Apollo Justice: The Fey Chronicles
Finally, the next chapter, perhaps this one may be not fun, because it's mostly investigating, but I still hope you enjoy it! And please tell me what your opinion of the case after reading, so can I see, what are you supecting about it.
The Master of Kurain. What is the meaning of that position? Some die for it. Some kill for it. Everything for the title of the Master. And what do they gain with that?
Honour? Perhaps.
Power? Probably.
Threats? For all of their life.
Branch families always have and always will plot against the Main family. All for becoming the ones to be plotted against, the hunter becomes the hunted, and thus the vicious cycle of blood never ends.
This is the fate of the Fey Clan.
"Okay, we're back at Kurain. What we do now?" Trucy asked Apollo as they left the station.
"Let's go back to crime scene; we might find some evidence. Also, if we examine the scene, we can have a better idea about what happened on the night of the murder," he responded.
"Ema might be there too, so we could ask her about the victim."
"Good idea – we really need some info about the victim. We don't know even his name."
"Could I...umm...help with the investigation too?" Hugh asked rather shyly.
Apollo and Trucy exchanged looks. "Sure, we could use an extra pair of eyes," said Apollo.
"Yeah, Hugh! Actually, you're gonna be a great help – after all, we're going need a lot of information on Kurain village."
"She's right. Perhaps you could tell us a bit the culture of Kurain; it may help a lot with the investigation."
"Okay! I'll do my best!" he said cheerfully, but then stopped to think for a moment. "By the way, I've been thinking; we if want to know more about the victim, maybe we should ask Mystic Maya."
"Ms. Fey? Why would she know something?"
"You see, to request a channelling, you must first call Kurain Village. Then you speak personally in the phone with the channeller to discuss the time and day of the channelling. The place is always Kurain Village though. Also, you must tell the channeller about the spirit you want channelling. Then we can check to see if it's a dangerous spirit or not."
"I see – if he was Ms. Fey's client, she must know something about him."
"Hey, Hugh; what if the victim was Pearl's client? If so, couldn't this spirit be the actual killer? I have heard of something similar, so couldn't be Pearl be actually innocent?" Trucy asked with pensive look.
"Sorry, Trucy, but there are some problems with your theory. Three, actually."
"What could be wrong with my theory?"
"First, even if he was Mystic Pearl's client, she probably wasn't channelling at the time. Commercial channellings are done between 9 am and 5 pm. Second, even she was channelling at that time, Mystic Pearl is a very experienced channeller, even for her age. She shouldn't have problems controlling a spirit. And the last thing: even if she was channelling and the spirit indeed did kill the victim, Mystic Pearl would still be guilty,"
"Why? Wouldn't the spirit be the killer?"
"You see, there's an old law here at Kurain: if during a channelling the spirit should commit a crime, the medium is charged in its place."
"What? Why?"
"Perhaps the medium takes the responsibility because the medium is the one that channels the spirit, and therefore they also take the responsibility of controlling the spirit?" Apollo tried to guess.
"Yes, Mystic Polly, you're right. I suppose, in a way, it is the medium's fault," Hugh replied.
"For Polly's sake, let's hope she was not channelling, otherwise..."
"...my defence would be useless since she would be legally guilty. Not another one; you know, Hugh, you're may be a bit loud, but you're my favourite client so far," The attorney sighed unenthusiastically.
"REALLY? Umm...why?"
"Because apart from being loud and embarrassing, you're not guilty of any crime. Let's go."
Fifteen minutes had passed since the trio left the station. Apollo stayed silent during the entire time, thinking about the case, while Trucy showed Hugh some magic tricks.
"Your pendant is now in my hand and then..."
"So cool...wait...ack! My magatama pendant! Where is it?"
"Look at the sleeve of your kimono."
"Huh? Wow, it's here! How you did that?"
"A magician never tells her secrets!"
"Come on! Tell me! Ple-"
MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH
"W-What is that ominous sound?" Hugh asked, scared.
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
"Hugh, could I ask you a question?"
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
"What, Mystic Polly?"
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
"Do you like science?"
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
"I'm okay with it, but not a great fan, I suppose."
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
"Well, you'd better start to LOVE science."
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
"Why?"
MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUCH MUCH MUCH
Hugh then noticed a brown-haired woman in a lab coat, eating some snacks with a certain intensity, standing in front of Kurain Boulder.
"Hi there, Ema!"
"Oh MUNCH it's you MUCH two MUNCH who MUNCH is MUNCH the MUNCH kid?"
"I'm Hugh Fey; I'm helping Mystic Polly with the investigation!"
Ema stopped eating. "Mystic Polly?" She started to laugh.
"Hey what's so funny? Mystic Polly is a very respectable person!" She laughed even harder. Even Trucy began to giggle a little.
Apollo smacked his forehead in shame. "A-Anyway, Detective Skye, could you tell us more about the case?"
"Didn't I tell you last night?"
"Actually, you were complaining ab-"
Snackoo'ed
"What do you want know?"
"Who is the victim?"
"His name is Mark Canary." She said showing a picture of a bald man in a black sleeveless jacket over a flaming skull t-shirt, and with a tattoo on his arm. The profile stated that he was 37.
"Mr. Canary seems to be very nice man. I mean look at his tattoo; he sure loves his mother!" Hugh said, pointing to the heart tattoo with the word "mom" on Mark Canary's arm.
The other three gave him a weird look. "Huh...Could you continue, Ema?" Apollo said, trying to break the awkward moment.
"We're not sure, but we think he was here for a channelling. We can't think for another reason for an ex-convict to be visiting Kurain."
"He was in jail before?"
"Yup, just got out a day before actually. And then he was killed. This guy got some bad luck, that's for sure."
"Shame he couldn't get Daddy's share of good luck."
