Even Demons Bleed:
A/N: Hi all. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments for the last chapter. I'm so glad that everyone liked the new version. Please enjoy the next chapter of EDB!
Summary:
Mankind lost the war, and now demons have taken over their lives. A rebel group of humans rise above to claim back what once was theirs. Ciel finds himself torn between allegiances and puts his soul on the line. AU.
Disclaimer: Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) and all related characters belong to their respective owners, the author owns none of the rights reserved.
Many thanks to my fabulous beta, thenamelesssoul for betaing this chapter!
Even Demons Bleed: Chapter 3
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"Let's see what can I do to make you forget what you've heard," Alois breathed, angling his head towards Ciel's exposed neck. The warm, moist breath of the demon against his bare skin sent a shiver down Ciel's body as a shuddering gasp escaped his lips. He could still smell the sweet aftertaste of dinner on Alois' breath, and something else. Something demonic, a sweet intoxicating concoction of lust and want, something Ciel could not discern.
Slim fingers slowly released Ciel's wrists and trailed down the slender curve of the younger male's body. Ciel sucked in a breath as his heart throbbed painfully in his chest as his eyes widened in shock. He could feel the warm heat from their clothed bodies spreading like a wildfire, coursing through veins and engulfing them in its warm embrace.
In one fluid movement, so fast before Ciel realized what was happening, Alois quickly shifted and pulled Ciel above him. Making use of the sudden momentum, he rolled over again to pin the younger male down, this time with Ciel facing him. Alois smirked as he straddled the boy at the waist.
"W-what are you doing?" Ciel choked out as he tried to shift under the demon's pressing weight above him. Deep, sapphire eyes widened as Alois leaned in, closing in the distance between the two bodies, their faces just barely inches apart.
"So what was it that you heard just now?" Alois hummed, crimson orbs locked against the deep blue of Ciel's eyes as they lit up in challenge. He could feel the warmth and the pounding of Ciel's fluttering heart beneath him, and frozen fear upon his face was almost delectable.
Ciel grunted and shot his knee upwards, throwing the older male off him as he quickly pinned the demon down on all fours. Alois grinned back at him as his crimson eyes lit up with mischief. Surprise swept through Ciel's face as the cunning demon lashed out, tripping the younger male flat on his face with a pained gasp. Alois ended his attack by sitting on Ciel once again, bouncing almost gleefully at his victory.
"I win!" He exclaimed triumphantly. Looking at his downed prey, Alois smirked. The look on Ciel outraged face was almost too inviting as he turned to shoot a glare back at him with renewed vigour.
"What was that for?"
"Distracting you." Alois shrugged as if it didn't matter to him. Ciel gritted his teeth, a snide remark ready on his tongue when someone cleared his throat as he stepped into the cavern.
"Alois. We need to discuss the mission for tonight." William said, narrowing his eyes at the childish display between the two younger males. The blond male laughed sheepishly and pushed himself off Ciel's back, as the raven-haired man wasted no time in grabbing a seat and spreading out rolls of maps and papers on the table.
Ciel picked himself up from the ground, making small sound of annoyance at the back of his throat as he brushed the dirt off his clothes. Pulling up the cuff of his pants, the younger male hissed as he inspected his bruised knees. That demon was going to pay for it. A tug on his arm forced Ciel to stumble along as Alois dragged him towards the gaping entrance.
"Time for you to leave, Phantomhive!" The demon said, and pushed Ciel out of the cavern. "Oh," Alois paused as a warning glint swept across his crimson eyes. "Stay out of it this time."
Ciel rolled his eyes, "Fine", he said and pretended to travel down the twisting hallways, knowing the demon will be watching. Ciel smirked and made a left turn through a new opening. No, he thought to himself, on the contrary, it was too early for him to leave and there was no way he would skip out on the meeting.
It was not as if he was spying on their meetings for the first time.
It was past three in the morning when Ciel finally opened his eyes. Silence surrounded the hideout and a cold chill snaked through the drafty, cramped cavern. Ciel threw back his blankets shot to his feet. He had no real idea what he would do when he got out there, but it didn't matter.
Ciel hissed as his bare foot connected against the cold stone ground, and quickly hopped on his toes to where his shoes were under a dim, dying candlelight. Grabbing his coat, Ciel slipped silently out of his sleeping quarters and down the lit rocky hallway.
It took Ciel a few minutes to make his way down to the common hall. Dozens of irregular gaps opened to adjoining tunnels. Some of the openings were huge, others barely enough for a man to fit through when stooped over; some were natural crevices, others were, if not man-made, at least enhanced by tools to widen it. Ciel nodded to the two patrolling men on night duty, pretending to be headed to the kitchen but passed it, and quickly dashed further down.
