アニーの遺産

I pulled the cloak tighter around my shoulders. The cold was rather biting to say the least, but it didn't exactly bother me. Being in the cold actually helped keeping my stability with Phoelmogen, you know? Hot and Cold canceling each other out sort of thing. I glanced at Ciel. He was definitely worse off than me and Sebastian. Only dressed in a few thin layers of clothing.

Sebastian seemed to notice this, and therefore spoke up. "Even if this is a poor area and if my normal clothes attract attention, you definitely cold right?" He said, slipping off his jacket quickly, I watched as he passed it to Ciel, only to see him refuse, "No. That will only draw suspicion. If we simply stand here and wait he'll come right?" He said. It was kind of cute actually, how Sebastian was always looking out for Ciel... even though that's just to keep his dinner warm.

"Yes, considering there's only one entrance way, and one path to go down, it makes our job a lot easier... he should be here any moment now." He said, looking at me in my cloak, and offering me his jacket. I shook my head and smiled, "The cold is good for me." I said simply, and he nodded, slipping it back on.

"So Jack the Ripper's next target, Mary Kelly lives in that room..." Ciel said, looking over the wall and gazing at the closed door before him. "I have told you many times, I haven't gotten it wrong," Sebastian said, almost exasperated in fact. "True, apart from missing internal organs, they have... something in common," Ciel said, and I watched as Sebastian bent down suddenly. I watched him curiously as Ciel seemed to notice nothing odd.

Oh god...

I held back my laughter while Ciel continued talking, "I just don't understand why they have to ki- ARE YOU LISTENING?!" Ciel exclaimed finally, and I let out my laughter then, watching Sebastian cuddle a cat, was definitely something you don't see everyday. "I apologize, she is a rare beauty... so soft..." he said, "Let it go! We're not keeping it!" He said, and I chuckled as Sebastian reluctantly let it go. "Aww, poor Sebastian. Someday..." I said, giving false hope, and he seemed to take it, smiling brightly at me. "Yes..." he said.

I jumped suddenly, hearing someone scream all of a sudden. It was pretty obvious it was coming from inside the house. "Huh? But no one went in!" I said, and Ciel ran ahead of me. "Let's go!" He said, and I followed, Sebastian only behind me. But we were a bit too late when Ciel opened the door. Sebastian suddenly went in front of me, jumped behind Ciel, and covered his eyes, jumping back a few feet away from the door. "Don't look!" He said, but it was obviously too late. I covered my nose, smelling the stench of blood and organs coming from the room.

This didn't bother me nearly as much as it should have.

"Ciel..." I said calmly, watching as the boy started upchucking all he had eaten previously. I walked over, and rubbed his back, trying to ease him some way... "Here." I said, and handed him a napkin that I had in my cloak. He took it, and wiped his mouth.

"You've made quite the mess here... rather over the top, don't you think? Its all over the floor..." Sebastian began, and I could visibly see Ciel shiver. Maybe he should have taken Sebastian's jacket...

"Jack the Rip- no..." Sebastian said, his voice laced with complete and utter ascendancy, that even I was willing to submit to whatever he says. "Grell Sutcliffe." Sebastian added finally, and I blinked at the name.

Grell? Sutcliffe?

I couldn't help but feel a wave of De'ja vu when I heard his name. I looked to the doorway and watched as Jack the Ripper stepped out.

"N-no, I heard the screams and I... I came as fast as I could..." he said, and my eyes widened at seeing the Barnet butler.