"Uhm… Alois?" called Elizabeth as she walked beside the blonde menace.

"Yes?"

"Don't I kind of… stand out?"

Elizabeth had found herself in yet another strange world, as she and the Macken strolled along the interior of a shopping mall. It was here that the blonde had taken the woman to acquire a mobile phone, and it was almost as overwhelming as the H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. headquarters, only this time, she felt even tenser at the fact that she stood out like a sore thumb in the outfit that she was wearing. She was still wearing a combat uniform, and it wasn't exactly inconspicuous. Alois simply shrugged.

"A bit." He casually answered, not sounding at all concerned. "You don't have any other clothes, either, do you?"

"I'm… I'm afraid not…" the woman stated, a blush on her cheeks as she forced herself to walk. It was embarrassing to be out like this, and frustrating to not have even basic necessities.

"Then we should probably get you some, while we're at it." Alois pondered aloud.

"H-huh?! Are you sure that's alright? I mean… Just by looking at the prices on the stores that we've passed..."

"Inflation has caused the price of things to go up as the value of the pound goes down. Don't worry about it. It's no trouble."

Grinning, the angel looked to the menace with a coy expression as an interesting thought came to mind. "You're not just doing all of this to impress Ciel, later, are you?" she teased, causing a blush to appear on the demon's cheeks.

"No way!" the blonde indignantly replied, prompting a giggle from Elizabeth. He frowned, but now that the idea was planted in his head, it wouldn't leave. "I was only trying to help. I had the same problem when I entered this time period, you know…"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Elizabeth insisted. "I was only picking on you."

"You hurt my feelings. Here I was, trying to be a gentleman, and there you go using my weakness against me!"

"Ciel is your weakness?" questioned the snowy-haired woman. "That's so cute…"

"You can go without clothes, then."

"I said I was sorry!"

Alois laughed at the woman's outburst, feeling better having gotten back at her. He continued walking, looking out for the Verizon store as he listened to Elizabeth. "I was only picking on you." He echoed, repeating the words that the angel had used. "Look around at some of the clothing stores, and if you see something that catches your eye, we'll go in. That's what they did for me."

"What kind of stores did you go to?" asked the woman without a hint of malicious intent. Her question caused a bit of embarrassment to wash over the blonde, however. "Do you remember?"

"Uhh…" began the menace. "That was back when I was in my rebellious phase… I don't think you would much care for that place…"

"Oh, where you a trouble-maker?"

"Very much so, I'm afraid…"

"It's hard to tell." Elizabeth stated. "You seem so gentlemanly!"

"I calmed down a lot when I grew up, some. It happens."

"Are you sure Ciel didn't have anything to do with it?"

"What is with you and teasing me about Ciel?"

"You get all cute when he's mentioned. He does the same about you, but it's very fun to watch."

"You better not be falling for me, now~!" teased the menace, wagging his finger. "I'm taken."

"I know that, and I wouldn't!" the angel said. "It's sinful."

"Well, I'm a demon and I wouldn't either, so…?"

"Yes, but you aren't normal for a demon." The woman pointed out. She looked up and noticed a store that had devices similar to the one that Alois had showed her back at headquarters.

"Is that the store?" she asked, pointing the blonde's attention in that direction. The blonde turned to face it and nodded.

"Yup. That's it. Let's get you a phone." He answered, leading the woman off in that direction.

Once there, he pointed out some of the basic differences between the different types of phones, eventually pointing the angel toward some of the simpler models. They both mutually agreed that a smart phone would be too much for her, so they started there. Alois let her look at them for a while as he walked over and got her a service plan. He and the worker walked over to her, helping her pick out a device as they discussed what all she would need. Much to her relief, the menace was doing most of the talking. She couldn't quite understand what they were talking about when it came to this and that, and was a little overwhelmed with the idea of eventually having to understand things like this in the future.

For now, she picked out a pink flip-phone and was very happy with it. After paying for it, the pair went off and sat on one of the benches as Alois helped explain to her how to do various things. Calling and texting were the basic functions, but also how to set alarms and change ringtones.

Alois put himself in as a contact before taking his own phone out and putting Elizabeth in as one of his. He then started adding the information of a few people who it might be helpful to have the numbers of on the Hellsing's phone, putting in Ciel, Integra, Seras, Amelie, Charlotte, and various other key H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. members, for example, the heads of several departments and the Human Resources center. After that was done, he gave the phone back to Elizabeth.

"Try calling Ciel." He said. "He needs your number, and practising can't hurt."

"Are you sure he's not busy?" asked Elizabeth, nervous at the prospect at having to use the seemingly complicated device. "I don't want to interrupt him, or anything."

"Good point…" uttered the menace, rubbing his chin. "I mean, when he's busy, he's very prescise about who he picks up the phone for, and he's definitely not going to for one he doesn't recognise. Hang on a second, I'll text him and tell him that you're going to call. That way, he'll be watching for it."

The menace quickly typed the message on his own mobile. Elizabeth was baffled by the touch screen, and noticed that his keyboard was different. The fact that he was typing so quickly also was impressive. She chalked it up to him having more practice, but also noted how long the message was getting. Eventually he pushed send, and after a minute or so, his phone buzzed and he looked at the response.

"He says 'go ahead'." The menace said with a smile. The angel's attention then turned to her own device and she started walking herself back through the steps of making a call. Alois would occasionally help her, but she memorized most of it. After pressing the call button, she hesitantly placed the phone up to her ear, anxiously listening to the dial tone.

"Hello?" greeted the Phantomhive on the other end.

"Ciel!" Elizabeth called in surprise at hearing the sound of the watchdog's voice. "Hello…"

"So I take it Jim got you settled with a phone?" chuckled the bluenette.

