Chapter 21
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Elena(outfit) leaned on the railing, looking at the water and letting the wind hit her face. She had sneaked onto the ship, but was blended in well enough to be on deck. She walked downstairs to see Ciel and Undertaker sitting down, she walked towards them. "Hey guys! What are you doing here?" She looked to Ciel, "And what's with the lack of Sebastian in the area?" Ciel started to answer, but was interrupted by the yells of people on deck. The trio went upstairs to see London covered in fire.
Undertaker whistled,"They certainly put on a show! I must be on my way." Ciel ran towards Undertaker,"Why did you come here?" The silver-haired man didn't turn around, instead he said,"You and I have history. So I thought I'd give you a fair warning: My lord, in just a little while...you will die."
Ciel was bout to ask Undertaker about what he meant, but the anguished cry of a woman interrupted him. When he turned back around, Undertaker was gone. He went back to the edge of the boat, and he saw Elena staring at the flames as if in a trance. She breathed in, and turned to Ciel,"I'm..gonna leave and try to find Drocell and Pluto. Sorry bye!" Before he could even protest or stop her, Elena jumped, landing on the docks and breaking into a fast run.
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Ash frowned at the queen's insistence at keeping the rotten skin attached to her. He turned and said,"You are impure." He didn't even look at her, he just flew out.
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She ignored Ash flying over-head as she scoured the forest to find the mansion. Finally breaking through the trees, Elena sunk as she took in the burnt and broken down mansion. She spotted Tanaka and ran to him,"What happened!?"He turned around and said sadly,"The dog, he suddenly started misbehaving worse than usual. Ended up burning the whole mansion down." The usually cheerful girl's face turned serious as she thought, thanking Tanaka she ran off.
Determined to find Pluto, Elena ran, gradually becoming angrier as she couldn't find Drocell anywhere. No matter how many times she called for him he seemed to have disappeared.
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Ciel handed the slightly angry man his ring, who easily accepted his offer after sizing up the price. After getting off the boat, he was surprised to see a group of men waiting. One of them asked,"Hey! Are you French?! Give us your money!" He then ran to Ciel, who smacked his hand away. Another man in the group said,"This is the French's fault! You're trying to start a war!" Ciel yelled at them that they were wrong, but they went after another man who got off of the boat.
Ciel watched in confusion at the situation, soon remembering his initial goal and running off into the streets. He stopped to see countless panicked people as well as dead bodies, the buildings were all lit up and covered in flames as well. A man ran past him, knocking him down, giving him a view of a dead body. People carelessly ran over the dead carcass, and Ciel wondered for a second if he was in hell.
The teen slowly puled himself up and started to walk down the burning streets like a zombie. He nearly stepped on a man, but stopped midway.
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Ash watched from afar as Ciel stumbled along,"So the boy made it back to London? Most impressive! Well, what do you think of the view?"
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Ciel walked down the street, still ignoring the yelling crowd. A banister started to crash down on him, and Mey-Rin jumped out of no where, saving Ciel from death. She looked up and asked,"Young Master!?" Ciel looked at the maid with an equal amount of surprise,"Why are you here?!" Mey-Rin backed up and bowed," I'm so sorry! I know I'm supposed to be protecting the mansion...but...but.."
Ciel waved his hands,"Calm down, I'm not criticizing you. Please, tell me why you are here." She looked at him and started crying,"It's Plu-Plu!" Ciel copied with question,"Pluto?"
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Ash turned to Sebastian and asked,"Any comments?" Sebastian, who had a nasty frown, answered,"Compared to the great London fire of 1666, the blaze is very slow-spreading." Ash smiled maniacally,"You're right. Once uncleanliness and vice take hold it's extremely hard to do away with them. However, when this fire burns everything away, the long-awaited door will appear on the clean land! I shall open the door to the new century."
Sebastian turned slightly, to look at Drocell. He had followed him, and was just watching the flames with disgust. It made sense, he was made out of wood. Wood burns. The man's lifeless eyes also darted around to try and pinpoint Elena's location, as interested as he was, following Sebastian was starting to look like a bad idea.
This thought was amplified when he saw Elena, run into Ciel. If Drocell was capable of emotions, he'd be terrified.
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Elena stomped next to Ciel, obviously not in the mood for jokes. The trio ran to a tall building, where Pluto was angrily blowing fire. His collar was glowing a bright blue. Elena stared for a second before saying,"Pluto! Whats going on!?" Finny answered in panic,"He suddenly got angry, we're trying to tranquilize him but it's not working!" As the other four talked, Elena thought about ways to solve this.
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Ash chuckled,"You battled me for your masters sake. Who could have predicted you'd be standing here with me now, watching his tragedy play out? And the puppet as well!" Sebastian answered,"I do not act without an order from my master. And at the moment, there is no master I'm meant to obey."
((Prepare yourselves people, the weird starts here...))
Ash turned to Sebastian and said,"I've thought to myself: that I wouldn't mind joining forces with you to rule he reborn world that will dwell in this new clean land." Sebastian closed his eyes,"Aren't I a wellspring of the very uncleanliness you detest?" Ash replied," If you look closely, everything emits its own intense light. Morning and Night, Man and Woman, light and darkness. If these things are well burnished and made one they return to their primal forms, beloved by my father."
Sebastian frowned,"You want me to be one of those vulgar patchwork dolls you're so fond of?" Ash answered simply,"No. If you wish it..I can adjust to your likes." Ash morphed momentarily into Angela, and Sebastian looked on with disgust. Drocell simply turned and mumbled,"There are some things that are aren't meant to be seen..."
