Cynthia let the document fall from her grasp and land on her desk, before collapsing into her chair with a sigh.

"She just couldn't let it go, could she?"

Lucian who was stood on the other side of Cynthia's desk shook his head.

"It would appear not. Our new Pokémon Master has a vindictive streak."

Cynthia looked down at the piece of paper again, before turning away. It was a summons to give evidence at the investigation into the suspended Chief of Hoenn Police. The Officer Jenny that Cynthia knew she would be accused of colluding with.

"Well you may want to start deciding how you want to redecorate."

"Sorry?" Lucian said in surprise.

"There is a good chance after I give evidence, I will be impeached." Cynthia admitted.

Lucian took an intake of breath. "It is really that bad?"

"With Mellanie Rigger driving it, yes." Cynthia said, scorn pouring into the name of her successor. "She has had it out for me ever since Ash Ketchum went into exile. She blames me for it."

"Unfairly?"

"Not as such." Cynthia said. "But I suspect that if it were down to Ketchum, I think I would be safe."

"Well he is back." Lucian offered. "Perhaps he can temper the new Pokémon Master?"

Cynthia snorted derisively. "I doubt that somehow. Him thrashing her has only managed to make her even angrier. It is unlike him to make a mistake like that. I fear he may have lost his touch."

"Well, Sinnoh will stand by you." Lucian said. "You've been our leader for so long."

"Thank you Lucian." Cynthia said, rising to shake her subordinates hand as he turned for the door. "I guess I'd best start planning my defence."

"Good luck." Lucian said seriously from the doorway. "I think you'll need it."

Cynthia watched the door swing shut and then let herself flop into her chair. She picked up the legal summons again and scanned it. On the face of it, there was nothing wrong. Cynthia had been heavily involved in the case that was the basis for the improper conduct charge, it would have been unusual for her not to give evidence. But Cynthia knew that whilst she could not lie, the truth would paint a target squarely on her back. She shut her eyes and rubbed at them. After so long as the Sinnoh Champion, it would be a sad end for her career. Her fall from the head of the world to a nobody would be staggeringly quick.

"Lucian's heart is in the right place, but I do hope that he doesn't expect the Sinnoh region to turn against the justice system."

Cynthia's eyes snapped open. Stood in front of her desk stood a figure she recognized very well. The iconic hat was firmly on his head, his black jacket fluttering slightly in some impossible breeze. Cynthia felt her heart accelerate as she rose to her feet to face down Ash Ketchum.

Misty let out a yawn that caused Sam to smile sympathetically. He knew how hard the last few days had been for her, the days since Samuel Oak's death had seen her become progressively more tired. He had offered to spare her from the weekly meeting that he had with his Elite Four, but she had shot him down. She had even managed to arrive on time, but she looked exhausted.

"What else do we need to look at?" Sam turned to look at Alicia, the first of his Elite Four. It was a question that she asked almost weekly as the meetings moved to their conclusion, her impatient nature trying to drive them along. Of all his Elites, Alicia had been the one he had been the last sure of. She was a formidable trainer, but he had often wondered if she was cut out for the political nuances of the role. She had done a good job in the last three years overseeing the progress of all Gyms in the Kanto region, travelling to each of them regularly to give tuition to the trainees there. And more than half of all challengers went down to her Fire Pokémon. Even Typhlosion found struggled against her own powerhouse, a ferocious Infernape. Typhlosion still held an undefeated record against Alicia's Pokémon, a record that only Gyarados could match in the entire Elite Four.

"Just three items left." Sam said his voice placating. "Firstly, we've had a request for an official visit to the Saffron tournament."

A groan came from Jack, Sam's Grass-using second Elite. "Do we have to send somebody?"

Sam chuckled. "Yes. And it is your job as the events coordinator."

Jack threw his boss an unhappy look but glanced at Rose who was sat at the end of the table taking minutes. "Fine." Jack said. "I'll do it."

Sam nodded before glancing down at the agenda in front of him once again. "

"Next up is a funding request for the expansion of the Vermillion Port. Rose?

Rose looked up from where she was typing and consulted a sheet next to her. As his third Elite, she was more serious than Jack or Alicia. She was incredibly methodical, which had made her perfect for managing the economic policies for the Kanto region. Under her watchful gaze, they had managed to ensure that the region's government was debt-free. They actually had an annual surplus, which was used to provide funding for special requests, as well as being invested to give the region a greater return.

