on the table and bowed quietly before walking behind the person and silently standing behind him.
"Thank you, Lenalee. Anyone drop by while I was out?" The person asked, and Lenalee quietly nodded before pulling out a piece of paper.
"Sir Lavi called to request dinner from us." She stated, and the person chuckled as he read the message.
Allen! Help me! I'm starving over here! Call me back or I'll drop by anyway!
Allen chuckled as he handed the note back to Lenalee, and she silently tossed into the trash bin against the wall.
"Same old Lavi. Must have gotten evicted again." Allen stated before taking a sip of his tea with a smile.
"You can go now, Lenalee. I'll call if I need anything before dinner." Allen stated while smiling behind him at Lenalee, and she nodded before leaving the room.
"Now then…" Allen muttered as he went back to reading the newspaper. "Go to finish my reading before Lavi drops by…"
Lenalee opened the backdoor to the kitchen and she closed it behind her before leaning against it with a sigh.
"He's in a good mood I see." Someone stated from where they stood in front of the kitchen counter with a knife in his hand.
Lenalee smiled happily as she walked to the counter and smiled at the person.
"He sure is…" She said quietly, and the person chuckled as he sliced up a cucumber swiftly.
"Hey, that's no fair, Lenalee! Remember that we drew straws to see who would greet Master Walker!" Another voice said angrily from behind Lenalee, and Lenalee grimaced bitterly as she glanced behind her.
"Listen, Fou, you can't draw straws with two people!" Lenalee stated, and the person next to her laughed while Fou glared at her angrily.
"Are you taking her side, Jerry!?" Fou asked angrily, and Jerry shrugged as he continued to cook.
"I'm just a spectator." He stated, and Lenalee smiled happily while Fou glowered bitterly.
"Listen, you stupid maid, Master Walker is mine!" Fou stated angrily, and Lenalee's smile vanished for a glare at Fou.
"Who are you calling a stupid maid, you're lower than me!" Lenalee stated, and Fou glared angrily at Lenalee.
"Don't get smug just cause you're Master Walker's personal maid!"
"Since he picked me to be." Lenalee added with a sly grin, and Fou was about to hit Lenalee until someone quickly jumped in the way of the two.
"Please stop fighting, you two! Can't you two just get along!?"
"No, Miranda." Fou and Lenalee stated in unison, and Miranda sighed sadly as she dragged Fou away.
"Come help me with the upstairs, Fou." Miranda said, and Fou grumbled as she let herself get dragged away by Miranda while Lenalee stuck her tongue out after Fou.
"You two are so alike…" Jerry muttered under his breath so Lenalee couldn't hear him.
Lenalee slowly cooled herself off and then looked over at Jerry.
"Oh yes! Be sure to make extra! Sir Lavi got evicted again most likely."
"Again? That stupid lolita detective! Why can't he be more like Master Allen since they both have the same job? I bet he got evicted cause he was staring at a passing girl!" Jerry muttered sadly, and Lenalee shrugged with a sigh when the doorbell rang three times and then two knocks.
"Lavi." Jerry and Lenalee muttered in unison before Lenalee went to get the door while outside, Lavi tried to dry himself off.
"Man, I'm stuffed!" Lavi said happily as he leaned back in his chair while Allen smiled while wiping his mouth.
"Remind me again why you got evicted?" Allen asked, and Lavi grimaced.
"Man, it was low. All I did was stare at the landlady's daughter. If she was uncomfortable, she could have said so instead of shouting…" Lavi muttered sadly, and Allen sweat dropped at him.
"Same old you…"
"Yeah, and same old lucky you!" Lavi shot back with a laugh, and the two laughed while Lenalee leaned against the wall in case she was needed.
In the kitchen, Jerry grinned as Fou placed some coins in front of him.
"Fine, you win the bet!" She muttered bitterly while Jerry pocketed the money.
"Your fault for betting against me." Jerry stated happily as he made dessert.
Back in the dining room, Lavi and Allen had stopped laughing as Lavi held the newspaper in front of him.
