"Oh, I didn't see you there." I said to Ryan. I was at the sink, doing the dishes, and hoping that Thomas's henchmen wouldn't find Ralph. "What brings you two around to my place?"

"Two reasons, one reason is because we need to ask you a few questions. The other reason is that we have some evidence to have us believe that Ralph was...or IS here."

"And what evidence is that Ty?" I asked.

"I'm RYAN!" said the one who was talking to me.

"And I'm TY!" shouted the one inspecting my place.

I gave both of them a glance. "You two really need name tags."

Ryan gave me a stern look. "The evidence about Ralph being in this location is his peculiar smell that lingers where ever he goes."

"That's about solid as a Geodude. The only problem is that I was at the party last night as well and the smell that I smelled isn't here"

Ryan took a whiff. "Yes... it doesn't seem to be here, but the smell is in the hallway."

"Maybe he was trying to get to me but couldn't." I shrugged. It was the best excuse I could think of.

Ryan seemed satisfied and Ty and Ryan then left.

I let out a relieve sigh. I then pulled out a straw from the sink.

A diminutive Wreck-It Ralph was at the end of it, his mouth in the other end of the straw.

"Thank you Martin." said Ralph in a highly pitched voice. "I thought they would have found me."

Ralph was panting hard while I went to my desk. I opened a drawer that contained many of the souvenirs from the old days. In it was how I shrank Ralph, a number of mini mushrooms from New Super Mario Bros.

"I have to relocate you to someone safer." I told Ralph.

"Why isn't here safe?"

"Would you like to hide in a sink for an extended period of time?" Ralph gave me an expression that indicated that he understood. I kept looking in the drawer. "A winner is me!" I exclaimed. I took out a super mushroom, a Pokéball, and a black pouch with a tag on it.

"What's with the Pokéball?" Ralph wondered.

"The Pokéball is how I'm going to transfer you to a safer place. Get in"

Ralph hopped in the Pokéball, and I made my way to Club 64. There were a good amount of humans and characters around the place, and the bar had plenty of space. Dodongo was asking one of the patrons to put out his cigarette and Link was having a chat with Meta Knight.

I walked to the bar and asked for Paula.

"What will you have today?" She asked.

"I'll have Totaka's special." I told her.

Paula left the bar and I followed her. We entered the closet and produced a doorknob from her pocket. She put it in a hole and opened a secret door. We entered a secret storeroom that held alcohol and soda from the Prohibition times.

Paula closed the door. "I thought that you swore that you wouldn't take a case for a game character again?"

"I'm not taking up a case for a character, I'm finding out who killed Richard Morning." I retorted to Paula "Ralph is suspect, but I think someone else may have ended Richard's game."

I let Ralph out of the Pokéball and gave him the mushroom; he instantly turned to normal size.

"So this is personal then?" She asked.

"Yes, and this one I intend to completely solve."

"This is not going to be like the death of Leroy? A case which you have not solved yet?" Said Paula, she had a tone in her voice.

I slapped her. My anger at her was equal to the anger I had when my brother died.

We all started to cry. Ralph came over to console us. He put his big hands on our shoulders and even he turned on the pipe works.

We regained our composures and I turned to Ralph.

"Ralph, you will be staying here for a while until I get more information. If you need to see what is happening outside, look through that grate."

Ralph went to a grate that looked for a heating unit, but it was not attached to anything. He looked at it and saw the entire club.

"So this is used for surveillance?" He asked.

I nodded, Paula and I made our way to the door and I started to leave. On my way out, Gannondorf entered the club. He looked concerned.

I did not see the following situation, but Paula told me what happened.

Gannon sat at the bar. "I'll have a glass of Ginger Ale."

Paula took a look at the Public Enemy of Hyrule. "What's wrong?"

"My friends at Bad-Anon are worried for Ralph after the death of Richard. We think he's scared and would like some comfort."

Ralph looked through the grate at Gannon. He felt bad for him.

Paula thought for a moment. "Come with me." She spoke. "I'll get you Totaka's Special."