"Mm-hm!" the angel excitedly replied. "I'm not sure how, though, since I couldn't understand anything he was saying to the person at the store."

"You'll get it after a while. Jim was the same way." The Ciel reassured. "He says you're going to get you some clothes, next?"

"I suppose? If that's alright… Everything looks so expensive…"

"Don't worry about it. I'll pay him back for it. It's probably a good thing he's there and not me. He's better at picking out outfits than me."

"You still can't?" Elizabeth teased.

"It's a lot harder than it looks…"

"You're silly." The woman accused. "Always were, and always will be. In fact, I think you might have gotten more so."

"So did you just call me to make fun of me?"

"No, Alois said you needed my number, and I needed the practice."

"I see. Well in that cas—" Ciel was cut off as the sound of something falling over was heard in the background.

"Is everything alright?"

"Luka bumped into a lamp." The bluenette explained. "I should go take care of that."

"Alright then." The angel replied. "Uhm… how do I hang up?"

"It's the red button."

"Oh, I see… I'll talk to you sometime later then."

After that the cousins said their good-byes and hung up. Elizabeth then looked toward the Macken, who was waiting patiently until she was done. She put the phone in one of her uniform's many pockets before standing up and straightening it, followed by the menace shortly after.

"Shall we go, then?" asked the Macken, pointing off in a random direction.

"I guess. Let's do it."

The pair started walking. They strolled up and down the mall, trying to find some clothes that the Hellsing woman could live with. They were so different than what she was used to. The skirts were short, even though it was winter, and the only other option that seemed to be in fashion were trousers. That was another new concept to Elizabeth. The amount of women wearing pants was the majority, it seemed, but then again, they were practical. Elizabeth, herself, had worn pants during fencing practice since she was a child, and also during H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. operations when she was grown. Any other time, however, was incredibly inappropriate.

"How about this store?" Alois suggested after noting that the woman was having trouble. The clothes in the store were a bit "old-fashioned" by modern standards, but they were also somehow considered "fashionable". Without much else to go on, Elizabeth conceded.

"Sounds alright." The woman said, eying what was in the windows. It was still odd, but it was better than some of the things she had seen that day.

Immediately upon entering the store, however, she regretted her decision as her nose was assaulted by whatever perfume that was being filtered through the air. The people there were very fashionable, and looking at her in her uniform with extremely confused faces. It was as though she didn't belong there. She tailed Alois closely as he looked browsed, looking for something that would suit the woman.

"Do you have any idea what your size is?" the man asked, prompting the angel to shake her head. To that he tapped his chin.

"It would be easier if Kris were here… He could tell from a glance…" he mumbled to himself. "Oh, well, we'll figure it out."

The man then proceeded to grab a few things and hold them up to the woman as a point of reference. Whenever he felt he was close, he handed her the garments and shooed her off to the changing room to try them on. On several occasions, it took her a little longer than would be necessary for an ordinary person as she needed to figure out how to wear a few things. Some were embarrassing for her, while others weren't, but overall, she was starting to have fun as they went from store to store.

Elizabeth obtained quite the haul, as both she and the menace had their hands full with bags. Along the way, she had changed out of her uniform and kept it in a bag, opting to wear some of the clothes she bought. She now wore a blue coat over a white women's dress shirt with a pink bead necklace around her neck. She was wearing black slacks and flat shoes, opting to wear her new high-heels on another, less snowy day. She was dressed in a manner that might be suitable for her occupation, while no longer wearing that ghastly uniform. Her white hair was braided by the menace, as he wasn't quite sure how else to fix it.

"I braid Ciel's hair for fun all the time." The menace explained. "I like playing with his hair, and he doesn't mind as long as I undo it when I'm done."

"Oh, goodness, I have to see that now…" laughed Elizabeth, trying to conjure that image. She opened her mouth to speak again, but closed it as she looked over the menace's shoulder. There were a group of children staring at her with great enthusiasm. Arching an eyebrow, she had to ask:

"Do I still look strange, somehow?" She gestured over to the kids, prompting the blonde's attention.

"I dunno." He shrugged. "You look normal, too me. Then again, I'm dating a scary man with an eyepatch and know a lot of odd characters."

"Should I be concerned about that?"

"Nah. They're good people. Just… different." Alois explained. He would have waved his hands for effect, but they were full. In all honesty, however, he was completely surprised when two of the children walked up to them.

"Are you Elsa?" one of them asked, pointing to the woman; her white braid, in particular. Elizabeth simply blinked as the blonde tried to hold in a giggle.

"Who?" she asked with all confusion. At this point, the blonde leaned in to whisper in her ear.

"She's a character from a movie." He said. "She has white hair in a braid, and dresses in blue." To that, the woman's cheeks heated up, slightly. She was embarrassed, but flattered, although she didn't get the reference.

"I'm afraid not. I'm sorry." She apologized to the children, offering a friendly smile to their string of "aws". Alois opened his mouth to say something, but closed it as his attention was directed elsewhere. Suddenly, he felt a sense of urgency, but had no idea where it was coming from. He knew this feeling. It was sixth sense.

He waited until the childrens' parents finished apologising to Elizabeth for bothering her before he said anything. "Do you feel that?" he asked; eyes quickly scanning the area.

"Feel what?" she asked.

"Something's wrong." He said. "I can feel it. I just can't tell what it is, yet."

Now both of them were looking around. Suddenly, Elizabeth felt it, too. Her eyes honed in on a man who was clutching his torso tightly and walking about in an odd manner. Alois spotted another one, elsewhere, but he sensed something else—and "other"—and Elizabeth felt it too.

"There's a supernatural nearby." she observed, her brow furrowing as she became serious. To her surprise, she then had car keys being shoved in her face.

"Go to the car and get your sword." Alois instructed. "There's more than one. From the feel of things, they're up to no good, too…"