Sebastian's POV

After Claude's sudden emotional outburst, I was left sitting alone in the Trancy Manor with some thoughts to ponder. Do I go and find Claude, and try and talk some sense into him? Or do I take the quest to save our masters, or in the very least mine, into my own hands? I suppose I could seek the help of the other servants at the Phantomhive Manor, but would they even be enough to stop the forces that I'm up against? Not to mention that they are not the brightest bunch to try and carry out an elaborate mission with. This is all Claude's fault for not upholding his duties as a butler. Some loyal servant he is. I mean, was my little game really that appalling? It's obvious that Claude did develop some attachment to me and was hurt by the fact that I don't share the same affections. So now he has left me in a compromising situation when I need him the most, he's become so soft that he's exhibiting weak and petty human emotions. I will have no part in his temper tantrums. I will go out on my own and rescue my master and get back to my normal activities, since Claude is a sore loser.

"I just need a moment to myself and I will be out and about, I don't need Claude." I said, resting in a nice arm chair in the foyer.

"Why, aren't you ever so confident." Hannah said entering the room.

"Be gone maid, I'm in no mood for your foolishness." I said glaring at Hannah.

"Oh, but dear butler I have information to share with you." Hannah said twirling around.

"Then out with it." I said annoyed. I didn't much care for Hannah in her normal state, so all of this interaction with her was unpleasant to say the least.

"Why so serious? Don't you think Claude would like to hear this information as well?" Hannah said coming closer to me.

"I'll relay the message, now talk." I said growing more and more irritated.

"Oh, what did you do to Claude to hurt him so bad, Sebastian?" Hannah asked with an insincere tone.

"I told him I was going to be the one responsible for your death, and he was furious with me for taking away such a pleasure." I said standing. This woman is using very poor judgement by agitating me.

"You know it's not nice to play with people's emotions. Especially after being so intimate with one another." Hannah said stepping even closer to me.

At this point I'd had enough of this insufferable servant. I moved to stand in front of her and firmly gripped her throat. I lifted her from the ground, squeezing tighter and tighter. I began weighing the options of whether or not to kill her. On one hand I wanted to know what information she possessed about our enemy and on the other she was annoying. Such an internal struggle before me. Then Hannah began laughing. At first it was a slight giggle but then it was a loud roar of uncontrollable laughter. I stared at her strangely.

"Oh Sebastian, you think you're so intimidating." Hannah said, meeting my gaze.

"But actually, I don't think you're that frightening at all!" Hannah said, suddenly gripping my arm.

She was gripping my arm so tightly it felt like it would snap at any moment. I had no choice but to release her or risk breaking a bone. Hannah sped out my sight line. I looked around cautiously but somehow, she came from above. She forced me to the ground and began trying to claw at my face and eyes.

"Come on, Sebastian! Let me have one of those pretty eyes!" Hannah screeched on top of me.

She was so strong suddenly. Just hours ago, she was allowing Claude to realign her spine with his foot. Where did this new-found strength come from? I grabbed and held one of her hands while fighting off the other. Then she jabbed her fingers into the puncture wound Claude gifted me with earlier. I didn't even have a chance to acknowledge the pain, before she continued trying to blind me. I will admit that Hannah was a bit overwhelming for me in my current state. It was obvious that she had gained the same monstrous strength that the triples had. Only she seemed to be a bit deadlier. I had no choice but to flee.

I used all of my remaining strength and punched her directly in the face. Hannah flew back into a nearby wall, I took the opportunity to stagger to my feet and began to run. All I heard was Hannah's maniacal laughter behind me. I made a bee line for the front door. Before my fingertips could even brush the doorknob, Hannah grabbed my wrist.

"Where are you going?! You like games, right?! Let's play!" Hannah said, as she threw me into the staircase. My head collided with one of the stairs.

As the pain radiated through my skull, I could see Hannah walking toward me. She had a psychotic smile on her face as she stepped closer to me. I had to admit that I feared what her next actions would be. It was clear now that I could not just run from her nor did I have the strength to fight her.

"Oh Sebastian, you look so pitiful. Such a proud demon reduced to cowering on a stair case." Hannah said kneeing down in front of me.

"I'm supposed to bring you to my master alive, but I think if I just deliver Claude in one piece, it won't matter if you're alive or dead." Hannah said gripping my face.

"Just answer me one question, Ms. Annafellows." I said.

"What, my dear Sebastian?" Hannah replied

"What is this master of yours promising you? Why are you so loyal to them?" I asked hoping to buy myself some time.

"What isn't master promising me? A life without Alois and Claude berating and belittling me daily. A seat amongst the elite, while the rest of world deteriorates!" Hannah said with a glimmer of joy in her eye.

"Wow, that does sound amazing. It's so sad that you won't live long enough to enjoy such paradise." I said thrusting one of my last knives into Hannah's throat.

Hannah grasped her neck as her blood rained down her torso and splattered on the floor. I watched as her body collapsed on the floor. I stood over her body as she gasped for air, gargling on her own blood. A single tear rolled down her tan cheek. I reached down and retrieved my knife from her throat. I wiped it clean on her apron.

