Turnabout Complication - 2
"Daddy!" Trucy jumped up. "Can me, Polly, Thena and Anton go look at the food?"
Anton gasped in surprise. "M-Me?"
"Sure!" Trucy grinned. "You are okay with that, right?"
"Yes...yes I am okay with that..." Anton adjusted his sunglasses.
"If you four want to go look at the food, I'm not stopping you." Phoenix chuckled. "But be careful, okay?"
"You worry too much daddy!" Trucy giggled.
"Yeah boss!" Athena grinned. "Apollo isn't going to hurt himself!"
"H-huh?" Apollo jumped back in shock.
"Anton. If they get lost, I'm sure you can guide them." Bloom smiled. "You know this place inside out after all.."
Trucy skipped out of the doors, followed by Athena and Apollo. Anton hesitated.
"Go on!" Bloom chuckled. "There's no one stopping you!"
Anton then made his way to follow the others.
"Anton trusts you a lot I see..." Phoenix waved them off.
"Well, yes, I suppose." Bloom started. "He looks up to me as an older sister, considering his background..." She paused. "His parents died when he was young, so I took him in..."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Miles cleaned his glasses. "It must be hard for him..."
"You don't have to apologise..." Bloom paused again. "...he can't remember a thing..."
"Does he have some sort of amnesia?" Phoenix asked.
"Something along those lines." Bloom hesitated. "But I'm sure you have other things to ask, correct?"
(A-Ah-!) Phoenix started at Bloom for a moment. (I-Is that...four red psyche locks?...I'll have to see to them later...). "May I ask a question?" He asked.
"Well sure, go ahead." Bloom smiled.
"This is only something we have heard...but, do you have a Prosecutor's badge...and a Defence Attorney's badge...?" Phoenix rubbed his neck sheepishly.
"...Why yes, I am a Prosecutor and a Defence Attorney....There was no rule saying I couldn't..." Bloom trailed off.
Phoenix looked at her with disbelief. "E-Edgeworth...did you know about this...?"
"Of course. She told me when I first introduced her to the Prosecutor's office." He folded his arms. "In all my years, I have never seen anything quite like this..."
(You're making me feel old Edgeworth-) "Why is there a need for new Prosecutors anyway...?"
"There are a lot of inexperienced Prosecutors at the moment." Miles started. "We needed some that were experienced and could hold a trial without question, and this was where Bloom came in..."
"Not many important cases appeared in England...aside from a few. Mel came over here, so me and Anton came with her..." Bloom tapped her chin. "It was the first time he ever went to a country aside from England..."
"...Speaking of Anton." Miles started. "They are taking quite a while..."
"Now that I think about it..." Phoenix continued. "They should've been back by now..."
As if on queue, a scream was heard.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH-!"
"What?" Bloom stood up.
"That sounded like-" Miles looked at the door.
"Athena-!" Phoenix ran out of the door.
They ran to where the scream was heard, outside the door of the room, Athena was sitting against the wall. Her eyes were wide, and she was trembling.
"Athena!" Phoenix ran up to her. "Are you alright...?"
"L-L-L-Look..." She pointed to the door of the room she was next to.
Bloom opened the door.
"!"
She fell onto her knees and held her head.
"W-Why..."
Phoenix gasped and ran into the room.
Miles examined every corner of the scene.
Inside the room, was Trucy, Apollo, Mel and Anton. Mel was at the far back of the room, slumped against the wall with a knife in her chest. Trucy was lying on the floor next to her, with her hat on the floor and her neck scarf removed, with a clear line around her neck. Anton was slumped over, with blood coming out of his head.
And then there was Apollo.
He was sitting on a chair, holding Trucy's neck scarf and a bottle covered in blood. He was slumped over, and was facing the three on the floor.
"T-Trucy-!" Phoenix ran over to her and shook her rapidly. A tear rolled down his cheek.
"Wright..." Miles came over and out his hand on his shoulder, and they stared at the scene.
Bloom looked at Mel and Anton, shaking uncontrollably. She touched Anton's face and laughed.
"Aha...Ha..."
She then put her hands on her head and shook her head rapidly.
"No no no no no NO NO-!" She screamed.
Miles ran over to her and tried comforting her.
(...I don't know what exactly happened after that...it was all a blur.
The restaurant called the police soon after...
When they came, Bloom was on the verge of snapping...
...Miles had driven me home soon after the police came, saying we could all solve this tomorrow...
Tomorrow...)
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End of part 2
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{ *shuffles awkwardly* }
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