The trip to Germany was quite short for Maya, Larry, Phoenix, and Phoenix parents, because they spent the journey with sleep. Phoenix felt his chest was doubly hurt while on the plane than when he was in the hospital, but he remained silent and didn't complain. He did not want to make all of them frantic and disrupt their journeys.
After spending time being on a plane for almost 12 hours, they finally arrived at the Munich International Airport. When they landed, three officials from the Allianz hospital had already waited for them.
"Mr. Wright! Welcome! Welcome to Germany!" said one of the officers with blond hair as he climbed into the plane. Phoenix intended to reply, but the pain in his chest attacked again, so he just smiled a little to answer.
"And you must be Mr. Wright's relatives! How nice to see all of you! Introducing, I'm Joerg Hansel, and this is Athena Cykes and Ema Skye. We are nurses at the Allianz hospital, we used to help Doctor Edgeworth. We'll take all of you to the hospital, Doctor Edgeworth is already waiting there," said Joerg.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Joerg, Miss. Athena, Miss. Ema! I'm Antonio, Phoenix's father. You can call me Anthony. And this is Samantha, my wife. This is Maya Fey, Phoenix assistant in his office. And this is Larry Butz, Phoenix best friend since he was in elementary school," replied Mr. Antonio, introduced all of them one by one. They shook hands.
"Well, we have take out Mr. Wright now. Come on, Ema, Athena." said Mr. Joerg again, then he, Ema, and Athena opened Phoenix seatbelt cautiously, then lifted him simultaneously to the gurney.
"Ummm…. Is this IV can't be removed for a while? My hand aches and pains continuously fitted with a drip," complained Phoenix when Ema replaces the IV in his hand.
Emma shook her head. "I'm sorry, Mr. Wright, but you can't escape from the IV until you are completely healed," she said. Phoenix grumbled quietly. Mrs. Samantha stroking Phoenix's hair affectionately.
"Hold it boy, you will recover soon, okay, honey?"
They push Phoenix who lying on a gurney out of the plane and put him into an ambulance that has been provided, then went to the Allianz hospital.
Arriving at the Allianz hospital ...
Maya was very amazed at the hospital. Allianz hospital is very large and grand, looked more like a mall than a hospital. The white building looming solid, the yard is also very large.
"Wow," Maya murmured in awe, "This hospital is so cool! No wonder that Dr. Joaquin says that Nick most brought to here!"
Athena chuckled. "This hospital is the largest hospital in Europe, Miss. Fey."
They lowered Phoenix from the ambulance, as they went down, how shocked they were when some of the young women ran approached Phoenix who lying on the gurney.
"See! See! That's Phoenix Wright! He has come!"
"He's much much much more handsome than I've seen on TV and newspapers!"
"Mr. Wright, can I take a picture with you?!"
"Mr. Wright, may I ask for your autograph?"
"Mr. Wright, can I kiss your cheek? Or your lips?"
"Mr. Wright, can I see your chest?"
The girls were kept standing around Phoenix, asking him to take pictures with or ask his autograph. Ema, Athena, Mr. Joerg, trying hard to get rid of them, but they were outnumbered, because the number of the girls were dozens, so they failed. Phoenix could just let his hair mussed, his cheeks pinched, even some of the crazy fan girls photographed him lying on the gurney.
"Hey! What is this! Listen, ladies, this is a hospital, not a place to gossip!" cried a heavy voice with a very thick German accent. The girls jumped and turned around.
"Dr. Edgeworth! We're not gosipping! We just want to see Mr. Wright and asked for his autograph!" cried one of the girls with black hair.
Apparently, who was shouting is Dr. Edgeworth. He raised his eyebrows.
"Mr. Wright, you say? Get away, get away!" he cried. The girls were standing around Phoenix finally withdrew.
"Ah, you finally come, Mr. Wright. To introduce myself, I'm Dr. Miles Edgeworth, who will operate on you." said Dr. Edgeworth while introducing himself.
Maya stunned, then whispered to Larry. "Wow, Larry...I didn't think...Dr. Edgeworth is very young! And very handsome too! It seems he even in the same age as Nick! I thought he is very old!"
Larry is also amazed at how young Dr. Edgeworth, nodded. "Me too, Maya! He's very young! And they said he is the best doctor in Europe!"
"Hi, Dr. Edgeworth. I'm Antonio, Phoenix father, this is Maya, Phoenix assistant in his office, Samantha, Phoenix's mother, and Larry, Phoenix close friend since childhood." said Mr. Antonio, re-introduce them one by one. Dr. Edgeworth shook hands with all of them.
