May 11, 10:00 A.M. District Court, Courtroom No. 5

As Phoenix plunged into the smoke and fire that lay ahead of him, he knew that he was probably not going to make it out in one piece, and if he was going to make it out in one piece, he would probably not be breathing, let alone living. He knew that he was no firefighter, and his mission could be terminated prematurely by a number of things.

For one, he could be standing next to a door, and someone could open it. A backdraft would then surge towards him, likely killing him. Phoenix then looked up. Even though it was black all around him, he could barely see that there was a hole in the center of the ceiling. About 66% of the ceiling had already collapsed.

Phoenix suddenly realized that shock from another train impact, a fuel explosion, or even an earthquake could cause the rest of the ceiling to collapse, and he could be trapped under a slab of concrete or stone for hours before firefighters could rescue him.

There was also two dangers that would be fatal. The first was that gas oil could be leaking from a car, but have not contacted the fire. The heat would likely cause the gas oil to turn into vapor, which could contact the fire and violently explode, demolishing the courtroom.

Also, Phoenix knew that the fire was expanding every minute. He knew that the rest of the room was very hot, and eventually, the air temperature of the air would be so high that it would reach flash point, and the whole courtroom would burst into flames. That would kill anyone inside instantly.

The attorney took a deep breath and ran. He found some civilians that were lying unconscious on the floor, most likely due to smoke inhalation. He aimed the fire extinguisher, and fired carbon dioxide snow onto them, preventing the fire from burning them.

He looked to his right, and found that most people on the right side on the courtroom were uninjured and were looking for a way out of the "room of death" that they were trapped in. Phoenix ran to the left side again, where the wreck was, and most of the injured people were.

After spraying the whole contents of his fire extinguisher on both the people and the bullet train, he got on his hands and knees. It was getting very hard to breathe due to the accumulation of smoke. He fumbled around, attempting to find Maya, but it was hindered due to the large amount of people on the floor.

He tried to look for the purple fabric of Maya's kimono, but it was no use, for the smoke was so think that Phoenix was blinded, and even if he had a fan on him, he would still have been unable to see clearly. As a last resort, Phoenix began to feel his way around using his fingers as a last ditch attempt to find her.

Suddenly, a hand touched him from behind.

He whirled around, and heard a weak voice say, "N-Nick... please save me..."

The attorney gasped, "That voice... MAYA!"

Phoenix grabbed a hold of her and rocketed out of the courtroom, which was now almost completely demolished.

As soon as he got a safe distance away from the courtroom, Phoenix took his fingers and lightly pressed them against Maya's neck. Although it was covered in soot, he was able to get a pulse reading. He found that she had minor burns on her arms, hands, and feet. Her sandals were missing, almost as if they had been vaporized by the fire.

Phoenix laid down next to Maya, and tickled her neck lightly.

He sighed, "Maya... it's gonna be okay..."

He then pressed his face against hers and closed his eyes. Phoenix felt so overjoyed that Maya was all right. He didn't know what he would do without her in his life.

Fire truck sirens could be heard in the distance, as could the sirens of ambulances and police cars.

Phoenix whispered, "Maya, don't forget that Pearl will be waiting for you when you wake up."

He lightly kissed her. However, upon the act commencing, there was a feeling inside of his that told him not to stop.

Phoenix thought that it was strange to kiss Maya for longer than 30 seconds, but he felt like it was all of his worries coming out of his body.

That moment, Maya awoke, and gasped. She motioned for him to end the kiss, but she felt that her jaw was locked tightly. She stopped resisting, and let the warm feelings of the kiss flow into her body. Maya was never so happy to see Nick in her entire life.

When the kiss finally ended, the two got up and searched the nearby terrain for Pearl and Edgeworth. From the distance, they heard a scream.

"MYSTIC MAYA! OVER HERE!"

Maya ran towards her cousin with lightning speed, and Phoenix trailed behind the best he could.

Edgeworth coughed, "W-Wright! You somehow managed to survive the impact! Good for you! I bet we'll have to watch the news tonight, for sure."

Maya sweated, "The news?! We just saw it for ourselves! And besides, they wouldn't figure out why a train crash happened in one day."

Pearl jumped into the air. "Mystic Maya! I saw you in the distance, and you and Mr. Nick were kissing!"

Maya snapped, "We were not kissing! Why would I do that in public, anyway?"

Pearl screamed, "Mr. Nick is your special someone! Why wouldn't you be in love with him?"

Maya sighed, "I guess you have a point."