Hello Everyone! I'm so glad that you like the story so far. Thank you for taking time to check this out. I hope you all do great this year. Disclaimer: I do not own Black Butler, only the OC.
It was a normal day at the Phantomhive Manor…. well as normal as it could get. The workers were currently in the hallway examining some chewed wires.
"They got us. Guess they really like wires. Damn rats." Bard sighed.
"Rats again?" Meyrin asked.
"There've been a lot this year…" Finny added.
Unfortunately, Caroline had entered the hallway and heard what they were saying. She went up to the workers who had not yet noticed her.
"We have rats?", she asked, startling the three.
"It's really nothing to worry about miss. There isn't a whole lot of them and- ", Finny was cut off by Bard's hand over his mouth.
"It's nothing to worry about Madame. It's just a little problem that's been happening around London." Meyrin explained.
However, Caroline was not worried about the rats. Even though most ladies were not entirely comfortable with the idea of rats.
"Is there anyway I could help?", she asked, squeezing the stuffed rabbit she always held.
"It's alright Caroline, we got this under control." Bard replied with a confident grin on his face.
Caroline didn't want her workers to do this on their own, but she didn't want them to think that she didn't believe in them. She nodded and let them do their work.
She entered a room that contained a pool table that was currently being used by her brother and his associates. She quickly went to her brother's side and sat on his lap, fiddling with her stuffed rabbit's ears.
It seems there was talk of a rat problem.
"How long do you intend to let that harmful animal that scavenges for food and spread disease around do as it pleases?" a plump man asked.
"Shall we let it do as it pleases?... or shall we make it swim?" another man adds.
"Yes, he always aims for the nine-ball. Will you pass again? Count Phantomhive?" a lady in red speaks up.
"Pass. The ball that you can't help hitting is an un-hit principal." The boy answered.
"That's good judgement. When will the rat be exterminated?" a spectacled man inquired.
"Soon, I've already received the ingredients from Clause. We will eradicate the rat that finds its nest after we break a few of its bone. When can I receive the compensation for it?" he smirked.
"… You vulture…" the man said with disgust in his tone.
Ciel's visible eye went dead in anger at the insult. Caroline looked at him with worry and started to curl up against him hoping that the contract would somewhat help him. Ciel placed a hand on her back to reassure her.
"Do you posses the right to insult our crest? You, a bloodhound that can't even catch one rat?" he calmly shot back.
The man flinched at the insult and said nothing.
"Too bad. It's a fall. Billiards is hard." The Asian man commented.
"Next is the count. What will you do. Will you put an end to this waiting game?" he asked.
Caroline moved from her brother's lap and pecked his cheek for a sign of good luck, not that he needed it.
As Ciel made his was to the table he asked the spectacled man one last thing.
"And? When will you be able to prepare the compensation?"
"Th…This evening?" was the answer.
"That's fine. Afterwards a carriage will come to pick you up. Please wait for high tea to be prepared." The young master replied.
"Will you aim for the nine-ball with the remaining three-ball?" he asked Ciel.
"Of course." Was all that was said.
Some already knew the out come of this even calling Ciel a prodigy. However, all the spectacled man had to say was:
"" Greed" will destroy your body…Ciel!"
But in the end Ciel was able to accomplish his goal.
"Greed, huh?"
Caroline simply smiled at her brother's success. She them left to go check on the workers. Once she saw the chaos she quickly decided to help them and went to her and Ciel's room.
Once she was there, she went inside only to be rendered unconscious by an unknown hand.
When she awoke, she was bound with leather straps in an unfamiliar room. There were Rottweilers and men near the door. Then there was the smell of cigars.
"So, the "young master's" "princess" is awake. I hope you slept well.". Mocked Azzurro Vener, the man who had attended Ciel's meeting.
"Azzurro, w-why?" Caroline asked with confusion.
"Oh, this is so adorable. The sweet innocent little Phantomhive was kept in the dark about this whole investigation of the drug problem in her own country." The Italian chuckled.
He then went on to give the same explanation of the crime and how he was apart of it. He then mentioned the information that Ciel had and how he needed it.
"So, since that runt in the other room won't give it to me. I guess I will have to force it out of him." He ended.
"Don't hurt Ciel! Please don't hurt him!" she cried in fear of her brother's safety.
This made Azzurro laugh. To see someone of a high family beg pleased him greatly.
"Don't worry it seems that plan has failed anyway. Instead, I'm going to use another method to get what I want." He then grabbed her by her hair and proceeded to drag her to a room that was next door.
When she was dragged into the room she was horrified to see her brother on the floor, his face covered in blood.
"Ciel!" she exclaimed.
The boy looked up and his eye widened in shock at the sight of his sister. The tears he saw in her eyes filled him with rage. This bastard had the audacity to abduct her.
"What is she doing here?" he asked, his voice calm but filled with malic towards the man.