"Just call me Miles. Nice to meet you all."
"Honestly, Miles, I was surprised. I don't know if you're still very young. You must be a genius, my boy! Dr. Joaquin says you are the best doctor in Europe," said Mrs. Samantha.
Dr. Edgeworth chuckled. "Ah, Dr. Ortega always exaggerated. Let's go inside."
"Move all, give way," said Dr. Edgeworth again. The girls screamed in protest.
"Dr. Edgeworth, I haven't got Mr. Wright's autograph yet!"
"Yeah, I haven't taken a photo with him!"
"I told you, step aside! Mr. Wright is sick, and you should not bother him! You may ask for his autograph when he recovers! Now, get out of here or I'll call security to expel you," threatened Dr. Edgeworth.
The girls screaming in disappointment, then go.
"I don't understand, Doctor," murmured Phoenix when pushed inside, "How can that girls recognize me? Even asking for my autograph? As if I am a famous celebrity."
What an astonishment to Phoenix when Dr. Edgeworth, Mr. Joerg, Ema, and Athena laughing.
"What's so funny, Doctor?" asked Maya astonished.
"Mr. Wright, of course, you are very well known in Germany. You beat Manfred von Karma, a prosecutor who unbeaten in his 40 year career. The news was broadcast everywhere, you know ... Newspapers and TV proclaiming the defeat of Von Karma from you almost every day .. Wait until you finish the surgery and walk around in Munich. You will be very surprised to see so many people who admire you. Those crazy fan girls are only a small part," said Dr. Edgeworth with a chuckle.
Phoenix silent, not sure he was happy to hear this news, and also not sure whether he would be happy if walking around with a lot of people look at him and chase him for autographs.
They end up in room number 177. Dr. Edgeworth opened the bedroom door and Phoenix immediately gasped.
The room didn't look like a hospital room, but like a hotel room. The room is very large, with a spring bed that looks very expensive, comfortable red carpet, complete with a television, refrigerator, radio, and a bathroom with comfortable hot tub.
"Well, Mr. Wright...here's your room. You'll stay here for a few days, with the best treatment, of course. Do you like it?" asked Dr. Edgeworth.
Phoenix nodded slowly. "This is amazing, Doctor."
"Well ... C'mon Ema, Athena, Joerg. We move Mr. Wright onto the bed."
Deftly Dr. Edgeworth, Mr. Joerg, Ema, and Athena lifted Phoenix from gurney and laid him on the bed. Ema then blanketed Phoenix with blue velvet blanket.
"Comfortable enough, Mr. Wright?" asked Ema.
"More than just comfortable," Phoenix replied with a small smile.
"Okay, then. I'll let you take a break, Mr. Wright. You've been doing a far journey. Tomorrow, we'll do some tests and examine your chest, also do x-ray to your chest. Once we know how big the tumor had grown, then I'll decide the time you will be do the surgery. Understand?" asked Dr. Edgeworth
Phoenix nodded slowly. "Understood, Doctor."
"Oh yes, and one more. You must say if your chest hurts. You may not bear it, will be very dangerous. Dr. Joaquin told me that you often didn't say if you feel sick. You may not like that here. I won't you to pretend to healthy just because you didn't want to make worry. If you ever still act like that here ... " continue Dr. Edgeworth again, while demonstrating the movement like cutting the throat. All of them burst out laughing.
"Well, did you hear that, Nick! You must not be stubborn anymore!" cried Maya.
"Well, enjoy your rest time. If there is anything, just press the buzzer and Ema and Athena will come to help. Come on, Ema, Athena."
Dr. Edgeworth, Ema, and Athena stepped out.
"How cool this room! We can't possibly get bored here," said Larry.
"Nick, I can't wait until you finish your surgery and we take a walk around Munich ... I want to see you being chased by a crazy fan girl again," said Maya giggled. Phoenix didn't answer anything, just pout.
The next day…
Ema and Athena came to Phoenix room early in the morning to deliver food, and share to all of them.
"Oh, burger! Thank you very much, Mrs. Ema, Mrs. Athena! Burger is my favorite food!" Maya exclaimed with delight.
"You're welcome, Miss. Fey. Well, this is food for Mr. Wright," said Ema, handing a box of food into Maya's hands. Maya opened it and immediately winced.
"Porridge? And this porridge is very watery ... the vegetables also seemed to be mushy. Miss. Ema, why Nick was not given a burger, too?" asked Maya.
