Welcome to the beginning of the final story of the "Objection!" trilogy. Hope you enjoy it.
Apollo looked at the clock, his knee shaking. "It's been an hour since Mr. Wright went to the airport."
Pearl walked into Apollo's office. "Mr. Nick isn't here yet?"
"Nope, not yet."
When Apollo woke up, who usually beats everyone to awaken, found a note from Phoenix that merely stated that he was going to the airport. Apollo leaned back in his chair. "I don't know what he's doing though. Not even Maya knows."
It had been two weeks since Stephen was defeated in court, but managed to escape. Since then, they still had yet to get another case.
Soon, Apollo saw a taxi drive up to the office. "Ah, that must be him."
Soon, the entrance door to the office opened, and Phoenix stepped inside. "Mr. Wright, why were—"
Apollo's voice stopped in his throat. Right behind Phoenix, Athena walked into the office. "Athena!"
"Yo Apollo! Long time no see!"
Widget repeated what Athena said. Apollo patted Athena on the back. "I didn't think you would be back from your trip so soon."
"Well, it just didn't take as long as I thought it would take. I called Phoenix last night telling him that I would be back today."
Phoenix chuckled. "It would have been better if you would have given me a little more warning."
Maya walked into the room. "Hello, I believe we haven't met."
Athena smiled and stuck out her hand. "My name is Athena, Athena Cykes."
"Maya, Maya Fey."
"You mean THE Maya Fey? Phoenix's girlfriend!?"
Maya smiled. "I guess he already told you."
"He wouldn't stop gushing about you."
Phoenix scratched his head. "Well…let's just move on to another topic. Besides, Athena didn't come back early because she wanted to, it's because I asked her to."
Apollo looked at Phoenix. "Why did you call her back?"
"I told her about what happened recently, with Stephen, and she agreed that she would come back to help us capture him. It's only a matter of time before he does something. I needed everyone I could get to stop him."
Apollo shook his head. "Good thinking."
While everyone got reacquainted with Athena, Phoenix took out his phone. Looking at the screen, he pressed the voicemail and put the phone to his ear, to rehear the message.
"Hey, is this Phoenix Wright? My name is Carol Perkins. I was wondering if you would be willing to defend me in court over a murder charge I didn't commit. Please help me!"
Phoenix sighed. After what Stephen told me when he drugged me…I'm not sure what to expect…
Sighing, Phoenix entered his office, picked up his briefcase, and went to the entrance, where everyone still were at. "I'm going to go meet a new client who called me yesterday. I'll be—"
Athena interrupted Phoenix. "I'm coming with you."
"Athena, you just got back. You need to—"
"I haven't been on a case in SO long! I need some more action!"
Widget piped in as well. "So bored."
Phoenix smirked. "Fine, you can come along."
Athena smiled. "Finally! Something to do!"
"If you had nothing to do, then why did you need a trip overseas?"
"Eh…you'll see."
Phoenix shook his head and left the office. "We'll be back!"
As Phoenix and Athena left the office, Athena asked Phoenix. "So what happened to the people who threw a brick into the office?"
"Haven't heard from them since. Maybe they calmed down. I just don't know what happened to them."
Athena shook her head. "I hope you're right. That's the last thing we need to deal with."
Widget butted it. "Stupid jerks!"
Phoenix chuckled. "I wouldn't worry too much about them. We have a bigger task at hand."
Athena punched her fist to her other hand. "You got it boss!"
Soon, Phoenix and Athena were at the detention center. After Phoenix went to the guard, he was escorted into the meeting room. Soon, an elderly female was escorted into the room. "Are you Phoenix Wright?"
"I am. You must be Carol Perkins, correct?"
"Yes I am. I'm glad you at least came to hear me out."
"No problem Mrs. Perkins. Could you tell us more about the murder charge?"
"Yes. I was at my house two nights ago with George, my husband. He told me he was going to go take out the garbage. I didn't think anything of it and just shook my head. He left the house with a garbage bag and never came back in. George was friendly with all of our neighbors, so I just thought he was in the middle of a conversation with one of them. After about half an hour, I went outside to check up on him, only to find him on the ground, blood pooled around him. I immediately called the police, and once they arrived, promptly arrested me with murder."
"Did they have any proof you murdered your husband?"
"They said they did. Although, they didn't tell me what they had."
"Hmmm…what was the address of your house? I'll go and investigate."
"So you'll take my case?!"
"Yes I will."
"Oh, thank you Mr. Wright! Okay, my house is just a few blocks away from the detention center." Carol told Phoenix the address. "Alright then, I'll be on my way."
"Thank you Mr. Wright! Please find the person who killed my dear George!"
Phoenix shook his head. "You can count on it!"
Phoenix and Athena left the detention center. Athena was silent as they walked to the address. "You alright Athena?"
"It's just that…I sensed some discord in her voice. There is an inconsistency between what she said and what is in her heart."
Phoenix chuckled. "It's good to have you back Athena. I'll just have to prove it during the trial."
Athena shook her head. "I'll be there to help you."
Soon, they arrived at the house. "This is the address."
Athena chuckled. "You can't miss it. After all, it's the only house that's crawling with police officers."
Phoenix shook his head. "No need to point out the obvious."
Phoenix approached the yellow tape. An officer soon approached him. "Phoenix Wright, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to investigate the crime scene for my client."
"YOU'RE the one defending her?"
"Yes I am."
The officer shook his head. "Alright then. You may investigate, but don't interfere with our investigation."
Phoenix chuckled. "Have I EVER done that?"
"More than once."
Phoenix smirked and ducked under the tape. "By the looks of things, it looks like the body was here."
Phoenix was staring at a dark stain on the concrete. The officer butted in. "The body was found there." He handed Phoenix an envelope. "Here's the autopsy report."
"Thank you sir." Opening it, Phoenix read the lines. "Stabbed once with an unknown knife. Pierced his heart and bled to death."
Phoenix looked at the officer. "You guys haven't found the murder weapon?"
"No we haven't. We believe the murderer took the knife with him."
That takes away the possibility of finding the killer with the murder weapon…
Phoenix walked up to the stain. "So there was nothing else found here?"
"Yep. No traces of the murderer. Only the body."
"So what gave you the right to arrest my client?"
"We didn't find anything here…but there was a warning the police received two days ago."
"Warning?"
"The warning stated that your client was going to kill someone. Though the warning didn't go into detail, once we heard what had happened, we arrested her. Not only that, the person who gave us the warning has come out and agreed to testify during the trial tomorrow."
"So that's your trump card huh? A single witness?"
"Better than what you have, absolutely nothing."
He's correct. There's absolutely nothing here of value except for the stain. Better take a photo of it.
Phoenix took out a camera and snapped a picture. "Who's going to be the prosecutor tomorrow?"
"Theodora Lawson."
..! That's the prosecutor during Stephen's first trial…
"Thank you officer. I have some paperwork to file for tomorrow's trial. I'll be leaving now."
The officer shook his head. "Good luck tomorrow."
"Thank you."
As Athena and Phoenix left, Athena looked at Phoenix. "So what's the plan tomorrow boss?"
"Well, we'll have to question the person who sent the warning. However, I also need to be able to get our client to the stand. I need to know the difference between her testimony, and the memories of her heart. If there's nothing there in both instances, we basically lost the trial."
"High stakes then…oh it's good to be back."
And that ends the first chapter of "One Last Objection!" I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review.