December 27th, 2016

Detention Center

Visitor's Room, 3:10 PM

Nick's POV

Edgeworth: …

Nick: Hey, Edgeworth.

Edgeworth: Hmm… this is a bit surprising. Usually Wright would be here, asking me questions about DL-6.

Judy: Well, Phoenix and Maya are at Gourd Lake with Chief Bogo investigating the caretaker's shack.

Edgeworth: I see. I must admit, he really impressed me on how he was so accurate about last night. It's no wonder I consider him a rival. Still, I like a challenge.

Nick: We've heard about the class trial.

Edgeworth: Class trial…?

Judy: You know, it's where your lunch money got stolen.

Edgeworth: Lunch money…? Oh, yes, I do believe I remember something like that. You have to forgive me, it's been 15 years and my memory from those times, are still foggy.

Nick: Well, we came down here, just to talk, and there's something I've been wondering about.

Edgeworth: And that is…?

Nick: Why'd you become a prosecutor? Phoenix told us that you've wanted to become a defense lawyer. Why the change?

Edgeworth: … I couldn't let myself deny reality.

Judy: What do you mean?

Edgeworth: My father was taken from me, and you want me to defend criminals? I'm sorry, but I'm not that good of a person! That bear, the one that was trapped in the elevator with my father. His name… was Yanni Yogi. He had to be the shooter, any way you look at it! Yet… he was found innocent. That defense attorney got him off the hook!

I looked down on the floor for a bit and sighed.

Nick (Thinking): That would have been me, if I hadn't met Judy.

Judy: Can you tell us more about happened on that day?

Edgeworth: … Very well. On that day, 15 years ago… The three of us were trapped in that elevator for five hours. When we were rescued, we all suffered oxygen deprivation. I had lost all memory of the murder, but strangely enough, the more I talk about that incident, the more it's slowly starting to come back to me. But I still can't recall what happened in that elevator. That was the crux of Yogi's attorney's argument in court. He claimed Yanni Yogi had been "not of sound mind" due to the oxygen deprivation. Yogi was released due to a lack of evidence… innocent. That's when I changed my mind. I started to hate defense attorneys.

Judy: Edgeworth. I know how you feel, but you said it yourself you had no memory on what happened in that elevator, so what if it was true that the bear, Yanni was innocent.

Edgeworth: Then, pray tell, who was the shooter!? There were only three of us in that elevator, and I doubt that anyone came from the outside and shot my father!

Judy: …

Nick: Edgeworth, I understand how you feel, I used to be in the same boat as you.

Edgeworth: …?

Nick: When I was little, I've always wanted to be a cop, but I've had a bad experience with one, because of they did to my mother, and I thought that they didn't care about the law or the people, but then here comes a certain officer that really helped changed my mind.

I turned to Judy and smiled.

Nick: And I know Phoenix would never do something like that to a client, he'll seek out the truth, and do it a right and honest way!

Edgeworth: … I understand, but even defense attorneys can make a mistake and tell lies. I know Phoenix wouldn't do it on purpose, but like I said, we can't really tell who is guilty and who is innocent. When the Steel Samurai case happened and Dee Vasquez gave her testimony, I don't know what, but something told me that I had to do something. I could by the look on Will's eyes that he was scared and it wasn't just an acted. But still, I still make a policy to get a guilty verdict on a client, but even I have my standards and rules and I take pride on my work. I realize the risk involve in this and believe me I willing to take responsibilities for my actions!

Nick: Eh… Man, and here I thought you were just a power hungry man, doing anything you can without a care, but just listening to you, I completely understand your reasoning. You're okay in my book.

Edgeworth: …

Judy: So after your father was murder, von Karma came and took you under his wing?

Edgeworth: He did. He's a man that deserves respect. I learned everything I know of courtroom techniques from him.

Nick: So he's kind of like how you were to me, Carrots.

Edgeworth: He is a perfectionist in all things. In court… In his personal life… He is obsessed with doing everything perfectly.

Nick: Perfectly, huh? And he pretty much won all the trials he was on, right?

Edgeworth: Yes. Not one suspect was declared innocent. Ever. I know. It's possible some of those suspects were indeed innocent. However, it is impossible for us to accurately determine that in every case. All von Karma does is his job, to find the suspect guilty, perfectly. In any case… It's nigh well impossible to find a weakness in him. Should a weakness appear, he would do everything in his power to make it go away.

Judy: If that's true, then you'll be going to jail tomorrow then, Edgeworth.

Edgewrorth: Mmph… It's a strange situation in which I find myself, I'll admit.

Nick (Thinking): No kidding.

Guard: Nick and Judy, I must ask you to wait outside the visitor's room. We've got two more people that wish to speak to Mr. Edgeworth.

