I own nothing but my OC. Please review, they make me insanely happy. I'm on spring break so I should be able to write when not spending time with family.
"The brat's watchdog is on its way over! Lock down the door and have the men on their guard! Have every point secured! He must be caught! Don't let him set a single foot in here!" Azzuro yelled as his men scrambled to do as they were told.
"Hurry!"
"Be on the lookout!"
They all stood guard of the mansion, guns at the ready. Unbeknownst to them, Sebastian walked up the steps right behind the thugs with Nyra on his arm.
"Not bad. I like this mansion's style." Sebastian said pleasantly. Nyra giggled and rolled her eyes.
The thugs whirled around. "Wha...Why are you here!?" The men trained their guns on the pair dressed in black. "How the hell did you get in!?"
"You didn't notice us come in?" Nyra asked, tilting her head to the side.
"What's with the tailcoat? Who are you two?!" The gunmen yelled.
"Us?" Nyra asked, pointing to herself.
"Ah, forgive me. Allow us to introduce ourselves." Sebastian said. The two then placed their hands over their hearts.
"You see," Nyra said, "We represent the Phantomhive household."
"Aw," Mei-rin said with the other servants in the kitchen. "Where did Mr. Sebastian and Ms. Nyra go off to, exactly?"
"They looked as though they were busy." Bard said. "It must be something important." He then gestured violently towards the pie that Sebastian had given him. "This pie! Sebastian actually told me to eat it all! What's wrong with that!? Will you look at that masterpiece!"
"Me thinks they went to eat out." Finny said.
"You idiot!" Bard yelled, hitting the gardener on the head. "I don't think that's the case. They must be at some big meeting. Which means, before they got back, we must get dinner ready!"
The gunman lay scattered around the front yard in heaps. Their injuries varied and their blood lay splattered on the ground. There were a few groans and moans of pain but some were silent.
"Excuse us but we're in a hurry." Nyra said coldly, her khopesh in her hand, dripping with blood. She was thankful now that she sharpened her weapons, even if she hadn't used them in well over two hundred years.
Sebastian lead the way up the stairs after checking his pocket watch. Nyra figured the demon was worried about dinner but the witch didn't care about food at the moment. Her only focus was on getting Ciel to safety.
Sebastian opened the door with standing behind him. Once the door was closed a gunman from the upper level of the entrance hall yelled, "Over there! Fire!"
Sebastian and Nyra cartwheeled out of the way. Sebastian flung his serving tray like a frisbee and took out a couple of gunman.
"This bastard." A man wielding a sledgehammer growled as he charged with a few other gang members behind him. Sebastian grabbed a nearby stand and swinging it towards the man's face.
While the butler handled a small bunch of enemies, Nyra decided to handle the rest on the upper levels. Looking up at the chandelier and with a wave of her hand, Nyra charged up a large amount of lightning at shot it at the hanging decoration. It was too much electricity for the chandelier to handle. The lightning shot out from the light bulbs and honed in on the gunmen. They screamed in pain but Nyra noticed that not all of the enemies had been hit. Taking a deep breath, she poured more power into her attack and then caused a chain reaction, electricity jumping from enemy to enemy. It was only until she saw some of their eyes begin to melt that she finally stopped.
Nyra took a few deep breaths and wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. She caught the scent of burning flesh and crinkled her nose.
"Now I remember why I don't do that." Nyra said, her voice distorted because she had plugged her nose. Sebastian chuckled and checked his pocket watch.
The grandfather clock ticked and rocked as Bard sat in deep thought. The other servants made little noises, causing veins to pop in his forehead. "Argh! You're too noisy!" Bard yelled. "Be quiet you lot!"
"If it were me," Mei-tin said, slamming down a jug of milk. "I would want to drink milk."
"Just where did those two go?" Bard asked, biting on the end of his cigarette.
"It's healthy to drink more milk!" Mei-rin said. "Milk has calcium to strengthen your bones."
A gang member screamed as Sebastian crushed his wrist in his hand. Everyone in the room was down except for Nyra and Sebastian. The butler opened the door to the next room and saw a long dinning table, already set. There were dozens of gunmen on the upper level.
"There they are! Kill them!" They yelled.
Sebastian ran forward, blocking the bullets with the serving tray. Meanwhile, Nyra quickly scaled the walls and surged forward. She charged the khopesh with electricity and began quickly slicing through the men.
"Hmph! Still think you can run?" They called.
Sebastian tossed the tray and took out a few men on the other side, toppling them like dominos. The demon then picked up dishes on the table, and then he proceeded to throw them at enemies. One of the thugs tried to sneak up on him but he kicked him in the face,
"Call back all the guards!" One of the thugs yelled. "Beat these guys to a pulp!"
