"Stop him Sebastian!" Sebastian caught the knife midair and held up the profile of the child in front of him.  "Good eye my lord, Ellery Nixon, went missing in Cornwall."

"ALFRED! Oh my dear boy," you ran to the boy who threw the knife at the little girl.  Knocking the rest of the knives to the floor you ripped off the mask and cupped his cheeks. Running your hands through his hair like a mother who found their lost child you gave him a hug and looked in his eyes.  As blank as the rest of them.... Everyone who had functioning eyes was staring at you with either a shocked or a confused look. 

"Lord Phantomhive, I would never presume to give you any orders but please restrain your maid, she's ruining the show." You growled at the sick twisted evil bastard in his wheelchair and started towards the vermin and so did the young lord.

"I believe I know what to report to the Queen. "I found the foul, vulgar, unsightly, perverted brute, and I disposed of him." Simultaneously, the young lord and yourself pulled your guns out training it on the man's head while Joker puts a thin blade to the young lord's throat and Sebastian held the knife from a moment ago at Jokers neck while your blade was wedged by his stomach. If he exhaled too much that blade would pierce his torso. You cocked your gun ready to put a bullet in Kelvin's head. 

"Joker remove that dangerous thing you're pointing at Lord Phantomhive!" Kelvin screeches like a banshee at the man behind you. "B- but father he-" The Baron swivels his head around your gun now aimed at the bridge of his nose. "Are you talking back to me," he asked him as his face grew dark, ignoring the gun in his face. Slowly Joker removes his blade and Sebastian restrains him still at knife point. You however put your blade away, if the need to kill him other than your own desire to do so arose, a gun would decrease his survival chances for sure. "Now, where are the rest of the children?" The satisfying click from the young lords gun relaxed you for some reason. Kelvin informs that they are in the cellar all too eager he escorts all of you along with the two children steering his wheelchair. You grabbed Alfred's hand and guided him down with you all, hopeful this mess is reversible. Sebastian gives you a questioning look but you ignored the bastard, your gun still waiting patiently at the back of Kelvin's head.

"Y/n put the gun down," you blatantly ignored the young lord's order as the anger boiled under your skin, just waiting to be released in that one bullet.  "Y/n! Put. The gun.  Down. This psycho can freak any minute and this will all be for nothing," he whispered frantically. Slowly putting it down only angered you more biting your tongue so you don't say anything you drew blood.

"Oh my Lord Phantomhive, I am so glad you could be here this time. Ive been filled with regret ever since that day," he looks up at the elevator light and smiles widely, "I'm sorry I wasn't able to be by your side that night."

"What the hell are you on about?" The elevator stopped but he continued talking, "I admit no amount of regret can turn back time but we can reenact the event." The young lord looked as confused as everyone else. The doors to the cellar open, revealing an odd place, the young lord stopped in his tracks, eye wide open and gun visibly shaking. Sebastian looked thoroughly disgusted while you looked dumbfounded. "It took me three years to set this up." Everyone walked in the room which revealed even more abducted children in cages, you gripped Alfred's hand tighter and pulled him close. "That fateful night you were stolen away."

What the hell?

"Ah yes I remember as if it was yesterday, it all started five years ago. We met at a party and I was introduced to your father through a mutual friend. And you were such an adorable child... I wanted so bad to look at the aristocrats deemed evil for they were a shining beacon to me, an old philanthropist... an ugly old philanthropist. But looking in the mirror while they were there mingling amongst themselves, it dawned on me that I could never be accepted by them. So beautiful... finally I met a doctor who was willing to make me beautiful like your father was. After the operation however I was bed ridden, unable to attend anything concerning your father. Joker came to me one night after the operation bringing the news of your house being burned to the ground and that you were abducted. So calling on my outside sources they told me where you were being held and I wanted to desperately go, instead they went for me despite my tantrums. But they never came back because everyone died." He looked up at the ceiling then turned to the young lord, "You killed them right Lord Phantomhive? What a beautiful way to go, if only fate hadn't been trying to keep us apart then-" 

The young lord shot him in his stomach, he coughed up blood stopping his seemingly endless blather. Breathing heavily and seething just like the young lord, Joker ran forward unsheathing his blade once again only to have his arm cut off swiftly by Sebastian. They both laid on the floor bleeding out and writhing in anguish. "Please Earl, it hurts kill me like you killed them that day." He crawled his way to the young lord,  gripping the hem of his cloak. "You want to die like them?" Sebastian smirked at the young lord's question. "Kneel like a worm then,  and beg the demon to do it," he jerked his head in Sebastian's direction.

"STOP! PLEASE WAIT!! I know he's a little unstable but Father is a good man, he saved us when our parents and country abandoned us, there are still children back at the work house who-"

"I'll stop you right there," he put his foot on the witless worm's head. "You weren't wrong.  You defended your world isn't that enough? After all justice was made by those with power to suit their ideals. There are only two types of people in this world,  those who steal and those who are stolen from. Tonight I just stole your future... that's all."

Joker turned over in his back laughing, "Well that's just it aye? Tonight my circus crew is already on their way to your estate, to steal something precious from you. And do you know why we've never been caught stealing children? It's because all the witnesses are killed."

