Hello again!

I guess I'm reeeeeeally impatient… I'm updating after one review.

Oh well. Have to please my reviewer.

With that said, I would like to thank the one person who bothered to review!

Professor M. McGonagall- Thanks a lot! I dedicate this chapter to you!

I will also like to thank my dear friend I am Inu- Chan for being my Beta for this story.

Cheers, mate.

Anyway, enough talk, here's the next chapter!


Flowers and Mr. Detective: Aeternitas

Chapter One: Lost


Leon ran after Tetsu, so concentrated on killing the bastard that, when he finally decided to catch his breath, realized that he was lost. Tetsu was nowhere in sight.

'Why does it have to be so damn dark in here?' Leon fumed to himself, leaning against the wall and putting his hand on his knees. Instantly, he stood back up, for a sharp pain had shot up his arm. 'Doh, forgot about that', he thought, putting his hand up to his wound. He winced. It had bled through his shirt and was still bleeding, but all that remained of the piercing pain was a dull ache.

'I bet that thing has rabies, just watch' Leon thought bitterly as he sat down, tore off a piece of his shirt, and tied up the bite. The last thing he needed was to bleed to death before he got out of here. After a while of resting, he stood up. 'Well, I'm not going to get out of here any faster just sitting here'. He mused. So with a huff, Leon began to walk the way he came from.

-

What seemed like hours passed by, and Leon still hadn't found his way out.

And the bite, which had long since bled through the make- shift bandage, still hadn't stopped. He was getting weaker and weaker by the minute.

Leon looked around and cursed. "I was just here!" he cried. He knew because he had marked the door (one of the many) in front of him with another piece of his shirt he tore. The said door also had the letter E surrounded by elegant designs on it, which was the only one he's seen of its type, so it couldn't have been moved.

He didn't dare open these doors, for (knowing Count D), it probably contained another creature that wished to kill him. Suddenly dizzy, he sank down to the floor, opposite of the door in question. Worn out from walking and loss of blood, he closed his eyes for a moment and fell into a fitful sleep.

He never noticed the pair of cold, black eyes, watching his every breath.

-

'Count D', Chris asked, 'Shouldn't we go looking for Leon?'

It was 9:00 at night, and Leon still hadn't shown up. Tetsu, on the other hand, showed up an hour later.

"Don't worry", Count D replied, waving the question away. "He show up eventually. It's only been seven hours. He should be fine. I hope…"

Chris' eyes began to water.

"I was joking!" Count D added quickly when he noted this.

'Won't the police go looking for him?'

"That has already been taken care of."

'How?'

"I called up his lovely assistant and told her Leon got drunk and was staying over. She said she'll send someone to do his shift." Count D chirped cheerfully. "Nighty- night!"

'Good night Count D' Chris replied sleepily. 'I really hope he is alright. That bite on his shoulder looked really bad.'

Count D whipped around when he heard this. "Bite?", he said sharply.

But Chris had already nodded off to sleep, although not before seeing the look of extreme worry in Count D's eyes.

-

A pair of eye sockets watched the strange creature that was across her door as he slept, with such excitement one would think she was a child on Christmas Day.

"What is this specimen?" The girl whispered. She had never seen anything like it, yet she had a vague feeling that she had, a long time ago. She saw the wound on the creature's arm, and immediately identified it as a bite from a Totetsu. "Poor thing. It's hurt." She muttered sympathetically. "That wound won't be healing anytime soon..."

She noticed the piece of cloth from the specimen's outfit hanging off the doorknob. She carefully untied it with such care as one would if they were handling a piece of expensive, exquisite silk. When it was untied, she stared at it with awe, then rubbed it against her cheek and smelt it.

Instinctively, with lightning fast reflexes, she closed the door till only a sliver was left (which was more than enough for her see through), and watched as one of the doors opened, releasing a very hungry looking group of exotic spiders making their way toward the stranger.

'Ah. They must have smelt his blood.' She mused to herself. 'Such a fascinating creature. It would be a pity to see it go to waste.' With that thought, she retreated further into the darkness of her prison, and slammed the door.

-

Leon woke with a start. He could have sworn he had heard a door slam… But that didn't matter now, for what he saw next nearly made him pass out.

Spiders.

Very, Very, Big Spiders.

About twenty of them.

He had heard that there were spiders so big they could eat snakes, but had never really believed it. Or cared to.

He did now.

He stood up and nearly keeled over from the dizziness and the sick feeling in his stomach. They almost had him surrounded, except for the little area right in front of him leading to a door. The "E" door, to be exact. He weighed his chances.

Face big, hairy snake- eating spiders, or hide behind door number two?

The answer was unanimous.

He staggered towards the door as fast as he could, praying it would be open… and it was. He internally leapt for joy at this while he went through the door, the spiders right on his heels… And slammed the door in victory, hoping that whatever was in here wasn't worse than the horrors out there…


A sad, sad attempt at a cliffie… Oh well.

I actually cut this chapter very short; there were about four pages I had cut off and decided to make into another chapter. This one wasn't very exciting, but it will get better eventually.

Well, I kind of lied when I said you would meet Aeternitas in this chapter. She made a Cameo though (she was in the four pages I cut off)… She plays a bigger part in the next chapter though.

Anyways, Good Bye! PleasePleasePLEASE Review!

-Aliehs-