(A:N: Yes! I've been waiting to do this chapter for so long! Alex: ... Is this a good thing? Me: shhh! Reviews!
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Wright Anything Agency
January 31-9:37 AM
Trucy looked up towards Athena as she sprinted into the office, her hair in a tangled mess. Trucy smiled slightly seeing the rookie attorney distraught. "Late again Athena?" Athena mumbled under her breath about her alarm clock not working as she fixed her hair. "How do you get here every morning before any of us do?" Trucy went back to focusing on the rings she was working on last night. "Now that, Athena, is a secret that will be kept hidden." Athena groaned, walking over to her train wreck of a desk. "Trucy, can't you make an exception?" Trucy grinned shaking her head. "Sorry Athena, guess you'll have to find out yourself!" The Trucy went back to her rings, still attempting to get the 4 of them apart without breaking them. "So..." Trucy looked towards Athena, tilting her head to the side. "Have you seen Mr. Wright?" Trucy placed a hand to her chin in thought, thinking over any possible place.
(I haven't seen him at home, at the office, and he hasn't called me... Then again, he's done this a couple times before.)
Then a slight tune played through the air, seeming to come from Phoenix's desk. Trucy walked over to it, and sighed when she realized it was her father's phone. "Now I see why, he couldn't have answered because he didn't have his phone." She looked at the caller ID, it was an unknown number. She glanced towards Athena, who was slowly falling back to sleep on her desk. Trucy answered the phone, placing it to her ear. "Wright Anything Agency, this is Trucy speaking."
"Trucy, why did you answer my phone?" Trucy laughed uneasily, remembering the last time her father allowed her to touch his phone. "Ha... Yeah Daddy, don't worry, there's no fireworks in the office... So, what's up Daddy?" Trucy heard Phoenix laughing uneasily from the other side of the phone. "I'll get to that, can you hand the phone to Athena please?" Trucy sighed, knowing that if her father was asking Athena for something, it must be really bad. She walked over towards the yellow clad attorney, and slammed her left hand on Athena's desk. "Athena!" Athena's head jolted up, her legs kicking the ground, almost causing her to fall off her chair. Athena blinked a few times before looking towards Trucy. "What's up..?" Trucy placed the phone in the attorney's hand, then walked away, hoping Athena could figure it out in her groggy state. She walked towards her knife throwing kit, hopping over her spare top hat. She picked up the small box of knives, revealing a newspaper beneath. She picked it up, smoothed it out, and skimmed over it.
-New Product to be Used in Side Shows!
-A chemical company, called ASK, has developed a new type of fluid for stage shows around the world. The director of the company hasn't released any details, but did say that 'It'll be a thing no one will try to forget!'
And hidden in the folds between the headline was a sticky note. Trucy hasn't read it yet, but now... "Trucy!" Trucy jumped, yelping slightly, and dropped the newspaper. She turned to Athena, fixing the top hat on her head. "What's up Athena?" Athena sighed, placing the phone back on the table before standing up. "Trucy, can you do me a really big favor for me..?" Trucy sighed, tipping her top hat over her eyes. "Alright, who's table did you break this time?" Athena laughed uneasily, slouching forward as she put a hand to her hip. "One time Trucy, that one time!" Trucy giggled, tipping her hat and smiling. "Alright, so, what do you need?" Athena crossed her arms, fiddling with her moon earring. "That's the thing, it's a pretty big favor, it's also against the law..." Trucy frowned, looking towards the phone on Athena's desk. "What's that supposed to mean?" Athena sighed, reaching into one of her suit pockets before extracting a note. Athena handed the small piece of paper to the young magician. Trucy grabbed it, uncreased it, and read it aloud.
Ms. Cykes, I'm warning you now, the next court case will be your last. If you somehow get through the next case without actually being the defense attorney in that courtroom, then I'll leave. If not? Well, then your client, the one who trusted you, will die right in front of your eyes. Choose well, Ms. Cykes, and don't try anything.
-Abolitionists seeking to kill
(What kind of name is that? And why..?)
Trucy handed the note back to Athena, a small frown on her face. "What does this have to do with me?" Athena laughed uneasily while she put the note back in her pocket. "The problem is this, Apollo can't move, and I can't do anything because I'm... Well..." Trucy didn't like where this conversation was going so far. "What about Daddy?" Athena sighed, crossing her arms. "Trucy, can you be able to defend Mr. Wright in court?" There was a few seconds of silence, allowing the question to sink into the young magician.
"... Wait, WHAT?!" Trucy put a hand to her mouth, her eyes wide. "Athena, first off I'm a magician! Not an attorney! I don't even have a badge." Athena nodded, smiling sheepishly. "That's the thing, it wasn't my idea..." Trucy put a hand to her chin, staring off to the left. "It's Daddy's isn't it?" Athena pointed, nodding her head. "Yep! Mr. Wright talked to a detective, the detective is helping by signing you up as an attorney. They just need a name, and that's it." Trucy still looked towards the left, the confused and thoughtful expression not leaving her face. After a few minutes, she sighed, uncrossing her arms. "This is worse then the time I gave Apollo that card..."
