Here's Chapter 7. Enjoy!
May 21, 7:09 AM
Wright & Co. Law Offices
"M-Misty Fey!?" Phoenix's jaw dropped to the ground. He never expected to see Misty Fey for as long as he lived. The woman who left her family to go into hiding was right in front of the defense attorney. He closed his eyes hoping he was just dreaming, but he wasn't.
Misty replied, "You seem surprised as if I was dead." She looked around a little still trying to become accustomed to the area.
"Well yeah, you've been missing for about 17 years now. Now you just appear out of nowhere as if nothing is wrong. One more thing you, have still been in hiding due to DL-6 even though the case was solved and your name cleared." Phoenix in his mind was still wrapping around the concept of seeing her.
"I'm not hiding because of that incident anymore. Instead, I stay like this because I can't go back. How would you react if your mother came home after abandoning you?" She said this with many regrets of her past actions.
"I guess we're both in the same boat then. Maya won't talk to me at all either. Oh, would you like some coffee?" He walked over to a table to start brewing a cup of coffee.
She adjusted her average clothing, nothing that stated that she was an important leader was worn, other than a red talisman around her neck. "No coffee for me. Anyways I'm here to see who you are and to get to the crux of the matter, Maya."
Oh look at all the fun I'm going to have. Here comes the pain train. "What about her?" He said this trying to find out a little more about her intentions.
Misty pulled out several newspaper articles detailing cases of significance with Maya as a part of it. "This is what I have to talk with you about. In some of the articles she was a defendant, with you being her attorney. Others show her being your co-counsel. Then there's this gossip article about you two."
Phoenix looked at the articles laid out before him. The gossip article was written by non-other than Lotta Hart, so he knew that it wasn't all fact. He chucked that one to the side. Phoenix looked up to see Misty with a solemn face as she held up the two articles.
Misty started with the first article. "This one states that my daughter was kidnapped by de Killer during a trial a little more over a year ago. Have you anything to say to that? Plus this…"
She showed a clipping from about two months ago. It was from the train wreck of a trial he was a part of. "So what does this prove?" Phoenix asked distantly as he looked past the once missing woman.
"All this proves that you care for my daughter. You practically kept her happy those years. Why would anyone do this for someone who was just the sister of their mentor?" She was trying to get a reaction from Phoenix.
Phoenix, not particularly amused by this evidence about the past replied, "Are you trying to suggest I had an affair with Maya, like that gossip article suggests."
Misty was about ready to slap him across the face for making her look naïve. She restrained herself however. "No, I'm just saying that she was close in your heart, either as a very close friend or what you suggested. You look like you need a little help with her."
"Why should I chase someone who won't acknowledge me as a human?"
"Because you love her."
"I don't love her, I never had any feelings for her at all." He told a slight lie as he said this.
Misty sighed at his comment. "You missed the point with that. You don't have to have a romantic, touchy, feely, gushy, relationship to love someone."
Phoenix sarcastically snapped back, "Yeah, right."
She started to talk with sage words of wisdom. "Love, when you do things for others without thinking of yourself. That's what you did. You helped her, a complete stranger, in her hour of need on the night when Mia died. It's just as that one article points out. You gave her a home of sorts as well after the trial."
"Yeah what else have you got?"
"This, about a year later she was accused of murder again. You defended her with unbridled energy, as if your own life depended on it. Finally the last two articles show something interesting. You defended a man and won, then you turned and defended the woman you put away and accused the acquitted man for the crime, who was the guilty party. For the first trial it was to save Maya, I heard from your friend Edgeworth her ransom was for an acquittal of the guilty defendant. The second time I think it was because you wanted to make right the wrongs you have made for the second trial."
Phoenix shook his head. "You make me look like a saint. I'm not entirely the man you are making me out to be. I didn't get that not guilty verdict on purpose. It was a mistake, a failure of sorts. I screwed up I was trying to get a guilty verdict and save Maya at the same time."
Misty started to smile a bit. "There you just said the magic words, save Maya. Just accept the fact she was close to you."
Phoenix slightly irritated replied, "Fine, I give up. She was important in my life."
Trucy woke up from her sleep. She rubbed her eyes while still in her PJs. She opened them to see the two adults talk. Mistaking Misty as a woman Phoenix was dating she grinned. "Daddy is she going to be my new mommy?"
