One angel and one demon walked into a top-secret military base that is armed to the teeth in order to vanquish things that go bump in the night. There was nothing funny about the demeanor with which they walked, turning heads as the Phantomhive was not accompanied by his usual assistant. Instead, it was the odd girl with the white hair following him as he made his way to the Intelligence Department of H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. headquarters.

The pair walked briskly down the hallways; the demon stepping especially lightly in the endeavor. In hardly any time at all, they made it to the door of the department, and the bluenette swiped his I.D. card to undo the lock. It was the second time Elizabeth found herself in that area, yet is was still just as overwhelming. Immediately upon their arrival, a man walked up to them. It was the same man who had brought Elizabeth the documents on the supernatural staff when Elizabeth arrived.

"Ciel!" he called, trotting up to the pair. He paused for a moment to nod at Elizabeth. "Miss." He greeted before turning his sights back on Ciel.

"What did you find?" the bluenette questioned, not even bothering to introduce the reaper.

"Come with me." Audrey instructed, knowing full-well that the situation was too urgent to stall for something so small. Introductions could wait as he led the two cousins down the steps onto the lower levels of the room.

"Alois was right. There have been reports of missing persons within the special zone." He continued, leading them to a computer and sitting down. "This is where the abductions are said to have happened." He said, pulling up a map marked with yellow dots. "They're all pretty scattered, so it's hard to pinpoint any particular pattern. For all we know, they're random."

"I see…" the Phantomhive answered. "Can you print me off a copy of this?"

"Can do." Audrey said. He punched a few buttons before pausing, looking as though he wanted to say something. "And… well… there's also one more thing…"

"What is it?" Ciel questioned, leaning forward. He inadvertently invaded the other man's space, but was too invested in what he was saying to pay much notice.

"We found a gun." Spoke Suyin Chu, appearing behind the trio. Once Ciel turned around to face her, she handed him a stack of papers.

Immediately, the bluenette started flipping through them. He didn't hesitate in the slightest until he found that there were pictures. In a flash, his blood went cold and his grip tightened, crumpling the paper. A tingling, worrisome sensation clawed at his insides as he continued to look. He recognised this weapon. Elizabeth looked at the picture of a pistol hanging from a chain connected to the underside of a bridge, and then looked to the lieutenant in hopes of an explanation.

"It's detective Macken's." Suyin finally answered. "Turn the page." She instructed, and hesitantly, the bluenette obeyed. Just glancing at the image, he had to lower the pages from his sight for a moment in order to rub his forehead.

"As you can see, it is covered in blood." The Intel officer said. "That photo was taken in the laboratory before DNA samples were taken. According to Doctor Lovejoy, the blood fortunately doesn't match the detective's."

To this news, the angel sighed with relief while the Phantomhive turned the page again, staring intently at the image. If they were simply disposing of it, they wouldn't have deliberately have chained it up in plain sight. Ciel's eye honed in on the patterns that the blood droplets made on the pistol's surface, paying close attention to it. Turning the page, he found an image of the gun turned over to find something interesting. There was more blood on one side than the other. It didn't get there in a battle. Someone put it there deliberately.

"It's a message." He finally said. "A warning—I don't know. Whatever it is, they want our attention."

"So how do we proceed?" asked Elizabeth, turning toward the watchdog.

"We figure out what they're trying to say." He answered. "They've been pulling stunt after stunt, deliberately asking for me each time. Since they attached bombs to Simon Smith, he's out; and I have no idea who else it could possibly be, since I haven't left a supernatural foe alive in ages. The only ones I have are currently with H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G."

"So it's someone who has obviously taken interest in you." The lieutenant suggested. "Then what of Macken?"

"Maybe he's bait." Spoke Elizabeth. "Perhaps they know you will come for him."

"I'm going to kill them…" growled the Phantomhive, crumpling the papers again. How dare they use his beau in such a manner?! It was inconceivable. Unforgivable! "When I find them, they're all dead."

"First, you need to relax and focus on your search." The Hellsing woman stated. "Is there anything else on the gun? Maybe that could point us somewhere?"

"There were deposits of dirt, but they weren't anything especially notable." Miss Chu informed. "It's the same kind you would find anywhere else in the city, the Glen, especially."

"So they are in the Glen…" the bluenette uttered, furrowing his brow and frowning deeply as he became lost in thought.

This narrowed down their search quite a bit, however, there was still quite a bit of territory to cover. How exactly he was going to narrow the field even more, he hadn't the faintest idea. As Audrey had said, the abductions were scattered, leaving a seemingly random pattern. Whether the actually were or not, he didn't know how to decipher.

"Where there any other clues left over from the mall fiasco?" he questioned, looking up at the lieutenant.

"Tire tracks." Suyin answered. "They were the same ones left during the first bomb scare. Moreover, the final message given over the intercom as not a live feed. It was a recording. They left before we arrived, and removed the tapes from the cameras so that they wouldn't be filmed."

Ciel grimaced at the news, but it was still useful. "So their van is somewhere in the glen…" the bluenette said aloud. "Finding it, however, is going to be problematic unless we have spies of some sort…"

"Why not H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. troops?" asked Elizabeth.

"They're human. Our opponents would know in an instant, and even if they were in disguise, they would be sensed. They would stand out like sore thumbs in the Glen."

"What about our supernatural agents?" questioned Suyin.

"I don't want to send them on their own." Stated the bluenette. "If they get separated, they'll be captured as well, just like Jim, and how Lizzie was."

"Then what do we do?" asked the angel. "Who was it you sent to scour the place the first time?"

"An informant and his gang. I doubt he'll want to collaborate again, however." Ciel replied. "He's rather unreasonable."

"We can interrogate citizens of the Glen and ask them if they saw a van within the vicinity." Proposed the lieutenant.

"It's a start…" Ciel answered. "Get me information on that as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir. Anything else?"

"I still need to think…" the Phantomhive said, taking a deep breath. He really needed to calm his nerves. "If you reach a confrontation with Cerberus, however, do not shoot to kill."

"Why?" questioned the Hellsing woman, baffled by the suggestion. It had always been procedure to eliminate the threats on sight, so it made no sense to spare them.

"Cerberus simply appears to be building their ranks, for now." Informed the Phantomhive. "It's more than likely that Jim has been indoctrinated as well, and I will not take kindly, if he is hurt, even by friendly fire."

The watchdog tucked the documents underneath his arm and turned his attention to the lieutenant. His gaze was domineering, as if he could somehow give an order with only a glance. "Get that information to me as quickly as possible." He instructed. "In the meantime, I will be formulating a plan."

"Yes sir!" Suyin said with a salute.

It was at that moment that the bluenette had an idea. His fingers absent-mindedly brushed against his lips as he pondered on it before turning on his heel and walking away. "Come on, Lizzie." He said, snapping the angel to attention. "We've got work to do."