Black and White ✘ Black Butler

Chapter 20

After running through the small forest and crossing the bridge, leading to the tower, Grell and I reach the entrance of the unknown building. Then, without any hesitation, I slam my body against the door, causing the weak wood to break open. Once Grell and I step foot into the darkened room, we notice a figure standing in the middle of the room. I procced with caution, not knowing what to expect. Suddenly, I realize that the figure was just a young girl.

"Excuse me," I start, "Can you help u-Aghh!!" Before I could even finish my question, the girl garbs hold of my neck. The movement was at such lightning speed that I didn't have time to react. The strong force from the small hand manages to cut all airways from reaching my lungs. I grip onto the female's arm and try to yank it off of my neck but to no avail. While I struggle against the girl's strong grasp, I manage to croak out, "Grell! Help me!!"

"Don't worry, C.L.!" Before I notice, a flash of silver passes through my sight. Then, the girl's strong grasp loosens, and I was finally able to breath in some fresh air. But, with the sweet freedom, I knew exact what lengths Grell had to take to set me free.

"Grell! I didn't mean to cu-" I glance down at the young girl's arms, expecting to find a pool of blood gushing out of the limbs, but only find a small pile of sand spilling out of the limbs. "She wasn't human at all."

"I suppose not."

"What the hell is this place?" I scan around the area of the room, trying to get an understanding of where exactly I was at.

Grell, who was copying my action, then gasps. "I remember."

I look back at Grell. "Remember what?"

"This place. I know this place."

"Well, spit it out then!"

"This manor belonged to a doll named Drocell Kienz. A few years after his death, he was reanimated as a doll. Your father, Sebastian, and I had come across this place once, in order to rescue your mother. He used young girls to create dolls out of them, hence like the once you see here." He points his hand towards the motionless body lying beside us.

"So, what? This puppeteer is planning to turn Bell into a doll!"

"That's what he planned to do with your mother last time."

I grasp onto my hair. "Then, we have to save Bell!!"

"But, I can't be certain that it is him."

"What are you talking about?"

"Last I could remember, Drocell was killed."

"Then, who's controlling these dolls?"

All of a sudden, a door on the opposite side of the room slams open, causing Grell and I to turn our attention there to understand what was going on. There were six, to what I presume, dolls, or girls (I couldn't understand what they actually were), standing in the doorway. Then, a ginger-haired man wearing a blue tailcoat emerges from the darkness and stands behind the protection of the young girls.

"Who is that?"

"I don't believe it."

"What, now?! What don't you believe?!"

Grell points towards the ginger. "That's Drocell Kienz!! He's suppose to be gone for good."

"Well, then he reanimated again."