"Rats, those dirty vermin have been chew' in up the wiring." Bard said as he pulled his head from under the floor. "You really think?" Finnie asked as he looked at the mangled wire. "Yep, I'm sure of it, but I never thought they'd be this far out of the city." Bard said as he took another look at the mangled wire. "Well you three better make sure you take care of this little problem before it gets out of hand." Scarlett said as she stepped around the corner, surprising them all. "Yes, Miss Scarlett!" they all answered in unison. Scarlett then gave them a reassuring nod and made her way around them and down the hall. As Scarlett became out of sight a mouse appeared before them. All Scarlett heard was a loud bang and Bard's booming voice yell, "Idjit." When she heard this she laughed a bit, for the idiocy of her co workers was too much.
Scarlett then entered the room with her constant companion, the tea cart, in tow. It was a dimly lit room that only offered a pool table. As always, Madam Red, Lau, and his mistress were in her Master's presence. When she entered the room she also saw that her master was in the company of three other men she was not familiar with. "Young Master, Madam Red, do you require my services? For the bell for this room was rung." Scarlett said as she curtsied. "Yes, I am in need of your services. These men do not believe that my maid can shoot pool, I have called upon you to prove them wrong." Ciel said as he rose from his seat and walked towards Scarlett. "As you wish my lord." Scarlett said as she bowed her head and picked up a pool stick. As she walked over towards the pool table she heard murmuring behind her. She knew they were whispering about her, doubting her skills, but she knew anything her lord asks of her, she could do. Scarlett stepped up to the pool table and realized that there were 4 different pool balls, all set at opposite ends, but she still did not doubt herself. She then positioned herself and shot. All 4 of the pool balls went in the holes and the game was over. Scarlett curtsied once again and asked, "Is there anything else you need?" Ciel answered no and dismissed her. Scarlett left the room with a smile on her face, for her skills were doubted, but they did not fail her. Though a menial talent it was, still never the less it was a talent.
Scarlett and Sebastian stood side by side as they watched Ciel, Lau, and Madam Red drink tea and talk in the lounge. Scarlett stepped forward to pour her master's tea as he and Lau spoke of the rat infestation. The infestation of dirty, thieving drug sellers was what they spoke of. "Grell, look at Sebastian and Scarlett. They are two model servants you need to take a page out of their book. I mean if Sebastian wasn't already married to Scarlett I would take him back to the city with me." Madam Red said as Ciel and Scarlett gave her a shocked look. "Whatever do you mean? Sebastian and I are not…" Scarlett said, with shock evident in her tone. "Well I always had the notion that you two were, well together in some way." Madam Red said, trying to explain herself. "You see Madam, Scarlett has previous arrangements, otherwise I would have married her long ago." Sebastian said as he poured the Madam Red a cup of tea. "Well I suppose that leaves you free for the taking." Madam Red said as she patted Sebastian's back side. "Madam Red, if you will please stop." Ciel said as he coughed to alert Madam Red to divert her attention away from Sebastian. "So you believe one of your guests today is the drug trafficker you are after?" Lau asked while getting up from his seat. "Perhaps." Ciel answered. "Why don't you just leave the extermination to Lau, for he is a rat after all?" Madam Red asked. "I am but a tame, Guinea Pig, loyal to my lord's every command." Lau then laid his hands on Ciel's head. "Yes, but still you are a rodent." Scarlett said while heading out of the room. For she no longer could stand the foolish antics of Ciel's company. Scarlett made her way into the equally loud hallway where the other servants were still trying to catch all the rats up. She was drained of all her good humor and could stand it no more. The scurrying mice she saw before her had their necks snapped in an instant. Their corpses rested in her palm when the trio of idiots ran past. Scarlett made her way to the kitchen where she knew the one thing that would calm her down would be. Scarlett only knew of one thing that would make her giddy, baking. Ever since Sebastian had taught her how to bake she had been baking anytime she felt as though she was going to strangle the life out of something. Somehow the sweet aroma of rising dough always seemed to calm her down and leave her in good humor. Off to the kitchen to bake an apple pie for the master she was.
