"Stupid Mr. Justin, keeping me after school. Why do I have to be in charge of class clean up?" Ciel complained as she dragged the full trash bag across the courtyard of the school.
She sighed and flung the trash bag over the top of the dumpster. She turned and then heard a twig snap.
"Who's there?" She called out but there was no answer.
She furrowed her eyebrows as a hand came out of nowhere and bashed her head against the metal side of the dumpster.
Ciel felt horrible as she opened her eyes. Her mind was fuzzy and she couldn't even focus on her thoughts. Her vision was blurry and her body couldn't even move.
"Boss, she's awake" Someone said.
There was a laugh and Ciel tried to move her limbs but realized that she was tied up.
"The little bitch thought she could escape from me. Too bad, she didn't know who I was"
Ciel blinked a couple of times and her vision mercifully cleared.
"It's you" Ciel murmured.
"I hope you recognize me darling. I'm going to be the last face you'll see before I kill you" the boss said with a yellow toothed smile.
"Fuck you!" Ciel said with surprising energy.
"You little bitch" The boss slapped her hard enough to throw Ciel all the way across the room.
Ciel groaned in pain as her back slammed against the wall and she landed face down on the floor. She cringed at the smell of ash and cigarettes coming from the carpet.
"No one's going to save you now" The boss spat on Ciel and she shuddered in disgust at the feeling of the man's spit in her hair.
"What whore did you bring me this time?" Another new voice said.
"We found this girl, master. She is just for you" The boss said sounding afraid.
Someone grabbed Ciel by the hair and held her up. Ciel stared right at the new person in the room who was dressed in white slacks and a blue shirt with a red jacket. His blond hair was short and spiked. He stared at Ciel greedily and Ciel glared at him.
"Is this a girl? She doesn't look like one" the blond man said.
"Oh she is, boss" one of the other men said.
Ciel gasped when the she was thrown unceremoniously to the blond man who caught her with ease.
"Isn't she a pretty little thing, lads? I'll let you have a go with her when I'm done" the blond man said and he carried Ciel out of the room.
"Let go of me!" Ciel began wriggling around, trying to remove herself from the man's arms.
"We don't do that, love. Just relax" The blond man cooed and Ciel spat at him.
"Oh now you're just teasing me, love"
Another door was opened and Ciel was thrown on a large double bed. She landed right on the edge of the bed and tumbled to the floor.
"Sorry love, did that hurt?"
Ciel growled and she was picked up and placed on the bed.
"That eye patch is an eyesore isn't it?"
The blond man pulled off the eye patch and Ciel kept her eye shut.
"Come on, love. Don't be shy"
Ciel opened up her eye and the purple mark glowed eerily. The door suddenly slammed open and the blond man screamed in fright as he was thrown against the wall.
"Sorry, I'm late, mistress. They don't seem to have treated you that well" Sebastian said with a bow of apology.
"Destroy him Sebastian. I want him to suffer" Ciel ordered.
"Then close your eyes, mistress" Sebastian said.
Ciel obeyed and relaxed. She heard tortured screams and groans of pain.
"How dare you try to take my beloved mistress from me? You shall die the way she wants you to" Sebastian said.
There was one final scream and then silence. Ciel felt herself being picked up and she wrapped her arms around Sebastian, her eyes still closed.
"My mistress. My beautiful mistress" Sebastian whispered and them kissed the top of her head.
Ciel pressed herself closer to Sebastian and then felt herself soaring through the air. She kept her eyes shut and soon Sebastian landed onto the ground.
"Sebastian?"
Ciel opened her eyes to see that they were at Alois's home. Claude had just been about to tuck Alois into bed.
"Ciel!" Alois jumped out of bed and rushed to his friend.
Sebastian sat Ciel down on the bed and tore off the bonds that were holding her limbs.
"Claude, the first aid kit" Alois ordered and Claude rushed off.
"Alois, get Ciel something to change into" Sebastian said.
Alois opened up his closet and began searching. Sebastian began checking his mistress for wounds and then barked out orders for ice to Claude. Ciel sat frozen as all this was happening around her. Sebastian pulled off her tee shirt and shorts only to make her wear one of Alois's tee shirts.