"Is that a yes?" Trucy nodded, smiling. "Of course it is!" Athena laughed, picking back up the phone. "First off, maybe you could change your outfit, because I don't think..." Trucy gave a thumbs up, running off towards her room down the office hall.
(15 Minutes later)
Athena smiled as she, finally, found her cell phone in the hurricane disaster known as her desk. She flipped it open, then looked at the number written on the piece of paper in her hand. When she dialed the number, she held the phone up to her ear. "... Detective Gumshoe speaking."
"Hey, it's Mr. Wright's coworker, Athena. Did you get the message he sent?"
"Yeah pal! Like he said, I just need a name." Athena nodded, turning towards the hallway. "Trucy!" There were the sounds of quick footsteps, then a thump sound. Less quicker footsteps followed. A person wearing a pair of black pants and shirt, covered by a blue waistcoat appeared. She fixed the glasses on her face, smiling slightly as she held a hand in the air. "Hecate Silk, ace attorney!" She then frowned, blowing her hair out of her eyes. "Gosh darnit..." Athena laughed, turning back towards the phone. "You hear that detective?"
"Ha! I sure did pal! I'll go sign the papers, I hope she does well in court!"
"Thanks Detective Gumshoe!" She pressed the end call button, and placed the phone in her pocket. Trucy pushed the hair out of her eyes, looking towards Athena. "Was that Uncle Scruffy?" Athena cocked her head to the side, fiddling with her earring. "... Who's Uncle Scruffy?"
(She probably never heard of his nickname then...)
Trucy laughed uneasily, smiling sheepishly while smoothing back her hair in an Apollo looking manner. "No one... So, how will I be able to prove that I'm an attorney?" Athena took out an attorney's badge and tossed it to Trucy. "It's Mr. Wright's, so you better be careful... So, who did you say you were again?" Trucy caught the badge, looking at it before placing it in her pocket. "Hecate Silk, ace attorney!" Athena nodded her head, shrugging. "I can see why you picked Silk, but why Hecate?" Trucy laughed, crossing her arms defiantly. "You'll have to figure it out, even if I'm technically an attorney now, a magician never reveals a secret!"
"... And why the french accent..?" Trucy brushed the hair out of her eyes again. "What? I can't exactly sound like Trucy Wright, so I had to change my voice a bit. After all..." Trucy gave a thumbs up, smiling. "Pourquoi pas?*"
"Oh, so you know french?"
"Oui.*" Athena laughed, starting to walk towards the agency's doorway. "Well c'mon, we have to see Mr. Wright!" Trucy took a step before stopping. She looked towards the newspaper, looking towards the headline.
(Should I..? Maybe I should-)
"Hecate! We don't have all day!" Trucy shook her head, running towards the door. "I'm coming!"
LA Detention Center
January 31- 11:59 AM
"Athena, that had to be the worst idea you've ever had!" Trucy pushed the hair out of her face again, beginning to get slightly frustrated. "You aren't supposed to kick a rock through a window, Athena, it just isn't-"
"Do you need help with that?" Trucy sighed, looking towards Athena. "What do you mean?" Athena had some dead leaves in her hair, most likely after she kicked that pile of rotten leaves towards the man that chased them a couple blocks. Athena laughed, holding up a hair tie. "You know, your hair. If it's bothering you so much, why don't you just put it in a ponytail or something?" Trucy grabbed the hair tie, a small frown on her face. "That's for me to know, and for you to find out. Can you talk to Da-, I mean Mr. Wright for a second?" Athena nodded, walking over towards one of the glass walls as Trucy began to braid her hair.
(I don't do it because Apollo usually does... Speaking of Apollo, I should text him later. It's been awhile since I last saw, or heard, him...)
When she was done braiding her hair, she used the blue hair tie to tie the bottom of the braid, throwing it over her right shoulder. She walked over to Athena, who was standing infront of the detention center glass, talking to Phoenix. "So, wait, are you saying you thought he tripped, fell on the trident, and fell asleep. So you decided to check on him?" Phoenix nodded his head slowly, cracking a small smile. "Pretty much." He looked over Athena's shoulder, looking right towards Trucy. "Hiya Hecate, Athena told me a little bit about you." He winked, rubbing the back of his head as he laughed. Trucy blinked in surprise before looking down, shuffling her feet. "Thank you Mr. Wright." She then looked towards Athena. "So, what do we have so far?" Athena nodded, opening up a program on Widget. "Alright then, so far, we don't really know that much." She swiped the holographic screen a few times to look up the right document. "The victim's name was Gerald Tree, he was 57, and he was a debt collector." Trucy nodded slowly, crossing her arms as she twirled the end of her braid.
(Wasn't that the guy from the last case? With me and Daddy in it?)
"The cause of death was instantaneous, at least he didn't feel the trident piercing through his chest..." Athena shivered slightly, making Widget's screen go down. "Anyway, we better get to the crime scene to find out more!" She waved towards Phoenix as she walked towards the door. "See ya later boss! C'mon Hecate, we don't have all day." Trucy just stood there, looking towards the Athena as she ran outside. "Trucy..." Trucy turned towards her father, his eyes were closed, and he was fingering the lapel of his suit. "I think you know who the prosecution is." Trucy didn't speak, she only nodded slightly as she walked towards the detention center doors.
