A/N: Gah! Sorry guys I just got caught up in tests and grades and rehearsals so here is the chapter you've been waiting for once again sorry!
Ch.13
Clary. Clary wake up, come on. Clary!
"Damn it! Clary get up!" Ciel shouted.
"God! What?!" I yelled back opening my eyes slightly.
"We have to go and discuss what happened last night." Ciel said
"Fine." I groaned as I got up from the bed.
"Do you need anything?" Ciel asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, considering your injuring I was just asking." Ciel said.
"Oh yeah, well I feel fine, just tired. I wonder why I'm tired though, suspicious huh?" I asked sarcasm clearly there.
"You don't have time to whine; preferably I'd like to find out why we were intoxicated last night." Ciel sighed as we walked through the halls.
"Well I don't see any reason why I can't, and I'd like to know just as much as you do. I just wish it would've been later on that we could figure this out." I said.
"You should get used to being busy." Ciel muttered.
"Well my sleeping pattern has been thrown off just a tiny bit now hasn't it?" I said.
"God you're giving me a bigger headache than needed." Ciel said.
"You're welcome." I hissed entering the study.
"Good morning." Sebastian greeted.
"…sure." I replied sitting down.
"Well it seems as though you and Ciel both had the same morning." Sebastian chuckled.
"Where's Derrick?" I asked.
"Getting some information on his perspective for what happened last night." Sebastian said.
"Great we finally got him to do something." Ciel said.
"How's your hand? It didn't look too good last time I saw it." Sebastian said.
"I'm not sure it's still bandaged and I don't really want to look." I said.
"I understand do you mind if I take a look?" Sebastian asked.
"Ah, sure it doesn't hurt or anything so go ahead." I said.
Sebastian slowly un-wrapped the bandage and Ciel stared with anticipation and worry. Once it came off I hesitated to look and decided to just avert my eyes.
"Is it, bad?" I asked.
"No not at all, just a bit swollen." Sebastian said.
"Oh that's good." I said sighing in relief.
"Alright, I think I have everything I need!" Derrick shouted as he came in.
"Do you have to be so damn loud?!" Ciel shouted.
"Aw, is the little Earl having problems with his hearing?" Derrick teased while Sebastian and I chuckled lightly.
"Alright both of you calm down." Sebastian said finally.
"What's your suspicion?" I asked.
"Well, considering what's happened, I have a feeling that the Prime Minister is behind everything." Derrick started.
"Oh my, how did you ever come up with that? You're so smart and clever!" I beamed.
"Ha, ha, you make me laugh with the amount of sarcasm you can produce when you're mad, and I know we all already know the basics. What I was referring to was that maybe he is involved in the murder cases'." Derrick said.
"That's a possibility, but why would he?" Ciel asked.
"We can go over that later, what else?" I asked.
"He was glaring over at you when we were talking to the Queen right? Well shortly after he came to greet you that was probably when he somehow injected a poison into your hand. You didn't take much notice, but still knew that something had poked you. When we went over for drinks, he told me that one of the guests had requested me to speak with them. By the time I got back I had the water, but you two had already downed the glass of lemonade." Derrick said.
"I see, but Sebastian had one too didn't he?" I asked.
"I don't particularly have a taste in what you humans' eat and drink, that's why I didn't drink it. I didn't sense anything wrong, but then again I was focusing my attention on other things." Sebastian said.
"Still, this doesn't fit, I understand that he didn't mean well, but why would he do that to me as well?" Ciel asked.
"I didn't think of that, but your suspicions are right. The drinks he gave you had to have some sort of alcohol in it which explains what happened last night. I don't know if he intended to kill anyone, but we should take caution." Derrick finished.
"So is that all? We still have to find out if he is linked to the multiple murders', how do you intend to get that?" I asked.
"Simple, we wait for him to make the first move." Ciel said.
"That could take weeks maybe months!" I said.
"If that's the case then we have to wait, it isn't such a short process, for now you have to be careful. We don't know what he'll try to do next." Sebastian said.
"It's not like she'll be going anywhere any time soon, we don't get off of vacation until January 14th." Ciel said.
"Well that's plenty of time to train and study." Sebastian said.
"W-Wait we don't even know if the Queen agreed to have me work alongside you two." I said.
"On the contrary, we will know as soon as Ciel reads this." Sebastian said pulling out a letter from his coat.
"Oh god no." I muttered as Sebastian handed the letter to Ciel.
"Well what does it say?" I asked as I stared at Ciel's blank expression.
"It looks like you are going to have to study hard; she has given permission for you to work with her guard." Ciel said smirking.
"Guard Dog." I teased back and was returned with a glare.
