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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:41 am
"Oh?" the woman's smile faded. If the whelp marries this boy then where will her lover get the money to buy her more jewels? or even afford this house? Lorittia D'Saeay was a calculating, materialistic woman. Hearing that her good fortune was threatened. She suddenly became cold. "Good luck with that, it is not unheard of for childhoodsweet hearts to get married...." She opened her fan and sneered behind it. "...but it happens rarely." She gave him a fake smile. "Now if this is all that you've come here for, I'm sorry that I cannot be of more help."
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"My lord, I thought that you where going to take a nap before coming here." Sammael said, following Isabella down the stone halls of the cathedral They where deep under ground heading towards the grotto library, which housed most of the secrets of the church in Spain, only one other place held this much information. The Vatican Secret Library.
"I know, but I feel that I'm missing something in all this, I need to see for myself." The girl waited for Sammael to unlock the heavy oak doors that lead fearther underground.
Claude sighed, holding the horses outside the cathedral it was supposed to be a quick mission there and back, but once they'd gotten there, He wasn't allowed on the grounds. He stared down the guards are the gate. they stared back. They where Swiss guards from the Vatican, their outrageous bright uniforms where an eyesore......at least to him.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:48 am
Ciel smirked a genuine smirk, knowing full well where her fake smile was coming from. "Come on now Madam. We're both mature here, and know that it's money that you're really after.You really don't need his inheritance when you're talking to Ciel Phantomhive, owner of FUNtom toys, and other industries. Just imagine how much money we're both going to have once we're married and share everything 50/50." Yes he was bribing her, hoping to get her on his side at least for now. They were going to need as many people on their side as possible.
"If you help me prove that my suspicions about her uncle are true, that he's paying off priests of the Catholic Church, then there's money involved in it for you. A handsome amount."
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:11 am
Lorittia's eyes glimmered. "FUNtom company?" Now that caught her interest. She shrugged. "Well.....then there is something that I can help you with..." The woman lean down to whisper a secret in Ciel's ear. "He's been buying lots of young children in the black market lately from what I've heard he's got about over 40 of them locked up somewhere..."
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Inside the library, The girl headed towards the back, her foots steps echoing off the dripping walls of the natural cavern Sammael used his powers to light the torches set here and there, lighting up the area. there where long lines of bookshelves.
Isabella stepped over the stone floor, not noticing the strange pattern on the floor. Right behind her, Sammael followed, then suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall. "My-my Lady?"dropping the candles he was holding . Sam reached out to try to get past the wall, it felt like some kind of demon ward drawn on the ground trapping Sammael in the small space.
"Sam?" Isabella turned around, just as confused as he was for this strange turn of events.
As the demon tried to brake free of the spell, a hand reached out from behind the book case and grabbed her, a cloth soaked in a foul smelling liquid covering her mouth as the girl started to struggle.
"Isabella!! Isabella!!" Sammael was helpless as he watched his young mistress fall into a drugged slumber.
The Priest smiled as he lifted the girl into his arms. "So this was the great power of the Torquemadas, a demon was behind it all along."
Sammael glared at him from within his prison. "Father Andres, this is an unexpected meeting....."
"Yes, who would have thought that the servant was actually a demon in disguise. Very cleaver by the way to have avoided detection for so long.....Over 400 years was it?"
The Cat-demon's eyes glowed menacingly, the priest seemed startled, but realizing that Sammael was really trapped he began to laugh. "I will leave the door open, once some one comes in here, they see you for what you really are and smite your evil spirit from this world."
"You stole the Cardinal's key to get in here. So it was you who ripped the pages out the book? Who is it your serving? Is it my Lady's uncle? Did he bribe you with gold?" Sammael was trying to stall for time. There wasn't much that he could do.
Father Andres, in his black robes smiled. "Indeed he has, He provided me the all the children needed to summon Lilith."
Sammael frowned.
Lilith, the first wife of Adam, the very first human woman. Created out of the same dust of the earth, her strong independent nature was easily corrupted and twisted by Satan as the first demon.
Lucifer's Queen grew hateful of the children of her ex-husband Adam when God created a replacement wife for him from his rib. And would only feed on the souls of the very young.
As the Queen of Hell, Lilith was second in command to Satan. Summoning her would require the souls of many more young children, many innocent souls......or perhaps just one, the soul of a young demon-hunter, a girl-child who evaded her once before.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:59 pm
Ciel then knew right then and there that it was indeed her uncle. "To sacrifice that many children he would have to be summoning the Queen of Hell. She's the only demon in the books to feed off the souls of young children in a jealous rage fueled by her old husband, Adam. Everyone knows the story of Adam and Eve, but hardly anyone knows the tale of Adam and Lilith. You have been a huge help to me." He then took 5,000 pesos from out of his wallet and handed her the money. "Get yourself something nice." He smirked before returning to the carriage, making his way quickly back to the castle to tell her what he found out.
