Ace Attorney Anime Series
By Tayla Drago
Episode #6 - Turnabout Samurai: 2nd Trial
Some event this has turn out to be in this third trial, huh? A lot to say and to do next so take it away, Phoenix Wright.
Phoenix: (The case that Maya picked to be our first was a murder involving a superhero. Backed into a corner by all the evidence, both Cassie and I accused the old lady Wendy Oldbag on the stand of the murder. Trembling with rage, she revealed a shocking truth to the court!)
Yeah, about two more people at the studios the day when Jack Hammer was killed – besides him, Will, Wendy, Penny, and sometimes Cody to be sneaking around, there were two more people too. But who were they...?
Wendy: Actually, there's something I was told not to mention.
A lot to keep quiet about from the way Wendy's was explaining to the others about it in the courtroom.
Phoenix: N-Not to mention?
Edgeworth: What?
Cassie: Why? Were you threaten or something? (Something's up...Wendy's not lying to be talked by the cops for us for the time being, what she's saying real soon will be the truth.)
Then let's hear what she needed to say first.
Wendy: Exactly!Listen up, and listen good. Some other people were at the studios on the day of the murder!
Lots of gasping for everyone - even more with Phoenix and Maya, as Cassie didn't feel this out at all.
Cassie: Seriously?!
Same thing with Edgeworth to hit his hand on the table to demand to hear some more about all of this.
Edgeworth: Impossible! We hadn't heard of this!
Judge: Witness, why keep this crucial information from the court?
Yeah, Wendy, say something already. Everyone else wants to as well.
Wendy: Ain't you been listening? What was I to do? They told me to shut my trap! They said they had "nothing to do with it." see? They said to pretend they "weren't at the studios."
It could've been the weird man and woman who was smoking to be in the studios.
Phoenix: Who were these people?
Wendy: There was a meeting of TV bigwigs, the director, and the producer.
In charge of the TV studios itself.
Cassie: The producer and the director? Then where were they during the time from yesterday's investigation? Phoenix, Maya, and me didn't see any of them show up for questioning.
Not even Edgeworth knows anything about this either.
Phoenix: And where was this meeting held?!
Wendy: Oh, in the Studios Two trailer.
Maya: Studio Two? This is the first we've heard of this.
Very big news here.
Cassie: Same here.
They've seen to the first one and other parts from it, but not at the second one. Weird...Well, they did get their answers to start something from that point on today. Make it two days at most.
Phoenix: (I guess we'll be taking our chances.) Your Honor, we've learned there were others are the studio that day. Yet, as we stand here, they haven't been questioned. I hold that that part up as us impossible to declare a verdict right now!
Cassie: Yes, please let us.
Best to take their chances for more research to be done.
Judge: What do you say, Mr. Edgeworth?
Like he had no other choice.
Edgeworth: I have no choice but to agree.
And Wendy was still loving Edgeworth's hotness still.
Wendy: Dear me, Edgey-boy...Don't gaze at me so passionately.
From there, the trial was on hold until in a few days was plenty.
Judge: Very well. That ends the day's proceedings in this trial.
Another searching around Global Studios continues...But first – Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya go back to the Detention Center to ask Will Powers some answers about the other two missing people. Just who were they?
Time: May 12
Location: Detention Center
Get this...Will knows about the two people who work there – both the producer and director of the TV studios. Huh?!
Maya: Huh?! You knew those people were there?
Will: S-Sorry. I was asked to keep it quiet, too.
Sounded like a threat if it's true.
Cassie: Then why keep quiet about it at all, Will? We're not mad at you about it.
Maya: You've gotta tell us these things, or we'll lose the case.
Cassie: And you'll go to jail for good.
Maya: Nick here has so little experience than Cassie does the most, he may as well not be a lawyer, you know!
Ouch...Okay, that's a bit too dark there if you ask me.
Phoenix: That's going too far.
With Cassie to be cheering him up 'since they're starting to date slowly'.
Cassie: Now, now, Phoenix. She just saying things. Maya means well.
Will: I...I appreciate the warning.
Noted, but no one's taking blame on Will at all.
Phoenix: Thank you, Cassie. Anyway, we'll go down to the studios again.
They'll get to it right away on the second day to do so.
Maya: I hope we run into that boy! We need to return this to him.
Still holding on to Cody Hackins' 'Steel Samurai - Path of Glory' album book he made.
Cassie: Oh right, we need to return this to him.
Seeing the book, Will knew who they were talking about.
Will: You mean the boy with the camera?
Phoenix: You know him?
Cassie: How so?
Seems like he does know Cody a lot.
Will: Yeah, he seems to have been sneaking on to the lot often. I've spotted him a number of times.
It happened in a flash back - when Will was taking a nap during his break from back stage. Sleeping...Until something wakes him up from behind to feel scared and out of his chair.
Will: A ghost?!
And out comes Cody to show himself.
Cody: A ghost? Come on. How can an adult be such a scaredy-cat?
Running away for Will's saying can't stop Cody from running around the studio again.
Will: Hey!
He stops to say one thing Will before taking off...'Unaware he was talking to the actor who plays the Steel Samurai'.
Cody: You should learn from the Steel Samurai. His way of life is awesome!
End of flashback...From the three to be hearing this comes to a complete surprise.
Cassie: Wow... (So Cody doesn't know he was talking to Will who plays as the Steel Samurai.)
Phoenix: "Way of life." huh?
Maya: You should ave just told him you're the Steel Samurai.
