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11 AM: Asi Asi Supermarket
"THIS is the scene of the crime?" Maya asked with a confused look. "This is nothing but a supermarket!"
"A very MESSY supermarket," Phoenix added looking around and seeing many items just lying around. "This kinda feels like the office a little huh?"
"Well, if you're not careful enough, now that you're a kitty, it's gonna be a landfill soon."
When both Maya and Phoenix walked into the store and looked around. Very few people were there. There were only one or two shoppers there and only two cashiers. The manager or supervisor was nowhere to be found. "Hiya pals."
"EEK!" Both Maya and Phoenix jumped at least 2 feet high at a familiar but all-of-a-sudden greeting. "Detective Gumshoe! Don't scare us like that!" Maya scolded, turning to the green-coated detective.
"Sorry pal but why are you guys here anyways?" Gumshoe asked with curiosity.
"Heard there was a pretty bad crime. But..." Maya looked and pointed at the messy supermarket, "Never guessed it would turn out like this," Maya said with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"Well, pals, that only the half of the story," Gumshoe said, noticing the tone of disappointment in Maya's voice, as he turned away.
"Half of the story? Well, what's the other half then?" Phoenix asked, eager to know.
"Yeah... what's so bad about turning people into animals?" Maya asked all to innocently and was suddenly, and quietly, hissed at by Phoenix with a tone of anger in his hiss.
"Uh... well... nothing's really wrong with that..." Gumshoe drifted off thinking about the subject.
Phoenix wanted to hiss at Gumshoe but decided not to because he might to found out so he silently hissed at Gumshoe without the detective knowing it. "Then what's the problem?" Phoenix asked with both anger and annoyance.
"It's because of a murder."
"A MURDER?!?" Both Maya and Phoenic cried out, never expecting that sort of an answer.
"Yeah. A murder. Of a certain supermarket manager." Gumshoe added.
"But... but... what does that have to do with Alice? She would never murder anyone, especially a supermarket manager!" Maya pointed out, hoping they could get Gumshoe onto their side for the case.
"Well, she might not be able to kill someone, pal, but she is tied to the murder."
"How? How can someone like Alice be tied to a murder?" Phoenix asked, hoping the same thing that Maya was hoping earlier.
"You see pals, the murderer was a certain person that was turned into an animal. Some sort of wild-biting animal pal," Gumshoe replied with his usual look.
"W-What?!? A-A-A human"
"Turned into a wild animal?!?"
Both Maya and Phoenix stood there for a good amount of time staring at the Detective like he was some sort of alien from Mars. Finally Maya said gleefully, "At least you told us some information!"
"... Don't tell anyone. It's confidential," Gumshoe said, the thousandth time, to Maya and Phoenix. "Wait..." Gumshoe said raising his eyebrows spontaneously, "You're not defending the client are you now?"
"Uh... how'd you know?" Phoenix asked, nervously.
"Well, you won't be able to win this case. Mr. Edgeworth is on this one and there's a pile of evidence against Alice. We are definate that she's the one who caused the murder and all this trouble," Gumshoe said with a smile of confidence now.
"How are you so sure? It could have been someone's pet that caused the trouble," Phoenix defended with a very weak excuse.
"If you want some evidence in this supermarket, come with me."
And so, Maya and Phoenix followed the detective until they passed the dairy section. And Phoenix's hidden tail began to swish. "Look Maya! Mi--"
"NO! Now let's go."
"But..." But before he could finish, Phoenix was dragged away by Maya.
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"Well, here we are," Gumshoe said when they arrived at the murder scene.
"This... is... the crime scene!" Maya exclaimed, never thinking a murder would occur in some silly supermarket.
"See the thing is," and Gumshoe pulled out a picture of the dead victim, "There was no murder weapon. The only evidence that we could find on the victim's body was scratch marks. Very deep ones. Seems like scratches from a certain animal, a tiger."
"But... you don't have proof that the scratches were from a human-tiger!"
"Well pal, the next evidence that points to a human tiger were the bite marks the victim received. They were definately bite marks from a tiger."
"Oh... But... but!"
"There aren't any evidence that says Alice is the one who turned the people into animals," Phoenix interrupted, fininshing Maya's statement.
"Yeah! What Nick said!" Maya joined.
"Actually... we do pals. We found out that in order for Alice to turn the humans into animals, she gave them a special potion to drink. The ribbon on the potion shows the type of animal that the person drinking it would turn into," Gumshoe explained.
"And? Did you find anything?" Phoenix asked.
"We sure did pal! The potion contained a substance called 'Metaphoralic Acid' which is the key ingredient to turn humans into animals. We searched out for some of the people that were turned into animals and we ran a search in their system. And the very same Metaphoralic Acid was consumed by 50 of the body cells which allows the human turn into half animal, full animal or full human to hide their identity. So pal, there's our proof, and the prosecution's trump card tomorrow. You won be winning tomorrow pal! Mr. Edgeworth is going to teach you the very important of investigating and evidence!"
"W-What?" Phoenix asked.
"Well, Mr. Edgeworth is the one who was the one executing the investigation, present during the search of Metaphoralic Acid and the one who captured the defendant's 'specimens'," Gumshoe explained for both Phoenix and Maya. "Well pals, I gotta go! Gotta help Mr. Edgeworth prepare for the trial tomorrow. Bye pals." And then Gumshoe left.
2:20 PM: Wright & CO. Law Offices
"What do we do Nick? They have their perfect case. And if you don't win tomorrow you'll..." Maya whined.
"I don't know... Edgeworth... he always has brought forth solid evidence ever since he came back and now he has a perfect case, I don't know how to deal with him."
