May 15, 12:00 P.M. Remnants of the Los Angeles Police Department

Phoenix approached Detective Gumshoe with a tape in his hand.

"Detective, remember that security camera that Edgeworth put at Wright and Co. Law Offices?"

Gumshoe scratched his head. "Not quite, but why are you bringing the tape to me?"

Maya added, "Because Nick's car just blew up."

Gumshoe screamed, "What do you mean by 'blew up', pal?"

Pearl yelled, "Mr. Nick heard a slight beeping noise, and he got us out of the car before it exploded!"

Gumshoe looked at the spiky-haired lawyer and laughed, "Maybe your title should be 'Phoenix Wright: Ace Bomb Detector'!"

Maya gasped, "Detective! That's an insensitive joke!"

Sheepishly, Gumshoe walked away and sat down at his computer, sighing almost inaudibly. At the same time, Miles Edgeworth walked in, and no one noticed, for they were too busy paying attention to the construction workers outside, who were building the police department back up.

He grunted loudly, and Maya turned her head. "Mr. Edgeworth! What are you doing here?" Edgeworth said, "I came here for two reasons. The first is to tell you a story about America. The second is to advise you that you are in grave danger." Phoenix asked, "So, like, good news and bad news?"

"Yes."

Pearl insisted, "Tell us the story!"

Edgeworth continued, "Around the late-1400's, there was this Italian man named Amerigo Vespucci. After sailing on two voyages, one to Brazil, and the other to the West Indies, he believed that both areas were not part of Asia. Instead, he thought that they were a different continent all together."

Phoenix asked, "So you're saying that the continents of North America and South America are named for Vespucci?" Edgeworth agreed, "Indeed." Maya interrupted, "It would've been really weird if they named the Americas 'Vespucci'. Imagine saying, 'I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Vespucci.'"

Edgeworth pulled an device from his pocket. "This is a geiger counter. It detects radioactivity and turns it into sounds we can hear."

He turned the machine on and waved the wand slowly over Phoenix and Maya. When the wand passed over Maya's kimono, loud, frantic clicking noises could be heard.

Phoenix yelled, "This isn't good!" Edgeworth repositioned the wand so that it was over Pearl's kimono, and clicking sounds could be heard as well, but they were less frequent and quieter. Edgeworth gasped, "Just what I thought! That bomb was a dirty bomb!"

Maya asked, "So what does that mean, Mr. Edgeworth?"

The magenta-clad prosecutor answered, "That bomb was intentionally laced with radioactive particles. It was not a true atomic bomb, as it did not generate a nuclear explosion. If we don't get you and Pearl decontaminated immediately, you could face serious or fatal side effects."

"Such as?"

Edgeworth continued, "Your hair will fall out, your fingernails and toenails will fall off, you may get cancer, and you will suffer horribly." Maya gasped, "Pearly and I are getting decontaminated, Mr. Edgeworth!" Gumshoe pointed down a hallway, and both Fey women walked down the hallway, loosening their kimonos as they went.

Phoenix stayed near Gumshoe, waiting for them to come out. After 30 minutes of waiting, a man entered the police department. He was wearing sunglasses, and dark brown hair that was greying, and had the familiar black suit that business people wear.

Phoenix was the only other person in the whole department wearing a suit. The man approached him. He asked, "Can I speak with you for a moment?" He got up from the rickety chair he was sitting on and approached the man. The man asked, "Are you Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney?"

The lawyer replied, "Yes. What do you need me for?" The man said, "Great. I need some help to find my youngest daughter." Phoenix asked, "Why are you coming to me? I thought it would be better for all kidnapping cases to go to..." The man blurted out, "Detective Gumtree?"

Gumshoe yelled, "The name's Gumshoe, pal. Gum doesn't grow on trees!" The man resumed, "I am coming to you because you have seen my youngest daughter somewhere. Somewhere, in your career as a defense attorney, you have seen her. I beg you, go find her!"

Phoenix walked away from the man, confused as if to whom he was referring to. Sitting back down in the chair, he thought, "Youngest daughter... what does he even mean? Is he sane?"