Ciel entered the hotel suite and then collapsed on her bed. The day out had exhausted her. Luke had already fallen asleep even before they finished dinner. Alois was busy listening to his iPod as he sat down on his bed.
"Do you wish to shower before bed?" Sebastian asked.
"No I just want to cuddle with you" Ciel replied.
"In that case, we shall make ourselves scarce" Claude took Alois's hand and dragged him out of the room.
"I'm going to change" Ciel said and then grabbed a set of PJs.
Sebastian nodded and she disappeared into the bathroom. The sound of Ciel falling onto the floor made Sebastian run to the bathroom door.
"Ciel, is everything alright? Open the door" Sebastian said.
The door opened and Sebastian stared at Ciel who only had her PJ shorts and bra on. Her eyes were wide with fright as she stared at the mirror. Sebastian turned to the mirror and his eyes narrowed. There was a message written with something red.
"It's not blood" Sebastian said and then wiped a bit of the substance with his fingertip.
"Then what is it?" Ciel asked pulling on her PJ top.
"Its red lipstick" Sebastian replied and then read the message.
I'm coming for you!
"Well that's rather blunt" Ciel commented and Sebastian chuckled.
"We're all in danger. We need to regroup now" Sebastian said and then popped out of the room to bring Claude and Alois.
"I'm coming for you? What kind of idiot is this?" Alois asked after reading the message.
"There is something wrong here. Something seriously wrong" Ciel said pacing.
She glanced over at the still sleeping Luke and then bit her lip.
"Luke can't stay here. It was a mistake to bring him here" She said and Alois looked over at his brother.
"Maybe we should send him back" Claude suggested.
"How long will it take for Hannah and the triplets to get here?" Ciel asked.
"A few hours with a plane and then maybe a few minutes to get here" Claude replied.
"Call her to get here as soon as possible and take Luke. I'm not leaving" Alois said.
"Neither am I" Ciel said.
Claude nodded and then pulled out his phone. In the meantime Ciel and Alois discussed the case.
"If someone's telling us to leave the country there must be something brewing" Ciel said.
"This is red lipstick, obviously a woman" Alois pointed out.
"Or a cross dresser" Sebastian suggested.
"But why only British officials?" Ciel asked.
"All the British officials who died were men. The women are safe" Sebastian said.
"So this person is a woman who is against British men. But why?" Alois asked.
"Or a cross dresser who is against men" Ciel said.
"Hannah will be arriving by dawn to take Luke back" Claude announced and Alois breathed a sigh of relief.
"We should go to sleep. Just act like everything is normal" Ciel said.
They went to bed but Alois found it difficult to sleep. His worry for his brother and Ciel kept him up. Claude held Alois in his arms but the blond still couldn't sleep.
"I'm going out for a walk" Alois said throwing Claude's arms off.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Claude asked and Alois shook his head.
"I'll be fine. If there's any problem, I'll summon you"
Alois walked out of the room and began wandering around, thoughts racing in his head.
'What if something happens to Luke? Or even Ciel? I know Claude and Sebastian are here but if we aren't careful then we could be in real danger'.
Alois was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't hear quiet footsteps approaching him. Then a hand clamped over his mouth and he lost consciousness. The clock in the lobby chimed four times.
The door to Ciel and Sebastian's room burst open at six am. Ciel woke up with a start and Sebastian grabbed a glass and threw it at the intruder. Claude, who was panting caught the glass expertly and placed it back on a nearby table.
"Alois is missing" Claude said and Ciel shot out of bed.
"Wasn't he with you?" Ciel asked.
"He told me he was going out for a walk. I told him to summon me if something happened. It's been two hours" Claude replied.
"You should have followed him!" Ciel shrieked and then rushed to change her clothes.
"Is Hannah here yet?" Sebastian asked.
"I'm taking Luke back" Hannah said appearing in the doorway.
"No! I'm not going anywhere!" Luke shouted before he was dragged away by Hannah.
"Let's go find him!" Ciel said walking out dressed in jeans and a long sleeved sweater.
They rushed to the hotel lobby and Sebastian headed straight to the receptionist. Ciel paced in the lobby and Claude sat down to watch the news on the TV.
"Lady Ciel, look at that" Claude said.
An unknown man has kidnapped the Earl Trancy of England and has brought live footage on YouTube and the views are going up through the roof.
Ciel sat down and then turned up the volume as the news report shifted to the YouTube video. A man dressed all in black with a mask covering his face was staring at the camera. Behind him, Alois was tied up to a chair with a gag covering his face.
