"Trials of Evolution"
Arthur Petrelli, Gabriel Gray, & Elle Bishop
Pinehearst Company, Fort Lee, New Jersey
The wheels of destiny were set in motion as it would be inevitable for Pinehearst and The Company to have a brutal showdown with each other. Recently, the speedster known as Daphne Millbrook had betrayed Arthur Petrelli and instead sided with Matt Parkman. However, Arthur Petrelli would be joined by Gabriel Gray a.k.a. Sylar, Elle Bishop, and Tracy Strauss (the twin sister of the late-Niki Sanders). Arthur was already busy neutralizing people that have posed threats to his plans.
He had also killed Matt's father, Maury Parkman.
Recently, Arthur stole the ability from Adam Monroe. Monroe was one of the original founders of The Company. Now, Monroe was nothing but a pile of ashes. Apparently, four-hundred years of old age had caught up with Monroe after having his ability of spontaneous cell regeneration stolen from him by Arthur Petrelli.
He had also stolen all of Peter Petrelli's abilities. With the acquired ability of time-space manipulation, Arthur was able to teleport to Botswana, Africa. There, he used the ability of telekinesis to behead and kill Usutu. Usutu has the ability of precognition. Plus, he managed to place his wife, Angela in a comatose state. Also, Arthur managed to make Hiro Nakamura think that he is ten years old.
There were a bunch of things that Arthur was doing.
However, there was another threat that Arthur needed getting rid of. There was an ace attorney out in Los Angeles, California. This defense attorney had an uncanny ability. It was an ability that the defense attorney himself did not even know about. However, it seemed to have manifested without the defense attorney's knowing about it.
Gabriel and Elle sat together on a black leather couch in Arthur's office. Arthur walked up to Gabriel and Elle to hand them a blue folder. Gabriel would take the folder and open up to examine the contents. Elle would also take a look.
"He's pretty cute," Elle said.
Gabriel winced a bit in jealousy as he saw the picture. He would look up to his father and ask, "Who is he, father?"
"He is an ace defense attorney named Phoenix Wright," Arthur answered.
"Isn't this a job for a legal team?" Sylar asked.
"Wright has a dangerous ability. He does not know about this ability yet. If and when he does, Wright could serious hinder if not destroy our plans," Arthur said. "I can't have that."
"What is his ability?" Sylar asked.
"You'll find out when you see him," Arthur answered.
"Is he that powerful?" Sylar asked.
"Don't try to copy his ability," Arthur added.
"Bring him here?" Elle asked.
"Preferably. If you can't, then kill him," Arthur ordered.
"Yes, father," Gabriel replied.
Gabriel and Elle would rise from the couch and leave the office. The two of them would have to seriously work together in order to kill Phoenix Wright. Arthur would walk back to his desk and take a seat.
He would pull up all the information on Phoenix Wright. Petrelli has been paying close attention to the career of Phoenix Wright. There were newspaper clippings on Arthur's desk that showed Wright in the DL-6 case and the SL-9 case. For a young attorney, Phoenix Wright was definitely an ace.
Phoenix Wright & Maya Fey
Wright & Co. Law Offices
Maya Fey, the sister of the late Mia Fey was in the main room of the law office watching the latest episode of the Steel Samurai. It was Wright that represented the defense for the Steel Samurai, Will Powers. This was a murder case in which Powers' co-star Jack Hammer was murdered. But, the real culprit was found.
Powers was forever grateful to Wright.
"Maya, can you turn that down?" Wright asked with a sigh.
"It's almost over, Nick!" Maya said from the other room.
Wright had a tough time on his hand. He was recently handed a type of case. It was a grizzly case. Wright looked at the crime scene photos. Actually, there were several crime sprees. The pictures were of victims that had the tops of their heads opened up.
Their heads were sliced right off with extreme precision.
Some of the victims' names were on file: Bob Bishop, Bridgette Bailey, Charlene Andrews, Zane Taylor, Dale Smither, Gael Cruz, Ted Sprague, and Isaac Mendez. Apparently, there was one suspect. The suspect was an employee at Primatech Paper.
