A/N: Thanks to everyone who read, faved and followed Chapter 1! And now here's the second chapter! Enjoy!

Chapter 2: A Plan

Edgeworth followed Ellie into her apartment building- it took them less than a minute, as Ellie had apparently been on her way back from a morning jog. They walked past the elevator, which had a piece of paper taped to it that read "Out of Order", and climbed the stairs to the second floor. After a bit more walking, they reached her apartment, and Ellie opened the door after fumbling with her keys for a moment.

"Alright," she said, closing the door behind them. "So, it's ten AM right now. When does your father get murdered? And how does it happen?"

Edgeworth explained everything about the DL-6 incident to Ellie. She listened intently the whole time. When he finished, she glanced at the clock again, before returning her gaze to him with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"Alright then," Ellie said. "So, the best way to prevent the murder would probably be to stop nine-year-old you and your father from entering the elevator in the first place, right? When did you say that is?"

"About two PM," Edgeworth responded.

"So, we can head over to the courthouse at about one-thirty, wait for the trial to end, and then, when they start walking towards the elevator, we need to come up with a way to distract them," Ellie said. "Right now, we should change into clothes that aren't so... conspicuous."

Edgeworth looked at Ellie and himself. He was wearing his usual work attire: wine-red suit and pants, black waistcoat, white dress shirt, and his cravat; the expensive-looking, bright-colored outfit was sure to draw attention. Meanwhile, Ellie was wearing a tee-shirt and running shorts; not exactly the kind of attire one would wear to court.

"I suppose a change of clothes is in order... But I don't exactly have anything else with me," Edgeworth stated.

"Hm..." Ellie pondered this for a moment, before saying, "My ex-boyfriend used to live with me, and he left some of his clothes behind when he moved out. Maybe you could fit into those?" She walked across the room and dug into a drawer, and after a few moments she produced black slacks and a tie with an interesting pattern of silver and charcoal diagonal stripes.

"Here," She said. "Just take off the jacket, waistcoat and... whatever that neck thing is called, and-"

"It's a cravat," Edgeworth told her.

"Right. Cravat. Anyway, then just put on the pants and tie," She instructed him. "You can use the bathroom to change. I'll get dressed in the bedroom." She dug out an outfit for herself, and walked to her bedroom, and Edgeworth entered the bathroom.

He placed the pants and tie on the counter, and proceeded to remove his jacket, waistcoat, and cravat, and then change his pants and put on the tie. As it turned out, the pants were the same size that he wore, and they fit comfortably. He folded his discarded clothing neatly, placing it back where the pants and tie had been. He looked at himself in the mirror. He seemed different, more casual, without his usual wine-red suit, and his neck looked exposed without the cravat. Edgeworth wondered if, when he enters the new reality created by what he was going to do, his usual clothing would be something like this, without Von Karma influencing him.

He grabbed his stack of clothes from the counter and exited the bathroom, and a moment later, Ellie emerged from her bedroom. She was wearing a deep purple blouse, with beige slacks and black dress shoes, and she had a large, black purse. Her light brown hair, which had been in a ponytail before, was now in a bun. She looked at Edgeworth, smiling slightly, but her expression then changed to a thoughtful one.

"Did you wear glasses when you were nine? Or have you started needing them more recently?"

"It's... a more recent necessity," he told her.

"And did your father wear glasses?" Ellie inquired.

"Yes," Edgeworth said.

"Do you think you look much like him? Because if you do, it would be better to take your glasses off, so you don't look too much like him. Unless your eyesight's so bad that you absolutely need to keep them on," she said.

Edgeworth made a small nod in agreement, and took his glasses of, placing them on top of his stack of clothing. He noticed Ellie looking at the clock, and he looked as well. It was only eleven AM. They still had over two hours.

"Since we still have plenty of time, let's try to figure out more details of our plan," Ellie said. "And if we still have time afterward, we could go watch the trial or something."

They quickly decided that having Edgeworth get too close to his father would be a bad idea, because who knows what would happen to the space-time continuum if his father were to see him. So, they decided that Ellie would be the one to distract Edgeworth's father, and Edgeworth himself would only get near his father if Ellie's distraction failed and it became absolutely necessary for him to intervene.

By the time they had everything figured out, it was only eleven-thirty, so they headed out to watch the last two hours of the trial.

A/N: And there you have it. Two chapters done. Now there's only one more chapter, and then the epilogue. Thanks for reading!