February 24th, 2017
District Court
Defendant Lobby No. 2, 11:32 AM
Phoenix's POV
Lana was staring at me, looking a little unhappy.
Lana: … There's no stopping you is there, Mr. Wright?
Phoenix: Huh? What do you mean?
Lana: You called for Jake Marshall. It seems you've figured everything out.
Judy: Well to be honest; we still don't know everything else yet. We've got a hunch about what happened in the evidence room. However, the parking lot is still a mystery to us.
Ema: Lana… You're the one who knows everything!
Lana: Ema…
Ema: You always know everything! Why don't you just tell us!? Mr. Wright and Ms. Hopps are trying their hardest to protect you!
Lana: I… I don't recall ever asking for their "protection."
Ema: How can you be so cold… Don't you trust us? Don't you trust… me?
Lana: …
Judy: Ema…
Gumshoe: Hope I'm not interrupting anything, pals.
Lana: …
Judy: …
Ema: …
Gumshoe: Oh… Guess I am. I'll come back later.
Gumshoe was about to leave, but I stopped him.
Phoenix: Gumshoe, wait! What is it?
Gumshoe: You've got a lot of nerve, pal! Making a detective run all around while on duty, and to top it off you call me here… I've seen happier people at funerals!
Lana: Sorry, Detective.
Gumshoe: You better be, pal… Hey… Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! I didn't see you there, Ms. Skye!
Lana: That's ok. So… Have you brought what I asked?
Gumshoe: Oh… Oh ho! Oh ho ho! Oh ho ho ho! Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho! You mean this, right!?
Lana: My apologies, Detective. Due to my present circumstances, I was forced to use Mr. Wright's name when making my request.
Phoenix: My name!?
Gumshoe: Never in a million years would I have thought it was who asked me, "Could I bother you to bring me the SL-9 Incident files? I'll need them by noon." Talk about crazy…
Judy: The "SL-9 Incident"?
Ema: But Lana! That's…
Lana: I thought Mr. Wright and Ms. Hopps might need them, so I had them brought here. Here. You might do well to read them.
Judy: Oh… Uh… thank you.
Gumshoe: I can't believe you, the Chief Prosecutor, were a witness in that case!
Phoenix: Ms. Skye… You were a witness?
Lana: That's right.
Gumshoe: Take it from me, you don't want anything to do with serial murders.
Judy: … …
Gumshoe: Oh, what? Now that I've brought you your stuff, you're just gonna ignore me?
Judy: P-Phoenix, look!
Phoenix: Huh? … W-wait! E-Ema! But why…
Ema: What's wrong!?
Judy: You're name is also in this file!
Ema: What? My name's in there!? I don't know… Unless… No, it couldn't be… Lana! This "SL-9 Incident"… Is that…
Lana: … That's the classification number the police filed under. Two years ago, the rest of the world knew it as… the "Joe Darke Killings."
Ema: The… Joe Darke… No… No, Lana! That's over with! No!
Phoenix: Ema, wait! She ran off!
Judy: I'll get her!
Phoenix: Wait, Judy!
Gumshoe: Uh, ya know what? I just remembered… I gotta be somewhere. Sorry pal, but I'm out of here!
Phoenix (Thinking): Jake Marshall, Angel Starr, Damon Gant, Miles Edgeworth… Not to mention Lana and Ema…
Phoenix: Everyone involved in this case is connected to those killings two years ago… This can't be just a "coincidence."
Lana: Knowing you, you just might be able to figure it out. Time to get back to the trial, Mr. Wright. Best of luck.
Phoenix (Thinking): I'd better take a good look at this file…