The mention of "Madlax" in your query refers to a 2004 Japanese anime series produced by studio .

It is a "girls-with-guns" noir thriller following two young women, Madlax and Margaret, who are connected by a mysterious book and a shared past they don't fully remember.

Enola wakes on her 16th birthday to find her mother, Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter), missing. Rather than go to finishing school as her brothers Mycroft and Sherlock demand, she escapes to London to find her.