"What else does it say?" Derrick asked.
"Actually, she has requested for you, Derrick, to be Clary's loyal servant and not leave her side." Sebastian said.
"Well that won't be a problem." Derrick muttered.
"Is that all?" I asked.
"Seems like it, looks like you do have more work ahead of you." Ciel said.
"Well what exactly do I have to do?" I asked.
"Sebastian." Ciel said.
"Certainly." Sebastian started.
"Well at your age most adults see you as a child, which is something that we definitely do not want. We have to work on your studies, you also have to learn more about the Funtom company and how to handle its' properties, you won't have to worry about the company as much since I take care of most of it. Furthermore, you already have basic self-defense training, what we have to work on is your ability to utilize your skills. For example, no matter how much training you get, or blood-shed you encounter, will you be able to kill your enemy if you had the right opening?" Sebastian continued.
"That does seem like a bit much, but if I have to do this then I have no choice do I?" I asked.
"We don't have to start today, but thank you for understanding your new position." Sebastian said.
"What about Derrick?" I asked.
"What about me? I don't need any training what so ever." Derrick said.
"On the contrary, you have to start showing up to your classes, try not to draw too much attention to yourself, and try not to interact with us too often. It will start to look suspicious." Sebastian explained.
"Good, I didn't intend to interact with you anyway." Derrick said.
"I will be in the Violet Wolf dorms starting on the 15th though. What do we do then?" I asked.
"Well considering the circumstances, it would seem pretty normal for you to talk to Derrick. As for Ciel and I, I'll try to keep your classes the same." Sebastian said.
"Now that we got that out of the way what are we supposed to do for the time being?" Derrick asked.
"It is still pretty early, what should we do?" Ciel asked.
"Today is the 25th isn't it? Doesn't that mean-" Sebastian started before being cut off by the door bursting open.
"Ciiiiiiiiieeeeeeellll!" The blond shrieked before jumping by Ciel's side.
"E-Elizabeth!?" Ciel stuttered.
Crap!
"Well it was nice to discuss this matter with you, meeting disband!" I said grabbing Derrick's hand and running out of the room.
"What's the big deal?" Derrick asked as we finally stopped.
"Well, first, I am not wearing regular clothes, second, I have no cover what so ever for my contract seal, and third, Elizabeth is just the slightest bit annoying don't you think?" I said.
"Well, that last part was a bit harsh don't you think?" Derrick said.
"Harsh, but admit it, you find her annoying too." I said.
"Well, a little, yea. Anyway you should probably go get dressed and go back to apologize for the sudden disappearance." Derrick said.
"Yeah, yeah, I got it now you go too." I said shooing him off.
I wonder what she's doing here anyway, sure it is Christmas and all, but doesn't she know that Ciel has work, or at least doesn't really want to celebrate anything? Well that doesn't matter now, I'm happy that I won't be bored for the rest of the day. My head still hurts though, why would the Prime Minister want me out of the way? What did I ever do to provoke him I never even met him before, but why would he do the same to Ciel too? Argh! Enough of this I should really just do some research of my own.
I entered my room and threw on the closest thing I could find, wrapped a bandage around my neck and slipped on some flat platform shoes.
Today seems off, it just seems as though it's too normal today.
I ignored the suspicion and headed back to the study.
"Sorry for earlier, I just needed to attend to something that I forgot about earlier." I said opening the door to the study.
"Oh it's no problem at all." Elizabeth said cheerfully.
"So remind me again, why are you here?" Ciel asked irritated.
"T-That's kind of rude considering Lady Elizabeth came all the way here just to spend some quality time with you." I said.
"See? At least Clary here understands." Elizabeth chimed.
"I have things to do though." Ciel sighed.
"But Ciel, I just wanted to celebrate today with you that's all." Elizabeth said, her cheerful mood slowly vanishing.
"I just want you to be happy." She started, her voice clearly wavering with emotions.
"I-I just, p-please I didn't mean for you to cry over such nonsen-" Ciel started.
"What he means is, that he had no intention of hurting your feelings, it's just that since you showed up unexpectedly, he had no time to postpone his plans." I interrupted.
"Y-Yes, I'm sorry Elizabeth. Would you mind giving me some time to sort things out? In the meantime, why don't you and Sebastian go decorate, or make some sweets? You love Sebastian's cakes don't you?" Ciel said.
"Alrighty then, I'll see you in a bit." Elizabeth said her mood lightening up rapidly.
"That was a close call." I sighed as they left the room.
"Don't you feel bad at all for leaving her with Sebastian?" I asked.
"No, not at all, at least he can tolerate her." Ciel said shuffling through papers.
