Holly, Holly, something smelling wrong, Artemis screamed silently in one glance at Holly. The fairy caught on immediately, scratching her nose to mask a movement that activated a call for LEP backup. Artemis nodded almost imperceptibly.
"What business brings you here?" he asked, all humour gone. Ciel and Sebastian shared a look.
"No business concerning you," Sebastian declared, aloof. "My Lord Phantomhive does things mere mortals would not understand."
"Oh, everything concerns me," Artemis said quietly. "Holly, how long?"
"Two minutes," the fairy said tersely. "Entertain them." Artemis nodded.
"I understand that you've done some kind of time traveling for whatever reason," he said. "And that either one of you, or both, is a demon. But you don't look like demons..." he trailed off.
"If you insist on signing your death warrant..." Sebastian returned Artemis' glare calmly. "We're in human form."
"I didn't know demons could do that," Holly giggled. "So you're like N'1? Powerful like that, I mean, except from a different era?"
"N'1?"
"Heck, yeah. The most powerful demon of our time. He's probably on his way here, now."
Sebastian glanced apprehensively at Ciel. "My Lord, we must be going..."
Sebastian glanced apprehensively at Ciel. "My Lord, we must be going..."
"Silence," Ciel commanded. "I wish to see this this... powerful demon for myself. This is an order. Remain here with me, Sebastian." Sebastian bowed.
At that moment a short, squat creature waddled into the cafe. "You called, Holly?" it inquired.