Zuli [PART 1] - Reapers & Angels

Chapter 14 - Puppet Strings

Pluto came and hid behind me, whimpering.

Zuli: "It's okay, boy... We'll get out of this."

The three of us were slowly being pushed into the wall by these dolls.

Grell: "I don't know why you're complaining! I'm the one who's expected to protect a mean little brat like you!"

Zuli: "Shut up and do something!"

Grell: "What do you expect from me? Didn't you seem me try just now? I can't kill these ones!"

Zuli: "Ugh, useless!"

I saw the doll Grell tried to attack before, her clothes were ripped revealing metal hands.

Zuli: "Wait a moment..."

Ciel: "Keep the dolls company for as long as it takes."

Zuli: "Maybe we don't need to kill them."

Grell was trying to dodge around the dolls.

Grell: "If you have some kind of plan- AH!"

She got knocked into the wall.

Grell: "I'm all ears!!"

Zuli: "Nothing, what you're doing now is great. Just keep them here. Don't let them follow Ciel."

Grell: "Easy for you to say!"

Zuli: "Well, you're the one with the scissors."

Grell: "Oh, very funny, dear... But now's not the time for your feeble taunts!"

I scowled at them.

Zuli: "Then stop your whining and go play with the dolls! And I told you not to call me DEAR!"

I kicked them in the back towards the dolls.

Grell: "AHH-! You're so cruel!"

Grell was ducking around, attempting to cut the dolls, and running around the room like a headless chicken. Shwe looked ridiculous, but it was working. They were certainly kept occupied. Every time one of the dolls got too close to me, Pluto would jump in front of me, barking and growling. Grell would then knock it away shouting something like...

Grell: "This isn't what I signed up for!!"

Or...

Grell: "I'm doing this for Bassy!!"

It was working until suddenly, one of them grabbed Grell by the neck like they did Ciel.

Grell: "Ah-! Oh dear!"

And the others started walking back towards the door, following Ciel.

Zuli: "No no no! Stop!"

Grell: "Zuli! D-do something!"

Zuli: "I... I don't know--"

Suddenly, I remembered how the dolls got here in the first place.

Zuli: "The song... does it control them...?"

Only one way to find out.

Zuli: "~~Iron and steel will rust away, rust away, rust away... Iron and steel will rust away, my fair lady.~~"

The dolls froze and we saw rust slowly creep around their metal bodies as I sang.

Grell: "It's working... Keep singing!"