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This is a story about the third proper butler hired for Phantomhive Mansion named Lucas.
Expect lots of mystery as Lucas uncovers the mysterious doings and goings of Sebastian and their Young Earl in underground crime n...
A few hours go by. As the night draws on, Lucas wakes up again. He finds multiple bandages around his body and his shirt and vest have been set aside as he sits up to view the room. He sees the doctor sitting against the wall with a pipe in his mouth, reading a newspaper. Lucas slowly steps off the table and looks at the doctor.
"What's going on?" Lucas asks as the doctor folds his newspaper and looks at him. The man slowly lays the paper down and takes a puff from his pipe before slipping a hand on his belt.
"Well your little red haired friend dragged you in here and I fixed you up" he said as Lucas slipped his blood stained shirt and vest back on.
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The pocket watch still lodged in the vest pocket. He pulled it out and checked the time to see the watch had cracked. The insides had dirt in it and seemed a bit foggy but it still worked. He slid it back into the pocket and lined his belt back around his waist.
He emptied his revolvers cylinder, pulling the barrel of his Schofield down and dropping the cases into his hand before loading in six new bullets. He holstered his gun, grabbed his gloves, and went for the door.
"Upupup- Just a second now, I don't work for free" The doctor stated as he walked up behind him. Lucas only had a little bit of money on him, everything else was gone now. He slipped the few pieces of crumpled up dollars and coins he had and handed it to the man. A whopping $12.76, he handed the man the money. To which the doctor shrugged and walked out of the room with Lucas. He clicked open the register and slipped the money into the correct drawers as Lucas walked the door.
Outside stood Maguire brushing the horse, the sky was dark as thunder cracked in the distance. Lucas walked up to him as he turned his head to Lucas.
"So, what are we gonna do?" Lucas asked as Maguire fixed his flat cap and turned to him fully.
"I don' know"
"Can we go back to the ranch?"
"I don' know"
"Did anyone else get out?"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
Maguire yelled as he curled his fists up in front of his chest.
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCKS GONNA HAPPEN! I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING OR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO!"
He yelled more as Lucas stood there without words to say for a moment.
"Look dey're all dead as far as we're concerned, I saw the manor in flames. We gotta book it somewhere else" Maguire says as he slides his flat cap off and wipes his forehead. Lucas states at the ground, he looks around at the town, the ships at the docks loading and unloading as workers walk around.
"We could get on a boat?" Lucas suggests
"Those are all going out to Europe" Maguire states as he leans an arm against the hitching post
"Sounds like a better plan than staying here, I mean we can't go south or straight west. They're bound to be looking out for us there" Lucas says
"We can just go up north and then head west, maybe even cross the border to Canada" Maguire counters
"It's almost winter, you wanna go north during winter?" Lucas asks
"Well it's a better fucking idea then going to another continent halfway across the world with nothing!" Maguire shouts as he stands up
"All we need is some money and then we can sail out there, go to the exchange office and settle down out there" Lucas explains calmly
"I don't wanna go out at sea and head to Europe" Maguire vents as he strips off his fingerless riflemens gloves.
"Why not? Didn't you come from Europe?" Lucas asks
"Yeah me da and me ma came here with me as a baby, but I was a baby, all I know is America. But I guess it's our best option. How are we gonna get money then?" Maguire asks
Lucas then unhitched the horse and pulls the reins back as he lead the horse
"Let's go see if someone will buy this horse"
He says as he leads it down the dirt path towards the docks. They step onto the concrete and stone roads as they approach one of the docked ships being loaded. Lucas approaches a man standing at a small house near the port overseeing the loading.
"Excuse me sir, where are these ships going" Lucas asks as the man turns around and responds. He has a pair of glasses on, and a grey beard down to his throat.
"Why do you wanna know?" He asks as Lucas replies
"We're looking to get shipped over to Europe" Yh man looks at Lucas and says
"Well, there's no passenger ships going out tonight. Next one comes at the end of the month"
"Sir, with all due respect we don't have that sort of time. Is there any way we can get onto one of those ships leaving tonight? We'll work if needed, if there's anyone thats been asking to switch out or needs a break, we'd happily take their place" Lucas begs as he offers to take the place of a worker
"As a matter of fact I do, so fine, I can cut out one guy for your places, but I can only pay you two his single rate. Understand? It's going out to London" The man says as Lucas gladly accepts
"Of course, and also, we have this horse we'd like to sell, ideally. We can't take it with us of course"
The man stares at Maguire standing below and looks back at Lucas.
"Why do you two need to leave again?" The man asks with a raised brow
"We have some bad men after us" Lucas answered
"And, why exactly are they after you?" The man questioned reasonably
"Well, we worked for a man they did not like and recently killed him and are now after us" Lucas answered again
"Welp, sounds nice, anyway the man's down there by those shipping crates in the blue suspenders. Tell him to come see me, and here's $30 for the horse" the man says as he hands Lucas a couple bills. Lucas accepts and walks back down the steps, he hitches the horse and walks with Maguire down to the docks
"Well? What's our plan? Did you sell the horse?" Maguire questions as they approach the man together
"I got us thirty dollars for the horse, we're gonna take this guy's place on the ship, take his cut, and then they'll drop us off in England" Lucas says before he promptly pats the man's shoulder and points him up the man on the balcony
"We're taking your place, get your things and go" And go the man did. Maquire walked off to talk to somebody nearby, Lucas looked up at the now dark night sky and noticed dark clouds above. Suddenly with a CRACK of the air and a beam of light. He saw as the lightning illuminated the night sky, painting a faint picture of a face in the sky and the voice of a god in the thunder. He looked around as water started dripping down on them.
"Looks like no one's setting sail tonight" He said to himself before grabbing a rain poncho and putting it on. The man on the balcony rang a cow bell and yelled
"Alright alright, go on home boys, we'll see if the weather will bless us tomorrow!" As he said, Maguire came back to Lucas with his hands in his pockets, clenching his trenchcoat shut.
"Alright, well, where're we staying for the night?" Maguire asks
