Sebastian's POV
I returned the cabin to its original state. Collected our things, and locked the door to the cabin. I allowed Claude to hold on to me as he was still in a weak state. We were off to a very slow start as Claude's injury was slowing him down. I offered to carry him, but he refused. For him to not even have the ability to walk by himself, I found it funny he had so much pride. But nevertheless, we pushed on to get back to our masters. Knowing my master he would probably be having a fit. We left early in the afternoon, and are returning late in the night. We don't even have much information to present to them. All we can say is that someone is plotting against us, and does not want us to reveal their plans.
We had been walking for some time now, and having to basically hold Claude up, I was getting tired. It seemed like Claude was half asleep at times. I understand he is injured, but he still has to pull his own weight, or go on a diet at the very least. It was very dark outside now, I was getting weary of leaving the masters alone for so long. Knowing that someone was trying to stop us from finding out the truth about the mysterious farmer disappearances, I knew that the masters would not be safe for much longer. I stopped walking.
"Is something the matter?" Claude asked.
"I'm going to leave you here, and come back when I know the masters are save." I said, trying to sound as polite as possible.
"What the hell, Michaelis! I'm injured and unable to walk by myself, let alone defend myself, and you want to leave me alone?!"
"Listen, you are slowing me down, and I can barely function with you hanging from my body. By the time we reach our masters they will both be dead. I'm sorry you allowed yourself to be injured, but that is not my problem." I said, growing tired of Claude's whining.
"So you believe I allowed myself to be injured? How ignorant can you be? If we switched roles during the mission you would be in my place." Claude said, glaring at me.
"I'm not doing this to be cruel, but the masters come first. I'll put you in a tree before I leave, to keep you safe from predators." I said, trying to give Claude peace of mind.
"Yes, God forbid my attacker has enough physical strength to climb a tree." Claude said, sarcastically.
"Oh, don't be childish, you will be fine." I said.
"You're not the one…." Claude was cut off by a rustling in the woods.
Claude and I both turned in the direction of the noise. It sounded like the footsteps of men. I prepared myself for a fight, in case an enemy presented itself. Then from around a tree came the three triplet servants of the Trancy Manor. Claude and I let out a sigh of relief.
"Timber, Thompson, Canterbury, what are you doing here?! You should be helping Hannah watch over the master!" Claude said furious, from his injured stance.
"Now you can see why I was trying to return back to my master, I cannot trust your incompetent staff." I said, annoyed.
I have been taking my time, thinking that in the very least we had the staff of the Trancy Manor to depend on. Now the three strongest servants in the house are standing in front of us. Now the only thing standing between the masters and death, is a one eyed, half mute, maid. Perfect.
"Answer me, Triplets, why are you here?!" Claude asked, again.
The triplets remained silent. Something was not right. The servants of the Trancy house treated Claude with the upmost respect. I turned slightly to face Claude.
"I think something is wrong, Claude. The triplets don't seem to be acting like themselves." I said, quietly.
"Sebastian!" Claude screamed.
I was able to turn back just in time to avoid the axe being hurled at my head. Canterbury was the wielder of the axe, and he looked upset that he had missed. I turned to look at the other triplets and they were armed as well. My assumptions were correct, something was wrong with the triplets.
"What on earth?" Claude said, leaning on a nearby tree. He couldn't believe that the Triplets were acting out this way.
Canterbury swung his axe at me again, I was able to catch the hilt of the axe, and snapped it in half. The Triplets switched out and Thompson armed with a spear, tried to pierce my chest. While I was trying to deal with Thompson, Timber snuck behind me. Timber was armed with a large sword, he swung his sword at my face. I had no time to react as I was still deflecting the attacks of Thompson. Before the sword could make contact with my flesh, Timber was restrained. Claude was holding both the wrists of Timber.
I could see the strain in Claude's eyes, he was in no shape to be fighting like this. I turned back to Thompson who was still viciously attacking me. I was able to outmaneuver him, and went to assist Claude with Timber. I took hold of Timber from Claude and slammed him into the ground. I looked back to see the other two triplets standing on their feet, ready to strike again. It wouldn't be long before all three were ready to rip us apart. I had to make a quick decision at that moment.