"Every five thousand views, I'll run an electroshock right into the Earl's body. This is a message to Countess Ciel Phantomhive. You know what your family has done to mine. I killed all those British officials to catch your attention and lure you here. You have until twelve noon or else Trancy dies".
"Look at the views" Ciel said and the views reached 10000.
The man pushed a button and Alois screamed as the shock ran through his body.
"Alois!" Ciel screamed and Claude shut off the TV.
The rest of the guests in the lobby stared at Ciel as she stared at the blank TV screen.
"It's the Countess" she heard one person whisper to his friend.
"Come along" Sebastian wrapped an arm around Ciel and led her back upstairs.
Once upstairs, Claude pulled out a live coverage of the kidnapping. The views were shooting up as more and more people tuned in to watch this.
"It's a message to me. I don't even know who this is!" Ciel said.
Then the man spoke up from the computer.
"I'm sure you're confused right now, Countess. Let me clear up some of the confusion. Do you recognize the name Raj Kapoor?"
Ciel's brow furrowed in confusion and Sebastian ran a search.
"Raj Kapoor is a 37 year old who used to work for Phantom's Canadian factories. He was fired because he took bribes from other companies and the jury ruled him as guilty. He was sent to prison for ten years and he committed suicide in prison" Sebastian reported.
"When did this happen?" Ciel asked.
"When your father was head of the company" Sebastian replied.
"Who was the bribe taken from?" Claude asked.
"From the two Dukes who died. The bribe was witnessed by the priests who died and the low ranking governing officials were the ones who were on the jury" Sebastian replied.
"So he's taking revenge on all of the ones involved. And now he's after me. But who could this person be? It can't be Raj himself since he died" Ciel said.
"Maybe his children? What happened to his wife and kids?" Claude asked.
"The wife died two years after Raj and his eldest child is currently working in this very hotel but he was fired since people were complaining that he was hostile to them" Sebastian replied.
"This looks like a jail cell. But which one?" Ciel asked staring at the live coverage.
Then the views reached 15000 and Sebastian quickly muted the sound so they would hear Alois's scream of pain as the shocks assaulted him.
"Countess, if you're as smart as they give you credit for, you would understand who I am and why I'm doing this. As soon as the views hit 30000 you can say goodbye to your friend".
"I know where he is!" a voice exclaimed and they all turned to the doorway where Luke was standing.
"You were supposed on a flight to UK right now" Ciel said.
"Where is he?" Claude asked.
"What's the name of the jail that Raj was put in?" Luke asked.
"But that jail is abandoned. All prisoners have been shifted elsewhere" Ciel said and then it hit her.
"The jail is abandoned so that's the perfect place to stage this crime" Luke said.
"Let's go" Sebastian said.
Ciel gave Luke a quick hug and then ran out with the demons. The jail smelled of piss and water. It was abandoned and silent. Ciel's converse squeaked as she stepped on water. Then Sebastian carried her bridal style so she wouldn't attract any more attention.
"Why didn't Alois's screams echo? Someone would have heard it outside" Ciel asked quietly.
"This jail has special rooms that are noise proof. Alois must be in one of them" Claude replied.
"So where could Alois be?" Ciel asked.
"According to the flow of electricity, most likely near the west wing" Sebastian replied.
They walked for a little while and then heard the sound of someone speaking.
"I'm sure Countess will be on her way here right now. She doesn't realise that the puddles around the door of the room have been electrocuted so she will have instant death the minute she steps in one"
"That's the voice of the kidnapper" Ciel said and Sebastian shushed her.
Ciel looked down and saw the puddles around her. Sebastian quickly tiptoed his way around then and Claude carefully pushed the door open. It was no use since the door creaked and caught the attention of the man.
"Countess, finally" The man lunged towards Ciel and Sebastian jumped into the air and then landed on a nearby table.
Claude headed towards Alois who had fainted from the electroshocks. Then he turned to the laptop and webcam that had been set up and closed the live feed of the video.
"Who are you?" Ciel asked and the man tore off the mask he was wearing.
"I am Arjun Kapoor. The son of the man who was wrongly accused to taking bribes. Because of your father none of my family members were happy. We were shunned by everyone and my father committed suicide"
Claude aimed a kick at the back of Arjun's head and Arjun fell to the floor in a dead faint.
"The police are on their way, we should go" Sebastian said.
Claude picked Alois up and they all left the abandoned jail.