"...these vermin," Sebastian said, checking his pocket watch. "Have wasted so much of my time. Five thirty eight." He sighed.
"It's decided!" Bard said. "Even though they are not back yet, it's their own fault! I'm going to finish off this pie!" He said, gesturing towards the dessert. Making us wait this long! I want to drink red tea as compensation!" Bard pointed at Finny and Mei-rin. "Mei-rin! Go make tea. Bring out the good tea set!"
"Ok." Finny said, opening a drawer. "Over here's the...huh?"
"What's the matter?" Mei-rin asked the confused gardener.
"Strange, I was certain they were here..." Finny pulled out a spoon. "All the silverware has disappeared."
Sebastian had the silver, and was using it to kill the men by throwing them and hitting the thugs in the head, neck or chest. Meanwhile Nyra was blasting thugs with fire and froze their heads. Ice was a branch of magic that extended from water and wind. Earth and fire created metal, water and earth was mud, fire and air was lightning, fire and water was steam and earth and wind was sand.
"Impossible!" A guy yelled before he got a fork in the forehead.
"Just what the hell are they?!" Another asked before being frozen by Nyra.
A few minutes later all the thugs were lying on the ground in pools of blood or being have been fried to a crisp. Sebastian was hanging upside down on a chandelier.
"Ok, that should be about it." He then dropped and landed on the floor, meeting Nyra down on the floor. He took out his pocket watch. "Five forty-three."
"Why did it suddenly become quiet?" Azzuro asked out loud, clenching his gun tightly. Azzuro pointed his gun at the door, violently shaking as he heard two sets of footsteps come closer and closer. One pair of footsteps was distinctly female, since it was the sound of high heels.
When the door opened, a butler and a young woman stepped in. "Let us begin." Sebastian said.
Sebastian walked forward and bowed while Nyra curtsied from behind him.
"I thank you for looking after our master." Sebastian said.
"Ha ha… I'm surprised… you managed to kill all of those people by yourselves. You got us." Azzuro said. "I was wondering what kind of giant would come, but you're just some tail coated Romeo and gothic Juliette."
Nyra scowled and tried to ignore the very faint blush creeping up her cheeks. She stored that Romeo comment away though; she would have to use that for whenever Sebastian was being particularly charming.
"Who are you, really? Are you two hit-men hired by the Phantomhives? Are you ex-swat mercenaries? You can't really be a butler and a maid." Azzuro said.
"Yes, I am a butler to the core, and only that." Sebastian said.
"And I'm not his maid, I'm his governess." Nyra said.
"Ha. I see. In any case, I have no intention of fighting you, Mr. Butler, or you Ms. Governess… I yield. But you know…" He grabbed Ciel by his hair.
Nyra glared at him, small cracks appearing in her face and a growl bubbling in her throat. Azzuro pointed his gun at Ciel, quickly after hearing the witch growl. Luckily, Ciel only had a few cuts on his temple.
"I'll be taking those goods you managed to get." He smirked. "You wouldn't want your cute master to have breathing holes in his head, would you? If you're really a butler, then you should know what you should do."
Sebastian began to pull something out of his coat. "The thing you gentlemen are looking for is right-"
A bullet pierced Sebastian's head. Ciel stared in shock and Nyra let out a small scream due to shock. Bullets showered Sebastian's body until he fell. Sebastian's blood was splattered on the bottom of Nyra's dress.
Gunmen had been hiding in the portrait in the room. Nyra raised her bloody khopesh to strike but heard the sound of a gun clicking and felt a cool metal gun press against the side of her head. She cursed herself mentally for being snuck up on. It wouldn't be a difficult situation to get out of but she would wait for Ciel's orders.
"Did…did we get him?" The men asked.
"…ha ha ha sorry, Romeo… but I'm the winner of this game! And right when he'd finally come for you…too bad, huh? Little Phantomhive. If you're up against the Phantomhives, the Queen's Watchdogs, then even I'll keep an ace up my sleeve."
Azzuro grabbed Ciel's hair so that he was looking at him.
"All that's left is to kill you, and it'll be perfect. We can even sell off that pretty governess, after we've had our fun with her of course." Azzuro slid Ciel's eye patch off.
The man pointing the gun at her head tugged the neckline of her dress down, exposing more of Nyra's cleavage. She growled. Nyra wanted to end the man's life for such disrespect but she would wait for Sebastian. The demon loved making a spectacle of himself.
