Sort of a short chapter (especially compared to the last one).

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Chapter 10 – Turnabout Arrested!

Background: This is about four days after the food fight.

"Ugh! I never want to see another mop in my life again!" Athena declared as she and Trucy walked into the Wright Anything Agency.

"Me either! I think I might just collapse!"

"You two back already?" They entered the office room, where Phoenix sat behind his desk. He shook his head, sighing. "I still can't believe you guys started a food fight. I hope you've learned your lesson, you two."

The two girls nodded their heads and said in unison, "We did."

He nodded. "So your punishment is finally over, huh?"

After the incident at the diner, the offenders had to clean up the diner that particular night, given the huge mess they made. To add to that, they had to go there for four days and help out with the cleaning, cooking, and serving customers. It was not fun, to say the very least.

"Yes, finally," Athena groaned.

"Daddy, I don't think we should go there. Ever again."

Phoenix chuckled a little. "I'll keep that in mind, Trucy. So what were your duties today?"

"Junie and I had cleaning duty."

"Mr. Blackquill and I had to serve customers!" Trucy said, her mood changing immediately. "The customers I had today were really nice! They gave me such great tips." With a frown, she added, "But that meanie owner didn't let me keep them."

"What did Apollo and Kay do?"

"The two of them had cooking duty. Let's just say…some of the customers weren't pleased with the food they got. But the owner came out and explained to them what the situation was." Athena crossed her arms.

Phoenix was surprised. "So he explained the whole food fight scenario and how you were all involved?"

Athena replied, "He sure did. He didn't leave a single detail out."

"So where did everyone else go?"

"Kay went back to the Prosecutor's Office, along with Simon. And Apollo said he was going to drop off Junie."

"Speaking of Polly, where is he? He was supposed to get here a while ago!"

Just then, the office phone rang. "That's odd. It's from the police department." Phoenix picked it up. "Wright Anything Agency. This is Phoenix Wright."

"Hey Mr. Wright."

"Apollo. What are you doing calling from the police department? Do you have another case?"

"No fair! I haven't had a case in a while now!" Athena complained.

"Er…well, about that Mr. Wright. I do have a case, but…it's not actually mine."

"What do you mean?" What's Apollo talking about?

There was a pause before Apollo answered. "I've been placed under arrest, Mr. Wright. On suspicion of killing a man."

"You got arrested?!" Phoenix yelled into the receiver. He heard Athena and Trucy gasp. "Who did you kill?"

"I didn't kill anyone, Mr. Wright!"

"Sorry! That came out wrong. Who got killed?"

"Some guy at the park. I…"

"Hold on. Are they keeping you at the detention center?"

"Yeah."

"Alright. We'll get there as soon as we can." Phoenix hung up and turned to the others. "Apollo's been arrested, and he's at the detention center. We need to go see him and find out what's going on!"

"Officer Meekins arrested me!"

"Officer Meekins?" Phoenix groaned. Not that guy! "So what exactly happened Apollo?"

"I dropped Juniper at her grandma's house. I had some time to spare, so I figured maybe I could go to the park and spend some time there. I was walking around, and that's when I found this man at the edge of the lake. He was all wet. I went over to him to see if he was alright, but..." Apollo looked down. "He was already dead. So I called 911 and reported that I found a man there."

"What happened after that?"

"Well, I waited there, and that's when Officer Meekins came. He gave me one look, and then he arrested me."

"That's it?"

Apollo nodded. "You'll…you'll defend me, won't you Mr. Wright? No matter what happens?"

Phoenix was taken aback by what Apollo said. "Of course, Apollo. Why wouldn't I defend you?"

The younger defense attorney just shrugged.

What did he mean by 'no matter what happens?' Sighing a little, Phoenix stood up. "Looks like we're going to have to go and have a little chat with Officer Meekins. Come on, Athena, Trucy."

Athena and Trucy both stared at Apollo, who seemed pretty down, even when they had come in to see him. They then followed Phoenix out of the room.

"Hello sir!"

Ugh. I see he's yet to ditch that annoying megaphone. "Hello Officer Meekins."

"Sir! What do you need sir!"

Athena covered her ears. "You know? You really need to tone it down a bit. Literally!"

The excitable officer frowned, lowering the megaphone. "Sorry. It's kind of a habit."

Kind of?! "Anyway, you do realize you arrested one of employees, right?"

"Your employee? Who's that?"

"Apollo Justice."

"Apollo…Justice." He tugged at his nonexistent beard.

"You know? He's a defense attorney? You arrested him at People Park," Athena offered.

The officer still was thinking. "He has two horns, and a big forehead!" Trucy added.

"Oh! That kid! Right, I did arrest him, didn't I?"

Oh boy. This is not going to be easy. "Why exactly did you arrest him?"

"Well, I heard about the 911 call made on my radio, and it just so happened that I was in the area, so I told everyone that I had this covered, and I went to the scene."

They actually let this guy go to crime scenes?! What about Ema or Detective Gumshoe or anyone else?!

"I found him near the body. There was no one else at the crime scene, so I arrested him."

"Wait. Let me get this straight. You arrested Polly just because he was the only one at the crime scene?!"

"Who's Polly? I didn't arrest Polly. I arrested a kid named Apollo."

Phoenix clarified. "Polly is her nickname for Apollo."

"Oh, okay."

Athena had her arms on her hips. "But you didn't answer Trucy's question! Don't you think you jumped the gun a little arresting him?"

"But he was the only at the scene!" The officer argued.

Athena was losing her patience. "What kind of criminal stays at the crime scene?! I mean, unless they wanted to get caught, they would surely flee or hide!"

"Er…well…"

"And Apollo was the one who called 911 in the first place!" She added. "Are you saying Apollo called the police to turn himself in?! That's crazy!"

The officer frowned, but then slammed his fist down into the palm of his hand. "Think about this! Maybe he called 911 because he didn't want people to suspect him as being the murderer! How about that theory?!"

Athena shook her head. "I don't buy it! Apollo is not a murderer," she stated resolutely.

"Then who is the murderer?!" The officer asked her.

"How am I supposed to know that?! Didn't you investigate the crime scene and try to find that out?!"

"No. I just arrested him and brought him to the station."

Phoenix noticed that Widget had turned red. Uh oh. Athena's getting angry. We should probably leave before she resorts to violence. "Um…thanks, Officer Meekins. I guess we'll see you tomorrow in the trial."

The officer lifted the megaphone and announced," See you sir!"

Phoenix sighed as he led Trucy and Athena away from the officer.

"Boss. I was this close to punching that guy! Who does he think he is, arresting our Apollo like that?!"

"Right. That's why I cut our conversation short." He noticed that it was getting dark. "Alright, we don't have much to go off of, but I think we should be okay for the first day of the trial."

"It's tomorrow, right Boss?"

"Yeah."

Trucy crossed her arms, looking up as she thought aloud, "I wonder who's going to be the prosecutor?"

Athena shrugged. "Who knows? I guess we'll find out tomorrow."

Phoenix nodded. "Yeah. It might be a little too late to call Edgeworth and ask him. Plus, he might get mad at me if I do that." Phoenix's thoughts drifted to the upcoming trial. Hopefully, this won't be too hard.

Alright. The first day of the trial is coming up in the next chapter! What's going on? Apollo's been arrested?! Feel free to leave a review and/or private message me. Thanks!