He could've but he had a very good reason why Will didn't say it to Cody at all.
Will: But it would've disappointed him to learn this shabby old man was his hero. I don't mind, really...As long as kids keep loving the Steal Samurai.
I guess that's why, sad but true.
Phoenix: (Yeah, there's no way. Such a nice guy would never smear the Steel Samurai's name.)
Keeping Will's secret aside, the three headed off again.
Cassie: Then leave the rest to us, Will. We're heading back to the studios to find more answers. So we'll see you in a few days in court.
And off they go...Back to Global Studios for them to get to work still 'and with any luck running into Cody if they do see him there'. As they looked around for Phoenix knew for him, Cassie, and Maya to be on their toes for this murder mystery to be solved.
Phoenix: (Then the murder was actually committed by someone else. We need to figure out who.)
With the guard letting them back in the place 'a new person' it was time to get to work. For the location of the other studios must be found...While walking, they run into the manger with a good heart name Penny Nichols to be seeing them hard at work. And yes, I want for at least those with no roles in the Anime to get some of parts in my version here.
Penny: Oh! Hello again, lawyers of Powers. I hope all is well.
Maya: We're doing our best so far.
Getting there to still have a long way to go.
Cassie: So far we are, Penny, but thank you for asking. Anyways. We were wondering where Studio 2 was at since we looked around Studio 1 already.
Trying to think since Penny only goes there to serve food and drinks to the ones who work hard.
Penny: Hmmm...Well, I drive there only, but I have a lot paper to be done. I think the director must be in the shooting room we have from outside of Studio 1. Try to check there since I have my hands full.
Good thinking, for the map leads them the way to their location they needed to go to next.
Cassie: Perfect, thanks again, Penny.
Phoenix: For someone who works hard, she's one of the normal people we've come across with so far.
Saying that about Penny to be kind about it for she hopes all will go well to save the show and Will Powers too.
Penny: Good luck now and you're welcome.
Time: May 12
Location: Global Studios - Studio One
Checking out the studio recording building for the inside scenes was big and empty for the time being due to the murder just took place; with the three entering inside looked all too quiet with no sign of the director to be found.
Cassie: Hello? Mr. Director? You here or what?
All but silence is all.
Maya: Huh? Nobody's here...
Looking around some more.
Phoenix: But the security and Penny said the director's here.
Cassie: He must be working somewhere in this room. He must be hiding.
Hearing a weird sound of someone breathing heavily while working on something on the ground, the three finally see the director himself. A freaky looking one name Sal Manella.
Sal: There you are! Gotcha.
He was looking for the script to be go missing - a Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo Steel Samurai. For Cassie to have her face turn blue and Maya to be screaming, they or Phoenix don't know if that was the director yet.
Cassie: Ew!
Maya: Ah!
Phoenix: Who are you?!
Director – Sal Manella
He soon to talk all text message-like to be very weird.
Sal: You I4m3rs! How can j00 not know the great Sal Manella? I am the L33T DIR3CTO0R! I make the Steel Samurai!
Shocking for Maya even more to see the likes of this guy.
Maya: Huh? Really?!
Once Sal looked at the two girls of Cassie to be a cool fighter type of character, and then Maya to image in his mind of another new female character. Also, he was one sick pervert.
Sal: Oh, nice.
And image on what Maya sounds like when she talks, lips, chest size to make them look big, legs, and coming up with an idea.
Maya: Come on...Samurai!
He was sounding creepy again.
Cassie: Is he staring at Maya and me?! GROSS!
Sal: RLY, RLY nice. Buffering overrun...You've triggered my CR34T1Ve P0W3RZ! It's coming to me. The sequel to Steel Samurai!
Another new idea in mind? This was freaking out and being confused.
Cassie: Squeal?
Sal: I call it...Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo!
Imaging Maya again in type of cos-play of this Pink Princess character to look in Japanese wearing of a warrior girl wearing lots of pink and looking sexy. Yeah right! If this is really Sal's upcoming idea of a kid's show, then it'll be very weird.
Phoenix: P-Pink Princess?
Cassie: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo...?
Maya: Why is it "Little" Olde Tokyo, not grand Neo Olde Tokyo?
Less complaining about the name title than imaging the looks, Maya, please.
Phoenix: Why are you taking him seriously?
Cassie: Yeah, Maya. He's a total pervert to you and I!
Now she gets it once Cassie said those words. And soon for Sal to make his move on Cassie to feeling her out...Oh no he's not!
Sal: Ooo...So real like. You young lady can be Steel Samurai and Pink Princess's special side kick with a nice bod...
He just made a big mistake, pal.
Phoenix: Hey! Hands off-!
Cassie: Why you...! DON'T TOUCH ME!
From grabbing hold of Sal's arm from Cassie great strength in full rage mode, to then back flipping to slamming his body on the floor really hard. To Maya and Phoenix's surprise on strong and sometimes scary Cassie can sometimes be.
Sal: Ouch...!
As for the director, he'll live of course to get what was coming to him.
Maya: Cassie...Nice one!
Cassie: Huh? Oh, that was nothing. I didn't train in self defense class to keep creeps like him away from us girls like me for nothing. We need to defend ourselves nowadays.
This has Phoenix loving his new girlfriend even more.
Phoenix: Wow...Cassie, you're amazing what you do best and so cute...
Maya: Ah Nick, your relationship with Cassie is very strange.
Phoenix: But she's just so cute!
And now back to their job to question Sal for him to get back on his own two feet.
