Chapter 6 – Blood covered

Well if you have read the previous chapter, you would know what happens at the end of that chapter and well frankly, I don't want to go into that scene with Beast and Sebastian so I have decided to skip that part. Sorry, I'm really awkward about that stuff and usually if I come across it, I skip until it seems safe!

I DO NOT OWN BLACK BUTLER, WISH I DID THOUGH!

Alice: What do you mean you wish you owned it?

Me: Nothing!

Ciel: She's up to something….

~Alice's P.O.V. ~

I went to check up on Ciel to find Sebastian with him.

"Oh, you're here too…" I muttered as I approached to see if Ciel was ok, " What do you mean too? I am here to look after Smile,"

Ciel rolled his eyes and Sebastian picks him up,

"Good thing you came, saves me the trouble of looking for you,"

"What? Why?"

"We're leaving, now!"

So Sebastian, Ciel and I walked back to the Phantomhive mansion. And guess who was waiting there….

"Where the hell did you go for two days without telling me?!" Soma was yelling at Ciel because he was concerned. I guess the incident with that Mina whore- I mean girl really changed him. He wasn't very selfish or inconsiderate anymore which was good.

"none of your business! Cough…cough….cough…"

Ciel was better than he was yesterday but was still pretty weak. Soma and Agni looked really worried when Ciel kept coughing but Ciel just brushed them off and ordered Sebastian to take him upstairs. He must have forgotten about me because I was left standing there with the Prince and Agni.

"Miss Alice…What had happened the last few days?"

I looked at him uncertain because I wasn't sure if Ciel would let me tell them but I figured if I told Agni who was very responsible and cool, he wouldn't tell anyone.

"There were cases of children going missing lately and the Queen sent Ciel, Sebastian and I to go investigate and solve this. We thought it may have been the Circus that have arrived so we infiltrated the circus, pretending we were homeless and poor to get in. it worked but we found that the Circus did not have the missing children but we found something odd… I think they knew Ciel was there because when we entered one of the main performers' rooms, there were documents about Ciel…"

Agni nodded and promised not to tell even Prince Soma but I knew for the poor guy, it won't last long but somehow I felt safe with these two. Even though they are bigger nut cases then the servants here, it was really warming to have them here.

Ciel attempted to leave but Agni and Soma stopped him and persuaded him to rest. I was ordered to help Sebastian get ready to go to this Baron Kelvin or something's home because he may be the one who kidnapped the children so I had to pretend to do chores and trick Agni and Soma who were guarding Ciel and preventing him from leaving.

It became night really quickly and Sebastian ushered me to get ready as we were going to leave very soon. We went into Ciel's room and he was still sleeping so Sebastian decided to let him rest a bit more. Suddenly he bolted upright,

"what time is it?"

"7:14pm young master!"

Ciel looked at Sebastian and I who had brought in his dinner.

"Today's dinner is milk risotto with 3 different kinds of mushroom, with pork and wine pot-au-feu. Dessert is apple compote draped in yoghurt…"

While Sebastian was explaining the dinner I felt myself begin to drool.

"Now then Young Master…say AHHHHH!"

Ciel shivered and glared at Sebastian,

"What are trying to do?! Stop it at once, I don't need you fawning. It's disgusting."

"Ah, I got a call from Tanaka. It seems that Lady Elizabeth is at the main house and refuses to go home until she sees you."

"What an obsessive fiancé…." I muttered under my breath but it seems I said it too loud as Ciel coughed and I placed my hands on my hips, "Sorry but I really get annoyed with her antics and personality. This type of person gets on my nerves."

"Jeez, lets hurry up and finish this job and get back to the main house,"

"Yes, My Lord,"

When we got down the stairs, our trusty guard approached us but I sensed Ciel and Sebastian had a plan to getting past him.

"Ciel! What are you doing? Are you feeling better?"

"I heard that you nursed me. thanks to you, I'm feeling much better. Thank you!"

Ciel gave him the same smile that he gave Joker back when we tried out to join. That was the second and probably last time I would see him smile like that. But it worked perfectly against Soma as Sebastian grabbed my wrist with Ciel and sped out of the door without the idiot of a prince realising.

It didn't take long for us to find the Baron's mansion. When we reached the giant doors, it seemed to open for us and standing in the door way was Joker,

"Welcome Earl Phantomhive."