Athena shook her head. "No, Miss. Fey. Dr. Edgeworth ordered us to give porridge and vegetables to Mr. Wright. Mr. Wright should eat healthy foods. Don't forget to drink this juice as well, Mr. Wright. This juice will be useful to relieve the pain in your chest. It's the mixture juice of various kinds of vegetables and fruits," said Athena, holding up a glass of juice. The juice color was pale, make Phoenix feel nauseous suddenly.
"The problem is Phoenix didn't like any kind of vegetables and fruits, Miss. Ema, Miss. Athena," said Mr. Antonio.
Ema and Athena raised their eyebrows and exchanged glances resignedly, then shook their heads vigorously.
"Oh, Mr. Wright. It's understandable why a tumor in your lungs can grow so fast. But you have to eat vegetables. Vegetables and fruits are very good for people with tumors. You have to force him." said Ema.
"Do you have noodles?" interrupted Phoenix. Mrs. Samantha immediately glared at him.
"Really, Phoenix! How could you ask noodles with your condition now," she cried. "Sorry, Miss. Ema and Miss. Athena. This is our son's like. Always stubborn and never want to keep his own health."
Ema and Athena smiled a little. "It's okay, Mrs. Wright. Well, Mr. Wright, you must spend the food and juice, if Dr. Edgeworth control here and you didn't spend the food and juice, he would be very angry. If you're finished, push the buzzer, and we will perform some tests." Then they stepped out.
"Poor Nick. Watery porridge and mushy vegetables," teased Larry. Maya nudged Larry waist aloud.
"Come on, boy, eat, I'll feed you," said Mrs. Samantha. But Phoenix shook his head.
"I want Maya who feed me," Phoenix said in a very spoiled tone.
"Phoenix! You've been very troubling Miss. Fey, she must be tired, let her rest!" says Mr. Antonio. Maya waved.
"It's okay, Mr. Antonio, Mrs. Samantha. I'm always happy to take care of Nick. It was like taking care of a big baby," she giggled, then took Phoenix food box.
"You're very nice, my dear. Forgive our son, who were thrilled to bother you." said Mr. Antonio.
Maya chuckled. "It's okay, Mr. Antonio! Nick helps me a lot, there's nothing wrong with return the favor to him," she then started feeding Phoenix. Phoenix chew and swallow the food with great reluctance.
"ANTONIO JAMES WRIGHT!" cried Mrs. Samantha suddenly, making all of them jump. "Don't you dare to try to turn on that thing here!"
Larry, Maya, and Phoenix turned their head simultaneously. Mr. Antonio looked holding a cigarette and wanted to turn it on.
"You forget, Antonio James Wright? Our son is like this because of the damn smoke of your cigarettes! If it's not because of that damn cigarette, Phoenix will not be lying here and doesn't need an operation at a cost of $ 250,000! Our son will carry out a major operation, and you dare to smoke nearby him?" cried Mrs. Samantha, her whole face flushed, and she tweaked Mr. Antonio's ears.
"Ouch, Samantha dear, you will make my ears fall off ! Sorry, sorry, I forgot! Oucch !"
"You keep forgetting! See how our son's condition! Look at your head towards him! He became like this because your smoking habit!" exclaimed Mrs. Samantha again while holding Mr. Antonio's head and turned it toward Phoenix.
"I'm sorry, really, I'm sorry, honey….I promise I won't repeat it again!" Mr. Antonio stammered, his eyes watering with pain due to Mrs. Samantha's tweak.
"You always say that, but you always repeat it again, again, and again! Now, remove all the cigarettes you carry or I'll leave to the court to file for divorce there!" cried Mrs. Samantha, her eyes bulged now, and her hands were on her waist.
"Alright, alright, Samantha. I will get rid of all cigarettes I bring, but please don't divorce me!" cried Mr. Antonio again, then opened his purse and took approximately 30 packs of cigarettes from his purse. Maya and Larry were stunned. No wonder why there could be a tumor in the Nick's lungs…..30 cigarette packs, gee ... thought Maya.
Mr. Antonio finally get out with all the cigarettes he was carrying. "And don't try to pretend to throw it, I'll know!" shouted Mrs. Samantha. Maya and Larry chuckled.
"Sorry you had to see this... ..but, my husband always like that. Heavy smokers. Though Dr. Joaquin had warned him a thousand times to reduce his smoking habit. But he never listens and continued to smoke. And look at the results now, "said Mrs. Samantha sigh and turned her head to Phoenix.