Sal: So sorry. Won't happen again...May I help you three with something?
Cassie: Please take us to Studio 2. We're Will Powers' lawyer to do some investigating and questioning you as well, pal...! Can you take us there?
Showing her fists to mean business.
Sal: Oh yes! I shall lead you all to Studio 2. Come with me.
Cassie: Thank you. Let's go, you two.
Now outside of the building where Sal leads the other three to Studios 2 since he has recover the script a-okay.
Sal: Oh, so j00're defending WP?
Phoenix: Weird...You're the director, but you have to deliver the script to the producer? Sounds rough.
Yeah, the director does more of the work and the producer to help that person out. But it's the other way around. He seems to fear the producer to all the work than Sal does.
Sal: During rehearsals, she always barks out orders, heavily annotated script in hand. If I don't take it to her fast, my ass is p0wned!
From sweating and fearing a lot from this person he has helping Sal out for all the show to be done.
Cassie: What is this opposite day?
Phoenix: (She adds notes to the scripts? That producer seems pretty hands-on.) At the time of the murder, you were in a meeting, yes?
Nodding a yes there to explain what happened during the time the murder went down.
Sal: Yeah, in the morning, we had an action-scene rehearsal. Then a meeting that lasted till 4 PM.
That long, huh?
Cassie: One lead we're getting so far.
Phoenix: Action-scene rehearsal? (Oh, so the director was there when Powers got hurt.)
From Will doing the part from a scene to run and hurting his ankle to the staff getting destroyed. For Wendy, Penny, and Sal were there during the time. Walking around the area to get to Studio 2, to see a broken statue of some character to be on standby. Weird looking, huh?
Cassie: Well, hello there.
Freaky looking money head, huh?
Phoenix: Uh, what is this?
Sal: j00 don't know Forest Imp? It's the studio mascot.
Phoenix: Er, that's not what I meant...
Yeah, it just fell down to be lying on the studios streets right now.
Maya: Its head fell off?
Cassie: There must've be a strong wind of some kind...Either that or a bomb went off.
For Sal explains on what did happen on one of Cassie's guesses to be right.
Sal: Well, its quite old, and there were strong winds on the day of the murder.
Finally making their way on foot to Studios 2 at long last.
Time: May 12
Location: Global Studios - Studio (2) Two
A lot of cleaner things and looks pretty empty around it, doesn't it.
Phoenix: So this is Studio Two.
Cassie: It sure looks different from the first studio area.
Maya: There's a studio all the way over here?
Another reason why this place was so neat looking.
Sal: Yeah, but it's been unused for five years.
Cassie: Why is that?
Even he doesn't know much about the whole story to see for himself but to hear about it only.
Sal: IDK! Apparently, there was an accident. The old security lady probably knows. She was around back then.
Walking up to the trailer house on the stairs, Maya spotted something of some flowers to get crushed near the sharp metal fences.
Cassie: Maya?
Maya: I'm coming!
Seems like Cassie notices the spot as well.
Cassie: (Weird...I doubt those flowers were crushed by foot.)
Getting near the door for Sal to be afraid to open it for this producer must be really scary.
Phoenix: What's this producer like?
Turning his face around to have his face turn in fear blue.
Sal: j-j00 don't know? Dee Vasquez...She brought the studio back from the brink of destruction. M4d sk1llz! No one can defy her!
Entering the room, Dee waits for Sal's return with the script. To be reading it while smoking her long stick where she smoker with and placing her foot on Sal's back. Like he was being a slave to her to like it a lot. And yet he fears her still?
Producer - Dee Vasquez
Inside the trailer look nice to have a work desk and lots of movie posters on the wall. With Maya, Cassie, and Phoenix to see how demanding Dee can be, it was sort of hard to talk to her while she was reading.
Phoenix: Um, Ms. Vasquez? We're defending Mr. Powers. I was wondering if you could tell us about the murder.
Trying to talk to Dee, all she said was this to Phoenix.
Dee: Quiet. I'm reading the script.
Talk about being rude, huh?
Cassie: Well she seems nice. (As if!)
For Sal didn't mind to be taking it from Dee herself. Wow...
Sal: D-Do you wanna be disciplined?
Cassie: You seem to be enjoying it. Weirdo...
So far, talking to Dee was very hard to do.
Phoenix: (We're getting nowhere fast.)
Just then, Maya spotted something to see the movie posters on the wall to recognize the films of a certain actor us to play as.
Maya: Hey, hey...Look, Nick! Cassie!
Cassie: Jack Hammer films?
Lots of them on the walls to see what movie Jack was in when he was alive...From titles such as - The Lute Samurai, Dynamite Samurai, Lie of the Wry Samurai, The Bearded Commander series, and Samurai Summer.
Phoenix: Are these all movies Hammer, the victim, starred in?
Cassie: He had some pretty good films he did, Phoenix.
Naming the ones that are on the walls.
Maya: The Dynamite Samurai!
Phoenix: Lie of the Wry Samurai? I want to cry...?
First time for Phoenix to hear about these movies for Cassie to hear a lot, and Maya a lot more on her end.
Maya: The Bearded Commander series! I remember that!
Phoenix: Samurai Summer?
Cassie: As odd as it all sounds, Phoenix, this guy did a very good job.
Yep, for Jack Hammer did some good work.
Maya: Wow...That beings back summaries! It was a typical summer romance, but done as a period drama.
Cassie: So much of the different characters he played as from many movies and some TV series.
From seeing these to even have Phoenix liking the way Jack did his work so well.