Joker's face did not seem very friendly and kind like it did back at the Circus, I guess this was his true form and frankly, he wasn't as charming as he was before.

Joker led us through to where Baron Kelvin was. When we reached the main hall, Joker clicked his fingers and the candles lit up. Hanging from the ceiling and the walls were dolls or broken mannequins. It was really creepy and without realising it, I clutched onto Sebastian's arm.

He looked down and smirked at me, holding my hand and pulling up to his face,

"What's wrong Alice~ are you afraid?" I pulled my hand away as I blushed and looked away,

"NO, I just hate dolls. And this place isn't very warm and welcoming now is it?!" but only to my surprise Sebastian chuckled and looked back at me, "You're very cute when you're afraid, like a lost kitten…"

I looked at him with a grossed out face as I knew now about his Cat Fetish and I didn't like the fact that he called me a lost kitten.

"I see. Lacie is also a part of this…"

Joker cupped my face as if feeling pity or something. He probably thought that I was forced to work for them but I wasn't, I owed them my life so it was paying back a debt. Sebastian pulled me away from him and wrapped his arms around me in a protective, or should I say possessive way.

"Please refrain from touching her."

Joker walked to some double doors on the other side of the room while Sebastian sat Ciel down.

"He is here, Baron Kelvin," Joker bowed and the door opened. It revealed some sort of mummified chubby guy in a wheelchair and with two blank faced children wheeling him in. my first thoughts were 'pervert' and 'creepy'.

"You've come to see me Earl Phantomhive! It's like a dream to have you so close to me! Though I am ashamed to see you like this…"

Ok now I was sure that he was a pervert because I think he has a child fetish.

"Please, I have prepared a feast for you."

Joker and some girls, very young girls, in maid uniforms walked in with a lot of food. Just to make sure, Sebastian drank some of the wine and tasted some of the food before letting Ciel have some. Sebastian and I stood at either side of Ciel, I sensed a bad vibe about this place so I kept a throwing knife in my hand just in case someone attacked.

"Joker, prepare that for us!"

Joker seemed to hesitate but after a quick snap from Baron Kelvin, Joker reluctantly did what he was told to do. He lined up children, all in circus outfits and masks.

"Welcome Earl Phantomhive, tonight I will accompany you to a world of pleasure that you leave you dazzled."

No one did anything except Baron Kelvin who was clapping, his face resembled a child. The two children beside him tended to him and feeding him which I felt really off about because they were so blank faced, as if they had lost themselves.

"First a tightrope walker!"

The little girl began to walk across until disaster struck and she fell to her death. I jumped back to be backed by Sebastian and I dug my face into his shoulder. Ciel and Joker looked devastated but the Baron was clapping wildly and laughing as if this was part of the show.

Other kids dragged her corpse off the stage as some more kids brought in a lion in a very large cage, this time a small boy stood in front of the cage with a whip, but I doubt he would be able to use it,

"Next we have an animal tamer, a fierce lion will-"

Before Joker could finish his sentence, the lion dug into some fresh meat as it mauled the poor kid and ripped him to shreds,

"p-please stop him… this is horrible…." I shivered in Sebastian's arms and watched in horror as one by one, the children were being killed. While all this death filled the air, the Baron kept laughing and clapping and I gripped the knife in my hand tightly, wanting to throw it at him and end his life. Sebastian must have felt me tense as he stroked my hand gently and I relaxed, still holding onto the knife.

"next is a knife thrower, the life of this girl rests in this throw, will it strike her?!"

I couldn't bear it anymore as the kid threw the knife, I threw mine which sent it flying directly next to the strapped up girl's face.

"Sebastian!"

Ciel called out as Sebastian, in a single leap, landed next to the girl and took off her mask.

"Ellery Nickson who disappeared in the cornwell area… As you suspected, kidnapped children forced to perform without any training…"

The dumbass of a Baron thought Ciel didn't like this type of entertainment so he ordered Joker to clean it up.

Ciel's voice rose in disgust at the sight of this inhumane mummy,

"I have no desire to sit at a table with a beast that is more despicable than an animal. This is enough for a report to the Queen. Vulgar…Ugly…..perverted. The lowest form of human life, is what I, the watch dog of the Queen, has gotten rid of!
Ciel pulled out a gun, aiming at the Baron's head. Joker jumped in with a sword, resting it next to Ciel's neck. Instinct took over as I jumped in and I rushed up and held my knife to Joker's neck and Sebastian held his knife to the other side of Joker's neck.