"Lieutenant Surge has requested that as the largest port in Kanto, Vermillion City should be given further funding to expand. He envisages adding further docks, with the accompanying warehouses and industry that would be supported by the expanded port. He has secured investment from three major shipping companies to fund the majority of the dock area, whilst he has issued provisional planning permission for the supporting industries."

"So why does he need more money from us?" Misty asked.

"Vermillion itself is funding the stop gap for the dockland area that the shipping companies will not provide." Rose said. "Whilst they have agreed to preferential docking rights over the new docks for the next ten years, they will not provide all the funding for them. This has left the city unable to provide grants for the industrial area. That is what the funding is requested for."

"How much larger does he want the docks?" Alicia asked.

"It is aimed to be a seven percent expansion."

"Can we afford it?"

Eyes snapped to Rose as she pondered Sam's question.

"We can, but I would recommend offering a deal whereby we provide a loan to Vermillion, to be paid back from the increased port revenue. This will give us an expected payback period of some twelve years, providing an income for that time, as well as giving us a reasonable return on the investment."

"Good enough for me." Sam said with a smile. "Give him the go ahead for the loan, provided that you are happy with the deal from our end."

Rose inclined her head, and Sam glanced down at the final item.

"Finally, as I am sure you are all aware, Professor Samuel Oak passed away this week." Sam said. "He was the Kanto Regional Professor for a record number of years, and made several significant breakthroughs in the field of Pokémon studies. The fact that he devoted his life to helping the trainers of Kanto, a life of public service means that I believe we should hold a state funeral."

Sam looked around the table, seeing nods from his Elites. "This would be a first for any Regional Professor in any region."

"If anybody deserves it, it is Oak." Jack said instantly. He looked over at Misty. "What do you have to say about it?"

"I cannot have an opinion as he is a member of my family." Misty said softly. "But the assistance that he has given every Kanto trainer is invaluable."

Alicia nodded. "I remember when I first met him. I'd been given Chimchar some of my family in Sinnoh, but I still went to see him to get my Pokédex. He gave me a long talk about what I should expect and how to best care for my Pokémon. When I told him I wanted to be a Fire-trainer, he smiled and gave me some burn ointment."

"Every trainer who has come through Kanto has similar stories." Rose said matter-of-factly. "We can easily afford a state funeral in the current budget and it would be proper."

Sam nodded. "We'll do it then. Jack, if you could make the arrangements."

"Of course." Jack said. "I assume you'll want it in Indigo?"

"Yes."

"And are we inviting the Pokémon Master?"

There was a frosty silence in the room as Sam gazed at Jack.

"We should." Sam said. "It would be wrong to exclude the Pokémon Master, and Mellanie knew him on a personal level as well."

"I'll handle it." Jack offered.

"No." Sam said, his voice very quiet. "I'll handle the Pokémon Master." He rose from his seat. "Thank you all. May all our meetings go as smoothly as this one."

The members of the Kanto Elite Four watched their Champion turn and stride out of the conference room, leaving an uneasy silence behind him.

"You're back." Cynthia said softly, trying to look through the shadow cast by Ash's hat but failing to make out any facial features.

"You knew that." Ash answered.

"I meant… I don't know." Cynthia said. "But… I'm sorry Ash."

"Sorry?"

"For what I did." Cynthia said. "I should never have taken your title. I should never have forced you into exile. I was wrong."

"I appreciate that." Ash said, still unmoving.

There was a long silence as Cynthia looked at the motionless figure in front of her. "Why are you here?" She asked eventually.

"I had assumed that Mellanie would have made her move against you by now." Ash said. "Whilst she has forgotten many things that I taught her, she has not forgotten how to be ruthless."

"But she has become vindictive." Cynthia said, before catching herself. "Sorry."

"That is the second time you have said that to me already."

"I… Yes." Cynthia felt her mind race, along with her heart. Ash had still not moved and she had no idea what he was here for. His final words to her before his exile were still burned in her brain.

"And when I return, you will have to face a reckoning. Until then, you have to lead the world."

"Why are you here?" she asked again.

"I am here to do what I always tried to do." Ash said, his voice still level. "When I was Pokémon Master I fought to protect the world. It was why I returned from the Wilds initially, it was why I was so heavily involved in the fiasco that led to me being arrested, and it was why I left when I did. My priority was, above all, to ensure that the four regions are protected."

