Just a bit of help for people who aren't too familiar with the ace attorney series, anything in (parentheses) is used to denote that it is something that Tails is currently thinking to himself.

Previously, Tails had just become a lawyer and his first case was proving the Sonic was innocent of a museum theft. This led to Jet being called as a witness, whose testimony was quickly dissected and found to be false. Jet confessed to the crime and Sonic was found Not Guilty. After that he told Tails he could take the day off and that he could handle taking down Eggman. The events of this chapter take the night of and day after those events.

January 7, 8:36 PM - Central City Prison - Eggman's Cell

Ivo Robotnik, more commonly known as Dr. Eggman is lying on the bed in his jail cell. A face of anger and regret across his face as he just got thrown in jail after being foiled by Sonic.

"This is the last time that I'll even be foiled by that hedgehog. I'll show him next time," he says, "When I get out of here I'll make him…"

Eggman is cut off as the wall suddenly explodes inwards, showering him with small chunks and powdered stone. Two mysterious figures are standing in the brand new hole in the wall, Eggman seems to recognize one of them as he immediately moves to the back of his cell, scared. The figure begins to talk, "Relax Egghead. We are here to break you out."

"Now why would you do that?" Eggman asks, his voice still showing fear.

"Because, I need to do something that I should've done a long time ago. Do you want to stay stuck in this cell for the rest of your life? After what you've done they aren't going to let you out ever again. And the way we got in here will be patched up after this. This is your only chance at freedom." the figure responds.

"But why should I trust you! You've foiled my plans many times, what could you possibly gain from this? Why shouldn't I just wait here for the guards to show up?" Eggman says.

"There aren't any guards left to come, and if you don't come with us willingly, we'll just have to use force." The figure says as Eggman agrees to go along.

January 7, 8:40 PM - The Spicy Scarf Restaurant

(A fancy restaurant, the perfect place to wind down and relax, after that last case, I am absolutely ready to get a nice meal. Would've gotten in sooner, but this place is always packed. I just hope Sonic didn't need my help with Eggman tonight.)

"Tails! Is that you?" I hear a voice call out behind me.

"Oh huh?" I say as I turn around and see Amy and Cream sitting at the table behind me, "Oh hey, it's been a while, how've you been?"

"Pretty good! Though we heard what you did today, Tails. Sonic called shortly after the trial." Amy says.

"Oh really? Thanks, it was nothing really." I respond.

"You know, Tails, I actually am trying to get a new hobby! I've picked up photography, it's pretty fun! This camera here is pretty expensive, I'm so glad Amy was able to help me afford it." Cream says.

"Oh it was nothing!" replies Amy.

At that moment, the waiter comes by with my food and Amy, Cream, and I start talking about many things. An hour passes and we all are finished with our meals.

"So, Amy, Cream, do you all want to go try and go somewhere and do something tonight after this?" I ask.

"Oh absolutely!" says Amy, "Though we should probably go and get Sonic first, help him celebrate his freedom and his new victory over Eggman!"

"That's a great idea. Let's go, he should be at home now." I say.

We all get up and pay our checks and leave the restaurant.

10:00 PM - Prower and Co. Law Offices - Sonic's Condo

Amy, Cream, and I approach a tall building in the middle of an empty street. It's the place where Sonic and I live. When I became a lawyer, I needed a place to set up so I turned my Condo into a law office, though Sonic just kept his the same. The street lights are out for some reason. (Something feels wrong). I turn on my flashlight and notice a set of footprints leading up to the house. Three large sets, one of them looks like the ones Sonic's shoes leave behind. They are fresh, entering and leaving the condo.

All three of us walk over to the door and open it. All three of us let out a horrified scream, Cream's camera flashes twice as we see Sonic kneeling over Dr. Eggman. Sonic is holding a bloody knife that is embedded in Eggman's chest. Sonic's gloves seem to be covered in blood.

"Wait, it's not what it looks like! I-I-I I didn't do this!" Sonic says.

"Freeze! Police!" A loud voice shouts from behind us.

The police arrested Sonic on the spot and questioned the rest of us for the rest of the night. Since my place was blocked off by the police along with Sonic's I had to stay at Amy's house for the night.

8:12 AM - Amy's House - Living Room

(Uh, I barely got any sleep, but what happened last night, I can't believe it.)

