Intoxiqué

(Addicted)

Summary:- Ciel is your typical everyday college. After learning a murderous plot involving all of London, Ciel was forced to run after discovering he had information terrorists wanted, and as a result, ended up on a mucked up journey with Sebastian Michaelis. AU.

SebastianxCiel, CielxElizabeth

Chapter Three

Bang…

Sebastian remained pressed against the wall, sliding down it as he held his gun in his hand and peered round the corner, glasses picking up on the heat signature before he grit his teeth, looking at his Glock before trying to figure out what the next move should be. If he even peeked his head round the corner, then it could mean game over, for everyone.

He could hear laughing as he flicked his raven hair away from his face, black gloves keeping a good grip on the gun as he looked around himself. One false move would have him dead, and with him dead, they would get their hands on the information they wanted pretty easily. Thing is, where the hell was his attacker?

The gunshot was from his gun, but it was probably heard miles off since there was no silencer on it, and if it could be heard miles away… then Ciel and everyone had probably heard it and began panicking. Silently, Sebastian remained the clip from his gun, replacing it with one swift movement so it made a soft 'click' sound.

The same sound mirrored his own, making him tense slightly before relaxing, reaching into the side pocket of his rucksack and pulling out a tub, which had a skittering contained within.

Taking the creature out, Sebastian placed out down and watched at it ran down the hallway, bolting as fast as it could and barely managing to avoid the gunshot that was aimed at it. It showed that his attacker was around the corner, and that if he did peak his head round, he wouldn't get shot.

"Sebastian Michaelis," said a gruff voice, causing Sebastian to narrow his eyes. "Playing games such as this will get you no where. The longer you stay here, the more chance your little friends are going to get killed. Of course, little Ciel won't be killed until we get the information we need, but let us think about it…"

Sebastian remained still, his head peeking round the corner before it vanished from sight once more, a bullet catching off his hair and splitting the ends as he heard a chuckle. He was concerned about what he was saying. From what this person was saying, they actually knew where Ciel, Elizabeth, Finny and Bard were, and it wasn't making him feel comfortable in the slightest.

"Look at your watch, I'm sending a video image," glancing down, Sebastian's red eyes widened when he saw his cabin, seeing Ciel on his feet and standing in front of Elizabeth, Bard holding a pistol and Finny cowering behind him. How did they managed to get a cam-bug in his cabin? He was clean, and he was pretty certain everyone else was clean…

Ciel. Did Claude put a bug on Ciel when he grabbed him? Sebastian was so stupid; he should have checked the boy over first! Looking at his watch a little longer, Sebastian's gaze hardened when something smashed and Ciel was the quickest to move, grabbing Elizabeth and running to hide behind the bed.

Playing games was fun, but watching this wasn't. Sebastian had to clean up, fast.

"Ciel… C-Ciel…"

"Shut up Elizabeth! I can't focus with you blubbering in my ear!"

Everything was quiet, Ciel already being able to feel his heartbeat pounding against his chest as he clenched his eyes shut.

'Stupid asthma!' Ciel thought angrily, trembling as he reached for the inhaler Sebastian gave him and took a few breaths, watching as Finny peeked over his head only to bolt back down.

"S-Someone's there…" Ciel looked at Finny with wide-eyes. Bard was somewhere in the cabin, but he was dealing with someone else. If there were more than one of them, however…

"Elizabeth, stay down and Finny, don't move," whispered Ciel, his hand brushing under the bed until he came across something metal and solid, causing him to pull it out. A spare steel bedpost. It would have to do, right?

As fast as he could, Ciel darted to his feet and leapt over the bed, his eyes making contact with someone else's as he swung the bedpost forwards. The man side-stepped easily, grabbing the post and pulling it away from Ciel, chuckling lightly. Dark blue eyes blinked before flashing upwards, the sudden fear showing through the shining orbs. Due to irrational thinking, Ciel thought he might make everyone safe if he could get a decent hit on the enemy, hopefully knocking him or her out, but he got no such luck.

It was in a flash of a moment, but Ciel was knocked to the ground, his head bashing off the laminated floor and his shoulders being stepped on, causing him to cry out his head throbbed and his shoulder blades getting closer and closer to cracking. He could hear something shattering, clearly showing that Bard was being attacked by more than one person. Ciel attempted to get back up, but the foot of the person on his back prevented him.

There was a small click, and Ciel froze, clenching his eyes shut. He was going to die, he was going to die-!

