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Everything was black, her senses were on fire and she had to stop herself from screaming from the sudden pain in her chest. She could feel the bullet wound in her rib cage, she could feel the blood from the wound pouring from her chest and the area that was penetrated and even all around it was throbbing.
However, through the ringing in her head, she was glad to hear her previous captors freaking out and leaving the building they had kept her in. Once she was sure that no one was left inside the building and she was completely alone, she opened one eye, and then the next. The light that flooded in through the windows was dim, not giving her much light to work with. She groaned when she tried to move, the throbbing getting worse and could feel herself sticky with her own blood. All of her torture wounds had healed to mere scratches by then, but like all the other wounds, they were sure to leave her body quickly. She summoned the strength to force her arm to move, positioning her fingers right above the shot wound.
She made her fingertips touch, making her hand form a sort of triangle, which when she put more pressure on the wound, helped to push her hand deeper into the wound. She cried out in pain but knew it would only be worse if she didn't get the bullet out and the wound remained open. Pushing farther in, her body felt like it was filled with led and that led had been covered in gasoline and set on fire. She screamed in pain as she managed to grab ahold of the bullet and yanked it out as quickly as she could, not even bothering with being gentle with herself. She just wanted the thing out.
Panting heavily, she laid there on the ground, pushing the heels of her palms into her eyes and trying to think clearly. She needed to think. Think. Think. Think.
The next thing they were going to do is kill Ciel. She couldn't let that happen. But she can't fight being so wounded. Sebastian can surely hold them off, the other three seem to be rather efficient as well when given the right tools. She tried to think of what she needed to do next. It isn't to save Ciel. It isn't to stop her former captors from getting to the manor, they are surely already there. It is to expose her aunt for who she is.
Her aunt. That wretched woman. There was no time for emotions and thoughts of how cruel her aunt was is. She sat up slowly, still in a considerable amount of pain, but she couldn't back down yet. She still had to get to the manor and find out where her aunt was.
With a few cries of pain and several groans, she managed to stand up, still soaked in her own blood, she hated to be seen this way, covered in blood, but it was the only way she could be seen. She shakily walked towards the front door of the building she now recognized as a shut-down office building. She exited, glancing around and was glad that it was still night. The sun had not come up yet, which was good for her, if sunrise was any time soon, she might have been seens exiting an old shut-down office building covered in blood. That in itself warrants a trip to the Scotland Yard.
She unsteadily began to make her way towards the manor. With each step, it was growing easier to walk and soon enough, by the time she had made it out of town, she was running down the dirt road as fast as she could towards the manor. She didn't know what she was going to do when she arrived, but she knew she had to take care of her aunt. But when she grew closer to the manor, she could hear screams and gun shots. She simply hoped it was the screams of the men, instead of the three loyal servants they had. She slowed down only slightly, so that it was a fast, but normal speed for a human. She continued to run, being seen by several of the men and even by Mey-Rin, but it seems that there wasn't any problem with it as she managed to run just past the men and into the manor's side door.
She panted softly, she wasn't as fast as Sebastian and she definitely was not as durable. She tried to walk as quickly as she could through the hallways without attracting much attention to herself. She knew that there had to be at least a few of her former guards and maybe even that woman inside. She hurried for Ciel's room first. It was so late at night, she knew that the most logical place to look for him would be there. As she was heading there, she found no trace of anything suspicious, which she found highly odd. If he was here, wouldn't there be signs of struggling? Or at least their stench from the death Sebastian would have given them. However, no signs of any life living in the manor had come to her attention. As she neared Ciel's room, she knew that there had to be something going on. It had to be a trap of some kind. But as she entered Ciel's room slowly, she creeped inside slowly and saw that the window was open. She studied the scene she had walked into.
Sebastian was glaring at a woman dressed in all black, wearing a woman's suit and a black mask over her face. Ciel was being held by the woman, a knife to his throat and his face a monotonous look, like he didn't care whether his throat was slit or not. Kimberly took a few more steps into the room and glared at the woman, sure that it was Elise, wanting to rid the world of Ciel herself.
"One step closer and he's toast." the woman said, glancing at Kimberly and even through her masked face, you could see the shock and terror written on her face. Her face grew hard after a few moments of making the face and glared at her. "How are you alive?!" she yelled at her, though was sure to keep a firm hold on Ciel.
Sebastian, although his eyes said otherwise, looked like he was ready to snap anyone's neck who interfered. His eyes told her that he was glad she got out safely, "Well, it seems your lackey missed my head. She didn't even hit my heart. If you don't shoot vital areas, how are you supposed to kill someone?" she asked with a sly grin, trying to piss the woman off, hoping she would move her attention to her and Sebastian could get Ciel safely.
"My lackey? Dear girl, I am the one who shot you! I shot you straight through the chest and waited until you lost more than a pint of blood until I left you for dead! Now the only thing that suggests you were hurt at all is the hole in your dress and the blood soaking you!" she yelled, glaring at her. Kimberly's plan was working, now all she needed was for Sebastian to take the chance.