"What was Mr. Canary in jail for?"
"Him? He was the leader of a criminal group called "Street mercenaries"."
"Street mercenaries?"
"When some criminal gangs had fights with each other, they would hire this group, so that particular gang would have an advantage in the fight. He was the kind of guy that would do pretty much anything for money. We finally arrested him two years ago, but since the only charges against him were getting into group fights, he didn't stay behind the bars for long."
What would a "street mercenary" do here in Kurain? I don't think a person like him would want to channel someone,
Apollo thought. "What was the cause of death?"
"A single bullet that went through his heart."
"Through his heart? You mean the bullet didn't stay in body?"
"Nope .We still haven't found the bullet, mind you."
"What about the gun?"
"A gun was found in the hands of the defendant when she was arrested."
"When you arrested her...wait, wasn't she unconscious when she was arrested? Why arrest her then?"
"That's simple. Remember the Machi Tobaye case?"
"Huh? Yeah. Wait, the gun was a high calibre?"
"Not that high, but it would still cause some serious recoil which would made her pass out." She then showed them a map of the scene of the crime. She pointed to the "K" mark next to the image of Kurain Boulder. "If someone from that place, with their back at the Kurain Boulder, shot with that type of gun, the recoil would make the person hit their head at the boulder. The impact could have caused the person to pass out."
"But I don't remember seeing anything on Pearl's head when we were in the detention centre."
"Trucy, you have to remember the we only saw her front, never her back," Apollo corrected.
"And besides, even though she must had bled a little, the impact didn't cause a scar or something similar," Ema added.
"Umm...Miss Detective..."
"Hugh, was it? Call me Ema."
"Okay, so...umm...sorry, it's just, about the victim. He doesn't the like the type of person t that Mystic Pearl would know, so I...well...don't think she has a-"
"A motive? Well, we couldn't find any real connection between Pearl Fey and Mark Canary, but..."
"But?"
"Sorry, Justice, confidential information." As she finished her line, some chains and a single lock appeared.
"Damn, what she's hiding?"
"A psyche-lock, Mystic Poly?" Hugh whispered to Apollo.
"Yeah, but the bracelet isn't reacting at all."
"So I guess we have to rely on the magatama then."
"Should we look for evidence, Polly?"
"Actually, I think I can break this one right now," Apollo said confidently.
"Huh?" both Trucy and Hugh said, confused.
"Hey, what are you three whispering?!" Ema asked angrily.
"Hey, Ema, could you give me a copy of the victim's profile?"
"Sure, but that won't tell anything." She gave him the copy.
"I knew it," said the attorney as he read the file.
"What is it, Polly?"
Apollo opened his briefcase and took a manila envelope out from it.
"This envelope contains a file of a certain case. State vs Fey, to be specific."
"S-State vs Fey?" Ema shuddered.
"Yes, and according to this file, a certain woman was found accomplice to a murder, and she was sent to the same prison as Mark Canary."
"And who is this woman?" Ema said, noticing that Apollo was onto something.
"Morgan Fey," Apollo said bluntly. His bracelet reacted, but not to Ema.
It is just me, or did Hugh's body tremble at the mention of Morgan Fey's name?
"S-So what if she is a Fey too? She could be a very distant relative to Pearl Fey; that still wouldn't connect her to the victim."
"But according to Morgan's Fey profile, she was Pearl Fey's mother! That proves that Pearl Fey and Mark Canary actually have a very strong connection; namely, Morgan Fey!"
"Humph, Justice – you did your homework." Ema's lock finally broke.
"Apollo, even though you're right, that still doesn't add anything new to the case."
"What do you mean, Ema?"
"Mark Canary and Morgan Fey were in the same prison, but that's it. Other than being a Fey, Morgan isn't related to the murder at all."
"Oh..." Even though she doesn't seem to be related to murder, I still want to know more about this Morgan. Why she was accomplice to a murder? And why did Hugh tremble at the mention of her name? Judging from his reaction, I doubt Hugh will say much about her. Perhaps I should ask about her to Ms. Fey, Pearl or even Mia when I get the chance.
"By the way, Ema, who is the prosecutor for this case?"
"I don't know. Actually, I wasn't the detective originally in charge with this case. It was another one who had already dealt with another case here in Kurain Village, but when he read the prosecutor's name he literally passed out. All the other detectives refused as well when they read the prosecutor's name, so I took the case since I was the only one remaining. But since they shoved me the case so fast, I didn't get see who it was. But it can't be anyone that bad, as long as it's not the fop, any prosecutor is fine by me. I mean, what's the worse thing this prosecutor can do? Whip me?"
"True. This prosecutor can't be a monster, I guess," Apollo said, agreeing with Ema.
"Well, if you excuse me, I'll be going back to my investigation...Hey! Wanna help me with my "scientific" investigation?" She asked eagerly, putting emphasis on the word scientific.
"What are you investigating, Detective Skye?"
"Remember what I said before: that Pearl bled a little when she had hit her head in the boulder? Well, when we arrived on the crime scene, there wasn't any blood on the boulder, which there should have be. Even if it's only a little, I think that someone from here wiped it off. I'm checking right now, with Luminol. So, wanna help me?"
"I don't know..."
"I knew you would agree! Very well; I'll give each of you a bottle of Luminol," she said as she searched her bag for more bottles.
"Wait, I didn't say-"
"Okay, here's a bottle for Trucy, another bottle for Hugh, one for Apollo and the last one is for me! Let's investigate this place – "scientifically"!" She said, literally glowing.
"Scientifically!" both Hugh and Trucy cheered.
"-Sigh-...Scientifically..." Apollo said, defeated.
So what do you think that happened that night? Do you think Morgan is involved? Stay tuned, the case will develop more next chapter, scientifically, of course! And the prosecutor will finally make an appearce! :D