My Little Ace Attorneys
Prologue: Party Crashed
Load Full StoryNext ChapterApollo Justice sat down on the sofa and sighed contentedly. His apartment was a complete mess, Phoenix and Edgeworth were shooting daggers at each other and he could faintly make out the sound of Ema Skye and Maya Fey bickering over something or other, but at that moment in time, the chaos of the party he was hosting didn't matter. He was so relaxed that he could've fallen asleep while a hurricane took the roof off. Ema and Maya finished arguing, and Ema joined him on the sofa. Soon Apollo had captivated her with witty lines and was enjoying her company. All in all, he was pretty self-satisfied.
Phoenix Wright glared at the man in the magenta suit sitting across from him. They had just settled a dispute, but Phoenix had lost. It was a small argument, the kind that childhood friends such as themselves would have. But something about the smirk that Edgeworth had on his face was irking him. He was in a foul mood, and wanted to take it out on someone in the form of a harmless prank. When he saw Apollo chilling on the sofa and chatting up the ladies who sat next to him, he couldn't resist. He picked up the nearest object, a chicken wing, and flung it across the room. It hit Apollo square between the eyes, covering him in grease, while Phoenix and the people around him laughed so hard they fell off their chairs.
Diego Armando sat drinking his coffee and chatting with Klavier Gavin about the finer things in life. While Klavier rambled on about how he needed to "rock out more, ja Herr Coffee?" his mind wandered to the time he had spent in prison after he killed Misty Fey in Hazakura Temple all those years ago. He was grateful to Phoenix and Edgeworth, who had requested an appeal, arguing that he had assaulted her to save Maya's life, and then killed her in self defence after she attacked him with a dagger. Their case was the truth, and Diego had been taken off Death Row and released a few years later. However, he still used his name of 'Godot' when not with friends, as 'Diego Armando' was 'murdered' 15 years ago. Now he replied to Klavier with little interest, as he observed Miles Edgeworth's shenanigans at the opposite end of the table.
Miles Edgeworth hated awkward social situations between underage girls and himself, but always seemed to wind up in them. Trucy Wright, Phoenix's adoptive daughter, had sidled up to him while he watched her father lob a chicken wing at Apollo and was now attempting to make conversation. It was clear that she admired him in more ways than one, and the 35 year-old Edgeworth wasn't going to have people's rumours and opinions of his interactions with a 17 year-old girl floating about. He was doing his best to deter her, but to no avail. Now it was Phoenix's turn to smirk, which caused Edgeworth to suspect that he had sent her on purpose. He finally drew the line when she produced a set of 'Magic Panties' and dared him to stick his hand in.
Everyone's varying levels of enjoyment at the party gradually died down, and people left one by one, until only Apollo, whose apartment it was, and Phoenix, Edgeworth and Godot, who were helping him clear up, remained. No one felt like talking as they picked up the trash. All of a sudden, there was a bright flash, and a portal of sorts opened up next to the door. The vortex pulsed and glowed as it drew in its targets- Phoenix, Edgeworth and Godot. It slowly sucked them in. Phoenix and Edgeworth were panicking, but Godot remained calm, drinking from his ever-present cup of coffee. Another flash, and all three were gone. In a daze, and unable to register what had just happened, Apollo did the first thing that came to mind. He jumped into the portal after them, right before it closed. As suddenly as it had appeared, it vanished, leaving no trace of itself or the four lawyers it had just sucked up.
Next Chapter