Before they got back home Ciel looked back over at Sebastian. "Sebastian I want you to search all over Spain and find those lost children. Finding all those lost souls should be easy enough for you, like finding an all you can eat soul buffet. Go, and don't leave any corner unchecked!" Sebastian bowed, said his catchphrase, and hopped out of the carriage to do what he had been told.
He soon returned back home and looked all over for her, and couldn't find her. He asked where she went, and they said down into the forbidden archive library to look up something, and Ciel thought she should have been back from the questioning by now. You're a priest correct? Can you take me there? I can't get in on my own."
The priest nodded and took him in and they both gasped at the sight before them. Sammael had been found out, which meant that the priest that he came down here with knew he was a demon now too. He noticed that there was a drawing on the ground, and being the smart lord he was, he began to erase it with his shoes, by scuffing it up. If it even got scratched then the seal would be off of Sam.
"Well well well...I knew my theory was right all along. I predicted that her uncle gave you the key, and here you are, down in the forbidden library." He needed the other priest to keep his eyes on his face, and not on his feet, so he was speaking directly at him, keeping excellent contact. "What did he promise you for helping him other then gold? Or is that all you care about? What do you want with Isabella?"
Meanwhile Sebastian did find all 40 children. They had been locked up in Father Andre's church, deep underneath it. He freed all of them, taking them all back home, and had a feeling that Ciel was in trouble, but he fought the urge to help him out due to the fact that he also sensed a demon trap inside, so he stayed well enough away from it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:00 pm
Once the circle design was broken Sammael was freed, the demon was starring at Father Andreas. As Isabella was unconscious, He stood beside Ciel."My lord.....your orders?"
"Your following his orders?" a woman's voice came from behind Ciel and Sammael. They turned around. A woman was holding Ciel's guide around his neck, the poor priest was murmuring prayers under his breath. The woman smiled. "Do not move, or the girl dies." She said.
Sammael reconised her now. "Morgana..."
"Hello kitty." Morgana smiled. "It's been awhile. I see that your pretty face healed nicely from our last battle."
"You cheated, you used holy water."
She laughed. "If you can used blessed items, why can't I? Do you like my new spell? Creative use of of both demon and holy energies to trap a demon."
The poor innocent priest she held hostage started to struggle. "Wait don't!" Sammael watched as Morgana burned the priest to ash. "Father Andreas....your orders, My master?"
Father Andreas smiled. "I must escape with the girl. Kill the boy!"
Morgana smiled as she threw a knife directly at Ciel. But the knife was snatched out midair by the cat demon protecting the young earl.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:23 pm
"Sammael..." Ciel was a bit shocked that the cat demon was protecting him when he never made a contract to him. He belonged to Isabella's family after all. Something told him to run to Isabella, and protect her. Out of complete instinct he ran right to the priest that was holding her, and stabbed his leg with a knife that he had been hiding in his pants in case he needed it for self-defense. When he saw him drop Isabella he picked her up and ran with her like hell out of the room. This time he wanted to do the protecting.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:40 pm
Sammael reached under his coat and pulled out small glass vials of holy water, he threw them towards Morgana, a thin tread whipping out to shatter the water in the female demon's face. Not only to over Ciel's tracks to but him time to get Isabella out of there.
Claude saw the boy running out with Isabella in his arms he stood there, just within the doors to the cathedral.
"Young Master!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:50 pm
Ciel rushed over to Claude. "It's Father Andres. He summoned Morgana, and he's working for Isabella's uncle to summon the demon queen, Lilith. Come on let's get going! We need to get out of here! Sammael is still in there too!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:54 pm
Claude frowned. "Morgana is stronger then Sammael....Let me carry her for you, young master. It will be quicker."
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:15 pm
Ciel looked at her knocked out form and kissed her lips before handing her over to Claude. "Here. Pick me up and carry me home as well. It would be quicker then us taking any other means back to the castle."
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:37 pm
Sammael ducked and dodged the knifes, There was no question that the blade where tipped on holy oil. He was sure that once Ciel got Isabella to safety he would soon have Claude and Sebastian to aid him.
If he could just keep her here in the underground craven... He threw a silver dining fork, it hit her!
"What!?"
Morgana's form disappeared in a cloud of black smoke. Sammael frowned. "A shadow double?"
