The room was dimly lit and a bit stuffy. Ed coughed and scanned the room, his eyes finally resting on the wall, where a man in a suit was shackled to the wall. "Sebastian?" He asked.

The man raised his head slowly, glancing from Grell to Ed and then to Alphonse. "Yes, how can I help you?"

Ed's brow furrowed in confusion. "Ciel sent us to come get you. What happened to you?"

Sebastian sighed deeply, and then chuckled lightly. "Oh, thank goodness. My young master has put me in quite the predicament, indeed."

"Well, how did you-"

"Don't leave me, Bassie!" Grell threw himself across the room and to his knees, wrapping his arms around Sebastian's legs and whimpering. "You won't leave me, will you Bassie?"

Sebastian's brow twitched. "Young sirs, you have been ordered by my master to find me and see that I return to him?"

"Yeah, he-"

"Wonderful." Sebastian kicked his shackled legs out forcefully, breaking the shackles on his ankles and sending Grell flying across the room. "Then I suppose that is an order."

"No, Bassie!" Grell shouted, and Sebastian ripped his arms from his shackles just as Grell pulled something from the corner of the room.

Ed shouted "Al, get out of here!" When he saw what Grell possessed- a chainsaw.

"No need for that." Sebastian flew out from the wall as Grell revved his chainsaw.

Ed clapped his hands together quickly. He bent down and placed his hands onto the floor, causing the wooden planks to pop out of place and Grell to lose his balance. He fell backwards, and Sebastian charged at him. Alphonse backed against the wall, grabbing Ed's arm and pulling his brother with him.

When the commotion ended, Ed gasped loudly. He saw Sebastian's hands planted firmly on either side of the chainsaw, the sharp chain still running. "Now, Grell." Sebastian said sweetly. "I thought you weren't permitted to modify your scythe." He turned to Ed and flashed a smile before breaking the chainsaw in half with his hands.

"What the hell!" Ed shouted, trembling.

"Oh, Bassie, not my death scythe!" Grell screeched, pouting and whimpering.

Sebastian clicked his tongue in distaste. "The Dispatch will not be pleased to hear of this." He told Grell.

"Oh, no! No, Bassie, please don't tell! William will be absolutely livid!"

Sebastian shook his head, stepping past Grell and offering his hand to Edward, who was still crouched on the ground. "My apologies, sir. I am Sebastian Michaelis, butler of the Earl Ciel Phantomhive. I must express both my deepest sympathies for my rude behavior and also my gratitude for taking the time to come retrieve me."

His hand was not bleeding at all, despite grasping a moving chainsaw moments before. Ed trembled as he took Sebastian's hand, standing slowly and whispering, "What are you?"

"I am simply…One hell of a Butler." Sebastian smiled warmly and gestured towards the door. "Shall we return to my young master and get your payment in order? I'm sure you will be rewarded handsomely for your time."

In the car, Sebastian sat in the back with the Elric brothers. "Excuse my formality, but the two of you have not introduced yourselves." He reminded them.

Ed nodded, still in a state of shock. "I'm Edward Elric and this is my brother, Alphonse. We came from Amestris on the Queen's orders."

Sebastian nodded. "Then I must thank you, the brothers Elric, for so kindly fetching me."

"How did you end up there? And why didn't you break yourself free like you did in the first place?" Ed asked him suspiciously.

"Well, to understand that, you must first understand the way in which I serve my master. When he give me a direct order, I cannot disobey it." Sebastian cleared his throat. "The young master must have forgotten that he sent me away in the first place. You see, a bit over two weeks ago, Lady Elizabeth was calling for him at the manor. My young master does not always have the patience for his fiancé."

Edward nodded slowly.

"On this particular day, he did not want to see Lady Elizabeth and he ordered me to keep her amused for a while as he spoke with some prospective business partners in his study. He had told me that any order from the young Lady was to be taken as an order from him. The Lady grew bored of waiting, and told me to accompany her back to her estate. Of course, I did so. I was not aware, however, that Grell had been shirking his duties to instead play dress up with my master's betrothed for the past month." Sebastian paused, his face framed with disgust. "Lady Elizabeth wanted me to come inside and amuse her by teaching her to play chess. She soon grew bored of that, and called Grell over. She wanted him to…" Sebastian cringed.

Ed looked at the butler expectantly. "To…"

"To dress me up for her. It was absolutely…revolting." Sebastian shuddered again. "Lady Elizabeth then grew bored of this also, and decided to leave me and Grell to 'amuse' ourselves. She told me to amuse Grell for a bit and then to go back to my master when he said that he was finished with me." Sebastian sighed. "As you may have noticed, Grell has quite the unhealthy obsession with me. Rather than releasing me to my master, he chose to instead trap me in that garden shed. As for why I did not simply break myself free before your arrival- without a direct order from my master or Lady Elizabeth, I was unable to return to my master. The last order given to me was to amuse Grell, and he had told Lady Elizabeth that I had returned to the manor."

"So what if you didn't have a direct order from Ciel? You were pretty much kidnapped! Why didn't you just leave without his orders?" Ed stammered, completely irritated with the stupidity of the entire situation.

"Master Elric, it is not simply a matter of my master's orders. There is a contract. I am bound to Master Phantomhive until his contract is fulfilled, and I am physically unable to disobey his orders."

"This doesn't make any sense." Ed argued.

"You have powers beyond the human realm, master Elric. The way you manipulated the floor of that shed with your hands. How your brother is nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. I suppose you could say that I have powers beyond the human realm, as well."

Ed and Alphonse gasped. "How did you know-"

"I have a body, I just have to-"

"I am a demon, young masters. I cannot be fooled as easily as the humans you encounter."

"A…demon!" Alphonse gasped, his voice wavering.

Sebastian raised his finger to his lips in a "be quiet" gesture. "We all three have secrets among us." He smiled slyly. "I won't tell, if you don't."

"What took you so long, then?" Ciel grumbled at the brothers in the grand entrance of his estate after being told the story of Sebastian's whereabouts. "And you…" He glared at Sebastian. "What kind of butler are you anyway? Bested by Grell? What a disgrace."

Sebastian bowed at Ciel. "Yes, young master. You are absolutely right."

Ciel scoffed in distaste. He turned to the brothers. "Thank you for retrieving Sebastian." He handed Ed an envelope with a wax seal. "I do hope you have a pleasant trip." The young lord turned away from the brothers and started up the grand staircase.

Sebastian bowed to the Elrics. "Good luck to you, Edward and Alphonse Elric."

In the cab, Ed sighed loudly as they started their journey back to Amestris.

"Brother?" Alphonse pressed.

"Yeah, Al?"

"You don't think there are demons back home, do you?"

Ed groaned loudly. "We've got homunculi, isn't that enough?" Edward leaned his head back and laughed heartily. "Let me tell you something, Al. If Mustang tries sending us to England again, I might just tell him to piss off. This was a wild ride, even for us."