"If Nick who only passive smoker can get the tumor, how about Mr. Antonio, Mrs. Samantha? Have you not ever checked how Mr. Antonio's health?" asked Maya, silently wondering how can Phoenix who only passive smokers can seriously ill, while Mr. Antonio looked very healthy although he's a heavy smoker.
"It also often occurs to me, Miss. Fey. We often perform routine checks to doctors and Antonio's lungs always nice and clean. Not fair, is it? But that doesn't mean his future health would not be disturbed. I always threatened to divorce him if he doesn't want to turn off the cigarette, usually after I said that, he immediately stubbed out his cigarette, but the next day, he returned to do so. Maybe I should take him to a psychologist," Mrs. Samantha sighed again. Maya giggled softly.
"You've finished eating, Phoenix, my son? Come on, drink the juice," said Mrs. Samantha as she took a glass of juice nurse Ema has given, and helped Phoenix drink until he spend it. Once completed, Larry rang the bell to call nurse Ema and nurse Athena.
Shortly afterwards, nurse Ema and nurse Athena came back to Phoenix's room, with a wheelchair.
"You've spent the juice and the food, Mr. Wright? Very good, very good! Well, now we go to Dr Edgeworth's room. We will do some tests to check how stable your condition to carry out the surgery, Mr. Wright." said nurse Ema. Phoenix just nodded slowly.
They help Phoenix get out of bed and sat in the wheelchair, then pushed him toward Dr. Edgeworth's room. Maya, Larry, Mrs. Samantha followed behind.
"Okay, Mr. Wright. First of all, we will do a blood test first. To find out if your blood pressure is normal, whether the blood is clean, so that we can know whether your condition is stable to carry out surgery,"said Dr. Edgeworth.
"How do the blood tests, doctor?" said Phoenix, get a little scared.
"By taking a bit of blood, of course. No, it won't hurt, you're just going to feel like bite by ant. Well, Ema, Athena, please settle Mr. Wright."
Nurse Ema and nurse Athena lay Phoenix in bed with extreme caution. Somehow, Maya became very tense. She grabbed Larry's arm tightly, make him wince.
Doctor Edgeworth pulls out a sphygmomanometer and put it around Phoenix's shoulder. Then he pumped carefully.
"Gosh, Mr. Wright. Your blood pressure is very low. 70/60. Surely you quickly feel sleepy, huh?" asked Dr. Edgeworth. Phoenix nodded.
Dr. Edgeworth then pulled out a syringe and Phoenix directly moans. Dr. Edgeworth raised an eyebrow. "I think you don't particularly like syringes, eh Mr. Wright?" He asked. Phoenix smiled weakly. "Yeah ... Who also likes the syringe if their chest injected dozens of times, Doctor? "
Dr. Edgeworth chuckled. "Hold it a little, Mr. Wright. I'll take your blood."
Carefully Dr. Edgeworth injects Phoenix shoulder so that a drop of blood appears. Maya back grimaces see it.
"It doesn't hurt, right Mr. Wright? Like an ant bite, right?" said Dr. Edgeworth while wiping Phoenix's blood with a piece of cotton and give the cotton to nurse Ema.
"Ema, please bring Mr. Wright's blood sample to lab," ordered Dr. Edgeworth. Nurse Ema nodded, accepting the cotton, then left the room.
"Well, now ...we should check your chest. You don't mind for undressing your hospital gown for a while?" asked Dr. Edgeworth. Phoenix shook his head. Maya then helped Phoenix undress his hospital gown, making Phoenix bare chest now.
"Say if you feel hurt, understand, Mr. Wright?"
Dr. Edgeworth then hit Phoenix's chest very slowly with both his hands.
"OOOOOOOOOOWWWWW ! Owwww ! Owwww !" shouted Phoenix, his cries echoed throughout the room. Maya covered her mouth. She wanted to run from the room now. Maya turned to Larry and Mrs. Samantha, it appears they also don't stand to see Phoenix in pain like that. Larry grimaced, while Mrs. Samantha sobbed silently.
"It's hurt, Mr. Wright? Hmmm, though I hit your chest slowly…." Dr. Edgeworth sighed. "Well, now we have to examine how large the tumor has grown ... We had to x-ray your chest. Nurse Athena, take Mr. Wright to X-ray room. Don't wear your hospital gown yet, Mr. Wright."
They went to the X-ray room. Phoenix brought inside by nurse Athena and Dr. Edgeworth, while Maya, Larry, and Mrs. Samantha waited outside. They waited in silence and anxious when suddenly Maya's cell phone rang.
