I do not own Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji but I DO own this fic and all the OCs in it.
A little while later, Sebastian and Elliott returned to the entertainment room only to find that their masters were gone. The two of them were holding covered trays of hot food. Elliott, gave slight smirk and shake of his head upon noticing his Master's absence. "Oh dear."
Sebastian sighed. "Wherever have they gone off to now?"
"When my Master is in a playful mood, he rarely sits down, much less stays in one place for more than a few minutes."
Elliott took the tray of food from Sebastian and sat it on a nearby table.
"Sofia," he called. "Please take the food back to the dinning room and keep it hot for the Master and his guest. Come Sebastian, let us go find the Masters."
A "Yes sir" was heard as Sofia quickly came into the room and took the trays of food. Elliott then took a few steps but stopped short when he noticed Sebastian was preoccupied with something.
Elliott looked at him, puzzled. "Sebastian?"
"…How often do you dust in here?" Sebastian inquired.
"Dust? Everyday the entire mansion is cleaned top to bottom."
"That is what I presumed. So that includes the piano?"
"Of course. Why do you ask?"
"It has cobwebs on it."
Elliott looked at the piano and saw that cobwebs were on the legs of the grand piano. He frowned, unhappy that such unsightly webs were polluting the beauty of his Master's favorite piano which he so meticulously cared for. Then, a smile steadily crept across his face as he made a sudden realization. He looked back at Sebastian and saw Sebastian's eyes flash menacingly for a second; his speculation was confirmed.
"Looks like we have more guests then I initially prepared for," Elliott grinned, evilly.
Meanwhile, Curtis was skipping down the bright halls of his mansion with Ciel and Innes in tow.
"Curtis, where are you taking us to?" Ciel asked, a bit wearily.
Curtis had much energy and was very imprudent, which made him a little hard to deal with.
"We're going to find the 'scary' creatures who have infiltrated my abode," Curtis replied, happily. "What's the matter Ciel Phantomhive? Are you scared?"
"Of course not," Ciel replied, with a slight chuckle.
He'd seen much worse than little goblins and the like. He supposed Curtis may have as well but he didn't know for sure.
"Are you sure we should be doing this, my Master?" Innes asked. "It could be dangerous and it would be very bad if Master were to be hurt."
"Nonsense Innes," Curtis said, grinning. "If these guests went so far as to come all the way here just to disrupt our evening, shouldn't we be kind enough to entertain them?"
Shortly afterwards they came to the grand ballroom. Pristine white mixed with regal blue hues covered the room, along with decorations made from crystal, making the entire room feel spacious, fresh and inviting. The three of them were alone in the room.
Ciel looked around at the elaborate decorations, splendid paintings, exotic vases and inviting potted plants feeling a bit impressed. Perhaps Elliott was as good as Sebastian. Ciel found it hard to wrap his head around the thought of others who were as skilled as his butler.
Suddenly, an aromatic scent that he couldn't quite place drifted by his nose.
He felt himself getting lightheaded. The world around him was suddenly spinning and he could barely focus on anything. He could barely make out Innes, quickly covering his Master's nose with a cloth and he could barely see the shadows of a few people who stood out of his view. Then, he lost conciousness.
Shortly after this, the scent cleared and Innes let go of Curtis. "Sorry my prince, but the drug-!"
"I know," Curtis replied.
"If I held you too tight that was because I was trying to prevent from breathing in the drug myself and I buried my face in your cape so-!"
"I know already, Innes."
"Yes, of course. Sorry, my prince."
Suddenly, the clacking of shoes on the hard ballroom floor caught Curtis's attention.
Curtis and Innes turned to see Jacquetta and her butlers Hadley and Sergio.
Innes then jumped, startled, as he felt a presence behind him.
With a quick turn, Curtis could see Alois and Claude were standing behind him.
A smile spread across Curtis's face and then he began to clap.
"This is splendid," Curtis said, joyfully. "You've all made me so happy today! Just to think that you would all come to see me, how grand!"
"Ah," Jacquetta said to Alois. "You've made him quite happy."
Alois frowned. "I can see that. He's impossible."
Hadley rolled his eyes. He had come to the conclusion that the Young Masters and Mistress were all "impossible". He doubted it was possible that Ciel was actually tolerable; he probably had his own idiosyncrasies.
"Curtis," Alois was saying, frowning at the brunette boy. "Stop saying things that make people suspicious."
"Okie-dokie," Curtis smiled, still seeming awfully pleased, as he was now playing with and caressing the little toy soldier he had with him.
"And Ciel Phantomhive is not a toy. Are you even listening?"
"Yes, I'm listening. You shouldn't be upset; I was only trying to get your attention."
Alois's eyebrows rose a bit.
Jacquetta giggled a little, to herself. "I supposed you would figure out that there were intruders in your manor, but I never suspected you would know it was us right away."