However, Kimberly knew that she had to ignore the look of shock in Ciel's eyes (as he had been ripped straight from bed and he didn't exactly wear his eyepatch to bed with him). She kept her glare on the woman and smirked at her, "Oh yeah? I would have been dead if that had happened," she said calmly, noticing Sebastian catch on.
Right as the woman was about to say something back, he grabbed Ciel and threw him into Kimberly's arms and pushed the woman back against the wall with Sebastian's hand on her throat, choking her. Kimberly got down on her knees and held Ciel as if he was still just a child, which to her he was. She held the back of his head and kept him from watching Sebastian choke the woman, keeping him held close as she glared at the scene.
Ciel, however, being as independent as always, pushed her away and stood next to her rather than in her arms and watched as Sebastian forced the life from her eyes. Though he couldn't stand to watch him kill her, as he stopped him from doing so, "Sebastian! Don't kill that woman, we need her for questioning!" he yelled at him, glaring and putting on his best brave face. Though anyone who knew better knew that he was just trying to seem strong, not wanting to be looked down on.
Sebastian hesitated for a second, then let the woman fall to her hands and knees, coughing and gasping for air like a sputtering idiot. She coughed and her hands went around her throat, as if Sebastian still had his hands there and she had to get them off. Ciel walked over to the woman and looked down at her in disgust. "Tie her up, Sebastian and bring her into my study." he ordered Sebastian before turning around and walking back towards Kimberly.
Sebastian nodded and bowed low to him, then stood and forced the woman to stand, grabbing her by both wrists behind her back and shoved her forward and out of the room. Kimberly moved to follow him, but was stopped by Ciel.
"Kimberly, I want to talk to you before the questioning begins. Wait outside for me." he said, grabbing an outfit Sebastian already had laid out for that day.
She smiled and nodded, leaving the room, shutting the door behind her and leaning against the door. She waited for him to come out, but her smile faded into a worried look. She couldn't have Ciel finding out she was part demon. He would never look at her the same way again. But of course, being covered in blood and someone claiming to have shot you just earlier doesn't help either. Eventually, Ciel left his room and entered the hallway and turned to Kimberly who gave a small laugh. His bow only had one loop, his buttons were on the wrong way, his shoes weren't tied properly. Kimberly knelt down, smiling softly at the dependent boy and fixed his bow first, tying it properly so that both loops were symmetrical and she was satisfied with it. She then unbuttoned his shirt and redid the buttons, then moved down to the shoes and tied them to her best extent - which she thought was rather good.
Ciel was blushing deeply and frowned at her help, acting like he didn't need it. Then he quickly changed the subject onto her, rather than being embarrassed that he couldn't properly dress himself. He cleared his throat and looked at her dead on, "Kimberly, I want to know what that woman was saying. Was it true?" he asked, frowning at her.
Kimberly smiled nervously and tried to change to subject, "which part? Ciel, why don't we talk about this some other time, hm?" she asked, wanting desperately to put off the conversation.
"No. You need to tell me, Kimberly. I want to know if she really did shoot you and watch you die." he practically commanded her. His voice was strict but monotone, frowning up at her and crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well… I…" she tried to think of an excuse, but one didn't come to mind and Ciel refused to put off the conversation any longer, "No, Ciel. She was lying. The woman is obviously insane, I mean, she tried to murder the Queen's guard dog. No, when they left, I screamed for help and lucky for me, someone was walking by and heard me. They helped me to escape." she said, lying through her teeth.
Once again, she was lying to her brother's face. She hated doing it, it was wrong and she knew that it shouldn't be done. But there was no way she would be able to explain why she didn't tell him sooner she was part demon. She sighed and smiled some at him, trying to make it seem more realistic.
Ciel seemed to think this over, but didn't seem to buy it. He frowned and nodded slowly, still not finding it to be very truthful, but he didn't push on. Instead, he sighed and turned around, beginning to walk through the hallway and toward the woman he was to question. He had to find out why she attacked him. What her motives were and who her boss was. Kimberly followed him, wanting to see Sebastian, even if she just made eye contact with him, it would be like heaven to her.
She wanted to be alone with Sebastian, but she knew that there wasn't any time currently to do so. She hated that fact, but knew that she couldn't change it. At least not right now she couldn't. She sighed and followed Ciel closely behind and entered the study.
She glanced at Sebastian, meeting eyes for a few seconds before quickly looking away bashfully. She focused her eyes on the woman, who had her mask off now and you could see her features. She was actually quite pretty, she had dark brown hair and caramel colored eyes. Her lips looked full and pink and she had high cheek bones. Though the frown on her face made her features look more manly rather than the beauty that she naturally had.
"Now then," Ciel began, standing in front of the woman, "Why don't you start by telling me who your boss is."
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