"From what?" Cynthia asked.

"From everything." Ash took a chair in front of the desk, before removing his hat, waiting for Cynthia to o the same. His good eye burned into Cynthia's, his look penetrating all the way to her soul. "From inside the regions, I suspect you never realised how fragile they are."

It took all of Cynthia's self-control to prevent herself from scoffing. "Fragile?"

"Let me put it this way." Ash said. "When you were Pokémon Master the first time, if the legendary Pokémon had attacked a region, what would the other regions have done?"

"I don't understand." Cynthia said.

"You couldn't beat them." Ash said, his voice patient as if he were explaining something to a child. "You would have had to endure. And huge damage would have been done. By forcing Tobias to release his Pokémon, we were able to avoid any divisions being created. If one region was badly attacked, wealth would have to be diverted. Now imagine that Kanto had an economic problem at the same time as Sinnoh was savaged by legendary Pokémon. Would Kanto have still send financial aid to Sinnoh to help repair the damage?"

Cynthia opened her mouth and shut it again, unsure of what to say.

"The four regions are that." Ash said. "Four. And under your initial stewardship they remained that way. Under my leadership we brought them closer. And you threw it all into disarray."

"I did what I thought was best at the time." Cynthia protested.

"What you did nearly caused a split in the four regions." Ash said. "You nearly became the Pokémon Master who broke them apart. Sinnoh was headed on a collision course with the rest. Lucian is entirely correct, your region loves you. Conversely, Johto loves Mellanie. This has brought both regions into opposition. Usually this wouldn't have caused a problem. The Pokémon Master should be above this level of petty politicking. But you and Mellanie had brought it back down. It is not a title to be fought over to enable you to get one over the other. It is a responsibility to lead the world, to protect the people of the four regions."

"So why are you here?" Cynthia asked for a third time.

Ash's lip curled slightly. "I'm here to ensure that you don't do anything stupid. Let me handle Mellanie. I know you Cynthia. I know you will want to fight against Mellanie. She will throw the weight of the legal system at you, and you will fight it every step of the way. And the longer it is drawn out, the more time there is for opinions to change. Sinnoh will turn against the Pokémon Master. Johto will fall in behind her. Kanto will most likely do the same; I am from there after all. The Pokémon League will be in danger of falling apart as the regions drift away from each other. It could even lead to civil war."

"Do you think it will truly be that bad?" Cynthia asked. "Civil war, just because Mellanie wishes to have me impeached?"

"Yes." Ash said bluntly. "So I ask you to trust me. I can handle Mellanie, and protect you from what is to come. But I need your complete trust."

Cynthia laughed. She hadn't meant to, but she couldn't help herself.

"You expect me to trust you?" she asked. "After the way that we parted?"

"I do." Ash said. "For two very simple reasons. Firstly, if I wanted to get revenge, Mellanie is doing a great deal to enable that to happen for me. Secondly, you don't have a choice."

"I'm preparing a legal defence." Cynthia said, somewhat snappily. Ash treated her to a sad smile.

"And if that is all you have, you will be removed. Legally what you did was in the wrong and we both know it. You cannot beat Mellanie in this. So don't. Let me do it."

Cynthia leaned back in her chair, considering it for a long moment. "Very well. I will put my faith in you."

Ash rose from his chair and held a hand out. "Just like old times then."

Cynthia shook it firmly. "One day it will be like that again."

Ash stood quietly, contemplating the memorial to Sonia. It was a place he often found himself drawn to when he needed somewhere to think. The memory of his greatest failure was enough to drive him forwards in avoiding the same mistakes. He wasn't surprised that Cynthia was in denial. It was not an illogical assumption that he might retake his title and have her come back and work for him. But the unstable nature of the regions meant that in the end, Cynthia would almost certainly have to step aside. He would probably have to return as Pokémon Master though. If the divisions that had been laid three years previously were still as deep as he feared, only somebody with the authority of him in his prime would be enough. The question he was unsure about was whether he could get back to that level of authority.

He didn't react as he heard footsteps behind him, but he felt his mother approaching. Ash smiled slightly as he heard her sigh.

"Here again?"

"Yes."

Delia shook her head. She had never known her son to display the kind of guilt that he showed over Sonia. And whilst she hadn't known him for the years he had been away, it was still hard to understand.

