Mana quietly stood near Integra's chair, just as Walter instructed her to do during Integra's meetings. Mana quietly sighed to herself, the meeting had been going on for two hours and she was hoping that it was going to soon end. Keeping her regrets silent she continued to listen to the meeting.

"A group by the name of Illuminati has shown themselves. Several of their agents have been under surveillance. The has not been an interaction from the group in terms with our teams."

Mana looked at the man who she mentally called 'Mister 8'. There were twelve people sitting around a large circular table, including Integra. Mana gave them all numbers to keep track of who was speaking.

"I've noticed their movement also." Mister 4 said as he leaned back in his chair.

"This group…the Illuminati should not be in England at a time like this. They should be removed immediately." Mister 7 said as he leaned on the table.

"That would cause a worthless situation Mr. Tamblin." Mister 10 said calmly.

"I'm curious to their motives." Mister 5 asked.

"As of right now they should be our secondary concern. We have these ghouls to worry about." Mister 6 said as he looked at Integra. The rest of the table followed suite.

"You do not need to worry about the ghouls. You do your part and I will do mine." Integra replied.

"Are you sure you are doing your part? There has been a significant rise to the ghoul activity. You're lacking Integra," Mr. Tamblin said with a smirk on his face. Integra chuckled.

"I am doing my part quite well Tamblin. Your intelligence is lacking. There has been no increase of ghoul activity. I'm assuming that your intelligence group is too slow to keep up with my elimination tactics I suggest that you invest in a better intelligence group instead of the group you call intelligence." Integra replied.

"Why you-" Tamblin started.

Mana smirked at Integra's response. Not only was Integra seemingly cold-hearted she also had a sharp tongue.

"Integra." the servant said next to the shadowed figure. Everyone quickly turned their attention to the figure and the servant.

"We would like to thank you for your protection from the ghoul threat. Please continue your work." the servant boy said and bowed a bit.

"You are most welcome." Integra said as she stood and bowed a bit.

There was a moment of silence within the group before anyone spoke again. Mana shifted slightly

"Are you going to introduce your new friend Integra?" Mister One asked.

Everyone nodded in agreement as they turned their attention to Integra and Mana. Integra glanced back at Mana, and Mana quickly glanced at her.

"Mana..." Integra said as she leaned back in her chair, crossing her legs. Mana knew that this was her cue and stepped forward and bowed.

"Mana Dornez-Mitsurugi. Maid to Sir Integra." Mana replied as she bowed.

"A Japanese?" Tamblin replied slightly shocked. Mana looked up at Tamblin, then quickly looked away

"Is there a problem Tamblin?" Mister 4 asked.

"No…just surprised." Tamblin replied quietly, embarrassed.

"Ah, A younger generation of the Dornez..." Mister 2 said as he glanced over Mana.

"Dornez was it?" Mister 3 asked.

"This is quite rare." Mister 9 said.

"Rare indeed." Mister 10 said as he too looked over Mana.

Mana nodded and stepped backwards, not sure how to feel about the attention of the members on her.

"Now as for the Illuminati…" Mister 11 started.

Everyone turned their attention to Mister 11, including Mana.

"They have yet to show their true motives. Until then use your sources to keep an eye on them. We do not want to make a wrong move at a time like this."

Everyone remained silent, and nodded in agreement.

"This meeting is adjured."

"Amen"

Within a few minutes, Mana was escorting Integra to the car that Walter had waiting for them outside the large manor.

"Question me will you Tamblin." Integra mumbled.

Mana opened the door to the car and bowed. Just as Integra ducked to get into the car there was a muffled gun shot. A bullet whizzed pass Mana's head and lodged itself in the roof of Integra's car. Panic began to happen as all of the members of the conference began rushing into their cars. Mana quickly jumped into the backseat with Integra, closing the door with her foot as Walter sped away

"What the bloody hell was that?" Integra yelled.

"A sniper gunshot." Walter replied as he calmly focused on the road.

"Uncle Walter please stop the car. I need to look at the bullet." Mana replied.

"What the bloody hell for?" Integra yelled.

"There could be a tracking device on the bullet. It only dented the roof." Mana replied as she saw the small indentation on the roof of the car.

