[The next morning...]
"What do you mean, you don't have the report?"
Officer Lucas looked more confused than angry, but Ace knew not to push his luck. Once the surprise wore off, he was probably going to be pretty unhappy. Which meant that Ace had maybe five seconds to get an explanation in, before his senior started chewing his tail off or something.
"Well, y'see, sir, there was a bit of an incident... All the keys are missing. All of them. I don't have the report because I can't get into the file cabinet where I put it last night."