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Ciel asked,"What are you doing?" Finny nervously answered,"W-well...We wanted Plu-Plu to turn back to how he was...We're sorry!" Elena patted Finny on the back,"Good job! I have something to fix him if you ju-" Ciel interrupted,"Are you serious?! Why are we trying to help him?" Elena sighed,"Listen I don't have time for this! More people are going to die if we don't stop him!"
"Exactly! That's why we need to get rid of him!" Elena stopped in her tracks,"You want to kill Pluto?" Ciel looked up,"Look at him, that's not Pluto, he's just a mindless beast now. You all know how it is to live without purpose, to have your pride stolen! This is an order: Kill him!"
Elena backed up,"No! I'm not letting you kill him, Ciel if you just wait I c-" Ciel interrupted her,"I don't have time for this! If she doesn't get out of the way kill her too!" The three servants paused to look at Ciel before nodding slowly, Elena backed up and looked at the tower.
The girl simply bent down and jumped, using buildings as boosts to get to the top. Extremely angered, she simply frowned as the large hound growled at her. "Oh, be quiet and let me save you!" Elena grabbed him by his collar and pulled back, stating her disgust as she threw Pluto. The large animal flew all the way to the forest, knocking half of it down in the process.
She turned and screamed,"DROCELL IF YOU'RE NOT HERE IN 10 SECONDS THEN I'LL TAKE YOU APART AND THROW YOU IN A WOOD SHREDDER!"
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Ash smiled and said,"He's all that I might expect from someone who would employ a demon. Unfeeling and ruthless (He has no ruths); a soul beyond redemption. You should really join-" He turned around to see Sebastian gone and Drocell about to leave. Drocell turned to him and said,"I have matters to attend. Have fun...Fallen angel." He jumped over the edge with a smirk, going after Elena.
The angel left behind angrily frowned,"I see. So fate always casts angels and demons on different sides after all, no matter how many years may pass."
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Elena ran through the forest, stopping when she came to the clearing in which Pluto landed in. He was on his side, breathing heavily. She approached him and carefully reached for his collar. Pluto growled, but stayed still as she pulled the loose knot, allowing the collar to fall off. She expected him to snap back to the old Pluto but he didn't, instead he started to quiver and whimper as if he was in pain.
"What's wrong Pluto?" She had calmed down, and was now just concerned about the large dog. Drocell appeared and said,"His contract was ended abruptly," She sent him a questioned look so he continued,"The collar signified his tie to the angels, it was broken just now when you took it off. I don't know why, but it seems to be killing him. I guess being a demon dog makes it necessary that he has a master."
Elena looked at Drocell,"How do you know this?" He shrugged,"I heard things." The long haired girl sat to think, petting Pluto in order to calm him down.
She eventually came up with an idea, turning to Drocell,"So all he needs is a new contract right? I can do that." Elena walked towards Pluto, stopping when she realized she didn't know how to initiate a contract. Instead she just whispered,"Do you wanna make a contract? It could save you.."
'I should just give up, he can't understand me anyway...' Elena looked up and locked eyes with Pluto, who gave a slight nod, and she was suddenly sucked into a dark void space before she could say a word.
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The space was dark and cold, and there was absolutely no sound. A girl sat on the floor, sitting on a soft substance. She touched it and concluded that it was fur, and she tried to find light in the dark prison. Suddenly a voice filled her mind:
'You wanted to make a contract with me?' The voice was soft and slightly angered, almost as if the speaker was struggling to stay calm.
The girl nearly choked and asked,'You can speak? Where am I? Where are we?'
The voice replied harshly,'Stop with the questions and answer mine. State your conditions to the contract.'
Pausing a second she answered,'There are none, I only ask that you listen when necessary and stay happy.'
'If that is what you desire.'
A harsh light filled the dark space and a figure appeared. A young man who looked about 19, with silver hair that was frayed, and a butler suit. He simply smiled and walked toward something of an exit. The girl quickly got up and followed.
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Drocell watched as Elena and Pluto sat, staring at each other almost in a trance. He waited until Elena snapped out of it and looked around, she looked at Pluto as she'd never seen him before.
(P.O.V change)
Elena thought 'I wonder who was talking before...' A voice answered,'That was me.' She looked up and looked around,'In front of you.' Elena looked in front of her and saw Pluto. 'Um...Pluto? You're talking to me through difficult mind stuff?'
The large dog nodded, before asking 'You now have a contract with me. Although there's a slight/major catch...' Catching the girls confused gaze, he thought 'I have to put the contract mark somewhere, the mark itself hurts alot and takes a while to heal. Of course this depends on where you put it.' Elena nodded and thought, thinking about where she would want a painful mark burned onto her skin.
She put up a finger and thought/said,'My back! Right in the middle.' Pluto raised an eyebrow,'Are you sure? It'll hurt a lot.' Elena just snorted and turned around, bracing for the pain. And boy did she get it, just imagine somebody ripping out your spine while your fully conscious. Yeah pain.
Elena hissed as the pain hit her, and she asked Drocell for a jacket. She then petted Pluto and said,"Could you try being a little smaller?" The large dog shifted into a puppy, and Elena smiled. Drocell asked,"What do you wanna do now?" Tapping her chin while she thought, Elena said,"I guess I forgive Ciel, so let's go catch up with him and Sebastian! Come on Pluto!" Pluto barked and jumped in her jacket.
Drocell picked Elena up and jumped to where she said they were.
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It seems as if the story is coming to it's end.
I can hardly wait until the next one!
Till next time~
CookieSaps~