"Alright I'm done playing games." Ciel said. "How long do you plan on playing dead?"
Sebastian's hand twitched. "Not long."
"But how? How are you?" Azzuro said in shock.
The men started to recoil away. Sebastian then proceeded to get up like something right out of the movie the Exorcist. "Guns today are so much more efficient then used to be. They can shoot so many more bullets now." He then spat out a few bloody bullets.
"I know. So much development in such a short time. Just think of the kind of weaponry they'll have in the new millennium. It's not so far away you know." Nyra said.
"Oh dear, I should be on the lookout then." The butler said, smirking and holding out his hand to show the bloody bullets to his audience. "Perhaps you would like these back." Sebastian said and threw the bullets at the thugs, killing them all.
The thug holding Nyra moved the gun away from her head when Sebastian glared at him. The black haired witch walked forward while readjusting her dress. She then proceeded to examine the room.
"You know," Nyra said, lifting her khopesh. "I think this place," everyone noticed the thug was holding the gun with both hands and was mimicking Nyra's movements. "Could use a bit more," she raised the point of the khopesh so that it was heading towards underneath her chin. "Color." The man was shaking and whimpering as the gun was pressed to the underside of his chin. Azzuro's eyes widened when he realized what the witch was doing. Nyra gently pushed the point of her weapon against her skin, and then everyone heard the gunshot and the blood splattering the room. The thug dropped.
Sebastian was examining his clothes. "Oh dear, what an awful thing to do to a perfectly good tail coat."
"You could've avoided that, idiot." Ciel said.
"Master, how unfortunate, it doesn't seem they've taken very good care of you." Sebastian mocked as he and Nyra walked towards him and Ciel.
"No, stay back!" Azzuro said, panicking.
"You look like a helpless little child all bound up like that. But then I guess that's appropriate." Sebastian said.
"If you come any closer I'll shoot him." Azzuro was freaking out.
"Can we move this along? His breath smells awful." Ciel said.
Nyra sat on the arm of a chair and watched everything. "But if I come any closer he might kill you." Sebastian replied.
"Well then, are you saying you want to break the contract?" Ciel asked.
"No of course not. Nothing has changed; I remain your faithful servant, lord." Sebastian answered.
"What the hell, kind of nonsense are you two talking about?" Azzuro yelled.
"Master, you know what to do." Sebastian tilted his head. "Now I do believe I taught you how to beg?"
Ciel opened both his eyes, revealing the contract mark in his eyes. "This is an order, save me now!"
"NO IT'S OVER!" Azzuro screamed and fired. Ciel turned his head to look at him. "What the, but that's impossible!"
"Are you looking for this?" Sebastian was right behind him, holding the bullet. "Here then, let me give it back to you." Sebastian dropped the bullet in Azzuro's breast pocket. The Italian man's arm then did a 360.
Sebastian lifted Ciel up. "I must say, the game wasn't as much fun this time Sebastian." The demon brought him over to the chair. Nyra immediately got to work, healing Ciel's injuries with a glowing hand.
"No wait, come back! Work for me! Be my body guard and I'll pay you ten times what he does. Alright twenty times! You can have all the liquor and women you want to!" Azzuro yelled.
Sebastian tore the belt buckles binding Ciel. "I'm sorry Mr. Vannel, it's an attractive offer but I have no interest in such materialistic things. You see I am simply," His eyes started to glow and the room went dark. "One hell of a butler."
"Ah…right…okay." Azzuro stuttered.
Feathers started to rain down. Sebastian proceeded to explain the terms of the contract while Nyra focused on healing Ciel. She had heard the contract explained several times.
"Unfortunately for you, this game's over." Ciel said coldly.
Returning to the mansion had been quite the event. The servants wanted to know what had happened but Ciel and Sebastian never said. Dinner had been saved by Sebastian, though it was understandably late.
Everyone had retired for the evening. Nyra had prepared a bath for herself. The witch had lit some candles around her bathroom and put some bubbles and lavender oil. The witch even decided to treat herself and put in some rose water to soften her skin. She put her hair up with a clip and sank into the hot water with a sigh of relief. She rested her head on the folded hand towel she had put on the edge of the bath to act as a pillow. She sighed and closed her eyes. The water came up to her chest and the bubbles covered everything.
She soaked for half an hour, breathing in the sweet scents and simply relaxing. If the water got too cold she simply warmed it again with her powers. Suddenly she felt a presence behind her. Without even opening her eyes, she stopped the hand that had been reaching her shoulder. She felt a small smile grace her features in spite of herself.
