Reaping And Missions
I was sitting on a roof waiting for the next person on the to 'die' list to you know. Die. I sat there as silent as the wind itself. "It's about time to move." I said to myself as I hopped off the roof. Then I heard the cries of the old man. He lived alone and was dying from a stroke. I gently entered the house. I walked up the to the bedroom. His cries were full of sorrow and pain.
As I stepped in the man's sight he asked. "Who-who are you?"
"Sir, I'm here to take the pain away." I said softly.
"I get to be with my family again, do I not?" He said.
"Yes."
"Then take me away from this cursed world."Were his last words before his cinematic records showed. I didn't have to slice him with my scythe. This rarely happens.
He had a good life. His time had come. I cut the record. "You're going to see your family now." His last breath came out. The remaining tears were in his eyes, and his eyes were open. I gently took my hand and close the old man's eyes before leaving the house. Making it look like he died in his sleep. I hopped from roof to roof to my next person.
I met up with Will. "All ready done with your list, Lena?" He asked
"No I have two more, then where do you want me to meet you?"
"Your fathers shop."
"Sounds good." I said as I started walking away.
"And Lena."
"What?"
"Happy birthday."
"Thanks."
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I was done for the night and started toward my dad's shop. When I got there, Will was waiting at the door. I handed him my spectacles and list. "I'll see you soon, Lena." Will said as I opened.
"Bye Will." I said. He disappeared into the night. I turned and shut the door."Daddy I'm home."
"Did you finish that early." My dad asked appearing from no where.
"All my cases were in the same area and about ten minutes from each other." I said with a yawn.
"You go get some sleep and then when you wake up we can do some work. We had a lot of people to tend to there's been a couple murders around town."
"Really?"
"Yes, but you should get to sleep. Oh and happy birthday my dear."
"Thank you father." I said walking out. I entered my bedroom and fell into a dreamless sleep.
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My eyes fluttered open. I looked at the small clock in my room. I had been sleeping for six hours and was ready to go help with the new customers. I got dressed in a black and white dress like the others, a white jacket, my knee high black boots, and white tights. I walked out and went to my work area to see I had to make a few different coffins. "Did you sleep well my dear?" My dad's voice came from around me.
"Where are you father?" I said.
He popped out of a coffin close to me. "Right here."
"Yes father I did sleep well."
"Oh good."
"Father have you noticed that all the victims are incomplete."
"What do you mean, Lena."
"Their all missing something." I said as I looked at them. "But what?"
"Their all missing their wombs." My father said suddenly. "I knew that."
"And you acted like you didn't."
"Naturally."
"We have work to do." I said with a smirk.
"That's my girl."
I started working on a coffin for a very beautiful young women. She was one of the victims. The poor women was in her mid twenties. "Who would do such a thing?" I asked myself.
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I don't know how long I had been working but I had made about five coffins. Best birthday ever. My father was out of sight. Probably in a coffin or something. I heard the door to the shop open and heard voices. I sighed. Then I heard my fathers laughter. "Welcome, I thought I'd be seeing you before long." my father's voice said. "My lord so lovely to see you. Do I finally get a pleasure of fitting you in one of me coffins today?"
"No that isn't why I'm here. I wanted to..." Lord Phantomhive started only to be cut off by father. To tell the truth I've never met Lord Phantomhive before. Every time he comes I'm normally doing errands for my father.
"No need to say, We are already aware. We're very well aware." My father said.
"Wait, who is 'we'?" Lord Phantomhive asked.
"That's right you have not met my daughter. Dear why don't you come and meet Lord Phantomhive." My father called.
"Yes father!" I called back. I walked out from my area to see a boy. He looked a little younger than me. He had blueish black hair, pale skin, and one visible deep blue eye. the other was hidden under an eye patch. Next to him was a tall man with black hair and red eyes. 'Demon.'
"Lord Phantomhive this is my daughter, Lena." Father said.
(Ciel)
"That's right you have not met my daughter. Dear why don't you come and meet Lord Phantomhive." The Undertaker called.
"Yes father." a voice said. A girl walked out from the back of the shop. She was the spitting image of the Undertaker and looked a little older than me.
"Lord Phantomhive this is my daughter, Lena."
"It's a pleasure." she said.
"The pleasure is mine. I am Ciel Phantomhive." I said.
She turned toward the Undertaker and asked. "Shall I make some tea father."
"In a minuet dear." he replied. "As I was saying young lord. One of my recent customers was a bit unusual shall we say." He placed a hand on Lena's shoulder. "But Lena and I helped. We made her look beautiful again."
"I would like the details please." I said.
