Ch.3

"D-Derri-?!"

I attempted to scream with his grasp on my neck as he lifted me up. I felt a burning sensation on my neck and opened my mouth in attempt to scream but nothing came out.

"Let her go!" Ciel screamed as he pulled out a pistol and fired at the demon.

Crap! If I keep going on like this I might hit her!

He thought to himself.

"Damnit Sebastian where are you?!" Ciel screamed.

"Sorry for the wait." Sebastian said as he sprung out and toward Derrick.

Derrick released his grip on me, and the two demons dissapered out of sight once again.

"Phew! That was really close, we really need to get out of here." Ciel said as he helped me up.

"Yeah, lets hurry, I really, don't want to go through that, again" I said trying to catch my breath. My hand was still aroung my neck where it had been burning.

"Hey are you alright? What's wrong with your neck?" Ciel asked, suspicious as my hand was still covering my neck.

"It just hurts a little, lets not forget a demon was choking me a second ago." I said with a really annoyed and sarcastic tone.

"Well anyways I'll have Sebastian check it out once we get to the manor." Ciel said as he took my hand and led my through town.

"Wait, where are we going? Who do you live with? Does Sebastian live with you?" I asked as many questions as I could since he didn't really have a choice whether to tell me or not.

Ciel sighed,

"We are going to my mansion, yes he lives with me, he is my butler." Ciel said as bluntly as he could.

"I thought he was a teacher?!" I said shocked at the news.

Ciel gave me an expression that could make the smartest person in the world feel stupid.

"You still think that even after you found out he was a demon?!" Ciel said.

"O-Oh yea, ehehe sorry about that, I just kinda forgot for a second." I said blushing from embarrassment.

"How do you forget we are dealing with demons if we are running away from one right now! You were attacked not too long ago too!" Ciel said with a burst of anger.

"God! I get it already! Can we please drop the subject that I'm an idiot when it comes to situations that I have no advantage over!"

Ciel sighed heavily this time.

"If you wouldn't ask such idiotic questions, and actually thought before acting on your own we wouldn't have to deal with this."

I started to sneeze and sniffle again. I was shivering, and my teeth chattered.

"Hang on for a bit more we're almost there." Ciel said.

"Sure, I'll be alright, it's just a little cold."

A sharp pain shot up and around my neck as we ran. My heart beat so quickly, and the pain grew and grew until it felt like something had been burning my skin and I let out a sharp gasp of pain that startled Ciel.

"What's the matter!? Come on we're almost at the mansion, Sebastian should be waiting for us." Ciel said as he kept pulling me to go forward.

"I-I can't!" I screamed and grasped my neck as I fell to my knees.

The pain grew stronger and stronger, the burning became even more unbearable to the point where I started to tear up again. How many times have I cried today, I lost count. What time was it? Where was I? The sun was rising over the pale orchid colored sky, and Ciel just stood there, with pure horror across his face.

"C-Clary! Your neck!"

He then helped me up once again and I tried my best to keep up with him and felt myself tripping over my own feet. The world began to spin, I felt like I was floating, my face was burning as much as it had felt. Then I felt something cold wrap around my arms and legs. My face was pressed against a soft, and cold surface. I then realized I had not been runing anymore, not walking, nor limping, I was being carried. Ciel had at some point lifted me up, and was now running toward a gigantic mansion. He was saying something as he ran, but I couldn't quite hear, the blood was rushing toward my head and I had a pounding in my ears. I felt horrible, agony, like I was being tortured, but the way he held me, sent comfort to me. The pain was unbearable, but the coolnes that rubbed of Ciel, alleviated some of the pain that had been eating me from the inside out. I then turned to see what was in front of me. There were people, not many, but there were still people with shocked and worried faces.

"Mey-Rin! Run a bath with cold water! Bard go get medicine to bring down a fever! Finny bring cold towelets!" "Yessir!" They all said in unison.

Yeah, this chapter was a lot shorter. I just really wanted to put this chapter in already, because it is probably the shortest one in the story. Enjoy this little present and review!