"CIEL!" still remaining still, the young Phantomhive turned his head towards the bed, paling when he saw Elizabeth no longer hiding, tears in her eyes. Was she an idiot? What was the point in doing that? Now they were both going to die!

"Ciel? As in, Ciel Phantomhive?" the person chuckled, the low and quite rough voice showing it was a male, perhaps in his forties… and seriously overweight. "I should thank this girl, they wouldn't be too happy with me if I killed you, now would they?"

He pointed his gun at Elizabeth, causing her to freeze and squeak uncertainly, emerald eyes filled with tears still. Ciel turned his head towards the male, his eyes narrowing as he continued to try and push himself up.

"Don't shoot her," growled Ciel lowly, causing the male to chuckle and Elizabeth to remain still, unsure on what to do in the situation she had brought upon herself. "Lower the gun."

"Or what little boy? Give me a reason why I shouldn't shoot her now," the male was serious, Ciel could tell just from the tone of voice, even if it was a slightly mocking sound. "You have five seconds-"

"Shoot her and then I'll bite off my own tongue and drown in my own blood," stated Ciel, sticking out his tongue and putting his teeth on it to prove a point. "Now lower the gun!"

The man didn't seem happy, but he did as told, considering no one else would dare attack him right now and the person who was skilled with a gun was Bard, who was currently occupied. Ciel wasn't comfortable in the slightest, his brain whizzing quickly in an attempt to find a way out of this without getting people killed. If it was one of his computer games, someone would have smashed through the window behind him and-

Bang!

Ciel clenched his eyes when he heard the gunshot, feeling the weight appear off his back as he gritted his teeth as he was showered with glass. He could hear Elizabeth screaming and the thud as Finny ran into a wall by mistake. Opening his eyes ever so slowly, Ciel looked up and widened his eyes when he saw Sebastian standing there, shattered black glasses on his eyes as a gun hung limply in his hand, his other hand busy with stopping his bleeding shoulder.

"S-Sebastian!" Ciel stuttered uncertainly, getting his feet and feeling a stabbing pain in his head, but he ignored it and chose to go to the raven-haired male instead, looking at the blood that was pooling around the white shirt and leather jacket. Ciel couldn't even tell how deep the wound was from looking at it for a few moments.

"Where's Bard…?" questioned the older male quietly, causing Ciel to pale. He didn't have a clue where Bard was at all, nor did he want to know what his current condition was. Sebastian walked forwards, slipping the gun in Ciel's hand before walking into the other half of the cabin, only to chuckle. "You had to choose now of all times for a smoke Bardroy?"

The blonde haired male equal in age took in a drag before puffing it out, throwing the alight stick away and stepping on it. Calm blue eyes looked down as he reached for his sniper-rifle, shaking his head.

"I told ya I didn't want to get into these situations again," muttered Bard, wiping a bit of blood from the top of it. "I swear, if I have to shoot someone close range with a sniper again, I'm going to stick dynamite down your throat Sebastian."

"To think I thought you had a lot of respect for me," said Sebastian teasingly, causing a smirk to crawl up on Bard's face before he wiped it away. "Although, considering I entrusted Finny to you, you can't teach him very well, can you?"

"It's kind of difficult since he's scared of everything," Bard closed his eyes, hands twitching to light another cigarette. "Besides, what use is a wimpy kid on the battlefield?"

You'd be shocked," replied Sebastian slyly, red eyes dancing with amusement. "Now, hurry up and pack the gun so we can get out of here. I need to treat my wound before I pass out from blood loss and I need you to check Ciel's skull."

"Aye sir, right."

By the time Sebastian had everything had been settled, it was around 9pm, not that he paid much attention to it, but his time was growing shorter. The longer he kept Ciel in the country, the more time the enemies got to prepare a counter attack. Knowing information and having the upper hand was something the raven-haired male always aimed for.

"Having an upper hand is a key necessity," said Vincent quietly, pointing to a male who was chained to a chair. "This is a traitor to the company. He leaked the information we had stored in a database. I won't do it in front of you, but you should know what I plan to do, right?"

"You intend to torture and kill him sir," replied Sebastian smoothly, looking at the panic-stricken man with an amused expression. Only just turned thirteen years old and yet he was intelligent enough to understand such things. "Don't treat me like such a child sir, I know perfectly what this man has done."