Phoenix horrified at the assumption made, froze in place with a few words to say. "No she is not."
"Why is she here then?" Trucy asked bouncing up and down.
"She's here to talk with me about 'adult things.'" He put up both hands and put air quotes around, adult things.
Misty amused with the young girl asked, "How did you find her?" She started to stretch out her arm to the adopted child.
"She's the daughter of a famous magician; she was abandoned by her father after his trial when he escaped. Her mother is dead as well. The only reason I adopted her at first was to keep me from being depressed. As time went by I started to take after her more and more. She's my light in the dark tunnel of life."
Misty saw how much Trucy was like Maya in personality. She replied, "Are you sure she's not your only light? I mean I think your daughter is filling in Maya's place."
The thought hit Phoenix, maybe he did love Maya. He continued to just stare off into the distance as his thoughts came together in new ways. His actions so far proved to him this new conclusion. I guess it's time to continue on the path I abandoned a while ago. It's time to chase after her.
Misty seeing in Phoenix's eyes the realization of his actions started to walk to the door to leave accomplishing her personal mission having no objections to Phoenix as a person. Phoenix called out, "Wait! Do you need a place to stay? I can give you some place to stay. You can use my apartment as a home."
"Sure, I see no reason why not. Plus, your daughter is cuter than a button. I better grab my belongings from the motel I've been hiding at though." She left to get ready to move in.
A few hours later
Phoenix made up his mind to help his prosecutor friends with convicting Engarde. He rummaged around for the transceiver. "Hey Misty can you help me look around for things that might help in Engarde's trial." She agreed to help since she was bored watching Trucy perform her magic tricks.
She started to search around the office; her eye stumbled on a book on the shelf. Co-counseling for the Average Person, what is this? She saw a book mark on the first page of the book. "Hmm" She muttered to herself. As she looked closer a shocking discovery was made. That's no bookmark, it's a note. "Hey Mr. Wright, take a look at this." She handed him a note.
This was how the note read. Hey Nick, I see you've found this note. Knowing you it probably took forever to find this. Getting to the point though, I have something to talk to you about. So the next time you see me, show me this note so we can talk. Sincerely your assistant, friend, or whatever you want to call me, Maya Fey.
Phoenix after he read it smiled slightly. So that's how it was. I was so blind.
Misty said, "Keep that note. It was meant for you." Phoenix slipped it into his pocket the magatama, which he forgot about, fell out of his pocket in his place.
Misty went to return the object not knowing what it was until she picked it up. As soon as she recognized it she gasped. "H-How did you acquire this?"
Phoenix replied not realizing what he had in his possession. "Maya gave it to me."
Misty's eyes widened. "Do you not realize what this means."
"Huh?"
So he has no idea what this all means. Misty did a mental facepalm, and she began with her explanation. "This is a magatama as you already know. However what you don't know is that it is actually incomplete."
Phoenix wondering what was her problem asked, "What do you mean by incomplete?"
"One of the symbols the magatama represents is a spirit incomplete. It symbolizes the quest to search for the other half of their soul. It shows the broken spirit longing for the other half. When two magatamas are joined together, it shows the unity of the two souls fitting perfectly together. In other words it is a representation of true love."
Phoenix thinking he found a contradiction replied, "I remember Maya saying once that many marriages in Kurain end terribly. So how can you explain that?"
Misty shaking her head in sorrow replied, "The only reason why, is because it was never love that brought those marriages together. Rather it was for their own selfish reasons and the customs of the village that forced them to enter into it. I was working on abolishing arranged marriages, but then the whole incident happened."
Phoenix thought for a moment or two before responding. "What does the magatama mean to me?"
"We don't give out magatamas to any person who strolls into the village. Each spirit medium is given two when they reach the age of 16. One is for themselves, the other is given to their significant other." She was closing her eyes imagining when she was young.
That must be why Pearls was all over me when I showed her the magatama I received from Maya. I guess this is pretty much a symbol of love right now. It gives me more reasons to fight for her. I will not let you down Maya.
A/N Nothing to really note here, other than the turnabout of Phoenix's heart. Don't forget to review and leave your comments. Enjoy the rest of whatever you do in your free time.
