It's been a few months since I've started working for Young Lord Phantomhive and I have to say it's been pretty good. I've basically keeping the servants in check and assist Sebastian whenever he needs it; which is never. However, he asks for my help even though he's perfectly fine. Honestly I think he just like my company. As for my memory, it's been coming back but not as much as I like. I'm remembering places I've been to, but not people. I'm actually surprised that I've traveled to so many places, but come on! I want to know if I have a family or not! Anyway let's not dwell on that topic. Let's discuss what I'm doing now.
I'm looking in the ceiling and seeing how the wires were. A small group of rodents found their way in the manor and they've been chewing at the wires and stuff. Bard let me borrow his flashlight helmet to get a closer look. And by the looks of the wires, the mice have already chewed them to nothing. They were barely useable.
BANG!
The sudden noise caused me to jump, which to my dismay caused ladder I was on to fall down leaving me dangling and holding onto whatever to prevent myself from falling. "Uh guys", I said trying to get the others attention. However, neither of them heard me as they discussed a plan.
"Alright, we have to face these rodents head-on", Bard said, "we need to cause a diversion. So...we'll use this!" I'm just going to assume it's some pot of disgusting food that he made. I could hear the other servants liking his plan and start to give him their ideas.
"Then I will use the Tom and Juile (A/N: Tom and Jerry like the cartoon) tactic", Finny announced, probably holding a cat knowing what he meant.
"Uh you guys some help", I tried again, but still nothing.
"And if that doesn't work, then we try the Rat killing tactic", Mey-Rin shouted, probably showing the guys a series of mouse traps.
"Dangling man in the ceiling needing help!"
"Alright, let's do it!", they all shouted and then went their ways.
Great….Now what? I sighed knowing I'll probably be here for a while. Sebastian was off doing something for Ciel and Ciel was in a meeting right now. So, I'll try to amuse myself by seeing how many dust bunnies I could find up here. After a good hour and 37 dust bunnies later, I heard footsteps and voices coming near. I could recognize Ciel and Sebastian's voice and then three others. I could also feel someone poking at my foot.
"Oh dear, should I get him down young master?", I heard Sebastian ask.
"Oh there's no need for that", said another voice, which sounded a bit Asian. "Ran-Mao, will you do the honors?"
Ran-Mao? That sounds more like a girl's name than-. Before I could even finish my thought, I felt someone pull myself down and then being held into someone's arms. I looked up and then became embarrassed seeing that a petite Asian woman was the one who pulled me down. I could literally feel my face heat up and become red.
"Well done Ran-Mao", the Chinaman said, "you can put him down now". The girl nodded and then just dropped me to the ground. The fall did hurt, but not as much as my pride. I looked around to see who else was here. I could see Sebastian and Ciel, with slightly confused looks, the china man and his girl, who was clinging onto him, a middle-aged woman who was dressed completely in red and a man with long brown hair with round glasses.
He's probably her butler or something? But something is off about him. Eh whatever.
"Ciel, who is this", the woman said look at me curiously.
"This is Ben, he's the newest servant that I have acquired", he told them boredly. "Sebastian if you please".
"Yes My Lord, allow me to introduce you to one of the Young Lord's business partners, Lau and his accomplice Ran-Mao. This is Lady Angelina Dalles also known as Madame Red. She is a well renowned doctor at the hospital in London and the Young Master's aunt. And with her is her butler Grell", Sebastian stated, pointing to each person. "Now, mind telling us why were you dangling from the ceiling?" I couldn't help but blush at the question, still feeling embarrassed.
"Oh, that...well you see I was looking for the rodents that you told me about and...something startled me causing the ladder to fall down", I started rubbing the back of my neck, "I-I tried to call out to the others, but...yeah.." Sebastian let out a sigh of annoyance, along with Ciel.
"Well you sure are strong enough if you were able to hold onto yourself for over an hour", Madame Red stated with a suggestive look that I didn't like.
"O-Oh, why thank you my lady", I replied with a smile.
"Please allow me to show you all to the drawing room", Sebastian stated gaining everyone's attention. They all nodded, and began to follow the butler. Unfortunately I felt my bum get pinched uncomfortably, causing me to flinch in response.