Phoenix: Wow, I guess Jack Hammer was quite the big star.
Cassie: He sure was great.
Soon for Dee to stop reading the script to talk to Will's lawyers to try to tell her story. Finally!
Dee: Powers's attorney? You wanted to know about the day of the murder?
Phoenix: Y-Yes.
Now they can see where they can get somewhere with this.
Cassie: (About time she answer back.) Yes, could you answer us a few questions?
Dee: I hate to tell you, but at the time of the murder, the people here couldn't have gone to Studio One.
Not good for Dee to bring in the bad news for them.
Cassie: Huh?
Phoenix: They couldn't have? Why?
Yeah, what gives? Smoking for Dee and for the others to be coughing.
Cassie: Ew, hey! Watch where you're blowing that thing, will you?!
Anyways, back to Dee's reason on why it did happen.
Dee: The path was blocked. You saw Forest Imp on the way here, correct?
Phoenix: Forest Imp?
From the mascot statue of the TV studios?
Maya: The monkey with the broken head.
Cassie: Ah...Imp and monkey are both completely different...
Smoking again for Dee explains on why the statue's head to fall down.
Dee: That day, the wind pushed its stupidly huge head over, blocking the path. It wasn't until after 3 PM that a crane came to move it. It took about an hour to clear the path. Everyone in this trailer was stuck here until then. Everyone in this trailer was stuck here until then. We couldn't have killed Hammer.
It was windy on the day of the murder...For it was strong to knock over the statue to fall and its head too. For it to block one path to be stuck, and the machine lift the rest to lift it up somewhere to not block anything else. This was bad if Dee was saying was true. Or so does Cassie to feel out a bit different from the story.
Cassie: (Oh really now? Something's up for me to feel out.) So strange, huh Phoenix?
Phoenix: Sounds like it. But what if the head fell over after 2:30 PM? Then you could have gone to Studio One.
That could be the case, and Dee shows them to proof from the broken head of the Imp to also be a clock as well. With the banner sticker saying 'safety first' around it. She tells Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya to learn of the timing when the statue broken.
Dee: Each hour, Forest Imp announces the time. "It's 4 PM, I daresay", and so on. Check the back for its head. The clock stopped when it broke.
Seeing the clock on the side, it was showing the time for it was 2:15 PM right now for the other three to see it.
Cassie: Hmmm...Seeing the time still works but the statue got destroyed, she's right about that.
Phoenix: 2:15...That's before Hammer was killed.
Seems like it with Dee taking off afterwards to get back to work.
Maya: Then the ones in the trailer were actually unconnected to the murder?
This was troubling for Phoenix to be thinking about all of this.
Cassie: Well, I say we have another look around Studio 1 for more clues. Just in case.
And so they do to get some of the things at Studio 2 so far. With Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya get to there right away to pass the security with...Wait, Wendy Oldbag?! Seems like she was clear to be let go to get back to work. Seeing them passing by to still be mad, she had somethings to say to them. Really? Well, she was really mad.
Wendy: Y-You backstabbing whippersnapper!
Stopping in fear from Wendy's loud mouth talking.
Cassie: Oh, not you again!
Phoenix: Come on! I only said you could have done it...By the way, you certainly returned to your post quickly.
Yeah, like she would be the killer if she try to look like it.
Wendy: Oh, the police took me away! They had a spare Steel Samurai costume and told me to put it on! How could I, a sweet, little old lady, war a giant suit like that?! When they saw I couldn't, they let me go. Who do they think they are? Know this. This old lady never forgets a slight or insult. I'm never talking to you again. Except for Cassie here, this dearie's got gust for me to like.
What a nice thing to say to still be mad at Phoenix. For Cassie protects her friends to not be afraid of Wendy's bad mouthing.
Cassie: Ah, come again...?
Wendy: Anyways, mister...Don't come to me when you're lonely. My lips are sealed!
So why is Wendy still talking?
Maya: For someone with sealed lips, you sure talk a lot.
Wendy: Quite, whippersnapper! Starting now! One, two, three, mmmph!
I doubt for Wendy to be doing this to herself isn't going to last longer.
Cassie: Ah, you guys. Wendy's a big Jack Hammer's fan so why don't we...
They get it to see for Wendy to say something, or try to make her.
Phoenix: (Good thinking, Cassie.) Oh, but Hammer was pretty awesome, huh?
Getting somewhere for Wendy tries to hold it in.
Wendy: Mmmph.
Cassie: He's a pretty cool, huh? (Just a little more...)
Maya: Yeah, yeah. The Dynamite Samurai poster really gives you goosebumps, right?
Still trying to hold it in.
Wendy: M-Mmmph...
Phoenix: I prefer the Bearded Commander.
And finally, she spoke to love Jack's work when he was around.
Wendy: The Bearded Commander series is unforgettable, ain't it? Hammer is an eternal superstar. He was such a huge part of my youth. If only that accident hadn't happened.
From being such a fan girl, Wendy stops to be serious on what happened back then involving Jack Hammer. Like what...?
Cassie: Oh, hello.
Phoenix: Accident? You mean five years ago?
Maya: Tell us, old lady!
Somehow, Wendy couldn't say anything else to feel sad just thinking about it.
Cassie: (Huh? I can feel her hiding something to be sad from years ago.)
Wendy: No, I'd never do that.
Thanks to Sal telling the accident for Wendy was there back then, it could be another big clue.
Phoenix: Come to think of it, Studio Two was abandoned five years ago, too.
