None of them wasted anytime. Edgeworth quickly contacted the police department and organized a task force. After Phoenix told him all the possible places she could have gone, he, Maggey, and Gumshoe left to begin their search. Phoenix and Athena decided to quickly check back at the office to see if Trucy might have stopped by to pick up a few things before running off.

That left Apollo, Ema, and Klaiver; the three of them weren't sure where to look. As Apollo sat and thought where on Earth she could have gone, Ema paced back and forth in front him nervously, breaking his concentration. After a few minutes she stopped suddenly, "It's all my fault," she whispered.

"Hey now, don't be like that Fräulein." Klaiver said. "It-"

"What do you know about it, you glimmerous fop?!" Ema screamed.

It was obvious that she was still upset about that night. Not only was she publicly humiliated, she also felt responsible for Trucy running away. "Ema," Apollo said cautiously, "I can only guess how you feel, but you're not the only one who's thinking that way right now."

She instantly remembered what he told Athena at the end of the show, and tried her best to regain her composure, "Y-you're right Apollo. I'm sure Athena is taking this a lot harder than I am, and is still probably giving her biggest smile…. We'll find her. We'll find her and I'm going to show her that I'm just fine!" She said forcing a smile.

Apollo and Klaiver couldn't help but get their spirits raised after that, "You bet Ema!" Apollo shouted.

"Ja! We'll find that little Fräulein if we have to look in every nook and cranny!" Klaiver agreed.

"Right!" Ema joined in, "... But where do we looked? Mr. Edgeworth organized a whole search party. What more can we do that a whole team of police officers can't?" The joyful mood in the room instantly plummeted to rock bottom. After pondering for a moment Ema asked, "Apollo, you know Trucy better than either of us. Where do you think she'd be?"

"Well that's what I've been wondering this whole time. I can't really think of anywhere other than all the places Mr. Wright mentioned earlier. Sometimes Trucy would come here to the Wonder Bar when she was feeling down and practice her routine when the place was closed. She was on good terms with the manager here, and pretending to do her act in front of a huge crowd would always… take her mind…" Apollo trailed off. "THAT'S IT!" he exclaimed suddenly, "I know where she is!"

#

They arrived at their destination in no time. In their rush, however, Klaiver drove a little more erratically than usual, making Apollo determined to never ride with him in the same vehicle again. They entered the building in silence, trying to keep pace with Ema down the long hallway who was walking a considerable distance ahead of them. "Hey, Prosecutor Gavin…." Apollo said hesitantly.

"Ja, Herr Forehead?"

"It's not really all that important, but during the show, when Ema made her huge confession, I couldn't help but notice you fiddle with the ends your hair nervously…. Do you want to talk about it?"

"Tsk, nothing does get past your eye does it Herr Forehead?" Klaiver said half joking. "The truth was, when Fräulein told the chief her feelings for him… it felt like my heart ripped in two…." Apollo kept quiet waiting for him to continue, "I guess Fr-, no, Ema, is just one of the few people out there who actually sees beyond the 'glimmerous fop' all the other girls swoon for and actually sees me as a true human being."

"I think I'm missing something incredibly obvious, but why don't you just tell her how you feel?"

Klaiver looked ahead at Ema and thought about his response, "I suppose I should have… but it's too late now don't you think?" he asked with a small smile. They walked for a bit longer in silence before Klaiver asked in return, "I guess I could ask you the same question Herr Forehead."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I'm talking about that young Fräulein coworker of yours," he said elbowing his side, "Why haven't you told her how you feel Herr Forehead?"

Apollo began to blush at the very thought of it. He would have to be nuts to even entertain the idea, "Me and Athena? Don't be stupid. We're just coworkers and that's it."

"Herr Forehead, my eyesight may never be as good as yours, but I'd have to be blind to know that what you just said was one huge lie."

Apollo looked away in embarrassment, "C-common I'm not lying. And besides, if - and that's a big if mind you - even if your right and I had feelings for Athena, there's NO way she feels the same about me."

Klaiver just smiled and didn't say anything at first, "That's exactly what I thought." Apollo turned to him shocked at what he heard, "And that's what I kept telling myself…" Klaiver continued looking down, "And now it's too late…." He turned back toward Apollo, "Don't make the same mistake I made Herr Forehead."

Apollo couldn't help but think about what he said as they walked, but it wasn't much longer until they reached the end of the hallway. The opened the door and found themselves on the Sunshine Coliseum's stage. Sure enough, standing at center stage was Trucy, staring out at the countless number of seats in front of her, "Trucy!" Apollo shouted as the three of them ran up to her.

"Polly?!" Trucy said in utter shock, "How did you know I was here?"

"Well, you always like to go to the Wonder Bar when you're in a bad mood. Obviously you couldn't go there since, well, that's where you ran away from. And then there's the fact that it's been your dream to put a show on this stage."

"Well… you shouldn't have come here. I don't deserve to come back after what I did."

"Trucy," Ema said, "What you did back there really put me through a rough time, but it all worked out in the end!" She said smiling, "I know you were only trying to help, and I'd feel horrible if you left because of me."

"No one wants you to leave, Trucy." Apollo added.