"Hey, Tails!"

The volume of the shout surprised me and I fell off a couch.

"Ow!"

"Oh! I'm sorry!" Amy says as she quickly walks over and helps me up.

"You seem surprisingly happy with what happened last night." i say.

"Well, you are a lawyer, aren't you? You heard what he said, he's innocent! And you got him off for that theft he did." Amy says enthusiastically.

"(Ok, but he didn't commit that crime.) Uh, yeah! I can do this. We should probably head over to the detention center. See what Sonic has to say." I respond.

"Yeah! Let's go now!" Amy says as she quickly grabs her hammer and walks over to the door. However, as she walks out the door, she reacts to something, "Oh! Cream! You look sad, are you ok?"

I quickly walk over to the door as well. Cream is standing with her head sort of drooped down, clearly crying, troubled by the horrific scene she had witnessed last night.

"I mean, she is pretty young, and what happened last night…" I say.

Amy responds, "Oh but you're also just a kid! And you seem perfectly fine!"

"(I'm not really fine though. Seeing Sonic like that was just, traumatizing.) Yeah, well. I have to be a bit more composed on the outside (even if I'm not on the inside). Especially if I have to prove Sonic's innocence." I say.

"Well, it's not just that. The police also confiscated my camera after I mentioned I accidentally took a picture. And that picture probably makes Sonic look even worse!" Cream says sadly.

"Oh, don't worry about that. Tails is on the case! And he'l make sure Sonic gets declared not guilty!" Amy says hopefully, "Come on, we're going to the detention center to talk to Sonic."

We all walk away towards the detention center.

11:21 AM Central City Police HQ - Detention Center

(We probably would've gotten here sooner if Any didn't insist we were going the right direction as we were walking in circles…) We all walk in and ask the security guards if we can talk to him. We get told we only have a short time to talk. All three of us go and sit down as Sonic walks in and sits down. He looks troubled and sad.

"Oh, hey. I'm surprised you guys came." Sonic says.

"We wouldn't just leave you alone to rot in some cell!" Amy says.

"(I probably shouldn't tell her that murderers usually face the death penalty if they are convicted.) Well, Sonic, I'm here to offer my services as a lawyer." I say to him.

"Are you sure? I mean, you saw what it looked like in there? There's no way that they would find me innocent. I'm done for…" Sonic sadly says.

"(Oh boy, I don't think any optimism is gonna help him now.) Ok, Sonic, I still want to take your case, and if you are ok with it I'd like to ask you a few questions." I say.

"Yeah, might as well. " he says.

"So, first of all, what happened that night?" I ask.

"Well, I heard a loud sound coming from downstairs. It woke me up. It took me quite a bit longer than it should've to wake up enough to get down there. At first I thought it might've been you walking in so I walked instead of ran. Though, if I had just been faster, I might've been able to stop this…" he says.

"What did you see when you got down there?"

"Well… the kitchen was a mess. And Eggman, he was just lying there, the knife beside him… in a poll of his own blood. I ran over fast. And… Well… I…" he says seeming worried and embarrassed.

"Wait, you found the knife beside Eggman? But, it was found inside him…"

"Yeah, well, it's just… I kinda remembered that… well… you shouldn't take the knife out of a stab wound and it makes you bleed out faster so I… I… I put the knife back in, he might have still been alive and I didn't want him to bleed out… It was late and I was tired, I don't know what I was thinking…" Sonic says.

All three of us just stare at Sonic in silence for a few seconds.

"You put it back in him." Amy says, shocked.

"Yeah.. It wasn't my best move…" Sonic replies.

"Anything else?" I ask him.

"Hm. No. That's about when you three walked in." he says.

"(Well, that's probably the best we're gonna get out of him right now.) Thank you for you time, Sonic." I say.

"Hey, we should head back to your place! The police there might have my camera!" Cream suggests.

Amy says, "Oh yeah! Let's go, we might be able to check out more stuff, get some evidence to prove Sonic's innocence!"

And with that, Cream and I left the detention center to go to the crime scene and let Amy talk to Sonic for a bit. She caught up with us a few minutes later.