Cassie: Yeah! Pervert Sal told us all about it.
And yet this still won't get Wendy to talk.
Wendy: Shut up...I told you my lips are sealed!
Cassie: Right...
See what I mean here?
Maya: For someone with sealed lips, you're talking a lot.
Wendy: Like I said, starting now. One, two, three, mmmph!
She was doing it again.
Cassie: Look, Wendy. We know you're hiding something. We want you think things through. And maybe get back to us when you can, okay? Please stop with this silliness. (It's really getting annoying.)
Out of the bushes, it was Cody again to run pass Wendy to sneak back in the studios in quick speed.
Maya and Cassie: That boy!
The three take off after Cody for Wendy tries to do her job again.
Wendy: Wait right there-Ouch!
Funny for Cassie to sneak by tying up Wendy's shoes to trip for her to learn a lesson, she'll know what it is soon enough. As for Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya keep on chasing after Cody to ask him some questions. Or try to. Man, he can run fast!
Cassie: Cody! Please stop!
Phoenix: Hey, kiddy-o...Wait up!
They all stop running for Cody hates to be called a kid to show his toy sword out with Phoenix doesn't be careful what he's saying.
Cody: I'm Cody! Cody Hackins! Call me kiddy-o again and I'll cut you down where you stand, pop! At least this cute lady said my name right.
I think he was talking about Cassie.
Cassie: I'm cute...?
Phoenix: P-Pops?! Hey! Cassie mine, you got that?!
Seems like an older man was getting jealous over a little kid to have a crush on Cassie, but she sees Cody as just a little friend.
Cassie: Come on, Phoenix. Cody and me just met with you guys. He just saying nice things to me is all. (A tough kid with a pure heart.)
Cody: Why would you date with him? I can be a true gentle man to you.
Cassie: How sweet, but I'll pass. Let's be friends instead.
Cody: Fine...But Cody never gives up.
He'll find a girlfriend one day when he gets older to realize in the future. Other than that, this was perfect for Maya to give Cody his handmade album book back.
Maya: Anyway, you dropped this the other day, right? Here. It's such an amazing collection! Did you take all of these?
Cassie: I have to say, Cody. It looks really cool on how you take your pictures.
Giving it back to Cody, but he allows for Maya to keep it just like that.
Cody: Oh, you can keep it, girlie. I've still got the original data.
Well, he makes copies of it for Maya to keep for herself now. What a nice thing Cody was doing to the girls only.
Maya: For real?! Hooray! You're the best!
She was jumping around with joy.
Cassie: Cool. (This could be a big clue to use too.)
Phoenix: You love the Steel Samurai, huh?
This kid sure seems like it.
Cody: Well, of course! Duh!
Showing some flashbacks on Cody's photo making works from every Steel Samurai show he has gone to see. Lots of it.
Cody: I go to every live performance. I always take a picture when the Steel Samurai lands the final blow!
Taking a lot of photos for Cody to do and enjoy the show, seeing Steel Samurai kicking bad guys' butts. He then shows them the photos he has taken so far.
Cassie: Nice shots.
This made Cody smile when Cassie said those words.
Cody: Heh, thanks. I got em all. A perfect collection. I never missed one!
Phoenix: Right...Did you see anything here, on the day of the incident? You were present, right?
Asking Cody this type of question – he suddenly looked upset to know of something on that day.
Cassie: What's wrong, Cody?
Maya: Cody?
Looking sad and down, he tries to say something.
Cody: I...I saw everything.
This was it. The answer they needed from Cody to hear more about it.
Cassie: No way...! (This is it!)
Phoenix: What, exactly?
He was scared and sad just remembering something on that day.
Cody: The...The Steel Samurai killing the bad guy, obviously!
Running away for Cody knocks Phoenix over for them to lose sight of their witness.
Phoenix: Wait!
Maya: Cody!
And Phoenix gets his head caught in the drain to freeing him instead.
Cassie: Ah! Maya, give me a hand to get Phoenix out of this thing!
As she tries to pull Phoenix out, Maya only pushes his butt to getting him out the wrong way.
Maya: Pull yourself together, Nick!
Phoenix: Stop pushing me in! Pull me out! Maya, pull!
This is where Cassie steps in.
Cassie: I got this! Move!
Doing well for Phoenix likes the feeling on how Cassie was trying to save her new boyfriend's life.
Phoenix: ...Wow... (She's touching my butt.)
Lucky to get out for them to head back to their own apartments to get clean up, why? Because there was still some work to do all night to do more investigation tomorrow before the next court day. At Wright & Co. Office for Cassie tries to get something on her end, why Phoenix does the same thing at his desk.
Cassie: Man, I didn't think it's going to take a lot out of us...So much to find and nothing yet.
From books and the guide tour of the TV studios, this was getting a lot harder to do.
Phoenix: I know, Cassie. The day of the murder, there were others at the studio. But they couldn't have done it. I'm out of ideas...Ah...
Cassie: Same here...This sucks!
Scratching his head for Phoenix to worry a lot and Cassie didn't want to give up, Maya comes into the office to be holding something important. Something that does have something to do with the murder case.
Maya: Nick! Cassie!
Cassie: What you do have there, Maya?
She has tons of DVD box sets of the Steel Samurai shows, all the Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo Steel Samurai itself.
Maya: Check it out...Come on, let's watch these together!
Phoenix: Sorry, but I don't have time.
Well it was more than having fun, it was also work.
Cassie: Wait Phoenix, I think Maya's on to something.
