Sorry about the long update. I was hoping pushing out that last chapter so quickly would allow you all to just hang around and patiently wait for this next chapter. Everyone enjoyed that happy feeling last time and that's good. Well let's continue on that. Some fun stuff this chapter and guess what... EVEN MORE CHARACTERS! Plus a bit more drama ;) Who doesn't love that? Chapter 21 enjoy!

Shi-Long, Apollo, and Trucy walked over to the training hall. The acolytes were still walking around the quad without paying much attention to the three people that walked around. Wearing their clothes the three of them stuck out like a sore thumb so it was easy to pick them out of a crowd. That being said Franziska immediately walked right up to them.

"Where are you three off to?"

"We were gonna go see Auntie Maya!"

"Maya Fey? The master here? Well you should do your research more. She's across the country working on an Interpol situation."

"Oh that's right. She left a voice mail on your phone Trucy remember?"

"Oh yea."

"Huh, that sucks. Ah well I guess I can always thank her when she comes back. So now what should we do?"

Franziska was stretching her whip out. "Don't you feel it would be beneficial if we start working on the case?!"

"Well without mopey Miles here there's no point in continuing on in the investigation. Besides, I still have yet to receive any word from my men about the current situation."

"Where did Miles go?"

"He ran off crying. Never mind about him."

"Worthless. He will never live up to the von Karma name."

Trucy looked upset and Apollo decided he should butt in, "Hey, there's no need to put him down anymore. He already has enough to deal with and so do we. So what should we do next?"

"Well, I guess we can make our way to the Criminal Affairs Department and wait there for the word of it being stable enough or not."

"There's no need, we probably won't find much evidence there anyways. We already have narrowed suspects down anyways. We just need to figure out where they are hiding and storm in to get everyone else."

Shi-Long smirked. "Heh, Franziska, I never saw you as a charge in person. I always saw you siding on the side of logic with Miles. I like this new attitude of yours."

"I'm always like this." Franziska waved her finger at Shi-Long. "You just always turn up at the beginning of my investigations and force me to drag everything out with my logic."

"Guys if we're done reminiscing and horribly flirting can we please get going?! I don't want my daddy to get hurt!"

Shi-Long rubbed his neck and glanced over at Trucy. "Your Daddy is one of the kidnapped victims? Who's your dad?"

"Phoenix Wright. He was the one that implemented the jurist system here."

Shi-Long continued rubbing his neck and put his other hand in his pocket. "That name sounds slightly familiar. Alright how did they capture your dad? Were you with him at the time?"

"No. I don't exactly know where he was."

"He was somewhere in between the Criminal Affairs Department and the Prosecutor's Office. Why does it matter where he was taken?"

"Don't you find it weird that there should have been a policeman patrolling in a certain area and have seen a possible kidnapping happen?"

"The police have been spread thin because of the circumstances that have transpired."

"Are you like some walking dictionary Franziska?" Trucy piped up.

"Nope, just covering for Miles until he's back. Either way, if there was a patrolman in the area how do we know there was a chance for him to see it?"

"What if you had information that said that the patrolman actually watched the whole thing transpired and did nothing to help because it didn't look like a kidnapping."

"Well that would make sense because of the internal spy. So what does this have to do with finding out where they went?"

"Well we can start by interviewing the patrolman in the area. Come on we'll take the chopper."

"Ok, but first up Shi-Long, why did you ask Trucy here if Nick was with her and then come out and say you have known proof that the patrolman saw the kidnapping?"

"Well, the only issue in this story is actually where Phoenix was taken."

"What do you mean, he wasn't on his way to the Prosecutor's office?"

"He probably was originally but that doesn't mean he ended up there. He was last seen in front of his office apparently and there was a girl with him."

"Wait, WHAT?!" Apollo turned to Trucy. "You didn't see Nick at all right?"

"Honestly! I would never lie to you Apollo!"

"So who was this girl then?"

"Who knows but she apparently wasn't taken."

"So who is this patrolman that last saw Phoenix?"

"Just a simple District 3 officer. My men have a witness statement prepared from him. We only received it a small time after the previous threat was issued. We took him to the detention center for questioning."

