• Grell Sutcliff gasped as a scythe pierced him in the chest causing him to fall to his knees and coughed up blood. Today hadn’t been the best of days for the red headed reaper. He had decided to do some of his overdue paperwork that William had ordered him to finish so he decided to finish it in the Reaper Library. It was in that time that he was accosted by another reaper. Of course Grell wouldn’t accept this and he punched the other reaper in the face. This one act caused a fight with the two using their death scythes but little did he know that the reaper had a friend. The reaper came from behind and attacked him which led to Grell being stabbed in the chest. He should have known better than to take on two experienced reapers but he had no choice and as he fell to the floor William had stepped in. of course William was furious with him and ended up finishing what Grell had started. Once William had finished Grell was laying there in a pool of blood unable to move. William walked over to Grell and placed his hand on his shoulder but the red headed reaper passed out.
    Out of the Blackness that held him captive a bright light appeared in Grell’s vision. Not knowing what it was the reapers curiosity got the better of him and he walked over to it. As he got closer to the light he recognized it as a door. He reached out for the door handle and but there was none so he pressed his hand against the wood and felt a strange pulse. The Reaper immediately jumped back in surprise and stood there confused for a few moments. It was as if the door itself had a heartbeat but that was impossible right? He then walked back over to the door and pressed his hand on it again, this time feeling the pulse quicken. The door had a strange connection to Grell but of course the red head had no clue why. He then pushed on the door lightly causing it to open and it revealed something that he had never thought was possible.
    As he entered the room he noticed that it was filled with the most attractive men he had ever seen in his life, which included Sebastian, Claude, undertaker and most importantly William. What really surprised him was how they were all dressed. Each and every single male was wearing nothing but boxers and their chiseled chests shone in the light almost blinding him. To make everything even better they were all sitting on the same bed each in a very sexy pose which caused Grell to swoon. He caught himself on the door frame and his eyes moved down to his own body and his jaw dropped. He was in a sexy bra and underwear but he actually had boobs. He was a woman! Grell grabbed his chest and gave it a small squeeze just to check if it was real and to his excitement it was. This was possibly the best day of his life! He then looked up and saw that each of the men stood before him holding their hands out their hands to Grell. Of course Grell took their hands almost immediately and followed them over to the large bed. they reached the bed and he found himself being lowered down so his back was touching the bed watching the men around him climb on next to him all except William. William stood off to the side with his suit on and a frown adorning his face. As he looked up at each of the men he noticed something was off and his eyes found Williams and he could see the disappointment and pain in his eyes. Grell pushed himself up in a sitting position and reached out to him but William walked away making his way to the other door and shut the door behind him. Grell didn’t waste any time as he jumped out of the bed and ran after William as fast as his legs could carry him. When he got to the door he quickly opened the door and shut it behind him.
    As he shut the door the Reaper turned around and his eyes widened. This room was different by far, in the middle of the room was a rather large pool in the center. Human corpses littered the bottom of the pool causing an ungodly smell to rise in the air. Grell held his hand over his nose and looked around. William was already half way to the other side of the room running over to another door so Grell sucked it up and jumped into the pool. As his feet hit the ground of the pool he heard a small splash and looked down. Below his feet was a crimson red liquid that seemed to be raising rapidly he immediately recognized it as blood but the question was whose blood was it. As Grell walked further in to the pool he started to recognize the corpses and a realization struck him, this pool was filled with every single victim he had ever faced and slaughtered. There were many from the whole jack the Ripper incident and even more from other killing sprees he had went on long before the ripper incident. He covered his mouth with one of his handkerchiefs in his pocket and held it up to his mouth trying not to vomit but as he took one more step he stepped into what looked to be a puddle of blood but it was much deeper. The whole pool was rapidly filling with blood and he had fallen into a pit. The blood that surrounded him was already higher than his head and he sunk to the bottom . As soon as he hit the bottom he pushed up off the ground and swam upwards but a hand grabbed his leg and pulled him down causing the Red headed Reaper to panic. Grell reached down as he held his breath and pried off the hand that had grabbed him and then he swam to the surface. Once his face exited the water he gasped for air and tried his best to keep afloat. He raised his hand to his eyes and wiped the blood that had covered him. The blood was soon cleared away and he was able to see once more and to his dismay he could see William already entering the next door closing it behind him. Grell swam towards the edge of the pool but as he got closer so did the corpses. “WILLIAM!” He cried out as loudly as he could as he lifted his hand in the air but it was no use William could not hear him and he was long gone. Two more hands grabbed a hold of Grell’s leg and pulled him down in the blood. Grell thrashed his arms in the blood trying his best to get free but now there was more and more corpses swimming towards him. Grell kicked the corpse that held onto him so desperately and swam back to the surface and avoided the other corpses that swam towards him. Once he reached the side of the pool he pulled himself up and opened the door and slammed it shut behind him.