"Joker, stop pointing that dangerous thing at the Earl!"

"But!"

"you won't listen to me?!"

Sebastian smirked as Joker sheathed his sword and Sebastian held Joker in a lock with a knife to his neck to prevent him from jumping in again. I stood close to Ciel with knives ready to launch at the Baron's mummified head.

Still with the gun pointing to his head, Ciel bluntly asked him, anger and detest in his voice,

"Where are the kidnapped children?!"

"You want to meet the children?! They are in the basement and I can take you there, besides I have something I want to show you there!"

The baboon's face was so happy like he enjoyed this and wasn't the least bit afraid the Ciel had a gun to his head which could fire at any moment.

We walked down a couple of really scary sets of stairs and reached two gigantic doors which the two children pushed open.

"Look! This took me 3 years to prepare it!"

Ciel's face was filled with shock and deep anger. I turned and my heart skipped a beat. It was the same room, the same bloody room where I lost my friends and my sister shortly after. I remember seeing her face twisted in pain, frozen in a state of total fear and I fell to my knees. I couldn't even stand up anymore.

The Baron told us about how he became obsessed with Ciel and why he had did this. It was so twisted that he would even think of such a thing.

"It was you right Earl? You were the one that killed them all! I'm so jealous! Such a beautiful end. I beg you! Please let me be a part of this and kill me like you killed them!"

He opened his arms and accepted death, he was begging Ciel to kill him an dwas so excited. Joker looked very upset and desperate to stop the idiot from killing himself.

Without remorse or hesitation, Ciel shot him right in the abdomen. His face filled with disgust and hate. It was very frightening to see him like that, but I could understand. I understood how he felt but he had gone through the process Mary did and lived to suffer the memory.

Joker jumped free of Sebastian, losing his prosthetic hand and pulled out his sword. Aiming to kill Ciel, I jumped in front and readied myself. My face no longer the same cheerful and sane Alice, but a complete stranger. I faced Joker and as fast as lightning, I cut off his other hand, leaving him to squirm and scream in pain. Sebastian looked at me shocked, as I looked up at him, my hands and face covered in Joker's blood.

Sebastian came up to wipe my face but I glared back,

"Don't touch me!" I hissed as Sebastian backed off and we watched as Joker and Baron Kelvin rolled around on the ground, roaring and screeching in pain.

Baron Kelvin crawled up to Ciel and begged him to kill him quickly but Ciel stomped on his head and his face returned to the cold Earl.

"The same as them? Kneel down like a worm and then beg the demon to do it!"

Joker managed to finally catch his breath and regain the strength to talk.

"Please don't kill him! Despite what he did, he saved us all after we were abandoned by our parents and left for dead. If he dies, we can't live on! That's why!"

"That's why you kidnapped those children? You have obeyed this man in order to survive, by sacrificing others?"

Joker accepted defeat as he knew, his whole life he was doing the wrong thing and he was as guilty as the Baron was. Joker tried to reason with Ciel but he had made up his mind and that the Baron would not live after this.

"There are two types of people in the world, those who steal and those who are stolen from… today I stole your future."

Then Joker collapsed in laughter,

"then I guess tonight we will steal something from you. My fellow circus members are visiting your mansion. Do you know why we have never been caught? Because all witnesses are killed…"

~No one's P.O.V. ~

Back at the mansion…

The circus members have arrived at the Phantomhive mansion.

"It's huge!"

"It will be hard to find the room of our target…"

"We'll split then!"

So Wendy and Peter split off together, Jumbo was alone and Beast and Dagger went off together.

"Hmmm, a guest at this hour?"

Finnian approached Jumbo who looked serious and on guard as Finny kept walking towards him.

"Sorry but I was told not to let strangers go inside while the young master is away…" Finny rubbed his eyes as he had just woken up from his sleep to approach jumbo.

Then with a crunch! Finny was knocked down and seemed unconscious, taking that Finny was dead, Jumbo walked off.

Back at Baron Kelvin's mansion

"killed? My servants?"

Ciel, Sebastian and Alice began to chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Joker yelled as Ciel plonked his cane against the cold tiled floor and looked down at the blood covered Joker.

