"And now, what you've all been waiting for: tonight's crown jewel." the familiar voice of Aleistor announced. Slowly he removed a thick black cover from a cage. "You may enjoy her as a decoration, or make her a pet of her. I imagine she'd even make an attractive part of a ceremony. Or if you want to sell her parts individually, that's up to you." Torio held back a gasp as he recognized the young girl from earlier. She still wore her pink dress wth black bows and white accents.
"Her eyes bear the contrasting colors of a deep forest and the see reflecting a beautiful sky. Allow me to show you." a woman dressed in a corset and long boots slid her hands through the bars of the cage. Slowly the veil fell and revealed her eyes.
As her eyelids rose and brows furrowed, both Kaoru and Torio froze. Without a second to waste, the maid scooped up her master and hastily headed out the door. That girl bore a demon's mark.
"Here I am, Sebastian." with that, the flames sputtered before blowing out. Guests panicked and confused chatter filled the darkness.
Finding a window, the maid nearly jumped as grunts and screams emitted from the darkness. As the candles' flames illuminated the room, something firmly grasped her ankle. Scowling, she spun around with her free hand to deliver a shattering punch to whoever touched her. Much to her surprise, and dismay, a fist calmly absorbed the impact with no injury. It was that man with glasses from earlier.
"What do we have here?" the black haired man smirked as he recognized the otherworldly strength that had met his palm. With the woman's hand still in his grasp, he pulled her down causing the boy in her arm to drop to the floor.
"Just kill them already. I want to leave." a clearly male voice came from the girl in the cage.
"I'm afraid me and this woman would level the building if things turned to combat." he remarked pulling the guest closer to his face. For a brief moment of examining her brown eyes and black hair, he released her hand.
"We don't need to fight. If you would just allow us to make our exit..." Kaoru, clearly annoyed, stood in front of her master.
"Wait, I know that boy." Ciel noted from his cage "He was the one who said I looked pretty in my dress." he cringed remembering the whole ordeal.
"You're a boy!?" Torio pointed rather accusingly at young man in the dress.
"I advise you remain quiet," Kaoru glanced behind her to the confused Torio.
"You order your master around? That is rather unbecoming of a servant." Sebastian frowned at the seemingly backwards relationship between the assumed demon and master. A servant was to always be at the beck and call of their current master, never did they assume to give orders or emotional suggestions. He did not like this girl at all.
"She merely gives suggestions." Torio elbowed his maid as she did tend to impulsively tell him what to do. She only rolled her eyes at his gesture "But I'd rather this didn't turn to bloodshed. We have an explanation as to why we were down here in the auction." Torio stepped out from behind Kaoru. Not pleased with his decision, she reluctantly lowered her fists and assumed submission to the other demon. With that, Sebastian freed his master by simply bending the iron bars of the cage.
"I honestly don't care why you were down here. All I was after was Jack the Ripper: the Viscount of Druitt, Aleistor Chamber." he shrugged to the unconscious blond on the floor.
"You think he's Jack the Ripper?" the foreign boy gave a hearty laugh as he attempted to picture the airheaded nobility slaying innocent women.
"All evidence points to him, running a black market auction proves it. Why? What do you know about the serial killer?" Ciel removed his wig and crossed his arms indignantly. The investigation led a very clear path to the Druitt.
"He may be a moron interested in dark magics, but the Viscount is no sociopath. You still have much work to do." scoffing at cocky Ciel, he removed a card from his pocket "When the paper turns up in the morning that there's been another murder, courteous of Jack, call this number." walking up to slightly offended Ciel, he handed him the card.
"You seem to be rather sure of yourself." he muttered.
"I know what I know. It's merely up to you to find out." he gave a wave before being picked up by Kaoru. Within the moment she jumped out the window and became a silhouette against the full moon. Sebastian instinctively made his way after them.
"Let them go." Ciel instructed "Regardless of what happens I'll call them. That boy knows more than what he lets on."