The first hour on the train was awkward for the young woman. Kanda kept sharpening his sword, which she had somehow over looked when meeting him, Lenalee was reading some papers, and Lavi had passed out in the first ten minutes. She had not thought to bring anything for her to do so, she ended just mindlessly fidgeting in her spot. Lenalee noticed and lowered her papers.

"I'm sorry Ms. Whitefield. We're not being very interesting company."

"No, no, it's alright," Alice hurried. "You all must be very… er… busy and you weren't expecting someone like me to end up riding with you."

"Not at all. It's nice to see a new face." Lenalee smiled and Alice returned it with a small one of her own. "Say, do you mind me asking where you're heading?" She fidgeted again.

"Well… um…" Suddenly, saying the name of where she was going sounded utterly ridiculous. After all, she still wasn't sure that this place existed and these people looked too intelligent to believe her fifteen year old lies. "Well… I'm heading to a place called… The Black Order…" Lenalee's smile faded and Kanda stopped sharpening his sword.

Instead he turned it on her. "What's your business with the Black Order," he growled. Alice raised her hands defensively.

"I… I…" She shook. She had never looked into someone's eyes and seen so much hatred there in one look. She saw it now in Kanda's. Lenalee reached up and pushed the sword out of her face.

"Easy Kanda. If you intimidate her too much, we won't be able to get a straight answer out of her." Alice breathed a little better. Kanda humphed but sheathed his sword. "Alice," Lenalee asked, "Can you tell us why you're going to the Black Order." She fidgeted, blushed, and reached into a pocket hidden in her dress. Kanda tensed and she froze. "I doubt she's going to pull a weapon on us Kanda. She's out numbered." That didn't help but Alice still pulled out the envelope.

"I'm supposed to give this letter to a man named Komui." Lenalee took it and started opening it. Alice jumped.

"It's alright," Lenalee assured the young girl. "Komui is my older brother. He'll listen to anything I tell him."

"Then that means…"

"Yep. All of us are members of the Black Order."