I picked Claude up bridal style, and before he could protest, I was sprinting away from the triplets. I could hear the triplets racing after us. I increased my speed. Claude and I had no chance against the Triplets at the moment. I've fought the triplets multiple times, but something was off. They seemed indestructible, they bounced back from injury as if they could feel no pain. Even with my ability, I alone cannot fight three seemingly intensified demons.
"Sebastian, the triplets were not acting of their own will. I could see it in their eyes." Claude said, he was starting to sound worse than before.
"They must be under the control of the person, who locked you in the freezer. We must return to the masters at once. The enemy must have already infiltrated the Trancy manor." I said, trying to speed up as the triplets were closing in.
"I just hope we are not too late." Claude whispered, somberly.
Ciel's POV
Alois and I barricaded the door, but the intruder was still close to breaking down the door. Alois is almost useless, as he has broken down due to fear. Claude and Sebastian seem to be nowhere in sight. The enemy must be keeping them preoccupied. All of Alois' servants have disappeared, I assume they were killed by the enemy. I was frantically trying to figure out a way to get of this house, and find safety. We didn't even have any weapons to defend ourselves. I refuse to die this night. I head over to the window, I opened the window and looked out. It was at least a six foot drop. There were rose bushes at the bottom, they could possibly break our fall should we jump.
The possibility of not breaking a limb was very slim. God forbid it be a leg or both, the intruder would only need to walk outside to finish us off. The intruder began pounding on the door harder, the wooden door was creaking. It was a few blows away from being broken in. Alois began sobbing louder. He had given up all hope. This was difference between Alois and I, my will to live is infinite.
"Alois, listen to me!" I said shaking Alois by the shoulders. Alois looked up at me with wide, desperate eyes.
"We are not dying tonight, you need to pull yourself together. This behavior is unbecoming of a Queen's Earl." I said, staring Alois in the eyes.
I would need Alois' help to get out of this. I needed him to stop acting like a scared little girl, and help me.
"We have two options we can sit here and wait to be saved, and possibly killed in the process. Or we can jump out that window and possibly be able to escape. What is your choice, Alois? I've made mine." I said.
"Are you crazy?! We will not survive that jump!" Alois said, sitting upright.
"We have no other choice!" I screamed.
Just then the door was broken down, and our barricade was torn away. Alois and I braced ourselves for whoever was behind that door. Alois and I looked up and saw Hannah. We both let out a small sigh of relief. Alois dried his eyes and stood up.
"What the bloody hell, Hannah!?" Alois began to snap at Hannah.
"You had us in here scared half to death! Are you that stupid that you can't reveal yourself, when asked?" Alois ranted.
As I looked closer at Hannah, she looked more and more different than usual. Something was off about her. Alois was getting closer and closer to Hannah. I was starting to worry.
"I mean look at this mess! I hope you know, you will be cleaning all of this up, matter of fact you will clean this house from top to bottom!" Alois raged.
"Alois…" I tried to call out to Alois, something was wrong.
"The next time I call out to you, you better answer me!" Alois said, shoving Hannah. I saw a visible twitch in Hannah's face.
"Ciel, I apologize for the incompetence of my brain dead maid. Honestly, all of my servants wait until I have company to show their idiocy. You will have to excuse -" Alois was abruptly cut off by Hannah clamping her hands around his throat.
Hannah lifted Alois off the ground, as he thrashed about. Alois gasped for air. He tried to fight off Hannah to no avail. Alois was beginning to turn a dark shade of red. Hannah's face showed no contempt or remorse. I looked around for something to fight Hannah with, before Alois' body turned cold. I saw nothing, so I had use my instincts. I ran over to Hannah, and bit down hard on her leg.
Nothing happened. I continued to bite harder, until blood filled my mouth. Nothing, Hannah was unaffected. I could see Alois beginning to go limp. I turned my eye to a steel desk chair in the corner. I ran and picked up the chair. I took a running start and slammed into Hannah with the chair. She fell over and released Alois. Alois gasped for air and crawled away from Hannah. He began to return to his normal color. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Hannah beginning to get back up. I grabbed Alois by the arm and ran toward the window.
Without a second thought we both leapt out of the window, and hoped for the best.
~Joker11315~
I'm so sorry for the long wait with this story. School has been kicking my ass. So I've been unable to update, please forgive me. But I am now on fall break, so in addition to this chapter, I should be able to post another one before this week is over. Now let's see if our favorite demon and earl duos can survive this strange night of what seems like the betrayal of the Trancy Manor. Please comment!