"Have you heard about this guy?" Lavi asked as he showed Allen's the front page's picture of someone leaping over a wall while police chased after him.
"Not really, but I have heard some things about him. He's called Phantom, right?" Allen asked, and Lavi nodded.
"Yeah, some idiot thought up the name after he first appeared at an opera and bombed it." Lavi stated, and Allen allowed himself a chuckle before staring at the picture.
"It's really getting the police riled though, right?" Allen asked, and Lavi nodded slowly.
"Yeah, Krory said that this Phantom guy has been beating the Police every time he shows up." Lavi stated, and Allen nodded before looking back at the article.
"What about Kanda? There's no way some criminal can beat him." Allen asked, but Lavi grimaced sadly.
"That's the thing! Kanda's been out every single time Phantom strikes! It's like the Phantom knows where Kanda goes, or Kanda is the Phantom, which is very unlikely." Lavi stated, and Allen nodded as the person in the picture had short black hair, not long.
"Just stay on guard, Allen." Lavi said before standing up and smirking.
"I guess I should get back to the station before Krory starts calling for me…" Lavi muttered, and Allen smiled with a nod.
"Yeah, it wouldn't be good if the Police Chief started to search for you during the night." Allen stated with a chuckle, and Lavi laughed before saying good bye and leaving the mansion while still getting his coat on.
"I knew I should have brought an umbrella…" Lavi muttered as he raced through the rain towards the gate.
Allen watched Lavi leave from the study's window while Lenalee placed some tea on the table next to Allen's chair and book.
"Thank you, Lenalee." Allen said when he looked over at the tea, and she nodded silently with a neutral face before walking away to the kitchen.
The moment the kitchen's door closed, Lenalee's face turned bright red as she tried to hide it.
"He's still in a good mood, huh?" Jerry asked as he noticed Lenalee's face, and she nodded happily.
"I'll be retiring for today. See you tomorrow morning, Jerry." Lenalee stated, and Jerry nodded with a wave.
"See you." He called after her as she walked up the stairs to where the maids slept.
She quietly snuck into her room, which was bitterly right next to Fou's, and she quickly shut the door before sliding to the floor as she smiled happily to the ceiling. "Good night, Master…"
The city at night is some place you never want to be in when the police race down the streets.
"I saw him go that way!" One officer shouted as he raced down at street while people closed their windows to block out the noise.
"There he is!" Another officer shouted as a shadowy figure turned down an alleyway.
"Don't let Phantom get away! To the person who catches him, a mansion and a name in history!" The lead officer shouted, and the policemen raced down the alleyway and got there in time to see the figure leap over a 20 foot fence.
The police officers raced to the fence and watched in amazement as the figure leaped over several other fences with ease.
"What the hell is he!?" The lead officer asked out loud as they all watched through the rain as the figure got away yet again.
"Damn that Phantom!" The lead officer shouted as he grabbed his hat and threw it to the wet ground as rain continued to pound down on them.
Behind the officers, Krory grimaced as he stood underneath an umbrella.
"Reever." Krory said, and the man quickly raced over with a pad of paper in his hands to keep the rain off of it.
"What is it, Chief?" Reever asked as he pulled out a pen and waited for Krory to speak.
"Get me him from Central." Krory stated, and Reever nodded as he wrote it down.
"Are you sure he'll come? Travis isn't one to come out here for nothing." Reever stated, and Krory nodded.
"I think this will be big enough for him. But just in case, schedule me a meeting with Allen. We'll need him too." Krory stated before getting into his car, and Reever nodded before running back to station.
Krory sighed sadly as he pulled out his wallet and opening it to reveal a picture of someone in it.
"I'll do this for you, Eliade…" Krory stated as he drove off while past the fences, rivers, and buildings, the figure grinned as he fixed the eye mask on his face.
"This is almost too easy…" Phantom muttered before flipping backwards and disappearing into the shadows.
XD The Phantom has finally made his debut! For a little bit of background, Phantom is based on the same Phantom from MAR (they have the same mask :P), but the idea for Phantom came to me before I read MAR. Funny, no? Anyway, hope you have enjoyed the first chapter! XD Review please!