"Master, master we are here with your apple pie. Master are you well?" Scarlett asked as she knocked on the door and turned to Sebastian for help. Sebastian twisted the door open only to reveal a disheveled room and no sign of Ciel. "This is terrible…" Sebastian began but was cut off by the grief stricken Scarlett, "Oh, the Young master is gone, kidnapped I suppose, Sebastian we must help him." Sebastian then nodded his head in agreement and said, "Yes, yes I know. If we don't get him back the refreshments will be wasted."
"Oh dear, where could the master of been taken. This is most troubling. Dinner will be late if we don't hurry." Sebastian said as the grief stricken Scarlett walked beside him. "Yes I know the master could be hurt." Scarlett then began to sniffle. "Stop this at once," Sebastian took out his handkerchief and held it over her nose, "You will wear yourself out worrying over every little thing. Our master can hold his own; he does not need you to baby him." Scarlett then took the handkerchief and held it over her nose and said, "I suppose I do worry a bit too much about the master sometimes. It's just the thought of him getting hurt; it just tears me to pieces." Scarlett then blew her nose into the handkerchief and looked up to find Meyrin running towards them with a letter in hand. She then began to yell, "I just found a letter, and it says it's addressed to the head servant of the Earl of Phantomhive." Sebastian then looked to his right only to see a gunman aiming for his head. He only shrugged it off, for it did not matter if he got shot or not. Meyrin was then launched into midair due to her tripping. She fell on top of Sebastian just as the bullet pierced the window and shattered a vase that sat atop a small table. Scarlett was too wrapped up in sobbing to even remotely notice that Sebastian had been n shot at. The apple pie that Sebastian had been carrying finally came back down from the air and went right back onto the platter Sebastian still held. "Meyrin, the letter please." Sebastian said as Meyrin arose from the ground. "Uh, yes sir, here ya go." She said as the beet red Meyrin ran away from Sebastian who finally arose from the ground himself. He then read and commented, "My how dreadfully written it is," before giving it to Scarlett to read. Before they knew it Madam Red, Lau, Grell, Finnie, and Bard were all there in response to the loud noise the shattering window had made. "It is nothing; I have some business to attend to, so clean this up." Sebastian assured them as he gave the apple pie to Bard and took Scarlett by the arm.
"I am sorry Sebastian; it's just that I need to know if the young master is alright." Scarlett said as they sat atop the car. "Fine Scarlett, young master will you please say something to let Scarlett know you are alright." Sebastian said into phone. A 'woof' came from the phone and Scarlett became quite giddy. She then took the phone from Sebastian's hands and said, "Thank you very much young master. We shall be there in only a short while young master, please hold on." Scarlett was then pleased with that information so she jumped of the front end of the car that was teetering on the edge of a cliff. "Thank you gentlemen very much for the use of your field telephone, now I have a few questions for you. Who do you work for?" Sebastian then looked down at the trembling men and said, "I am not a patient man." The men in front of him then broke and told him everything. Scarlett was watching and thought to herself, how weak the human race really was, but after all she was weak as well, for she cared for her master, she cared what happened to him and she didn't know why. "Come now, I have enough information. Let us go and take back our master." Sebastian said as he jumped off of the teetering car that now was falling from the cliff. "Yes, we must hurry; master will be maddened if dinner is late." Scarlett said as she and Sebastian set off to retrieve Ciel.
"My, my, what a grand welcoming." Sebastian said as he and Scarlett looked around at all the gunmen that surrounded them. "Who the hell are they?" one of them asked. "My apologies, we represent the Phantomhive household.
They all lay on the ground with at least one of their extremities twisted or broken. The guns they used had absolutely no affect Scarlett or Sebastian, so the gunmen Azzuro had hired for protection were utterly useless. Sebastian and Scarlett then entered the house. It too was filled with gunmen and Sebastian was in a bit of a hurry. Between Scarlett crying and Ciel being kidnapped, Sebastian's patience had been worn terribly thin and he didn't have time to kill them all quickly, so just greatly wounded them, and so the floor was alive with men in agonizing pain. Sebastian and Scarlett then entered the dining hall where gunshots rained down on them, but neither Sebastian nor Scarlett wanted their clothes to become tattered and torn from gunshots, so they stayed clear. Scarlett ran with amazing speed and gathered up almost all of the dishes lay out upon the table and jumped onto the chandelier that hung in the center of the room and began to throw dishes down at all the gunmen. Her aim was a bit off, but with Sebastian's help they cleared the dining room within a few minutes.
