Undoing the spider's web

Chapter 2

'This might be a brash move but it's needed...' He thought to himself as he made his way through the streets of London, wandering for some time until he stood before a hospital.

He stuck out his tongue for a moment before closing his mouth and entering, the information he had found out hadn't given him the time to think properly about the consequences of what he was about to do, the physical pain he was probably going to suffer but he would much rather go through that then see someone he once allowed to spoil him, someone he allowed himself to fall in love with, attempt and most likely succeed to murder him.

He walked through the doors and spoke to a man who seemed to be the one giving appointments at the moment, giving the man a soft smile before a chill ran down his spine, he needed to hurry.

"Hello, I would like to make an appointment for a surgery immediately, the surgery will be performed on myself so please hurry up and get a doctor." Alois said, gaining a strange look from the other male before he got an actual response.

"I'm sorry but I believe I can't do that, I mean you're too young to have surgery done on y-." Alois responded by placing a nice amount of money on the desk, causing the man to silence himself.

"Now get me a doctor will you?" Alois said in a rather harsh voice, the man nodded and grabbed the bag, opening a door to lead the young boy to a doctor that hopefully was unoccupied at the moment.

"By the way, what kind of surgery does someone such as yourself wish to have?" The older male asked as politely as he could.

"Well it isn't really your business but I'll tell you." A small, almost sick smile appeared on the young boy's face. "I need my tongue cut off, amputated, gone. After that I might make my way to the docks and move to a different city." He said, gaining a terrified look from the older male. "Oh look! I'm pretty sure that person will be of much more help! Thank you though!"

The older male and the doctor began speaking to each other and the man explained Alois's situation, a shocked look appeared on the doctor's face until mentions of the amount of money the young earl was paying came into play, the doctor nodded and the boy was called over to a room. The doctor explained that the surgery was about to start, pulling out his tools he took a syringe and filled it with anesthetics. "Now, this will only hurt a bit..."
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Claude had returned to the manor, and to say he was angry would be an understatement.

It was strange that when he had returned that his master hadn't been at the door to greet him, at first he assumed that the earl was just playing a game of hide and seek with him, but what was unusual was the fact that he heard no giggling, screaming or basically any sound that would give away his location so he soon began looking for the boy, he wasn't in his usual hiding places. It wasn't until the butler returned to his room that everything clicked. Seeing broken lock on his drawer, the papers thrown around his room and the shoe mark on his drawer it was clear that Alois had found out his little plan, what had surprised the butler the most was the fact that his master hadn't confronted him about this matter, that he hadn't come crying to him, begging for his life like Claude might have thought he would, but that didn't matter now, what mattered was that he had to find the young boy. Leaving Hannah in charge of the manor Claude made his way to the city as well, dead set on finding the young blonde, although he's have to start his plan early...
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The surgery was a success, the organ has been removed from the young boy's body, this was one of the best jobs the doctor had done and it was paying him nicely. Alois was now asleep in an empty hospital bed, the hospital had decided to keep him until he had recovered from the effects of the anesthetics seeing as they had little room left at the hospital and the wound was cleaned up too nicely to worry about. Yet the doctor couldn't help but wonder why he wanted a perfectly healthy organ removed and what he was going to do afterwards.

The young blonde in question was still fast asleep on the bed, yet in his mind he was wide awake, walking through the main hallway of what seemed to be his manor yet at the same time something was off. 'How did I get here? Did... Did Claude find me..? ...Am I going to.. Die..?' He questioned himself being rather clueless of what was happening until he gains sight of... Luka? Alois hesitates for a moment before realizing that it was him, it was his little brother, with tears of joy he began running down his face as he ran towards his little brother's outstretched hand. Upon reaching it the duo shared a hug, after a few moments they separated from each other and as soon as they parted Lucas began to speak.

"Your highness, I must ask of you something, I really need you to do this... " Luka gained a rather sad look on his face, causing the young earl to frown but still giving a nod in response. "In a moment, no matter how much it hurts to leave me... I need you to wake up..." Alois's eyes widened in worry as the image of his little brother started to fade. "Please your highness... Wake up... " the young boy said. "I'll always be with you... You just have to wake up..." As soon as the brunette said those last words his image was completely gone, causing the young earl to wake up screaming for his younger sibling, yet all that came out were incoherent sounds, his memories came flooding back, he knew that he needed to get out of here as quick as possible. 'I can't be dwelling on my dreams right now, as much as I would like to I can't let Luka's warning be in vain!' After all his butler could very well be right outside his window meaning that it would be best to leave through the emergency exit, quickly he began making his way down the stairs, slipping from time to time but going as fast as his body could go in this state. Not a second after he left the door did the young earl hear the rich voice of his former butler coming from inside, asking the worker if the young earl had come in, the boy watched as the duo began making their way to the room where Alois was sleeping, had he not listened to Luca and woken up he would be at the mercy of his servant now.

This thought caused Alois to get a deep feeling of fear in his gut as he made his way towards the pier.
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The butler had followed the young man up to a room on the second floor as the man explained what had happened with the earl, how he had came in and offered them a great amount of money if they cut off his tongue. "I see, please forgive my master, he's not... Well... He tends to make decisions without thinking them through properly.""O-Oh alright... Please forgive us for having accepted to listen to such a big request from a child... He should be right in here." The young man opened the door only to find the room empty. "B-But he was here a few minutes ago! I'm sorry sir he must have left through the fire escape, the boy did mention something about going to the docks and leaving town, maybe we should inform the-!" "Useless." The man was met with three knives to his torso, neck and forehead, killing him instantly. "That information was all I needed from you, the rest was just useless..." Claude said as he made his way out of the room, not caring that he just murdered a man. 'So you're heading to the docks your highness? What can such a small person like you do in this big bad world? Why... Wouldn't it be time to take you home...?' The look on Claude's face darkened as he began making his way to the pier.