Break opened his eye, seeing the light pouring through the dusty window. Rubbing his eye, he immediately recalled the events that took place the day before. Slowly, he rose out of bed, smoothing down his silver hair, putting half his bangs over his left empty socket. Lastly, he put on his shoes and tattered cloak before searching for his contractor.

Sharon was having breakfast in the tea room; she had risen somewhat early, but let the chain sleep. She looked over at her chain with a smile as he entered the room. "Good morning Break. " He bowed, "Good morning milady. " She gestured to the seat across from her. "Have a seat, I'm guessing you're hungry? " Break nodded reluctantly taking a seat. On the table was toast, eggs and a few breakfast cakes. Sharon sipped her tea; she was not used to having company around. It felt…nice.

Slowly he helped himself to food and begun to eat. However, Break had not eaten with silverware for a long time, even more so, he had not had long black nails. This made eating a difficult task for the chain. Sharon stifled a giggle as she watched him attempt to eat.

Break looked up at her hot with embarrassment, "uhhh, it's harder than it looks. " He said after accidently dropping a piece of cake in his lap. She giggled softly "Do you need help? "

That did it. "Uh no! I can manage... "He said flustered, quickly developing a strategy to help him eat. Sharon smiled as she watched him; it would take him a while to get used to living like a human again. As he finished he put his silverware down and carefully looked up at her. "So uhh I believe you said we had a mission today? "

The young noble nodded putting her tea down. "It's in the next town over, there seems to have been some disappearances. " Break raised an eyebrow, it sounded suspicious. "Disappearances you say? "

She nodded, "We're not sure whether it's because of an illegal contractor or not. " He nodded, "I can see why they would want us to investigate. " Sharon stood up looking out the window. "I just hope it won't be too bad. " She paused, "Our carriage is here. " Break looked out the window, there was a carriage waiting for them. He wasn't nervous of the mission, or the dangers they would face. He was worried Sharon would fear him once she had to unseal his power. However, Break stopped thinking about such things and followed his contractor out the door and towards their ride. Soon the duo were in the carriage and heading towards their destination.

Break looked out the window and watched the scenery go by quietly. It was all brightly colored, much different from the depths of abyss. Sharon glanced over at him a moment, he saw her out of the corner of his eye staring at him. "Is something the matter? " She smiled and shook her head. "No you're just interesting to watch. " He gave a small shrug before turning back to the window.

...

It took about a day of traveling before the two arrived at their destination.

Sharon stepped out of the carriage with a soft moan as she stretched her arms, her chain by her side, scanning the area with his one eye, taking no note to the people who threw odd glances at him. "So where do we start? ". Sharon glanced around at her surroundings. "The last victim went missing at the town hall, I say we start there. " Break nodded, "That would be best. " His contractor smiled a bit before heading in the direction of the town hall.

She had not taken a couple steps before stopping to look around, with the odd feeling that someone was watching her. Break narrowed his eye, concerned. "Is something wrong? ", she shuddered a bit in reply. "It's…..just a chill. " She said softly. "Do you need something warm? " The chain asked, offering her his tattered cloak. Sharon smiled and shook her head. "No, that's ok. You're such a gentleman. "He gave her a small smile as they continued on their way.

The two soon made it to the town hall, were a small group of people lingered around the doorstep.

"Well it seems like there is quite the commotion over there. " Break noted. Sharon nodded, "Let's go take a look. " As the two got closer, Break smelled the strong scent of blood before seeing the dark spot on the steps the people were pointing too. Sharon gasped in surprise as she saw it.

Break narrowed his eye, "This most certainly looks suspicious. "

"Those disappearances could be murders. " Sharon added. "Yes, they must be. " Her chain added in reply.

Sharon approached one of the townspeople, "Excuse me, could you tell me what happened here? "

One of the villagers looked up at her, and immediately recognized her as someone of a noble family from the way she was dressed. "Well you see miss, we heard a scream and came here to investigate. But…when we came all we found was blood, no body just blood..." he finished, then remained silent.

