February 22nd, 2017

Police Department

Entrance, 1:00 PM

Ema's POV

Judy: Whew… we've made it, finally.

Ema: Why would they put the detectives so far away from the Prosecutor's Office?

Judy: Oh, it wasn't that bad. It took us about 30mins to get here.

Phoenix: Traffic wasn't that bad, either. There's a good place to park right here, Judy.

We got of the car and start walking towards the department.

Judy: It's been awhile since we've been to the department. Though most of the times we've been here was to see our clients and Gumshoe.

Phoenix: ? What's that thing over there?

I looked where Mr. Wright was pointing and saw a dancing looking piece of plywood. It felt, creepy.

Ema: Disturbing! Why does it undulate like that?

Judy: Oh, is this the "Blue Banger?"

Phoenix: "Blue Banger"?

Judy: Detective Gumshoe told me that the police we're thinking of a mascot for their department of the district and they came up with this.

Phoenix: I see.

Ema: Wow, you know a lot about the Police Department, Ms. Hopps!

Judy: Well, I don't know much about this place, but it's very similar to my police department where I work.

Ema: Still, he does seem familiar, somehow…

Phoenix: Forget the Blue Badger! Who's that next to him!?

Judy: Someone appears to be… dancing with the Blue Badger…?

I looked at the person that was dancing, then he notice me and started to run really fast.

Gumshoe: H-h-h-hey, pal! W-w-w-what're you doin' here!?

Phoenix: That's my line, Detective Gumshoe.

Judy: More importantly, why were you over there dancing with the Blue Badger?

Gumshoe: What!? Um, well…

Ema (Thinking): He certainly is quite the detective.

Gumshoe: Hey! I'll have you know I'm a very busy man, pal. But I'll give you one word of advice, pal. You'd better not agree to defend the suspect in this case.

Ema: Wh… Why not?

Gumshoe: Huh? Well… It's just that the Chief Prosecutor had confessed to the crime. She says she summoned the detective to the Prosecutor's Office and… she killed him.

Ema: But, what if she's not telling the truth!?

Gumshoe: Yes, well… no! C'mon, pal! There's plenty of evidence against her!

Ema: B-but what if the evidence was faked?

Gumshoe (Whispering to Phoenix and Judy): Hey, pal. Can I speak to you two for a second?

Ema (Thinking): The nerve of that detective! Thinking my sister had done it!

Gumshoe: Whoa! You're the Chief Prosecutor's little sister!?

Ema: Just, please investigate this case carefully, okay? Scientifically!

Gumshoe: Yessir! Oh, by the way. You might want to keep your voices down. You don't want to be overheard using words like "faked"…

Ema: Huh?

Gumshoe: It's just… it's a sensitive issue with us these days.

Judy: So what are you doing here, Detective? Shouldn't you be investigating the crime by now?

Gumshoe: Well, I would… but, they've kicked me out of Criminal Affairs…

Phoenix: Detective Gumshoe! What did you do this time?

Gumshoe: Whaddya mean, "this time"!?

Ema: Then, what happened? I know things are busy right now… I mean… with my sister's case and all…

Gumshoe: It's true. We've never had a Chief Prosecutor murder anyone before! Only the highest-ranked people are being let into the Criminal Affairs now… The lowest ranking guy in there is our chief of detectives. They're not letting any of us rank-and-file detectives in at all.

Judy: None of you?

Gumshoe: So, anyway, I thought I'd spend the day getting the badger dance down pat.

Ema: Um… Isn't there anything else you could be doing?

Gumshoe: The Chief of Police himself is directing this investigation, pal. And Officer Marshall was assigned to the underground parking lot.

Judy: Officer Marshall…? You mean that cowboy at the underground parking lot?

Gumshoe: Yep, that's him alright. A patrolman in charge of a crime scene… It's unheard of, pal!

