"I'll serve you. Do your bidding until the thing you want most is completed. In return, you'll have to let me eat until I'm full."
"I suppose that will do." Holding out his hand, he meant to make the verbal contract binding. "I'm Ciel Phantomhive."
The pale young man looked at Ciel's hand before shaking his head. "We make our contracts binding differently, where I'm from."
"How?" Ciel asked, dropping his hand to the side.
"A kiss."
A Touch from Hell
Chapter 3
As the now thoroughly irritated pre-teen exited the main building, he cursed to himself under his breath. The nerve of that guy. He slammed the glass door of the school closed, the glass threatening to break from the impact. Storming down the front steps of the school, Ciel fumed over the incident that just occurred. How could that homo, ghostly pale, male give such a blatant lie? A kiss? In which country did one receive a kiss in order to seal a deal? The answer was simple. None. It was unheard of.
Hn. It was obvious that guy was only trying to tease him. But even then, that type of joke wasn't funny. If Ciel had taken him seriously, then it would have been a messy affair. Just because he was young, didn't mean that such a prank should be pulled on him. It seemed like everyone found a way to pick on him. One moment he was being chased down by a band of thugs and the next moment, he was almost tricked by some random guy. This day couldn't get any worse could it?
"Well, well. Look who found his way home, fellas."
Turning on his heel, Ciel faced the direction of the speaker. Before him stood three thugs—one with shirt black hair and many piercings that were located on any given point on his body, one with short blonde hair that was scraped off his forehead and held back with a black head band, and one that was much more dramatic looking than the other two. While the other two looked like stereotypical delinquents, this young man put a lot more detail into his appearance. His bleached blond hair was spotted with black circles, as if he was mimicking some sort of animal print in his hair. His eyes were lined with heavy black liner, which made him look like stylish and more sleep deprived. He sported a goat-tee, as if to complete his over dramatic and tired look. Instead of looking like an average delinquent, he looked like high school drop out—the kind that joined a gang and such. There had been a documentary about these kids recently. And in the Queen's Journal, there was an article going into detail about how these young men and females were formed. It was young men like him that usually ended up behind bars. But who was that young man? Ciel thought that he resembled a hyena—wild, unkept, and dangerous. And if he was talking about finding Ciel, then that could only mean that he was in the band of thugs that was chasing him earlier. Sighing inwardly, Ciel cursed himself. Damn him. While he was sitting there thinking about how he was being teased, he should have been thinking about what he was going to do when he encountered these thugs.
"Aww, he doesn't look to happy to see us, boss." The black haired delinquent commented. A dark smirk deepened his features.
"He looks incredibly pissed off." The blonde delinquent added, unnecessarily.
The hyena looking fellow smiled. His grin bared his sharpened teeth and threatened to tear at the corners of his mouth. His overly lined eyes narrowed as he took a few steps towards Ciel. "The bunny is just scared of your harsh looking mugs." Ciel snorted at that comment. The one with the worse appearance had the nerve to insult the other two. Ignorance sure was comical. The hyena ignored Ciel's sound of disagreement and continued. "You have to soften your appearance when handling such gentle creatures. If you just show it a scary face, it'll run from you."
"As if I would run from such weaklings." Ciel retorted. Although he was in no position to have such bravado, it was naturally in his character. Why should he show such ignorant and foolish delinquents the thing that they most wanted—to see him in fear. Besides, if he ran, he wouldn't be able to save Lizzie. And that was the whole point of looking for these goons, wasn't it. Although his plan wasn't properly thought out, it didn't change the fact that it was already in action. All he needed now was to get these goons to show him where Lizzie was and get her released. From there, he would handle them until Lizzie found reached Aunt Angelina.
"Ah? Then our little bunny will willingly come to our welcome party."
"Welcome party?"
The hyena let loose a sharp bark of laughter. Holding his sides, he doubled over, gasping for breath only to continue his laughter. The other too delinquents looked at each other and shrugged before following suit. They laughed loudly and from their diaphragm. As Ciel watched them, he felt as if he was watching a horrible comedy scene from an over-rated cartoon. The scene finished with the hyena noticing that his too lackeys was copying him. Irritated, the delinquent stopped laughing and hit the other two. "What the fuck are you laughing at?"
