Chapter 4: In Wich Amy Gets Caught Spying, Ciel Gets Abducted, And Sebastian Saves The Day.
Ciel gave an annoyed sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose as Madame Red, with a new butler standing by her side Ciel noted, started a pointless argument with none other than Lau and Ran-Mao, the latter mostly sitting there quietly as always really, and Lord Randall along with Azzurro Vanel pestered him to make a move seeing as he had skipped his last two turns and the other two were still arguing as the rest in the people in the room just stared at them when they were all actually supposed to be playing pool. Or so they thought. You see the real reason Madame Red had even came to the manor wasn't just to see him and his sister. The actual reason she was there was because Ciel had summoned her and a couple other individuals under the special request of her Majesty, Queen Victoria, to find out a supposed traitor amongst them, someone who wanted to go against her Majesty's latest decree which stated that the key for the storehouse of drugs was to be delivered to the government. And while all the people in this room could want access to the storehouse, only two of them could really be behind the conspiracy. Lau or Vanel. That was it. They were the only ones who would benefit the most from gaining access to the storehouse. But luckily for Ciel he already knew who it was. All Ciel was doing now was waiting for the vile rat to make his move so he could make his as well, and end his little charade. Which is why he had ordered Sebastian to keep his sister busy and far away from the room, who was under the pretense that Madame Red was only there for a surprise visit, until all the other nobles and lords were gone. Because even if he wouldn't admit it aloud he didn't want her to be listening to anything they were talking about, afraid that she could get put in danger or hurt. Though he did have to wonder how Sebastian had gotten her to stay put in her room all this time without sneaking out to come and see their Aunt. Because knowing his sister, which he did well, when it concerned something about Madame Red coming over, just hearing the carriage from her window would of had been enough for her to run out the door of the manor and meet her, no matter what. But before he could ponder on it any longer somebody asked him something, bringing him out of his thoughts.
"Are you going to take your turn now, Lord Phantomhive?" Vanel asked with a smug look on his face as he holded a billiard pole up to him, almost as saying as if it was pointless that he did take his turn because he was sure he had already won. "Interesting…" Ciel thought as he stood up from his seat and snatched the pole from him. Then he walked closer towards the pool table and got on position. "You skipped your turn twice and now you're going in for all of them?" A fat noble, who'd been eating all up until that moment, asked questioningly at him. Ciel smirked. "Naturally." He told him and Lord Randall scoffed at him. "Your greed will undo you." He then told Ciel, who only smirked once more as he swiftly hit the white ball and send the rest of the remaining ones inside the holes along the table, therefore winning the game.
"Did it really undo me, Sir Randall?"
The commissioner of Scotland Yard just scoffed at him once more before taking a seat next to the fat noble man who seemed to be eating once again. After that Ciel discussed a few other matters with the nobles before they were all gone except for Lau and Ran Mao along with Madame Red and her butler who stayed behind to talk about who it was that was the traitor among them at Ciel's request.
"So who have you deduced it to be the "rat" among all of us, young Lord?" Lau asked getting up from his seat next to Ran-Mao, going over to where Ciel was sitting, and placing his hand on his shoulder from behind. Ciel frowned at the man's odd behavior before giving his head a shake. "Honestly at first I thought it was you…" Ciel started but stopped for a second when he heard a noise coming from behind the door. Madame Red and Lau seemed to notice as well. The three shared a knowing look before Ciel continued talking. "Someone is listening in… we better not continue with this silence or they'll know we know they are there…" Ciel thought. And so as he motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and waved at Madame Red's new butler to open the door, he continued talking, saying, "But then as our little meeting went along I changed my mind." Then the butler walked hesitantly towards the door before quickly opening it, letting out a small yelp as a long, curly red haired someone, unable to regain her balance in time because of the door being opened so abruptly, slammed against the floor.