"Well at the meeting I saw how close you two seemed to each other, so I thought "Why take one of you?". I mean it would be cruel to separate such loving siblings from one another." He mocked the boy.
Ciel wanted to say something to the man but now that the man had his sister, he would have to hold his tongue.
"What? No smart comebacks? Heh, glad that I was able to put a muzzle on the annoying little dog.", Azzurro jeers.
Caroline was silent as well. She immediately knew why he brought her here. He was going to try and use her as a bargaining chip. He thought that if he threatened her safety, that would make Ciel break and give him the information.
"Ciel please don't worry I'll be okay. I know you have a plan." She suddenly spoke up.
Ciel looked surprised at his sister's confidence in him. She wasn't scared or worried about what was going to happen to them. The young Phantomhive didn't have to stress over the surprise.
However, Azzurro didn't like the girl's sudden courage.
"Shut the hell up!" he roared in anger. He then kicked Caroline in the stomach, sending the poor girl across the room.
"Caroline!" Ciel exclaimed in worry.
Suddenly the phone rang. The man picked and became even more upset at the mention of failure. Then suddenly there was screaming about something coming; then there was silence.
"H…Hey…Hey! What's wrong?!" the Italian yelled.
Caroline was a worried about those men who were screaming, while Ciel was laughing.
"It would appear that "go fetch" has failed." He commented.
This only fueled the rage of the foreigner more. He then began to stop on the boy until blood was covering his shoes. However, Caroline wouldn't just let this happen.
Caroline had suddenly jumped on Ciel. Shielding his body with her own. She ended up getting beaten as well. Once he was done, he turned back to the phone in is hand.
"Hey! If you don't answer, I'll kill you, you mongrels! Hey!" he continued to shout.
"Hello?" a familiar voice came from the other end.
Caroline was shocked at first, but a smile came to her face as she recognized the voice.
"Hello? I am a member of the Phantomhive household…I hope our master and young mistress haven't been troubling you.", Sebastian calmly said into the phone.
"Hello? Is something the matter?", the butler asked.
Azzurro looked almost frightened by the man and his cool. He didn't know what was going on. Where the hell did this man come from?
Suddenly, Ciel spoke up, "Woof.".
"…Understood. Right away. I'll come for you soon…so please wait a bit longer." Sebastian replied.
He then hung up leaving a confused Italian, a confident boy, and a happy girl. A few seconds passed when Azzurro started to panic.
"That watchdog for that damned bunch of nobles is on his way here! Fortify all the entrances! Not even one rat gets in! It's an emergency, don't just stand there! Stop him no matter what!"
With those words every man started grabbing a gun and heading outside.
"Ciel?" Caroline whispered,
Ciel looked to his sister, who now laid next to him.
"Are you in pain?", She asked with concern lacing her voice. This made the older Phantomhive's expression soften.
"I'm fine, Caroline. Are you okay?" he replied.
Caroline smiled widely and nodded, "As long as you're okay, I'm okay.".
Meanwhile, a few feet away from them, the Italian was panicking. He was waiting for this guard dog to rear their head, the gun in his hand shook with fear and anxiety.
Suddenly, the doors to the room began to open and a figure was shown through the darkness.
"Please pardon the intrusion.", The figure said and stepped into the room.
Azzurro was confused when he saw-not a terrifying being- but a butler step into the room.
"Ha ha… I'm surprised…you managed to kill all those people by yourself. You got us. I was wondering what kind of giant would come, but you're just some tail coated Romeo. Who are you, really? Are you an ex-swat mercenary? You really can't be a butler." The Italian asked.
Sebastian smiled and replied, "Yes I am a butler to the core. And only that."
"Ha, I see…In any case I have no intention of fighting you. Mr. Butler… I yield." Azzurro admitted.
"But you know…"
He suddenly grabbed Caroline and pointed a gun up to her head.
"I'll be taking those goods you managed to get." He finished.
Ciel glared at the man, while Sebastian stayed calm. However, there was some form of rage building inside him, when he saw the man put his hands on her.
"You wouldn't want your cute little mistress to have breathing holes in her head, would you? If you're really a butler, then you know what you should do." Azzurro mocked.
"The thing you gentleman are looking for is right-", Sebastian began to pull out a box but never got to finish, when a flurry of bullets began to hit him. One bullet in the head; the rest in his body.
"S-", was all Ciel uttered as his eyes went wide. Caroline was sobbing as she looked at the corpse of the butler.
"Did…we get him?" one of the men pondered.
"…ha ha ha, sorry Romeo…but I'm the winner of this game." Azzurro smirked.
"And right when he'd finally come for you…too bad, huh? If you're up against the Phantomhives, the Queen's watchdog's, then even I'll have an ace up my sleeve." He mocked.
He grabbed the girl by her hair again and kneeled before the brother.
"All that's left is to kill you two and it'll be perfect. You've been in the way for a long time now, always watching us like the police. Eh?"