"They're professionals now so I wonder how many will be killed in pursuit of you." His eyes and lips widened into a maniacal smile. You smirked and nearly laughed, "No Joker, I think it's how many of your circus mates will die. Phantomhive servants, to my knowledge have never failed to protect the master, guests and estate."

Sebastian chuckled, "Lest you get too optimistic keep in mind they were hired by me," he waved the knife tauntingly at Joker and threw it to the ground.

 "Speaking of, I'd rather not return to my home in shambles, Sebastian take Y/n back to the manor. I believe Tanaka will be looking after Lizzie. Return immediately once you've dropped her off." Sebastian tilted his head, "Yes, my lord."

You looked at the young lord, "Take care of him, if there is no saving him then... do what you must." You let Alfred's hand go and he aimlessly walked to the young lord's side. Sebastian scooped you up bridal style and left at full speed.

~

"You've been too quiet even before this matter, something the matter?" you continued looking forward at the manor speedily coming into view. "Why would anything be wrong?" you snarled, sarcasm was dripping rather arrogantly in every syllable to him, you knew he'd grow tired of your attitude eventually. He said nothing and continued to the manor. You saw a window was shattered and Jumbo laid dead slumped against the wall near the servant's entrance. Finally, you two arrived at the manor, "You'll have to tell me what's wrong eventually you know," he said setting you down. You started walking towards the front door, "When you find your soiled glove let me know." You waved him off without even looking at him but you could tell he narrowed his eyes at you. You heard him sigh, "We'll talk about it when this is over," you heard the swoosh of him taking off to return to the young master. Walking through the door you saw Beast and Dagger surrounded by Mey-rin, Finny, and Bard.

Perfect

"Oi, what's Beauty doing here?" Dagger whispered to Beast, she couldn't do anything but stare at you. A sadistic smile crept on your face, oh how you're going to enjoy this. "Finny!" you cried out.

"Here we goooo!!" he threw a statue at them which they dodged and Bard attacked Beast who outwitted him quickly while Mey-rin took shots at Dagger who used a statue that was already in the middle of the staircase to avoid the bullets and they took off. "Let's go you three," you started taking off your cloak, "Vermin like that don't leave the house willingly, not without our help at least." They nodded and went their separate ways, you with Bard down to the kitchen. "Why'd the boy call you beauty?" You two began setting up the kitchen for when you lured them down there. "Circus names, quite ridiculous." Getting the bags of flour around the room in piles was taxing, thinking waxing the floors would've put some muscles on your arms was clearly foolish.  "It fits though-"
"Oh shut up," you two laughed. Waiting for them to give away their position you noticed something huge was covered down, trying to take a peek Bard smacked your hand away. "Ah ah ah, that's part of the show." 

"If you're not careful I'll sign you up in the circus,"

"Also ouch what was that on your hand," he grabbed your hand and turned it over and gasped. "Is that a wedding ring?! You and Sebastian got-" a bell from a room in the west ring rang. Bard opened the old communication system and told Mey-rin to head them off there and told Finny to come at them from the main staircase. "Ready?" Just for safety purposes you grabbed a chair and sat behind the covered down object waiting for them. Bard who really wanted to put on a show started sifting flour in a bowl, if only he could do this when actually cooking for the young master instead of using a flamethrower. After several crashes from upstairs soon enough Beast and Dagger came into the kitchen to see Bard sifting flour, you could hardly blame their shocked faces. "Welcome to the end of the line, the kitchen. There's things in here the butler doesn't even know of." You scoffed, "I wouldn't say that." Ripping off the canvas that was covering what you now know to be a machine gun, you were smart to sit behind it. "What is that?" Dagger said with fear in his voice. Bard started shooting, damaging everything. Dagger leapt to shield Beast with his body while Bard emptied the cartridge all over the kitchen. The pots and pans were battered and most were in pieces, a table was in half and splinters and pieces of metal were sprayed everywhere.

You got up to see Beast crying, Dagger lay dead with multiple bullet holes in his body. She looked at you completely ignoring Bard, "Beauty! How could you let this happen?! Who the hell are you?!!" she shrieked into the night tears running down her face she cracked her whip and an oncoming bag of flour went flying her way. You smirked tossing more bags of flour with help from Bard. "Yes, dance Beast, I believe you told me you wanted to learn. Lesson one is dodging every disaster that happens on the dance floor." She was dodging pretty well, you ran to the other side of the kitchen making her spin around trying to find you while flour rained down clouding the room and obscuring her vision. "Lesson two, turning, it seems you're good at that as well." Her whipped missed you by an inch as she followed your voice through the cloud of flour. "Now Finny!" Bard shouted for Finny which was greeted by a giant statue flying through the window nearly killing Beast. With Bards help you crawled through the new hole in the wall and dusted yourselves off. He lit a match as Mey-rin and Finny came to join you, he lit his cigarette and handed you the match. "You know if you sift flour fine enough and use something like a machine gun all that gun powder and fine flour will make a combustible powder," Bard explained how a mill in the states had a similar incident. Her eyes widened and looked around at the clouds of shimmering powder in the air. "And lesson three, bowing out," she looked at you as you spoke with a smirk on your face and tears in her eyes and you tossed the match igniting the powder and blew the kitchen up with Beast and Dagger's dead body in it.