Maya: Yeah, what are you saying? Cassie's right. This is a Steel Samurai case. This might contain a hint for a turnabout.
Placing the first DVD in the player for the three to have a sleepover.
Cassie: Looks like we're staying up all night here to stay here. I'll get some snacks and the sleeping bags ready.
Phoenix: Wait...A hint for a turnabout?
Playing the menu to hit the play button to start the episode right away on TV. Showing the title name logo first, the hero himself, and the rest to appear...This will take a while to sit through it all. The next morning, for Cassie wakes up to have a fun night...Maya sleeps on the couch too with the album book still in her hands, while also talking in her sleep.
Maya: Save me, Steel Samurai...
Cassie: Wow, what a night. We got some sleep too, huh Phoenix? Phoenix...?
For the two girls to sleep and seen the show since last night, but as for Phoenix...All the DVD's were watched for them to do and Phoenix, I think he stayed up all night to not stop watching them. Wow!
Phoenix: I went and watched them all.
Cassie: Wow! You didn't sleep at all?!
Phoenix: I had to watch the show, Cassie...Anyway, we must talk to Cody again somehow.
Cassie: Okay that's fine, we'll do it after you get some sleep first.
For Phoenix sees Maya dropping her new album book, he places the blanket on Maya to sleep a bit more and looks at the book real quick.
Phoenix: Huh? Wait.
Cassie: Did you find something?
Seeing this and remember something from what Cody said to them since yesterday.
Cody: I always take a picture! I got 'em all. A perfect collection. I never missed one!
He said that and also this one too...
Cody: I...I saw everything.
And this one as well...
Cody: The...The Steel Samurai killing the bad guy, obviously!
From the flashback there, both Phoenix and Cassie could tell that Cody was hiding something big for them to uncover themselves.
Cassie: Are you kidding me?!
Phoenix: No question about it... (If so, this is clearly odd.)
One photo was missing for Cody to miss taking it, or was it?
Cassie: We'll get to it later.
Phoenix: I'll be fine...
Passing out for Phoenix to be sleeping for a bit, Cassie placing him somewhere nice to rest on for a bit. Looking cute when he sleep for her to be smiling and kissing him a little on the forehead.
Cassie: Oh Phoenix, get some rest first. (I think I have a plan for us three to pull off in order to get Cody to talk, and he will too.)
Hours later once they all sleep and wake up to head back to Global Studios for Cassie's plan was this – she waits for Cody's arrival while Phoenix and Maya play the role of Steel Samurai and Evil Magistrate on the lines they say before they fought, something from one of the episodes to be the best quote ever.
Maya and Phoenix: Ready?
Cassie: Okay...go!
And back at Studio 1, they say the lines.
Maya: Steel! Fighting evil for great justice!
For Maya to get her part right, Phoenix had trouble saying his lines next.
Phoenix: Y-You have disgraced me for the last time, Steel Samurai-
Stopping it for Maya points the broom near Phoenix's face to stop him.
Cassie: Cut.
Maya: Come on, Nick! Put your hear into it. This is the Evil Magistrates time to shine.
Phoenix: Uh, what was it again?
Trying to repeat it again.
Maya: The pale moon in the sky...
Cassie: Come on, Phoenix, you can do it.
Placing her hand on Phoenix's to give it another try again.
Phoenix: Right. Thank you, Cassie. The pale you in the sky...?
But just then and just in time too, Cody arrives to say the lines instead.
Cody: "The Pale moon in the sky cries for your blood."
Maya: That's it!
Cassie: That's the line right there. (Perfect, he's here.)
Time to try saying it again.
Maya: Get it now, Nick?
Cody: Isn't this common knowledge?
For Cassie to support Phoenix again to give it another shot for Cody to witness it this time.
Phoenix: Fine, I'll memorize it...So could you tell me about this, Cody?
Cassie: It's about your photo album, one page is missing.
Showing it to Cody next, this was their chance to question him right away.
Phoenix: You saw the Steel Samurai kill the bad guy, right? Where's the photograph you took of that? Didn't you say you always take one? You never miss one? But none of these were taken that day.
Cassie: Did something happening on that day? Come on, Cody, you can tell us.
Now they've gotten his attention to then say why Cody didn't have the last one, and a few others.
Cody: I deleted them.
That wasn't good at all.
Maya: Huh? You deleted them?
Cassie: But why did you?
Yeah, something was up for Cody was too scared to say anything about it.
Phoenix: But you went to all that trouble, so why?
Cody: Uh...W-Well...
Cassie: Is there a problem?
For Cassie to care for Cody to be a good kid deep down, he tries to say something.
Cody: Problem? I can't do what I want with them?!
Phoenix: (Yeah, this really is odd.)
Again, something was up with Cody and Cassie could sense his sad feelings as well.
Cassie: (This might hurt him again, but we have to get some answers in order to save Will's innocence.)
Maya: Say, Cody...Tell us more about the Steel Samurai at that time!
Now he didn't mind talking about it at all.
Cody: Oh...Sure! I remember it clearly.
Cassie: I wish I could do like you do, Cody.
Cody: Geeze thanks, Cassie...
Who doesn't love the Steel Samurai show?
Maya: Seeing the Steel Samurai in the flesh must've been so cool!
Cody: I actually called out to him, you know. He seemed a bit surprised, but he posed for me!
Maya: What? The Steel Samurai posed in the flesh?
How was the Steel Samurai's pose suppose to look like?
Cassie: Hmmm...What type of pose?