Man. I never knew that Madame Red was a bit of a perv. When they all left, I decided to put the ladder back. I picked it up without any trouble and made my way to the shed. Once I arrived to the little wooden shed, I felt that there was something off. Like there was something or someone watching me. I was about to shrug it off until I heard something in the bushes. I walked over to inspect what it was. It was probably an animal, but I just wanted to be sure. When I went over and moved some of the bushes, I didn't see anything. Hmm must be my imagination. Or at least what I thought. When I was about to go back to the manor, I felt someone grab me and place something on my face. Before I knew it everything went black.
/
After a while, I regained consciousness and saw that I wasn't in the garden anymore. In fact I wasn't even in the Phantomhive manor. I also realized that I was in restraints and that I wasn't alone. Next to me was Ciel; who looked a little beaten up and also in restraints. Also if you didn't know this already, Ciel Phantomhive is known as the Queen's Guard Dog. The title originally belonged to his father, but after his death Ciel took it over. Ciel's main priority is to make sure to fulfill the Queen's wishes. Such includes solving many extreme cases. However, having such a great title can cause him to get in deep trouble with the London Underworld (Sebastian told me a few weeks after I arrived). With this in mind, I can pretty much assume that we've been kidnapped. Now the only question is, who did it?
"The policeman of England's Underworld. One of the nobles who have done the royal family's dirty work for generations." A voice said, "The Queen's guard dog, charged with disposing anyone who disagrees with her. Just how many nicknames do you have? How many families have you crushed, Ciel Phantomhive?" When I turned to see where the voice was coming from, I saw one of the nobles that came over the manor. He seemed to be in his mid-twenties, his long blonde hair in a ponytail. He had some odd piercings as well as a large scar on his face. From what I can tell he seemed to be Italian.
Oh wait, this is Azzurro Venel!
"Come now, my little Lord Phantomhive," Azzurro said with his thick accent "do you know how hard it is for the Italian mafia here? You Englishmen have nothing but tea on the brain. It's difficult to penetrate those small minds of yours, so we have to think outside the box to make money. So we found a drug trade." Ciel seemed annoyed with his voice and it's starting to annoy me too. In fact Ciel didn't seem worried about the current situation that we were in. He was really calm, slightly annoyed but calm none the less.
"The Pharmacy Act of 1868 has listed opium has a restricted substance." Ciel said dully "it is the Queen's decree. And I will eliminate those drugs and the vermin who sell them." Azzurro sighed out of annoyance.
"You know, this is why I hate all you Englishmen. "The queen this, the queen that" You act like this woman is your own mother." Azzurro went to Ciel and held his face to make him look at his ratty face. For some reason it made me angry. Maybe because Ciel's my master and I don't want him hurt. However, for some reason this seems a little familiar. Before I could think further, Azzurro continued his rant. "You line your pockets while you pretend that you are better than everyone else. But, in the end, we are no different from each other. Why don't we just get along?"
"I left order about the key", Ciel told him quickly ignoring his statement, "if I don't come back, my servants will make sure the authorities get it." I smirked a little seeing that Ciel was even smarter than I originally thought. Then it disappeared when Azzurro pulled out his gun and aimed it at his head. I started to panic a bit, but again Ciel seemed calm about the situation that he was in.
Like he knows how the entire thing will end.
"You brat! Don't underestimate me. My men are already waiting at your estate. So tell me, where is the key? Spit it out, or your servants will start dying one by one." To my surprise, Ciel tilted his head and smiled to him.
"Oh, I think they will be alright. You'd better hope your lap dogs know how to fetch." Azzurro didn't like his comment that much and went to kick him. Before he could even get Ciel, I was able to move myself in between them and took the hit. It knocked the wind out of me and it will leave a bruise, but I didn't care. Protecting Ciel is my number one priority as his servant. I won't let anything happen to him.
"Did you hear that?" Azzurro said into the phone "The time for talk is over". And with that Azzurro hung up the phone. I laid next to Ciel and let out a few breathes. Ciel turned to me with a confused look in his eyes.
"That was rather stupid of you", he told me boredly. But I could tell that his eyes said different. I let out a few more breaths before responding.