"You arrested him!?"

"No, that's just where we have established our base for the time being. The prosecutor's office is blocked off from everyone and is being checked currently for explosives. The only place we can justify being safe would be the detention center. If the Red Kakumei believe that there have been wrongful convictions of innocent people then they would unlikely attack a place with innocent people."

"Seems like logical thinking. Are you sure Miles didn't rub off onto you now Shi-Long?"

"What're you implying Frannie?"

"Well-"

"CAN WE STOP WITH THIS AND JUST GO TALK TO THE GUY?! I want my Daddy back!"

The explosion of emotion from Trucy caused everyone to stammer backwards. Apollo hid slightly behind Shi-Long, 'I had her blow up at me before and I do NOT want to be on that side of her anger again.'

"Ok, ok, yikes! You know for a little blue belle you have fangs like a tiger!"

"Good to know. Now can we get going?"

"Are we just going to leave Miles up here for now? Will he be safe on his own?"

"He'll be fine, I'll at least shoot him a text. Hopefully coming from me he'll be too scared to disobey. After all I am his superior."

"For that one case Frannie."

"UGH!" Trucy started walking towards the helicopter. Apollo chased after her and Franziska and Shi-Long slowly walked behind them.

"What has you so frustrated Trucy? I don't get it."

"It's just here we are caring about some stupid silly relationship drama when there are bigger things going on. Six of our friends have been captured and the two of them are sitting here just flirting with each other!"

"Well, you didn't seem that upset when we were discussing Miles and Shi-Long's relationship… are you jealous of Franziska?"

Trucy turned around and shot a very icy glare at Apollo, "Seriously? Apollo he's like twice my age…besides. I had no idea about what was going on in this case. Now knowing that Shi-Long has full knowledge of the situation and has someone to help us and he's not chasing after that lead is just annoying. Gumshoe is hurt, Ema is probably scared, and Daddy is in trouble, and I'll never forgive any of you if anything happens to the three of them."

"Don't worry Trucy, we'll get them back."

"Just get in…" Trucy pushed Apollo up into the helicopter and hopped in behind him. They buckled up and put their headsets on. Franziska and Shi-Long eventually made it over and sat in the front seats. The two put their headsets on and Shi-Long started the engine up. They were soon off.

Apollo looked over the edge of the Helicopter and down below. He saw the forests of the mountain slowly disappear beneath him as they soon came over a more residential area. When he looked up he still saw a small amount of smoke coming from the business district. 'That must be the last of the fires from the Criminal Affairs Department. I still can't believe we were able to escape.' The helicopter started flying towards a small sectioned off area of the business district and started its descent by the Detention center. There were many parked RVs and cars all around the entire building. On the backside of the Detention center there was an empty parking lot with a giant white H on the ground. Shi-Long eventually landed directly on top of it and shut the helicopter down.

"Come on, I'll go in and see if he is prepared to make a statement to anyone. Trucy you'll have to wait outside but if you head around the corner there is a couple of RVs with food and TVs, feel free to wait comfortably there."

"But I wanna go inside with Apollo! I do it all the time!"

"Sorry there blue belle, but unfortunately you wouldn't have the clearance to enter this building now. All civilians are being asked to stay at home today and only authorized personnel are allowed in governmental buildings today. It's per request of the mayor and it's out of Interpol's jurisdiction." Shi-Long quickly disappeared inside.

Trucy stomped her feet and pouted. "That's not true! Can't Interpol just bypass the laws?"

Apollo turned and looked at Trucy. "Actually no, Interpol has to fully respect the law and diplomats of the country and area they work in. They cannot just bypass and step around. Just go wait over there, I'll make sure to tell you everything I find out in there."

Trucy crossed her arms and huffed. She turned around and walked around the corner of the building to where the RVs were parked.

"She's quite the handful Apollo, how do you deal with her as an assistant?"

"How did you know she works with me Franziska?"

"I see her in the courtroom all the time with you. Trust me Apollo, I do my research with the people I am going to be working with well in advance. I know a lot about the people working on this case and who it affects."

