Catherine's POV
We had to keep our balance as we walked down the halls. Suddenly we came to a stop when Druitt emerged from a nearby room with a group of men following behind him. They were carrying a device which no doubt was the one Stoker mentioned earlier.
"Lord Druitt?" Ciel questioned.
Druitt looked up and he smirked at seeing me.
"Ah Lady Catherine I knew that was you under that disguise"
Sebastian and Sadie held me back as I swore up a storm. Sebastian then noticed the device and asked if it was the one that stopped the corpses. Druitt suggested we follow him if we wanted to find out. Sebastian held my hand hoping to calm me down and it worked a little. Undertaker was actually helping carrying the damn thing and Ciel asked him if he knew how to work it.
The former grim reaper chuckled before saying he didn't. Druitt led us to the lobby where the main parties were thrown. Behind us were gorgeous stain glass windows. The machine was set down gently and from a nearby balcony Stoker called Druitt a bastard. Grell, Julia, and Ronald were behind him.
Druitt chuckled before he began to yack about nonsense about a new empire. Grell growled and was eager to take action until Druitt threatened to spill his glass of wine on the device. Julia shrieked and this time she got held back by both Grell and Knox.
"Ciel can Sebastian please kill him now?" I asked.
"Not yet though I understand the urge"
Suddenly my husband pulled me into him just as a corpse almost grabbed me. The whole entire room had the damn things trying to make entry. Ciel snapped at Druitt to activate the machine but Druitt said he would if he was addressed as Caesar.
"On second thought let's kill him now" Ciel and Sadie growled.
"Not yet though we understand the urge" Sebastian and I told the mated pair together.
Sebastian kicked some corpses away from us while I used my psychic ability to send more away. I made sure to keep Ciel and Sadie close to me while continuing to use my swords and psychic ability to protect them.
Julia's POV
Together with Grell and Ronald we used our death scythe to take down as many corpses as we could. Druitt rambled on more nonsense and that annoyed Ronald.
"Ah! Can we please, please, kill him now?!"
"You stopped Julia from doing so!" Grell snapped at him. "You git! Turn the bloody thing on now will you?!"
Catherine's POV
Druitt said he would turn on the device if we did the phoenix pose and greeting.
"Never mind let's kill him" everyone said together.
But Undertaker suddenly said if Druitt was killed we wouldn't know how the device would work. Growling everyone repeated the greeting with perfection and did the phoenix pose. Undertaker was laughing his ass off while Ciel and Sadie were ranting. Sebastian and I simply sweat dropped. Druitt turned on the device and it lit up for a moment but it did nothing which confused the hell out of everyone.
Undertaker began to cackle even more and it would seem even Druitt didn't know how to work the device after all. Grell then jumped off of the balcony and disposed of some more corpses before making his way toward Druitt. The red haired reaper jumped into the air ready to use his death scythe.
"IDIOT! GET THE HELL BACK HERE! WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KILL HUMANS!" Julia protested.
However before Grell's chainsaw could even touch Druitt the Undertaker blocked his path using a pole with Japanese characters on it. He cackled before saying.
"I don't remember the last time I laughed this much!"
"What is going on here?" Ciel wondered.
I knew Undertaker was a former grim reaper but why was he protecting Druitt?
"I'm afraid this is where I must step in" Undertaker continued but his voice was deeper now. The mortician turned to Grell. "The death of a man so entertaining would be a lost to the world if you ask me"
Underwood then turned to Grell.
"I cannot allow you to take his life sorry little reaper"
Undertaker then pushed Grell away from him while the former reaper's hat fell off. More replica poles surrounded the mortician behind him and I now felt how powerful this reaper was. According to William T. Spears the Undertaker had been a legend.
Undertaker smirked before he threw some of his poles at Grell and the red haired reaper used his chainsaw to block them. The glass dome above shattered when the poles hit it causing glass shards to fall around us. Sadie pulled Ciel close to her while Sebastian did the same with me. My husband covered my face with a gloved hand.
Undertaker sighed before pulling his bangs away from his face revealing what he really looked like. And I wouldn't deny he was handsome.
"I suppose it's over now" Undertaker said. "Such a shame I so enjoyed it when this room was filled with laughter"
"I don't understand this" Ciel added eying the Undertaker in confusion.
"You cloaked yourself quite masterfully, hiding your eyes was also smart" Sebastian told the mortician.
My husband then pulled away from me.
"Remember he's a legend" Julia voiced in. "And not to mention good looking too"
"WHAT?!" Grell shrieked shooting a confused glare at his mate.
Undertaker chuckled.
"Thank you Julia"
"HEY QUIT FLIRTING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND YOU JERK!" Grell snapped.
I actually held back a laugh because seeing Grell jealous was amusing. Suddenly Stoker shot past our group quite angry mind you.
"So this was all an elaborate trick?! You told me we could use this device to control the corpses!"
"Yes perhaps I misspoke" Undertaker responded.
"Why would you do this?!"
"I couldn't help myself you were so earnestly trying to bring the dead back to life using medicine and it was desperately amusing"
"I had a goal! I wanted to use my knowledge of medicine to make the world a healthier place!" Stoker protested.
A few more words were exchanged and it was revealed the Undertaker was behind the reanimation of the corpses. Stoker was now on his knees and the former grim reaper stroked his head like a dog. Ciel demanded why the Undertaker did all of this and the retired reaper answered.
He explained how the body had a soul and what not until the human died. The grim reapers collected the soul but the Undertaker was curious to see what if a Cinematic Record had a in-between after death. Basically the corpses wanted souls and these monstrous creations were called Bizarre Dolls. Hell even Undertaker danced with one.
"You disgust me!" Ciel spat.
The mortician chuckled.
"Clearly you are still a child if you don't understand the appeal my lord, I assure you there are plenty of people who would want my Bizarre Dolls"
The Undertaker had the amount of the living and the damn corpses matching equally on board and he was eager to see who would win the living or the dead.
"You're a wacko" I growled.
The Undertaker looked to me.
"Perhaps Lady Catherine"
"It's time we put an end to this lunacy" Grell said getting up.
"I agree" Julia added also getting to her feet.
"It may mean overtime but reapers have no business distorting death" Knox finished.
Julia then summoned her spear.
"Remember he's a legend amongst our kind so he's a good fighter" she warned.
"There is an even greater crime here" Grell spat before shooting a glare at Undertaker. "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN HOW ATTRACTIVE YOU ARE! CUTTING MY FACE AND FLIRTING WITH MY JULIETTE IS UNFORGIVABLE!"
