[16 December 2038   Noon
Gavin: Hostile]

"We are here detective, " RK900 said.

The Neighbourhood looked relatively normal compared to the others in the area. All of the houses were from the last thirty years. Either made or upgraded. Most of the people were away shopping downtown, at work or at school.

Mr Grant's house was red and rather small. No surprise considering there were only two people living in it.

They left the car and walked towards r Grant's house. The yesterday's snow crunched under their feet as they walked.

"You'll stand behind me the whole time, " detective Reed said as he knocked on the front door.

Mr Grant opened the door carefully after a few seconds. He looked mixed between relief and sadness.

[Jacob's stress level: 73%]

"Good morning Detective. Please come in, "

His voice was shaky yet monotone, similar to a victim that just had been shot at.

Detective Reed walked in with RK900 following in his footsteps.

The room they walked into was tidied with everything perfectly in place, and the dust that had settled was no more than 14 hours old.

RK900 looked around the room, but couldn't see anything that could link to the crime so he decided to eavesdrop on Detective Reed and Mr Grant's conversation.

"I'm gonna cut to the case. When did you notice that your daughter was gone?" detective Reed asked.

"Around 5 in the morning. I had just gone to the bathroom when I decided to check in on her and she was gone,"

The conversation had now moved over to the living room.

"How did you know that the android was involved?"

"She usually comes here at four to make breakfast and wake us up. I noticed that she wasn't in the house and was lucky to wake up on time,"

Detective Reed gave RK900 a look and pointed at the couch. RK900 nodded and detective Reed sat down.

"How is your relationship with your daughter?"

Mr Grant sat down beside him.

"Well, I believe that it was good. Though we weren't talking so much I did talk to her every day. We some fights every once in a while. The last one was yesterday evening but I don't think it had anything to do with her being kidnapped,"

Detective Reed exhaled out of his mouth and looked down for a second.

"What was the fight about?"

"There was a big test coming up and she wasn't sure if she had practised enough for it. She asked if she could stay home and study some more. I yelled at her and told her to continue until ten. A few minutes after ten I apologized to her. We hugged it out and she went to sleep,"

"Did you touch anything in her room when you checked it this morning?"

Mr Grant eyes widened. "No, it was easy to see that she wasn't there. As soon as I knew she was away I went into my room, hid under the cov-"

"I didn't ask for the whole story, "

[Jacob's stress level: 93%]

Detective Reed turned his head and looked at RK900. "Hey, Asshole!"

"Yes, detective?"

"Go check the girl's room to see if the android hurt her in any way,"

RK900 nodded once and walked out of the living room. Behind him, he could hear that detective Reed had begun questioning Mr Grant again.

Ella Grant's room wasn't particularly small. It was just so packed that it gave the impression that it was half its' size.

Similarly to what Mr Grant had said, it was easy to see that she wasn't there.

The duvet was folded in the shape of a triangle at the top and was slightly pushed down at the edge, and there was a set of fingerprints on the wood

[Analysing...

Fingers: Right: thumb, middle, ring and pinky
Left: index, middle and ring
Young teen, female

Ella Grant]

Similar fingerprints were all over the room but none were older than 14 hours. The Housemaid must have cleaned the room before she left.

Most of the fingerprints were at Ella's desk presumably made when she was studying.

RK900 walked over to her desk. The fingerprints became more and more visible until about 9 pm yesterday. They had stopped and come back within the span of ca.30 minutes. After that, they had become more sweaty and blurry. Around 10:15 pm the fingerprints stopped appearing

The amount of time that passed is too little for a trip to the bathroom or grabbing a snack. She was getting something.

RK900 turned around. He needed to find fingerprints that were set between 9:00-9:30 pm and after 10:15.

The oldest sets were against the wall and on the door handle. She had left the room.

RK900 left the room and began walking down the hall looking for similar fingerprints.

He found two sets of fingerprints on the same door handle, one more sweaty than the other. She most likely found the what she had been looking for inside this room. RK900 opened the door.

Mr Grant's office.

He closed the door. He wasn't allowed to enter the room without permission, but whatever Ella was looking for she found in here.

RK900 returned to her room. He began looking for finger prints within the time limit, but the room was covered in them.

She had tried to hide the thing.

RK900 walked around and looked at the fingerprints. Ella's room was messy and things were laying all over the floor. She must have chosen to keep it this way.

Eventually, RK900 found a place where the fingerprints were placed twice with a huge time gap. The placement of the prints suggested that she had stood on one foot and bent over.

RK900 removed the boxes and books that were in the way. The object was unsurprisingly gone.

There were other prints from later periods besides from the ones on her desk.

[The android did no visible harm to the girl while in the house

Is she hurting herself?]

RK900 open her drawer and found her phone.

[Left behind or taken away from?]

He pressed the home button and the lock screen appeared. There were a code and a fingerprint lock.

RK900 brought back the print information from the prints that were left on the bedside.

He scanned the thumbprint and flipped it vertically. He placed his thumb on the home button and unlocked the phone.

He accessed her messages.

The last message she had got was from Rachel.

He opened their messages.

[Scanning...

11th January
I know you're lying Ella

25th March
Ryan told me you slept with Skyler you slut!

24th April
If you ignore me one more time I'm gonna give you a black eye

09th Juli
I hope you drown in the ocean when you're away

19th Juli
Nobody would miss you, you know

30th September
If you tell anyone I'll tell Alex you cheated

29th November
I hope you die. No one will miss you

2nd December
I hope you don't think you're worth anything

15th December
If I see you at school tomorrow I'll kill you]

She was cyberbullied.

RK900 walked out into the hallway and saw the back door swing slightly. He walked over and saw two pairs of footprints in the snow.

[They left through the back door]

He then returned to the living room to find detective Reed still questioning Mr Grant.

[Jacob's stress level: 62%]

"No, as far as I know, she was yet to become deviant,"

"If she kidnapped your daughter last night I'm going to assume that it happened yesterday before she left or when she arrived this morning,"

"Detective?" RK900 asked. Detective Reed didn't answer but looked up at him.

"There are no visible signs that the android hurt the girl, but there is a possibility that she might have done something herself, "

[Jacob's stress level: 82%]

"What do you mean?" Mr Grant questioned. His voice was shaky and cold.

Before RK900 could answer detective Reed got up and passed him. RK900 followed without a word leaving Mr Grant to stumble behind him.

"How the fuck did you see any of that?" detective Reed asked angerly.

"My sensor is so sensitive that it can detect new layers of dust every fifteen minutes. Therefore I can tell how old some of her fingerprints are,"

[Gavin: Hostile -]

"How do you know that she might have hurt herself?"

"I went through her phone and found out that she had been cyberbullied by a girl named Rachel, " RK900 explained.

"That's impossible! Rachel is her best friend," Mr Grant exclaimed.

RK900 and Detective Reed turned their head and looked at him. He looked beyond terrified.

"Mr Grant, what do you for a living?" RK900 asked in a calm manner.

"I work in the firearm industry,"