"So do you know anything about this one officer?"

"No, there was no need to study someone so lowly because they were just simple workers that could be easily replaced."

"Harsh don't you think?"

"Not meant in that way. Meaning there was no chance for them to be fully affected by this turn of events primarily because the Red Kakumei would have no benefit to murder or oust them."

"But it still happened in the end."

"Yes, but there's something weird about the M.O. behind how the Red Kakumei did it. We might find out exactly what it was with this witness."

Shi-Long stepped outside, "Alright guys he's all set for you both. You're welcome to go inside and interview him. I have to go check on a few of my agents." Shi-Long disappeared inside and Franziska and Apollo walked towards the door.

On the inside of the Detention Center they walked down a long hallway and entered a highly secured door. There were 6 rooms branching off this small hallway. Apollo knew this place all too well. They headed into detention room 3 and saw a police officer on the other side of the glass.

"Are you both my lawyers? I can't believe I was arrested! I didn't kidnap them I didn't do anything I jus-"

Franziska cut her off in order to calm her down, "You're not arrested, you are here for your safety. You are a key witness to this major case and we don't want anything to happen to you. Now then we want to hear everything that you saw. First off state your name and occupation."

"You know we're not in the courtroom Franziska…"

"Doesn't matter, easier to get information out this way. Now then name and occupation."

"My name is Robyn Peeps. I'm a district 3 officer of the lower east quadrant."

"Good, so Robyn, what happened over by the Wright Anything Agency."

"Well it started like this. I was making my way through the park on an hourly round. Not much was happening. Then all of a sudden I saw the man who was kidnapped running through the park at a fast pace. There was a little girl following him close behind. She was able to keep up the pace which was weird. I mean I'm very physically fit but even I could barely keep up with the two of them. I called out to them and asked them if they were alright. They looked at me and I saw a look of horror on them and they immediately ran off faster towards the office. I gave chase after them to see what was going on. Eventually they stopped in front of the Wright Anything Agency. A black undercover squad vehicle pulled up to the two of them. A couple of men jumped out and screamed something. All I could catch was something along the lines of, 'You're not safe come with us.' The man though put up a huge fight. I almost ran over to protect my fellow officers but more hopped out of the fan and got him. They even pulled their gun on the girl who was trying to stop them. Eventually they got him into the van and they pulled off. I was about to walk up to the girl and ask what was going on, but she rolled a motorcycle from the alley and hopped on and drove off after the black van."

"Could you describe any of the men?"

"I don't know exactly who they were I have never seen them before, but I don't really know anyone outside my own district."

Apollo was furiously writing all this information into his notepad. "You say they were dressed as officers, what type of uniforms were they wearing?"

"Looking back on it, it seemed like they were wearing Special Task uniforms. Which would make sense, they are the only ones authorized to drive those squad cars."

"Is there any chance to see exactly what squad car that one was?"

"It's possible but with the explosion at the Criminal Affairs Department it would be difficult."

"To be honest Apollo if there was a spy there is a chance they probably erased any of that evidence too. But this is a good lead. It does confirm who could potentially be the head of this organization."

"Head of what organization?"

"That is on a need to know basis there Robyn, unfortunately you're not someone that needs to know. What direction was the van heading?"

"It was heading north and took a right three streets up. That's all I could see."

"Is there anything else you could tell us about the situation?"

"No that's it. Can I go now?"

"Yes, I don't see why not."

"Wait Franziska, before we dismiss her, Robyn, could you tell me anything about this girl that was with him? What did she look like?"

"Hmm, well it was hard to tell. The only thing I remember is she had blue-ish black hair that was in an upright ponytail with a hair stick in it. She also had this really gaudy shawl, but that's all I really could tell."

Franziska stretched her whip and whipped the window separating the Robyn from them. "EXPAND ON THAT AT ONCE!"

"What do you mean? I can't remember much about her."

"How old did she look!?"

"I don't know, probably like mid twenties? She was very agile too."

"Apollo, we're going."

"Wait, what's going on? Do you know this girl?"

"Yes and it actually brings us good news."

