WrightWorth: Ace Attorney Bridge To The Turnabout "A Phoenix Rises From Pain"

"Gumshoe!!"

he couldn't get it out of his head, ..godot's words cut him deep, ....and it kept replaying and ringing in his mind

"you killed her!!"

"you shoul've been able to protect her!!, you failed her just like your mother and your cousin!!"

"and how, you've let her sister suffer the same fate"

"this is your fault!!"

...was it really his fault!?, ...did he cause his family's death, ..was he to blame?!, ..d-did he not do enough for them!!, ..and was violet gonna die?!

"you failed them!!, YOU HAD ONE FUCKING JOB AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN DO IT RIGHT, YOU DAMN USELESS PEICE OF SHIT!!, AND NOW MAYA'S GONNA DIE BECAUSE OF YOU!!"

"i-i didn't-"

"YOU ARE A FAILURE!!"

"I TRIED!!, I TRIED!!"

"YOU DIDNT' DO ENOUGH!!"

'phoenix!...'

he snapped his head up from the snowy ground, ..looking around the area, .....he was so lost into his dark thoughts he didn't realize where he even was at first, ..franziska looked up at him, ..very worried, ..ever since their talk with godot, ..he's been quite, ..more then usual, ...and he kept his head down to entire time

'..y-yeah?'

'..a-are you alright?'

'...i don't know anymore'

he semi-admitted, looking off to the mountains view, franziska frowned, ...she heard everything, and wished she had cut in sooner, ...that she didn't leave him alone with him

'..don't let a fool words affect you, ...he's just trying to break you down'

'....it's hard to do that when you've been telling yourself those words for years...'

'phoenix-'

'can we not talk about this, ...i just want to focus on violet'

he mumbled, looking back down at the snow, franziska decided to drop the subject, ...she could talk about this with him later...

"i can't let these stupid thoughts get to me!!, violet isn't gonna die!!, focus on maya!!"

'.. I dunno... Should I... Or shouldn't I...?'

the two looked up to see where the voice's were coming from, ...and saw it was gumshoe, phoenix sighed when he saw his friend getting her whip ready

'Yeah. I guess I better wash that off. That's what I'll do. No, but I can't do that. I'm a detective... ...Argh! My brain! This is driving me nuts! Aaaah!'

he yelped out in pain, franziska smirked as she asked 

'Is something troubling you, Scruffy?'

gumshoe jumped in his shoes as phoenix slapped his forehead

'P-Please don't whip me like that all of a sudden, sir!'

'It was merely a simple greeting. A friendly tap on the shoulder... with my whip.'

phoenix rolled his eyes as he asked his detective friend what was going on with him

'what's up big guy?, something on your mind?'

his eyes widen in shock as he cried out

'H-H-How did you know, pal!?'

'Perhaps you were trying to decided if you wanted to wash "that" off or not...?'

franziska guessed, pointing right at her, gumshoe's eyes widen as he backed up a little bit

'H-H-How did you know, sir!? Oh! Yeah! I nearly forgot. You can't go through that little gate there, OK?'

phoenix looked over and asked him in a monotone voice

'You mean the one that says "No Entry" on it?'

'... I... um... kinda already snuck in there!'

the two lawyers blinked at him, ...did he really think they were both gonna play by the rules, ..they made their own fucking rules

'So what's behind there, Scruffy?'

she demanded, crossing her arms

'Huh? A kind of... garden-like garden'

he said, not sure on how else to put it

'garden?'

phoenix repeated in a question like tone

'Yeah. Anyway, it's under investigation right now, so keep out! I'm not telling you, I'm asking you, pal! You got me?, Well, see you later!'

and with that, he hurried off, ...leaving the two lawyers alone to themselves

'So... shall we adjourn to this garden, Phoenix Wright?'

'you get your whipping ass i fucking do!!'

he smirked back at her as he cracked his knuckles, heading inside, ...he knew gumshoe wasn't a horrible detective, ..but what the hell was he talking about when he said he to "wash it off", ...h felt bad thinking this but, ...gumshoe was hiding and thinking about covering up evidence, ...and he demanded to see what it was