Chapter 15-Teaming Up

"Grandpa! Grandpa wake up! Please wake up!" screamed Ivy as tears poured down her face. She roughly jostled him from the bed and with a loud thump he fell upon the floor.

"What on earth is the meaning-"

"Grandpa please! You have to help us!"

"Ivy, dear soul, what's wrong?"

"Ciel's been kidnapped!"

"What?" he said unbelieveing.

"Some blue-haired man came through my window and he took Ciel! Grandpa you have to help us find him! You have to call the police!''

"Y-You're right! D-Dasan hand me th-that blasted phone!"

The young man did as he was commanded and soon the elderly man was dialing 911, but as the Comity paniced about the disappearence of their member, there was one person standing far off in the corner, calm as could be.

'What shall you have me do Your Highness?'

'I don't see why we have to do anything,'he argued internally,'the police can handle it.'

'Please Master, I've seen that demon before. I know what we're dealing with. We must've allow the law to get tangled up in this commotion, lives will be at risk. Please Highness, I implore you to intervene.'

Alois struggled with his decision, on one hand he didn't want to risk the Comity's friendship by so abruptly halting their plans, but on the other he had so much invested with the Phanthomhive lad that he could scarely fathom leaving him to fend for his own matters. So with a gruff sigh, he made his decision.

"Th-That's right, my granddaughter says it was a tall man with blue-"

Swiftly the phone was snatched from his palms and slung back on the reciever.

"You boy!" he screamed at Alois,"What is the meaning of this?!"

"Will ya shut up you blathering twit?!"

Ivy was shocked.

"H-Hey! Don't talk to my grand-"

"Was I talking to you, you air headed puppet?! No? Didn't think so? Now all of you shut the 'ell up and let me speak, will ya?!"

Silence...

"Now then, the damn police ain't gonna be any 'elp 'ere. I know Ciel better than any of you, and I know what's going on! If you ever want to see the damn kid again you're gonna 'ave to listen to me! Are we understood or am I gonna have to go over that again?!"

'Highness, such a gallant display of assertiveness, but you've frightened the poor darlings you're trying to rally.'

'Calm down, brother, you can't go about yelling at people like that.'

"Shut up," he said aloud.

"What?" questioned Ivy.

"Nothing, now are you with me or against me?''

Dasan sighed.

"We don't have much of a choice do we. If you know what we can do to help Ciel then just tell us. We'll do whatever you wish."

"Y-Yeah," Lydia agreed,''Please, tell us w-what to do..."

Jim smirked.

"Wonder, now that we're all on the same page. First thing to do is find Sebastian."

"So you're saying that while you two were prattering on about peris, my Master was taken by that Cadmus fellow."

The two angels held their heads in shame.

"That is the jist of the matter, yes."

Sebastian sneered.

"If you'll excuse me, I believe I've wasted enough of my time with you all. I have a duty to the Young Master to fullfill. Now fare-"

"Hold it right there Demon," spoke Justice as she held him back from his departure,"Harmony and I have had the unpleasant strike of luck to run into Cadmus on more than one occasion. We know how he operates. He is a first class demond, therefore his powers of sin outweight those of your own. If you go after him yourself you will not only lose your Master, but your life as well."

"Your point?"

"I see only two circumstances playing out. Either you go yourself and fail, or we work together and suceed, as vile as that choice may seem, it is the only way you have a chance against him."

Sebastian turned towards the angel and considered the ultimatum. As the thought and decisions bloomed inside his head, he glared at the heavenly beings who had caused such a sickenng deal to be made. He swore on the fires of hell, that no contract was ever so difficult to consider. With a disgruntled sigh, he sneered at the blue haired warrior heaven.

"If you believe that assisting me with the retrival of my Master will persuade me enough to allow you perform this purification ritual of which you speak, you are sadly mistaken."

"We can have that conversation at a later time. For now our focus is Phanthomhive. Do you still have the card Cadmus gave you?"

"Yes," he answered while retriving it from his pocket,"but I don't see-"

Swiftly the angel snatched it from his grasp.

"Harmony," she commanded.

"Yes ma'am?"

"You know what to do."

Gently Harmony grasped the paper and aquired it from his partner's clutch. He separated himself from the group and a few steps away began to kneel upon the floor. With eyes searching the vastness of the space and fingers intertwined he began a silent prayer.

'Lord of the Heavens above, I implore your assitance. To fullfill my duty, to you Eternal Father, I request the whereabouts of the demon Cadmus and the location of which he has taken my assigned soul.'