    Once he locked the door he turned around and saw that he was in the Reaper Council room. He also noticed something about himself, instead of being covered in blood and being a woman he was his regular self and completely dry. As he walked into the Council room he was grabbed by two guards and handcuffed as they dragged him to the center of the room. “GET OFF ME! THIS ISNT HOW YOU TREAT A LADY! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!” He shouted as they kicked him to the ground making him land on his face. Grell let out a groan and then stood up straight facing the council before him. “Grell Sutcliff, you have been brought before the Council for numerous reasons. You have been found guilty for the following,” The man then brought up a piece of paper to his face and adjusted his glasses as he began to read the list off. “Killing innocent people under the alias of Jack the Ripper with the assistance of a human, disorderly conduct on numerous accounts, causing a fight between not one but two fellow reapers and killing them in the Reaper Library,” Grell stood up immediately and glared at the one who spoke and flipped his red hair in anger, but a guard kicked him in the back causing him to fall on the ground on his knees.
    “I killed no one and I most certainly didn’t start the fights…..ok I started the first fight but then the other reaper attacked me from behind. It wasn’t my fault!” he cried out as he struggled to sit up but the guard kicked him back down.
    “Sutcliff, your punishment for your insubordination and crimes is as followed. You are hereby stripped of your Reaper title and you are no longer allowed to have any form of contact with the Reaper world or any that reside in it, which includes your Partner William.” Grell’s eyes widened and flashed to the door to the side and saw William standing by it. He was looking at Grell with anger in his eyes and tension filled the room. Grell looked back to the council and shook his head vigorously.
    “No! I refuse to accept these terms! I….I LOVE WILLIAM! If you separate me from him it would kill me! Please I will do anything I swear!” Grell cried out as he hunched over as tears rolled down his cheeks. He and William had been in a relationship for the last two months while keeping it a secret from everyone. If people from the council found out about their secret relationship or even their feelings for each other they would have been forced to find another Partner which was not what Grell wanted. He knew he wasn’t supposed to say anything about the relationship or how he felt but he had too. He would do anything or say anything just to be able to stay by Williams’s side. This couldn’t happen to him, he knew he had to pay for his crimes but this was completely unfair.
    “The Council has already spoken, and your punishment shall be effective immediately we shall ignore your confession and act it never happened.” Grell tilted his head slightly so he could see the council once more and he glared at them and spat on the floor in front of them.
    “YOU BASTARDS!” He cried out as he looked over to where he had seen William but he had already run through the door. Grell knew he had to see him at least one last time before he was dragged away so he swept his foot underneath the guards that stood behind him causing them to fall to the ground. He then jumped up and ran for the door as fast as he could. Thankfully the door was still ajar so he slipped through and the door shut behind him.
    When he entered the new room his handcuffs fell to the floor and he rubbed his wrists. He noticed that this time there was no other door for William to escape to and the one he entered had disappeared as well leaving him trapped. As he looked into the room he saw William standing in the middle with Grell’s death scythe in hand. This made the red head feel anxious and nervous but he walked towards him anyway. “William darling, what are you doing with my Death Scythe?” he asked as he moved closer but William held up the chainsaw pointing it at Grell’s chest. Grell took one step back and held his hands in front of him with a nervous smile across his face. “William….what’s going on?” William continued to glare at him and refused to answer Grells question. Grell noticed this and did something he would regret and stepped forward. “William, talk to me my love? What’s wrong?” William lunged forward and thrust the chainsaw in Grells chest with his own death Scythe. He staggered back as he coughed up blood and cringed in pain as the chainsaw cut through his body.
    “You are what’s wrong. You are a disappointment to us reapers and you give us a bad name. I should have killed you long ago when I had the chance.” Tears streamed down the red headed Reapers face but he grabbed the sides of the chainsaw and pushed it as he stepped backwards removing the blade from his body. He then fell to the ground and held his hands over his chest trying to stay the bleeding.
    “i….i thought you loved me? What…..” Grell coughed once more causing more blood to pour from his mouth.
    “Love you? You honestly believe that I loved you? How could I possibly love a man?” William asked as he threw the chainsaw to the floor and knelt down grabbing Grell by the collar of his shirt then lifted him into the air. Grells eyes met with Williams and took his hands off of his chest and then placed them on Williams cheeks as he sobbed.
    “William…..please, I love you and only you. You are my Romeo, my knight in shining armor! I love……you more than anything in this life, please….” William rolled his eyes and threw him to the ground causing Grell to hit the wall knocking the wind out of him.
    “You are pathetic, I have no idea how I dealt with you for this long. You should be glad I tolerated your stupidity for as long as I have.” Grell pushed himself up from the ground but slipped on his own blood and fell back down.
    “William….please.” he pleaded as he reached out his hand but William only turned away and walked towards a door had just appeared and entered it shutting the door behind him.
