Panting could be heard as the mysterious hooded figure ran away from two police officers. He or she ran across the hallway of the Royal Palace while holding a paper scroll in their hand.
"You!" One of the officers' yelled, making the figure look back for a second while still running, "Stop right there!"
The figure could be seen shaking his or her head 'no', making the officers think that the person doesn't want to reveal their gender by talking. They kept running around the palace hallways until the figure turned into a room.
"Finally..." One of the officers' panted, thinking that they finally got the culprit surrounded since they turned into a room. One of the officers took out handcuffs, while the other took out their baton and smacked it on his hand a couple of times as they both slowly walked towards the room.
"We got you surrounded, come out now with your hands behind your head." No response, "I said come out with your hands behind your head!" No response, "Fine. If you're not coming out, we're coming in."
They walked inside the room, expecting to see the person but instead, the person was gone. No one was inside the room. It was empty. They looked left and right. Up and down. Front and behind. But nothing. It was empty.
"But they were right here..." One of them said, scratching the back of their head in confusion.
The officer, that was holding the baton, placed the weapon back to its place and added, "Where did they go?"
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"And that's what happened. The person just disappeared." The officer explained.
"Yeah," The other officer agreed, "Just poof! He or she was gone."
"You're sure that the person turned into the room, officers?" Lloyd asked skeptically.
They both nodded their heads, "Positive!"
"Mhm. We saw it with our own eyes..." The other officer confirmed.
Lloyd stroked his chin, "Hmm... I'll check the place out. I'll try to see if there's any sort of clue to who the culprit was and where they might've went." A thought then struck his head, "Do you even know if this person has any past criminal activity?"
"We didn't see their face or hear their voice so, no. We don't know anything about them." They confirmed.
Lloyd nodded, "Alright. If I find this person, we'll interrogate them first. And if they turn out to be innocent, we'll let them go." The police nodded their head in agreement. Lloyd smiled and positioned his mask over his face as he started climbing into the palace.
He made it to the top of the roof of the palace and saw an open window. He climbed inside and quietly landed on his feet. He walked out of the room he landed in and he started walking in the shadows of the hallways. He had his guard up in case he heard, saw, or felt anything near him.
He kept walking through the hallways as he looked left and right for any pointers as to where the mysterious person might be. He walked for another few minutes when he stumbled upon a curtain that fell out of its velvet rope holder. He got suspicious because all the other curtains were still in place except for one of them.
He looked behind the curtain when he accidentally placed pressure on the rope hook with his hand. He retracted himself once he felt the hook moving backward. And when he did, a secret door opened up behind the curtain right beside the switch. "That must've been how the culprit escaped from the room." He mumbled to himself.
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A Second Chance
Adventure「COMPLETED / UNDER REWRITE」 She arrives and befriends the five remaining Ninja. Though who would've known that she would lead them through a series of unexpected events that would change their life for the better... [Takes...