"I see now so the funeral parlor is only your cover business. How much is it for information?" Lau said.
The Undertaker ran up to him. "I have no need for the Queens coins! There's only one thing I want from you." I looked over at Lena to see a small smile on her face. Then looked back at the Undertaker just in time to see him come towards me. "Please my Lord, give it to me and I'll tell you anything. Give me the extraordinary thing of true laughter. Just one joke and all me information is yours."
"Father!" Lena snapped all of a sudden. "You're creeping them out." She said pointing to Madame Red, Lau, and Grell. I noticed Grell watching Lena. Like he knew her. I shook it off.
"Lunatic." I said under my breath.
"Leave it to me my lord." Lau said. "Here is my joke, it's a classic. On which side does a tiger have more stripes? On the outside.Get it haha."
"Stupid." Lena said under her breath.
"My turn." Madame Red said. "I live for gossip so this story will make you laugh so hard you'll curl up and die." She started her long gossip story.
In the end they both ended up with a mask with red x's over their mouths. "Now my Lord it looks like you're the only one left. I gave you a special discount last time, but I'm not going to do it again." The Undertaker said.
"It can't be helped." Sebastian said coming up beside me.
"Sebastian?" I asked.
"Everyone please wait outside. No matter what happens do not attempt to listen to this." He said.
(Lena)
'Everyone. I'm not leaving my dad inside with a demon.' I thought.
"Go on now Lena he said everyone!" My father said in my ear.
"Yes father!" I said in defeat. What I can't disobey my father.
We waited in silence. I stood away from the little group of four not wanting to look at them. All of a sudden my father's laughter was heard. It was so loud it shook the building knocking the sign from the overhead off. "Great, now we have to fix that again." I mumbled. To be honest I was getting tired and a little cranky. Ciel looked at me entertainment in his eye.
The demon butler opened the door and said. "You can come back in now. I think they will tell us what we need to know." He said referring to me and my father.
"I'll go make the tea." I said as I walked in. I glanced at the butler to see him smiling at me with a creepy, fake smile.
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Once I'd given everyone a glass of tea I sat down. My father and I started to explain. "Interesting pattern I've been seeing these days. We've been getting these customers, who are incomplete. Hehe."
"Incomplete?" Sebastian asked.
I spoke up. "Yes, incomplete. The wombs are missing." I noticed Ciel looking at me wide eyed.
"Which is quite odd. The killer makes a big mess out of the body." My father said.
"But the wombs themselves are neatly cut out." I said my voice cracked a little.
"It was done on a public road, even if there was not a high-traffic one. Wouldn't such an excision have been difficult for an amateur, particularly in the middle of the night?" Sebastian asked.
"Your clever one, Butler. That's my opinion as well." My father said.
All eyes turned on me. "I say the same thing. The way he does it though."
My father walked up to Ciel. "First the Ripper slashes their throats with a sharp hand weapon, then cuts this part open,..." my father explain, using the young Lord to show where.
"And takes what is precious to them." I said as my father moves back to my side. "There will be more slain. People like that don't stop until someone stops them." I said glaring at the butler.
"Can you stop him? Can you sniff him out. Like the good little guard dog you are?"
"I'm bound by the honor my family. I'll eliminate anyone who defiles the Queens garden, without exception and by any means necessary." Ciel said without emotion.
"That's a swell way to look at it." I said with no emotion.
"Lena may I speak with you in privet for one moment?" Ciel asked.
"Of course Lord Phantomhive." I said as he lead the way outside."I'm surprised you need to speak with me after you've collected the information you needed." I said.
"I need you to help me with something." He said.
These words shocked me. "With what?"
"I have an idea of who it is. You'll be help."
"What's in it for me? You know what, never mind. I will help you as long as I don't get killed."
"That can be arranged. I shall send the carriage when you are needed."
"Of course Lord Phantomhive." I said. we walked back in.
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"So your helping the young lord tonight?" My father asked.
"Yes, he asked me if I would help him so I said yes. Is that a problem father." I asked.
"No! And if your in any danger just summon your scythe." He said.
"Yes father." I said as 'oh great' Sebastian walked in.
"Are you ready Lady Lena." He asked.
"Lady?" I asked.
"I'll explain the plan to you in the carriage." he said.
"Fine let's go." I said. "Goodbye father."
"Yes, goodbye and good luck Lena."
Once in the carriage Sebastian said. "Now why would a young reaper like yourself help my young master?"
I smirked. "Why would a demon like yourself play a butler? Plus I'm only half-reaper." He gave me his creepy, fake smile again.