Bishop, Bailey, and Cruz were employees of Primatech.
Wright sighed as knew this was going to be a very hard case. He didn't even know who the prosecutor was going to be, either. So far, Miles Edgeworth had taken up residence somewhere in England or France. Franziska von Karma had returned to Germany. Diego Armando a.k.a. Godot was in prison for murder.
Until then, Wright was going to have to learn as much of the murder cases as possible. He would have to find connections.
This seemed to be a string of random killings. But there was a connection between Bishop, Bailey, and Cruz. It was the one thing that had kept throwing Wright off track. Andrews was murdered somewhere in Texas. Andrews was a waitress at a diner.
Sprague and Mendez were murdered in New York City. Neither Sprague nor Mendez had any connections to Primatech. Sprague was a person suspected of terrorism. Mendez was a comic book artist.
Taylor was murdered in his home at Virginia Beach, Virginia. There was no connection between Primatech and Taylor present. Taylor was a musician.
There was the murder of Smither in Bozeman, Montana. There was no distinct connection between Primatech and Smither. Smither was a mechanic.
It was getting to the point where it frustrated Wright. For some reason, Primatech was paying for the defense of the employee who authorities have dubbed as "Sylar." There were no clues to who this Sylar was.
The episode of Steel Samurai was over.
Maya would walk forward towards the front of the desk and look at the grizzly pictures. "Wow Nick, this is new," she said to Wright.
"Tell me about it," Wright replied. There was the tone of frustration in his voice. He looked up. "We have to make sure that Pearls does not see these pictures." The last thing Wright wanted to happen was Pearls looking at the pictures and getting all sorts of nightmares.
"You think you'll need Mia?" Maya asked.
Wright nodded. "Yeah, I for one am stumped on this case." But he was suspicious on why Primatech offered to pay the legal expenses.
Miles Edgeworth
London, England
The ace prosecutor Miles Edgeworth sat at the balcony of a high end restaurant by himself with a comic book in his left hand and a cup of Earl Grey tea in his right hand. He was taking small sips while going through the pages of the 9th Wonders comic book. It was no surprise that Edgeworth was into cartoons and comic books. In his office, there was a figurine of the Steel Samurai. It should not be surprising that Edgeworth reads 9th Wonders.
So far, the storyline of 9th Wonders had caught Edgeworth's attention. Edgeworth did a spit take as he spat out his tea on the table cloth. His eyes widened as he saw what had happened next. The scene of the next page had taken place at the Wright & Co. Law Office. It was playing out like it was right now at the law offices.
The world already knew that Wright was handling the serial killer case. Slowly, Edgeworth would turn the next page. On that page, it was Wright and Maya talking about the case. Edgeworth was frozen in shock.
He did not know what to make of it. Edgeworth was a man of logic and science. However, he had to accept that there were things that went beyond logic. It was during the time where Edgeworth had to take over for Wright to defend Iris Hawthorne.
Edgeworth would take a slow deep breath before sipping his tea. Then, he would turn the page. There, he would see the scene of Gabriel and Elle talking about Phoenix Right. Edgeworth had a look of shock and terror as he read about those two talking about killing Wright. One part of Edgeworth was saying that this was just a comic book. The other part of Edgeworth was saying that maybe these two were actually talking about killing Wright.
If it was Franziska von Karma that was reading, she probably would have dismissed it as a "foolishly foolish attempt of foolish foolery."
He would turn the next page.
The scene of the comic story would shift to the Pinehearst Company in New Jersey. There, Arthur Petrelli would be talking with Benjamin "Knox" Washington and Flint Gordon, Jr.
Reading on, Edgeworth saw that Arthur was instructing them to kill Phoenix Wright should Gabriel and Elle fail their mission.
"Does Wright even know he's in a comic book?" Edgeworth thought to himself. But, it wouldn't hurt to call Wright and ask.
Pulling a cell-phone out from his pocket, Edgeworth would dial the number of the Wright & Co. Law Offices.
After turning the next page, Edgeworth was at the end of the comic. He would have to stop at Sam's Comics and get the next issue of 9th Wonders.
