Chapter 3: The Chase

All was quiet in the street. It was past midnight, and Ciel and Sebastian were waiting inside the shop for their shooter. They had been waiting for some hours and Ciel was getting tired, it was starting to show,

"How long will we have to wait for this?!" Exasperated he elbowed Sebastian for space, to which Sebastian smirked and silently placed himself in the farthest corner he could get to. This smirk just annoyed Ciel even more. They were in a cargo box that could hold both of them...just. Though they couldn't see anything they would be able to hear what was going on.

"As long as we have to my lord." Was the butler's cool reply, Ciel sighed and asked,

"When did Albert say she gets here?" Sebastian found this rather comical,

"were you not listening my lord?" Ciel growled,

"Shut up. I was looking around the shop to see if there were any other ways The Black Death could in." He was rather annoyed by his butler's jesting and didn't find this situation fun at all. Someone was after him, and he did not know who she was or even what she looked like. But she seemed to know things about him no normal human should know. His hand went up to his eye and touched the patch gently. Sebastian whispered,

"Albert the shopkeeper said he does not know what specific time she arrives. He places the box of ammo on the counter for her and she just takes it and sometimes leaves a note or a ring." Ciel was only interested in the first bit,

"I hope she arrives soon." Was all Ciel could be bothered to say. Sebastian too commented,

"yes, as do I. This is cutting it a bit fine. I had the most delicious desserts planned but... alas. I wont be able to make them now." Ciel shuffled around in what little space there was and gritted his teeth. Thinking of sensational desserts back at home.

A few hours later:

"THAT'S IT I CANT WAIT ANYMORE!" Ciel had lost it. He couldn't do it any more. After the first hour he could barely breathe and after the second hour his back was in an unbelievable amount of discomfort. It was coming close to the third hour when he broke out of the box. He fell out of it, grateful for the fresh air and he stretched outside of the box. Sebastian too neatly jumped out of it and wore a rather disapproving mask on his face,

"I would have thought master Ciel's fortitude would be greater than this...what a pity." Ciel growled,

"oh be quiet you! I should have stayed at the manor and sent you to do this." He looked around at the shop which appeared to be empty "well this was a complete waste of time. Come on Sebastian, lets go home." But Sebastian wasn't paying attention,

"She's been here." Ciel whirled around

"been?!" Sebastian nodded,

"Her scent is fresh." 'Her scent is delicious' he thought. Ciel ran to the box where the ammo should have been. He peeked into it and to his shock found it no bullets. Sebastian came over too and looked into the box. He reached in and picked up the black objects. Chess pieces, a king and a knight to be specific. Ciel was circling the room,

"How could she have got in without us noticing? Without you noticing Sebastian?" Sebastian shrugged. He was at a loss also, but was more interested in the chess pieces. They looked oddly familiar, he inspected them further, twirling them around his fingers. After a few more seconds of looking at them he had a light bulb go off on his head. Part of him wanted to smirk, while the other part wanted to grimace as he turned the chess piece over. He had a sense of deja vu while doing this, remembering yesterday night. Ciel had been pacing up and down the shop in a fit while Sebastian was looking at the piece,

"Sir, you'll want to look at this." Ciel walked over and took the king out of his hands, and turned it over to look at the bottom of it. The shock of it made him jump and drop it. He stared at it while it rolled around on the floor till he saw it again,

"I-it cant be.." Sebastian picked it up and looked at it again,

"It is indeed my lord, the Phantomhive seal." He placed it down by the knight and looked at Ciel. Ciel shock turned into anger,

"Sebastian! Get us back to the manor as fast as you can!" The butler bowed and said,

"yes my lord." He swept Ciel up and began the run back to the manor.

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Even though Sebastian was running as fast as he could, it would still take them five minutes to get back to the manor. For Ciel, those five minutes felt like five hours. Was this it? Would we meet her? For Sebastian, he was more intrigued than anything, he wanted to know how she knew about his mark, and he really wanted to put a face to the scent. He had been around many humans and most of them have a good scent to them. Some better than others. But she smelt like nothing he had smelt before. He was cut short-

"Those chess pieces are one of a kind Sebastian, how could she have got a hold of them?"

"Quite obvious isn't it? She has paid a visit to the Phantomhive manor." Ciel knew that, he just wished that Sebastian was able to come up with another totally logical suggestion.

"How can she sneak past you...twice?!" That annoyed him, but he did have an idea.

"Well young master I do have an idea, but I believe it to be rather ludicrous." But before Ciel could ask what it was, they found themselves outside the manor. Ciel felt rather intimidated by it. There were no lights on, so it was eerily dark, the moonlight distorted the appearance of the manor, the shadows appeared to be smiling in a gruesome way at him.

"Come on, lets find her" They both walked in, and Sebastian led the way to where the scent was the strongest; Ciel's study. When they arrived Ciel saw that everything appeared to be as he left it. But knowing that someone had been in here, someone that had been able to give a demon the slip made him feel even more uncomfortable. 'Safe. I don't feel safe in my own home.' A breeze tickled him out of his thought. He looked and saw the window by his desk was wide open.

He and Sebastian walked over to it, and while Sebastian was shutting the window Ciel had a look at his desk. Everything was left the way it was.

"She must have climbed in and out of the window here." Sebastian broke the silence. But when he turned to his master, he saw that Ciel was shaking,

"Th-that's impossible..." Sebastian looked at where Ciel was looking, and his eyes widened.

There, on Ciel's desk were three chess pieces. They had both seen the king and the knight already tonight. These two pieces were joined with the black bishop, sitting comfortably between them.

"I have never met another being faster than I am." Ciel whirled around, too stunned to formulate a sentence,

"what?" Sebastian looked humoured by this response,

"Isn't it obvious sir? We aren't dealing with a normal person."Ciel's eyes widened and then seemed have moment of sudden realisation. Sebastian looked at the bishop and thought to himself 'no we most certainly aren't...but the question is. What are we dealing with?'