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Ciel, Madame Red, Lau, Sebastian, and I were in the carriage on our way to a noble's party. Ciel was dressed in a pink and white dress, with a long wig, and a hat covering his eye. I was wearing a red knee length dress, a white jacket, white tights, and red flats. My hair was in long silver pig tales. I had on white eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, blush, and red lipstick. I look different from normal because the makeup that I had a on. "Lean, dear you look lovely!" Madame Red said to me obviously noticing my discomfort.
"Thank you." I said quietly.
"The Viscount Druitt, also known as Aleister Chambers. He's graduated from medical school but never went into practice. Lately he's thrown many parties at his home. But behind the scene of the same soirées are secret gatherings that only his intimates may attend." Sebastian explained.
"I've heard that he's in the black magic and those sorts of things." Madame Red said.
"You suspect that at these underground parties, they perform ceremonies and sacrifices to the prostitutes?" Lau asked.
"Tonight is the last party of the season. Which means this is our last chance." Ciel said as a man help Ciel and I out of the carriage.
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"Ciel and Lena will be playing my nieces visiting from the country and Sebastian will be playing their tutor." Madame Red said.
"And why do I have to play your niece? Why can't Lena just be playing your niece." Ciel said blushing.
"One reason dear is I always wanted a girl. And two, we have a much better chance if it's you and Lena."
"Have you even listened to your own plan Ciel? We both get caught don't you remember." I said.
Madame Red whispered something to Ciel that I didn't hear. "Besides I heard Lord Druitt has an eye for anything pretty little thing in a skirt. And we do want to catch his eye. Don't we." She said.
"By any means necessary." Sebastian said.
"And I got dragged in so you didn't have to. How ironic, Ciel." I said with a smirk. Ciel glared at both of us.
"First things first, we need to locate this murderers viscount." Sebastian said as we walked.
"At least Elizabeth isn't here, I would never want her to see me like this." Ciel muttered.
Sebastian must have seen my confused look. "Lady Elizabeth is the young masters betrothed." he whispered on my ear.
Then I heard a high-pitched voice say. "Oh, that just so cute! I love all the dresses here!" that must've been a Elizabeth because the way Ciel and Sebastian froze. "Their lovely!"
Ciel was shaking. "Sir- er I mean mistress please come down. Let's take this time to...." Sebastian started to say but got cut off by the blond girl.
"You in the pink! Your dress is just beautiful! Oh and you in the red too!" she squeaked.
Sebastian placed his hand on our backs. Ushering us forward. "And we're moving this way." We hid behind a table. "This is no good. I had no idea Lady Elizabeth would be here."
"If people find out the family had was dressed like this..." Ciel started.
"Shame will stain the Phantomhives for generations." Sebastian finished.
"Let's go join Madam Red and the others." Ciel said.we nodded.
Madame Red was surrounded by men. "Looks like she's having a grand old time." I said.
"There." I heard the blonde girl squeak.
Sebastian grabbed both our hands."This way my young mistresses." He said.
I was focused on not bumping into people until I realized we were on a terrace. "Why do these things always happen to me." Ciel mumbled.
"Lord Druitt is as gorgeous as ever tonight. His hair is like spun gold!" A lady said.
I saw a man with blonde hair and violet eyes. "That's the Viscount Druitt. Let's go." Ciel said.
"Yes." Sebastian replied.
"Damn, We'll never get close to him!" Ciel muttered.
"There's no other choice but to use the dance to get close to him." Sebastian said."I'll come back to get you Miss Lena." he replied.
"That's fine with me!" I said with little emotion.
They started to dance. I wasn't paying attention when Sebastian came back. "Come now young mistress."
"God, kill me now." I muttered.
Once the dance finished Ciel and I were on the floor panting.
"Now young mistresses how can you two be come so exhausted so easy." Sebastian asked.
"To be fair I have only danced like that once." I said.
We heard clapping and turn to see the viscount in front of us. "You two dance like a lovely little Robin and Swan." He said.
"My mistresses, I'll shall go get you something to drink." Sebastian said leaving us with the viscount.
"Good evening, Lord Druitt." We said in unison as we curtsy.
"I do hope you two are enjoying the party." He said taking my hand and said."My dear Swan" Then Ciel. "And dear robin." I silently cursed in my head.
"Oh, it's wonderful." I said.
"Oh, yes it's a wonderful party." Ciel said."But we've been wanting to talk to you, my Lord."
'Oh?' He said. His eyes looked us over.
'He's inspecting us. Gross.' I thought.
"We're board to death of dancing an eating." Ciel said. The smirk on the Viscount's face grew.
