Court Record (Edgeworth):

Prosecutor Badge:

I keep it at my pocket. Brings back so many memories…

Wright's Bike:

It's in pretty bad shape. Was hidden on an alley.

Stray bullet:

Found at the pot of the mascot of Wright's Agency.

December 23, 3:00 pm

Wright Anything Agency

" So, when you entered the office you saw a person pointing a gun at Wright, you tried to fight them and ended up shot. Before you lost consciousness you saw a person right next to Wright and that person broke Wright's hand trying to stop him from calling the police. " summarized Edgeworth, Apollo nodded.

" But, that extra person, I didn't saw them when I entered."

" So they could have entered after you. " but doing the simulation with Little Thief proved it to be impossible, the time between Apollo's fighting and then being shot was extremely short, nobody could walk from the door to Wright's side in that time, let alone broke his wrist and shooting Charley. The only option was for them to enter by the window.

Athena examined it and found traces in the dust from someone using it recently. The fourth person really entered through it, but why?

" This is kinda new for me, you know? for the first time we know exactly what happened in here and in Mr. Edgeworth's office, but we don't have even one suspect..." Athena seemed confused and a bit down, Apollo put his good hand in her shoulder.

" Mr. Edgeworth, this is the most premeditated crime I have ever seen, but I still can't find a reason behind the actions of the responsible. Why enter from the window? Why they didn't kill Mr. Wright right here? What's more important, Mr. Wright himself had no reason to be here in the first place, he was at his daughter's show and then he said he was going to your office. I just can't get it Mr. Edgeworth..." mumbled Kay, voicing the questions everybody in that room had.

" Plus, if Apollo's blood isn't in the gun it can't be the one that shot him. There must be another one. " pointed Ema.

" I can at least answer for the motive of Mr. Wright returning here. " Simon presented the letter "we found this in his desk, he tried to hide it from his assailants so it must be important enough for him to return to this office to pick it up."

" What does it say?" asked Kay.

" Somebody warned him..."

" Hold it! I-I know that handwriting...but...it can't be!" said Apollo taking a closer look, his good hand started shaking. " It's Mr. Gavin's..."

" What? Glimmerous fop?!" yelled Ema.

" No, his brother, Kristoph Gavin. Former defense attorney convicted for murder. " Edgeworth took the letter "Are you sure of it, Mr. Justice?"

Apollo nodded.

" I will run a handwriting comparison, it shouldn't take long." offered Ema taking the letter with her.

" Detective Gumshoe, go to the prison and make the necessary arrangements for us to see Mr. Gavin. You personally bring him to the meeting room."

" Yes sir! On my way sir!"

As Gumshoe made his exit only Edgeworth, Blackquill, Apollo and Athena remained in the room.

" So, we're going to the detention center now? " asked Athena.

" No, you and Mr. Blackquill will go to the hospital. I need you to talk with Trucy, maybe she knows something about the envelope."

" Aw, I wanted to meet our suspect. But OK, I get it, you're not good with children..."

Edgeworth crossed his arms.

" Just so you know, I'm almost like an uncle to Trucy. That's not the reason why I'm not going."

" Then why?"

Edgeworth's features suddenly darkened, Athena heard a lot of noise from him but no locks appeared, Simon touched her shoulder.

" C'mon, that's not important, let's go." said Simon.

Athena didn't question further, she had a feeling Simon knew something. A couple of minutes later Edgeworth exited the room in company of Apollo and Kay, up in his car Apollo seemed so nervous.

" Something the matter, Mr. Justice?"

" No, it's just, Kristoph Gavin... he's someone that I thought I would never see again after everything that happened..."

" I know, but you know him at least better than myself, I need you."

" Yeah. Whatever for Mr. Wright."

" Mr. Justice, are you sure that what you told us was everything you knew?"

" Yes Mr. Edgeworth, I can't remember a single thing after that."

" Well, somehow you ended at Eldoon's and Wright at the Prosecutor's offices. We found Wright's bike in a alley nearby, somehow he escaped from the assailants and reached my office, but if that's the case it means that he left you alone with the assailants in the Agency."

" What? I'm... having a hard time believing that."

" It's just a hypothesis, we have no other proofs to explain what transpired between the three different places, we have to investigate further."

As Edgeworth ended they arrived at their destiny. Apollo felt his entire body turn as cold as ice, he wasn't prepared. They make all the procedures needed and ended up sat side by side in front of the glass wall, waiting for who looked like the devil himself.

December 23, 3:30 pm

Meeting Room

Detention Center

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When he finally appeared he was barely recognizable, he still had his glasses but everything else was so out of place. His golden hair now looked messy, he was wearing a prison uniform and his face projected more years than the ones he had lived. When he saw Apollo, suddenly his face changed and a defiant smile made its appearance.

