Quest for the Lost--Sebastian's Daughter Sequel (A Black Butler Fanfic) COMPLETE

Chapter 23

Third Person POV:

"Selena was right, Sebastian," Maria said. "If we put this off any longer, she won't live to see her mother."

"I'm aware, Maria," Sebastian said, starting to get annoyed.

Alex was standing nearby. He walked over to Sebastian and Maria. "I think it would be best if we did this now, while she's sleeping. She might fight or try to convince us not to go if she wakes up."

Sebastian thought for a moment, then said, "You're probably correct on that. We should go while she's resting. Finny can stay and protect her."

"And I'll help keep tabs on her," Alex said. "I can feel her energy probably better than you can, no offense," he directed toward Sebastian. "If her energy suddenly starts to fade, I'll break out and leave. That will let you know that something has happened, and that we need to get back quick."

"You have this all planned out, don't you?" Maria asked.

Alex simply smiled. "I've done things like this before. I know what I'm doing."

"Let's hope so," Maria said under her breath, but they all heard it.

Alex walked over to Finny, who had switched from tending the fire to adjusting Selena's blanket. Alex whispered the plan in Finny's ear, and what his job was. Finny nodded, wished them luck, and then they all went on their way.

***

Finny sat where he was as they left, tending to the fire and making sure Selena was comfortable. He silently wished he could do more to help her, because she was just getting sicker every moment.

It was still snowing, and the white flakes landed on Selena's pitch black hair. Finny thought it was beautiful, but then again, he thought everything about Selena was beautiful. Again, she looked peaceful while asleep, as if she could escape all her problems and have fun in her dreams.

Maria was going to have to clean Selena's wings when she got back. The once white bandages were now mostly red from blood, and Finny knew that couldn't be good. If she was still bleeding, she would die of blood loss before she ever got to see her mother in the flesh.

Finny moved some of Selena's hair out of her face, then returned to tending the fire.

***

Sebastian, Alex and Maria had finally made their way to Christopher's lab. As Selena had said, it appeared that there was less security, but that didn't mean there was.

"Ready?" Sebastian asked Alex.

Alex nodded. "If anything happens, I'll fly into straight back to camp. That's the signal that something happened to her."

Sebastian and Maria nodded, and then Alex ran around to the side of the lab.

He saw an open window and went for it. He climbed inside, and to his surprise, the room was empty. He looked out into the hall. Empty.

He ran around the building and looked in all the rooms. Empty, empty, empty. Every room was empty. He was so confused. He raced back to the room he had entered in through the window, and jumped out, running back to Sebastian and Maria.

"The whole place is empty," he told them.

"But Christopher always had someone watching the place," Maria said.

Sebastian was serious. "Check on Selena."

Alex searched for Selena's energy, it was weaker, and not in the same location as before.

"She's being moved, but I can't tell if its Finny moving her or someone else."

"I doubt it's Finny," Sebastian said, trying to decide what to do. "Alex, you go back and see what's happening. I'll stay here in case they are bringing her this way."

Alex nodded, then took to the sky.

"What about me?" Maria asked.

"Stay right here. I'm going inside to find Angelica." And with that, Sebastian ran up to the lab and made his way inside.

***

Selena's POV:

I awoke to Finny nudging me. His face seemed urgent, and he kept looking behind him. He forced me to my feet, grabbed my hand, and pulled me along at a run.

"F- Finny, I can't..." I tried, but I was already breathing heavily and coughing.

Finny kept running, practically pulling me the whole way. I tripped over something and fell to the ground, scraping my arm that Finny wasn't holding.

He was forced to a stop, and looked over at me. I felt fresh blood on my wings, seeping through the bandages. My arm was now bleeding, I was weak and tired, and I thought he had pulled a muscle in my arm that he was dragging me by.

He looked sympathetic and shocked, like he had just realized what he'd been doing. I had just realized I was still clutching the blanket in my hand for dear life.

He looked behind me, and I followed his gaze to see masses of scientists holding guns and torches. Nice to see that society has grown out of chasing us with pitchforks.

Finny picked me up, and I dropped the blanket. I folded my wings as much as I could, which happened to be about halfway. I'd expected a lot less than that. Finny ran as fast as he could with me in his arms. I looked over his shoulder, and saw the scientists gaining on us. I quickly looked away and closed my eyes; I couldn't do anything to help.

I felt Finny take a sharp turn left, and start running downhill. The town was downhill. Why was he going that way?

Suddenly Finny came to a halt and put me down. I opened my eyes. We were at the edge of the woods. I looked back into the darkness and saw multiple bodies lying on the ground. I clutched Finny's hand, and watched in front of us carefully.

Then someone grabbed me from behind, pulling me away from Finny. He turned quickly to see me being pulled out of the woods.

I fought against the person pulling me, and heard Finny scream Alex's name.

The last thing I saw was Alex rushing after us before something hit me, knocking me unconscious.