Questioning random passersby wasn't getting them anywhere. Nowhere. It was a big waste of time to continue doing this, when they all knew they were only going nowhere, fast. Emmerich sighed, and looked up, half-expecting the answer to then suddenly dawn upon him. But all he saw was the cloudy sky, the sunlight escaping through the gaps in between. What happened now? Asked he to himself. What would Layton do? Then, he looked away from the sky and down to the tarmac below his boots. He smiled.
"Come everyone!" he yelled. Everyone was just talking. Then Emmerich blew his airhorn again, and they paid attetion. "Honestly..." he murmured, shaking his head. "Anyway, I have a theory as to how the mass-disappearances occurred, but before we march forward and investigate it, who've you lot voted off?"
Obi-Wan and Anakin led their once-comrade Mace Windu to the awaiting doctor.
"A Jedi, eh? Hard to believe," said Frei. "Well, according to everyone's wishes, you're gone now, Master Jedi. Apologies." He grinned, and then Don Paolo stepped beside Frei and snapped his fingers; Mace immediately vanished, like Dimitri and Bane before him. "Now, with that aside," the good doctor continued, "let us head to the offices where the incident occurred. I'll be better able to test my theory there."
A cloud of smoke danced away from the lips of a man. He was dressed in trenchcoat and fedora, and his eyes were concealed by dark sunglasses. A shadow consumed his form, and so he was barely noticeable. He was a spy, and he had been watching Dr. Emmerich Frei and his strange throng of men all along their journey. Whether Frei knew this or not, the man did not know.
He threw his cigarette on the floor and stomped on it with his foot, slightly stepping out into the light. Then, another man emerged from the darkness behind him. He looked similar, except he had a leather jacket in place of a trenchcoat and despised smoking with a passion. He was the first man's partner.
"What do you think?" said the first man.
"About Emmerich? Heh, he probably doesn't even know we're here," replied the second man.
"Why's the boss after him, anyway?"
"Dunno. Thought he had beef with Descole and that Layton character."
"Well, at least we can do our job without any worries, eh?"
"Yeah. That doctor, his friends and all our enemies shall fall."