    Grell was now all alone in the empty room and he laid on the ground and cried to himself. After a few minutes of sobbing doors suddenly appeared and surrounded him. Grell tilted his head in confusion but the door opened up and a pool of blood poured into the room with corpses swimming out making their way to him. All of the things he had feared the most poured out of the doors and made their way to him. Grell let out a small cry as he tried to push himself up as the creatures lunged for him. Almost out of nowhere a bright light engulfed the room and all of the creatures disappeared leaving him alone. Then another door appeared that looked almost identical to the door that started all of this. Grell picked himself up and staggered to the door. Placing his hand on the door knob he twisted it and pushed it open and he immediately woke up and shot up out of his hospital bed.
    Grell gasped for air as he shot up and felt tears rolling down his cheeks. A hand landed on his shoulder causing Grell to jump back and he looked up to see who the hand belonged too. William looked over at Grell with concern in his eyes but kept a straight face. “Good you’re awake.” Grell immediately grabbed William and pulled him into a hug but William intercepted it and pushed him off. “I understand you are in the hospital and injured but that is no excuse for inappropriate behavior, besides you will further aggravate your injuries if you proceed to act like that.” Grell sat back down reluctantly and placed a hand on his chest noticing the nurse in the room. He had bandages surrounding his chest and once he touched it he winced in pain. Grell opened his mouth to speak but as he did William shoved an apple slice in his mouth. “Don’t speak, I am in no mood to hear your shrill voice. You need to eat so you can regain your energy. I need my Partner back in action so I don’t have to pick up her slack.” Grell chewed the apple in his mouth and smiled. William was being so kind, even if it seemed like he was being rude he knew him better than that. He even called him woman which was something he wouldn’t have done if they weren’t on good terms. Grell let out a sigh and laid down on his back as he looked up at the ceiling keeping his mouth shut like he was ordered too.
    “Mr. Sutcliff if you don’t require anything else I shall leave you with your friend. If you need anything just ring the bell.” The nurse bowed to them and then left the room shutting it behind her leaving the two of them alone. William then stood up from his chair and then leaned over Grell and looked down at him. Grell looked up at him startled but before he could say anything William had closed the distance between the two and pressed his lips against the red head’s. Grells eyes widened but then closed savoring the small kiss. He hadn’t expected this to happen but it did and he loved it. After a while William reluctantly pulled back and narrowed his eyes at Grell.
    “Don’t you ever do that again, because of your insolence I now have to work overtime and I have to take care of your mess.” His eyes left Grells for a brief moment and he let out a sigh. Grell let a smile curl up his lips as he grabbed the edges of Williams shirt and pulled him down causing their lips to crash together once more. Grell then shoved his tongue in the Reapers mouth and let his tongue explore him letting his tongue brush up against Williams. William immediately responded to the kiss and moved his tongue in motion with Grells as he moved closer to him. Grell had placed his hand on Williams chest as their tongue war ensued, and shoved his hand up the reapers shirt and tried to sit up so he could be closer to him but Grell gasped and pulled away from the kiss and winced as a wave of pain shot up his side. William immediately pulled away as he panted looking over at Grell with concern. Grell laid back down slowly with the help of William and closed his eyes for a few seconds.
    “This might seem rather rude and random but why were you crying earlier?” William asked as he sat back down in his chair placing his hand over Grells protectively. The red head averted his eyes and looked back at the ceiling making sure not to make eye contact with William.
    “it was just a nightmare.” Grell had never once hesitated to tell William about a dream because most of them dealt with him and a wedding or other romantic dreams the red head had so William automatically knew something was up.
    “Im not an idiot Sutcliff and I would appreciate if you didn’t treat me like one. Don’t you think I know when your upset?” William said as he let go of Grells hand and held his hands in his lap. Grell looked back down at William and took a deep breath.
    “i….. I had a dream that you were angry with me. I tried to follow you but you were to fast. Then I found myself in the council room and they told me that I was stripped of my title as being a reaper and I was never allowed to see you or anyone ever again. Then you ran off and I followed you but you had my scythe. I tried talking to you but you stabbed me and yelled at me. You told me you never loved me and said many cruel things, it broke my heart.” Grell didn’t want to go into detail about his night mare not wanting to rethink about the horrible things so he told him what really affected him. William stood back up and grabbed Grells hand and held it to his chest.
    “Sut…..Grell. I would never say those things to you. You know how I feel about you and you. I don’t care to express my feelings in public but I never once told you those hurtful things.” Grell nodded and lowered his eyes but William grabbed his chin and tilted it up slightly. “what would you have me do so that you will know just how deeply I feel for you?” Grell looked up into the reapers eyes and made a serious face.
    “Tell me.” William nodded and sat down on the side of Grells hospital bed as he placed on hand on the other side of the bed keeping himself up.
    “I love you Grell.” William said as he leaned back down and pressed his lips firmly against Grells. Grell smiled into the kiss and placed his hand on the reapers cheek as he pressed his lips harder against Williams.