OK, I've teased you long enough. Here, at last, is the sequel to 'Turnabout of the Mobile Tank'! Hope you enjoy!

In Leanbox's criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.

This is another one of their stories.

*CHUNG-CHUNG*

There was quite a security presence at the museum tonight, shadow-NPC officers marching to and fro, looking everywhere...

"Don't you worry," another NPC officer assured the museum's curator. "There's no way that thief is getting her hands on your most valuable treasure..." He glanced over at the treasure in question- a small statue of Leanbox's CPU, Vert herself, crafted entirely out of expensive jade...

"I'll bet that's what you said to the last poor sap who got robbed!" the curator retorted.

"You think we don't learn from our mistakes?" the officer shot back. "Every entrance is covered, as well as every air vent. Not even a mouse could get in here!" Suddenly, a tiny mouse ran between the two with a squeak, causing them to recoil briefly. "...OK, not even a cat, then."

"Well, I should certainly hope so," stated Lt. Lita Von Braun as she walked up. "This Lynx character has been making fools of us for several weeks now, we don't need another embarrassment."

Suddenly, another officer ran into the room. "Lieutenant! The Purple Quartz Teardrop is gone! And there's cat prints all over the case!"

"WHAT?!" Van Braun cried in disbelief.

"Dammit, NO! She faked us out!" the other officer realized. Just then, the sound of haughty laughter filled the museum.

"Behold, the art of misdirection!" a playful female voice cried out. "You LEOs are so predictably gullible! Better luck next time!"

"She's on the roof!" the officer with Van Braun exclaimed. "Turn on the searchlights!"

*Meanwhile, outside...*

"How'd she get on the roof?! We had all the ladders covered!" cried another NPC officer, Eddie Green standing next to him.

(I think I know how,) the blonde haired, green-eyed detective thought to himself, before abruptly turning and running off.

"Hey, where're you going?!" the officer yelled after him.

"On a hunch!" Green shouted back.

"Aw, let him go," Bennie Crisco sighed. "Kid's gotta learn the hard way that you can't chase down every perp..."

Eddie continued to run down the block, turning a corner and running past one apartment complex, before slowing to a halt at the rear end of another building, by the catwalk... As he bent over, panting heavily, he observed that the stairs had been folded down. (Just as I thought,) he thought triumphantly. Good thing he'd had the sense to canvas the area earlier... he only hoped he hadn't arrived too late.

Soon, though, the the sound of footfalls became audible, Green looking up... and seeing the Lynx's familiar upraised ears. "...like taking candy from a baby," the thief chuckled to herself as she came down the stairs, "those stupid police probably figured I couldn't make that jump from the nearest roof to the museum... joke's on them!"

(No, joke's on you,) thought Eddie as the Lynx reached the bottom of the stairs. Pulling his gun he yelled, "Freeze! Police!"

"What th- SHIT!" the Lynx cried in surprise, quickly hurling her ill-gotten gains at the detective, knocking the pistol from his hands as she turned to run.

"Oh no you don't!" yelled Green, adrenaline surging through him as he caught up and tackled the thief around the waist. "You're under arrest for grand larceny!"

"Like hell I am!" the Lynx retorted as she kicked Eddie in the groin, causing him to lose his grip... despite his pain, he manged to lunge forward, manging to grab one of The Lynx's ears-

-which broke off and took a good chunk of the thief's mask with it, revealing heather blue hair and ocean blue eyes. "Gahh! Not my mask! How could you?!" She kicked Green between the legs again, the detective going down for the count this time as she swiftly fled into the shadows.

But her face had forever been burned into Eddie Green's memory... and it was a face he remembered all too well.

"R... Rei... Ryghts...?!"

LAW

Starring Bernard Crisco

Edward Green

And Lita Von Braun

ORDER

Starring Jared McCoy

Rizzoli Isles

And Allen Curmudgeon

LAW & ORDER: LEANBOX

Authored by Derald Snyder

Original Concept by Dick Wolf

Hyperdimension Neptunia by Idea Factory and Compile Heart