"Ja, Fräulein. Who else can give such an entertaining show such as yours, right Herr Forehead?" Apollo's face showed that his role in Trucy's show was probably one of the few things he wouldn't mind forgetting anytime soon.

"Not to mention if you left, you'd turn your daddy into a worried wreck," they heard call out from behind. They all turned to see Phoenix and Athena enter from stage right.

"Daddy, Athena! How did you guys figure out where I was?" Trucy asked in surprise.

"Apollo called us," Athena answered, "It made perfect sense when he explained it all."

"Yeah, Apollo. I'm really impressed," Ema commented.

"Ja, Herr Forehead. If it weren't for you, who knows where Trucy might have ran off to."

"Ah, it was nothing," Apollo said as he ran his hand through his hair, soaking up all the praise. But he couldn't quite help that he was forgetting something.

A split second later, 20 members of S.W.A.T. busted through the windows at the ceiling, propelling themselves downward at an almost surreal speed as 30 more swarmed in from all entrances guns drawn. "EVERYONE FREEZE!" one of them shouted.

"Oh, that's what I was forgetting!" Apollo exclaimed in realization, "Prosecutor Edgeworth's group was the only one I didn't think to call," Apollo explained with a hollow laugh…. No one else joined in.

"A-POLL-O!" Athena said gritting her teeth. At that moment, Apollo was glad that the S.W.A.T. team was there, because they were they only thing keeping him alive from Athena's wrath… but then again, he wasn't entirely sure if the 50 plus armed officers were even enough to subdue her….

#

"You know, I think you guys kind of overreacted just a tad," Apollo shouted from the bathroom scrub brush in hand.

"Sure Apollo, because we just loved being swarmed by the police. It's just what we live for!" Athena countered.

"Well, you still didn't have to put me in a sleeper hold AFTER performing a suplex on me!... I personally think three straight weeks of cleaning Mr. Wright's toilet was more than enough punishment." Apollo said with a heavy sigh.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" Trucy said, running to answer it, "Oh, hello."

On the other side was a man they've never seen before. His hair was slick back just like Phoenix, but he had a very deep tan, and wore a really gaudy shirt with a tiger on it. "Which one of youse guys is Trucy Wright," he spat lifting up his shades.

"Um, I'm Trucy Wright. How can I help you?"

"Well, you see. I'm with the Sunshine Coliseum. I just so happen to have witnessed your show the other night, and was wondering if you might be interested in doing a little performance at our humble venue."

"Me? Perform at the Sunshine Coliseum?" Trucy asked in complete surprise. So he must have been that scout that Mr. Wright alluded to earlier, Athena and Apollo thought to themselves. "I-I really appreciate the offer, but I'm not ready yet." Everyone including the mystery man was in complete surprise, "But you don't have to worry! If you thought that last act was good, wait until you see me when I perfect it. It'll be the best magic show of all time!" She announced.

The man was speechless. It was obvious he was a little upset about being turned down, but the prospect of an even more spectacular performance seemed to make up for it, "Sure, sure. I have no doubts that it'll be as amazing as you say, based on how good you was in your last show. Here, take my card. When you're ready to make some magic happen, you just give me a call."

She looked down at it, 'Don Tigre, Sunshine Management,' "Alright Mr. Tigre, I'll be sure to do just that!" she said with a tip of her hat. And with that the man left.

It wasn't long after they heard someone erupt in laughter down the hallway, and Ema, Klaiver, Phoenix, and Edgeworth all entered the office. Klaiver couldn't stop laughing and Edgeworth just looked down avoiding all of their gazes. "I cannot… believe that, you would actually dress up as the Steel Samurai, chief!" Klaiver tried to say through his nonstop laughter, "Oh, I can't wait to tell Simon this one."

"And I can't wait to tell Detective Gumshoe," Ema laughed along.

"Hmph. Laugh while you can. I care not." Edgeworth said shrugging it off.

"Hey, do you guys want all the pictures I took of Edgeworth that day?" Phoenix asked taking out his phone.

Edgeworth's head snapped toward him in the blink of an eye out of pure shock, "Y-you actually took pictures?!"

"Of course, we lawyers always collect evidence of important incidents." He said as Klaiver and Ema crowded around him.

Trucy looked around, happy that things returned to the way were. Athena returned to her desk, and Apollo returned to his cleaning duties. However, he couldn't help but think of Prosecutor Gavin's advice as he found himself glancing out of the bathroom every couple of seconds….

End

(Author's Note: Congratulations, you've reached the end! Good job for putting up with my crappy writing for so long. But seriously, I hoped you liked it. I kind of consider this as my first "real" Ace Attorney fan fic. To anyone who cared enough to read this as soon as it was updated it… sorry for taking so long with the updates. Been busy with my LSAT test prep class, so there's that. The story went the way I planned, but I didn't expect it to be so long so apologies if it felt as though it dragged on in places….. Uh, sorry if characters don't feel right or for sucking in general I guess. But if by a strange stroke of luck you actually enjoyed it, thanks! I won't be writing for a while since I'm actually focusing on an Ace Attorney game I'm working on. Yes, I actually finished the first case already and am currently working on the sprites and stuff. Want to get this first case together just to give people something to show. So let me know if anyone's interested… I guess that's it. Until next time! *gets on magical hippo and flies away*)