"Why do you always got to be such a nuisance, sister?" Ciel thought to himself sighing and pinching the bridge of his nose once again as he watched her get up slowly, and awkwardly rubbing the back of her neck. But before he could tell her anything on the matter she and Madame Red where already in the middle of the room crying and giggling as they hugged each other and quite honestly it was giving a headache, so with another sigh Ciel got up from his sit and walked out of the room deciding he needed some peace and quiet for at least a moment. But as soon as he walked into the hallway he was met with the screams M his entire staff as they chased over some rats. Ciel closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. "Just one second… that's all I want… one second of silence…" He thought before opening his eyes again and starting to walk towards his study.
"Young Master!"
Ciel let out an irritated sigh and turned around. "What is it Sebastian?" He asked the red eyed butler. "Today's dish will be a Deep-Dish Apple Raisin Pie and it will be ready pretty soon. Would you like to eat with your guests?" Sebastian asked and Ciel rolled his eyes. "Just bring it up to my study. I'm done here." He then told the butler before turning around to continue walking. Then finally when he arrived to his study, he opened the door, sighed in relief and quickly closed it, locking it behind himself as he did so.
"Finally some peace and quiet…"
Was the last thing Ciel thought before his eyes widened as he felt a hand with a rag cover his mouth, and everything turned black.
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Amy sighed as she struggle to listen fro behind the door of the common room. You see after the whole Sebastian incident he had told her to go and Greet Madame Red along with her brother and so she did but when she was about to enter she heard them talking along with someone else. And so she got a little curious about who the mystery person might have been and decided to once again spy on her brother. But just as she was actually being able to listen to what they were saying the door opened so suddenly she face planted the ground. She immediately started blushing embarrassed and got up from the ground as she scratched the back of her neck awkwardly. "Sorry…" She then said when she heard Ciel sigh, Madame Red shake her head in disappointment, and the other man who she'd heard talking earlier just smiled amused. Ciel didn't say anything he just seemed annoyed and lost in thought. Madame Red just smiled and quickly got up from her sit, running towards her. Amy did the same. "I missed you so much Madame Red!" Amy said happily as the two collided into a hug. "I missed you too, little Amy. The house is so quiet now that you're gone and I've only got Grell to keep me company." Madame Red said with a sad smile. "You should really come visit me sometime Sweetie." She added as they let go of each other. "I was going to go visit actually, but I didn't end up going because Ciel told me you would be coming over to actually visit us yourself, right Ciel?" Amy said asking the last part to her brother but when he didn't answer immediately she turned to look around for him but he wasn't there any longer. "Maybe he walked out of the room when we were hugging… I'm going to go look for him, to apologize for listening behind the door… " Amy thought.
"Madame Red I'll be right back, all right?" Amy told her aunt as she walked towards the door. "Where are you going dear? We still have so much to catch up on!" Madame Red asked and Amy stopped walking. "I know Madame Red… it's just that I want to apologize to Ciel for eavesdropping behind his door. He seemed really upset about it and he probably is very up set because this isn't the first time that happens and I just really want to apologize…" Amy told her and Madame Red smiled. "Then go on…" She said. "Apologize to your brother, don't let me stop you." Amy smiled back at her and gave her another quick hug. "I'll be right back, all right?" She then told her before running out the door and towards Ciel's study. She stopped right in front of the door and closed her eyes before taking a deep breath. "I'll just quickly go in there and just tell him… and also to apologize for all the stupid stuff I've been doing lately…" Amy thought to herself and knocked on the door. When he didn't answer she knocked once more before frowning. "Come on Ciel don't be that way, I just came to say I am sorry I've been such a nuisance lately, all right? Please let me in!" She said and knocked a few more times. But he still didn't answer so she got worried. She then decided to just open the door but it was locked so then she decided to go and get Sebastian who had a key of every single door in the house and have him open it for her. Though before she could even walk three steps she bumped into something very hard and fell on her bum. "That hurt a lot…" Amy thought to herself as she rubbed the side of her head which had collided with the wall when she fell. "Pardon me young mistress." She then heard Sebastian's smooth voice say from above before a gloved hand took a hold of her own and next thing she new she was standing back up next to him and a cart full of tea and pie. "It's all right Sebastian… though if you could please open the door to Ciel's study for me, that would be great." Amy told him and Sebastian's eyebrow slightly raised. "And why is that young miss? The young master won't be pleased if I just let you go in after he clearly didn't want you to come in, my young mistress." Sebastian said and Amy rolled her eyes. "Sebastian I think something is wrong, all right? I know that Ciel usually doesn't let me go in his study when he is in there alone but he always yells at me to go away and… well that's the thing. I have been knocking on the door for a long while and usually by now he has already yelled at me to leave or stop being a nuisance but he hasn't said anything and I am really worried something has happened to him so… please, would you open this door for me Sebastian?" Amy said and Sebastian just stared at her for a few seconds before taking out a bunch of keys out of a pocket and fitting the right one on the lock of the door. As soon as the door was opened Amy barged in and gasped at what she saw.
