The Game of Death (Part 1 in A Life Of Hell series)

Chapter 14

CIEL'S POINT OF VIEW:

I woke up the next morning preparing myself for the next trial. Then I remembered that it was the final one and it may be the death of me because it will be the hardest out of all of them. Ugh. I remembered what he said last night too. He said, "Sleep well, for tonight may be your last goodnight sleep... possibly even... forever."

I shuddered at the thought of what he could have possibly meant. I walked into the next room and sat down in the chair and waited. As soon as I sat down shackles sprouted and tied my ankles and wrists to the chair. The Viscount Lord Druid came out and stuck me with a bunch of needles. Some were connected to one machine. Others were connected to another.

The gray machine was a lie detector and the other was a black machine. I didn't quite know what that was or what it was for. I didn't know what anything here was for. I looked around and my eyes widened when I saw that he was holding a bat. He swung the bat above my head and I passed out.

When I came to Sebastian was lying unconscious in the chair in front of me. "Sebastian!" I whisper yelled. It took him a couple of minutes but when he woke up he looked genuinely surprised. "What's going on here?" he asked. "I have no idea." I answered. "This is your final trial." The Viscount said. "How do we play and what are the rules?" Sebastian asked. "This game is called Love Me Or Love Me Not. No Lying, stealing, cheating, or help allowed." he said. "Anything else we should know?" I asked. "Yeah." he said.

"Tell the truth... and you leave and fight to survive. But if you lie... you both will most definitely die." he cackled. "Great this is going to be a really fun game as far as I can tell." I mumbled under my breath. "I will ask you both questions. If you answer truthfully you both survive... this task at least. If either of you lie... you'll both be shocked by this machine and will die." he said.

"Let's just get it over with." Sebastian mumbled. "Okay... question number one. Ciel... how do you feel about Sebastian being around you all the time?" he asked. "I don't really mind. After my parents died I thought that I would always be alone, aside from Lizzy of course, but I never really loved her the same way she did me. When Sebastian came along it felt different. I could be myself around him and I didn't feel so lonely anymore." I said.

"Okay. Sebastian... your turn. Do you like having Ciel around all the time and why?" he asked. "I do. I felt like I would never have someone who could make me smile after my parents died and my brother left. The day he left it broke my heart. I had no family left. Then five hundred years later I run into him again and he pretends like he doesn't even know me. Then tries to take Ciel away from me for his pervert of a master. The point is... after he left I felt scared and alone and didn't think that I would ever be happy again. But even as a servant who constantly worked... I had found my happy place at the manor with Ciel and all of the other servants." he said.

What did he mean by... Then he tries to take Ciel away from me for his pervert of a master? Did he mean Claude? "Ciel... do you care for anyone else in the way that you care for Sebastian?" he asked. "No. I don't. Elizabeth is loved like a friend or a distant sister. The servants are also like distant family but Sebastian... he reminds me so much of my father it's hard not to think of him as my father." I said. It wasn't exactly a lie. He did remind me of my father and it was hard not to think of him that way. So I didn't. I just didn't say what I thought of him as.

"Sebastian... Have you ever felt like this before in all of your years of being a demon?" he asked. "No... I haven't. Ever since I became a demon I felt alone and I usually ran away from emotions or I buried them deep down but I just couldn't here. Everyone at the Phantomhive manor is so cheery all of the time. It's kind of hard not to smile while being there. It has been an honor to serve in such an amazing household." Sebastian answered.

The Viscount looked pissed. I could tell it was because both Sebastian and I were cleverly avoiding the questions without triggering the lie detector. Everything that either of us said was the truth... it just wasn't the truth that the Viscount wanted to hear.

Then a girl walked in and told the Viscount about something. I could tell he was thinking about what he was going to say next. Then he wrote something down on a sheet of paper and handed it to her. "Do you know what she asked him? "I asked Sebastian. We had this mental link in our minds. We could literally communicate without physically talking to each other. It just drained us both and we only used it for emergencies.

I never thought that I would end up using it because it hurt so much but this... this definitely counted as an emergency. "No... I can't use my demonic hearing in this maze. It seems that everything that makes me a demon, was taken away when we entered the maze. " He answered. "Are you going to be okay?" I asked. He nodded telling me that we needed to stop talking like this before the Viscount notices. I didn't want to... even if it hurt like hell in the end.

"Okay Ciel. What do you like about Sebastian?" he asked. "I love how he is protective of me even when I say I don't need it. He is kind and caring and loves to just hang out and talk." I said. "Sebastian..." he started. "Ciel is laid-back. He never demands and is polite. He also cares a lot more than he lets on and is one of the sweetest people I have ever met." he answered. I blushed.

"That's not what I was going to ask you. Do love Ciel?" he asked. Sebastian pondered what to say. "Do you love him like you would love a husband I mean?" he said. Sebastian pondered even longer. He then opened his mouth to speak. I prepared myself for what was to come.

I looked away with tears in my eyes. I couldn't believe I got so upset over losing someone who would one day leave me because I would die. A couple seconds later the shackles around my ankles and wrists were released and the Viscount came over to take the needles out of my body.

"What did you say? And how?" I asked through our mind link. "I told him what I really thought. And I mouthed the words to him." He answered. "What did you say?" I asked. "The truth... now we should stop talking through this before..." He started. I clutched my head in pain. I hate that the link hurts me like this. Sebastian was sitting opposite of me clutching his head as well.

"Are you guys okay?" The Viscount asked. "Yeah.... just... major... headache." Sebastian said through the pain. "You two should probably get some sleep. It will be the last for the next two nights." he said. Me and Sebastian got up. My head was still exploding with pain but I had to help Sebastian.

He never felt anything like this before because he was a demon. "Do you go through this every time we use this link?" he asked. I nodded. "We shouldn't do it anymore." he said. "Why?" I asked. "Number one... because this pain is unbearable and I have no idea how you can possibly stand it." he said.

"I can't." I replied. "You are right now." he said. "I'm only barley holding on... my head hurts so bad I feel like it's going to explode, but the reason that I'm keeping it together is for you. This is your first time feeling this." I said. "Wow really?" he asked. "Yes. No what's reason number two for not doing it?" I asked.

"You don't wanna know." he said. "I do now." I said. "If your head goes through enough of these huge headaches you could die... and I don't want that." he said. My face paled to the shade of paper. I could die. I layed Sebastian down in his bed and waited for his headache to subside. "That was hell. How do you go through that?" he asked. "I learn to deal with it because I get to talk to you without being overheard." I said.

"Yeah... well. Not anymore." he said. "But..." I started. "No more. Promise me..." he said. "Fine. No more." I said. He didn't let go of my arm and was staring at me waiting for me to say something else. "I promise." I added. "Good." he said. He let go of my arm and crawled into my own bed. I waited for my headache to subside.

I lay there and thought about earliers events. I almost cried. I thought he was going to reject me and therefore I almost cried over it. Even if he did say he loved me. I would eventually die and he would move on to find some other male or woman and soon forget all about me. So why was I about to cry when I thought that he would deny his love for me? Why can't I deny that I love him?

Why am I thinking like this and why does he make me actually feel loved? He is the only one who can do that. I love you Sebastian. And I fell asleep with that thought and that thought only in my mind.