"What do you mean, 'it's probably to late?'" Ciel demanded.

Loss shook her head sadly, her blue-gray eyes were slightly wet.

"Ciel," she said. "You shouldn't talk. Wait for the fever to go down, at least."

They boy was still recovering from the asthma attack he suffered the previous night, but he wasn't going to let that stop him from findng out his butler's fate.

"Loss," he whispered. "Tell me what you think will happen to Sebastian...?"

Loss sighed, but cleared her throat and spoke in a tight voice.

"I don't know much," she started. "But I know for a fact that you and the demon were attacked by pure souls." She paused at the look of confusion on Ciel's face.

"Pure souls are beings who exist solely to serve angels," she explained. "Like minions of a sort. They don't have a mind of their own, all they can do is obey the orders of their master..."

Ciel's eyes widened slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"This leads me to believe that Sebastian was taken by an archangel, a member of the heavenly army. Their main duty is to find and kill demons," She murmured.

Ciel had so many questions flying around in his head. Who (or what) was this woman? How did she know who Sebastian was, and why was she about to cry just by speaking about him? How did she know all these things about angels and demons? Loss seemed to sense all the burning questions in the boy's head. She reached out and brushed the hair out of his face, trying to lull him to sleep.

"Shh," she whsipered. "I'll tell you everything you need to know later."

A swing, a thud. His demonic scream, a wave of blood.

Sebastian was losing it. He tried to stay strong, but he couldn't take much more. Tortured sounds of pain escaped him whenever the angel struck him, not mattered how hard he tried to hold them in. He never spoke though. He never pleaded. His pained expression gave him away though. Clear in the demon's eyes was agonizing pain. It was obvious he was begging for an end.

What he couldn't understand was why. Why was he being subjected to this torture? The job of an archangel was to silently destroy demonic beings, not to torture them to the brink of insanity. Had he been able to think logically, he would have noticed that his captor's wings were made of soft, white downy feathers, not the silver, deadly-looking blades of a true archangel. Yet his angel wielded that holy blade. It was a crime that could get her cast down. The laws that governed angelic beings were very strict. Only archangels could wield weapons of such power. Sebastian's captor was not an archangel, so why in the name of hell was she doing this to him?

Another blow, another inhuman scream, and another wave of black blood.

Sebastian suddenly retched, his blood spewing from his mouth. His eyes fell to the grisly slash the angel left in his stomach. He tried to control his shuddering breaths while his body was seized by tremors. He closed his eyes, bracing himself for the next blow. It never came. He heard a clatter as the angel threw her stolen sword on the ground. She took his face in her hands, forcing his eyes to meet hers. She laughed at the pitiful sight she created, her green eyes glinted with malice.

Ciel shook his head, refusing to believe what Loss was telling him. In a few short hours, his lungs and throat had cleared, his fever had dropped almost back to normal, and his coughing had quieted considerably.

"No," he repeated. "You're lying..." They boy sounded unsure though.

Loss shook her head, struggling to control the sobs that threatened to escape her.

"I'm so sorry, I should have tried to help," she wailed. "There were so many things I could have done, yet I didn't even try!"

Ciel stared at the woman in cold fury. "So, you mean to tell me that you were at the manor the night that Sebastian was taken, you were there the entire time, but you didn't do anything!?" His voice grew louder with each word. "And that trying to find Sebastian would be 'of no use to him or anyone else, because he'll be dead by the time we get to him'?!" The earl raged.

Loss nodded.

"Then why," Ciel said, "Did you bother saving me?"

"You have to understand, Ciel," Loss said. "Had I done anything at the manor, Sebastian would have seen me-" Ciel cut her off.

"WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH A DEMON SEEING YOU!?" he raged. "You and I are the only ones that can save him, Loss! Please!"

"You would never understand," she murmured. "I- I... Me... and him..." She trailed off.

"I don't care about that," Ciel pleaded. "Just help me save him."

Loss sighed and hung her head. "Fine," she spat. "Give me until tomorrow night to get ready, and you need some sleep!"

"Tell me, demon," the angel teased. "Do you know why you are here?"

Sebastian let out a weak hiss in response.

"Now, now," She said threateningly. "I won't have any of that." She reached out and took her blade again.

"I'll try again," She said. "Do you know why you are here?" she teasingly cut his skin, and laughed when he flinched.

Sebastian shook his head, lacking the strength to speak. He looked at the angel with glassy eyes pleading silently for mercy.

"You truly are a vile creature," The angel said. "You and your entire race. So filthy and sinfully inpure."

Sebastian didn't react.

"You destroy what little good is in this world. You feed off the weak, pretending to care for them when you only wish to fuel your own selfish desires!" the angel's voice cracked with emotion.

"You remorseless monsters destroyed everything I held dear!" She screamed. She took a moment to calm down, then continued in a chilling voice "So now... I will do the same to you."

Angelic tears fell to mix with the demonic blood. The sword was raised for a death blow.

xD update! WOOO! Notice how in almost all my stories, Sebby is constantly on the verge dying? -shameless advertising- I hope you enjoyed the SebbyxLoss hints and the cliffie lol. I'm thinking about discontinuing this story, because I think this chapter is the worst I have ever written, and because I'm not getting reviews, which translates into lack of interest. This chappie is probably gonna get revised soon.

So um, yeah. xD That's about if for now. My fans should know that I love each and every one of your sexy faces, even though I have never seen them, and that you're the best for sticking with me despite my random and crappy imagination.

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