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

"...Mia's Final Goodbye..."

despite everything that happened in court, despite him discovering the truth, ..despite how he managed to save maya and iris form a murder charge, phoenix didn't feel like celebrating.., he was slouched against the wall, both of his hands in his pocket as he kept his gaze down at the floor, he failed...because he couldn't save one person from prison, ..Diego Armando.., ..after he had risked his life to save maya.., he couldn't save him fully

'..did i do enough?..'

he asked himself, despite the fact he wasn't really asking anyone, another voice answered his question

'of course you did phoenix'

phoenix shot up his head as he looked up from the floor, and the towards the one person who was the reason why he became a lawyer again

'M-Mia..'

he muttered out, mia had on the biggest smile on her face as she ran right up to him and hugged him tightly in her arms, he hugged back, ..wishing he could be just as happy about this, ..but he wasn't..

'..I'm proud of you Phoenix, Your defense was truly brilliant!!'

she praised, she was expecting him to smile his genuine small smile, but instead..he frowned, ..and shook his head at her, ..he was, ..disagreeing with her?

'i...i didn't do enough, i failed-I-...I couldn't save Armando! The man who cared so much about you and risked his life to save maya-'

mia gently cut him off, putting a hand gently ontop of his locket

'You're wrong, Phoenix, You did save Diego. You saved him in the only way possible...'

'..t-that may be but i-i could've done more--'

'no phoenix, you did everything that you could've done phoenix, ..what you did was more then enough'

she reassured, he didn't say anything back, ..now feeling even more conflicted, ..mia then gently cupped his cheek with her one hand, making him look at her in her eyes

'Phoenix, I want you to remember one thing, you are the most strongest person i ever known in my life, you went through so much, ..and now, here you are, standing in court, facing your fears everyday and getting help, You are the most amazing defense attorney i have ever seen, You never needed my help, here's nothing more you can learn from me, ..their never was in the first place'

'M-Mia...!'

he stuttered out, ..was this, ..was this what he thought this was?!, ..her final goodbye?!, she smiled warmly at him

'You've accomplished something I wasn't able to, I owe you a great deal. ...Thank you brother'

'...s-sis i-'

he wasn't ready, ...he didn't want to say goodbye yet, ..as much as mia wasn't either to let go, ...she had to

'I'm sure we'll meet again... someday...'

both of their eyes teared up as they hugged each other tighter for one last time, ..this was it, ...their final goodbye, ..until the day they meet again

after that, mia said she had to head off somewhere, ..he understood and let her leave, ..he had to let go, .., then, another voice called out for his attention

'..nick..'

he turned his head around to meet maya, who was smiling and all, ..he knew at once what she was doing, and didn't call her out on it yet, ..but did bring her into a hug, getting on his knees, making maya a bit taller then him