Miles woke up, his vision was blurry first until it finally adjusted. Franziska was next to him, sleeping on expensive looking sofa. Miles rubbed his head, he felt a bandage. He tried to get up but dizziness made him collapse back to his bed. He groaned softly as he landed. He turned to the window, checking to see whether it was day or night. His heart skipped a beat as he looked out of the window. Kay was there, tapping on the glass pane, along with Sola and Luna. Sola was still as expressionless as a rock, while Luna smiled and held up what appeared to be a sharp object. Miles eyes widened with terror, was she going to kill him?

Luna laughed as she saw Miles expression, making a circle with the compass she held, she used the diamond built in it to make a small circular opening to fit her whole arm in and twisted the knob of the window. She opened the window with ease, gently and quietly as not to wake the sleeping fraulein up. Kay grinned even wider as she looked at Miles's face. She had a bundle strapped behind her back. "Hiya Mr. Edgeworth, sorry about entering your room," she whispered," Whitey made sure no one could enter his room." Miles rolled his eyes and turned back to Kay with an oh-really-now expression. "Oh come on Mr. Edgeworth, would I ever lie to you?" Kay asked shocked. Miles thought about it, other than bluffing, she didn't do any actual lies. Quietly, she and her partners stalked out of the room. Miles fell into a deep sleep.

"Miles Edgeworth! Wake up you foolish fool!" Franziska demanded as she shook him like one of her rag dolls. Miles woke up with a shout. "Gaah!" he shouted. "Gyah!" Franziska shouted in surprise. Kay, Sola, and Luna came running into the room. "The Yatagarasu is here!" she said doing a pose with her teammates, all of them held guns," What's the problem?"

Franziska twitched. Her long forgotten memory of getting shot returned. "Kay, put that down or someone gets hurt."

Bang!

"Hyayk!" Franziska ducked.

Sola held a used popper. "Congratulations Demon Prosecutor, on your speedy recovery." The flat statement from an unemotional girl made Miles shudder.

"Oh don't worry, Miss. Karma, Mr. Edgeworth, it's just a bluff," Kay said as she held out the gun," See? Its just a toy gun!"

Miles raised an eyebrow. For a toy gun, it was very convincing. "Handmade by Whitey, himself!" Kay boasted. Whoever this Whitey is, Miles thought, he is bound to be arrested. Franziska was bending her whip. "Short-haired lady! How dare you scare me with that popper!" Franziska fumed. The popper had exactly sounded like a gun.

"The name is Sola Pohwah," Sola said with a flat tone edged with smug defiance," and I am not afraid of your whip."

Franziska's right eyebrow twitched. Angrily, she let her whip fly to Sola's direction. Sola dodged it doing cartwheels as she narrowly avoided the counter, chairs, and medical apparatus in the room. Franziska lost control of her anger, with a strong flick of her hand, it flew almost lightning-fast at Sola. Sola evaded it yet again, this time she dodge it mockingly with a twirl, having no one else to block it, the whip flew at Miles. Franziska couldn't do anything but stare as the whip hurtled to hin\m, until Luna grabbed hold of it.

"Yeow!" Luna yelped as she held the whip, dropping it as if it were some hot potato, she removed her glove and examined a thin red line forming on her right-hand. "Whoa, Miss, that was some whip power," Luna said as she turned to Franziska, paling. The nurse ran in. "Now what is all this rukus!" she demanded," Please be quiet since this is a hospital!" The nurse left stomping off.

Sola grabbed ice from the refrigerator. She handed it to Luna. "Thanks La," Luna said. "No prob, Na," Sola replied. Franziska turned to Miles, obviously agitated. "Why couldn't you move you fool?" she demanded, it was obvious that Miles was bed-ridden, Franziska knew this, but she wanted to push the blame to him. Miles rolled his eyes. Then the door opened again.

"Well Mr. Edgeworth, you seem alright," Lang smugly remarked.

"Hello Agent Lang," Miles said casually.

"The doc told me you have some bleeding in your meninges so you have to stay here for a while," Lang informed," Except you've been here for two days."

Miles shot up, but he collapsed feeling dizzy. "Miles Edgeworth, stay calm and collected, why can't you? That is not how prosecutors act!" Franziska scolded him, once again masking her concern for him. Miles knew he forgot to mention something, something before fainting, the blur he saw! Remembering made his head ache, he held his forehead and moaned in pain. Everyone ran to him in concern, even Agent Lang.

"T-That gray blur I saw … " Miles said slowly, remembering," What was it?"

Franziska shot a look at Lang to tell him to not answer Miles's question. "Agent Lang? What was it?" Miles pressed. Lang sighed.

"That was Liuxang, he … saved you from a more serious injury," Lang said as flatly as he could. Miles's eyes widened. "He crashed his car to that man's vehicle, didn't he?" Miles pressed harder, nausea overcame him and he sank back to his bed. "Tell me at least this, Agent Lang," Miles said weakly," is he alright?"