"It's my job...to protect you sir", I told him with a small smile, "letting you get hurt...would be something terrible". Ciel stayed quiet to my response, but I can tell that he was grateful. The room fell into a short silence before the phone rang. Azzurro picked it up and began to talk to the other person. Interestingly enough, I have really good hearing and I was able to listen to their conversation. The other man told Azzurro that he missed his shot on shooting Sebastian and I could tell on the Italian's face that he wasn't happy.
"What do you mean you missed?!" Azzurro shouted, "you are complete idiots! I never should have hired scum like you! Just get back here quick." After a while I was able to hear the man on the other end start to panic a bit
"Um. . sir? There's something off….I see something!...Wait?!...What is that?!"
"Aw, what's wrong?" Azzurro said, sarcastically, with a smirk "you little girls see a bear in the woods?" A frightened shout came from the other end of the phone, which caused Azzurro's smirk to fall instantly. "What is it? Did someone find you?" Azzurro continued in a more serious tone with some slight fear. Azzurro's body tensed up and his eyes widened as more shouts and screams came from the other end. I had to admit, hearing this kind of scared me too.
What's going on? All of a sudden, the screams just stopped.
"Hello?" Azzurro said a bit frightened, "what happened?".
"Too bad. Sounds like your little game of fetch is over", Ciel said in a mocking tone. Azzurro was beyond furious and went after and began to go after Ciel. However, I was able to block most of his hits. When he stopped he looked at me with a mixture of confusion and annoyance.
"Why are you helping this little brat? You know he's going to leave you for dead when he's done with you". Deep down, I knew that his statement was true. But I honestly didn't care. He's my master and I owe my life to him. For some reason I started to laugh a bit. Azzurro was confused and slightly scared.
"Why you ask…", I started laughing still, "because...he's my master and as his servant I will protect him. Even from pathetic scum like you". I saw that Azzurro's face twisted with anger with my statement. Then without warning, the damned bastard shot me in the shoulder with his gun. After, he kicked me until I couldn't move. I felt something running down my mouth and face and realized that it was my blood. There were probably cuts and bruises on my face and I probably a few broken bones. Once he was done with me, he went to Ciel and began to beat him. When he was done, Ciel was beaten to a similar appearance. Once he was done, Azzurro picked the phone back up and continued to shout out to his men.
"Listen to me! If you don't answer me right now, I swear I will kill you!" There was a short moment of silence before I heard an all too familiar voice on the other end.
"Hello." I heard Sebastian said from the other end.
How did he even get the phone?! You know what I don't care, just help us!
"I represent the Phantomhive estate. I was wondering if my master would be available?", Sebastian continued casually. Azzurro remained quiet, but I could see that he was shaking. "Hello?" Sebastian said hearing nothing "Is there anyone there? Hello?"
"Woof." I heard Ciel say mockingly.
"Very good, young master. I'll come to get you momentarily." With that, the line went dead. Azzurro stood dumbstruck not sure how to comprehend this. I turned to Ciel and let out a sigh that he seemed alright. Me on the other hand, I felt like shit. I got shot in the shoulder; which was bleeding a little heavy, been kicked in the face and in the chest and I'm still tightly bound.
In conclusion, this day sucks...But I can't think to negatively, Sebastian is coming. And yet I can't help but have some doubt. Sebastian is only human, he's not a super-human.
/
After Azzurro had sent his men off to fend against whoever was coming, I started to hear things. Screams and cries of pain came from what I can assume was the other rooms. I found it really strange since it's just Sebastian. Unless he brought other men then that would make sense. However, I know Sebastian and he wouldn't ask for help from others unless he needed it (which was never, since he's seems to be the master of….everything). About ten minutes later, Sebastian came into the room.
"I've come to retrieve my master, along with my co-worker."
"Is this a joke?" Azzurro asked, "I was expecting a giant, not some scrawny dandy in a tailcoat. Who are you? There's no way you are just a butler."
"No sir, I'm simply one hell of a butler" Sebastian replied with a slight chuckle, "I promise."
"Yeah, sure. It doesn't matter anyway. I don't have any intention of fighting you", Azzurro said with a smirk. He looked to Ciel and myself with a mischievous look in his eyes. "At least, not yet." He then grabbed Ciel by his hair and held the gun to his temple. My chest tightened with anger seeing this. "You better have what I asked for." Sebastian reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a key
"It's right here." When he took it out, a bullet went straight through Sebastian's head, spewing some blood. Then dozen more bullets went through his body and then it fell to the floor, limp and lifeless. I couldn't believe what I just saw. Sebastian just died. He just died right in front of us! Numerous emotions consumed me. Shock, fear, anger, sorrow and so much more. Even with all of these emotions I knew one thing. I want Azzurro dead. Seeing him laugh at Sebastian's dead body makes me sick.