11:50 AM - Prower and Co. Law Offices - Sonic's Condo

(Ok, back home, let's go and see how things are.) As we approach the house an officer stops us. I explain we are Sonic's lawyers and would like to take a look around. He begrudgingly lets us in. When inside I notice a familiar person, a large crocodile in a trench coat.

"Vector?" I say in surprise.

"Tails! I heard ya were a lawyer. Kinda figured you'd be takin' this case. After all, you're Sonic's best bud." Vector says.

"Yeah, it's just I never figured you were a police detective! I mean, I knew Chaotix was a detective agency, but still!" I still say in surprise.

"Yeah well, we kinda ran out of money, Charmy, Espio, and I still go out and do stuff all the time. Espio is also a detective here, though Charmy went on to other things. Well, not here as in this buildin, but here as in the department." Vector says, "So! What can I do for ya?"

"(That's surely a shame about Chaotix) Well, Do you have anything we might be able to see that could help us prepare a defense?" I ask.

"Well, you are a good friend and I'd love to help ya, but I don't think I can give ya much. I can give you this though. It's Eggman's autopsy report." Vector says.

"Can I have my camera back as well, Mr. Vector?" Cream asks.

"Oh yeah! That! No problem kiddo. I just can't give back the data card. It has some pretty valuable evidence on it." Vector says as he reaches into a bag and pulls out Cream's camera. He tosses it over to her and she barely catches it.

"But I had so many good pictures on there…" Cream says quietly.

"Well, thanks Vector. Can we have a look around?" I ask hopefully.

Vector quickly responds, "Ah no can do kiddo, we're still investigating and gathering evidence."

"(Are you sure? It looks like everyone is just slacking off back there.) Hey, if you can't let us investigate, can you at least tell us a few more details? Please?" I ask.

"Ehhh. I shouldn't but what the hell. Sure thing kid." Vector says, "The investigation is showing that Sonic and one accomplice broke Eggman out of the Central City Prison just to kill him. I'd go there, the warden might be a bit more willing to talk. Now… I don't want to believe Sonic is capable of something like this, but the evidence is kinda speaking for itself, there are some things that just feel wrong though, like why he came back here… Good luck, Tails. Heard the prosecutor of this case wants us to check every little detail, and I hear he's looking for a guilty verdict. Be careful out there."

"Thanks, Vector." I ask and the three of us leave and head out towards the prison. Before that though, I decide to check out the autopsy report on Eggman it reads:

Name: Ivo Robotnick

Age: Unknown

Cause of Death: Single stab wound to the heart, death was instant.

Other notes: Struck multiple times with a strong blunt force before death.

1:12 PM - Central City Prison - Courtyard

As the three of us approach the prison we notice that it's swarming with police and military types. We got stopped at the gates and noticed the multiple large holes in the walls leading inside the prison. We explain to the guard that we are here to investigate and he sends up to talk with the Warden who he said was expecting us.

1:24 PM - Central City Prison - Warden's Office

We approach the door and knock, when we hear another familiar voice, one considerably younger than I'd expect a Warden to be, though hey, I somehow became a lawyer, who am I to judge.

A small bee opens the door, it's Charmy.

"Oh, Charmy! What are you doing here?" asks Amy.

"I'm the warden of this place. Vector gave me a call and let me know that y'all were gonna be heading over. So, anything I can get for you guys? A drink? Some food/ I've got some candies in a bowl over here." Charmy says as he flies around the room quickly before settling down in his chair.

"Well, Charmy. We'd like to know what happened here last night." I say.

"Yeah!" Amy quickly adds, "We know Sonic is innocent and we need proof!"

"Well, I'm sorry guys," Charmy says, "I don't have anything really. Cameras are in black and white and the two attackers were wearing disguises. Nothing concrete to show it wasn't Sonic, though, nothing concrete to show it was him either. The video is gonna be shown tomorrow in court."

"Seriously? We walked all the way here to find nothing? Sonic is in real trouble here and you know he didn't do it! He couldn't've!' Amy shouts.

"Woah! Sorry, Amy. It's just… I… We just don't have anything here. I mean, G.U.N. asked me to help them reinforce this place to prevent someone from breaking Egghead out!" Charmy responds.

"What kind of protections?" I ask.