"What were you laughing at, boss?"
"I thought it was maniacal laughter, ya' know? Like, laughing for no apparent reason other than to seem evil." The dark haired delinquent commented. When his two associates looked at him in confusion, he continued. "You know, in comic books, when the evil villain is about to win, He laughs manically. I thought that was what we were doing."
There was Ciel's proof. He was stuck in an over-rated cartoon with the Three Stooges. Sighing to himself, he rubbed his temple with two fingers in a circular motion. What was he going to do with these people? Were they even smart enough to take him to Lizzie? As he watched them squabble, he decided against that.
Lizzie looked around the room. The last thing that she remembered was being taken by the arm and thrown over someone's shoulder. Although she kicked and screamed, it was no avail, in fact it only earned her a swift hit over her head which rendered her unconscious. She wasn't exactly sure where she was or how long she had been knocked out. As she looked around the room, she noticed that there wasn't a window, thus she couldn't tell how much time had actually passed. Where was she? The answer to that question didn't matter for she wasn't acquainted with the school. She could be in the gym room or storage room just a few minutes away from the campus gates. Then again, she could be in an undisclosed location where she'd have no idea how to get home. She had often heard of gangsters doing that—kidnapping their victims and taking them thousands of miles away from home. For all she knew, she could be in China or Japan. And when the leader of the gang came to speak to her, he'd have a horrible English accent and she would barely be able to understand him. His demand would be an extravagant sum of money and even then he would not promise her a safe return.
What if the leader did not want money? What if she was only bait to bring Ciel to him? Why would they want her Ciel? Yes he was smart. And Yes, he was cute. And his coldness only made him more attractive, but he was of no actual use to anyone. Then again, his aunt was one of the most famous doctors in all of England. They could be using Ciel in order to get to Aunt Angelina! That was it! She had figured it out. And poor Ciel had no idea what they were up to. He'd unwittingly come to save her and then they would be at the mercy of these thugs. Aunt Angelina would have no choice but to give these thugs whatever they desired in order to get Ciel and Lizzie back. Oh, what a terrible thing to have happened to Aunt Angelina.
The door to the room opened, and Lizzie inched backwards. What was going to happen now? Would some big bear-like man come into the room and try to have his way with her? Would he promise to let Ciel go if she would willingly give herself to him? She had read a book like that once, and that was exactly what happened. In the end, the girl gave herself to the man and he ended up being a part of the Chinese mafia and he still did not release the girl until it was too late. The girl, the stupid chit she was, ended up falling for the mafia man and giving up her life until the man died. Is that what they expected for Lizzie to do as well? No! She'd do no such thing. Instead, she'd fight them tooth and nail. There would be a moment where she'd be able to escape and then she would rush back home on the first boat to England and be with her beloved Ciel. He would have waited for her to return. He would be the only person who believed that she was still alive, and he would wait for her.
There was the clunk of a heavy boot hitting against the polished floor of the room. Squeezing her eyes closed, Lizzie pushed her hands out in front of her and screamed. Her piercing cry would hopefully make her assailant think twice before forcing himself on her. "AHHHHHH! NO I WON'T GIVE MYSELF TO YOU! I ONLY WANT CIEL! TAKE ME BACK HOME TO ENGLAND. I SHALL NOT EAT WONTONS AND LIVE OFF OF DUMPLINGS!"
"Wontons… dumplings… what are you talking about?" A feminine voice answered her.
Opening her eyes, Lizzie found three teens staring at her. One was a tall blonde gentleman who looked to be the oldest in the bunch. His blond hair was cropped short and his dark brown brows were drawn together in confusion. A lit cigarette hung from the thin line of his mouth. And dark brown goggled hung about his thick neck. He adorned a uniform similar to the one that Ciel wore. The white collar peeked from the beneath of the folded upwards collar of a deep blue blazer. This young man did not wear the black bow or the black tie that Ciel wore with his. Instead he left both the blazer and the white button down shirt unbuttoned, leaving his undershirt completely exposed. All of the shirts drifted over the hem of his gray and blue plaid trousers.