"Almost had me there, Ms. Annafellows. Lucky for me that most women are quite the talkers." I said making my way toward the door.

I decided that I would need to get back in Claude's good graces. We need to stick together. I opened the front door and stepped outside.

"I guess I'll have to do some spider hunting."

Claude's POV

I'm disgusted that I allowed myself to fall prey to that bastard's sick games. Once again, I was humiliated by that son of a bitch. I don't know how someone like Sebastian can even exist. Such a tact less, slimy, deceitful, piece of shit. He likes to say that I'm the one who has fallen into the tendencies of humans, when he's the one who mimics their antics. What superior being would waste their time trying to manipulate other's emotions just for sexual gratification and a laugh? Does he not have anything better to do with his life? If he put this much thought into eating Ciel's soul, he could get back to his home in hell that he raves about. As talented and cunning as Ciel is, Sebastian could have easily out maneuvered him by now.

I'm starting to think that Sebastian truly is full of shit. He enjoys being on Earth. He enjoys being around people he's superior too. He knows that if he goes back to our origins he will be reduced to a middle class nobody. He's obsessed with the feeling of superiority. Obsessed with the idea of conquering those around him. He thought he would have his greatest conquest of all with me, but I refuse to be his pawn. I'm done with all of this shit. I think I'll go to America, and start a new life, maybe look into somehow breaking my contract with Alois. I'm sure there are some demons out there with greater knowledge and experience with human contracts than I. I can do this. I don't have to be stuck under the boot of Alois or Sebastian.

I planned to leave as soon as possible, I purchased a train ticket and boarded a train leaving London. I took one more glance out the window beside my seat at the city that I had for the last three years of my life called home.

"Finally." I said as the train pulled out of the station.

I was finally able to relax, I took out a novel that I had purchased at the train station. I haven't had much time to read these days.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?"

I looked up in disbelief.

"Why the fuck are you here?" I said, looking up at Sebastian.

I knew my new-found peace was too good to be true.

"Well my partner in crime, I have taken some time to think about the things that happened between us." Sebastian said sitting down next to me.

"I don't give a damn, I told you, I'm done. I no longer have an interest in you or those damn kids. Leave me be." I said gathering my things preparing to move to a different seat.

"Please Claude, hear me out. I just need a moment of your time." Sebastian said turning to me. His eyes actually looked sincere, but I wasn't falling for it.

"Why should I hear anything you have to say? You're a liar. Everything that you have said to me has been a lie, a trick to get me to fall in love or sleep with you or whatever. You're a manipulator, and I'm done being manipulated by you. Find someone else to put up with your bullshit." I said getting up. Sebastian grabbed my wrist and pleaded with me.

"Please Claude, give me but a minute of your time. Give me a chance to right my wrongs." Sebastian said.

I pondered for a moment, I knew I shouldn't listen to a word from Sebastian, but something was different this time.

"You have two minutes." I said sitting down.

"Listen Claude perhaps my little game with you was a little…. rude." Sebastian said meekly.

"I don't know how I expected you to react when I told you about my little plan, but I didn't entirely mean to hurt you. Humiliate you, yes, but hurt you, no. I suppose I wanted you to do what we always do. I best you, you get angry but plot your revenge, and we continue the cycle. However, this time I may have took things too far, and for that I apologize." Sebastian said.

"…. That was the worst apology I have ever heard in my thousands of years living. However, for someone like you, I can only imagine how difficult it was for you to admit to being wrong." I said.

"Well now that we've gotten our feelings in check, can we please go rescue our young masters. We only have a little over an hour left to find them." Sebastian said.

"Sebastian, do you even like Ciel?" I asked Sebastian.

"What does that have to do with anything?" He replied.

"Just think, why are we working so hard for two miserable brats who've done nothing but abuse and demean us? Let's just stay on this train and keep going and start over. We don't have to keep doing this." I said trying to reason with Sebastian.

"Claude, have you forgotten why we do, what we do?" Sebastian said flashing his Faustian contract on his hand.

"Yes, I know, Human souls obtained through human contracts are the most sustaining things for our species. Eating one well-earned soul is enough to fend off hunger for at least a decade. But with the way we must fight for these brats, we'll be in their debit for a decade! At what point does their souls stop being worth it? Do you understand that we could die, trying to rescue these stupid kids? We're obviously not dealing with humans or Shinigami, we are putting ourselves in unnecessary danger for two mini sociopaths. Let's just go." I said, exhausted just thinking about how much I've done for Alois since I met him.

Sebastian sat quietly for several minutes.

"….do you really think we can just leave…" Sebastian said quietly.

"Yes, who's here to stop us?" I said.

"That's very dishonest of you two." A voice came from the seat behind us.

We both turned around to see one of the triplets.

"You won't be going anywhere, butlers."

Joker11315~ Im sooooooo sorry yall it has been three months and I have left yall hanging, You can blame human anatomy and college in general. But I'm here now, and since I'm going to have alittle more free time I should be able to produce more chapters. Love you guys please enjoy! (i pray there no errors, if there are I'm sorry)