Grell's Diary - January 29th

January 29th 1881</u>



I do believe that the last few hours may have been some of the most hectic ones of my life. It began with a call from Undertaker. I was at home, getting ready for bed while pondering about what to do about meeting Loretta's brother.  I'd also found a note from William posted in my door saying that he was moving closer to me and that I should come over sometime and also asking if I had found the roses he left me (I didn't see any, I guess I must have been too busy...)

Anyway, just as I was about to get undressed, my phone rang and assuming that it was Loretta, I hurried to pick it up, only to hear Undertaker's rather frantic voice on the end of the receiver. He hurriedly told me that William was in some sort of  danger and that Ronald had been rather badly injured so I told him that I would be there right away and rushed out of my house into the frightfully cold evening.

I arrived almost instantly after replacing the phone receiver and Ronald began to explain the situation to me as he practically dragged me an Undertaker along behind him. Already I was feeling worried, and this was without even knowing the full extent of what happened. It seemed that Ronald and William had been ambushed whilst investigating a rather curious case about missing souls, and while Ronald has escaped, he claimed that William had been dragged off by a strange 'female demon.' My mind flashed back to the time in the coffee shop when William had been acting rather odd around the waitress, and back to the time he had said he thought he killed someone. I came to the rather uninformed conclusion that this woman must have had something to do with the events.

As we moved stealthily along the dark corridors of this strange building that Ronald has lead us to, we found ourselves confronted with that pitiful demon Sebastian and his insolent brat of a master 'seal' something...or maybe it was Ciel...

Anyhow, while I ordinarily would have draped myself over the demon in an elaborate show of 'affection' on this occasion, I could not give a damn about his smug smile or cold eyes, and although we had a brief fight, Ronald eventually said that we had more important matters to attend to, and we left the two fools standing there in what could be described as disbelief.

Getting closer, I could hear the agonised screams of William as someone – or something – proceeded to harm him in what was clearly an extreme manner, as it took a lot to make a Shinigami scream. I could feel my blood begin to boil as I readied my chainsaw for combat, ready to forgive William's strange behaviour over the last few days and preparing to kill whatever it was that was hurting my weakened, afraid superior.

Despite Undertaker's laugh if apparent amusement,  I proceeded to obliterate the object that stood between us and the now sobbing William  and as I watched the wall crumble, I prepared myself for whatever lay behind it.

What I found was William, tied up and bloodied, a strange figure covering him from full view. She turned upon our entry, only to find my scythe ripping through her chest moments later, pinning her against the wall as Ronald and Undertaker proceeded to untie William. I foolishly turned to go to his aid and by the time I had turned back, the woman was gone.

Undertaker proceeded to half support, half carry William across his shoulder as Ronald explained to me the strange glowing orbs that supposedly held the souls of the dead. I took of my coat and gathered as many as I could within the crimson fabric, before the four of us made a hasty retreat out of the building. As we stumbled through the night, Undertaker quickly said that he would handle everything (as usual) and the three of them went back to his shop, leaving me to deal with the orbs.  By now I was so worn out, that I returned home, promising myself that I would deliver them to the Shinigami headquarters tomorrow.

It has been a very long day and I just wish to sleep for now. Dear diary, I shall report to you once more when I am in a more able state. Goodnight.