"If you insist on 'assisting' me don't be such a butler." Nyra said. She opened her eyes and turned to face her nonhuman companion, but she didn't let go of his wrist. The demon's eyes glowed.
"You are probably the only woman in the world who would say that you'd rather have a demon's company instead of a butler's." He chuckled.
"'The only woman in the world', I like that coming from you." Nyra said with a smirk. She loved playing the game with the demon. While she could feel her emotions sometimes becoming to strong at certain times, it was just so much fun and so exciting, playing with a demon. Teasing and taunting him, making him think he's finally gotten his prize before pulling back and making him stop.
"I'm sure you do." He said, tugging the glove off of his free hand with his teeth. "Then you should know that demon's are fond of give and take. I'll take care of you if you sing for me."
"Anything in particular you'd like to hear?" Nyra asked, looking into the demon's eyes with a hooded gaze.
"Something to fit this atmosphere." He said.
Nyra chuckled. They had quite the atmosphere indeed, a hot bath, candlelight, lavender oil and rose water. "Romantic and sensual?" Nyra asked before leaning down at gently pulling off the demon's other glove with her teeth, never breaking eye contact. The demon's smirk widened and Nyra even started to see traces of fangs. He took the glove from her mouth and set it aside.
"If you would." He said as she turned back around. She felt his hands on her shoulders and as he began to rub Nyra felt the slightest trace of his talons. They weren't nearly as long as they could be, but she could still feel them. She smiled and began to sing.
"Te amo, te amo, she say's to me
I hear the pain in her voice
Then we danced underneath the candelabra, she takes the lead
That's when I saw it in her eyes, it's over"
The demon grabbed some of the witch's citrus scented oil and put a little on a wash rag before he began rubbing it over her right arm. As he reached farther down her arm he leaned closer to her, his cheek brushing her hair.
"Then she said Te amo, then she put her hand around my waist
I told her no, she cried Te amo
I told her I'm not gonna run away, but let me go
My soul is awry and without asking why
I said Te amo, wish somebody would tell me what she said
Don't it mean I love you
I think it means I love you
Don't it mean I love you"
The soft flickering of the candle light cast dark shadows around the room and the light from the demon's eyes cast a red glow. The room was warm and sweet smelling. Nyra brought her legs closer to herself and crossed them so the her knees were sticking out from among the bubbles.
"Te amo, te amo, she's scared to breathe
I hold her hand, I got no choice, uhh
Pulled me out on the beach, danced in the water, I start to leave
She's begging me and asking why it's over"
Getting an idea, Nyra flicked her wrist and sent a mass of bubbles into the air. They slowly floated around the room, reflecting the light from the candles. They varied in size, some as small as a pea but none bigger than a tennis ball. Whenever the little spheres of soap popped, they released small bursts of lavender and rose scented air.
"Then she said Te amo, then she put her hand around my waist
I told her no, she cried Te amo
I told her I'm not gonna run away, but let me go
My soul is awry and without asking why
I said Te amo, wish somebody would tell me what she said
Don't it mean I love you
I think it means I love you
Don't it mean I love you"
Once the demon had finished washing her other arm Nyra watched as he pressed a kiss to her fingers. He then kissed the top of her hand, her palm and then the underside of her wrist. That kiss caused a small shiver to run down Nyra's spine. She smiled with a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Yes we can dance
But you gotta watch your hands
Watch me all night
I move under the light because I understand
That we all need love, and I'm not afraid
I feel the love but I don't feel that way"
The demon worked his way up to her shoulder before pressing hotter kisses to her neck. She knew that the demon hated her necklaces during those moments and sometimes she did as well but at the same time, it filled her with some kind of satisfaction that they bothered the demon so much. Nyra slightly tilted her neck to the side, giving him a little more room but not as much as he could have. Even under his attentions, the witch didn't stutter or make a single mistake in her singing.
"Then she said Te amo, then she put her hand around my waist
I told her no, she cried Te amo
I told her I'm not gonna run away, but let me go
My soul is awry and without asking why
I said Te amo, wish somebody would tell me what she said
Don't it mean I love you
I think it means I love you
Don't it mean I love you
I think it means I love you, I love you"
When he moved in for the kill, to kiss her on the mouth, Nyra pressed a finger to his lips to stop him. Nyra smirked and slowly sang her last line.
"Te amo, te amo, don't it mean I love you"
She giggled and the demon smirked. "Better luck next time birdbrain."
He retrieved his gloves and left her after that, smirk never leaving his face. She was always so entertaining and she was able to keep him on his toes. If she wasn't, then he wouldn't have kept chasing her.