Land didn't answer. Miles looked at Franziska, she was uneasy, she was hiding something from him. Sola and Luna pretended not to notice the tension in the room by fussing over Sola's red welt. "Franziska, how is he?" Miles asked. A whip missed him by a hair's breadth.

"He's fine," Franziska replied, her gaze did not meet his eyes. Miles knew she was lying. "Is he in a coma?" Miles asked. Franziska barely missed him with her whip again. Sola finally spoke up.

"He is in the ward next to yours, he has not woken up yet since the incident."

Miles froze. Liuxang saved him? But they were just strangers, nothing less and nothing more. He collapsed on his bed, feeling sleepy. "I - I see," Miles remarked, his arms folded as they covered his face to hid his facial expression. "Miles Edgeworth, just go to sleep," Franziska ordered. She was right, he was sleepy. The wooziness he felt had increased, he fell into a dreamless sleep.

oOo –

The shadows in Liuxang's ward were stirring after the doctor finished checking on him. Shelly deKiller stepped out of the dark and unsheathed a bejeweled knife. It was thanks to Liuxang he wasn't able to kill Miles, so to kill Miles he had to kill this man first. he glancing at the door to insure that no one was entering. He received a call from his client. "Yes?" Shelly asked.

"My patience has run out assasin."

"Yes I know, I apologize sir, I did not know someone had predicted my movements."

"Or mine, but still a failure is a failure Shelly, you do know that, don't you?"

"Yes I know."

"Good because this would be the last conversation we will have."

"Excuse –,"Shelly was cut short by his coughing. The phone went dead.

"You Z– ," Shelly couldn't continue his curse. Blood dripped from his lips.

He had been poisoned, and he was careless or was it due to his trust? Shelly couldn't see straight, he was convulsing like a possessed man. Damn him, damn that client of his, he should have turned down that offer, that glint in his eyes was proof that he was a conniving and cunning man, if only, if only he had listened to his instincts then this wouldn't have happened. He clenched his weak fist in anger, and hoped death would be quick. He looked at his cellphone, it contained his past clients' information, should he die and leave all information they would be caught, and it would be against the code, should he erase it or not? His vision was already fading, looking at his cellphone, he hoped he made the right choice.

oOo –

Sola and Luna sneaked into Liuxang's room discreetly. They knew they were not allowed in but they wanted to see how their Shifu was. Sola tripped over something.

"Ow! What the heck?" Sola rubbed her knee which was throbbing as she yelped.

Luna rushed to Sola. "You alright?" she asked. Sola nodded, groping in the darkness, she felt someone's hand on the floor. That's strange, Sola thought. She motioned to Luna to flip the switch on. Luna obeyed and did as she was told. A horrendous sight welcomed them. Luna screamed in terror while Sola looked on, putting on a blank face though her face paled. A man stared at them, with empty cloudy eyes and a face contorted with pain.

Miles and Franziska were standing in the crime scene. "It's amazing how Long Liuxang could still be unconscious with Luna Powa's scream," Franziska remarked.

"Of course I screamed, what would I have done when I just saw a dead body?" Luna retorted. Franziska ignored her.

"Long Liuxang is alright, thank goodness," Miles said, he bent down to check on Liuxang, he was still with his eyes closed. He looked as peaceful as a man going to die of natural causes, Miles shuddered, Liuxang shouldn't die, he wouldn't. He hoped Liuxang would have a speedy recovery just like him. Miles examined Shelly de Killer's body, it was a ghastly sight, his face showed the pain of the poisoning and it seemed very excruciating, Miles shuddered.

"It's too bad we can't get the police here because of the thunderstorm," Lang said," heck, the hospital didn't even let my men in since they were so many."

Franziska raised an eyebrow on Lang's statement. "Who can do the autopsy?"

They heard a cough, and they looked for the person who had coughed. Other than the two prosecutors, Lang, Kay and the Pohwah twins. Kay, Sola, and Luna smiled when they turned their heads to the direction of the voice.

Liuxang was sitting up with a triumphant smile, looking as cheery as ever though he also looked weak. "I've been out when I could have done an investigation," Liuxang sighed," so allow me to make it up to you by performing an autopsy." Lang grinned.

"You're my kind of guy."

"Thank you." Liuxang got up and tried to stand up but almost fell, had it not been for the table. "Kay, do you have it?" he asked.

"Of course," Kay said with excitement, she handed him his trusty umbrella cane.

"Thank you." With the cane, Liuxang stood up, it was evident he was depending heavily on the umbrella but he didn't let his weak condition or his weakness rely on him.

"Now," Liuxang said with a game face," I own a medical license, shall we start the autopsy?"