"This seems like good practice, why don't you sort through these papers and see what you can get done?" he asked.
"Do I have to?" I muttered.
"Would you rather have 'fun' with Elizabeth? I'm sure she'd be glad to drive you nuts." Ciel said smirking.
"I'm not appreciating the sarcasm, and fine." I said.
"Just find something you can do, maybe just sort out the files by date. Also please keep the damage to a minimum." Ciel said.
"Wait where are you going, I am going to need help with these." I said.
"I think you can manage." Ciel said with a quick smirk and zipped out of the room.
"Damn him, how the hell am I supposed to do this?" I muttered.
I shuffled through the many papers on his desk and sorted them into different piles. The dates differed from the 12th of December stretching to the 5th of February.
Wow, so this is the life of the Queen's guard dog huh?
I came across a few peculiar papers, one of the files read "Funtom Co."
Isn't that the name of his company?
"Wow, his life is a lot harder than I thought it was." I whispered to myself.
Once I finished sorting out the papers and stacked them neatly into piles I decided to look through some of the past papers for reference on what to do. Just my luck, there were none.
What now? I have no idea what to do, and no one is telling me what to do.
A cold chill ran down my spine as I felt a draft pass by me. I looked over my shoulder and the window was opened slightly, the sky was a pale gray. I closed the window tightly and continued to stack the papers in the drawers of the desk.
Should I leave the recent ones on the desk or have the older ones so he could finish those?
I left a pile of older and a couple of the more recent papers on the corners of his desk.
He'd better thank me for this.
I quietly left the room and walked down the hall and proceeded to the servants' quarters.
After all I did leave Gynx with Finny, I wonder how he's holding up?
I knocked on the door with the name plate that read Finnian, but no answer. I knocked again this time with more force, but no answer once again.
That's right; he's probably out in the garden. But he wouldn't take a kitten with him would he? Well he is unpredictable so I wouldn't doubt it.
I took a shortcut and ended up outside in no time, the manor was so big that it was bound to have some sort of secret passage ways. I checked the front gardens' but Finny wasn't there, the air was cold and it was pretty windy too. I headed to another side of the manor and ended up in a maze of bushes, luckily I could see the blond trimming a high hedge.
"Finny!" I shouted loud enough for him to hear me.
"Oh Miss Clary! Good morning!" he shouted back and climbed down the ladder he was standing on.
"Am I interrupting?" I asked as he came closer.
"Nah, just some regular work." Finny replied cheerfully.
"Are you sure I could always come back another time." I said.
"No it's fine, so how did it go yesterday? It seemed as though you were in a hurry." Finny asked.
"Yesterday was pretty rough, but it seemed like we were able to manage, where's Gynx?" I asked.
"Oh Gynx? He's down in the cellar with Plu-Plu." Finny said.
"W-With Pluto? Are you sure that was a good idea?" I asked my voice wavering.
"Yeah, something wrong you seem worried." Finny asked.
"W-Well I wouldn't say wrong, it's just, I don't think that they get along so well." I said.
"Let's go check on them then, I want to show you that there is nothing wrong with that." Finny said grabbing my hand.
"Thanks." I said simply.
It was a quiet walk there neither of us knew what to talk about and the silence was harsh, every time either one of us looked like we were going to say something we quickly stopped in our tracks. Luckily it didn't take long to get to the cellar, as Finny slowly unlocked it there was a loud noise on the other side of the door.
"Is that normal?" I asked.
"Completely normal, it happens all the time." Finny explained as he turned the knob.
"You might want to move to the side." Finny whispered.
"Huh?" I said before he opened the door.
A white figure sprung out of the room and crashed into the stone wall behind us. Luckily I took his advice and moved out of the way just as the door burst open.
"I told you to move, he gets like this when he's locked up for a while." Finny said chuckling.
"U-Uh h-he's not wearing clothes!" I blurted out as I turned away.
"Ye- wait what?!" Finny screamed and a loud thump echoed from behind me.
Should I, look? I mean, I really do not want to, but is he okay?
"F-Finny? Is everything alright?" I asked.
"Yea, he occasionally jumps on people from time to time, well the majority of the tome. Hold on a sec I'll go get something to cover him up." Finny said.
"K-Kay." I said burying my face in my hands.
What the hell? I just wanted to get the kitten and now there is a naked wolf-human hybrid jumping on people?
"Clary, you can come down here now, watch your step." I heard Finny say.
I turned around to find no one in sight. There was a pile of dust and chipped bricks from the wall that Pluto had run into.
"Finny?" I asked.
"Down in the cellar." I heard him call.
"Oh, right." I said descending down into the cellar.
