It was a usual and typical day inside the courtroom. The galley sat high rising above the drama unfolding below. The wooden panels of the walls seemed like skyscrapers to Apollo, of course it didn't help that he was so short. Those that sat above him seemed like Gods and it always made him feel so small, but not at this moment, at this moment he was king.

"HOLD IT!" came a loud and sultry voice from the rock star prosecutor. Klavier hunched over his work bench with beads of sweat trailing down his forehead. "What do you mean there was another way?"

"It's just like I said. Yes there may have been a used match stick found inside the office, however fire does a great job at concealing much evidence." Apollo slammed his fists down on the bench, "But it's always easy to see what started the fire!"

"But there was no other way to start a fire in there, no flint, no lighter, nothing else was found! How could you possibly prove another incendiary device was used?"

"It is true that there was no purposeful incendiary device used, however take a look at this box recovered from the scene." Apollo holds up a half charred box. It was difficult to tell between the charred pieces and ash but one could clearly see SOUNDX Radiomaster was written on the side. "If you may recall this radio was sent as a gift to the victim on the very same day as the arson!"

"Herr forehead have you lost your mind? How does a radio start a fire?"

"This specific brand was recalled from stores just recently. They found out that from a simple frayed wire in the radio's plug, a spark could emit."

"OBJECTION!" Klavier's arm fully outstretched fist banged against the wall, "That is preposterous to assume that a simple radio could have sparked."

Apollo folded his arms and slowly grew a big smirk. "Actually it isn't, and I can even prove it right here."

*MUNCH* The sound broke through the soap opera unfolding and echoed throughout the courtroom. "Probably not the greatest idea there spikes. This courtroom is mostly wooden panels, and the whole place would go up in flames instead of a controlled example. Also it is unnecessary. *MUNCH*"

"Would the witness please kindly refrain from eating in the courtroom." The judge scoffed, "Now then, without seeing this example the verdict would stay the same and we would find the defendant gui-"

"I said it was unnecessary, I didn't say it was not going to happen. I went through logistics and scenarios of what a flame from the electrical spark would look like. If you would please care to look at the diagram." The screen above the witness booth glowed with images of the office quickly being engulfed by flames. "These flames imitate a path that ended in results that the office was found in. Now if we look at this diagram which would show what would happen when started by a match…" The screen glowed again but the fire slowly moved and the screen timed out after a while.

"Why didn't it show the full scenario?" Klavier questioned.

"I only played the scenario long enough for the fire department team to arrive. If it was started by a match the fire department team would have arrived before the flames fully engulfed the office and the victim would still be alive."

There was a dull murmur that went through the courtroom. Klavier was in a stunned silence looking across the courtroom to a smirking Apollo.

"In light of recent events it seems as if we can only come to one logical verdict. I hereby find the defendant NOT GUILTY!"

Cheers were shouted across the courtroom and confetti rained down. Apollo swiftly gathered up his papers and walked out with Trucy in tail. The cheers started to silence as Apollo made his way into the defense lobby.

"Wow Apollo great job! I can't believe how quickly you turned that case around!" Trucy exclaimed. "I never would have actually thought a fire could be started from an electrical source."

"To be honest neither did I. It's a good thing Ema was able to help us out back there, I was actually just going off on a whim. Who knew we would find out the real murder weapon was a simple radio."

"I know! You know something like that would make for a cool magic trick, it would help with my misdirection!"

"Well just make sure you have the right fire extinguisher at hand. A simple fire extinguisher is usually a class 'A' extinguisher and cannot put out electrical fires. You would need a class 'C' extinguisher to keep your shows as safe as possible."

"Are you showing off that giant forehead again?" Came a scruff voice from behind Apollo causing him to jump a little. "You know the bigger it grows the smaller those spikes of yours will become."

"You're one to talk Mr. Wright." Apollo turned around to see Phoenix Wright ex-attorney standing behind him with a giant smile on his face. His hands in the gray pockets of his over-sized sweatshirt, and the blue beanie pulled halfway down his forehead.

"Who knew such a turn of events could happen in that case. The jury upstairs all had their mouths gaped open the minute they saw the first scenario played across the screen, and immediately started writing 'Not Guilty' on their slips. It was incredible!"

"Yea, I guess it was."

"Oh my God 'Polly no need to be that humble! You do know what this win means? It was your 10th win in a row! Out of just 10 cases! You are amazing! Daddy, can we celebrate with burgers?"

