Sebastian's POV
After aggressively rinsing out my mouth and considering swallowing the bar of soap near the bathtub, I turned to face the newly freed Grell.
"Oh Bassy, it was awful! I had no control of my beautiful body or my beautiful mind! It felt like a long, horrible nightmare. That brutish clown had me, ME, doing physical labor. LOOK at my nails! They are atrocious!" Grell said dramatically falling onto the bed.
"You poor soul, now Grell please concentrate. I need information on those closest to Joker. I need information on Joker. His weaknesses, his strengths, any inconsistency in his lifestyle?" I asked Grell.
"Ummmm, well I really don't remember much, you know the mind control and all." Grell said, twirling a piece of his hair between his fingers.
"I know!" Grell shouted out suddenly. I raised my eyebrow in anticipation of what the red headed shinigami was about to say.
"If we can just get to my chainsaw, we'll just walk right out of here, skating on the blood of our enemies. Then maybe we can finish what you started, my love." Grell said, wrapping his arms around my waist.
I shoved him off of me and he fell back onto the bed.
"Let's make something clear, Grell." I said straightening my clothes.
"What happened between us was only a means to free you from your mind control and gain me an ally in my escape from Joker. Also, Joker has an unknown number of humans and demons under his control. I don't think the two of us are enough to use force to escape." I said rubbing my temple, this predicament was growing more and more tiresome by the second.
"Well, what about the three of us?"
Grell and I looked up to see Claude standing at the door.
Before I knew it, I slammed Claude into the door with my hand tightly wrapped around his throat, threatening to crush his windpipe.
"You have some nerve to allow me to even see the whites of your eyes after you betrayed me." I said through clenched teeth.
"As if you would have done anything differently in my position. Now will you please release me, we don't have time for foreplay." Claude said, looking as unphased as usual.
I thought to myself. I didn't want to be at the mercy of Claude, but I needed more than Grell on my side. However, at the end of the day Claude is really only ever on his own side. I reluctantly released my hold on Claude and took a step back.
"You have two minutes to prove your worth or this room will be your final resting place." I said, calming myself down.
"We don't have long until your ceremony so listen closely, it's not my best plan but if it works, we will all be free from this circus." Claude said.
It was finally time for my ceremony. I changed into my white gown given to me the night before. The door to my room opened and two of the triplets came in, rope in hand. I cooperated as they tied my hands behind my back and led me downstairs and outside the manor. We walked about a mile into the woodlands surrounding the manor. Soon we arrived at a wide-open area, there were several white stones arranged in a circle. Outside the circle were fourteen men, with their heads down. Joker was standing in the middle of the circle with a silver masquerade mask on. A large smile plastered on his face. Hannah and the two earls stood behind him.
Hannah had dressed up for the occasion. She wore a long navy-blue gown, the color complimented her ebony skin, it clung nicely to the curves of her body. Her breasts were tastefully contained by her gown, but also still prominently on display. If she wasn't such an evil bitch, I would say she looked gorgeous. The boys stood quietly behind Hannah in matching white button-down shirts and black pants. Alois' face was expressionless, but he looked at peace, and Ciel looked somewhat agitated but remained still. It was honestly a genius idea on Joker's behalf to keep Ciel in a dumb, dazed, and angry stupor. He would have surely plotted his escape by now especially if he could have gotten Alois on his side.
The two triplets led me to the middle of the circle to kneel in front of Joker's feet.
"You have no idea how long I have been waiting to have you at my feet like this, Black." Joker said, running his hand through my hair, yanking my head back, forcing me to look up at him.
"You and smile took everything from me. My home, my family, my life…"
"And now I get to take everything from you." Joker said, releasing his grip.
"Let's get started shall we!" Joker exclaimed with outstretched arms.
"We are all gathered here today to welcome a new brother into our family. Sebastian Michaelis has graciously and willingly agreed to enter our forever bond. Now while I am the head of our operation, we are a family, and we make decisions together. I selected the members of our family that are the most influential and levelheaded to be here today. I wanted to ask you all, will you accept Sebastian as your new brother?" Joker asked.
"Yes." Everyone in attendance agreed in unison. Shocker.
"Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear it. Let us continue." Joker said with a smile.
"Sebastian, congratulations on your acceptance into our family. Now, do you promise to uphold the mission of this family, with all your heart?" Joker asked.
"...Yes." I answered reluctantly.
"Do you promise to put your family first at all costs?" Joker asked.
"Yes." I answered once more.
"And do you promise to submit yourself to me and only me, in mind, body, and spirit?" Joker asked.
"Forgive me, isn't that position already taken by ?" I couldn't resist. Joker chuckled.
"I will miss those pointed little jokes of yours. , if you will?" Joker called out to Claude, as he emerged from the crowd of people gathered in my honor.
He was holding a golden chalice. Once he got closer, I knew it was filled with what could only be Joker's blood.
"I thought you would best accept this gift from an old friend." Joker said, winking at me.
"Open up, Michaelis." Claude said tauntingly. This was the moment of truth.
Naturally, my mouth remained closed and as if on cue, the triplets surrounded me. One to hold my body in place, one to forcibly yank my head back, and finally one to dig his fingers painfully into the sides of my jaws, forcing my lips to part. Claude stepped closer to pour the blood down my throat. I looked up at him. Scarlet eyes meeting gold. I closed my eyes and waited for the metallic taste to hit my tongue. It never did.
Instead, I opened my eyes just in time to catch Claude throwing all of the cup's content on to the triplets and attacking them in their shocked state. In a blur of quick kicks and punches, the triplets laid on the ground beside me. Now was my chance to stand up and break free from those childish ropes. I let out a small sigh of relief. Although all of this was planned, we know that the bastard can't ever be fully trusted.
"I knew it! You asshole!" Hannah screeched as she began to charge forward, the boys following behind. Joker simply held up his hand and they halted.
"Mr. Faustus, I thought we had a deal?" Joker asked calmly.
"We did, until you decided to spike my drink with your blood. Very dishonest of you. You give all clowns a bad name." Claude replied.
"Well, I had to have an insurance card in case you pulled something like this. In the end I was right to have given you some of my blood. For you proved you couldn't be trusted." Joker said, as his eyes flashed to a bright shade of blue.
"Claude, do as I say and kill Sebastian!" Joker yelled as he pointed toward me.
Claude's body immediately started to twitch and convulse as he fought against the blood bond he had with Joker. Claude turned toward me with rage in his eyes and his teeth clenched as he tried to restrain himself. I took a step back for my own safety. Claude started to step toward me.
"Not so fast, darling." The roar of a very familiar chainsaw filled the air.
Grell stood behind Hannah, one arm tightly wrapped around her waist, and the other holding his chainsaw right at the level of Hannah's neck. Hannah had to hold her head back slightly to avoid being nicked by the whirling blades.
"Release her at once!" Joker practically screamed as his eyes flashed blue once more.
"Ahh haa! That nasty little trick won't work on me anymore. My dear Bassy sucked all of your venom out of me!" Grell replied, as I winced in embarrassment.
Finally, we had an upper hand against Joker.
Thank you all for reading my story, the next chapter will be the last chapter ever! :( but its been a long time coming. Since it will be the last chapter of Catching spider I have to make it extra extra special so it might take me a minute so be patient!