Cody: Like this.
Leaving afterwards, for Phoenix and Cassie looked at each other to notice something was a bit off there while Maya liked on what Cody witness.
Maya: So cool...
The two couple stop Cody from going anywhere to have a lead now.
Phoenix: *HOLD IT!* Cody, could you do that pose one more time?
Cassie: Please?
And so he does it for them.
Cody: Huh? There.
Looking like he was standing there with his two arms on a weapon, they see their answer.
Cassie: *GOT YOU NOW!* This is it!
Phoenix: I knew it. That isn't the Steel Samurai. It's the Evil Magistrate's pose.
From the Steel Samurai does it differently, so did the Evil Magistrate too.
Cassie: Yep. From the Steel Samurai's stands, and the Evil Magistrate's deadly pose.
For Maya to remember their two different fighting stands, they were right.
Maya: Huh? Y-you two are right.
Cody: Yeah, even I found it kinda strange...
From next to Cassie's feet she sees an empty bottle of pills to help people sleep from the studio, the same powder from the meals the actors were eating before the murder event. Weird...
Cassie: (Another clue...Sleeping pills of the same powder to be all over the steak plate from which Will Powers had.)
Anyways, back to the posing on why the Steel Samurai pose differently for Cody to not get it at all. For Phoenix to get something right, Cassie was the same thing too.
Phoenix: Oh, I see.
Cassie: Of course.
But Maya doesn't get it yet.
Maya: What is it, Nick? Cassie, did you two find something?
As Phoenix and Cassie looked at each other again, they know their answers now.
Phoenix: (It can't be. But I can't think of any other possibility. Cassie's probably thinking of the same thing too.)
Cassie: I think we both know what it is then.
Soon they question Cody about it again.
Phoenix: Cody, we know why you deleted the photos you took that day.
Looking down again, it was too late for Cody to walk away form this one.
Cassie: It's okay, we're not mad at you. From those photos helped us find something big.
Phoenix: She's right. You said you saw the Steel Samurai kill the bad guy. But actually, it was the other way around.
Surprising to Cody for them to figure it out so quickly.
Maya: What do you two mean?
Cassie: Well Maya, it's the other way around than you think.
Phoenix: The bad guy defeated the Steel Samurai.
Yep, that's what really happen from Cody's reaction.
Cassie: *BINGO!* I should've known.
Phoenix: Yes, the Steel Samurai lost. That's why you deleted the photos.
This has Cody starting to cry to turn around to try hiding it.
Cassie: We're sorry.
Maya: But the Steel Samurai? Lose?
It seems so to come to Cody's surprise.
Phoenix: That's not the point. The one wearing the Steel Samurai costume at the time was the Evil Magistrate, Hammer.
Cassie: Remember the two different poses of the two characters, Maya. Now imagine the Steel Samurai doing the villain's posing instead...
Looking at the two photos, for Maya does it different from the Steel Samurai to finally getting the entire picture.
Maya: WHAT!?
Now she has gotten for Phoenix and Cassie explain the whole thing from flashback on what they know of so far.
Phoenix: Hammer stole the Steel Samurai costume while Powers was napping, finding some sleeping pills in his food by Hammer's doing as well; and then crossed the gate on the way to the studio. Obviously, he knew about Powers injury, so he could pretend to be him. When Cody called out to him, he posed for him on the spur of the moment. But he did the Evil Magistrate's pose out of habit. And then, it happened.
From rehearsal to Will taking the food with the pills in it to fall asleep for Jack to take his costume...Walking from the staff/area, front gate, and into Studio 2. He acts like Will Powers without getting caught on camera pretty well to have his leg hurting since it happened during practice. For Cody to see him to pose as his character instead of Will's. Oh, boy. So that's what really happened.
Cassie: It did alright. The bad guy killed the Steel Samurai, Hammer. It's sad but it's all true.
This has Maya gasping in shock. For Phoenix and Cassie walked up to Cody to say the rest, even though it'll hurt him in the end.
Phoenix: You saw it happen, didn't you? You saw your beloved Steel Samurai lose. That's why you deleted the photos and lief. Am I wrong?
Cassie: It's the real reason why you couldn't tell us about it. You didn't know what was real anymore and something else to scare you completely. Trust me, Cody, I feel things out to tell on what's what.
Soon Cody couldn't hold in his tears for much longer.
Cody: Wh-What are you two saying? The Steel Samurai never loses...He never loses to anyone! Ever!
Holding to Cody's face for Cassie helps him out.
Cassie: Cody, please...We need your help. The real Steel Samurai's in danger from a false one who was killed. We need to know why.
Even Phoenix helps him out as well, and to see how kind Cassie was to her little friend.
Phoenix: Cody...
Cody: What is it?
Phoenix: Why do you think the Steel Samurai never loses?
Cody: Because he's strong, obviously.
Phoenix: No, that's wrong. Tell me, what is his catchphrase?
Wiping the tears off of his face, Cody tries to remember what the words were...
Cody: "Fighting evil for great justice."
Cassie: Right.
Phoenix: Exactly. He doesn't win because he's strong. But because he's righteous. He risked his life to fight for what's right. That's the Steel Samurai's way of life. So, as a fan, you can't avert your eyes from what's right, either!
Hearing Phoenix say it, the Steel Samurai fight against evil to do what's right from the show itself. And from there, Cody finally let's it all out to be crying as Cassie hugs him.
Cassie: It's okay, Cody. There, there...Easy now. Just tell us what happened.