"What spoiled princesses you are, my little Swan and Robin." He grabbed is both by the waist and moved his hand lower. I shivered. "Looking for something more entertaining."
"You know of other amusements. We'd be most interested." I asked softly batting my lashed.
"Of course. And I'd be happy to show them to you my darling little Robin and my darling little Swan." He said grabbing Ciel by his chin and putting his face closer.
"Oh really, like what?" We said together. Ciel looked toward the other side of the room. Elizabeth.
"You want to know."
"Oh yes. We're very interested." Ciel said.
"You might be of the young for it."
"Now don't tease us my Lord. We're ladies, not children." I said.
'The dance is over.' I thought as Elizabeth started toward us. Then a giant box slammed down in front of her. 'I'm actually happy to see that demon.' I thought as Sebastian came around the box. 'Now's our chance.'
"My lord, we are both sick of parlor tricks, can we go." Ciel said.
"Please." I added.
"Yes, anything for you my sweets." he said.
'Someone kill me.' I thought.
He lead us to a curtain. "Right this way my sweets." he said holding the curtain open. I balled my fist as we walked on. I got a bad felling.
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Viscount Druitt opened and a door. "We're going to a very nice place-quite amusing. I know I do." he said.
'What's that sickly sweet smell?' I thought I saw Ciel fall to the floor.
"See aren't you enjoying yourselves. Your holding up much longer than I thought my Swan."
I fell to the floor. 'Crap.'
"There you go. Have sweet dreams." he said. Then everything went black.
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I opened my eyes to see they were covered by a black cloth. I then heard him. "And now, but you've all been waiting for. Tonight's crown jewels." I heard a cover go up. "I'm sure they'd make lovely decorations. Sweet little pets. You can keep them whole and healthy. Or sell them in parts if you like to. This ones eyes are two different colors, but to the buyer that will just add to the beauty. And the other her hair is as silver as fresh dew drops. That adds even more to her beauty as well."
'A black-market auction.' I thought.
"We shall start momentarily."
'Someone please kill me this is gross.'
"We will be selling them as a pair or apart." The blindfold came off and I saw Ciel in another cage next to me. "We will start the bidding at thousand guineas."
"2000!" someone called.
"3000!" said another.
"3500!"
"5000!"
Then Viscount said. "I think I'll bet on the silver haired one. 6000!" I shivered.
"Sebastian come get us now." I heard Ciel say.
Then the lights went out. "What's this?" The Viscount said. I could see Ceil's contact mark glowing. I heard fighting or something that sounds like that. I sat there in silence, calmly.
Then the lights came on. "Truly sir. Are you good for nothing but getting yourself captured. How sad."
"As long as we have the contract you'll follow me anyway, with our without my summons."Ciel said.
"It's kind of contract is sealed by a mark a demon places on his prey. The more noticeable place you put it in, the more executable it is." Sebastian started.
"And in exchange the prey can never escape."
Sebastian bent the bars on Ciel and I's cage. "Yes, I will be with you everywhere until the end. I shall never leave your side, even if I should perish. I shall be with you in the depths of hell. My lord. This is how I differ from humans I do not lie."The ropes snapped with a single movement of his finger.
"Good. you shall never lie to me no matter what. Understood."
"Yes, my lord."
'That's why you can't trust them.' I thought. I looked at Lord Druitt. 'Disgusting pervert.'
"I supposed this solves the Jack the Ripper case." Ciel said.
"It was easier than I expected it to be." I said. They looked at me.
"You've been quiet for some time Lena." Ciel said.
"Just lost in thought." I said with a closed eyed smile.
"I imagine Scotland Yard will be here before long. We should take our leave he picked me up then threw me on his shoulder, then picked Ciel up bridle style.
"This is not the proper way to hold a female. Especially a female reaper." I whispered into the demons ear. "I can hop from roof to roof."
"Then you'd get your dress dirty Miss." He said. I gave up because I was tired. "Well my mistresses shall we take our leave." He said jumping out the window.
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Sebastian placed me down in front of my door. "That was the worst thing I could ever imagine." I stated.
"The ride home Miss?" Sebastian asked.
"No the whole night." I opened the door to the shop. "Good night Lord Phantomhive. Sebastian." I said.
"Yes, goodnight Lena." Ciel said.
I walked inside and went straight to my room. I took all the makeup off, got into my black silk nightgown, and fell asleep.
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I was drinking some tea when my father handed me a newspaper. The headline said : Jack the Ripper Strikes Again.
"Damn it!" I yelled.
"What's wrong dear?" My father asked.
"I thought we had him." I said showing him the article.