Her brother's office was a wreck, papers thrown all over the place and his chair was on the floor. The window was broken and several pieces of glass could be seen all around the room. And Ciel… he was nowhere to be found. "This is terrible…" Sebastian then said voicing aloud Amy's thoughts. "The refreshments will be wasted…" He then added as he looked around the room and back to the cart with the tea and the pie. Amy glared at him as tears started to form in her eyes. "They have taken my big brother God knows where and all you're worried about is a stupid pie? What is wrong with you?" Amy yelled at him angrily letting her tears flow freely. Sebastian just stared at her in silence for a moment before he kneeling in front o her, putting himself to eye level with her. He then raised his gloved hand to her cheek and wiped away the tears rolling down from it. "Now, you mustn't cry my young mistress. I promise I'll find the young master and bring him back in time before dinner starts." He said caressing her cheek softly on last time before getting back up and walking out into the hall. Amy stared after him for a minute without being able to move, like if she were in some sort of trance, before giving her head a quick shake and running out of the room after him.
"Sebastian, wait!"
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"Sebastian, wait!"
Sebastian immediately stopped walking after he heard the short human yell. "What is it young mistress?" Sebastian asked her while she finally cached up to him. "I'm going with you to get Ciel back." She said standing up a little straighter and getting a determined look on her big green eyes that almost caused Sebastian to smirk yet again. "An interesting human indeed…" He couldn't help but think again. "I am afraid that would not be possible young mistress. The young master wouldn't like for you to go running into the face of danger like this and I need you to stay here and don't let our guests find out that the young master has been taken. At least until I've returned back with him." Sebastian told her and the human frowned. "What now?I don't have time for this… I need to retrieve the other brat." Sebastian thought as he waited for her to say whatever it was she was going to say. "All right, Sebastian. Just hurry please." She then said and walked back towards the common room to most likely distract Madame Red and Lau. Sebastian stared at her as she walked, his eyes turning pink for a second. "I wonder what her soul tastes like… it smells just as delicious as the young master's, if not even better… I guess I'll just have to find out." He thought to himself as she entered the room. He then felt he was being watched and sure enough when he turned to look at the window he saw two humans aiming at him with a gun hiding in the bushes. This time he did smirk.
"Let's see were they have taken you young master…"
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"Are you sure everything is all right Amelia? You've been acting very strange since you came back form apologizing to Ciel…" Madame Red asked again as she and Lau were got on the carriage for them to leave. "No! I am not fine… my brother was kidnapped and I can't do anything to help get him back! All I can do is being here being a distraction…" Amy thought to herself as she calmly replied, "Yes, I'm fine." Madame Red raised and eyebrow and looked suspiciously at her. "All right… then why isn't Ciel here too to see us off?" She asked Amy and her eyes widen. She started panicking in the inside. What was she supposed to say? She didn't know! And so she said the first thing that came into her mind."All right! Fine! I am not okay! Ciel and I fought and… he… um… he locked himself in his study! Yeah… he also told me I was nuisance!" Amy told her and Madame Red sighed. "Why didn't you just tell me that then?" She asked Amy. "I didn't want to worry you… and anyways it's fine, he always does that and I just don't really care anymore." Amy told her and Madame Red frowned. "Sweetie you know that you can always come back and stay with me for a while if you need to right?" She then asked her and Amy smiled. "Of course I know Madame Red! And if the day ever comes that I do need to I will make sure to do so!" Amy said and Madame Red smiled at her.