Vincent chuckled, walking over and ruffling Sebastian's hair with a gentle smile on his face.
"That you do, Sebastian, that you do," he said softly, causing Sebastian to smirk at him. Vincent sighed before rolling his eyes. "Of course, we would have never known what this man had done if you never caught him."

"Sir, I have a question."

"What is it?"

"Can I be the one to put the bullet through his head?"

Sebastian shook his head before continuing to stay still as Ciel was carefully wrapping a bandage over his shoulder, Bard already taking the bullet out of the skin and cleaning it up. The boy looked pale, as if frightened, yet his eyes showed that he knew what was going on, the danger that everyone was in. Ciel Phantomhive was the son of Vincent and Rachel Phantomhive. To those two people, he was like a wide sky that harboured everyone and protected them in his warm grasp.

Sebastian could only hope that Ciel didn't lose that quality by the time they were through with this. He was still a child in his own opinion, but he shouldn't even be allowed to think that. He had killed at the young age of thirteen and felt no regret after it. Would Ciel turn out like that too?

"How is your head?" asked Sebastian casually, causing Ciel to pause in his ministrations before continuing to bandage the deep wound. "Not causing you any pain, is it?"

"No," said Ciel softly, his eyes focused on what he was doing. "It's a little sore, probably just some bruised bone, nothing of importance."

Sebastian felt like narrowing his eyes at the statement, but he let it drop, not wanting to push the boy towards anger. The small, pale body was littered with bruises from the night this had all happened, and Sebastian could definitely say he wasn't happy about it. Looking across the room, he could see a shaking Elizabeth sitting with Finny, who was trying to distract her with a game of chess. Ciel was looking over at them too before he spoke up.

"Chess isn't a game to cheer someone up," said Ciel dully, pausing his movements to stare before closing his eyes. "That game only makes me sad."

"Is it because you used to play it with your father?"

"How do you know my father?" oops. Sebastian wasn't meant to let the go. He could easily cover it up, but then that would mean lying, and lying was always a complicated thing.

"I work for the Phantomhive Private Investigation Company, of course I would know your father," said Sebastian, causing Ciel to relax and continue what he was doing. "Care to explain why chess saddens you?"

"In chess, you play as the King. Therefore, everyone around you are mere pawns, even the Queen," said Ciel, causing Sebastian to nod to figure out the rest of the puzzle. "In a game of chess, the pawns, castles, knights and bishops get knocked down, but the King has to continue fighting, alone."

"Alone?"

"Yes, alone. The King has to keep going, even if his beautiful queen gets knocked down and his most faithful knight slaughtered, he must continue running across the board of checker squares for survival." Ciel looked at Sebastian as he cleared his throat, feeling the skin beneath his fingers quiver.

"I still do not see why is saddens you," Ciel lowered his gaze, staring at the floor as he tried to find a better way to explain it, but he couldn't. The clothes Sebastian had given him hung loosely on his frame, showing the slender shoulder as he kept his head down. "Ciel-?"

"It just brings back bad memories to me for some reason," concluded Ciel, feeling slightly numb. "I need to go to sleep; we have a big day tomorrow, right?"

Sebastian nodded, slightly concerned as Ciel taped the end of the bandage to keep it in place, walking off and murmuring something to Elizabeth and Ciel before going into the bedroom, shutting the door behind him. This was the thing Sebastian had been worried about, that Ciel wouldn't be able to cope with all of the things happening.

Slowly, it seemed like the boys carefully built up wall was slowly crumbling.

In a windowless bar on the outskirts of London, men were swooning as a thin, brown haired woman walked through, her beauty extravagant and-

SLAP.

"Usually I don't mind you admiring my looks," she snarled, causing the men to cower backwards. "But I'm not in the mood right now. I am here merely for business. Now, stop looking me up and down, since you know you won't achieve anything."

May Lloyd stood in the room as Alois Trancy trailed behind her, yawning and rubbing at his eyes before putting a cheeky smile on his face. Claude stood behind him, a nonchalant expression layering his features as May's body-guards followed behind her, shooting glares at anyone who dared look at her.

"UNDERTAKER!" a door opened and a long-silver haired male peeked his head out, giggling childishly as he covered his face.

"Ah, Miss Lloyd," he said, the smile still evident on his face. "If you have a body that needs to be cleaned up, I can't do it right now, I'm with a customer-"

"I'm not here for that purpose!" she roared, causing a few more men to cower as she slammed her palms on the top of the bars desk. "The information you gave me about Sebastian Michaelis was totally false! He's alive and kicking damn it!"

