Kook and Ballista went into the main room to announce what they will be doing.

"Right defenders, you will all be questioned in no particular order." Ballista announced.

"What just us?" Crocness asked.

"No everyone in the castle." Kook told them.

"Who put you in charge?" Skabb asked.

"We have no reason to hurt Gildar so I think we can say Kook and I are in the clear." Ballista said.

"When do you want to question us?" Knightriss asked.

"Now, Crocness can you come with us." Kook said.

"Okay." The croc said.

The trio went into the training room, where there was a long table and some chairs. Kook got a lamp and shone it into Crocness's face.

"Is that really necessary." She said.

"No." Kook said putting the light out.

"Where were you around 3 am this morning?" Ballista asked.

"Sleeping." Crocness asked.

"Are you sure?" Kook asked.

"Positive." She said.

"How mad were you at Gildar yesterday?" Ballista asked.

"Quite mad but I definitely wouldn't do that to him." She said.

"Okay. Did you know that Gildar was walking last night?" Ballista asked.

"No, I had no idea." She replied.

"I've heard enough. Send in the next culprit." Kook said.

Ballista and Crocness both rolled their eyes but Ballista allowed Crocness to go and get Thorne.

"Where were you 3 am this morning?" Kook asked.

"Sleeping like normal people do." Thorne answered.

"Why were you so mad at Gildar?" Ballista asked.

"He let that attacker become queen. Now we have to put up with her for I don't know how long." Thorne almost shouted.

"Okay, did you know Gildar was going for a walk this morning?" Ballista asked.

"No, I was sleeping. Listen I know me and Gildar aren't exactly best friends but I wouldn't hurt him. He one of us." Thorne said.

"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Kook questioned.

"Seriously, you're letting him ask questions?" Thorne asked Ballista.

"Kook, just leave the questions to me and how about you sit there looking stern." She suggested.

"Fine." He said trying to look stern.

Thorne left the training room to go and get Shaiden. Ballista and Kook looked up from their notes and jumped when they saw Shaiden sitting patiently.

"How long have you been there?" Ballista asked.

"A few minutes." She said.

"Okay where were you at 3am this morning?" Ballista asked.

Kook tried to look stern. He was trying not to smile. Shaiden kept looking over at Kook, he was quite distracting.

"Umm, I was sleeping." She said looking at Kook.

"Okay, so why were you mad at Gildar?" She asked.

"He was looking at his mirror and not defending the castle." She told them.

A few minutes later Ballista and Kook had finished questioning Shaiden and called it a day. They went downstairs and had some dinner. Everyone ate in an uncomfortable silence. Ballista was trying to figure out who had the true motive to hurt Gildar but was getting nowhere. When everyone had finished Alwin and Banan cleared the table, all of the defenders just sat there in silence until Shaiden got a left to train. Kook got up and went somewhere. He went out towards the moat and started flying around the castle. It was hard to believe that his birthday was 2 days ago, today and the past day was doing his head in. He spotted a blue ninja near the moat looking quite depressed. Kook flew down and sat next to her.

"You alright?" He asked.

"Fine." She replied.

"Clearly you're not." Kook said.

"I wouldn't hurt him." She said.

"I know." Kook said.

Meanwhile in the castle:

Ballista was lying on her bed, the past few days had given her a headache. Even though it was around 7 she just wanted to sleep. So Ballista went to see Gildar, to see if there was any improvement. She sat on the end of the bed.

"Gildar I have no idea if you can hear me, if you can could you possibly give me a sign or a clue to who hurt you." She whispered.

He just lay there motionless. Shaiden entered the room, followed by Kook.

"Are you alright?" Shaiden asked Ballista.

"Fine." She replied.

"How's his wound and wrist?" She asked.

Ballista shrugged her shoulders, so Kook went to check. The wound was nearly healed and Kook had no idea what to do with the sprained wrist so just left it. The trio sat in silence. No one knew what to do as nothing like this had happened before. The silence was interrupted by a smash. Kook went to investigate and found that Alwin had broken a vase. He walked slowly back inside the bedroom. Ballista got up and started sorting out Gildar's hair.

"Good idea, he would probably kill us if it was a mess." Shaiden said smiling sadly.

Ballista did the same the decided to go to bed as she was starting to get very tired.

"Sleep well." Shaiden called.

"Good night." Kook shouted.

Kook and Shaiden stayed a little longer watching Gildar in silence hoping that he would wake up.

"It's been really quite without him." Shaiden commented.

"Yeah." Kook agreed.

"This must be hard on you. Gildar was your best friend." Shaiden said.

"Is my best friend, I would always let in input on my pranks before I pulled them. It was funnier that way because I would have someone to comment on them." Kook explained.

"So you two were pretty close." She said.

"Yep. He isn't as vain as he makes out he is. You can go and train if you like." Kook offered.

"No, it's fine. I'll stay." Shaiden said.

"Thanks, it a shame none of the other defenders visit him much." Kook stated.

"Guilt, its guilt that they were mean to him." She explained, "If it happened randomly then they would visit him but as they all have a motive and they were all mean to him then they probably won't visit."

"You were mean to them and you're here. No offence." Kook said.

"I know and non-taken." Shaiden said, "I better go and get a good night's sleep."

Shaiden left the room; Kook shouted night to her and remained in the empty room for a few more minutes.

"Night buddy." Kook said shutting the door.

The next morning everyone was up early and still eating in silence. The defenders were eating breakfast when they heard a knock at the door.

"I'll go." Thorne said.

Thorne opened the door, to see a tall person standing there. He had black hair and brown eyes. He looked like he had just come from a battle, he stood there smiling.

"Can I help you?" Thorne asked.

"Yes, I'm here to see my brother." The man spoke.

"Who is?" Thorne questioned.

"Gildar."