"Sorry dandy," Azzurro continued "I really am, but this round is mine! There was no way I was going to go up against Phantomhive, Lord of the games without a trump card hidden."
"You bastard...you twisted bastard…" I muttered. Azzurro turned to me with this strange look and then smirked to me.
"Oh really, then tell me? Why am I victorious?" I coughed a little and spit out a little blood before answering.
"Because...you're a vile rodent...who steals and cheats to get what you want...if anything… I think that you should have died". Azzurro was quiet for a bit and then smirked.
"Well if you feel that way...then I'll make sure that dandy has some company". With that he shot me twice in the chest. I groaned and coughed up a little blood. However, the Italian's smirk disappeared when I started to laugh again.
"What's so funny?!" I continued to laugh a little before answering.
"Oh nothing...just the thought of you burning in Hell makes me laugh…" Azzurro glared at me, but I continued to smile at him mockingly. He quickly kicked me in the gut and returned his attention back to Ciel. He grabbed his hair again and smirked at the young lord.
"Well now that your servants are no longer an issue, I can finally get to business. I damaged the goods a little bit, but that's alright." Azzurro said, taking off Ciel's eyepatch, "I'm sure you will fetch a pretty price even in this condition. You have so many ends; I doubt you'll be alive for much longer." Ciel seemed annoyed with Azzurro's rant and just kept his eyes on Sebastian's body boredly.
What is he planning?
"Alright, I'm done playing games" Ciel said in a slightly annoyed tone "how long are you planning to play dead?" I go really confused since I was the only one still alive (well barely) and I'm pretty sure that he wasn't talking to Azzurro. Before I could think any further, I went in complete shock with what I heard.
"Not Long." That was Sebastian's voice, but he was dead.
How is this even possible? My eyes widened even more when Sebastian's body slowly got up and then coughed out a dozen bullets covered in his blood.
What the hell is going on?! I could see that Azzurro was thinking the same thing seeing this. He quickly commanded his men to shoot, but before they could Sebastian shot each one with their own bullets. Seeing this both frightened me but also gave me some relief seeing that Sebastian was alive.
"Oh dear, what an awful thing to do to a perfectly good tailcoat." Sebastian muttered taking a look at his ruined coat.
"You could have avoided that, idiot" Ciel told him as this happened before.
"How unfortunate." Sebastian remarked with his signature smirk, "they don't seem to have taken very good care of either of you." Sebastian began to casually walk toward Ciel and Azzurro. "Stay back!" Azzurro said.
"You look like a helpless child, all bound up like that" Sebastian said in a slight mocking tone towards Ciel, "but I suppose, that's appropriate."
"Come any closer, and I'll shoot him!" Azzurro shouted ignoring the conversation between Ciel and Sebastian.
"Can we hurry this along?" Ciel asked "his breath smells awful"
"But if I come any closer, he might kill you", Sebastian stated.
"Well then, do you intend on breaking the contract?" Ciel said.
Contract?
"No, of course not. Nothing has changed; I remain your loyal servant."
"What the hell kind of answers are you two talking about?!" Azzurro shouted becoming confused and scared at the same time.
"Young master, you know what to do," Sebastian said, tilting his head to the side smirking "now just say the words." I saw Ciel opened the eye that was usually covered. The other eye was a purplish color with a pentagram star on it. It glowed deeply when Ciel gave him the order.
"This is an order! Save us now!" After that there was a gunshot. However, when I looked over to Ciel, he was perfectly fine. Then I heard Azzurro scream in pain as arm twisted and broke on its own. Sebastian took Ciel from him and broke his bonds and then undid mine. I slowly stood up and held my aching chest.
"Are you alright", Sebastian said as he held Ciel. I saw that he was holding some concern for me. I let out a few coughs before answering.
"Y-Yeah, I-I *cough* think I-I'll be alright", I told him with a reassuring smile. Sebastian didn't seem convinced but let out a sigh instead. I looked back at Azzurro, who was shaking in pain and pleading for Sebastian to join him. Obviously Sebastian denied and then we went to leave. Before I left I went up to Azzurro and kicked him in the face. That felt good.