"I don't know why you are asking me, I was ready for a celebration! How about you Apollo, shall we go out and grab some burgers? My treat!"

"You sure you can afford that?"

"Of course we can, there's a burger joint up the street from the office and they owe me a few favors. I used to go there all the time in my prime days and since then they always give me free meals."

"Oh, well then I guess we can go there."

Apollo led the three of them outside. It was a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly. As Phoenix, Apollo, and Trucy started heading down the steps of the courthouse towards the bus stop Apollo stopped dead in his tracks causing Phoenix to stumble behind him and Trucy to bump into him.

"What's wrong 'Polly?"

Apollo stared straight ahead, at the bottom of the steps were Klavier and Ema, and on a normal basis this wouldn't strike Apollo as odd, but Klavier was holding Ema's hand, and that struck Apollo.

"Oh hey! It's Klavier and Ema! Let's go invite them!" Trucy ran off in front of the two and towards Ema and Klavier calling out their names as she quickly moved down the steps. The minute Klavier heard this he let go of Ema's hand and turned around to see a blue blur moving swiftly towards him.

"Ach, if it isn't the fraulein magician. How's it going there Trucy!"

"Not so bad." Trucy bopped the top of her hat and offered a quirky grin. "Hopefully you aren't hurting from the loss today." By this time Phoenix and Apollo had caught up to them and joined the conversation.

"Nah, don't you worry there Herr forehead, I'm glad that we can always end each case with the truth."

"And I'm glad you don't have any hard feelings when I cream you at your own game."

Klavier let out a mighty laugh, "Ha ha, keep showing me up like that and I may actually have to stop my career as a lawyer and be reduced to focusing on band for a while!"

"Well after I have beaten you 10 times in a row I'm surprised you haven't already done so."

"You know you wouldn't have won there if it wasn't for my fire model testing back there! So in the end it should be my win!" Ema perked up.

"You know speaking of that fire model testing how do you keep affording to buy all of this equipment? Especially right when the case needs them most."

"Um, well, I… *MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH* I just get them *MUNCH MUNCH* I guess…" Apollo's bracelet grew extremely tight around his wrist. What was it she was hiding?

"Anyways Herr forehead you're part of the big leagues now with that win!"

"Was that a short joke?"

"Ah you caught me. So heading out to celebrate I take it?

"Yea, I'm treating the three of us to burgers over by our office. You two are more than welcome to join and celebrate all the wins, after all you both were quite helpful with everything too."

"Oh! Thanks for the offer Mr. Wright but um, I actually uh-"

"Fraulein detective and I actually have plans together for tonight."

Trucy held her hand over her gaped mouth. "Plans together? What kind of plans?"

"I'm taking fraulein detective here to the brand new rock opera that opened up called Investigations of Love."

Apollo folded his arms and looked down huffing out. "That sounds like some sort of mushy gushy love story thing that you would have written."

"Ha ha ha, caught me Herr Forehead."

"WHAT?!" Apollo taken aback hair flustered upwards and a surprised expression flew across Apollo's face."

"In part I did write this rock Opera. Well, at least the music for it. This French guy by the name of Jean Armstrong wrote the story itself."

Phoenix leaned down and whispered into Apollo's and Trucy's ears "Don't go to see that. EVER!" The comment surprised Apollo just a little bit and was about to ask why when Ema butted in.

"You see recently Klavier had been asking me all these questions about different types of scientific investigations." Ema beamed for a bit looking up with big eyes glowing "There are so many from forensic analysis, to fingerprinting to scenario interpretation to-"

"Perhaps get to the point there Fraulein detective."

"Oh right, anyways, Klavier kept sending me different pieces of equipment and would talk to me on the phone for hours trying to find out what each one did."

"We were trying to make the story more realistic so it helps to come from the source. Thanks to her I believe we wrote the best show ever!"

"Isn't this the only show you've ever written?" retorted Apollo.

"Caught me again, anyways tonight is opening night for the Opera and I invited Ema to come along with me to share in my accomplishment."

"As like... a date?" Trucy asked shyly.

"Um, well, I *MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH* I guess you could say that *MUNCH MUNCH*"

Apollo was in a stunned silence. All expressions wiped from his face. He was speechless. He was more than speechless he couldn't even find words to think in his head. He didn't seem to understand much else after that. It was something along the lines of a congratulations from Phoenix and fumbling around for bus fare and Trucy ending up paying for Apollo because he couldn't remember where his wallet was. They soon ended up at the burger joint.