Reiko woke up in human form again. Her powers had returned! That meant her hoshi was close!
She went silently through the mansion, but found it nowhere, although Vlad had ridiculous security in place. It was child's play for her to get past, however.
She followed her senses and found it—on the neck of her captor.
Her claw found his neck, and she was tempted to kill him, but instead swiped her hoshi.
There was a clapping above her. His ghost form, Plasmius!
The shade of a human below her faded.
A duplicate!
"Nice trick." She smirked, and attacked.