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going to ask you a lot of
questions, so get ready. He's going to try to find out as much from
you as he can so the investigators can focus their attention to
specific areas of the crime. He doesn't really care about feelings,
so I'm sorry if he asks any intrusive questions that may still be
painful for you."
    "I'll tell you both everything I can," He
shifted in his chair. "Whatever can help catch these killers."
    The door opened and Giustino walked in with a
stack of disorganized papers in his arms.
    "Alright let's get this started," Giustino
sat down. "My guys have figured out a few things, but since you
watched it all, you can tell me if they're right so I can decide
what we do next."
    Giustino pulled out some blank paper and two
pens from the heap in his arms. He handed some of the paper and one
of the pens to Kanti and then focused all of his attention on
Anlon.
    "First things first Anlon, tell us what
happened from the beginning. The forensics team can only do so much
and it doesn't include finding out exactly what happened."
    "It all started really quick," Anlon started.
"But I had just got home and not too long later three races had
broken into my home. They used a concussion grenade to knock us all
out, or that's what I'm assuming they used, because all I can
remember after that is being tied up in chair."
    "What races were they?" Kanti asked, readying
to write them down on her sheet of paper.
    "There was a black and red Darza. Long
slender body and pure black eyes," Anlon described. "Then there was
a race that was part human and part spider. From the waist down it
was a grey and blue spider, and the waist up was grey a human with
golden eyes."
    "An Arachnid," Giustino told him. "Not an
extremely common race. Most of them are on the outer reaches of
Orion."
    "There was still one more," Anlon continued.
"A black Malak. It had light grey markings covering it's body,
white horns on its head, and demonizing maroon eyes."
    "Is there anything else you know about them?"
Giustino asked.
    "That's all I know about the races," He
squirmed, trying to stay calm. "They didn't mention each other by
name, or anything. They were mostly silent the entire time, except
for the occasional order or laugh."
    Giustino looked to the lie detector and Anlon
swore he saw a glimpse of disbelief cross the Chief's eyes, but he
didn't stop the interrogation.
    "What about the weapons?" Giustino asked. "My
forensics team knows what caused the ashes, but the skeleton and
bubbled skin on your brother has them completely baffled."
    Anlon breathed slowly, reliving the horror
from the night before. "The ashes were my mom. The Darza used a
laser weapon on her. It was strange," he started. "The round hit
her and it took a couple of seconds for anything to happen, but in
an instant she burst into a cloud of fire. Then she was just gone,"
Anlon held back tears.
    Kanti placed her hand on his. "We're very
sorry Anlon. We know what's happened to you is horrible and neither
of us can ever understand what you've gone through."
    "I wouldn't want anyone to understand this,"
Anlon replied. "I want to do everything I can to prevent this from
ever happening to anyone again."
    "What about the skeleton and boy?" Giustino
asked, emotionless.
    "Gemma," Anlon said. "The skeleton was my
sister Gemma. The Arachnid used some type of small robot thing. I
remember him saying razorbot. It was a small thing he placed on her
head and it multiplied to thousands of them rapidly, consuming her
from the outside in. They just devoured her skin and left only her
skeleton within seconds."
    "Oh my God," Kanti covered her mouth. "That's
horrendous!"
    Giustino's eyes didn't leave Anlon's. "What
about your brother?"
    "It was the Arachnid again," Anlon told them.
"It was some type of poison that he created."
    "You know for a fact that he concocted this
poison himself?" Giustino asked.
    "I do," Anlon nodded his head. "It was one of
the few things any of them said. He bragged about being one of