"Just who do you think you are dealing with? They are servants of the Phantomhive family!"

"I'd be surprised if any of your friends make it out alive!"

Alice added as they all smirked at Joker who only feared the worst, wishing that his family would be alright but you could probably guess what was going to happen….

Back at the Phantomhive mansion

"it can't be helped…I'm sorry." Jumbo made a huge mistake walking off as Finny slowly got up and placed his hand onto Jumbo's shoulder, eyes like a savage wolf in sheep's clothing.

"Nah, I'd be in trouble…They's get mad at me wouldn't they? The master and Sebastian told me to never let someone go inside while they are away."

With a mighty throw, and a brutal attack, Jumbo was sent flying into a wall with a Splat! And fatally wounding him.

"Aw… that's lots of blood…how horrible, I hate painful things…"

Finnian continued his approach to end Jumbo's misery.

"Bro, Sis. Please get away from this place!" Jumbo called out to warn his family before Finnian shut him up, for good.

Without knowing that Wendy and Peter were watching from behind, Finny let down his guard.

SWIP!

Finnian's hat was caught on the string that Peter and Wendy had attempted to kill him with as they went for a full on attack.

Finny chased the two but because they were small and agile, it was hard for him to catch up. When suddenly Wendy and Peter came down, connecting their wire and attempted to saw Finnian in half. It was too late for Finny to dodge.

BANG!

Wendy died instantly as a bullet went straight through one side of her head to the other as she fell to Peter's shock and horror.

"WENDY!"

Still in his pursuit was Finnian. Peter jumped out of the way and hid behind a wall. Constant shots were fired to draw out Peter.

Shit! A sniper? I need to bring the sniper down first before I kill this kid!

When he arrived on the rooftop where the sniper was, all he saw were rifles lined up and some lying on the floor. A rifle with no scope at this distance, in one shot…damn it!

On the other side of the building, the sniper prepared herself to finish the job. To protect her home and obey her saviour's orders.

"I'll keep…to what the young Master has told me. to face the Master with a clean mansion everyday. That is a maid's job. I'LL WIPE AWAY THE MANSION'S DIRT!"

Mey-Rin fired shots at the intruder, but didn't hit a vital spot. Instantly dropping the rifles in her hand and grabbing the ones lined up. Again and again she fired as the rat began to run away. Finally when Peter could stop to check out the situation, he saw only one sniper and realised that the rifles all lined up were already loaded to save time.

Peter tried to escape but he knew, the moment he jumped and let himself fly away, he was a sitting duck. With a single shot, Mey-RIn hit her target who went crashing into the window right outside the room Elizabeth was sleeping in.

The young lady woke up at the loud sound. Tanaka in his real form entered the room to check on the young lady.

"What seems to be the problem, Lady Elizabeth?"

"wasn't there a loud sound just now?"

"HoHoHo, you must have heard it in your dreams, you'll get cold, please return to the bed…"

Tanaka made sure she was asleep before he left and cleaned up the body of Peter who lied in a pool of blood, surrounded by glass.

Beast and Dagger arrived in the entry hall, only to be stopped by the Chef Bard.

Without hestitation, Dagger threw knives at Bard who deflected them with a frying pan.

"Hey Finny, take one round of cannon…"

And at the comment, Finnian threw a sculpture at the duo but they narrowly dodged it. repeatedly, Finny threw sculpture after sculpture, aiming to squash the bugs flat.

The bugs managed to escape as they raced around the mansion, looking for a way of escape. Then they ran into a Mey-Rin who welcomed them with a shower of bullets.

Just in time, Beast used a painting to block the bullet as Mey-RIn emerged from the smoke caused by the firing of her dual handguns.

Then they reached the kitchen to find Bard waiting for them with a huge machine gun. Then all hell broke loose as Bard went crazy, spraying bullets everywhere, destroying his kitchen. When all bullets were used up, Bard waited for the other two to arrive to exterminate the last of the bugs.

When Beast managed to get up, she found Dagger's body, covered in bullet holes on top of her.

"Big sis…run to Senpai…I wanted to take Big sis over…the..hill…"

All life drained out of Dagger's body, leaving Beast with the crazy servants. Finny blasted a hole for Bard to get out, leaving Beast within the Beasts' trap. Finny and Bard filled the kitchen up with flour, an alternative to explosives.

