Ciel stared down at the body of Kate Fellington, a woman who was viciously murdered the night before. "Sebastian, analysis."
"Yes young master." Sebastian analyzed the crime scene and the body. "Kate Fellington. Age: late teens early twenties. Skin lacerated in several places throughout the body, all cuts rough and jagged. They were not done with a cutting utensil."
Ciel thought about Sebastian's last words. "Are you saying they were made only by the murderer's fingernails?"
"Well something such as a rock could have been used as well; however since there is no residue of any such thing in the wounds it is highly unlikely. Therefore; yes the lacerations were made with just the perpetrator's fingernails."
Ciel was quiet for a moment, then he nodded. "Continue."
"Of course young master. The woman ultimately met her demise by a quill to the left eye jammed so far in, it penetrated her brain. However the dried blood on the ground and around her lacerations is much more darker than the blood emanating from her eye. Which indicates that her lacerations were made a while before the fatal blow. Perhaps an hour or so before."
Ciel nodded slowly "I see. So this girl was cut throughout her body, Yet she managed to keep herself alive somehow for around an hour and the perpetrator got sick of waiting for her to die so he jammed a Quill through her eye socket."
"Precisely young Master." Sebastian said.
"Do we have anything to indicate who the murderer was?" CIel asked
"The forensic specialists are dusting the house for prints. So far…" Sebastian looks around at them. "It seems they have not found any yet."
One of the Forensic specialists walked towards Ciel. "Unfortunately there are no full prints, just a few partial ones. It's as if This man always wore gloves or something peculiar like that."
"Alright then. I will go around the neighborhood and ask the neighbors about who lived here. and if they would know anything about why he would do this." Ciel heads towards the door. "Come on Sebastian."
"Yes master." Sebastian said with a small smile on his face as he followed Ciel out.
"No I'm sorry I didn't know him all that well. I had just moved here this passed week." A man living a few doors down from where the murder occurred said. "Most people had come to my house to welcome me to the neighborhood. Everyone except him. I was going to go introduce myself in a few days on my day off from work. He just seemed very quiet the few times I've seen him around."
Ciel sighed "Alright there's probably nothing else we will get from him, let's go to the next neighbor."
Sebastian nodded and headed out with Ciel. They both went to the next House and knocked on the door.
As the day dragged on, most of the Neighbors said roughly the same thing: That he was very quiet and conservative and kept to himself most of the time. However the few people who did speak to him said he was kind, and friendly, just very shy. Unfortunately no one knew or would tell them his name.
Ciel leaned against the house him and Sebastian just came out of. He closed his eyes and crossed his arms. "We are getting nowhere with these people. Either they actually don't know anything about this guy, or they were all in on it so they don't wanna be caught."
"I believe they genuinely don't know anything." Sebastian said. "Most, if not all of them seemed truly shocked at the murder."
Ciel sighed. "Are we almost done for today? These people are giving me a headache." He said as he put his middle and pointer finger on his forehead.
"We have one more house to go to." Sebastian turned in the direction of the last house: the farthest one from the crime scene. If the people living there are like the rest of the neighborhood, We'll be done in less than five minutes Young Master."
"Alright…" Ciel headed towards the last house "Let's get this over with"
"Yes Young lord."
Once they reached the final house Sebastian knocked on the door with the knuckle of his Middle finger. After a few moments, the door began to slowly creak open, and stopped when it was about an inch open. A single eye peaked through the gap and looked at the two men on the porch. "May I help you…?" A small, female voice asked them.
"Good afternoon." Sebastian said. " We are part of the crime Investigation. We came to ask you about the murder that occurred last night and we would like to ask you a few questions about the perpetrator. May we come in?"
The woman stared at them in silence for a few seconds. "Of course." She finally said as she opened up the door letting them in.
The woman was small, no taller than 5'3. Her thick, slightly unruly brown hair covered her face as she kept her head down. "Please, have a seat."