It was dark and lit by dim candle-light, there were only a couple of steps, but some were badly worn and cracked under my feet.
"Be careful, it's unpredictable down here." Finny said.
"I can see that." I muttered as I stepped down the last step.
"Here you go, see nothing bloodied or broken." Finny said with a smile handing me Gynx.
"Thank you, and I hope he didn't cause any trouble." I said putting Gynx on my shoulder.
"Nope not at all, if there's anything else you need don't hesitate to ask, also, you look flushed are you sick?" Finny asked putting his hand on my forehead.
"U-Uh no I'm fine thanks for worrying but I'm completely fine." I said franticly.
"Are you sure, your forehead is a bit warm, well just in case you should get some rest, the weather has been harsh." Finny said.
"Okay, I'll be going up to my room then." I said turning to walk up the steps.
Just as I was about to go up the steps something hard hit me with a great force and sent me falling to the ground. My hands outstretched attempted to catch myself but just hit the floor along with the rest of me.
What the hell was that? Ow.
The room was dark and smelled of something burning.
Of course the candles went out didn't they?
I tried to sit up but there was an immense amount of weight on top of me. My chest hurt and it was hard to breathe or even move, half of my body was being crushed by something I couldn't see and I didn't know where to go at all.
"Clary?" I heard Finny cough.
"Clary, are you okay? Where are you?" he coughed again.
"I'm not sure." I said my breath hitched as I tried to say more.
"Hold on, I'll try to find some sort of light." Finny said.
There was a loud scratching sound, sort of like rocks grinding against each other. Then a faint light formed at the corner of my eye.
"What happened?" I managed to say but it still felt as though I were suffocating.
"I can't see much, but it looks like the side-wall collapsed, I wonder how, are you okay? Where are you?" Finny said coughing again.
"If you can barely see, then I'm not much help either. Just follow the sound of my voice." I said coughing on some dust.
"Jesus! What the hell happened down here?!" I heard someone say.
"We need some help; I'm not sure how much damage there is." Finny said.
"Are you two okay? The door is budged but I think I can open it." the voice said coming closer.
"Somewhat." I groaned tilting my head towards the entrance.
My eyes narrowed as the harsh light streamed in from the open door and the figure came in.
"Derrick?" I asked as the figure came into focus.
"Clary?" Derrick replied his eyes widening as if he saw a monster.
"Wow thanks for the nice greeting." I coughed.
"Now isn't the time for jokes, how is she?" Finny asked.
"Not that good, but first let's get you out of here, I'll come back for her afterwards." Derrick said.
"Don't you think you should get Clary first?" Finny asked.
"Just trust me, where are you?" Derrick asked.
"Over in the left corner, I think." Finny said coughing.
"I'll be right there, there's just a bunch of debris everywhere." Derrick said stepping over the rubble.
"Come on, try to hurry and go get Sebastian if you can." Derrick said his voice becoming louder as he walked back with Finny.
"I don't seem to have any injuries, but by the looks of it I might get some trying to get out." Finny said climbing over the rocks.
"Be careful." Derrick said, his footsteps coming closer.
"Does it hurt anywhere?" he asked.
"Other than having something on top of me, my lungs being crushed and not being able to move, no." I said.
"Please just answer the question." Derrick said desperation in his voice.
Is it really that bad?
"My chest hurts and I can't move. Also it hurts to talk so let's keep it to a minimum." I said gasping for air.
The weight on top of me gradually lessened but was still there.
"Thank you." I sighed in relief.
"For what I haven't done anything." Derrick said.
"But-" I started before being cut off.
"Um, I don't want to alarm you, but there is something moving near you, or possibly on top of you.
The weight on top of me shifted and more rubble started to fall off me, the debris landed hard on my arms as something moved off me.
"Yea um, Clary, there's someone on top of you, never mind that let's get you out of here." Derrick said pushing off the weight that was restricting me.
"What do you mean?" I asked trying to sit up.
"Nothing, let's go." Derrick said helping me up.
Fuck, my legs hurt, my arms hurt, my chest aches and everything else feels sore and numb. If that even makes sense. I feel light-headed; did I even hit my head?
"Hey Clary are you feeling alright?" Derrick asked.
"To be truthfully honest, hell no." I said my legs wobbling.
"Well at least you are being honest." Derrick said picking me up.
"Wait what about the thing you said that was on top of me?" I asked.
"Are you alright?" I heard someone shout.
I looked in front of me and tried to focus my eyesight on the thing running toward us. There was more than one person, but I couldn't make it out. My eyes burned and my head wasn't functioning as well as I wanted it to. Never have I ever wanted to look at someone so much as I did at that moment.
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