May 11, 9:34 A.M. Wright and Co. Law Offices
Phoenix picked up the TV remote and started flipping through channels.
Maya grumbled, "Niiick... can't you find anything on TV to watch? You've flipped through more channels than how old Ami Fey is!"
She ripped the remote from his grasp and went to Channel 0.
There was nothing but static on the TV, which was accompanied by the usual white noise associated with static.
Maya asked, "Nick, why is there nothing on Channel 0?"
Phoenix explained, "Because Channel 0 is an empty channel, and there is no signal, random pieces of data are picked up and put onto the channel as static."
Suddenly, the static was replaced by the NTSC color bars. A heading, which had the same text as a Closed Captioning bar, read: PLEASE STAND BY.
A news broadcast appeared. "Good morning. This is Channel 0. Today, Amtrak has been importing Japanese bullet trains for the use on its own lines, right here in America."
Maya gasped, "Really?! Since when could American rail lines support the immense speed of those things?"
The broadcast continued, "Three Japanese bullet trains are on special lines with low price fares right now. You can go from Los Angeles to Denver for a much lower price than airfare. Some people, however, dispute the safety of the bullet train."
Phoenix sighed, "They're called bullet trains for a reason, everybody. They can kill people, just like bullets!"
Maya argued, "No, Nick! They're called that because they're fast! I mean, the average Shinkansen can travel pretty fast."
The attorney accepted her idea, as it was more plausible.
The news went on. "Also, the District Court of Los Angeles has renovated its 5th courtroom, which was damaged by an earthquake in 2001. Some people disagreed with the remodeling because it was the courtroom that Gregory Edgeworth stood in before he died later that day in what the police call 'The DL-6 Incident'."
Maya thought, "I'd like to see that courtroom. After all, I bet that there's some fancy technology in there!"
She tugged on Phoenix's suit.
"Nick, we should see that 5th courtroom! I bet that there's tons of people there!" The lawyer agreed and they set out.
May 11, 9:43 A.M. District Court, Courtroom No. 5
Phoenix walked inside the room, and found all of the new furnishings to be better than the old ones. The counsel desks where higher up and were larger than the previous ones. There was a projector in the room that displayed an image to the right of the witness stand.
It read: EVIDENCE DISPLAY.
Maya guessed, "I bet that there's where they display evidence, in case a lawyer needs to give the jury a graphic aid."
Edgeworth walked over to where Phoenix and Maya were standing.
He suggested, "Mr. Wright, have you ever thought of... well, this?" He displayed his wedding ring.
Maya gasped, "W-What?! I've never thought of marrying Nick!"
Phoenix screamed, "Objection! I have, at least!"
She yelled, "PHOENIX WRIGHT! IF YOU EVEN AS MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU AND ME GETTING MARRIED IN PUBLIC AGAIN, I WILL COMMAND PEARLY TO SLAP YOU SILLY!"
Phoenix felt a hand buffet his face. Blood started dripping from his nostrils, and a puddle of blood formed in his hands. He then looked behind him.
Pearl gasped, "Mystic Maya!"
Maya sighed, "Pearls, I thought I told you to slap him the next time he does that."
She protested, "But you said to do it!"
Maya facepalmed herself rather loudly. Phoenix's nose bleed suddenly stopped.
He asked, "Edgeworth? Got tissues?"
Edgeworth wondered, "Why?"
The defense attorney replied, "Look at all of this blood in my hands!"
Edgeworth immediately complied and handed him a facial tissue, which Phoenix used to wipe the blood off of his hands.
When he handed Edgeworth back the tissue, a slight rumbling sound could be heard. Maya rubbed her abdominal area a little and started sweating.
"Yikes. That means I need more calories!"
The rumbling got louder and sounded like rolling thunder. Phoenix shouted, "I don't think that was your stomach, Maya!"
All of a sudden, there was the sound of a loud, blasting horn and a tremendous crash.
An enormous object tore a hole straight through the left side of the courtroom, near the prosecutor's counsel desk. Phoenix could barely see the word "Amtrak" on the front car.
He yelled, "It's a bullet train!"
The second car then entered, and violently exploded, sending shrapnel and a fireball down the hallway across from him.
The nearby cars that followed the second car burst into flames. People ran away from the wreck to escape the smoke. By now, the front car had driven a hole through the other end of the courtroom. Supports were cracking, stones were falling from the ceiling, and it looked horrific inside.
The back finally entered the courtroom, and it ignited. A puddle of diesel fuel and gas oil had formed on the ground, and it was burning very hot.
Phoenix screamed, "Maya! Are you okay?!"
There was no answer. He repeated, "Maya! Are you alive?!"
Still, nothing.
Phoenix took a deep breath and ran towards a wall, and pulled a fire extinguisher from the support. He plunged into the darkness, ready to find whatever was left of Maya Fey.
Whatever had happened to her, Pearl, Edgeworth, and many others, Phoenix knew that many lives would be changed forever, and that the District Court, and probably the city of Los Angeles, would never be the same again.