Sharon nodded slowly, thanking the man for his help. "Must be a contractor…only a chain would devour the body…leaving no evidence but the blood..." she murmured half to herself.

Break looked around, focusing, trying to sense a chain nearby. However, they must have long fled for he could not sense a thing. Either that or the scent of blood was too distracting. Break narrowed his eye frustrated, trying to ignore the scent of blood and focused harder, finally he sensed it, it was faint but he could sense it. A chain, on the outskirts of town. Perfect.

Sharon looked over at him, "Did you find something? " Break nodded, "On the outskirts of town. Northeast of here I believe. "He muttered quietly, his words reaching Sharon's ears only. She nodded in reply, "Then, let's go. "

Break nodded, taking the lead, like a hunting dog on a fox hunt. As they drew closer, Break could sense the abnormal presence of a chain getting stronger. Soon they came upon the spot, were the contractor stood waiting.

Sharon pulled out her contract mirror immediately, ready to unseal Break's power and faced her opponent. The contractor was a young man, with a venomous look in his eyes. He smirked, "Ah, good. You came to me. Now I won't have to go through all the trouble of tracking you. "

Break narrowed his eye, a troublesome one; he thought turning to Sharon he waited for an order.

The contractor grinned madly, "I'm sure the blood of a noble will be enough to bring her back! " With that he summoned his chain, a hedgehog with big red eyes and a mouth oddly placed, on its stomach.

Sharon held up her mirror and placed her hand on it. "Break, I unseal you power! " The mirror began to glow and Break could feel his power rushing back. Break grinned madly, chuckling he pulled a sword, as it seemed out of the shadows and his hair blew back, reveling his empty eye socket, now glowing red. The Mad Hatter chain rushed at his opponent, his blade of darkness ready. As Break attacked, he felt his more mad and vicious nature returning to him, the nature he had when he was in abyss before his powers were sealed.

Sharon watched in awe, taking a few steps back, she had never seen him fight before. He seemed so vicious...

Break was most certainly not afraid to get in close to attack, he got up close to the chain and attacked with several quick slashes, all while grinning madly and chuckling to himself now and then as if he were actually enjoying himself. The contractor took a step back in fear, his confidence gone. "What are you..?"

Break landed on the ground as the chain doubled back in pain and fear, flashing a mad grin he replied. "I am Mad Hatter! "

Sharon's eyes widened at those words, she had heard of the Mad Hatter chain, only a few records were taken of him, but he was known to be extremely powerful. With a final mad laugh, Break finished off the chain with a vicious blow and the chain soon fell. The contractor let out a scream and collapsed as well, the seal on his chest glowing. With that the hatter backed away as the two were both pulled into the depths of the abyss. Sharon was stunned to say the least as she re-sealed Break's power, as Break's powers were sealed his socket stopped glowing, his blade vanished into nothing and his face seemed a lot less scary and more human, as if some vicious beast had just been tamed.

Sharon took a deep breath as she walked over to him, "G-good job. " Break could tell she was nervous and who wouldn't? He was a chain and he always would be. "Thank you, "he said quietly, ashamed of showing so much power to such an inexperienced contractor. What if she regretted making the contract with him? Sharon smiled a bit, still a little shaken. "Well I suppose our work here is done. " She held out a hand to him. "Shall we go? "

He managed to give her a small smile, before putting his clawed hand into her hand. "Yes, I believe we should. " She smiled and led him back through the town, ignoring the stares from the townsmen.

Break remained silent most of the way back, he worried that this young girl would not be able to stand his true form, or doubt his humanity, or all of the above. Break had become a chain, but whatever humanity he had left he refused to let go.

Seeing his power unleash like that had reminded Sharon that he was still a chain….no matter how human he looked. But still…..she couldn't pass him off as another monster.