Chapter 4

"I caught a suspect," Officer Jenny said as she entered the police station, dragging a girl wearing all black who was also handcuffed. "I saw her leaving the scene of the crime."

A couple other officers took the girl into an interrogation room strapped her down to the seat with cuffs on her ankles and her arms. Once secured one of the officers pulled off her mask and hat. A gasp went through the group at the cute blonde girl that was underneath. Her expression was apathetic, almost robotic, as she observed the police officers.

"Geez doesn't look older than seven. Someone get the fingerprint scanner!" Officer Jenny yelled and one of the officers ran out of the room to comply with her demands. She slid the girl's gloves off and pressed her thumbs onto the retrieved scanner. The system showed the prints as it scanned them for their defining characteristics. However, after connecting to the global server to compare, whom it stopped on caused one of the officers to forget their training and gasp.

Alderon Saki. Princess of the Kingdom of Rota. Status missing. Kidnapped on October 6, xxxx at age 4.

"A princess as a murder, that's preposterous," one the officers said.

"You're forgetting that she's been in captivity for three and a half years. Whoever she was when she was taken, she isn't now. Officer Miles, what's the status of the interrogation?" Officer Jenny asked.

"She would not talk unless it was stated as an order but she said her name is Ghost Blade and when I asked her where she lives the only answer she would give was with 'Master and Ashes'. I believe both are people. Master is probably the one who kidnapped her, and Ashes may be another kidnapped kid. She said, 'He's like me.' I don't like it though. She talks as if she had no past before her master. She might've had her memory wiped so she would obey."

"I'll go talk to her, see if anything will trigger a memory." Officer Jenny pushed past Officer Miles and entered the room.

"Alderon Saki," she said and watched as the girls eyes widened with recognition before glazing over.

"Master says I must return now," the bound girl said and right before Officer Jenny's eyes the girl turn translucent and slipped through the restraints and out through the wall.

"Did anyone else see that happen?" Jenny said turning around, most of the people in the room nodded and someone whispered the word they were all thinking "…ghost."

"Some one inform the queen!"

OOooOooOO

Blade regained tangibility in the forest surrounding the town. She put her mask back up but kept her hair out; they had taken her hat. She called out to the Pidgeot that had brought her to Cerulean City. It was long past midnight as they flew back to the base.