The Errands
Chapter 3
Meanwhile back at the Phantomhive manor, it was complete chaos. Unsurprisingly, Baldo, Finny and Mey-Rin, never had control of their duties. "Ahhh!" is all that Baldo heard then he remembered that he had Mey-Rins' glasses. "Oh crap, this can't be good." He thought to himself as he began rushing over to where he heard the scream, completely forgetting about the shepherds' pie he left in the oven for the master this afternoon.
As Baldo was running towards Mey-Rin, he saw Finny out of the corner of his eye, outside throwing around bushes and potted plants which were all dead, then slumped down, crying "Oh come on! Which do I help first?" As Baldo was thinking he heard an explosion, from the kitchen. It was then he remembered the pie, and realized in his haste to give Mey-Rin her glasses, he left his blowtorch on. Now he was running back t6o the kitchen when he saw Tanaka, he stopped for a moment and thought about asking for help, but discarded the idea for he knew he would get none. So he continues running to the kitchen and heard Mey-Rin scream, then four loud crashes. Baldo was over his head now so he stopped, tired of all the running, then yelled out loud "Where the hell is Sebastian?!" He took a minute to calm down then he froze when he heard a knock at the door.
Meanwhile back in London, Sebastian was now walking down the streets again. He was not too concerned about Undertakers' words, but it never hurt to be careful. He realized he was just walking around mindlessly, so he pulled out the paper and read off the next item on the list. "Prime cut steak, and a real butchers' knife, (For Baldroy so we can finally take away his chainsaw.) To be found at the "Red blood meat emporium." Sebastian was slightly confused thinking, "Is this new? I've never seen it before and the young master has never spoken of this place. Cloud it be him? Is Ceil Phantomhive going to try and kill me, even with the deal we made? No, no, it can't be him, it must be new, and I'll use this address and find it quickly with no problems I'm sure." Then Sebastian began walking to his next destination.
It didn't take long before Sebastian found the quaint shop. It was nothing fancy, just a small building that went back an extra five feet which looked to have been a recent renovation, yet Sebastian had a very strange feeling as he walked into the store, a familiar feeling. As Sebastian walked in he noticed that almost all the walls and the floor was made of a cheap birch wood. The counter, even the frames for all the windows and doors were this awful wood, it disgusted Sebastian. This time the counter as manned by a young looking man, he couldn't be over his twenties, with light brown hair and the most unusual crimson red eyes, though Sebastian could tell he was not a fellow demon he was not the strange feeling, no, it was something else.
The young man at the counter had a huge, fake, smile on his face as he said "Welcome kind sir, to the Red Blood Emporium! Do you have an order?" Sebastian could immediately tell this man was putting on an act. He returned the mans' fake smile with one of his own and said "Yes I do actually have an order for Earl Phantomhive." "Ah, Earl Phantomhive, I presume your one of his servants?" "Yes, now the order if you would." "Of course it's in the back I'll get it." The man walked in the back leaving Sebastian alone.
Since no one was present, Sebastian decided to investigate the tiny shop. There were several shelves lined with different knives and cutting boards, the meat itself must have all been kept in the back, since he could see none up front. He noticed on the counter there was a list of all the meat products that they carried. Out of curiosity, Sebastian read down the list. He saw the usual pork, beef, sausage, venison, lamb, and duck, but there were also a few interesting names as well such as dog, cat, and…. Horse followed by a short line below stating the usual that they weren't responsible for any sickness that the consumer may have. Then in the extremely fine print below that, which Sebastian could only see because of his advanced senses, that said "All meats available" Sebastian didn't think anything of it, and d waited at the counter for the man to return.
A few minutes later the young man returned from the back, his smile was gone, he said "Come with me." Sebastian was puzzled, but reluctantly followed as the man led him to the back.
As Sebastian followed the man, the presence he felt earlier was getting stronger which meant one thing, it must be a trap. As they went through a wooden door they found themselves in a maze. The man looked at Sebastian and said, "Take two lefts and three rights then walk straight for a minute and you'll see an oak door, go through it." Sebastian nodded then said "Very well." Then man went back through the door, and locked, leaving Sebastian alone in the maze.
Now Sebastian was sure this place wasn't a mere butchers' shop, but now he was intrigued. "I wonder what's waiting for me at the center of this maze. Only one way to find out." Sebastian began walking according to the specified directions he was given and a few moments later he was at the oak door. He could hear what sounded like whimpering on the other side, and a slight buzzing, so he opened the door.
Sebastian slowly opened the door to find a woman on the floor covered in blood. As he opened the door a little wider, he could see there were more bodies some of them hanging off hooks. Sebastian was not fazed over the sight of bodies, in fact, he now knew what this feeling was, this was a reapers lair. Now the only question was who the reaper is. Suddenly, Sebastian noticed there was someone standing in the corner with a red jacket on. The person turned around and said "Well hello, Bassie."
"Grell, still committing mass murder I see." "It's all for you my love." Grell Sutcliff, he was the worst grim reaper around. He was working with the young masters' aunt, Madame Red (A.K.A Jack the Ripper) a few month back he killed Madame Red when the young master and Sebastian caught them killing a prostitute. The young master hated Grell for killing the only family he had left, he would kill him if he didn't need him later. There was one more thing about Grell, he thought he was a woman, and he was madly in love with Sebastian. "So Bassie, what brings you to my lair? The little brat sent you to kill me? Or did you just want to see me?" "As much as I'd love to kill you that "brat" is my master, and he has not ordered me to kill you." "Then you're here to see me, well I always like to start a date with a little BLOOD!"
Grell lunged towards Sebastian with a knife in his hand. Sebastian didn't even flinch, he stopped the knife with two fingers, Grell then pulled back the knife and there was a standoff. Then on the floor the woman who Sebastian saw, moved. Grell looked at her fiercely, then sent the knife through her and blood shoot everywhere and covered Grells face. "Ooo, I love the taste of blood! How about we taste yours Bassie! Grells chainsaw scythe appeared leaning on the wall he grabbed it and turned to see Sebastian just standing there. "You wish to fight me Grell, very well I can't guarantee I won't kill you." Sebastian pulled off his gloves and jacket saying "Can't get these dirty." Grell licked some of the blood on his face and said "Mmm! I wonder what your blood tastes like Bassie. Let's find out!"
End of Chapter 3