"Where were you this morning?" Delia asked.

"In Sinnoh." The corner of Ash's mouth curled up slightly.

"Sinnoh?"

Ash turned to look at his mother. "I decided to visit Cynthia."

Delia moved up to stand next to her son, her hand resting gently on his shoulder. "A friendly visit?"

Ash chuckled. "This one was actually. I wanted to ensure she didn't do anything stupid."

"Because that worked so well last time."

"Thank you Espeon." Ash said sharply. "We have moved on from that."

"I still don't think we should have." Espeon argued, moving forwards from where she had been waiting quietly. "She drove you away."

"You still don't understand." Ash said softly. "You never have Espeon. The important thing isn't what happens to us. It is what happens to the four regions, to the world."

"That isn't your responsibility." Delia said, sadness in her voice. "Nobody expects you to put everything else first."

"I know they don't." Ash said. "And if I hadn't wanted to, we could have stayed out in the Wilds. It is no longer our responsibility."

"Is that why you haven't told Alakazam to move the island back yet?"

"Yes."

"Do you want to walk away again?" Delia asked her son. He turned and met her eyes, his powerful gaze nearly causing her to take a step back.

"No. And we will move the island back at the right moment. That moment has not yet arrived."

Ash turned back to the memorial in front of him.

"I am trying to decide whether to save Officer Jenny."

"Jenny?" Espeon asked in surprise. "But we went to see Cynthia!"

"We did. But if Mellanie is coming for Cynthia, she will have dealt with the police. Which means that the Officer Jenny will be being investigated."

"Can you help her?" Delia asked.

"Why would we want to help her?"

"We would want to help her because she was caught up in events far bigger than her, events that she couldn't cope with." Ash said. "But I am unsure how easily we could help her. Mellanie is more unstable than I thought, bringing us into direct opposition with her carries its own risks."

"There is your answer then." Delia said with a slight air of superiority. "If you want to know the dangers of opposing Mellanie, go and ask her."

Ash chuckled. "I've considered that. And I think I will." Ash turned to Espeon. "I'll need Alakazam to take me to Indigo Plateau. After that he is to return here and prepare to move the island back. To give our further actions strength, we need to be on top of events."

"Understood. When do you want to leave?"

"As soon as we get back to the house."

Mellanie was sulking. If you had asked her she would be more likely to describe it as brooding, but to herself she would admit it, there was nothing else for it. She had spent the last three days in her office, only venturing out to deliver destruction to those who were still persisting in challenging her. Every time she thrashed somebody she hoped she was regaining some of the authority that came with her position. The Pokémon Master was entitled to respect, the awe that others had for her because of the strength of her Pokémon. Ash had managed to destroy that. In under an hour he had obliterated her. Despite training with him for five years, she had never felt so utterly outclassed. The aggression that Pikachu attacked with had been telling. The little Pokémon had taken the fight seriously. It was sobering to be shown how utterly outclassed she was. How utterly outclassed she still was. For all her strength, Ash remained above. It was almost as if he fought different battles to everybody else.

The knock on the door drew Mellanie's glare. The number of challengers had fallen significantly, meaning that the staff were able to inform her of each one in person. The ferocity that she was now battling with was enough to dissuade most from taking her on. But she didn't want to go and fight. She had two days left in her month of battling and she just wanted them over. She wanted to be able to retreat, to rebuild her image and strength. To recover from her humiliation. She had never thought Ash capable of fighting her like that. She had seen him do it to opponents for years, but she always thought there was a line. She thought she was safe but apparently, she was not.

The knock came again, and Mellanie snapped. "What?" she barked at the wood.

It swung inwards slowly, and Mellanie froze. Stood in front of her, patiently waiting was Ash.

"You." She stammered out.

"Yes." Ash said. "Me. May I come in?"

"Would what I say make a difference?" Mellanie snapped, her anger giving her the ability to move again.

"No." Ash said mildly. "But it would be nice to be permitted."

"Fine. Come in. Say what you want to say."

Ash smiled as he stepped inside, the door swinging shut behind him. He took a chair facing across the desk and leaned back.

"It's not often I sat on this side." Ash said, looking around. "I was always better on the other side."

Mellanie looked askance at him, refusing to talk while Ash reminisced. A moment later he focused back on her.

"Sorry Mellanie, I'm not being very helpful here. I didn't come here to think about what once was."

