Chapter 6- I.O.U.

(Ciel's POV)
"Sebastian, what do you mean?" I ask as soon as we're behind the closed doors of my study.
"I mean that Claude has a scrapbook full of pictures of ________. I don't think he came for her benefit," he says gravely.
I freeze. "Where's Claude now?"
"I... don't know sir."
"Find Claude. I'll get _______."
Sebastian disappears in a moment. I take off full sprint outside. She's gone.
"Shit! She's not here!" I curse.
I run inside. Sebastian calls from the top of the stairs.
"Both Trancy and Faustus are gone!" he yells.
"________ is gone, too."
I sit down on the floor. "Where could she go?" I ask myself.
Sebastian is suddenly at my side. "Knowing Alois, he would want to do something fun with her. The London Fair possibly?"
I stand. "There's no other lead," I say as I head outside. I get Finny to saddle up my horse and Sebastian's. My horse is a deep brown, while Sebastian's is a brown with a white stripe on his head. I jump on. We ride to London as fast as our horses can take us.

(Your POV)

I'm in a chair, restrained and blind. My shoe is gone. Then, the flashbacks begin to cripple me. Screams and sobs rack my body as I relive the terror over again.
"Ciel!! Save me!" I scream. "Sebastian! Alois! Anyone!"
The blindfold is ripped off. The bright light stuns me. Then, he comes into view. Claude's cruel gold eyes bore into mine.
"Well, deja vu?" He laughs.
"Where's Alois?" I demand.
"He's been dealt with according to his betrayal."
"What 'betrayal'?"
"Alois fought back when I drugged you. That was not the plan."
"What plan?"
"Why the plan for your kidnap and murder of course! No one attempts to kill me and doesn't pay for it."
He unbuttons his top shirt button. A long scar crosses his neck.
"It seems like you are picking up the tab."

(Ciel's POV)

The fair is beginning to light up when we arrive. We ride through and ask about them. After a couple of rides, someone remembers them. Sebastian beams at his brilliance. We continue to ask around until a candy apple vendor points us in the direction they left in. We ride along the lantern lit streets. Sebastian, after a while, catches a trail. We follow it to a shady area of outer London. I jump off my horse and tear my suit in the process. ________'s shoe heel, broken. I look up. A windowless brick building with a rusted iron door stares me in the face.
"Sebastian, open the door at all costs." I command.
He doesn't hesitate to kick it down. The room is lit by a single candle. I take a step inside. I hear a splash of some kind of liquid. I look down. Blood.
"________! Where are you!?" I yell with urgency.
A moan emanates from the far corner.
Sebastian cautiously grabs the candle from the center of the room and holds it to the corner. A beaten and bloody Alois slumps there.
"Alois!" I exclaim. "Where is she, Alois?"
"Master, he's been stabbed," Sebastian says as he kneels in the blood next to Alois.
"It's.. nothing... Claude... will kill... her," he forces. Blood dribbles down his lip. "I tried, I... didn't know... that I would forgive her... it's my fault..." Tears wash away the blood on his face. "Tell her... I didn't... mean to...that I... loved... her..."
Alois closes his eyes.
"No! Alois! No!" I yell. "Sebastian, rush him to the hospital. Save him at all costs, I owe him that much." I say with regret.

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