Walter pulled over and Mana quickly hopped out the car and retrieved the bullet from the top of the roof. Quickly she got back in to the car and Walter drove off. Mana began to inspect the bullet with accuracy and noticed something strange.

"A designer bullet…" Mana said to herself.

"and the tracking device?" Walter asked.

"Nai…,"Mana replied.

"Nai?" Integra replied.

"It means that their isn't one Sir Integra," Walter replied realizing Mana had spoken Japanese without realizing it.

"Oh, Excuse me Sir Integra," Mana replied.

"…"

Integra continued to study Mana as Mana slipped back into her inspection trance.

After returning back to the Hellsing Manor Mana was allowed into the basement laboratory to inspect the designer bullet that embedded itself into the hood of the Hellsing car. Walter busied himself with scheduling a repair for the Hellsing car after he escorted Integra to her office. Mana had made herself comfortable in Walter's lab in the basement, with determination to discover the origin of the bullet. Still in her trance like state Mana continued to study the bullet as she sat down at the inspection table.

"This type of design...it looks European..." Mana said to herself as she looked at the casing of the bullet through a microscope.

"Memento Mori…" Mana said to herself.

"Remember you will die…" A smooth deep voice seemed to echo through out the room. Mana quickly looked up from the bullet and quickly glanced around to find the source of the voice but found no one. She continued to study the bullet.

"Their aim and timing was off if they were aiming for her…So then was it a warning shot? Or was their aim focused on me instead?" Mana asked out loud. She began to replay the event in her head.

Mana suddenly cringed as she felt the feeling she felt on the first day in the basement, the prying feeling.

"See the little scientist think…" the deep voice said in her ear. Mana turned around to be greeted by Alucard's orange glasses. He crouched next to her.

"Hello." Mana replied unfazed.

"You're hard at work…" Alucard said as he glanced at the microscope on the desk.

"Yes. I am working hard." Mana said as she turned around to the bullet to find it gone. She turned around back to Alucard who was standing this time, he was holding the bullet into the light on the celing

"Memento Mori…It means Remember you will die…" Alucard said as he twirled the bullet between his fingers.

"I know. I heard you the first time." Mana said as she stood up.

"Oh? I couldn't tell." Alucard replied.

Mana looked at Alucard noticing how his red clothing looked exceedingly vibrant against his skin. He was pale but still had a peachy tone to his skin. Her eyes slowly looked over him taking in his image.

"Where did this come from?" Alucard asked with a smirk.

Mana's eyes snapped up at the man's face and realized he had a smirk on his lips.

"Did he notice I was starring?" Mana thought to herself.

I did notice you starring…like was you see little scientist?

Mana narrowed her eyes at the man and crossed her arms. A telepath was something she was not accustomed to and knew she would have to quickly adapt to before he could read her mind.

"I haven't figured that out yet." Mana replied.

"See the little scientist think…" Alucard said as he continued to look at Mana. Mana plucked the bullet with her gloved hand from Alucard's fingers and smiled.

"You're out of bed early Alucard-sama." Mana said as she placed the bullet in a small plastic bag. She began to clean the desk of the tools she had pulled out to examine the bullet.

"I was curious…" Alucard said.

"If you are wondering I am allowed to use this lab." Mana replied.

"That's not what I was curious about." Alucard replied and chuckled. Mana glanced over the man and turned to exit the lab, she figured she spent enough time talking to Alucard and less time figuring the origin of the designer bullet.

"Sayonara Alucard-sama." Mana said as she walked out closing the door behind her.

"Alucard-sama…I could learn to like the sound of that…, Alucard said as he walked into the shadows and vanished.

"Review the progress of the soldier's training and facility. Check ammo inventory, dinner for Seras and Alucard…" Mana trailed off and stopped in mid step.

Mana read through a list of tasks Walter had given her when she had surfaced from the basement. He specifically stated that these tasks needed to be completed before she was able to return to her room.

"Dinner for Alucard & Seras…" Mana said to herself.

"*Tabemono?...No…blood?"

A/N: Sorry for the wait! I've been really busy!I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

*Tabemono means food in Japanese

** "Nai" is used in the negative way in most cases when speaking in Japanese, so it doesn't exactly mean "no"