A flashback for Cody tells them what happened, all of it.
Cody: You're right. In truth, that day...After he posed for me, I secretly followed the Steel Samurai. And I saw some bad guys show up. The Steel Samurai went down. A-And he stopped moving...
From leaving, for Cody to follow Jack 'as the Steel Samurai' to some other studio he was walking towards to'...Climbing up a tree, Cody got his camera out to take another photo show from afar. From seeing something so horrifying to have his face turn blue, Cody took off in fear afterwards. And that's it.
Cassie: We'll do the rest now thanks to you, Cody.
Phoenix was grateful too and pats Cody on the head.
Phoenix: Thank you for telling us.
Maya: Then, the photos really are gone, huh?
Well, not all of them for Cody had one more to be the biggest clue of all.
Cody: There's one left. There's one I didn't delete on here.
Turning on his favorite camera, he shows it to them three to see.
Maya: Really?
Cody: Yeah, look.
He found it to show something big on where Jack was heading to before he was killed From there he went to Studios 2.
Phoenix: Wh-What is this?
Cassie: Studio 2? No way...! Does that mean Dee knows something about this?
Thank you, Cody. As Wendy was hiding to hear the whole thing while hiding, to want to do something too.
Wendy: "What's right"...
As the sun was setting and Cody takes off, Dee was out of her trailer to be smoking outside again. For Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya to ask her some more questions this time of her hiding something very big.
Cassie: (If this is where Jack was heading to, then we know we're now on to something big. For only Dee will tell us the rest, by any means.) Hey, Dee! We need to talk again.
Turning around to know they would return again.
Dee: Don't you know when to give up? What now?
Cassie: Show it to her, Phoenix.
Having a print out photo for them to do from a near by printer for Cody email them a copy, Phoenix shows Dee the other evidences.
Phoenix: This is a photograph taken on the day of the murder. Hammer showed up here, wearing the Steel Samurai costumer. Yes, Hammer was killed here, at Studio Two! That means you all could've killed him, Ms. Vasquez.
Dee: What, are you saying he came here to die?
For her to be saying all of this without a care in the world.
Phoenix: W-Well...
Cassie: Huh? We have proof, so what else is there to say? I mean, come on.
Soon some men of Dee's in black suits surround the three to take the photo out of their hands.
Phoenix: Uh, what's this about?
Cassie: Not good. (Dee, I sense something from you to be hiding something very big.)
Trying to defend herself and her friends, Cassie couldn't handle this fight alone.
Dee: Keep spewing that rubbish, and you might miss tomorrow's trial...
This was really bad here for Maya stayed close to the Phoenix and Cassie.
Maya: Cassie...N-Nick...
Just then, help arrives from a loud and familiar voice...
Gumshoe: Wait a minute, pal!
The good old detective to the rescue.
Phoenix: Detective Suedeshoes?
Cassie: Just in the nick of time, Mr. Detective!
And with good news for tomorrow's trial too.
Gumshoe: Hey Kid, thanks for the sleeping pill data you gave me. It's no doubt there are the same ones used by Hammer's doing to put Powers to sleep.
Cassie: Called it.
Gumshoe: And as for you Dee Vasquez, I've come to deliver your summons for tomorrow's trial...But what the hell is going on here?
And yet, Dee goes along with Gumshoe to talk in court tomorrow. What luck.
Dee: Don't ask me...Ask the boy and girl over there. They barged in and started this.
She gets her men to leave the others be.
Phoenix: Boy?
Cassie: And you meant me as the "girl" besides Maya, right?
Seems like it, yes.
Dee: Listen...No matter where the murder took place, I, at the very lease, could not have committed it.
Maya: Wh-Why?
Hmmm...Why would she say such a thing?
Cassie: Not true! (I can feel something from Dee to know a lot more than what she's saying.)
Dee: Hammer was killed using the Samurai Spear. Who would believe that a petite woman like me used that heavy spear as a weapon?
Phoenix: Huh?
Studying the weapon carefully to know someone like Will Powers can lift it.
Cassie: Ah, that's a problem there.
Gumshoe: True...The murder weapon weighs fifteen kilos. It's really heavy.
Cassie: So only Will can lift it. Perfect!
So there was a big problem on that part.
Dee: Besides, Hammer was a star who made me loads of money. Why in the world would I want him dead?
Oh, she has gotten Phoenix and Cassie right there.
Phoenix: Th-That's...
Cassie: Now wait just a minute, Dee-!
Dee: If you want to accuse someone of murder, at least have the decency to bring proof. Both of you.
Now she wants to go all out in court tomorrow. Back at the security gates, Wendy was looking at a photo to feel upset just remembering something sad.
Wendy: "As a fan, you can't avert your eyes," huh? Hammer...
While back Studios 2, Dee goes quietly with Gumshoe to be questioned for today.
Dee: Anything else, Mr. Attorney and his lady friends?
The two couple say something to her before leaving.
Cassie: Just a few things...
Phoenix: We'll see you in court tomorrow, Ms. Vasquez.
Cassie: Count on it! (This time, we will solve this murder mystery for good.)
From them staring at Dee to know something big, it was up to Phoenix and Cassie to get their answers to save Will's innocence against this producer in court and the entire show of Steel Samurai of Global Studios. For Gumshoe helped them out for Maya, Wendy, and Cody will be there to watch in court tomorrow too from Edgeworth claiming the actor guilty, this will only show the darker truth of Jack Hammer on what really happened to him. All of it, for the final day of the trial will begin next time.