~The Maiden in Red~{Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji II}(Red Hood Diaries 2/3)

Ch. 5 ~His Maiden, on the Terrorized Express~

The train at the station whistled as Ciel and the others were there. The servants were told by Sebastian that their young master and Mystery were going on a trip by train and Sebastian would be going with them. Truth was, they weren't going on a trip, they were doing another case. The workmen loaded the baggages into the luggage car and the servants were wishing them well on their trip. "Good-bye, young master. I hope you have a nice trip, yes!" Mey-Rin said. "Right," Ciel said dully. "See that you behave yourselves while we're away." Sebastian said to them. "Oh, a train sounds marvelous! I want to try it sometime!" Finny said while dancing and spinning around. "Finny! Quit running about like that!" Bard exclaimed.

 Finny continued spinning around while laughing but he bumped into a large cargo box that two workers were carrying into the luggage car. Finny fell as well as the the large box and one of the worker's hands was stuck under the heavy box. The man grunted in pain and Finny panicked. "I'm so sorry!" "Are you alight?" Mey-Rin asked. They went to help out with the box but were stopped by a man. "Don't touch that!" The servants were startled and looked at the man. "That's a valuable scholarly resource! Do you have any idea how much it's worth?!" The three looked inside and there was an egyptian coffin with a mummy showing. The three servants shrieked at the mummy. 

 "A mummy?" Ciel asked. "I believe there's been somewhat of an Egyptian antiquities boom amongst the moneyed classes recently. A mummy would be a valuable collector's item." Sebastian said as a priest came by and blessed over the coffin for disturbing the mummy's rest. The man then ordered the two workers to pick the coffin up and pack it along with the rest of the luggage. Ciel kept close attention on the worker's injured hand. The servants waved good bye to Sebastian, Ciel, and Mystery as they boarded the train. The train whistled loudly as it was almost time for it to depart.

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 The train whistled as it traveled across the tracks through the country side. Sebastian was serving Ciel tea, Ciel was boredly looking out the window and Mystery was reading a book. "Would you like your tea, Boc-chan?" Sebastian asked but Ciel said nothing still looking out the window. Mystery snuck a look at Ciel but still acted she was still reading. "Boc-chan, we're meant to seem as if we're on a holiday. The criminal will spot us like this. Please try to look a bit pleasanter." Sebastian said making his closed eyes smile. "I know, I know" Ciel said. "Are you really that preoccupied with the Trancys, my Lord?" Sebastian asked. "No. I am curious, but for the moment that's all. Right now the Queen's orders take priority" Ciel said then looked out of the compartment window and saw a man holding a loaded bag and he looked very worried.

 "That's Lord Ackroyd, then? And the boy kidnapped was his only son." Ciel stated watching the man. "Yes, if the police find out the hostage will be killed. He instructed to bring the ransom aboard this train." Sebastian says. "And the ransom is 5,000 pounds..." Ciel trailed off. "The kidnapper must be somewhere on this train. We'll find him, capture him and safely rescue the hostage. That's the only way to dispel Her Majesty's distress." Ciel said. "Very well, my Lord" Sebastian said and Mystery nodded in agreement.

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 Sebastian opened the door for Ciel and Mystery as they went in where other passengers were present. Ciel wanted to see every person that would be suspicious and Mystery was helping along side of him. Sebastian closed the door behind them. "It's the finding of the century! Because what yours truly discovered was the pharaoh Smenkhkare, hidden in the Valley of Kings!" The man laughed and bragged of discovering the mummy in the coffin that was now on the train itself. "It's rather annoying to brag about robbing a grave," Ciel said. "I met him once during his lifetime," Sebastian said, "He was an affable man of great virtue. Still... Even taking the desiccation into account, his face really seems quite different." "So it's a fake? Do you mean that archaeologist is the kidnapper?" Ciel whispered. "I couldn't say, my Lord." Sebastian replied.