Chapter Four: The only evidence

Pulling out a metal tray and switching his brown gloves for surgical gloves, Yusei got out smaller tools to examine the only thing the Art Arsonist had left behind. Mina handed Yusei the evidence bag and Yusei carefully took out the object. Everyone in the room crowded around the table to get a better look.

The device looked almost identical to the capsule Yusei had found years ago with Satellite. Satellite's capsule was a mechanical ball that was red on the top and white on the bottom. There was a button in the middle of the ball that allowed the device to grow or shrink, and if pointed at Satellite would fire a red laser beam that took Satellite into the device. The same laser would also allow Satellite to leave the ball without any ill effects. Yusei had dissected Satellite's capsule multiple times to see how it worked and had made some prototypes, but hadn't been able to test them. Everyone referred to the red and white capsule as the Carry Capsule, or the C.C.

This object had a different color on the ball. The top part was aqua blue with red designs. The ball was burnt with black scorch marks and the intense heat of the fire had melted the metal around the center button. Yusei immediately touched the center button, and nothing happened. Then carefully going over the ball with a magnifying glass, he saw the center of the ball. Where the capsule would open in the center, it had fused together in the heat.

Yusei looked at everyone, "The intense heat fused the two sides together, if you want to know if anything is inside that might tell us more about the Art Arsonist I'm going to have to cut it open. But I won't do anything like that without your permission."

Bruno looked at the device, "Wouldn't this version of the C.C. contain serial numbers or the name of the company who manufactured it? If this object was cut open we might be able to track who bought it."

Yusei shook his head, "I've taken apart Satellite's C.C. multiple times and have made blueprints of the object. I did find serial numbers and the name of the company that manufactured it. Unfortunately, that company did not appear in any of the databases I checked, and also searched the serial numbers and nothing came up with that search ether."

Mina looked at the object, "What was the name of the company that you found in the C.C.?"

Yusei looked at the warped metal object closer, "The company name was the Silph Co. and I searched every company that went out of business, was a small company, or was bought by bigger corporations. It doesn't seem to exist, yet they made the C.C."

Luna suddenly spoke, "Yusei I just got an idea. What if the Art Arsonist is from the same place as Satellite? No one knows where Satellite comes from and the company that made the C.C. doesn't appear in any databases. If the Art Arsonist comes from Satellite's world, what if he has a creature that can cause damage like fire, and what if it's in the capsule that were all staring at right now?"

Everyone immediately looked at the burnt ball in Yusei's hand like it was bomb ready to go off. Leo and Crow moved a little further away from the table, and Jack got a worried look in his eye. Yusei looked at the object closer then spoke,

"I don't know if there is an airflow going inside the ball. Satellite's C.C. allows an airflow to come inside the ball so he can stay in the ball for long periods of time. If there is no air going inside the ball then a living creature would be dead."

Jack spoke, "Talking with Carly today, she said that she was at the fire last night. She managed to speak with one of the burn victims before they took them to the hospital. She said the individual saw something that looked like a monster made out flames, and the heat the creature gave off was unbearable. Then her informant passed out due to the pain of the burns."

Mina snapped her head toward Jack. She demanded, "How did Carly get that information? What the victims saw is not allowed into the public press. If she writes about that it will cause a major public panic."

"Carly wrote about the fire but she didn't mention anything about flame monsters." Jack snapped "Every paper, radio, and news broadcast in Neo Domino spoke about the fire last night. Unlike other reporters she would never write anything to hurt or frighten anyone, unlike Angela who has to exploit everything about a person."

Mina blushed when Jack snapped at her. When Jack had become Neo Domino's Duel King and she had become his personal assistant, she had developed feelings for him. When Jack lost his title Carly had come to his rescue and had gotten through to him where she hadn't. When Carly had gone missing Jack had only thought of helping Carly return and had kept her broken glasses like a talisman. Mina didn't know what had transpired during his duel with the Dark Signer with the hummingbird mark, but he had come back farther away from her reach. Mina considered Carly her rival in Jack's affections.

