Grell sighed and entered the dismal office still praying for his face to be intact when he left.
As he entered the office Grell braced himself for an extremely long lecture on showing up for work on time, and getting the crap kicked out of him by William. However to Grell`s surprise William did not do either of these, instead he simply sat back down at his desk and calmly proceeded to talk to the surprised reaper
"I have decided as punishment for failing to turn up for work and failing to retrieve the souls you and I were to collect this morning, you will be working overtime completing paperwork and a written apology for not reporting for work" he read aloud from a file entitled 'Suitable punishments for Grell Sutcliff' "Also, there has been a string of murders recently in London and the cinematic records of the victims are missing, so I have decided to let you investigate this case. God help us…" William sighed at the last part
"Wait, when did you find out about the murders?" Grell asked
"I take it you were already aware of it then, well I can only assume that you knew about it and decided not to report it" William glared at Grell and briefly whacked him on the head with his death scythe, which resembled a garden trimmer.
"Ow!" Grell exclaimed rubbing his head
"Well then, that is all you may go, also I recommend you take Mister Knox with you for your investigation, someone needs to keep you out of trouble. Honestly I cannot wait for you to stop landing me with overtime" he muttered emotionlessly
Grell decided not to mention that Ronald was incapable of even taking care of himself let alone Grell
"Well ok then" Grell replied turning to leave, just as he was leaving William quickly stopped him
"Oh yes, Mister Sutcliff, as you seem to have no further plans for today you may start on your paperwork" he pointed to a mountain of paperwork piled up on his desk
Grell groaned, but he knew there was no way out of it. He sighed and picked up the mountain of work and returned to his room to make a start on the work.
After the next few gruelling hours of paperwork set by William, Grell decided to continue with the investigation which had now been 'approved by William' He wondered if Ronald had returned from collecting souls. As he entered the room of Ronald Knox he found his friend who had fallen asleep at his desk on top of his paperwork. Grell tried not to laugh at the younger reaper`s exceptionally loud snoring. Grell decided to try and wake him up, he gently nudged Ronald only for him to stir slightly and start muttering in his sleep
"I`m not drunk magical talking shoe! Leave my mother out of this!"
Grell nearly died from laughter and almost wanted to leave his friend asleep so he may hear more of Ronald`s random sleep outbursts, he poked him again and as if attempting to reply Ronald started muttering again
"I look so pretty in a dress, bitch I`m fabulous!" Grell was now on the floor laughing as Ronald had even somehow remembered to do an extremely camp voice and hand movement as he slept. Grell tried to get up but kept on laughing which somehow woke Ronald up
"W-what happened?" Ronald shot up from his desk with some of his paperwork stuck to his face which made Grell laugh even harder "What`s so funny?" Ronald asked innocently, apparently oblivious to what he had just said in his sleep.
Grell got up tears in his eyes from where he had been laughing so hard. "Sorry Ronnie, you`re just so hilarious when you`re asleep" he said slightly more calm now
"Why? What did I do in my sleep?" Ronald looked confused, the paperwork still stuck on his face
Grell giggled and removed the offending writing from Ronald`s cheek "I`ll make sure to bring a camera next time so I can show you" Grell winked
Ronald still looked confused "Should I be worried?"
"No" Grell sang quickly before Ronald could ask more about how he had just proved he wasn`t as cool as he told everyone. "Anyway, I came to see you because I`m going to do more investigating on our murderous friend, this time I have been ordered by Will" Grell said remembering the words of his cruel superior.
"How`d he find out?" Ronald asked a little more awake now
"I have no idea" Grell admitted "He did hit me though for knowing and 'not thinking to report it'" he added grumbling
"Naw there there Senpai" Ronald smiled sympathetically patting Grell`s head
Grell glared at him "Never touch a woman`s hair Ronald Knox!" he growled
Ronald quickly relinquished his hand "Sorry Senpai" he quickly apologized
Grell giggled "Naw I forgive you Ronnie!" He grinned doing his signature pose
Ronald sweat dropped "You`ll never change Senpai" he sighed
"Nope" Grell smiled cheerily "That`s why you love me though" he added smiling seductively
"Please save it for your new found love" Ronald said flatly
"Hehe sorry, you`re just so much fun to creep out" Grell winked "Well let`s go investigate a psychopath" he grinned again before leading the way out of Ronald`s bright orange room.
It was midnight once the two reapers had arrived in London; they decided to visit the place where the other murders had taken place.
"I imagine we`d get this done faster if we split up" Grell stated looking around the dark streets
"Ok then" Ronald agreed
"If you see or hear anything then shout" Grell added
"Will do" Ronald smiled excitedly "This should be fun!" He grinned as he walked down another twisting street.
Grell walked slowly along the dimly lit streets, everything was quiet, too quiet for Grell`s liking. Grell and Ronald had agreed to investigate all of London starting with the east end as the murders had occurred there; they were investigating opposite areas of the east end.
