A Greatest Thieves Turnabout

Chapter Six: The Chase Begins

By now there were multiple forensic scientists examining the crime scene. Maggey and Edgeworth were standing over to the side waiting for results. And soon enough, they got the results. But they weren't exactly what they expected...
"So what you're trying to say is that the fingerprints on the murder weapon were upside down?"

The forensic scientist nodded nervously. Much to his relief, the prosecutor simply rolled his eyes.
"Alright then. Thank you. You can go now."
With that the forensic scientist walked, no, ran away, not glancing back for even a second.
"Jeez you sure have a eerie atmosphere. You made the man look like he wet his pants!"
Maggey muttered, taking off her glasses to clean them.
Edgeworth didn't seem to care and instead stood there deep in thought.
"Hm... the thief's prints were upside down... no that can't be right. After all, you can't stab someone like that... could that mean..."
He smiled quite suddenly and looked at Maggey.
"Perhaps the initial assumption was incorrect."

Maggey was obviously not getting what he was saying at all.
"What assumption? The one about the defendant?"

"Indeed. But there's something I want to see first."
He looked over at Emmy who was still playing on her phone, not listening to anything anyone was saying.
"You don't mind if we leave the room, right?"

Emmy looked up.
"No, I'm just making sure whoever is in this room doesn't try anything funny."
She then went back to staring at her phone.

"Well you sure look like you're doing a good job."
He muttered sarcastically, directing his attention to the back door leading out of the room. The door was behind a statue so it was rather difficult to notice at first glance but it was still somewhat visible.
"I want to see where that door leads."
Edgeworth turned the door knob and pulled it open. He then poked his head out, taking in the area. The door led into another museum hallway. This one was smaller the one they initially walked through but it still had it's own charm. Right off the bat he noticed that a few yards away there was another door wide open. Spilling out of the room was shattered glass.
"I believe I know where the stolen print went."

Hearing those words, Maggey poked her head out as well.
"Oh! You're right! The window in that room must be shattered!"
Maggey ran to to room with the shattered glass. Following along, Edgeworth walked out into the hall and shut the door behind him, noticing that there wasn't a doorknob and how seamlessly the door blended into the wall.
"Strange...."
He approached the wide open door and walked inside, making sure to avoid the broken glass. The room was mostly filled with old jewelry, each piece in a glass case with it's own label. In the middle, on display was a pendant. It was nothing special, just a silver chain, suspended on which was a blue diamond charm. Upon closer inspection however, he noticed the true beauty of the piece. Inside the diamond were bits and pieces of white quartz, making the diamond look like there was a mini snow storm inside of it. It was almost hypnotizing in a way.
Maggey was the most intrigued by it. She was staring at the pendant, completely zoned out. The look on her face wasn't exactly easy to read. It was a mix of engrossment and careful deliberations. Like she was planning something in particular.
It took Edgeworth multiple stern calls of her name to get her attention.
"Ms. Byrde!"

Maggey shot up into a salute.
"SIR YES SIR!"

Edgeworth approached shattered window towards the back of the room, leading out into the back portion of the museum where the dumpsters, staff cars, etcetera were parked.
"I see whoever stole the print decided to go out through here. Perhaps there are more clues outside?"

Maggey nodded, getting up on her tiptoes to get a better view out.
"I mean it's most probable! I don't know any other reasons as to why it'd be broken."
She dusted the broken glass off the windowsill and sat on it, leaving the prosecutor standing.
Noticing Maggey's position, he threw her a questioning glance.
"You're not planning to jump out, are you? The ground is rather far below."