"We'll erase you…and bring change to England through our own methods. However, if I just cut you up it'd be a waste of two faces like these." He began to roughly grip Caroline's chin, while the tip of his gun slipped underneath Ciel's eyepatch.
"Our product's have been banged up a bit…but I think both of your faces will fetch a price as pretty as your organs." He then slipped off Ciel's eyepatch. He then looked over to see a shivering Caroline, and his smirk grew wider.
"Oh, you don't need to be scared. By the time you two are in the hands of those perverts, we'll have you so drugged up you won't feel a thing-"
"Hey. How long are you going to play around for?" Ciel interrupted. Shocking and confusing Azzurro.
"I wouldn't have thought that that was such a nice place to sleep. Just how long are you going to play dead like a racoon." His gaze going to the corpse.
"Th-that's not possible!" the Italian yelled.
"My, my, the efficiency of guns has been going up recently. It's a big difference compared to one hundred years ago." The still living butler spoke with slight appreciation.
"S-Sebastian!" Caroline smiled with tears in her eyes as she saw him get up.
"What are you doing!? Kill him!" the Italian commanded.
However, the butler was already one step ahead of him. He put his gloved hand up to his mouth and seemed to cough up something. When he pulled his hand away, he revealed six bloody bullets.
"I'm returning these." Was all he said and then threw the bullets. Each ending up in in a gunman.
"Ah, what a mess. My clothes have become ruined." The butler mourned over his now tattered tail coat.
"It's 'cause you were playing around you idiot." Ciel glared at the man.
"I was only being faithful to your command, young master. "Just act like that", you said. Besides …your appearance is quite impressive. It looks nice and gruesome, not unlike a bug. It suits someone small and weak like yourself. I thought it would be nice to watch you looking that way for a while." He replied.
"Who's words are you listening to?" Ciel questioned.
"Stop! I-I-I said stop dammit! If you come any closer, I'll blow her head off!" Azzurro yelled as he pushed the gun closer to the girl's head
Caroline was confused now. She has no idea what is going on; She didn't know what was going to happen now. Suddenly Sebastian's eyes were on her. His eyes had an odd glow to them.
"My dear mistress, I don't wish for you to see what is about to unfold. So, I hope you'll why I must do this." The butler explained.
Suddenly, Caroline felt very tired; Her whole body was heavy, and her vision was fading. All she heard was screaming and something about a contract. Then nothing.
In her dreams, it's always the same. The same hallways, the same scent of burning wood, and the same sharp pain in her back. This has never changed, and it never will.
When Caroline came to, she saw the setting sun. She then noticed how she was moving and looked up to see Sebastian. Then she looked to her right and saw he brother was also being carried.
"C-Ciel? Sebastian?" she spoke groggily.
"Mistress, I see you're awake." Sebastian smiled.
"Wha-what happened?" she asked.
"We just had to take care of a rat, sister. Nothing to worry about." Ciel calmly explained.
Caroline decided not to ask more about it and decided to look at the setting sun. She just hoped that Azzurro is paying for his crimes and will be able to become a better man. Even though he had done terrible things she never truly felt anger towards the man, she felt more upset that he thought drugs were the only way of getting ahead in life.
When they arrived at the mansion they were greeted with Bard, Meyrin, Finny, and Tanaka outside.
"We've returned.", Sebastian smiled at the workers.
"Mr. Sebastian! Welcome back!" Merin exclaimed in joy when she saw him. But that soon turned into shock once she saw his clothes.
"Mr. Sebastian! What's happened to your clothes?!" she cried.
"Sebastian! You bastard! I didn't get your instructions at all!" Bard yelled.
"Young master Ciel and Caroline are injured!" Finny exclaimed in concern.
"We just tripped while we were out." Ciel explained. However, Finny was still looking at the three.
"Is Something wrong, Finny?" Caroline asked.
"Wow it must be fun being carried like that!" The gardener grinned.
"Of course, it's not fun!" Yelled an embarrassed Ciel, once he was put down by Sebastian. Caroline just smiled at her brother and Finny.
But soon all the smiles had suddenly stopped when Sebastian knelt before the two Phantomhives.
"Young master and mistress. Please forgive my behavior. I have made a grave error as the Phantomhive butler. How might I ever compensate for it? Today's supper preparations have been left entirely unfinished."
Later on, Caroline was with Ciel in study. She was reading a book while he looked at the paper with a smirk. Soon he looked away from it to gaze at Caroline.
The girl truly was unaffected by today's event. She was sitting there playing with her stuffed rabbit like nothing had happen. She still looked like an innocent child.
'Good, that's how she should stay.' Ciel thought.
"Caroline, would you like anything?" he suddenly asked.
Caroline thought for a moment before shyly replying.
"Chamomile tea would be nice."
Ciel smiled then rang for Sebastian.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing this. Bye Bye