"Why is that?"

"Because we have a friend on the trail of the Red Kakumei."

"What do you mean?"

Franziska and Apollo headed back out into the hallway and headed towards the front of the building to find Shi-Long. "The girl's name is Kay Faraday. She's a good friend of Miles and mine. Shi-Long knows her too. She's very good at what she does. She finds out all these hidden information on people and can easily infiltrate any building with the help of her Little Thief."

"She's a thief?"

"No, at least not in the criminal sense. She's actually quite the asset. If you'll excuse me Apollo. I need to make a phone call, see if you can go and find Shi-Long. Tell him that Kay might be with the Red Kakumei and how he wants to handle the situation."

"Alright." Apollo continued walking outside while Franziska whipped out her cell phone. 'Who is this Kay girl? How does she know Phoenix anyways? He never told me about her. I hope she's at least still with him though.' Apollo turned around the corner and saw Trucy sitting at a table and Shi-Long was talking with an agent behind her. He walked up to the two of them.

"What did the officer tell you 'Polly?"

"Apparently some really good news. Shi-Long?"

Shi-Long halted his conversation with his agent and glanced over his shoulder at Apollo. "Kind of busy, what's up?"

"We might actually have some help on the inside of the Red Kakumei. The girl that was with Phoenix was actually Kay. Whoever she is."

Shi-Long turned around and grabbed Apollo on his shoulders. "Kay Faraday?! She was the one that followed after the kidnappers?! This is great! Where's Franziska?!"

Apollo both look frightened and confused at Shi-Long's reaction. "Uh, inside making a phone call… could you let go of me?"

Shi-Long immediately took his hands off. "Oh, sorry. I gotta go see Frannie. We'll be right out."

"Who is this Kay Faraday?"

"Beats me, apparently she's a friend of Miles and Franziska. Although I don't know how."

"Why was she with Daddy anyways?"

Apollo sat down at the table next to Trucy and rubbed her back. "That I don't know. If Nick knew her he probably would have told us at one point or another. Apparently she's a thief of some form so I don't know how Nick could have associated himself with her."

Trucy looked down at the bagel that she had grabbed earlier in front of her. Only one bite was taken out of it. "I hope she can help us."

"I do too."

"Apollo?"

"Yea?"

"What if they don't find Phoenix?"

"They will Trucy I'm sure they will."

"But what if they don't, who will be my Daddy?"

"Well I mean, you don't need a dad really. You have our mom Thalassa, and of course your brother me."

"But I want a dad…"

"Well Nick is still your dad. He's not going anywhere."

"But he may soon enough and when he does what am I to do… Apollo?"

"What?"

"Will you be my new dad?"

Apollo flipped out of his chair and fell backwards. "Trucy, I'm your half-brother! Not your dad!"

"But if you're Daddy's new boyfriend then you'll be my new daddy… and you'd be a lot better than Miles."

Apollo slowly picked himself up and set up his chair. "Let's… let's just cross that bridge when it happens…" Apollo started rubbing the back of his head. 'Yeesh, leave it to her to make this whole relationship thing come to an awkward level… I hope we find Nick soon. He'll be the only thing that can calm this.'

Franziska and Shi-Long started walking outside just as Franziska hung up her phone. "Hey you two, we're mobilizing!"

"Is Kay with Nick?"

"No but she knows where's he's located. She's currently infiltrating the mayor's office to obtain blue prints for the building. Of course that's not necessary. Shi-Long phoned ahead and told them Kay was there and to give her the blue prints."

"Wow… she really is a thief? How did Daddy know her?"

"He actually didn't, but Kay knew of him through Miles. When she knew Miles was back in the area she apparently had done some research on what brought him back. She soon found out about the Red Kakumei and found out their targets. She didn't know much about the bombing at the Criminal Affairs Department, but apparently she knew what Phoenix looked like and that he was the next target. She apparently told him to come with her. She introduced herself and told him how she knew Miles. Phoenix believed her and followed but asked if he could go back to the office first to get you Trucy. That's when he was taken."

"So, what're we going to do now then?"

"We're going to get him back!"