Chapter Three

Ciel and Sebastian walked a few paces behind the Doctor, who had his Sonic Screwdriver out again. The man was holding the device up and looking at it carefully, seemingly searching for the signal again. People that passed them on the street shot curious looks at the eccentric-looking man, and Ciel blushed softly in embarrassment. He wouldn't be following this "Time Lord" around at all if he weren't so curious as to what the man was doing.

"It's close, somewhere very close. I don't see why the Tardis didn't drop me right here. It had to take me to your mansion instead." the Doctor commented, looking around with furrowed eyebrows.

"As long as it doesn't scratch the floor when you leave, I couldn't care less." Ciel muttered offhandedly.

"We had best hope that none of the servants mess with it, young master." Sebastian mused with a smirk.

"They wouldn't be able to move it." the Doctor said quickly, turning to walk into a deserted alleyway.

"I wouldn't be so sure. Finnian is very strong, and Bardroy does like his flamethrowers. Mey-Rin's a sharp-shooter, and we have a very unusual guard dog." Ciel said, watching the Doctor's face with an amused look.

"If I was clever, and I am, I would have made it impossible for the Tardis to be pushed, picked up, burned, or shot-through. And by guard dog I assume you mean Hell hound." the Doctor replied with an equally amused grin.

Ciel and Sebastian were both shocked.

"How did you know Pluto was a Hell hound? You've not even seen him." Ciel asked incredulously.

"Well, I assumed that if you have a demon for a butler you might as well have a Hell hound for a guard dog."

Ciel's eyes went wide.

"You know what Sebastian is?"

"No, I guessed. Of course I know what he is! What am I, blind? You'd have to be a real idiot to not spot a demon when you see one. 900 years old and the kid thinks I can't do something as simple as recognize a demon." the Doctor muttered to himself, stopping in the middle of the alley.

"All right, the signal is coming from inside this building. Or I should say inside the basement of this building. Shall we have a look?" he grinned at his confused companions, who nodded at him slowly.

"Fantastic!"

With that the Doctor bent over a small window on the building, near the ground. He ran the Sonic Screwdriver over the hinges, then swung the window open. Without a word the man stuffed the screwdriver into his pocket and sat down, sliding his legs into the window.

"See you on the other side." he said cheerily before sliding out of sight.

"Do we follow him, my lord? This whole situation could be dangerous." Sebastian asked slowly.

"Yes. I'm curious to see this through, and as his ship landed in my manor, he made this our business as well. Let's go." Ciel said with a nod.

Sebastian smirked.

"Yes, my lord."

Without another word the two followed the Doctor down the window and into the basement of the building. It was dark and damp, and it was clear that at least this part of the building had not been cleaned in ages. It was difficult to see, as there were no lights on in the area. Ciel and Sebastian looked around carefully, the demon butler staying close to his master's side.

"Doctor, are you there? Hello?" Ciel asked nervously, not sure what to expect.

"Over here!" the Doctor's voice shouted to them, and they could see the glowing blue tip of the Sonic Screwdriver near the center of the room.

Ciel and Sebastian rushed over to him, and were surprised to see a young woman, perhaps in her mid twenties, chained to a chair. She watched them with confused blue eyes, and based on the dirt all over her tattered blue dress and her tangled brown hair she had been there for at least a few hours. The Doctor quickly ran the Sonic Screwdriver over the chains, and they slid easily off of the terrified young woman.

"There you go, nice and easy. Go ahead and get up." the Doctor said soothingly, helping the woman to her feet.

Sebastian's eyes narrowed a bit when he got a better look at her, and he chuckled.

"Well, this must be interesting for you, Doctor. Meeting two demons in one day. Though I must ask why you didn't just break the chains?" he asked the woman, his red eyes flashing.

"T-they were impossible for me to break...only a Sonic instrument like the screwdriver could do it..." the woman stuttered, looking down and shuddering under the more powerful demon's gaze.

"That's what I thought! So, how did you send that distress signal?" the Doctor asked her.

"I didn't. It was sent by the one that caught me and put me here. He wanted to lure you here, as well as the demon Sebastian. Which is why your ship, I believe he said you called it a Tardis, landed in the Phantomhive manor." the female demon replied, taking a somewhat shaky step away from the chair.

"Why would someone want us both here?" Sebastian asked, lifting his eyebrows.

"Because I want you both dead, that's why."

The group spun to the source of the voice, and both the Doctor and Sebastian went a bit pale at what they saw. There was some sort of screen on the opposite wall, suspended by several powerful-looking cables. The screen was somewhat fuzzy, and it buzzed faintly. A face grinned at them maliciously from the screen, one that neither recognized but gave everyone a sense of foreboding.

"Hello, all. My name is Remiel. I am the face of your destruction."

*Note from the Author-Ooh, the plot thickens! Who, and what, is this Remiel? Who is the young demonic female he had captured? And how does it involved the demon and the Doctor? Wait for the next chapter to find out, heh heh heh!*