"There were cobwebs on my grand piano," Curtis replied, in a perturbed voice.
Alois frowned. "Claude's cobwebs were way too small to notice."
Curtis's eyes narrowed. "Not on my piano."
Alois rolled his eyes.
Curtis smirked. "Well, well Alois. It seems I succeeded in capturing Ciel Phantomhive before you did."
"Well, you had," said Sergio.
Everyone else took notice to the fact that Sebastian was standing next to them now, holding his unconscious master in his arms, and he was not happy.
About this moment, Elliott now appeared at his master's side as well.
Sebastian frowned. To think that these people would dare touch, much less harm his master made him quite perturbed. He looked between the young masters, Curtis and Alois, who had looks mixed between surprise and scorn. Claude was as emotionless, as usual, and Elliott still had his unwavering smile.
Hadley and Sergio were simply smirking.
But Jacquetta's eyes were lit with pleasure in a way that Sebastian had not seen before in this young girl.
"Are you unhappy Sebastian?" she asked, smiling in a rather deranged way.
It was as if the fact that he was displeased gave her so much pleasure.
As Sebastian pondered this, Curtis spoke up.
"I know!" he was saying. "Let's make this a game! Sebastian, see if you can escape my manor without being caught by us. If you can make it out of here with your Master you're free to go. But if you get caught, Ciel Phantomhive is ours."
Sebastian frowned.
This boy was insane!
"Really?" Alois said in both surprise and disbelief.
"So no one else gets a say in this?" Hadley asked.
"Nope!" Curtis said cheerily. "Ready, set, go!"
It only took Elliott two seconds to get over to Sebastian but Sebastian was able to jump out of the way in time.
"Elliott!" Curtis called. "I command you to catch Sebastian!"
"Yes, my Prince!" Elliott replied, grabbing a tieback from the nearby curtains and hurling it at Sebastian.
Sebastian grabbed it with one hand and took off down the halls.
"This is going to be an interesting evening," he sighed.
Now Jacquetta was clapping her hands together in pleasure.
"Let's join in Hadley, Sergio," Jacquetta turned to her two butlers. "I order you to capture Sebastian and Ciel. But don't hurt them, since we did make that deal and all."
Hadley and Sergio bowed. "Yes my lady."
Alois looked at Claude.
"Get me Ciel, Claude," Alois grinned, bouncing on his tiptoes. "You can do whatever you want with Sebastian."
Claude nodded in understanding. "Yes, your highness."
Sebastian was annoyed at this point.
As he ran down the halls with his unconscious master, he thought about the perplexing, strange day so far.
It was odd, but not unexpected, that Jacquetta Crawford was affiliated with Curtis Applegarth, but whatever were Claude Faustus and Alois Trancy doing there? Sebastian supposed Jacquetta was working with Alois. Perhaps the both of them were associated with Curtis. So the real question was, whatever did they plan to do with his master?
Sebastian's thoughts were cut short as Hadley was now standing right in his path.
Sebastian stopped at once; Hadley was amazingly fast to be able to catch him and block his path.
"Your abilities are quite impressive, Hadley," Sebastian commended him.
"Why, thank you, Sebastian," Hadley smirked. "I'll be needing to take your master now."
Hadley came at Sebastian but Sebastian dodged quickly. He tried to get by Hadley but soon realized that was almost impossible with Hadley's speed.
This was getting tedious.
Sebastian used the tieback he had held on to, to tie Hadley's legs together. He then used that split second to make a dash for the exit.
Running swiftly, he finally reached the foyer, only to be stopped by the other servants of the household.
Now, Sebastian stopped short.
These were just normal servants, so why were they involved? Innes was amongst them, with a rather sinister but shallow look on his face.
Sebastian looked closer and made a realization.
"So these people are just your little puppets, are they?" he asked Innes.
"I create them to be real," Innes replied darkly. "They are people. They exist and yet they don't. I control their very existence and then dispose of them whenever the Master is done with them. But now, the Master wants Ciel Phantomhive so I must take him from you."
Sebastian smirked as Innes's minions came after him. "Now whyever would I give you my Master? If your master can't even treat his toys properly, how much worse would he treat my Master?"
He dodged the array of makeshift weapons the servants were using: pans, cooking utensils, coat racks, and more.
Such as task, though, was easy for someone like Sebastian.
He kicked the servants out the way.
Now all he had to do was get out the door.
Then he noticed.
Hadley, Sergio, Elliott and Claude were right behind him.
This would probably prove to be easier said than done.
A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry for the long wait for the update~! (I'm rhymin' and not even tryin'! XD) Thanks for reading. Can any of you figure out what Hadley, Sergio and Elliott are, I wonder? B) I am also finally updating the character gallery on my profile so check it out. :D Bye for now~!