Grell sighed and continued walking, he then recognized where he was, it was the same street where Ciel and Sebastian had discovered his true identity after he had killed Mary Kelly as Jack The Ripper. As he was walking quietly he heard a faint gasp, Grell quietly poked his head around the corner of a nearby building to see a prostitute being held up against a wall by her neck by a dark figure wielding a familiar scythe.
Grell decided to stay hidden for now and try and learn why the killer was murdering innocent people.
"Sorry Miss, I wouldn`t kill you if I had the choice, but I`m afraid I have to" the killer sounded almost sympathetic
"Why is he killing innocent people if he doesn`t want to?" Grell thought curiously
The poor girl being practically strangled struggled to reply, all she could do was stare wide eyed in terror at her killer`s expression, which was invisible to Grell from his angle.
Just then the killer released the prostitute and she collapsed to the dirty ground, she was still gasping for air and couldn`t summon the strength to get up and run, just then the killer was about to deliver a fatal blow when Grell suddenly dashed out of his hiding place
"Stop!" He cried running at the killer with his death scythe roaring ready for a fight
The killer dodged the red reaper`s attack effortlessly "Hmph, it`s been awhile since you showed up hasn`t it?" They sounded somewhat intrigued by Grell`s presence
Grell glared at the killer before turning to the still terrified girl behind him "Run" he commanded she only nodded slightly before stumbling weakly to her feet and running back down the dark alleyway
"Well now you`ve lost me my victim I`m not very happy" the killer stated flatly
"Heh well I`m not allowed to let you kill innocent humans not on the To Die list" Grell remarked smirking at the murderer
"I`m actually quite impressed that you`ve still got the courage to face me after what happened last time" the killer sneered
Grell growled at the killer "I`m not going to allow you to hurt anyone, especially those close to me!" he warned
"How can you protect someone who doesn`t even know why you protect them?" The killer asked coldly trying to anger Grell
Grell nearly lost it "How would you know!" he cried trying to resist charging at the mocking figure before him
The killer chuckled "Well Grell Sutcliff, I would really love a fight with you but I am currently focussing on work before pleasure you see"
Grell was a little calmer now "Well sorry but your work shall have to go unfinished"
"Oh my dear reaper, you cannot stop my work, not when you have so much to lose if you try to" the killer continued now walking a little closer to Grell
Grell just stood still trying to keep his cool "I will stop you" he stated calmly "My pride as a reaper is at stake" he then grinned.
The killer was now circling Grell "I`m wondering whether to reveal my identity to you or let you figure it out for yourself, you see I am rather fascinated by you Grell Sutcliff, but like I said before I can`t let you stop me from working"
Grell smirked "If you`re trying to ask me out I`m flattered but sorry I`m unavailable"
The killer chuckled "No my dear reaper, I`m afraid that is not the case" they then suddenly snuck up behind Grell and had their scythe around Grell`s neck and whispered seductively "If you value your life and the lives of others I suggest you give up now"
"Heh, no chance" Grell smirked again
"Shame" with that the killer was about to run the large metal scythe through Grell`s throat when suddenly he was stopped by some familiar silverware
"That is quite enough for now" a familiar demon`s voice called from on top of a building
"Bassy?" Grell asked now really confused "Why are you here?"
The demon smirked and jumped down landing next to Grell "My master ordered me to eliminate the threat so that is what I must do" he calmly explained
"Well, this is getting interesting, a demon has come to join the fight" the killer sounded amused
"It`s an honour to meet you at last, who might I have the pleasure of meeting?" Sebastian asked politely
"You may call me Death Sentence, for that is what I am to you" Death Sentence replied
"My my, what an outrageous name, it makes you sound like an executer" Sebastian remarked "Wherever did you get such a dreadful name?"HHHHe added purposely trying to offend the killer
The killer growled "You really shouldn`t be arrogant, what makes you think you can kill me?"
"My master has ordered me to do so, so I shall carry out that order" Sebastian calmly replied
The killer twirled the heavy scythe on one hand skilfully before positioning into a fighting stance "I shall enjoy defeating a demon"
"And I shall enjoy killing a murderer" Sebastian smirked his eyes glowing the demonic pinkish-red
Grell stood up "I shall join you" he started up his chainsaw
Sebastian produced more cutlery form nowhere and Grell readied his chainsaw
Death Sentence smiled evilly "It`s been too long since I had a proper fight, I love bloodshed!"
To Be Continued In Chapter 15
AN: Hehehe things are really gonna get interesting now X3 Also sorry I know it has been a while since I updated, I`ve got exams in three weeks though and I need to revise But when they`re over I will be writing more and drawing more :3 Oh yes I take requests for drawings of favoured couples or things you just really want to happen in this story that haven`t happened or won`t happen XD Drawing is always fun and it gives me more ideas for writing so please send requests ^.^ And review like all the wonderful people who already have CX