"We don't know what's happening folks but yet ANOTHER famous scientist has disappeared," The news reporter stated from inside the TV screen, "Popi Igneus is the third disappearance in the past two months."
"Rowan, we gotta go out again," A feminine voice echoed throughout the small apartment.
"Again? Beth don't tell me another one disappeared!" Rowan yelled back from another room.
"But then I'd be lying to you, and I don't want to do that…" She replied sarcastically as Rowan popped into the living room. Beth turned her attention back to the TV where the news reporters were still talking about the disappearances. He sat down next to her on the couch, and snatched the remote from her, pressing the red power button.
"Hey!" She whined, feebly trying to take back the remote. Rowan giggled before he chucked the remote across the room.
"Oops…"
"YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!" Beth grumbled, slouching back onto the couch, "In any case we have to go investigate the site."
"It's our day off!!"
"We don't have a defined working schedule, there isn't an excuse there."
"Fine…"
"Now we have to get ready, meet back here in five minutes, got it!"
"Yeap…"
"Or no cabbage for you."
"ON IT!"
"This is about where Popi was last spotted, right?" Rowan asked his sister as he examined the area.
"Yeah it was around here," she responded, taking a step back.
The duo spent the better part of half an hour looking for clues and details before they called it a day. Beth held a notepad of which held their findings in print. "None of this makes any sense," She complained, sitting down holding her head as she stared at the notes. "It's as if she just vanished!"
"It's strange, very strange," Rowan began stroking his semi-hairless chin. "We should head on back home now, and put our findings down somewhere we can examine them better."
"Agreed," Beth huffed, standing up and grabbing her brother. They headed down to where they parked, completely unaware of a strange figure in the shadows.
Upon arriving back home, the two went into their 'office' where they spent several hours going over the details. Soon enough, they fell asleep; leaning against each other dead to the world.
A small robot crawled out of Beth's coat pocket and towards a terminal in the room. It plugged itself into the computer drive and the monitor flickered to life. Several minutes passed before the bot unplugged itself and made for the nearest window, jumping out.
Instead of falling to the ground, it was plucked out of the sky with a sharp whirring noise.