"The finer 'flour' is cut, the better it burns. If the concentration of flour in the air is really high, it's the same as exploding gas….sorry miss. But this is our job as the Phantomhive's guards."

Bard lit his cigarette and with the still lit match, he threw it into the cloud of flour.

With a loud boom, the kitchen blew up, leaving no one inside, alive…

Back at Baron Kelvin's mansion

~Alice's P.O.V. ~

"A private army?" Joker lay there in shock as he knew the worse had happened. Joker began to cry as he knew his family was gone, and so was he.

Suddenly the doctor from circus came in. he wasn't in his wheelchair as seen previously back at the circus. He lied.

He approached the Baron after seeing that he was covered in blood but the whelp was already dead. Joker was still trying to make it through but I could see the light of his life slowly diminish. After some explaining, we realised who the mastermind was. This crazy quack was using the bones of these children as the prosthetics that were given to the Circus performers.

Joker looked at us in horror and judging from the look he gave us, he knew nothing about this. The doc dragged a soulless girl out of the cages and put her onto the table. While talking to us, he got ready to do what I feared he would. Then with a downwards movement of his arm, the knife went straight into the girl's body, but no sound came out as she was simply a doll now, no one could save her or the other kids here.

Ciel screamed as his eyes filled with terror and utter fear. He threw up as Sebastian calmed him down,

"Call my name young Master…"

"Se-Seb-SEBASTIAN! KILL THESE GUYS!"

With a quick movement, his hand went through the doctor's body, killing him in an instant. I walked up to Sebastian as Ciel ordered him to burn this place to the ground.

"Young Master, the Queen asked to rescue the children? And the criminals are-"

"SHUT UP! I AM YOUR MASTER, OBEY ME! BURN THIS PLACE UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT!"

Sebastian sighed as he handed Ciel to me.

"Get ready to leave Alice,"

"Right!"

Sebastian took off his glove on the hand with the mark as he touches the flames on the candles, the flames enlarged and soon covered the whole room in a fiery inferno.

When we got out the building, Freckles was outside, her face displayed shock and horror.

"Smile? Black? Lacie? What happened? why are you here? Brother is…"

Sebastian smirked at him, we knew they were inside but he was already dead. I answered instead,

"Dead, we killed him…"

"What, what are you saying Lacie? Hey, Smile say something?!"

Freckles shook me and yelled at Ciel. He slapped her hand away and screamed in her face,

"DON'T TOUCH ME SO FREELY!"

"We were sent by the Queen to find the missing children…" Sebastian smirked as he heard Freckle's comment and I for some reason had this urge to laugh, it was like Sebastian had taken over my mind and it felt scary.

"You guys are with The Yard? To capture us?"

"No, not to capture but…" I said as Sebastian finished my sentence, " but to eradicate you,"

Freckles fell to the floor, screaming and wailing just like Joker did when I cut off his hand. She looked up at us, with a beast's savage stare just as it was about to pounce.

"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU, SMILE!"

She jumped up with a knife as she lunged only to have me cut clean through her head with the sword Joker had before.

"A fitting end don't you think? Now she can be with her beloved Brother…" and I threw the sword next to her dead body as Sebastian, who was now holding Ciel when I passed him over before killing Freckles, walked towards the mansion.

~Sebastian's P.O.V. ~

On the way back home, I glanced at Alice who was asleep and resting her head on my shoulder. Strangely I was attracted to her and yet she was human. Her smell was intoxicating and I wanted her. Something was very strange about her but I couldn't quite figure it out.

I was very surprised when she calmly cut off Joker's hand and killed Freckles. And when she hissed at me when I went to touch her, her eyes had a very sinister shine and it was beautiful. Then I realised, she was not human, nor demon. But something else….maybe a bit of all both…

End chapter 6

This chapter was very bloody indeed….it was fun to write! Not saying that I'm into that sort of stuff but the Circus ark is very fun to write! Anyway, what ark should I do next? Make some chapter up or follow the manga? Anyway the last few sentences don't suggest anything….yet... but soon, very soon, something awesome is going to happen and you won't expect it at all! Anyway please Review! I'd love to see some reviews about my fanfic! It helps to see if you guys like it or not! LOVE YOU ALL!

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