"Oh, yes, him," Undertaker giggled, his eyes covered by long silver bangs. "I believe I told you a lie because he gave me something more important than the money you gave me~"

"And that would be?" May was fuming. She was fighting the urge not to pull her gun out and shoot him right now.

"Hee hee~ He made me laugh~" May sweat-dropped, Alois' cheeky smile dropped and Claude blinked in surprise. "I enjoy a good laugh more than I do money and fixing up the dead~"

It was one of May's bodyguards that pinned her back before she could pull out her gun and Undertaker chose to slip back in the shadows, his childish giggling ringing in her ears as she stamped a heeled foot on the floor.

"Trancy, explain how the cam-bug got destroyed," screeched May, turning her attention to the now worried-about-his-life Alois. "If I don't get an answer, then I'm going to-"

"The cam-bug was attached to Ciel's restaurant nametag," said Alois quickly, his voice sounding agitated. "The last thing I saw before it cut out was Sebastian shooting at it and some shouts, but then the thing went dead."

May was tapping her foot as her bodyguard let her go, whipping round to slap the male across the face before sighing. One way or another, Sebastian Michaelis was always in her way. She knew her target was indeed Ciel since Sebastian had stepped in to stop her getting a firm grasp on the boy, but it still infuriated her.

"Get the helicopter ready, I feel like flying."

"Yes ma'am!"

Ciel's eyes flashed open as he panted for breath, sucking in air before he noticed Sebastian was clicking on the inhaler once more, his expression tired.

"I didn't realize your asthma was this bad," muttered Sebastian, wiping at Ciel's forehead to get rid of some of the build up sweat. "You need to take a shower; you're not exactly the cleanest right now."

"Thanks for putting me in a better mood Sebastian," said Ciel sarcastically. "It made my day- night even, really, it did."

"You're gonna have to watch that tongue of yours one day," said Sebastian coolly, causing Ciel to shoot him a glare. "Anyway, shower, now. You have fifteen minutes before you have to go. Don't let the girl try to pamper you to much."

Ah. Elizabeth. She worried far too much about him, she felt the need to rub at his shoulders and brush his hair, much to his annoyance, and fluff the pillows while dashing about the place to ensure he was comfortable. Seriously, when was that crush going to disappear?

"Got it," Ciel suppressed a yawn, watching as Sebastian darted from the room, wincing lightly with straining his shoulder as he shut the door behind him, leaving Ciel to his wonderings. Walking into the bathroom. Ciel switched the shower on before stripping himself of his clothes, stepping in and letting the warm water sooth his tense muscles before rubbing at his shoulders, feeling the dull ache from the bruised flesh and bones.

He shampooed his hair, closing his eyes and stood still for a few moments to allow the bubbly, sweet smelling substance to be washed out of his matted hair. He done the same with the conditioner before focusing on scrubbing shower gel in-between his toes. Who knew doing such a normal thing could bring Ciel to a completely calm state.

Stepping out the shower, Ciel paused when he heard a slight shuffling sound before shaking his head, ignoring the sound as he rubbed at his damp hair. When he heard it again, Ciel looked round the room anxiously, unconsciously tightening the towel round his body as his dark blue eyes looked round the room, calculating where the noise had come from before coming up with solutions on what the sounds actually were.

Slowly reaching up, Ciel brushed his fingers on his neck, his nail catching on the soft skin and scratching it slightly, causing him to hiss lightly. He dabbed at it with his towel, knowing it was going to scab later and that it wouldn't disappear for a few days. Hastily, he changed into his clothes before exiting the steamed up room, stopping momentarily to see Elizabeth sitting in the room before he put on a fake smile.

"Shouldn't you be taking a shower too? It's not very-"

"I have showered," she said softly, causing Ciel to blink in surprise. "We were all waiting for you to finish up so we could head off..."

Ciel bowed his head in apology before straightening himself up, a tired smile on his face.

"Let us go then."

A/N: Hey everyone! How are you all? Good hopefully. I'm in a really cheerful mood since I managed to pass all my prelims (exam before the real exam) on the exception of one, music.

I failed music by one mark, but the teacher said it was ok, that as long as I managed to get a few marks more in the real exam then I'd pass the real exam!

Anyway, enough of that, I need to go plot the upcoming chapters ^^

Leave a review? Thank chuu~

Shanny~