They had been wandering the streets of London for about an hour now and nothing special stuck out. “Damn it. I have no idea where exactly we ended up. I had hoped to land at the Phantomhive Estate…” Natalie said as she tried to figure this out.
“Where?” Edward asked.
“The Phantomhive Estate. It’s the home of the Earl Ceil Phantomhive. This world is another like I thought yours was.”
“You mean a story?”
Natalie nodded. “Exactly, but again another proves to be real.”
“So why did we end up in that alley if you had planned to go to this estate?”
Natalie turned and narrowed her eyes at him. “If you hadn’t distracted me at the last second…”
Edward backed up and made an apologetic face, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck. “Oh yeah…”
Natalie just rolled her eyes and turned back around to keep walking. Edward stayed a step or two behind her for the time being. He knew she was annoyed with him at the very least and he knew better than to say anything right now that could make it worse.
Suddenly a young girl ran by them both. It seemed too late for a kid to be out playing in the street and in the rain on top of that.
“Hey get back here!” a man yelled as he too ran past them. “Stop you little brat!”
Natalie and Edward both turned in time to see the girl run into an alley and the man follow after her. They didn’t even need to say a word to each other, they were both off and running after them.
“Help!!!!” screamed the girl just Natalie and Edward both turned the corner, entering the alley. The man was standing over the girl, she had nowhere to go.
“Let her go!” Edward yelled as the man took a large butcher knife from inside his jacket.
Hearing his voice, the man turned to look at Natalie and Edward. “Move along, this has nothing to do with you,” the man hissed at them.
“Like hell dirt bag, now let the girl go,” Edward said through gritted teeth, taking his stance to fight. It was actually times like this he missed having the automail arm and the blade he could create with it. It didn’t matter though. Natalie did the same.
The man laughed. “You think you and that girl can touch me? I don’t usually like carving up anyone but little girls, but for you I’ll make an exception!” He then came running at Edward, knife raised. Edward put his hands together then put them on the ground. Up from the stone alleyway rose pointed spikes each aimed at the man. He managed to stop short just before impaling himself on them. “What the hell? How did you…”
Edward just grinned. “Natalie, I’ll keep this guy busy, you go get the girl OK?”
Natalie nodded. “You got it Ed, just be careful alright?”
“You too,” he said, not taking his eyes off of the would-be murderer.
Running past the spikes, Natalie made her way towards the girl. The man saw her as she did. “Oh no you don’t little lady,” he said as he took his attention from Edward and moved to intercept her. He managed to grab a hold of her arm as she ran by.
“Get your damn hands off me!” she yelled as she came around and kicking him square in the crotch. It made him double over and when he did he let Natalie go. She went over to the girl. “It’s alright now; we’re not going to let him hurt you OK?” The girl clung to her, crying hysterically. Natalie did her best to calm her down.
Seeing what Natalie had done to the man, Edward couldn’t help but to shiver. “Gotta make sure to not really get on her bad side,” he said to himself as he walked over to the man. “Now,” he said crouching down to take the knife from the man’s hand. “Didn’t your mother ever tell you it’s dangerous to run with sharp objects?” Edward asked as he threw the knife back down the alley. “Not so tough now are you?”
“Well, what do we have here?” came a rather silky yet sinister voice from the opening of the alley. “It would seem we’re too late Master.”
“Indeed, it would seem someone else has caught our quarry. Are you losing your touch Sebastian?”
“My apologies Young Lord. Do you wish I should retrieve him?”
“Yes, but do it quickly.”
“As you wish,” Sebastian said as he moved to the side of the man. His movement was so quick that Edward didn’t even see him move.
“Hey! Who are you?” Edward asked as he stood up, looking mad. That didn’t last long though as Edward found he had to look up at Sebastian. Sebastian just looked at him as he lifted the man from the ground.
“I am but a humble butler,” Sebastian said with his casual yet oddly chilling smile. “My master and I thank you for your assistance young man, but we’ll be handling this from here.”
Edward just looked at him. There was something about this guy that made Edward freeze. Natalie recognized him at once though. Lifting the girl and holding her, she walked over to Sebastian and Edward. Sebastian recognized her at once or more accurately recognized what she was. “What has brought you here young lady? I would expect that since no one has passed on there would be no need for the ferryman.”
Natalie sighed. “I should have known you’d see that Sebastian, given that…”
Sebastian put his finger up and waved it. “Now, now, enough of that. I suggest that you take your friend and leave this place if you have no business here.”
Natalie shook her head. As she made to say something but she wouldn’t get the chance. The police and detectives from Scotland Yard arrived. Someone must have heard the commotion and called for them. The parents of the little girl were also there so Natalie let the little girl down and she ran off into her waiting father’s arms. “Daddy!”
Natalie sighed heavily, her face turning a bit sad. Edward noticed and went over to her. A single tear had escaped her eyes and run down her cheek. “You alright?” he asked her.
“Yeah, fine,” she said wiping the tear away. “Come on, let’s go,” she said softly. At this point she didn’t want to talk to the police and they would more likely be able to slip away while everyone else was busy.
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