Claude nodded and shifted the girl in his arms to free one hand. "Young master, please do not think badly of me...." He made a motion with his free hand and a white thread of spider silk came from up above and snaked around Ciel's form, tying his arms to his side and lifting him off his feet to Claude's eye level.".....But Morgana's much stronger then both Sammael and I put together. She offered me a deal if I where to betray you."
Stiring, Isabella blinked her eyes open, her mind was still fuzzy from the chloroform. Was that Ciel? Why is he.....he's captured too. She shook her head to clear it, but the wave of dizziness prevented her from moving and the strong arm holding, her. It was Claude, What did he just say? He's betraying Ciel?
She wlinched, a strange painful cramp betraying her to Claude's attention.
"She's awake."
"Well done Claude." Morgana, the real one, appeared from behind the Spider butler. "The boy is no longer a child, he's recently come of age. but the girl.....she may not be a virgin anymore but she's still yet to become a woman."
Claude said nothing, He just looked at Ciel with his strange golden eyes.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:08 pm
Ciel was completely shocked that Claude would make such a deal with Morgana. He apparently didn't have the heart he thought the demons had finally gained. "How dare you...we all trusted you Claude. You didn't think about anyone other then yourself when you made that little deal did you? Is losing Sebastian really worth whatever she offered you? Because Sebastian is going to hate you and never forgive you for this. You can kiss him good bye, if he even gives you that."
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:29 pm
Claude gave him a slow blink. Nothing showed in his eyes. No pain, nor regret.
"Morgana, call for Lilith. If Lord Phantomhive is here, then Sebastian is sure to be nearby." He turned his back on Ciel and very carefully placed Isabella on the floor in the middle of the room. He started to unbutton the top of her priest's cassock and the shirt under it too exposing her chest.
Sammael came running out of the shadow of a doorway. The cat-demon stopped at the sight. "What are you doing to her?" He demanded. "Claude-"
WHAMM!!
Morgana had sent a large stone block from above, to crush the butler. But Sammael was quicker, he dodged just barely. "Your quick little kitty, Claude! Hurry up and prepare the girl. I'll get rid of this one as soon as I can."
Sammael jumped and dodged, Keeping to the outer circle of the cathedral, he had a piece of chalk in his hand and when ever he stopped, he'd kneel and draw the exact same devil's trap, careful not to get caught in it.
"Smart kitty, but that only works if you can push me into one!"
Isabella struggled weakly, her drugged body slowly starting the recover. "Claude....stop, stop it." She winced again as she had another painful cramp.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:00 pm
Ciel was extremely pissed off and it showed on his face. "What did she promise you anyways?" He didn't want Sebastian to show up because he didn't want his father-figure getting killed by Morgana. He could tell she was a strong demon, and he didn't want to see him die to protect him....but he needed to get to Isabella. If he had to choose he would have to choose her. "Sebastian! Get me out of here!!!!"
That's the cue that he had been waiting for. He stepped into few and instantly the spider webs were off of Ciel, and he pushed Claude out of the way and covered her body with his to protect her. "If you want to sacrifice her then you're going to have to sacrifice me as well, because I'm not moving from this spot!"
Sebastian smirked at Morgana. "Hello there Morgana. Long time no see." They had a past together...a dark past, and something he had almost forgotten about until he saw her again.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:25 pm
Morgana smiled back. "Hello, brother dear....." She said as summoned up all of her demonic energy to fight her fellow general of hell.
Claude stood up. He had finished drawing Lilith's name-sigl with his blood on the girl's chest. "Lilith, our unholy mother...come and part-take this child's soul."
The mark on Isabella's chest started to glow, "Ciel!?" She clung to her fiance.
"You b*****d!" Sammael, now that Morgana was distracted by Sebastian, he was free to attack Claude.
The spider demon saw that the sigl was glowing brightly, he twisted around to meet Sammael, his left foot kicking out towards the young lord and lady. The hard kick sending the both of them rolling to the outer edge of the room.
Isabella screamed, black smoke coming from the mark on her chest, the smoke forming a tall horned woman standing over the children.
"The soul of a child carefully cultivated from a generation of families that brings death and suffering...A perfect soul."
Lilith bent looked down at the small forms at her feet. "I have no taste for the young man, but I'm sure that my Generals will enjoy consuming you."
Isabella cling to Ciel tighter, sure that this was the end for them. "Ciel....." She closed her eyes, then they snapped open as she felt....something. in between her legs, She suddenly knew what is was if all the signs where correct. Isabella started to laugh at the absurdity of the timing.
Lilith seemed to sense it too. She stopped . "What's this?"
"Seems like your a little too late. I'm no longer a child either." Isabella said sitting up.
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