A new thief appears!
"Are you ready for your first day as a Phantom Thief Night, er Loki?" said Emiko.
"You bet! Um, are you sure Wiz will let me use his wings Dark?" said Night.
"If he doesn't you can call for your daddy to save you…" said Dark evilly.
"Dark, that's the worst joke I've ever heard…" said Star.
"Well, I'm off! You guys gonna be at the museum to see how well I do?"
"Naturally; I'd like to see the new Phantom Thief in action. That and we can help you escape if it goes horribly wrong…" said Daiki.
"See ya at the museum!"
And with that, 'Phantom Loki' flew off to the museum. He was nervous, but overjoyed that he could finally follow Dark's footsteps! When he started getting closer, he realized something he overlooked.
"Oh no. What if everyone mistakes me for Dark?! I can't believe that didn't occur to me… oh well, too late to do anything now. Wiz, if you can get me a little closer to the roof, I'll take it from there! You go find Daisuke and the others 'kay?"
"KYU!"
Wiz left Loki on the roof and then went to find the Niwa family. It was a few minutes after that when the spotlights finally revealed the new Phantom Thief!
"Isn't that Dark?!" said Takashi's dad.
"I don't think so…he's too young to be Dark. He must be the one who sent the warning," said Satoshi.
"That isn't Dark, it's Loki." Said a girl who suddenly popped up beside Satoshi.
"What the…?! How did you get past the guards?!" said Satoshi, shocked.
"Please, do you really think that a few guards are gonna stop a Hikawa? Get real, Satoshi!"
"Did you say…" started Satoshi when every light in the museum blacked out!
Inside the museum, Loki was grinning at the fact that no one put a firewall on the program that ran the lighting!
"They're making this waaay too easy!"
He started back to the display case which held the piece he intended to steal. It was secured with the newest state-of-the-art security lock. It was supposedly protected from any attempts to hack into it. But then again, the makers never came face-to-face with Loki…
Less than a minute later the lock snapped open. He switched the item with his own calling card, which read: I'll give you guys an "A" for effort, but you're gonna have to step up your game if you really want to catch me!
"And now to make my getaway. Now let's see… where is it…Ah-ha! Time to book. The lights will come on in twenty seconds!"
Phantom Loki ran to the one place the cops never thought to put a watch on. The door to the basement. Unbeknownst to them, the original architect created a series of underground tunnels that led outside the museum. He pushed the lock and made his escape.
Outside, the Niwa family was starting to get worried. He had been in there way too long for one little art piece! That's when the call came on Daisuke's phone.
"Um, hello?"
"Yo, Daisuke!"
"Night?! Where are you?"
"Um, the house…where else would I return to? My home back in the middle of nowhere?"
"How long have you been at the house?" asked Daisuke.
"For nearly half an hour…what's taking so long to get back?"
"Hang on, I got to tell mom…"
"Um, mom?"
"What is it Daisuke? Is it about Night?"
"Yeah, he's back at the house. He said that he'd been waiting for us to return thirty minutes ago…"
"You mean it took him two minutes to steal the target and make it back to the house?! That beats Dark's record!"
"So, do we leave or what, Emiko?" asked Kosuke.
"We're going back home. Night's been waiting for us to get back apparently!"
At the Niwa house…
"I must say Night, I'm impressed! You beat Dark's record and left the scene without anyone the wiser! How'd you pull that one off?" exclaimed Emiko.
"That's exactly what I'd love to know. I know all of the escape routes in that museum like the back of my hand! How did you get past us so easily?!"
"You don't know all of the escape routes Dark! I found out about one even you haven't used!"
"Where is it?" asked Daiki.
"If I told ya, then my fun would be ruined! Besides, it's public knowledge about the tunnels…"
"TUNNELS?! You mean to say that the underground tunnels actually exist?! I thought they were just a myth!"
"Let me guess, you tried to find them and failed every time."
"I've searched every inch of that basement and I have never even caught a hint of those blasted tunnels. How'd on earth did you find them?!" asked Daiki.
"Surfing the 'net."
"You found them through the internet?!" exclaimed Emiko.
"Yup. I've wanted to follow Dark my whole life; so one day I decided to get a head start should the opportunity arise. I found the original blueprints by accident. I noticed this odd piece near the bottom and realized that it might be the infamous tunnels that no one ever found. Looks like I hit the jackpot too!"
"I don't believe this…I got beaten by a computer nerd?!" griped Dark.