The floor began to slant downward at a steeper angle. The terrain was broken into rough steps, but they seemed secure enough, and Ciel found himself standing outside the hideout. The cold winter air swept through the small form as white puffs of smoke slipped from his lips.
Ciel turned his eyes towards the city on the far horizon. Colourful twinkling lights outlined the cityscape in the early morning. Ciel shivered slightly in the winter cold and trudged further down the barren hill and away from the hidden entrance of the hideout, finally settling on a flat rock at jutted out from the dead grass and eyed the calm midnight sky, his favourite spot whenever he could not sleep.
They would be leaving the hideout soon. Ciel remembered the conversation between William and Alois while he squeezed between sacks of potatoes and flour in the pantry closet. He had made a small hole that enabled him to listen in to their meetings for the past few years, and Ciel always wondered why they never caught him. Even that demon.
A sudden sound jolted him out of his thoughts as he quickly slipped off the rock and pressed himself to the ground, eyes trained towards the direction of the noise.
Dark figures surrounded the six-seater jeep as they loaded their wares into the spacious open-air trunk. In the moonlight, Ciel could make out the slender curve of guns and cases of ammunition. The team is moving out tonight for another mission, Ciel thought, watching the figures retreat back to the hideout with bated breath, probably to grab more things to load into the partially camouflaged vehicle.
Ciel did not know what came over him as he raced silently towards the jeep. It was his only chance to prove that he could help the team! Heart hammering in excitement and adrenaline coursing through his veins, the young male jumped into the trunk and quickly rummaged around, arranging crates to hid him from view. Once settled, Ciel hugged his knees to his chest in the cramped space and waited in the cold for the rest to return.
Ciel must have fallen asleep when a rough jerk jolted him awake. It was colder than ever and Ciel shivered, rubbing his frozen fingers together to generate some heat to warm himself up. Blinking blearily, Ciel tried to make sense of his surroundings only to meet a blanket of white.
It's snowing, he thought to himself as he tried to shift his position in the cramped space. Peering out from where he was hiding, Ciel observed buildings and houses flashing past the rumbling jeep as a torrent of snow continued its relentless barrage upon the city. At this time, the streets were empty and shops were all closed. Even demons need sleep, at least when they are in their human forms.
The jeep rolled to a sudden stop and Ciel quickly hid back into his dark space, pressing into the shadows.
"Make it quick. Grab the usual supplies and we'll meet back here in 15 minutes," a voice, which Ciel recognised to be Alois's, whispered.
"Ronald, leave the jeep to our usual spot and meet us around the back."
Not being able to see where they were now, Ciel struggled to peer above the towering crates and make out the buildings that stretched out above. The jeep wobbled as the team filed quietly out before it started moving again.
Swerving to the left, the jeep entered a dark alley and blended into the shadows. Ronald cut the engine, and there was silence. Ciel shrunk further into his corner as Ronald hopped off the jeep, his boots making a soft thud in the snowy ground.
Ciel gave the man a few minutes head start before daring to peek his head out from the trunk, brushing away the snow that had fallen on his body. Blue eyes scanned the dark alley Ronald had left the jeep at. There was nothing interesting in the area save for a dirty dumpster, and a lone streetlamp that flickered occasionally, scattering weak orange light across the snow-covered pavement.
The young male crawled out from his hiding place, stepped gingerly across the bundle of loaded rifles, before hopping off from the back of the jeep. Soft puffs of white mist swirled with every breath he took as he took a few steps away from the jeep, exploring the empty, silent alley. Snow covered the ground as it continued to fall steadily, the new snow masking Ciel's footsteps upon the pavement.
"Where did they go?" Ciel murmured to himself, as he peered at the mouth of the alley, noting the few shops around the area where shuttered and dark. Blue eyes traveled from store to store, passing a pharmacy, a clothing chain and a supermarket.
A sudden loud crash snapped him out of his thoughts as he quickly turned towards the direction of the sound, and assumed a defence stance with his fists ready in front of him. Heart hammering in fear, Ciel sighed in relief only to see a black cat jump off from a dumpster, sending more empty aluminum cans scattering and rolling on the ground with another loud crash.
Ciel narrowed his eyes at the feline, trying to settle his fluttering heart. "Stupid animal," he growled.
Distracted, Ciel never saw the dark shadow forming behind him, swirling and misting as fiery crimson eyes locked fervently upon its prey. The stagnant odor of sulfur permeated the air as the evil presence made itself known with a guttural snarl. The young male barely had the time to scream when the demon lunged at him from behind. Pain was the only thing he felt as the snarling creature of the night attacked, biting, clawing and ravaging the struggling prey, as fresh crimson blood continued to spill across the pure, white snow.
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