"What happened to her?" Alois asked as Sebastian began cleaning up the blood from her face, neck and Claude pressed ice against her various bruises.
"Jean Luc De Louis kidnapped her" Sebastian replied.
"The famous painter who's visiting from France? Why would he do that?" Alois asked.
"Rumors of you two asking for your titles has spread throughout the country. You two are in more danger than you think. Ciel much more than you since Sebastian doesn't hang around Ciel as much as I do" Claude replied.
"But why would our titles be the cause of this?" Alois asked.
"If Ciel receives her title again, Jean Luc loses this status as an ambassador" Sebastian replied.
"How does that happen?" Alois asked.
"Too complicated to explain" Ciel replied and Alois grinned.
"Ciel, you're okay!"
"She needs rest" Sebastian said.
"Claude go set up the cot for Ciel. Right next to my bed" Alois ordered.
"As you wish" Claude left the room.
"Mistress, does anything hurt?" Sebastian asked.
"My head hurts. I want to shower" Ciel replied.
She stood up gingerly and then began walking slowly to the bathroom.
"Call me if you need me" Sebastian said and then turned to face Alois who had a knowing look on his face.
"What is it?" Sebastian asked and Alois laughed.
"Are you alright, master?" Claude asked from where he was setting up the cot.
"He's so blind!" Alois laughed loudly and Sebastian for once, glanced at Claude with a confused look on his face.
"What are you talking about?" Sebastian asked.
"You're in love with her!" Alois laughed even more at this.
"What?" the two butlers echoed.
"He is! When she walked away from him, he looked so heartbroken I could cry. I've never seen anyone like that" Alois insisted.
"I don't love her. Demons are not supposed to love" Sebastian said.
"You're not supposed to love your contracted soul. Demons can love, Sebastian" Claude said and then looked over at Alois who was out of breath on the floor from laughing.
It clicked in Sebastian's mind. Claude was in love with Alois. Poor Alois, he could find out what Sebastian was feeling but he couldn't see what his butler was hiding from him. Wait, Sebastian shook off what Alois had said. He wasn't in love with his mistress. At all. The door of the bathroom open and Ciel walked out, her hair dripping wet.
Sebastian immediately jumped up and began towel drying her short hair. Alois looked up and sent an irritating smirk to Sebastian.
"Master, time for bed" Claude said and Alois sighed.
He climbed into bed and was tucked under the blankets. Sebastian finished drying Ciel's hair and then began to comb it. Then Ciel went to bed. Sebastian sat in on corner of the room and Claude joined him.
"You're in love with the brat" Sebastian stated and Claude sighed.
"Apparently he isn't that omniscient the way he thinks he is" Sebastian said.
"I was hoping that he would remember faster but he seems to disregard those memories completely" Claude said.
"You don't want him to turn into the monster his ancestor used to be but you want him to remember the crushing, heart breaking, and life giving love his ancestor had?" Sebastian asked incredulously and Claude had the shame to look away from the burgundy eyed demon.
"Claude, maybe Alois loved you but maybe this Alois isn't meant to love you. He hasn't shown any attraction towards anyone except maybe that Emily girl at school"
"Emily?"
"He came late to class a couple of times. He came in with his clothes and hair messed up along with a hickey on his neck. You can guess what he was doing" Sebastian replied.
"Does Ciel know about his little 'disappearances'?"
"I'm sure she does but keeps her nose out of it. There's no point in getting freaked out over it"
Claude sighed and leaned against the wall. Sebastian glanced over at the other demon and then at Ciel who was asleep.
"What about you? I'm sorry but Alois is right. You have that loving look in your eyes whenever you look at Ciel" Claude said.
"I nearly lost her. That monster was hanging over her when I came in. I'm a demon, I should be used to things like this but when I saw him I nearly lost myself"
"She's here, Sebastian, she's safe here. That's all that matters" Claude patted Sebastian's shoulder awkwardly and then stood up.
Sebastian stood and sat right back down next to Ciel's cot. He stared at her sleeping face and then brushed her long bangs out of her eyes. Her hair was soft to the touch unlike her male counterpart. Maybe it was because of the improved hair products. He chuckled and didn't move from his spot until sunrise.