/
As we walked back to the Phantomhive manor, it was almost sunset and Ciel had fallen asleep in Sebastian's arms. During the walk Sebastian explained to me what he actually was and he was able to heal my wounds. He was a demon and he was also contracted to Ciel. It kind of shocked me knowing that a thirteen year old went so low to summon a demon and sell his soul to get revenge, but it also didn't bother me. To be honest I was alright with it. When we were halfway to the manor Sebastian asked me if I was alright with it. I let out a sigh before answering.
"You know what; I had a feeling that you were too perfect. Don't worry I won't tell the others about what you are". Sebastian nodded to me and the after a while we arrived to the manor with the servants waiting for us. By that time Ciel was awake and the servants bombarded him with questions. I decided to block that out feeling lightheaded. Probably the loss of blood...I should go to bed, I thought. However, when I took a step forward I felt myself falling and then everything went black.
/
The sky was filled with the variety of colors in between orange and red. It was the perfect end to a good day as the young brothers sat on the grassy hill under a large tree. Balam held his young brother as they watched the sunset. It was a nice day exploring the human realm and even nicer that they get to relax a bit before going home.
"Did you enjoy today little one", the elder said seeing that his brother was snuggling into his chest like a small kitten. The younger nodded adorably as he snuggled into the elder's chest even more. The elder let out a chuckle seeing this. He petted the younger's short black locks as he watched the sun set completely. In Hell there was no difference between night and day. The sky was always the same, with the dark red sky with some clouds and a blood red moon.
This is why he enjoyed the human realm so much. The days and nights were both extremely different, but both were beautiful in their own way. The day varied in colors and fades into night so perfectly. The night held so many beautiful stars that would take a human's life time to count half of them. Sometimes Balam wished that he could live amongst the humans and join in the simple pleasures such as this. But he couldn't bring himself to leave his friends and his family, he'd miss them too much. Once the stars had appeared in the sky, the brother looked down and smiled seeing that the younger had fallen asleep. Balam stood up with his sleeping brother in his arms, deciding that it was time for them to go home. Before they left, the elder looked up to the sky to take one last glimpse of the shining stars. He smiled taking in the beauty and then vanished along with his brother back to what they called home.
/
Ugh my head, it feels like it's on fire. What happened? I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I was laying on my bed with new clothes on. I could also feel a cool cloth over my forehead which helped with the slight pain from my headache. I don't remember coming back to my room. Probably because you passed out. I let out a sigh knowing that I was right. Before I could think further, I heard the door open. I lifted my upper body up a bit using my elbows to see who it was and to my surprise it was Sebastian.
"Oh, you're awake. How are you feeling, he said coming besides me with a cup of tea in his hands.
"Alright I guess. My head hurts like hell though". Sebastian nodded and then gave me the cup. I, gave him a questioning look taking it.
"It will help with the pain". I nodded to him and drank it whole. Once it was empty, my head started to feel a lot better.
"Thanks, what was it" I asked.
"It's my own special mixture", he told me with a smirk. I chuckled a little and then laid back down. Seeing this Sebastian stood back up from his kneeling position. "I shall let you rest then". He went to the door, but then I remembered something and called out to him. He stopped and turned to me with a curious look.
"Sebastian I think...I think I remember something". His eyes widened a bit hearing this.
"What did you remember", he asked with interest.
"I remember...sitting on this hill, under a large tree...we were watching the sunset...me and...and my younger brother...hehe...he's an adorable little one...he slept in my arms and I carried him home once it was dark out". As I was saying this a small smile grew on my lips. I looked to Sebastian and it seemed that he was lost for words. After he came out of his daze he smiled to me.
"Well that's very good then. I hope that you continue to remember". And with that he left my room. I decided to get some sleep feeling that my body was exhausted. But even as I went to sleep, I couldn't stop smiling knowing one thing. I have a younger brother.
I wonder if he's ok.
Hey guys. Sorry for the delay, but here's the next chapter. Also those who read my collab story The Demon's Child Story, Ben shall be included in it. However he will be slightly different and there will be some spoilers for this story. I hope you like this chapter and please leave a review!