A/N: Let me just start by admitting I only recently started watching PWAA – I haven't played the games. So this fic is based on the anime, in particular, episode 7. I know it's very short, but read on!
The Amalgamation
It was wrong to say Phoenix was surprised when Edgeworth said, "Your Honor, I will act in any manner that I deem fit." Because he was shell-shocked. It seemed so unlike everything the prosecutor had been till this moment that Phoenix couldn't help but be positively struck by the turn of events.
"The prosecution is colluding with the defense?" Ms. Vasquez asked, and Phoenix could see the surprise lining her face, surprise that she tried to hide.
Phoenix wondered the same; in their last case, Edgeworth had seemed every bit as ruthless as the papers made him out to be, but now he was helping Will.
But the defense lawyer decided not to question their lucky turnabout.
"Objection!" Phoenix looked at Edgeworth, shocked once more. The prosecutor's following words only made it rise higher, and for once, Phoenix thought he had caught a glimpse of the boy Edgeworth had been, of the childhood friend he remembered.
And as he struggled to use the time Edgeworth had provided to find a contradiction, Maya helpfully reminded him of the Chief's advice. And that was all he had needed, though he wondered how he had missed such an easy mistake by Ms. Vasquez.
"Hammer wasn't injured that day. It was Will Powers, the defendant!"
"What of it?"
"Yes, he was dragging his leg when he came to the trailer. But that was only because he was pretending to be Powers."
As if the two could read each others' minds, they connected the evidences given – the pieces that when properly lined would complete the puzzle – and worked together to ensure that justice would be upheld, that the truth would always prevail.
It was the first of many future partnerships. Blue of defense, red of offense – opposing sides, the prosecution and the defense – came together. For one of the first times in the battlefield of law, blue and red had combined to create the beautiful color of purple.
It was a color Phoenix hoped would continue on forever more.
*FIN*