"Then why did you come here?" Mellanie asked. "To further embarrass me?"

"No." Ash said. "And in all of my three years away, I never envisaged returning quite like I did. But you changed the playing field."

"I brought you back onto the playing field." Mellanie retorted. "And your thanked me by utterly humiliating me. No Pokémon Master has ever lost a battle in the month of battling. None except me. You wrote me into the record books Ash."

"I remember when such a defeat wouldn't matter to you." Ash said softly. There was a moment as Mellanie looked angry but her face fell into a jumble of conflicting emotions.

"That was some time ago."

"Not that long." Ash said. "Not so long you couldn't get back to it."

"So that is it." Mellanie said. "You want me to go back to the timid battler I once was?"

"You were never timid Mellanie." Ash said sadly. "But now you are misguided. I once warned you about letting revenge motivate you, but you appear to have forgotten."

Mellanie stared at him in disbelief. "You are here to tell me that?"

"What did you expect?" Ash asked, his voice still maddeningly calm. "Me to sit here and talk through the battle like we used to?"

"Like we used to?" Mellanie half-shouted. "If we were like we used to, you wouldn't have destroyed my team like that!"

"And we come back to that." Ash said, his voice tinged with regret. "Whatever you want to say Mellanie, say it. I can take it."

Mellanie rose to her feet, her entire body trembling with emotion. "You want me to speak my mind? Fine."

She turned and started pacing, her fury building as she let all the words that had built up inside her flow out.

"Three years ago you promised me that we would be partners." Mellanie spat, the venom in her voice clear. "You agreed to let me help you. You even thrashed Totodile, all in the name of teaching me. You think I'd forgotten what you were capable of?"

Ash sat perfectly still, only his eyes moving as they tracked Mellanie's pacing.

"And then you left. You let yourself be driven into exile. You left me. And as your partner, all I could think about was to bring you back. And so that is what I did. I worked. I trained. I was let down by those around me, those who didn't understand. I gave up everything for you Ash. I gave everything to bring you back. Nobody else could have done what I did. And when I was able to, the first thing I did was bring you back. I let you come home."

Tears started to flow down Mellanie's face as she stopped pacing. She put her hands on her desk, glaring across at her former mentor.

"And what is the first thing you did? You hid from me. You went behind my back. Who was the first person you saw when you came back? You went to Sam. The other person who I thought I could rely on. The other person who let me down. You didn't give me a chance. You assumed what he said was true about me. You trusted him, believed what he said about me. And then you came out and thrashed me. Is that what partners do Ash?"

She threw herself back into her chair, energy all consumed by her rant.

Ash watched her, chest heaving with emotion as she glared across the table at him. He tilted his head slightly to one side.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

Mellanie laughed, a mirthless sound.

"You want more Ash? I trusted you. More than anybody else, I trusted you. I trusted you to do what was right. And when I saw a chance to bring you back, I knew I had to take it. I upheld my side of the partnership, you let me down."

Ash nodded. "I am sorry that I had to leave Mellanie, truly I am."

"Then why?" Mellanie asked, desperation in her voice. "Why did you leave me?"

"If I had stayed, what would have happened?" Ash asked, his voice still infuriatingly calm.

"You would have proven your innocence!" Mellanie snapped. "You could have come back, faced the police, faced a trial. When your name was cleared, you would have become Pokémon Master. Cynthia would have been pushed to one side, Officer Jenny would have been in trouble."

"And you don't see the danger?" Ash asked.

"You would be Pokémon Master!" Mellanie said, exasperation showing now. "What is the worst that they could do?"

"What Cynthia could do, very little." Ash said. "But you have misunderstood what the world was like when I left. Rifts were growing between the regions. Kanto and Johto were unhappy with the way that Cynthia came back to power, and the investigation into myself. There was significant opposition to the Pokémon League, only kept in check because of Sam becoming Kanto Champion. His ties to me were well known by that point, which helped keep the peace. Sinnoh fell in line behind Cynthia, in direct opposition to me."

"And as Pokémon Master, you could have dealt with the problems."

Ash shook his head sadly. "You will learn that the authority of the Pokémon Master is not limitless. You need to learn how to play politics Mellanie."

"And you can teach me?" She said scornfully. "No thank you Ash. I trusted you once. And when I told you that I needed you, you abandoned me."