"Oh well, one of the reasons I'm the warden is because they thought I had great ideas! So I was the idea guy on this project. We reinforced the walls with steel, I thought someone might try tunneling in and we put detectors in place to find it, and also Eggman has flying robots, so G.U.N. set up anti-air guns around the prison. I mentioned a frontal assault, but for some reason they said that it'd be suicidal and just reinforcing the walls would be good enough. Guess it wasn't. They disabled all our alarms and punched right through the walls." Charmy says defensively.

"(Hmm. I know Sonic is strong and all, even with his spin dash and homing attacks, but is he strong enough to bust through that much steel and stone? And wait, did he say punched?)" I think to myself.

"C'mon, there's gotta be more. What about that punched thing? Sonic doesn't punch, he throws himself entirely at his enemies and smashes them!" Amy says.

"Again, I didn't get a good clear shot on the intruders. There were two of them after all, though you are right. I did specifically see punching through walls. If you want to know a bit more, the reason we acted so quickly on the defenses was because we got a tip from a reliable source. You might want to talk to her. Y'all probably know her, she is a well known thief." Charmy says.

"Her?" I say.

"Thief?" Amy and Cream both say.

"It's Rouge, isn't it." I say.

"That's right. You should find her at the Marked Dragon's Bar." Charmy says.

The three of us say goodbye to Charmy and head on out to find wherever this Marked Dragon's Bar is.

2:01 PM - Marked Dragon Bar

(Ok, it's only one, so it should be pretty easy to find Rouge. Ah, there's a bat wearing a heart shaped stop. That's Rouge all right.)

"Hey Rouge! Over here!" Amy blurts out loudly.

Shocked, Rouge drops the drink she was holding. It shatters on the ground.

"Oh come on, Amy, you don't have to scare a girl like that.' Rouge says cooly.

"Oh sorry!" apologizes Amy.

"So, what made you come all the way here and make me drop my drink?" Rogue asks.

"We need to ask you a few questions, well, Tails needs to ask you a few questions." Amy says.

"Yeah, well, Rouge, we heard that you may have tipped off the prison to a potential jailbreak. We wanted to know if you knew anything else perhaps?" I ask.

"Oh, I don't really know what you'd be talking about." Rouge says.

"Hey this is important. Sonic might get found guilty if you don't help us." I say.

"Oh, about that incident, I might know a bit. I have contacts who may have let me know some details." Rouge says, "I don't know the names of the culprits, but I do have some ideas of who it might be."

"Really?" Cream asks.

"Of course I do. Eggman's been doing some pretty bad things recently. Obviously, Sonic is a good suspect. He and Eggman have been fighting for years. Then maybe you, Tails as well, for the same reason, but you have a solid alibi. Then Amy as well…: Rogue begins ot say as she's quickly interrupted by Amy.

"Me! Why would I kill someone!"

"Well, Eggman likes to nearly kill Sonic, I feel like that's a good motive. After that, I'd say, Knuckles maybe. Eggman stole the Master Emerald again and caused a lot of destruction. Heard he was in town. Shadow maybe, but he'll be hard to find. Even if you find him, it'd be pretty hard to blame him. Oh yeah, and that one robot we worked with, what was it, E-123 Omega? I think he's trying to take out Eggman."

"Knuckles? Do you really think he'd be capable of this?" Cream asks.

"I don't know, darling. As far as I know, there's no reason that he'd want Sonic out of the picture. Though, Those riders, what were they called again…" Rouge says.

"The Babylon Rogues? The ones who Sonic and I helped put away? (That does kinda make sense.)" I say.

"Those're the ones." Rouge says, "They hate Eggman and probably don't feel too happy about that trial yesterday. And then there's G.U.N. They were in charge of the security at the prison, could've broken Eggman out and framed Sonic for it."

"Yeah, I can see that happening." I say, "Anything else before we move on? Amy, Cream, and I were going to head back to the crime scene to see if we can look around again, though we might find Knuckles as well."

"Yeah, I heard that one of the killers is planning on turning himself in. And he will testify against Sonic. Good luck." Rouge says before she walks away.

The three of us leave and head back to the gym to find Knuckles.

4:25 PM - Deadlift Gym

(Alright, I heard Knuckles was seen around this place pretty often, though why did it have to be so far away?) We approach this small wooden building. Inside is a pretty run-down gym, the only person here seems to be a red Echidna who is relentlessly beating on a punching bag.. The three of us approach him.