Judy: Speaking of detectives, we found this ID card at the underground lot in the Prosecutor's Office. Do you know anything about this Detective?

Gumshoe: Well let's see here… Detective Bruce Goodman. Goodman…. Goodman… Sounds familiar… … Nah, my mistake.

Ema: But don't you work together with him in Criminal Affairs?

Gumshoe: Whoa! Now I remember! Bruce Goodman! He's the victim!

Judy: Can you tell us more about Detective Goodman?

Gumshoe: He was a detective, like myself. Detective Bruce Goodman.

Ema: Hmm… Don't you think it's strange? I mean, why would the victim's ID card be laying on the ground where we found it?

Gumshoe: Well, Detective Goodman should have been at the Police Department yesterday. There was an evidence transferal for a case he handled two years ago.

Judy: Evidence transferal… Edgeworth was mentioning something about that too. That's where you guys clean up cases that are solved right?

Gumshoe: Correct.

Ema: But… Detective Goodman was killed at the Prosecutor's Office…

Gumshoe: Well, that's the thing… It's hard to say this, but… Word is that Chief Prosecutor Skye called him out there, to the parking lot.

Judy: Really?

Phoenix: Were you by chance, at the award ceremony, Detective Gumshoe.

Gumshoe: Of course! I got award for diligence, myself!

Judy: Congratulations!

Gumshoe: I was also so proud of Mr. Edgeworth for winning the King of Prosecutors trophy. He's even got naysayers in the Prosecutor's Office. Yeah, he's in a tough spot, again…

Phoenix: "Again" …?

Gumshoe: Well, it all started with the murder of that defense attorney, Hammond.

Judy: But Edgeworth was found innocent!

Gumshoe: Listen, pal, there have always been rumors about Edgeworth. Forging evidence, making deals with witnesses… Nothing outright, but there were always whispered rumors. Ever since he was accused of murder, no one's whispering. They're practically shouting!

Ema: But… but there's no evidence against him!

Gumshoe: Well, Mr. Edgeworth has always had usually strong ties to the department higher-ups. It's only natural that people would be suspicious.

Judy: I feel bad, I can't image what that must feel like.

Gumshoe: Well, I'm sure your partner does, with him being a fox and all. He's probably been through the same thing Mr. Edgeworth's going through right now. Anyway, this latest case has started a new rumor. People say the only reason he took this case... is because he's aiming for the Chief Prosecutor position himself!

Phoenix: W-what!?

Gumshoe: But I know the truth, pal! Nobody wants to be the one who has to prosecute the Chief Prosecutor! Mr. Edgeworth is biting the bullet on this one! He's doing this for all of us!

Ema: Um… Mr. Gumshoe, sir. I was wondering about that plywood over there.

Gumshoe: Oh, you mean the Blue Badger? It's my master piece!

Judy: R-really. You made this, Detective Gumshoe!?

Gumshoe: The chief threw together some designs and I just did my thing, pal.

Ema: N-nice work…

Gumshoe: It's battery-powered, so it can go anywhere! There's no switch, so it just dance dance dances until the batteries die!

Ema: Poor Blue Badger… fated to dance until he drops.

Gumshoe: … Anyway, that's all I know. I'm not officially on the case, you know.

Judy: Thank you, Detective Gumshoe.

Phoenix: Why aren't you handling the case, Detective Gumshoe? We met this cow who is… what was his name? The cow in the parking lot…

Gumshoe: That'd be Officer Marshall. He was appointed directly by the Chief of Police…

Phoenix: Officer Marshall… Is he some kind of Wild West sheriff or something?

Gumshoe: No, Jake Marshall's just a regular officer… From West LA.

Phoenix: For a moment there, I wasn't sure.

Gumshoe: Look, pal, let me try to make things a little easier for you. Show them this and they'll let you examine the crime scene… maybe. Just act like you're supposed to be there, and nobody will look at you twice, pal!

Judy: Thanks, Gumshoe.