Loony Park
January 31- 3:45 PM
Trucy was slightly baffled by the interior of Loony Park. With the outrageous name like Loony, the park seemed quiet normal. Or would have been if it weren't for the police tape surrounding the fountain in the center of the park. Trucy and Athena walked towards the yellow, taped off area only to be stopped right before theu stepped into the area. Real Check stood before them, her hat and sunglasses were slightly crooked. Seeming almost as if she sprinted miles away. "Excuse me, no civilians..." she then saw Athena, Athena waved slightly as Real sighed. "Oh great, it's you. What are you two doing?" Athena smiled sheepishly, placing a hand on her hip as she smiled. "Not me really, but her." Real turned towards Trucy, tilting her head to the side. "Who's this?" Athena stood up straight, she slammed her hand with her fist. "This is Hecate Silk. Hecate, meet Real Check."
"Hecate... Hecate..? What kind if a name is that?" Trucy felt a hand on her left shoulder, then was forcefully turned to stare into the same soul piercing eyes she saw earlier "You jest!" Trucy rolled her eyes, pushing Versteck as she smiled, dusting herself off. "Excuse me sir, but who are you?" Versteck scoffed, he bowed slightly, placing a hand on his masked face. "My name is Versteckt, Prosecutor Versteckt mind you." Trucy scoffed, acting as if she was hurt. "Like yours is any better, with a name like Versteckt!" Versteckt ran a hand through his hair, allowing it to fall back down when his hair felt no resistance. "Touché. So, why are you here?" Athena jumped infront of Trucy. "Well, Mr. Versteckt, it would be kind to let us borrow some facts for this case, wouldn't it?" Versteckt laughed, crossing his arms over his chest. "Why not? I'm of course gonna have to let you solve a few questions though." Trucy nodded her head slightly. "Thank you Prosecutor Versteckt." Versteckt held up a hand, scowling slightly. "Outside the courtroom, it's just Versteck, alright?" He then walked off, glancing towards Real as he walked off. "You know what to do." Real rolled her eyes as she took out a manila folder and a few pieces of paper. "And he always says I'm never prepared..." She then turned to Trucy, holding out the manila folder. "Here's the autopsy report, and this..." She held up the papers and handed it to Athena. "Is the document on the murder weapon, because well..." She smiled sheepishly as she pointed towards the fountain. "We can't really remove it..." A statue of Poseidon was on the fountain, kneeling on one knee as he pointed his trident forward. Trucy opened the folder, and mumbled as she read the autopsy report.
-Victim: Gerald Tree
-Cause of Death: Death was immediate due to one puncture to the chest. There are various bumps and bruises all over the body. These are concluded though to have appeared after Gerald was killed.
Time of Death: Exactly 12:37 AM
*Autopsy report added to the court record*
Athena handed the papers to Trucy after she finished reading the report. It was really just a few pictures. One was of Phoenix holding the body at its hips, the body still on the trident shown by the slight, pointed bulging in his jacket. The second was of the weapon itself. It was a metal trident, covered in a few rust stains, but still sharp nonetheless.
*Pictures of the crime scene and weapon added to the court record*
Trucy looked back up to see that Athena had already started walking towards the fountain, kneeling down at a red stain. She walked over to Athena, and then looked at the stain. "What's that Athena?" Athena looked up, concern in her eyes. "Trucy, somehow, this bloodstain is still fresh." Trucy looked at the stain in surprise. "It is?" Athena nodded her head, looking back towards the puddle. Trucy frowned as she tapped the data into the tablet that now served as a court record.
*Strange bloodstain added to the court record*
Trucy then looked up, looking around until her eyes finally landed on what was beside the fountain. She pointed at it, smiled, and said. "Hey, look Athena, it's a stepladder!" Athena looked towards the said object that had carried on a joke for many years. "Hey..." She smiled, nodding her head. "You're right Hecate. It is a stepladder!"
"Uhm, no you two." Athena and Trucy glanced back towards Versteckt, who was looking over a piece of paper in his right hand. "It's a ladder." He then shook his head, groaning as he gripped his skull. Trucy ran up to him, placing a hand on his back. "Hey man, you alright..?" Versteckt jerked back up, glaring at Trucy and gritting his teeth. "I'm alright... I just..." He stopped talking, and turned, walking back towards the entrance. Athena dusted herself off, looking back towards Trucy. "Well, I think we could investigate after a few minutes. How about we go check on Mr. Wright once again..?" Trucy nodded, already starting to walk towards the park's exit. One single thought was on her kind though.
(When he looked at me, was it just my imagination? Or did his eyes become less harsh, less intimidating when he looked up at me..?)
(A:N: Sorry once again if this felt rushed. I'm half asleep right now, and life has been pretty hectic to say the least, so please don't be afraid to ask questions. I'll edit off my computer later. R&R, and remember, your flames warm my family.)