"Really? A run down piece of crap like this? Isn't this a little too predictable, heck, even cliche?" Tachi sighed before silently approaching the door and pressed a long ear to it to see if she could hear any movement on the inside.

Quiet.

Good, that should make things easier, but just in case she moved to a window to look in. Under the cloak of night she was able to move without too much worry, not mention the neighborhood lacked... well... neighbors. Keeping an eye out, she was certain to catch any sign of movement but didn't see any after a while and felt a bit relieved as she padded back up to the door quietly. She pressed her index finger to the keyhole she'd whisper a few words and the magical glow seeped in to the hole causing a click, but just to make sure she caused the door to turn in to a screen the shown an x-ray'd version of the door to find a few more looks on the inside only and a couple of traps wired up.

"Oh, good boy Kata, you learned from last time. Not well enough though." The stream of magic quickly disabled the traps and quickly unlatched all the locks barring her entrance. She stepped in and took to a knee planting a hand to the ground, "All right my little friends, show me around." A moment went by but sudden burst or purple color erupted from where her hand touched the floor to form a magic circle with a slow rotation. The glow seeped in to the ground slowly finding some wires before racing along them the moment it found some. Wire after wire traced throughout the building and causing each wall to glow dimly for a moment then quickly retracted right back to her causing a screen to pop up before her showing the perfect layout of the house.

She looked along the house, "All right Kata, now where are you keeping the drive?" She held her hand over the screen causing it to flicker and a quick beep echoed through the building before a red dot showed up on to the screen. "Not even a hidden room. Oh... oh Kata. You idiot." Suddenly with quick steps she followed the map to the small drive that she had been looking for. It was stolen from her, and now she stole it back. However, she wasn't done with her revenge. She looked at the map in idle thought. Where would he keep his den? It was then something dawned on her. Why was the drive so easy to find but the den wasn't? Something wasn't right.

A step up to the door caused her ears to perk upwards and right afterwards the door was kicked open with a shout, "No one move! We have the place surrounded. We know you're here Tachi! Come out now!" Several officers filed in to the building spreading out to find the man they had been looking for. Several reports came back with nothing, "Keep looking, he has to be here somewhere!"

'I know that voice' She thought pressing her ear up against the glass of the small bottle she disappeared in to. She was thankful she learned how to shrink herself but hoped they wouldn't take too long, it was very uncomfortable and still made her feel very unsettled. 'Is that... it's that fucking detective again. Ugh, I can't get rid of him now, the magic will be too bright.' Slight adjustments in the bottle made her grunt a bit. She was having a hard time adjusting herself, with her size in the bottle.

An officer near by had heard the grunt and began to approach the bottle, though not fully opaque, it was nearly. He saw a little bit of movement but heard the detective call out that they were heading out and to just give up finding their lead to to a false one. The officer was approaching a bit more but was singled out by the detective causing him to just leave. Tachi gave a sigh and just shook her head, "Well, at least I can get out of here."

"Not quite yet Tachi. Good work in hiding, but I had no idea you could do such things."

"Kata? Where are you?"

"I see my little trap didn't quite work, oh well, I find out something more interesting. Now I get to have my own little toy." His devious voice echoed and as Tachi was about to get out of the bottle spouting profanities about how he'd never have the chance a cork popped on to the bottle sealing her in and silencing her, his body morphing out from the wall. The hard to see, he relished the shock that was on her face, "Oh, I'm just as surprised that I'm not the only one as you are. Now for my fun." Much to her displeasure she banged on the glass and shouted out silent words as he picked up the bottle and carried her off.

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One thing is for sure, I always trust Sash to pop out something amazing and and I adore her for it!
Always love giving her freedom.

Art:  4TailedFox
Tachi:  Lunarian