He woke up some time later in what seemed to be a medical center on the rescue ship. He heard a bit of movement over in the corner of the room. As he looked over, he saw Snake curled up on the floor with a blanket.

"Snake? You made it. " Ciel said softly . The snake/human half-breed only tilted his head in response.

"Are you hurt?" Ciel asked. The silver haired boy shook his head. With a sigh, realizing Snake wasn't going to talk , the young Earl rolled over and faced the opposite wall. I wonder if Sebastian made it. He's not in the same room as me. What about Elizabeth and the others? ... His thoughts were cut short by a strong wave cause the ship the rock more than it was. Snake curled more into the corner slightly panting. Ciel rolled back over to face the older male when he heard him groan. Seasick? The young Earl thought.

"Snake? Where are the others? Did Lizzy and Edward make it?" He asked hoping for the best. Snake nodded . "Well where are they? "

"A few doors down ... says Dan." Replies the serpent man. Ciel sits up on the bed and carefully slides off not to put pressure on his injured foot.

"Show me where they are." He says in a not too demanding, but more over in a hopeful tone. Snake nods and stands on shaking legs. The first thing Ciel noticed is that the older male was still in his uniform. That will have to change. He's going to freeze. He thought as he followed Snake out into the hall. They walked a few doors down to find Frances sitting in a chair holding a sleeping Elizabeth.

"AUNT FRANCES " he exclaimed just above a whisper.

"Ciel you're alive! " she whispered back. (A/N the Medford's are going to be a bit OOC because I don't know them as well).

"How's Lizzy?"

"Exhausted. .. but alright. I can't say the same about your butler. He's been unconscious since the brought him in."

"Sebastian's alive!?" The Earl said with surprise. All Frances could do was nod towards the hospital bed on the other side of the room where Sebastian lay covered with many layers of blankets . He quickly rushed over to his butlers side and ran fingers though his hair. He frowned a bit when Sebastian flinched away at the touch.

"He had surgery... Ciel he's lucky to be alive. They had to repair and reinflate his left lung, repair an artery going into his heart and completely remove his spleen that had been ruptured. He also has several broken ribs plus where the had to open up his chest. On top of that what ever happened, it barely missed his spine... it's a miracle that he's alive." Ciel stood listening in horror as his aunt spoke. He did the only thing his body would do, and that was to collapse to the ground, realization of how bad the demon was injured hitting him like a ton of bricks. Why didn't you just give up when you had the chance? You're suffering and you know it... idiot! You disobeyed and order!... Why couldn't I help him. Why did Undertaker try and kill him but not me. Undertaker will pay! His thoughts were brought to an end when he heard someone retching on the other side of the room. He looked up to see Frances had gone and carried Elizabeth with her. It was Snake.

"Snake are you alright?" Of course he's not! Snake merely nodded. "Seasick?" Again another nod as he set the bucket he was using away from him. He curled back up into the corner and wrapped himself in the blanket yet again.

With a sigh, Ciel stood up and carefully climbed on the bed with Sebastian, gently resting his head on the pillow next to the butler's head.

It must have been a couple hours later when he woke to the sound of his aunt's and an unfamiliar voice.

"...ppropriate?" It was an man... probably one of the sailors.

"Look right now, I don't care about that. His butler is all he has left. If that man dies the rest of his world is shattered " With that the man nodded and left. His aunt walked over to him with a smile. He then also relized the he was under the covers with his sleeping butler.

"He woke up for a bit and thought you might be cold." She said.

"How was he?" The question was soft. Not like the young Earl.

"He was hurting quite a bit,but, he managed to go back to sleep. But Ciel, did you know about this?" She holds up the demon's left hand showing the contract symbol and black fingernails. Blast! They had to take is gloves off! Think, Ciel, think!

"Yes. But he always kept his practices to himself, and it never effected his work." That seemed like a good excuse. It must have been because Frances nodded and laid Sebastian's hand back down. Ciel yawned and laid back down as well. He noticed Snake was still in the corner still shivering.

"Aunt Frances? Can you see if the have anything for Snake to change into?" He said only to where his aunt could hear, in which she nodded. A few moments later she returned with some doctors scrubs and handed them to the serpent man. He took them looking confused for a moment until Ciel spoke.

"Go change. You can't stay in the same wet clothes . You'll make yourself ill. And when you're done either sit in a chair or lay on a bed..." Snake nodded and went to change. When he got back he crawled into a bed that was already disheveled from someone laying in to.

"That's where he was when I got in here" Frances informed as the footman fell asleep. Ciel nodded and started to fall asleep. Frances turned and left. Soon after, Ciel woke to what sounded like a whimper. It was his butler.

"Sebastian? " he called softly.

"My-my lo-Lord."he rasped. "It h-h-hurts..." was all he could manage out before his breaths quickened. Drawing in sharp inhales. Tears started rolling down his cheeks. I thought demons can't cry. I guess there's a first for everything. Sebastian let out a wail in pain as Ciel tried to get him to relax. The last thing he heard before passing out again was "don't leave my side again please. You're going to be alright. "

"SEBASTIAN!" Ciel yelled. For the twelfth time.

"I-i C-can hear you just fine... j-just go to sleep. You're exhausted. I won't go anywhere... do not worry." With that Ciel calmed and laid his head on the demon's shoulder. He soon drifted into a restless slumber.