Scarlett and Sebastian entered the room where the master was kept in bad humor. For it was nearing six and they had no time to waste fraternizing with rats. "We have come to retrieve our master." Sebastian said while Scarlett stood beside him, looking Azzuro over. "Is this a joke, I was expecting giants, and instead I get a dainty maid and dandy in a tail coat. Who are you people anyway, there's no way you are just a maid and a butler." Azzuro asked menacingly as he gripped his gun tightly within his trembling hand. "No sir, you I am merely one hell of a butler, and she, one hell of a maid." Sebastian said. "Well none of that matters, I have no intention of fighting, not yet anyways." Azzuro said as he grabbed Ciel by his hair and pulled him up. When Scarlett saw this she gave a short gasp that gave way to an expression that displayed hatred in its purest form. "Hell has no furry alike to that of an enraged maid." Scarlett said as she tried to step closer, but was stopped by Sebastian. "Not just yet." He said as he held Scarlett back. Azzuro then put the greasy barrel of his gun on the left side of Ciel's head and said with a dirty grin on his face, "You better have what I asked for." Sebastian nodded and answered, "Yes, it's right here." Sebastian then dug around on the inside of his tail coat and pulled out a golden key. Right then an array of bullets rained down on him and he was knocked to the ground; he always did have a knack for theatrics. "What do want us to do about her?" The men from behind the painting asked. "Don't kill her just yet, she may be of use to me." Azzuro said as he held fast to Ciel. Ciel's eye patch fell to the ground as Azzuro patted his head with the barrel of his gun and said "Don't fret little one, I am sure you will still fetch a pretty penny, and I am sure your maid possesses a few secrets about your company that will be of use to me so don't worry about her, I'll look after her." Ciel was now enraged and he said through his gritted teeth, "Why should I worry, I have Sebastian and he will always look after her." Scarlett then looked down at Sebastian's now certainly ruined tailcoat and said, "Now you've done it, Sebastian will show you no mercy now that you have torn his favorite tail coat to shreds." Scarlett then stepped back, for Sebastian was now rising. He then coughed up all the blood bullets into his hand, his glove stained with his blood. "Guns are fairly efficient these days, they can shoot so many rounds, I suppose you want these back. Sebastian said as he through the bloody bullets at the men to his right, killing them all instantly. "No, no this is impossible. He was dead, he is dead." Azzuro said as he gripped his gun tightly in his trembling hand. "My, my, it looks as though you will have some work to do when we get home Scarlett." Sebastian said as he finally examined his tattered tail coat. "I am afraid that it is beyond salvaging." Scarlett said as she looked at his tail coat. "Ah, master, it seems as though they have not been taking very good care of you. You look like a helpless little child, all bound up like that, well I suppose that it is appropriate." Sebastian stepped closer as Azzuro yelled meaningless threats. "If you come any closer I'll kill him." Azzuro said as the sweat poured down his face. "Let's move this along." Ciel said. "But if I come any closer he might kill you?" Sebastian answered sarcastically. "Do wish to break the contract?" Sebastian then stepped closer, "No, master I don't. You know what you have to say though." Sebastian stepped closer and Ciel opened his left eye and said, "I order you to save me." The gun was fired, but nothing happened. Then in a split second Azzuro way lying on the ground in agony. Sebastian tore the leather straps that bound Ciel and picked him up and put him into Scarlett's open arms.
Ciel awoke to see the manor burning crimson red, and he let a gasp escape, which alerted Scarlett that her young lord was awake. "Awake, young master?" Scarlett asked which made Ciel look up and into her face. For a split second he thought his mother was carrying him, but he was soon aware of his surroundings. He instantly looked back towards the manor and found it to be that color from the setting sun. He then looked back at Scarlett and she smiled down at him. "Sebastian and I will have dinner prepared soon, young master."