Catherine's POV
"I hate this bloody get up" Ciel growled.
Sebastian, Ciel, and I stood outside the meeting room where the Aurora Society was going to meet. To avoid recognition the three of us wore disguises.
Sebastian then told us the Aurora Society had a secret greeting. My husband whispered the greeting to Ciel first and then me.
"No absolutely not" Ciel protested. "You truly can't expect me to do that!"
"If we don't kiddo we'll be turned away" I pointed out.
"Damn it fine" Ciel growled.
The three of us then headed to the doors and the stewards opened them. There was a very large crowd inside and a man with a drink stopped in front of us.
"Is this your first visit to the society?"
Ciel looked to me and Sebastian before turning back to the man.
"The uh the perfect flame that dwells within us"
"May it be hidden but not extinguished"
"Through it all"
"Through it all"
Ciel, Sebastian, and I did the pose that was part of the greeting. Meaning we stood on our right leg while our left was raised in the air and our arms were outstretched like a bird's.
"We are phoenixes!" the three of us said together. The man in front of us returned the pose and welcomed us into the society. Once the greeting was finished the man gave us our membership badges. Sebastian put his on before helping Ciel with his and I put mine on without any trouble.
Suddenly a familiar laugh made us turn around. The freaking Undertaker was here!
"To think you would do that! What a sight!"
Ciel growled and Sebastian asked why the mortician was here.
"Oh that the hospital is a frequent customer of mine" the former reaper answered.
"Do you know anything with what's going on here?" Ciel demanded. "I already made you laugh"
"But seeing you in that phoenix pose was so amusing!" Undertaker exclaimed.
"Oh I don't mind"
I then repeated the pose and the mortician began to cackle.
Nearby someone praised my pose and it was Druitt!
The blonde womanizer noticed us and walked on over. Immediately Ciel hid behind me as Druitt came to a stop.
"Are you beginners?" he inquired.
"Yes we saw the article in the newspaper" Sebastian answered.
Druitt nodded before eying me and I held back a growl.
"Have we met before my lady?"
"Uh no" was my immediate response. "I'm also engaged"
"Aw what a shame your quite the beauty"
Druitt then kissed my hand and Sebastian thank god kept quiet.
Suddenly the presentation was about to start and Druitt led us so we could get a better look. Several men carried a coffin and following behind them was a doctor.
"That's the founder of the society Ryan Stoker"
Stoker greeted the crowd and he did the phoenix pose as did the other members. Ciel swore before he did the pose again along with me, Sebastian, and Druitt. Stoker then talked about the society's nonsense before giving the command to open the coffin up.
Inside was the corpse of a young girl who passed away due to an unfortunate accident. Her parents stood by and the mother was crying. I felt bad for her and I hoped I never would experience something as terrible as losing a child so soon. A machine was placed behind the coffin and multiple devices were hooked onto the corpse. The machine was turned on and electrical currents flowed into the lifeless body of the woman.
A few minutes later the procedure ended and to everyone's surprise the body raised it's arm. I didn't like this one bit and neither did Sebastian. The mother hugged her daughter however the corpse opened its mouth and bit hard into the woman's shoulder causing blood to spray everywhere. It wasn't long until the mother was dead and the crowd began to flee.
We took off our disguises and I drew my swords out at the same time Sebastian drew his silverware knives. My husband threw the knives into the living corpse and it fell down.
"Will she stay down?" Ciel asked.
"You two just stand back for now" Sebastian suggested.
However the corpse got back to its feet and even with his knife piercing the heart there was nothing else that could be done. She then made her way towards us and Stoker told his employees to do something. They drew out their guns and fired rounds into the dead girl but again it did nothing. In fact one of the men was killed as the corpse leapt up on it.
Stoker fled and Ciel wanted to go after him but Sebastian said it was best to let him go for now. Sebastian was going to deal with the corpse until Julia appeared from out of nowhere along with another grim reaper. The female reaper used the spear point to impale the corpse through the head and the dead girl fell now completely immobile.
"Well this sucks she's dead already" Julia muttered taking her spear out and examined her book. Her companion was collecting another soul which was the dead mother.
"So your working eh Julia?" I called to dragoness.
"Well I'll be damned hello Catherine" Julia greeted finally noticing us. "Yeah we're on the clock"
"Your mate isn't here is he?" Sebastian asked.
"No he's not" Julia confirmed.
Both my husband and I breathed a sigh of relief and the other reaper finished his soul collecting.
"So we meet again Sebastian"
"This bloke is Ronald Knox a former pupil of Grell's" Julia introduced her companion.
"Do you know anything on these corpses?" I asked the two reapers.
"Nah we're just as confused as you are if I were to guess dismemberment might be a good idea" Julia responded. "Stoker might knew something too"
"Shouldn't we deal with the demon?" Knox asked looking to Julia.
The female reaper smacked Knox on the head and he whined.
"We won't stand in your way" she reassured us.
I thanked her before we left the room so we could go after Stoker. Stoker's scent led us to the cargo hold where belongings were kept. Ciel had a light to use while Sebastian and I used our supernatural vision.
"Sadie love what are you doing down here?" Ciel asked and the three of us turned to see a concerned dragoness.
"I felt your unease through the mate bond and wanted to make sure you were alright Little Mate"
The sound of something hitting the floor made Ciel point his gun ahead of him but it was Snake and with him were his serpents.
"What are you doing down here?" my brother asked the snake handler.
"The cooking was delicious" Snake began. "So I thought I would share it with everyone says Dan"
I forgot Snake had a tendency to speak through his serpents.
Suddenly Ciel grabbed Sadie and I was quick to sever the head of the male corpse that had been behind her using my swords.
"What the f**k is that?!" Sadie exclaimed.
"A revived corpse it's what the Aurora Society is hiding" Ciel answered.
"Uh guys I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there are more corpses"
"Indeed says Oscar" Snake added pointing ahead.
To prove my point I used Ciel's light to show the many coffins with the phoenix seal on it.
"I got a bad feeling about this" Sadie muttered.
Sorry for the late update folks! I was visiting my mother out of town! Anyway hope you enjoy the chapter!