Ciel covered Evian's ears as best he could to protect him room the sound of gunfire as the group made their way to the next bedroom. Ciel was now able to see the creatures in front of Mey-Rin. The beings walked on all fours, their gnarled hands reminded Ciel of long thin tree branches. Its back curved inward and the eyes were nothing more than black holes. The monster swatted at Mey-Rin with its sharp claws, roaring in anger. narrowly missing her. Ciel tightened his grip on his son.
"Mama, please, do not let them take me, please hold onto me so they will not hurt me. I am safe with my Mama." Evian sobbed.
"Nothing will take you from me Evian, I promise I won't let you go. I'm right here." Ciel soothed as the maid got them close enough for Alois to run into the room and pull his family out. He emerged carrying his daughter.
"Brother, what's that thing?" Luca cried pointing the beast.
"Just keep going, don't look at it, get down stairs!" Alois instructed.
"you'll have to hurry, these bullets aren't doing much of anything to them. Run, please." Mey-Rin pleaded.
"N-No Mommy, w-we cannot let the scary thing get Mey-Rin or Tanaka,I love them so much!" Rachel sobbed.
"It's alright Miss Rachel, we'll keep them away from you, please be careful."Tanaka said attempting to block an attack from the second beast.
"Mommy, Mey-Rin and Tanaka have to come too, please, I will help them. I am good." The princess cried. "I love them." Her cries were making it more difficult for her mother to hold back tears.
"I know you do, and so do they, we all love them Rachel, they'll come to us soon."Ciel said hoping he didn't lie to his daughter about the servants returning. They managed to make it to the bottom of the spiral stairs when they heard a muffled scream from their beloved maid and the gunfire stopped. Soon the upper floor was silent.
"N-naveen, take her." Alois requested. "I can't hold her at the moment, my hands are shaking so much I'm afraid I'll-" Naveen took the child in his arms, shifting her to his side and placed an arm around his mate.
"Precious one, you're entire body is shaking, please try to-"
"Quiet." Sebastian hissed, taking a cautious step foreword. The group fell silent. A short distance away, they could hear faint whispers but couldn't understand the words.
"M-Mama, we are close to them, please make it stop, I do not want to go away from you and dad."Evian tightened his grip.
"You aren't going anywhere except with us." Ciel promised quietly.
"I wish Hannah was here." Luca whispered, wrapping his arms around his brother.
"So do I Luca, but she's not at the moment. But if we're late getting home, you know she'll come to look for us. " Alois returned the hug.
"Will those monsters hurt her?"
"I don't think they could hurt her. When she finds us, we'll all be okay."Alois tried to sound convincing but knew even if their mother would find them, it wouldn't be until much later.
"What now, how do we get-" Ciel began to question his mate. Sebastian sighed, holding Kathryn tight.
"Children." He said just loud enough for them all to hear.
"Yes, we hear you." The voices whispered back.
'I want you to close your eyes and don't look until you hear either your mother or myself say otherwise. Whatever you may hear, you are safe." Sebastian told them. The four eldest children did as they were told, burying their faces in the adults' chests. Sebastian placed his hand on the back of Kathryn's head, encouraging her to rest it against him.
"Ciel, we have no choice now, the only way out is through them and I need you to trust me. I will not allow any harm to come to you or our children, do you believe that?"
"Of course I do, but I don't want anything to happen to you either."Ciel whispered back. Alois took in a breath.
"Y-you said you have a sword like Hannah's, where is it?"He asked.
"Too far to be reached from here. It's the opposite way from where we need to go." Ciel replied.
"It wouldn't be such a bad idea to have it though would it?"Naveen pointed out turning to his mate.
"Precious one, if you could take our daughter-"
"No, it's better if I go, no one ever notices me and Lenora needs you to keep her safe. I'll leave Luca with you too."
"No, you can't go, the monsters will get you and we won't be brothers anymore!" Luca cried.
"Of course we'll be brothers, I'll come right back, I promise you." Luca hesitated but nodded.
"Precious one, please let me go, our daughter needs her mother."Naveen pleaded. Alois kissed him.
"I'll be fine, I'm coming back." He vowed, then turned to Sebastian.
"Can you see how many there are?" Sebastian carefully moved to peer into the hall, he could see the shadows from the parlor.
"Six from what I see, could very well be more or less."He answered, Alois nodded.
"Alright, where can I find it?"The blonde boy asked .
"You don't have to do this."Ciel said. "No one will think badly of you if you just come with us."
"I know. I'm part of your guard, this is my job."
"Your job right now is to take care of your family. You're a mother before you're our guard."Ciel reminded.
"That's right, but by doing this, I'll be giving your family and mine a chance to get out. The sword might be useful. Just tell me where it is." Ciel sighed.
"The sitting room, the sofa in the corner of the room comes apart. Lift up the cushion and it should be there wrapped up in a red cloth. Be very careful, you'll have no choice but to go right past them."
"I will. I'll be fine, you lot should start for the door then." Alois suggested, he could feel himself beginning to shake again.
"I'll be off then, good luck." Alois said placing a hand on Ciel's shoulder, pulling the slightly younger demon closer.
"If something happens to me, please try to get Luca back to Hannah and watch over Naveen and Lenora." He whispered.
"We'll do whatever we can." Ciel replied.
"Thank you. That means a lot to me. I'll join you again as soon as I can, hopefully not long after you're out." the blonde demon stepped in front of Sebastian who took hold of his shoulder causing him to turn.
"Thank you, in risking your own life for my family as well as your own, you have earned my eternal gratitude For every time you put yourself in harm's way for my mate and children, for my father and my cousins, I cannot thank you enough Alois. Do take care." Sebastian said sincerely.
"Thank me by looking after everyone." Alois said before slipping into the shadows.
"Evian, can I ask you a question?" Luca was suddenly beside Ciel.
"Okay." The young boy sobbed in his mother's arms.
"Will my brother come back and be okay?"
"I am so sorry Luca, I do not know, sometimes I do not see everything. I am sorry I cannot tell you." Evian grabbed onto his mother's jacket tightly.
"It's okay Evian, thank you. I just wish I knew." Luca said as Sebastian motioned for the group to follow him, Ciel could feel his heart beating wildly in his chest, the fear filling him now was not that he himself would be killed by the beasts, but that he wouldn't have the ability to spare his children from that fate. It was all just a waiting game now, the Michaelis Family would have to wait until the blood moon vanished and hope they could survive until then.