Suddenly, flashing before his eyes was a phantasmagoria...A forest...a lane...a, a cobble stone road...a house, no..no, a mansion...Beat down, worn by the sands of time...A spiral, a staircase..the basement..the dungeon...But then...no...even worse...no...

"He's being held fifteen miles outside of town in an old mansion. The good news is that the trip shouldn't take long, twenty minutes at the most."

"Wonderful, let's get to work."

"Mr. Michaelis wait."

"Whatever is it now?"

Harmony sighed.

"It seems our old friend Cadmus anticipated our actions. He's lined the house with lesser demons and an arsenal of black magic is at his disposal."

"So what are you saying Harmony?"

"As much as it pains me to say, Dear Partner, even with our combined efforts we wouldn't be enough to stop him. I'm afraid we'll just have to call in for back-up," he explained with a grin.

"Nonsense!"she replied,"I've never had to call for back up. I refuse to start now!"

The sound of a clearing throat followed her cries.

"Seems you've forgotten about me, eh?"

"What do you want Mortician? Unless you say something beneficial to our task I'm going to have to request you depart and let Heavens handle this matter."

"If you need 'elp you've got a whole board of pawns at your disposal," he said flipping out a phone,"All you need to do is ask."

Justice tensed and looked at her partner.

"You realize outside help from a non-angelic party is highly taboo. Correct?"

"Dear Partner, you worry too much. Besides, what's a little assistance compared to a job well done? Don't you agree ?"

"I seek only to retrieve my Master..By any means nessessary."

"Well then,"the Mortician grinned,"Let's get to work shall we?"

Violetta laughed as the charming, flaming haired man finished his joke.

"Oh Grell, you're a riot. I'm having such a pleasant time."

"Only the best for you my dear."

"Yes, well I thank you, but tell me, why does your friend have to tag along?"

Will glared at them, as reaper's phone began to ring.

"Hmm, whoever could that be?" he asked raising the phone to his ear,"Hello?...And why have you contacted me demon."

"Sebastian!" cried Grell as he snatched the phone from the hands of the fellow reaper,"Oh Sebastian dear, what a naughty boy calling me while on a...Huh?...And what exactly do I get out of the deal?...Oh how delicious! We'll be right there!

He snapped the phone shut.

"Sorry Violetta, I've got some pressing matters to attend to."

"So you're just going to ditch me?" she said angrily.

"Nonsense, you're coming with us!" he answered picking her up from the ground.

"Grell, this is highly against our protocal."

"Oh Will, stop being a spoil sport. I'm on a date. You can't expect me to abandon the lady. We have such history."

"History? But I just met you."

"I'll explain later dear, now let's go!"

"Hmm? What is that?"

"Dasan, your phone is ringing," said Lydia,"D-Don't you think you should pick it up?"

He swiftly did so.

"Hello?...Sebastian? Oh thank God! We need-"

"Out of my way ya twit!" yelled Jim as he snatched away the phone,"Now whaddaya want?...Is that so?," he grinned,"Meet ya there! Well ladies and gents we've got a plan!"

"Hey John, you've got any leads yet?"

"Nah, all our evidence is dry and stale. Unless we get a tip we just have to wait until the creep strikes again."

"Well let's hope it doesn't get that far."

Suddenly, the phone rang and the officer answered swiftly.

"Police station, Detective Abrams speaking...Sebastian? Why are you...What? A lead?!"

"The newbie's got a lead?!"

"Shh, shh...Yeah?...But we...Alright, we'll meet you there. Come on Brother, we've got a lead on the slasher case!"

"You're kidding me!"

"Nope, now let's hurry. He says there's a short window of opportunity."

"But Eddy, dont' you think we should take back up?"

"He said to come alone."

"Don't you think the chief will get upset?"

"Come on John, we've got to hurry! This could be the chance of a lifetime!"

Abrutly, the man was awoken by the insisent beeping of his ringtone.

"Whaddya want," he asked rubbing his eyes,"Ivy? Why are you...What?...But I...Fine, fine, I'll be there faster than you can say Ronald McClel-"

He heard the click of disconnect.

"Well...alright then...(Sighs) Guess, work starts early this morning..."

"Is that the last of them Demon?"

Sebastian sighed as he starred at the vast array of assitance he aquired.

"I'm going to regret this...Aren't I?

Hi, I'm not dead...Haha...Yeah, I totally forgot about this for a long while. Sorry if the writing is rusty or the character are OOC. I'll get better once I'm back in the swing of things. Thanks to all who will read this after the LOOOOONG wait. God bless and byebye.