Ciel and Sebastian do as they were requested.
"Would you like some tea?" The woman asks
"No thank you." Ciel replied "Let's just get this over with."
"Oh...Alright." The woman sat down in a chair across from them. "What is it you want to ask?"
"The man who lives in the house where the murder took place, do you know him?" Ciel bluntly asked.
"Not well. We did speak a few times though. He seemed like such a gentleman. Very kind and Proper. I never would have expected he'd be capable of something…" she put her hand on the side of her face. "This horrible."
Ciel looks at the woman with an unreadable expression on his face. "Miss, did he ever tell you his name? a first and last?"
"He never told me his last name, but he did say his first name once."
Ciel gripped his chin with his thumb and forefinger and closed his eyes. 'Just a first name isn't ideal, but it's better than nothing.' He thought to himself. 'Hopefully it's not a very common name like Edward or Nicholas. If that's the case then we're no better off than we were before.' Ciel looked back at the woman. "What was his first name?"
The woman looked down at her hands in her lap. She took a deep breath, then looked back up at Ciel.
"Damien."
"Damien...hm. Well at least now we can narrow our search down somewhat." Ciel said as he sat in his chair in his office at the Phantomhive legs were crossed and his elbow resting on the arm of the chair while his chin rested in his hands.
"Very True Young Master." Sebastian said as he placed a cup of tea on Ciel's desk. "There aren't as many Damiens in London if I recall. I believe, at this rate we may be able to find This man and close the case within a few days. A week at most."
"You are probably right Sebastian" Ciel Drank some of his tea "And the sooner the better. For some reason I have a strange Inclination about this man. The sooner he's behind bars,the better London will be off." He finished off the tea in his cup.
"Indeed." Sebastian grabbed the empty tea cup and saucer from the Desk. "Young Master, It's past midnight. You should head to bed. Tomorrow will be a long day with the investigation."
Ciel sighed "You're right Sebastian. Go pull out my pajamas. I will be there in a moment."
"Yes, young lord." Sebastian headed to Ciel's room to do as he was told.
Ciel closed his eyes. 'Damien...I don't know what it is but just hearing the name unnerves me.' He got up and headed to his room where Sebastian was waiting with his Pajamas. once he was changed and in bed, Sebastian began to head for the door, but Ciel stopped him "Sebastian…"
Sebastian stopped and turned around. "Yes Master?"
"Does this case seem...different to you?"
"I don't understand what you mean."
"Like, There's something off about it all. It doesn't seem like the usual murder mystery."
Sebastian thought for a moment. "Yes I do suppose you're right. Something does seem quite amiss about this case. Particularly how there was nearly no evidence left behind, nor did most of the neighbors know anything about him." He looked at Ciel. "But do not worry. this one will be solved just as all the others were. Now get some rest, Young Master." Sebastian walked out the room and closed the door behind him. Leaving Ciel to his thoughts.
'I have a feeling this will turn out bigger than any of our other investigations. Either way though Sebastian's right. We will solve this one just like all the others, and perhaps...' He looked at his eye patch that was laying on his nightstand. 'This investigation might get me one step closer to obtaining my revenge.' After a few more moments looking at his eyepatch, Ciel closed his eyes and fell into a very deep peaceful sleep.
When Ciel awoke the next morning, Mei Rin was standing in his door way, her large round glasses showed the slight concern in her eyes profoundly. "Oh young master you're finally awake."
Ciel sat up and rubbed his eyes, making sure not to open his right eye and expose his curse mark. "What are you doing in my doorway Mei Rin?"
Mei Rin twiddled her thumbs "Sebastian told me to come retrieve you once you woke up. There's someting you need know and adress quickly. It's about your investigation."
"Well what is it? Spit it out." Ciel said as he put his eye patch on.
Mei Rin fixed her glasses. before answering.
"It's the Murderer, master. He's killed again."