"I just hope a miracle will happen tomorrow or else you'll be in this state forever."
"I hope so... but..."
"But?"
"I'm tired. I need my sleep."
"NICK?!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? YOU CAN'T SLEEP RIGHT NOW! NOT WHEN I'M HUNGRY FOR A BURGER!"
But it was too late. Phoenix has fallen asleep and purred softly, curled up in a ball with his ears back on his head and his fluffy tail curled around his body.
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7:55 PM: Criminal Affairs, Forensics Department
"Well, how'd the examination turn out?"
"Indeed, as you predicted Mr. Edgeworth, he has been turned into a dog."
"We can't have any ill-bred half-dog, half-human running around. Lock him up."
"B-But... he's just a dog. 'Man's best friend!'"
"I don't care. I don't want any hybrids running around in the city wreaking havoc. Only the creatures that have been disciplined as what they are can run around. Lock him up until we find a cure. These hybrids are not allowed to leave this lab. Understand?"
"Y-Yessir!"
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9:35 AM: Defendant Lobby No. 2
"Good morning Mr. Wright! How goes your investigation yesterday?" Alice asked with a radiant amile on her face.
Unfortunately, other people are looking glum as they always did before a trial. "Not very well. The prosecution has their tight grip on the guilty verdict and we know that you ARE guilty," Phoenix answered hoping Alice would probably fork over the anitdote.
"Sorry Mr. Kittens but I won't give in that easily. You better get me a 'Not Guilty' verdict unless if you want to be imprisoned as a kitty forever."
"All right then, I'll try."
"No... you MUST Kittens."
February 25: Courtroom No. 2
:Insert Gavel Pound Sound Effect Here:
"Is the Prosecution and Defense ready at this time?" the judge asked, as always, for formality.
"The Defense is ready Your Honor," Phoenix replied trying not to show his nervousness.
"The Prosecution is always ready Your Honor," the silver-haired prosecutor replied crossing his arms.
"Very well Mr. Edgeworth. Would you please give the court your opening statement?" The judge asked for a formality, again.
"The prosecution will provide sufficient evidence to prove that Alice Hinderman did not kill the victim, Jay Markita, but she was involved and caused the murder of the supermarket manager.
"Very well. Will the prosecution call their first witness?"
"The prosecution calls the detective in charge of the investigation, Detective Dick Gumshoe."
At the summon of the detective, Phoenic braced himself for another wild but bad trial. "Will the witness state his name and profession?"
"My name's Dick Gumshoe and I'm the detective in charge of the investigation of this murder."
"Very well, describe the events for us if you will detective."
Witness Testimony:
"If you will look at the map please. At around 1:20 AM, when the store was about to close, a man by the name of Daniel T-Fangs approached the store, hoping to buy some items for his family. The store manager, Jay Markita refused the request of Mr. T-Fangs. Angered, Mr. T-Fangs' wild tiger instincts kicked in. And he clawed and bit at the manager, killing Mr. Markita within a few minutes."
The judge shook his head in disbelief. "This is like the remix of the trial of the spirit medium except worse in a way. Very well, the defense may begin their cross-examination."
Cross Examination:
/At around 1:20 AM, when the store was about to close, a man by the name of Daniel T-Fangs approached the store, hoping to buy some items for his family./
"Hold it! How do you know he was going to buy items for his family?" Phoenix asked.
"We captured him and then we asked him. It was simple," Gumshoe replied.
'Damn! Should press for more details? I should, to buy some time...' Phoenix thought. "What did he want to buy?"
"Objection! That is irrelevant to the trial!" Edgeworth blocked Phoenix's line of questioning.
"Sustained. The witness may continue," the judge granted.
/The store manager, Jay Markita refused the request of Mr. T-Fangs./
"Hold it! Why is that?"
"Huh? What do you mean pal?" Gumshoe asked, looking rather confused.
"Why did the Mr. Markita refuse Mr. T-Fangs to buy items at that point?" Phoenix clarified.
"Well that's a no-brainer pal! He was about to close the store! Poor manager wanted to go home and sleep and I guess he did sleep. He's sleeping for eternity," Gumshoe explained.
/Angered, Mr. T-Fangs' wild tiger instincts kicked in. And he clawed and bit at the manager, killing Mr. Markita within a few minutes./
"Hold it! Are you sure it was a tiger that Mr. T-Fangs turned into and not someone else?" Phoenix questioned.
"Uh... erm..." Gumshoe mulled over, thinking of an excuse.
"We ran tissue tests," Edgeworth came to the detective's rescue.
"Eh?" Phoenix asked, confused by the forensics involved that Edgeworth was bringing in.
"Tissue tests showed that it was indeed a tiger that Mr. T-Fangs turned into," Edgeworth explained and Phoenix was sweating bullets.
The judge shook his head again, "Wonderful Mr. Edgeworth! You never miss a thing do you? Is there anything else wrong with the testimony just now Mr. Wright?"
"Uh..." was all Phoenix could say.
"And besides," all eyes are on Edgeworth now, "We have... a witness."
'A witness?!?' "How come we never knew?" Phoenix asked Maya who was standing nervously next to him.
"I don't know. Detective Gumshoe never mentioned a witness and you were busy purring away in your kitty dreams!"
"Oh man..."
:Gavel Slam:
"The prosecution may call their witness after a 5 minute break." The judge declared.
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Phew! My time writing a ficcie with a trial in it. I probably sucked. And I've changed my penname because you people have influenced me through your reviews! Which doesn't mean they're bad... Comment or else Kitty Phoenix won't be getting anymore milk! NYAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! (runs away with milkkkkk)