The Errands
Chapter 2
When Sebastian opened the door a bell chimed quite loudly which unsurprisingly didn't even faze him. The inside of the store was quite quickly with bright pink walls with an old and tacky flower wallpaper. There were about six different shelves filled with many different tea sets located on these shelves. Then at the direct other side from the door was a counter, with no one there. Sebastian took a moment to survey the shop and came to the conclusion, "Well, this is some awful décor, but the shop seems safe enough." He thought to himself. He then walked up to the counter and saw a bell placed atop the counter and rang it once. Sebastian waited a moment and no one showed up at the counter. He looked over the counter to see if the young masters' order was there, but saw nothing. As he was leaning back an elderly woman came through a doorway that was covered by a black sheet. She was short, and had clothing the same hideous pink color as the walls were, she had a dark purple hat that had an awful red flower attached to it that clashed completely with the rest of her outfit. She walked behind the counter and stared at Sebastian for a moment then said with an unusually high voice, "Can I help you?" At this point Sebastian had become extremely suspicious of the old woman. Realizing the woman was waiting for an answer he said "Eh, yes my master ordered a custom tea set not long ago, he sent me to retrieve it." "Oh! Mr. Ceil Phantomhive?" "Yes that's it." Sebastian couldn't help noticing the old woman had an evil-like smirk, much like his usual smile. "It's in the back, I'll get it for you, heh, heh, heh." Now Sebastian was on high alert, he began looking more closely at his surroundings, they looked somewhat familiar, but he didn't know for sure. Then the woman came back out, and Sebastian noticed she had silver like hair. She set the box containing the tea set on the counter, she still had that smile. Then the woman spoke again and said "Your Master gave me too much for the tea set, here take his change." The woman opened a pouch, and handed Sebastian two nickels.
That did it, Sebastian who this old woman was and intended to let her know she was caught. "Have a nice day dearie." The old woman said. Sebastian had a smug smile and said "I will thank you, Undertaker."
There was a long silence where Undertaker and Sebastian stared at each other. Undertakers' smile evaporated and he said "Well done Sebastian Michaelis, you figured it out." Sebastian just looked at Undertaker for a moment then said "Do you dress like an old women often?" Undertaker smirked then said "Only when I'm doing a favor for a friend, come with me." Undertaker motioned for Sebastian to follow him to the back room, he followed only because he knew he could defend himself against any trap that had been set for him.
Sebastian walked through the cloth-covered doorway and found himself in Undertakers' shop. Now he knew exactly where he was, the young master and himself had been there multiple time to gather information on suspects or a case the master was taking on for the queen. After being in the new surroundings, Sebastian relaxed, but only slightly. Undertaker took off his disguise to reveal his gray and black clothing and of course his unmistakable tall, crooked black hat. The store itself was black all around and obviously, was full of coffins. "Come Sebastian, pull up a coffin, you'll want to be sitting down when you hear this." Sebastian sat on a coffin across from Undertaker, who had his smug smile back. There was silence for a short while then Sebastian broke it saying "What do you want with me, reaper." Almost on cue, Undertakers scythe appeared right behind him, he smiled and said "As you have already so kindly pointed out, I'm a Grim Reaper, you also know what I do. I've been sent by a mutual friend of yours to warn you, Sebastian Michaelis, you are set to die today.
Sebastian's face was blank, he thought for a moment then said "You know as well as I do that's impossible I'm not just a butler I'm a demon the demon in fact, and it's not possible to kill me." "Oh but it is, and someone will, but that's all I can tell you now you've been warned." "Can you at least tell me who sent you here and who will allegedly kill me?" "No, and No, that's all I can say." Sebastian would usually think nothing of this, but this was Undertaker, one of the best grim reapers, but he would never tell him that or show him he was even slightly worried, he thought about what to say the said "Well even if I do die today, I still have to fulfill my duties as a Phantomhive butler." "Yes, of course, that was all I was told to tell you, goodbye Sebastian, tread carefully." Sebastian stood up, nodded to Undertaker, and then walked out the door, with the tea set in his arms.
End of Chapter 2