Ash sighed, the first evidence of his frustration. "Do not do this Mellanie."

"Do what?" She asked. "Take back control of my life? You claim to be so good at being ahead Ash, have you not worked it out yet?"

When Ash didn't respond, Mellanie took it as permission to carry on.

"I don't need you anymore Ash." She said. "You are the only trainer in the world who can beat me, nobody else can. Aside from you, I am at the top of the world. So, either challenge me for the title, or leave me alone. I am done taking advice from a mentor who I cannot rely on."

Ash swallowed down the hurt that Mellanie's vindictive fury was causing him, before rising from his seat. "I take it by this that you will not listen to me?"

"No." Mellanie said. "You need to decide whether you trust me to do the right thing. If you can't, why should I trust you?"

"Because I had to leave before I could teach you everything that I wanted to." Ash said sadly. "And for that, I am sorry. But you will learn one way or another."

Mellanie sneered at Ash. "You cannot accept that I have outgrown what you need me for." She said. "I thought what I wanted was you to return, but you've proven me wrong there. I am alone, and I will work alone."

Ash extended his hand out to Mellanie who looked at it like it would burn her. "Thank you for seeing me, Pokémon Master." Ash said quietly. "And I urge you to think about what I have said, or we will be in direct opposition."

Mellanie looked at the hand with scorn written across her face. "Then you truly have betrayed me. Get out Ash."

Ash retracted his hand and turned on his heel, striding out of the office. As the door swung shut behind him, Mellanie let her shoulders drop, emotion running through her body. Tears started to flow, dripping onto her desk as she stared at the door her mentor had just left through.

A pulling on her leg showed Totodile standing there, sorrow written across his face.

"Dile?" he asked.

"You heard." Mellanie said. "Ash will be working against us. We are now completely alone." A vicious smile spread across her features. "Where we are at our best."

Ash took a deep breath as he stood in the elevator, heading for the ground floor. He knew that whilst he could have Alakazam teleport him where he needed to go, he needed to go through the proper channels. As the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened, the receptionist looked up in surprise.

"Can I help you sir?" she called out as Ash exited. He smiled slightly and headed to the desk.

"Yes, I…" Ash broke off as the receptionist stared at him. "Sorry, is everything okay?"

"Ash Ketchum." The receptionist said, looking pleased with herself.

"Yes." Ash said, before a memory flickered in his mind. "You've met me here before."

"I've managed this office for years." The woman said with a slight smile. "I worked here when you were Pokémon Master."

"Well, I'm not anymore." Ash said. "Anyway, I am intending to offer my insight into the ongoing investigation into Officer Jenny, Chief of Hoenn Police."

The woman's jaw dropped for a moment before she smiled slightly. "I would ask how you know about that investigation, but I remember what you were like."

Ash inclined his head and waited.

"I cannot help you unfortunately."

Ash smiled. "You don't have to. Please enter my intention into your system, so that there is evidence. I know from where the investigation is being conducted."

The receptionist shook her head in disbelief as she typed on the keyboard. "Yes Sir." She hesitated a moment before courage pushed her forwards. "May I ask you something?"

Ash nodded.

"Will you become Pokémon Master again?"

"I'm afraid I can't answer that either way at the moment." Ash said as he turned away.

"I wish you would sir," the receptionist said as Ash headed for the door. "You were the best Pokémon Master that I've worked for."

As Ash vanished through the doors he showed no sign of having heard, but the receptionist knew that he would have.

The phone on her desk rang, causing Officer Jenny to look up in surprise. It had been a very quick investigation for her to lead, one of the most open and shut cases she had ever worked on. Her colleague was plainly guilty. She was nearly ready to return her report and file for prosecution.

She picked up the phone. "Officer Jenny, internal affairs?"

"Apologies Jenny, but there is somebody here who feels they have evidence to contribute to your investigation."

"My investigation? How do they even know about it?"

There was an element of humour in the voice at the other end of the phone. "The person of interest is Ash Ketchum."

Jenny sat bolt upright. "Ketchum?"

"Yes."

"Very well. I'll come and collect him for interview."

"Understood." The line went dead, and Jenny grabbed a notepad from her desk draw, before hurrying out towards the front of the Indigo Plateau police station. The chance to interview the man who had been wrongfully prosecuted was usually the basis for an internal affairs investigation. Jenny was not about to let the chance pass her by.