Episode 4

 Turnabout Beginnings

 

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      Part 1-1: Trial

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The girl... Let her go!

 

Shut up!

C-Come closer...

And I kill her!

 

Sorry, but you're not going

to get the chance...

 

         *BANG!*

 

 

[Phoenix is using a laptop]

 

I'm reading through the file

of an old court case.

 

It was the first case of my

long-time mentor, Mia Fey...

 

 

  [Viewing Data 1 File]

 

      Fugitive Data

 

Name: Terry Fawles

 

Charge: Kidnapping, Murder

Sentence: Death Penalty

 

  [Viewing Data 2 File]

 

   Fugitive Movements

 

After escaping, Fawles

met with, and then

murdered, Sergeant

Valerie Hawthorne.

Recaptured on Eagle Mountain

about 8 hours after

his escape.

 

 

Her very first client was a

death row inmate who had

recently broken out of prison.

 

That was a whole year before

Mia and I ever met.

 

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  -- 6 Years Earlier --

         Mia Fey

       First Trial

 

  February 16, 9:24 AM

     District Court

  Defendant Lobby No. 4

 

Mia

(Ugh... I'm so nervous.

I feel like I'm going to die.)

 

Mia

(I never should've

accepted this case...)

 

[Unknown person appears]

 

Mia

Eeeeeeek!

 

Mia

...Ah! G-G-Good morning!

(Don't be so jumpy, Mia!)

 

???

I-I din't do nuttin'!

I swear!

I din't kill nobody!

 

Mia

(Terry Fawles...

...My first client.)

 

Mia

(Sentenced to death 5 years

ago, and now... a prison

escapee.)

 

Fawles

...

 

Mia

(Just relax, Mia! Make small

talk and try to relax him!)

 

Mia

...Err, umm...

So why did you escape anyway?

 

Fawles

Ah. Ah.

UGGA!

 

Mia

Eeeeek!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

 

Fawles

...Ugh.

I din't do nuttin'!

I din't kill nobody!

 

Fawles

I never... I never lie!

I din't escape from nowhere!

 

Mia

Err...

 

Mia

But, Mr. Fawles...

The police just recaptured

you two days ago.

 

Fawles

...

Ugh.

Sorry. I told a little lie.

 

Mia

(Oh boy...)

 

Fawles

But anyway, I din't do it!

I never killed nobody!

 

Mia

Umm, sorry for asking but...

You're on death row, right?

 

Fawles

Uh. Uh...

UGGA!

 

Mia

Eeeeeek!

I'm really, really sorry!

 

Fawles

They sentenced me to die

5 years ago!

But I was tricked I tell you!

 

Fawles

That woman! She lied in her

testimony! ...That's why I got

the death penalty!

 

Fawles

I swear it! I din't kill her!

I could never do that!

 

Mia

(Two days ago, he escaped

from the police wagon when

it crashed...)

 

Mia

(Then about 8 hours later...)

 

Mia

(A policewoman was murdered

before the police could

recapture him.)

 

Mia

(The police believe that

Terry Fawles did it.)

 

Mia

Umm... After you escaped,

did you meet a policewoman?

 

Fawles

...

 

Fawles

Yeah... I did.

...She's the reason I escaped.

 

Mia

(So that much is true...

He did meet with the victim.)

 

Fawles

But I din't kill her!

 

Fawles

She was alive when I left!

She was alive...!

It-It's true!

 

Mia

(I can trust him... right?

I mean, I should...)

 

???

Ha...!

 

???

You're not going to figure

out the truth by just staring

at the guy...

 

Mia

Y-You're... Why are you here?

 

???

I came to see how our little

kitten was doing all alone in

the big, scary lion's den.

 

???

...I thought maybe you'd like

someone to play with.

 

Mia

Err, where is Mr. Grossberg?

 

???

Ha...!

That old man is probably

still in bed.

 

???

I bet he's clutching an empty

bottle and mumbling in his

sleep.

 

Armando

Aren't I good enough?

After all, it's me...

Diego Armando!

 

Mia

I-I didn't say...

 

Mia

Diego Armando, the finest

attorney at Grossberg Law

Offices, is here for me...?

 

Armando

No, no, no...

You've got it all wrong!

Today, YOU'RE the finest!

 

Armando

After all, it took an amazing

amount of guts to take this

case!

 

Armando

Imagine...

An escaped death row convict

for a first client!

 

Mia

Yeah, err... Th-Thanks.

(I sure wish I could get

out of it though!)

 

Armando

Ha...!

Relax.

I just heard some good news.

 

Armando

The prosecutor for today

is fresh out of his diapers

as well.

 

Mia

R-Really!?

 

Armando

However...

Unlike a certain somebody

who I won't mention...

 

Armando

...he's earned the reputation

as a “genius” since beginning

his law career.

 

Mia

(G-Genius...?)

 

Armando

Well, it's about time

to head in, Kitten.

 

Armando

Sharpen those claws of yours.

It's go time!

 

Mia

(A solitary confinement cell

for the condemned must be

the world's loneliest place.)

 

Mia

(...And that's what my client

ran away from.)

 

Mia

(Every other lawyer gave up

on him... But not me.)

 

Mia

(When I saw those overflowing

eyes and heard that simple,

child-like voice...)

 

Mia

(I just had the feeling that

he was telling the truth.)

 

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  February 16, 10:00 AM

     District Court

    Courtroom No. 4

 

Judge

Court is now in session for

the trial of Terry Fawles.

 

Mia

The defense is ready,

Your Honor.

 

???

The prosecution has been

ready for a while, Your Honor.

 

Judge

I understand the lawyers for

both sides are newcomers...?

 

Mia

Y-Y-Yes, Your Honor.

I'm Mia Fey.

 

Edgeworth

Miles Edgeworth... Your Honor.

 

Judge

So you're the new prosecutor

everyone is talking about, eh?

 

Judge

They say you joined the

prosecutor's office at quite

an early age.

 

Edgeworth

At 20... Your Honor.

 

Armando

I guess our little kitten

hasn't earned herself much

of a reputation yet, huh?

 

Mia

(Come on, Mia!

You can't lose! Not to

someone younger than you!)

 

Edgeworth

...Hmph.

 

Judge

Young people running a trial.

I'm not too sure how I feel

about that.