Trudge on the other hand was mad that Jack had snapped at Mina. To him, Mina was only attracted to Jack because Jack was gorgeous. Trudge had gotten closer Mina when they had been looking for Jack after he had gone missing after the Fortune Cup, and he and Mina had spent that memorable day running around the amusement park following Jack and Carly. Then after saving Yusei and Mina from almost drowning in the abandoned amusement park in the Satellite Sector, he was determined to get closer to Mina and to make her forget about Jack Atlas.

Trudge snapped at Jack, "Don't talk to Mina like that, she's only making sure that nothing will happen that will hinder Securities investigation of the Art Arsonist."

Jack glared at Trudge, "Security hasn't done a very good job catching the Art Arsonist. He has been causing fires for two months, and who knows how many priceless artworks have gone up in flames."

That remark only gave Mina an embarrassed look on her face and made her blush harder.

Satellite saw the embarrassed look on Mina's face and walked over to her. Satellite started rubbing against Mina and licking her fingers to get rid of some of the discomfort. Satellite didn't like it when someone he cared about got upset, and even though Mina was a little uncomfortable around him, Satellite still wanted her to know he liked her.

Mina looked down and gave a small smile to the abnormal animal who was trying to comfort her. She scratched Satellite's head and said, "Thank you Satellite."

"RayRayLux"

Satellite walked back toward Yusei and sat next to him.

Mina looked at Yusei and spoke, "I will see if we can get you permission to cut open the ball, and see if there is any evidence that can tell us what or who the Art Arsonist is. You might end up working in the evidence labs at Security Headquarters, but we will give you all the equipment you need, and the assistance you will need."

Yusei nodded, "That would be a good idea. I will bring the blueprints I made of Satellite's C.C. and bring someone with me if that's alright."

Trudge spoke "That's fine. Who will you be bringing?"

"I was thinking of Bruno if that's alright with him."

Bruno nodded, "Sure Yusei, I can come."

"All right we will take the evidence back with us now and we will set up a time to meet."Mina looked around, "Where did Satellite go, he was sitting next to you just now."

Just then Satellite came back down the stairs with some dandelions in his mouth. He walked up to Mina and placed the flowers at her feet. Then he looked up expectantly at her.

Mina bent down and picked up the weeds. Looking at Satellite, she said "Are these for me?"

Satellite nodded and made some kind of deep purring sound in his throat.

Mina couldn't help but smile. Satellite always made her a little nervous because he looked so intimidating, but now she had received flowers from him, and that was kind of sweet. Mina bent down again and scratched him on the top of his head. She whispered "Thank you Satellite that was sweet of you."

"LuxRay"

Taking the evidence with them, Mina and Trudge left (with Trudge feeling jealous of Satellite giving Mina flowers).

Satellite looked at Yusei with some worry on his face.

"Don't worry about Mina, Satellite, she will be fine." Yusei spoke, "That was nice of you to give her flowers."

Akiza smiled, "Looks like Satellite is being a shameless flirt with Mina. I guess Carly and I have some competition with him."

Leo looked at Satellite, "Who is going to watch Satellite while Yusei and Bruno are looking over that new C.C. ball?"

Crow looked over at Jack and said "I know the perfect volunteer to watch him, and Satellite can make sure that this volunteer doesn't spend all day at the café."

Jack shot Crow a murderous look, "If this volunteer is who I think it is, then he's going to make sure that he gives you hard time when he catches you Crow."

Crow started running up the stairs and out the door with Jack running after him.

So here is chapter four, and those who are Pokémon fans know the device that Yusei uses to carry Satellite around is a poke ball (Reminder, Yusei doesn't know what a Poke ball is so he has to call it something else), while the device left in the fire is a Great Ball. I would guess that all capture balls would have a serial number in them including the company that made them. Yusei is very good with machines and computers, and since he found the poke ball, he would want to take it apart and see how it worked (He also would want to make some copies in case he ever lost the poke ball). With finding a poke ball and Satellite with it, would that mean that Satellite had a trainer before he meet Yusei? And with the description of a monster made of flames, and the finding of a Great Ball does that mean the Art Arsonist is a trainer? That will be revealed in later chapters. In the next chapter I'm going to be touching on the villain in this story. Please R&R.