"Oh, hey Knuckles, how's it going? Would you mind if we ask you a few questions?" I ask.

He doesn't stop punching the bag. He says, "Yeah? What? Shouldn't you be out there making sure Sonic is found Innocent?"

"Oh huh! (I mean, that's why I'm here.) Yeah. (Wait… He's the first person that we've met that thought Sonic was innocent. Though, he is one of Sonic's closest friends.) Well, I just wanted to ask you if you may have had anything against Eggman?" I say a bit less confidently.

"Why would I frame Sonic?" Knuckles asks.

"(That's not an answer.) Well, we just heard that Eggman recently stole the Master Emerald and destroyed a lot of things while doing it." I say.

"He did. Can't say I can blame the guy who took him out. Don't like how he framed Sonic though. That was scummy. Hope you find whatever scumbag did that." Knuckles says.

"What did he do to make you think that? You've always been satisfied with tossing him into prison." I ask.

"He went too far last time. Ended up killing a few people. Now, I'd just love to finish up my day here. Would you mind going somewhere else?" Knuckles says.

"Oh, uh, yeah. Goodbye, Knuckles." I say.

We all walk outside where Amy stops me.

"Hey, Tails?" she asks.

"Oh yeah?" I say.

"Did something seem off about Knuckles?" Amy asks.

"Uh, yeah. He seemed pretty upset about what Eggman did." I say

"Let's go back to Sonic's place. It's getting late. The cops might be gone." Amy says.

6:23 PM - Prower and Co. Law Offices - Sonic's Condo

(The police are all hanging out outside, we could probably sneak in and have a look around.) Cream and I both start flying and carry Amy to the roof and enter from there. WE get a better look inside. There is a kitchen connected to the living area without a wall, there is some tape outlining where eggman was and some stained blood on the ground. The fridge has seemingly been smashed inwards with a massive dent in it. There is also an uneaten chili dog on the table.

"Hey, I 'm gonna get something to drink." Amy says as she walks away to grab a cup.

"Wait, this is a crime scene. Are you sure you want to do that?" I ask.

"Listen, Tails, I haven't had anything to drink all day. I'm gonna get some water." Amy says as she fills the cup with water.

I walk over to the knife block which is missing a single knife, there's a blue spine on there as well. I pick it up and walk over to get a bag to put it in when suddenly I walk over to Amy and her water spills on me and the blue spine I found.

"Ow! Watch where you're going!" Amy says.

"Ah sorry, Amy." I say as I quickly go to pick it up though when I put it in a bag, it seems to have left a bit of a blue stain on my gloves. I also go and put the half-eaten chili-dog in the bag.

"Hey, Cream, could you take a picture of the fridge? We might need it later." I ask.

"Oh! Yeah!" Cream says as she takes out her camera.

"We should get out of here, we've made a good amount of noise and the cops outside might decide to walk back in. Let's check back in with Sonic.

8:40 PM Central City Police HQ - Detention Center

(Ok, unfortunately, this is probably the last thing we're gonna be able to do today.) We walk in and get Sonic back in. He seems a bit worse than last time.

"Hey, Sonic. You doing ok?" I ask.

"No. I'm done for." Sonic says.

"(Jeez, that isn't a lot of confidence in my skills.) Hey, Amy, Cream, and I all found out a bunch of things today that could definitely help. There's a lot more to this than it seems. I do want to ask you about something. The fridge was smashed in and there was a half-eaten chili dog on the table. Know anything about those?" I say.

"Oh, I made that incase I got hungry in the middle of the night. I got hungry before I went to sleep and ate half of it. And the fridge? Must've been the killers. I had a lot of good food there."

A man in a suit walks up behind us and says, "Excuse, miss Rose and miss Cream? The prosecutor of this case would like a word with you.

"Oh? Really? Ok then, I guess. Good luck, Tails." Amy says as she gets up and walks away with Cream.

"Oh yeah, Cream! Remember to get that thing printed!" I say before they leave.

The prism guard walks up and takes Sonic away.

(Without Amy and Cream here and with it being so late, I guess I'm done here for today. I really hope I have gathered enough to help Sonic. I've got the Autopsy Report, the Spine The Chili Dog, and that picture Cream took.

To be continued…