Ciel looked at the address he held in his hand. The lady he was going to interview lived in an apartment just a few houses across from the second crime scene. A few police men already had the house sealed up and protected for him to investigate while he first talked with Charlotte. Ciel climbed the stairs and tapped on her door.
"Yes hello?" she said as she wiped off the flour on her apron.
"Ms. Lerwick? I'm here to ask you some questions about what you have seen."
"Of course, come in." She said as she cleared her laundry off of two chairs and lowered the flame on boiling water. She sat on the couch and positioned the chairs in front of her.
Ciel and Sebastian took their seats as Ciel started to ask some questions.
"Do you know what the black mass was? Was it a person?"
"It looked more like a creature but I could have been wrong. I ran back inside when I heard the screams. I only wanted some fresh air."
"Did anyone else see the thing that you're aware of?"
"I'm not sure, but the man who lights the lamps was just around a few minutes before the incident. You could talk to him."
"Do you know his name or where we could find him?"
"No I don't but if you ask around I'm sure you'll find out."
"Do you know anything else about the killings?"
"That's all. Saw the black..thing and dialed up the police asap. I'm sorry I couldn't have been of more help."
"Thank you for your time." Ciel said as he and Sebastian left the apartment. "We may be dealing with something from the underworld. If we visit Undertaker after we investigate the house, he should have more to tell us about the heartless bodies from yesterday."
"I hope a joke won't go to waste this time. And if you'll let me tell it this time master."
"Go ahead. The last time I tried I found out he was a bit more...adulterated in his tastes."
"Indeed."
The group of people that had been killed had the same thing happen to them. Only the killer this time around had been a bit sloppy. They had found a heart in the backyard with puncture marks on it. Sebastian picked the heart up.
"Not one drop of blood. It's pretty heavy too." He said as he compared the weight of it in his palm. He wrapped it up and decided he was going to open it himself.
"It's filled with something isn't it?"
Sebastian nodded as he looked at all the pure words written in the house. Then he got closer to the blood splatter and saw that the edges were spiked outwards.
"This was dropped. Whoever stole the hearts of the other must have dropped this one. They were in a hurry."
Ciel had no idea how his butler knew the things he did, but he almost always trusted Sebastian on the things he couldn't know otherwise. Ciel wrapped up his investigation and went to see his good ol' pal, Undertaker. Ciel rubbed his forehead, just getting a headache about thinking of the creepy man.
"No worries master. I'll do all the talking." Sebastian said as he saw the frustration on his young master's face.
"Please."
The skull over the door and the eerie fog told them they were there. Undertaker's place was dimly lit as coffins and urns lay on desks and floors. A giggle was heard come from some cremated remains.
"Undertaker?" Sebastian said as he reached into the ashes and pulled out a white haired head.
"Hehehe you found me!" Undertaker said as he jumped out of the bag. "My turn to find you!"
"No time. We need to know about the heartless bodies that you received today."
"Aaah well, you know the drill then. Give me my laughter!" He said as he rolled around on his desk, his grey robe hitting Ciel in the face.
Ciel was not amused.
Undertaker giggled.
"Looks like we've done it already." Sebastian said as Undertaker looked at him through his bangs.
"Oooh? I suppose this time I made it easy for you, seeing as how I've done your job for you. Very well. I'll tell you about such crude murders."