Maya pulled out her cell phone, intends to answer the phone, but after seeing the name on the phone's screen, she frowned. Who the heck this Klavier? She thought. She didn't remember that she has friends or relatives named Klavier. Shrugging, Maya answered the call.
"Maya Fey is speaking, how can I help you?"
The caller voice sounded confused.
"Maya Fey ? Are you Kristoph's new girlfriend? Can I speak to Kristoph?"
Kristoph? Thought Maya, feel more confused. Okay, why the heck he thinks I'm Kristoph's girlfriend?
"Um, I'm sorry sir, you have the wrong number. This phone number is belong to Maya Fey, not Kristoph," said Maya.
"Achtung! Of course this is Kristoph's number! He never replaces his cell phone number for ten years! Explain who you are, Miss. Maya Fey!"
Maya was just about to answer when Dr. Edgeworth, nurse Athena, and Phoenix out of the x-ray room. Maya hurriedly hung up and put her phone back into her pocket.
"How did the examination, Dr. Edgeworth?" asked Maya timid, knew that there was something wrong because Phoenix's face looked sad and Dr. Edgeworth face looked resigned. Wordlessly, Dr. Edgeworth submits the results of X-ray into Maya's hands. Mrs. Samantha and Larry are peering.
Maya immediately felt dizzy when she saw the x-ray result. Almost entire Phoenix's lungs area has been covered by the malignant tumor, the tumor even matches the size of a baseball.
"But you can operate him, are you, Dr. Edgeworth? Don't say you can't ! We try hard to get the money of US $ 250,000 so Nick can be operated here!" cried Maya.
"Calm down, Mrs. Fey. Of course I could operate him. We also have checked Phoenix's blood, and we can't operate Mr. Wright in a hurry." said Dr. Edgeworth.
"What's wrong, Doctor? What Nick's blood to do with the operation?" asked Maya confusion.
"The lab results of Mr. Wright's blood showed that his Hemoglobin or HB is less than 7%. His leukocytes also showed 12,000 hpf, which means there is a possibility that Mr. Wright had an infection inside. Normal leukocytes are 6,000 to 10,000 hpf. Mr. Wright's platelets also just 100,000, while safest platelets to carry out the surgery is over 150,000. Not to mention that his blood pressure was only 70/60. We must raise his blood pressure to 110 minimum. With blood conditions like this, it would be very dangerous if we operated Phoenix in a hurry. Bleeding can occur. Well, so we have to do a blood transfusion to increase the level of Mr. Wright's hemoglobin, also to raise his platelet. That means, Mr. Wright will stay here long enough."
"It's okay, Doctor! The important thing is my son can fully recover! I believe in you!" said Mrs. Samantha, her eyes still red from too much crying.
Dr. Edgeworth smiled a little. "I'll try my best, Mrs. Wright. Well, to make Mr. Wright's blood pressure could quickly rise, he should eat a lot of vegetables, drink much milk and juice. The faster Mr. Wright's blood pressure rose, the faster he will operated, and the sooner he will recover. If Mr. Wright's blood pressure has gone up to number 110, then we will carry out a blood transfusion to increase his hemoglobin and platelets. Okay, all of you can come back to the room."
They all went back to Phoenix's room, and when Phoenix and Mrs. Samantha was asleep, Maya pulled Larry's arms.
"Let's get out, Larry, I want to talk to you," said Maya, leading Larry out from the room.
"What's wrong, Maya?" asked Larry confusion when they are outside Phoenix's room.
"Larry, do you know a man named Klavier?"
"Yes. He is the younger brother of Kristoph Gavin. Is there anything with him, Maya?" asked Larry again.
"Uh, well, he had called me. I told him dialed a wrong number, but he insisted that he call Kristoph's phone number."
Larry frowned. "Very weird. Hmm ... have you checked your phone again, Maya?"
Maya looked at Larry with astonishment. "What for? It's my phone, I don't need to check it out, I remember all contents in my cell phone."
Larry shrugged. "I don't know... maybe you took the wrong cell phone when we were in Mr. Gavin safe deposit box room?"
Maya laughed. "Really, Larry, how could I not recognize my own cell phone?"
"Check it, Maya," says Larry patiently. Maya raised an eyebrow, then pulled her phone out of her pocket, and opened it. Looks like Larry's right that she had mistakenly taken the phone while they are in the bank. The phone's wallpaper is a beautiful woman who Maya didn't recognize, while Maya's cell phone wallpaper is one of Steel Samurai scene. Curious, Maya then checked the contents of the cell phone, and how shocked she was when opening the Notes application on the cell phone.
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