And another of the three teens was a red-haired female with over –sized glasses. Her bangs were trimmed to the point that they laid evenly over the brim of her glasses. Her long read hair was pulled into pony tails that could be seen on either side of her head. Like the young man beside her, she wore her blazer and her button down shirt unbuttoned. Instead of wearing a plaid pleated skirt, as the other girls of Ciel's school wore, she wore cut-off shorts made of the boy's uniform plaid trousers.
The last of the teens wore his uniform properly and his blond hair was held out of his face by black bobby-pins.
Lizzie had to say that she was confused by their presence here. And even more so, she was confused by the fact that their English was so good. No wonder. They were Englishmen. She could tell! But there was Englishmen in China? Oh? Perhaps they were in cahoots with the Chinese mafia. But wasn't it rare for Englishmen to work with the Chinese mafia? She wasn't sure how many Englishmen and women China had to their disposal. In fact, she was preparing to have to speak very slowly with anyone she came into contact with. She should be grateful that they sent someone who could speak with her.
Ciel decided that he would not deal with their idiocy. He'd find Lizzie on his own. They couldn't have gotten far. The only thing he really needed to know was in what direction did they take Lizzie in.
~"AHHHHHH! NO I WON'T GIVE MYSELF TO YOU! I ONLY WANT CIEL! TAKE ME BACK HOME TO ENGLAND. I SHALL NOT EAT WONTONS AND LIVE OFF OF DUMPLINGS!"~
He heard the scream of some female. If the faint sound of Lizzie's voice didn't concern him, the contents of the scream would. It was obviously Lizzie. And from the sound of it, she was nearby. Turning his attention to the direction of the sound, he scanned the area. Where could she be? She was obviously on school grounds. But where?
"Where's your attention, Little bird?"
Ciel clicked his teeth. He had almost forgotten about these thugs in front of him. He would have to get rid of these goons in order to get to Lizzie. If he pointed towards the sky and looked shocked, would they fall for that? Or he could probably pretend that the principal was coming. That could work… if only Druitt didn't announce his presence whenever he entered a room. How was he to get away from these goons?
"You seem deep in thought, Little bird." The Hyena laughed again, making Ciel's teeth grind. Approaching the young man, he wrapped his arms around Ciel's slender waist. "Thinking about me?"
Horrified that this creature had the audacity to touch him, Ciel gasped. "Let go!" Ciel pushed against the thug's chest to no avail.
Once again, the Hyena let loose a sharp barking laugh. "Trying to escape me? Why I was just looking for a bit of fun. Wanted to welcome you to the school, ya' know. But it seems you just don't want me to."
Ciel shot the young thug a cutting glance. "Release me, this instant."
"Sorry, kiddo. No can do. You see, my boss wants to make sure that you get a nice welcome party. And I have plans. You see, firstly, you and I will get real close. Then we'll get intimate in the nicest room on campus. Then my guys over there," He nodded towards the other two young men for emphasis. "they will give you another welcome party, and another, and another until everyone has had a turn. After that, we'll show you to your little girlfriend."
"Lizzie?"
The Hyena smiled. "She's getting a welcome party right now. But I'd be more concerned about myself. Ya' seem to have a headache."
Before Ciel could reply that he was feeling fine, one of the thugs hit him over the head with a heavy object. His eyes crossed for only a moment, because in the next moment, he was passed out.
"Hey hey, that wasn't nice! You might have actually hurt him. We need him alive if we're going to have fun with him." The Hyena laughed once again. "Lets go."
JUICEBOX: So here is the deal… not even going to lie to you all… I found a boyfriend in the time between the last update and now. And I was going to update before valentine's day, but it really didn't happen. I am so sorry. Words cannot express how sorry I am. And I didn't even get to the smut scene like I wanted to. But I'm out of school in May. And I'll be living right down the street from STARS, so my editor will be right there to make sure that I don't go out and I actually update.
STARSBRIGHT: I did my job. Called you once a month and reminded you. So not my fault.
JUICEBOX: I know. I know. Once again, I'm sorry. Full out sex scene between Ciel and Sebby next month, in May of 2011. Look for it, if I even have any readers. Once again, I'm sorry.
STARSJUICEBOX: Please read and review. Thanks.