Judy and I got up from our chairs and saw Phoenix and Maya heading in to the room.

Phoenix's POV

Edgeworth: What!? Revenge… on me?

Phoenix: We found a letter from a safe in that shack where the boat rental caretaker lives. He was following instructions to kill Robert Hammond and to frame you.

Edgeworth: I see…

Maya: Who is that old bear, anyway!?

Edgeworth: I… I don't know.

Phoenix: Could he be an innocent defendant you got declared guilty or something?

Edgeworth: Nice, Wright. But I don't remember that old bear. Not at all.

Maya: So, he was following this letter, then?

Edgeworth: Which means there was someone else behind it!

Phoenix: We gave the letter to Chief Bogo. He should be able to tell who wrote the letter.

Edgeworth: And you said that the letter told the caretaker to get revenge on two men that ruined his life? So… meaning myself and Robert Hammond?

Maya: It also said: "This is your last chance!"

Phoenix: Last chance…? Wait, maybe… Maybe he's talking about the statue of limitations on the DL-6 Incident!

Edgeworth: … Wait… Wait, that old bear…!

Maya: Wh-what is it!? Do you know who he is!?

Edgeworth: Yogi… Could he be Yogi!?

Maya: Yogi?

Edgeworth: The suspect in the DL-6 Incident. The one who was found innocent.

Phoenix: Do you know who Yanni Yogi was?

Edgeworth: Yanni Yogi was a court bailiff at the time. We just happened to be in that elevator together 15 years ago. The quake was incredibly strong… Before I knew it, everything was dark. We were there for so long, it felt like forever. The air thinned… and the darkness closed in on us in that little box. We became… unsettled.

Flashback

Yogi: H-help! I can't breathe!

Gregory: Quite! I said quite! You're not making this any easier!

Yogi: I want to get out! Help! Get us out!

Gregory: Don't shout! You'll just use up more oxygen!

Yogi: …!

End Flashback

Edgeworth: That's all I remember… When I came to, I was in a hospital bed, staring up at the ceiling. In court, Yanni Yogi's mental condition was called into question. They claimed the oxygen deprivation and stress had caused temporary insanity. In the end, the claim passed the court, and Yogi was found innocent.

Maya: Huh… But, isn't that strange? The letter told him to "get revenge on Edgeworth" … Why would he want to take revenge on you?

Edgeworth: … Wright.

Phoenix: Yeah?

Edgeworth: There's something that's been troubling me these last few days. I… didn't know whether or not I should tell you.

Phoenix: You mean the nightmare?

Edgeworth: I think… I think the time has come to tell all. For the last 15 years, I've had the same dream almost every night. I wake up in a fearful sweat, every time.

Maya: What kind of dream?

Edgeworth: It's a dream about my father's killing… in the dark.

Flashback

Yogi: H-help! I can't breathe!

Gregory: Quiet! I said quiet! You're not making this any easier!

Yogi: I want to get out! Help! Get us out!

Gregory: Don't shout! You'll just use up more oxygen!

A few minutes later…

Yogi: I… I can't breathe! You… you're using up my air!

Gregory: Wh-what!?

Yogi: Stop breathing my air! I'll… I'll stop you!

Gregory: Aaaah! Wh-what!? What are you…!?

Yogi: Stop breathing my aaaaair!

Edgeworth (Thinking): No! Father! He's attacking Father!

Suddenly a pistol was lying by Edgeworth's feet. Scared and didn't know what to do, he picks up the pistol.

Edgeworth: Get away…! Get away from my father!

BANG

Uaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

End flashback

Edgeworth: And with that scream… I wake. It's a bone-chilling scream. A scream that has rung in my ears for the past 15 years.

Maya: … B-but… That's just a dream, right? Right?

Edgeworth: … That thought is the only thing that has kept me sane for the last 15 years. But what if I'm wrong? What if it's real? They say that sometimes people shut out memories in self-defense. Maybe it was I who killed my father!

Maya and Phoenix: What!?

Edgeworth: If you think about that way, that letter makes sense. "Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth." Think about it. Yogi was really innocent. That's why he wanted revenge against me!

Phoenix: Wait, Edgeworth! You… you mean…!

Edgeworth: It was me. I was the true criminal of DL-6. I shot my father!

Phoenix: This is bad…

I got up from the chair and started to head out the door.

Maya: What are me gonna do, Nick?

Phoenix: What can we do?

Nick: What happen?

*rinnnnnnnnnnnnnng rinnnnnnnnnnnnng, rinnnnnnn* *beep*

Phoenix: Hello? … What!? You've found it!? Alright… we'll be right there. Good news, the Chief has found the person's handwriting. Now we'll find out who wrote that letter!

Judy: What are doing here, then!? Let's go!