" Oh, Mr. Justice, long time no see..." he looked at Edgeworth and again at Apollo. " Don't tell me that you're now a prosecutor..."

" I won't tell you more than you need to know." answered Apollo, coldly.

Kristoph crossed his arms.

" I see. I always thought that all your hate to me was Wright's doing but now I can see that it was truly yours. I should have known, after all, it's the first time we see each other in almost three years."

(Gavin is talking a lot, he used to be quieter, prison must be tough. I don't see anything strange, I need to focus on this, move Justice!) Thought Apollo to himself. He quickly shoved the letter in front of Gavin's face.

" This is your writing, what's this? why did you send it? how? Answer."

Apollo tried to be quick and cold even if it was hard for him, being a man guided by feelings and strong emotions, the kind of emotions that drove him to interrupt a trial and accuse his coworker of murdering his best friend, the ones that allowed him to defend Trucy or to follow Dhurke's path. In front of Kristoph he had to contain all that feelings if he wanted answers, Gavin he was a smart and composed man, but also a psychopath.

And his former mentor. The first person in lending him a hand as a lawyer, the first mentor he had in his career.

Kristoph touched his glasses and his smile faded little by little.

" If that letter is now in your power I assume Phoenix Wright is now dead. " A shiver shook Apollo's body, Edgeworth also tensed.

" He's not dead. Now answer me."

" Yes. I wrote that letter, do you even bothered yourself in reading it?"

" I'm the one asking. You're a suspect now."

" A suspect? Of what, trying to warn Wright from a killer?"

" Don't take me for a fool, you murdered a man just because he forged evidence for you. Mr. Wright put you in prison, why should I believe that you tried to save him? " again, Kristoph smiled.

" Don't get me wrong, I do not desire anything as strong as I wish to kill him, but, as you can see it's not an easy goal for me right now."

" You're speaking so freely..."

" I have nothing to lose now, it's not like you can do something either. Besides, I'm just being honest."

" You...hired someone? " asked Edgeworth.

" No, he doesn't trust anyone. If he wants to do something he will do it himself...wait" as Apollo came to a realization his eyes widened.

" I see you realized now why I warned him. Are all your doubts cleared now?"

So, he warned him to keep him alive enough to kill him with his own hands... Apollo was having a hard time, it doesn't matter how much he thought he knew Kristoph, he always managed to surprise him in the worst way possible.

" How did you sent it? " Edgeworth noticed Apollo sudden loss of words, maybe even deduced the same as him and jumped to the next question.

" That, I sincerely don't know, I wrote the letter and asked a guard to deliver it but he refused. Even before the prison break occurred the letter went missing, but somehow it reached you."

" What? Somebody stole it?"

" Indeed. I never sent it."

" Detective Gumshoe, I need you to check exactly who escaped the prison as long as we finish with this. " ordered Edgeworth. " Now, Mr. Gavin, exactly how did you know that somebody was going to attack Wright?"

" Oh, I suppose everybody in the prison knows that. It's impossible not to hear the rumors all over the place, it isn't just one person that wants him dead, you know. But I wrote the letter as soon as the plans of the break began to spread."

" You cooperate with them?"

" I'm in a special cell, I couldn't have escaped even if I wanted so I had no reason to cooperate. But as a clue, the letter didn't have an envelope when I wrote it."

" I think that's enough, we must leave now. " Edgeworth touched Apollo's shoulder as a signal and prepared to retire.

" Apollo, he got what he deserved. " commented Kristoph, making Apollo react.

" You're not provoking me with that, you know nothing of Mr. Wright."

" I'm afraid that you're the one who only sees what he wants you to see."

" Why do you say that?"

" Phoenix Wright is a man to fear. He may look so reliable and noble, but deep inside he's a monster."

" He used to be your friend!"

" And I used to be your mentor, but he changed everything. I bet you never thought about all the things he gladly gives off in sake of his precious truth. He betrayed me, he manipulated you back then. But sadly, we weren't the first ones, or will be the last, you're simply refusing to see all of it""

Apollo smashed the table in front of him.

" STOP! I'M NOT HEARING ANYMORE!"

But Kristoph was dead serious, no smile, no defiant looks. He leaned a bit in his seat.

" Fine, don't listen to me if you don't want to. But I owe one to you, for the sake of the times when you trusted me, take my word not as who I am now but as who I was when you came to my office, take my word as a mentor, Apollo."

Gumshoe took Kristoph in his custody and left the room, Apollo stayed frost for a moment thinking of what he had just witnessed.

A warning, as a Mentor?