"Oh come here…" She told Amy as she gave her a hug. "I have really missed you, you know?"
"I know… I've really missed you too…" Amy said as she hugged her back.
After that Madame Red and Lau finally got into the carriage and left the manor. Then Amy quickly ran inside the house and up the stairs and shut herself in her room. She opened the curtains of her windows and quickly grabbed the chair, setting it in front of the window, and sitting there so she could be able to immediately see if Sebastian and Ciel were finally home. She sat there for hours, waiting and waiting until sunset. "You liar… It's already past time for dinner and you're not back yet…" Amy thought to herself when suddenly she saw something. She quickly jumped of the chair and in three seconds her face was up against the window as she tried to make what it was she saw. It seemed like the shape of a man carrying something but she couldn't be sure because it was so far away. And so she waited for it to get closer and when it did she quickly let out a happy squeal as she ran out her bedroom door and towards the hallway, all the way down the stairs, until she found herself out of the manor's main entrance and running towards the man with vibrant red eyes who was dressed all in black, carrying a boy with dark colored hair and a single blue eye. Sebastian and Ciel. The Butler and her brother. She had seriously never been so happy to see two other people in the world before.
"Ciel! Oh my god! Ciel! You did it, you really brought him back!" Amy yelled as she collided into a hug with both of them. Sebastian just stood there still holding Ciel while the later on the other hand kept on telling Amy to let go and to stop it. She finally did and Sebastian quickly put him down at his request which just turned out worst as Amy quickly hugged him again and started bombarding with questions. "Oh my god! I was so worried! Are you ok? Oh God! What did they do to you? Does ti hurt?" Amy rambled as she hugged Ciel and he just rolled his eyes trying to push her away. "Stop it! I'm fine, all right? I just fell and got a couple of bruises it's nothing!" He told her annoyed and Amy smiled sadly letting go of him. "I'm sorry Ciel. I'm sorry for being a nuisance sometimes and for being a pest but I-I just want you to know that and that I'm really glad you're okay… because I thought I was never going to see you again, that you were going to leave me alone too… a-and I'm just glad that's not the case…" Amy said as tears started to fall from her eyes and Ciel's eyes widen. He didn't know what to do to calm her down. He looked at Sebastian for help but he just smirked, before looking back at her and sighing. Then he did something that surprised all of the people there. He extended his arm and quickly pulled Amy in a hug. "I would never leave you Amelia." He then told her as he breaked the hug. "Now let's go back inside, I do believe is half past dinner and I am starving."
Amy nodded in agreement and the three of them made their way back inside. Then after dinner Ciel went back to his study to do some work and Amy went to her room to get ready to sleep. She called May-Rin to assist her changing into her nightgown and after as she laid in bed , trying to relax after everything that happened that day, she remembered the words Ciel had said.
"I would never leave you Amelia…"
They had really meant a lot to her and for the first time since she gotten there, she felt like when Ciel said those words it was her older brother Ciel, not the cold hearted one who had pushed her to the ground the day they had reunited after four years. And so as she closed her eyes to go to sleep she couldn't help but think of something that made her smile.
"I guess things are finally looking up…"
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AN: Hi guys! So for this chapter I tried to give Ciel and Sebastian their own little POV's though Sebastian's is super short because he is a hard character to well… keep in character. Next chapter soon, I promise.
