Ace Attorney: Council of Crime

Part 5 (Milan)

I covered my ears as soon as I heard the two screams. "W-what is that?!" I exclaimed. They were even louder than I was, and let me tell you, that's saying a lot!!

Mr. N was staring downwards with a frown. "Maia and Raegan always were the loud sorts of people..." he muttered with a sigh.

"Maia and Raegan?" I asked, looking up at him in confusion and curiosity. "Are they girls like me?"

As if on cue, two girls came running up to us, caramel hair flying wildly. One had a few freckles dotting her complexion. The girls shared bright blue eyes. The freckled girl had an orange dress on and the other girl (who had glasses instead) had a teal shirt on with jeans. 

Mr. N sighed again. "There they are..." he said.

"These are your sisters?" Mr. M asked him. Mr. N nodded. 

"Are you J-" one the girls (the one who wore orange) exclaimed, running up to Mr. M. Before she could finish her exclamation, her mouth was covered up by Mr. N's hand, who looked pale and in slight panic.

"No! You're imagining things!!" Mr. N cried, distress reflected quite clearly in his eyes. 

"You've intrigued me," Mr. M smirked, looking down at the girls with a devilish aura. 

The girl with glasses smiled and started bouncing. "I hear Drew talk about a Joe person aaaaaall the time! Since he's blushing around you, you must be the one he's head over heels in love with!" she exclaimed. 

I giggled. "Does Mr. Drew, whoever that is, have a crush on Mr. Joe, again whoever that would be?" I laughed.

Mr. N turned the color of a cherry in an instant. "G-girls-!! Calm down!!" he demanded, hiding his face in his hands. 

"Who exactly are these girls?" Ms. F asked loudly, shushing the din that had appeared over us all.

"My name is Maia, and this is Raegan," the freckled girl told her. "We're Drew's little sisters!"

Mr. N (for some reason) stormed away with his hands in the air. "What have I told you all about embarrassing me at work?!" he yelled in fury. 

Ms. F nudged Mr. X with a tiny grin. "Looks like we just found out N's real name," she whispered, making X's eyes go wide.

"Is it really that easy to be exposed...?!" he murmured. I wasn't sure why they were so worried about 'exposure' or whatever it is that they were talking about. I don't think it's really that bad. It's not like there was a worldwide disaster over it or something. Seems unlikely if you ask me. 

"Could you two please just tell us what you saw the night of the first murder?" Vessy asked, crossing his arms. I forgot he was here... Oops... 

Maia nodded, her happiness draining. "Alright..." she murmured. "It was two days ago that we found the first body..."

"Maia and I were home alone since our brother and parents were out at work," Raegan continued. "Mom must have come home and we didn't hear, because..."

"I went downstairs to get a late night snack, since it was about eleven o'clock, but when I tried to do that... I found a body!!" Maia cried, her eyes tearing up. 

Raegan sniffled and rubbed her eyes. "The victim was our mom... She had been hit in the head by something really hard and fell over... Dead...!" she whispered, rubbing her eyes to stop from crying. 

"Drew came home not long after. He took us back to his apartment after the crime," Maia told us. "He didn't go to work the next day... But the problems with our family didn't stop there..."

"We came home for questioning when there was another body found, this time by both of us," Raegan gulped. "Our dad was in the same position as our mother had been just the day before...! Slumped over dead with blood around his head!" She sniffled and clung to Mr. M for support. Mr. M didn't seem to like this, but he didn't protest either. Maybe it had something to do with how nice he had been acting towards Mr. N...

"That's terrible!" Mr. X gasped, messing with his big scarf. He looked really sad, and also a little bit scared. To cheer him up, I walked to his side and encased him in a hug. Unlike Mr. M and Raegan, he actually accepted my embrace and ran his fingers through my hair to calm me down. He's such a nice guy, being so kind to a little person like me! 

"And then you guys showed up to investigate the crimes, and now we're here," Maia finished.

"I guess my family members aren't the only ones being killed by the Kuranin group..." Vessy muttered, eyes going wide. 

"What was that, Vessy?" I asked him, looking up. 

Vessy gasped. "It's nothing. Don't worry yourself with it, Milan," he instructed of me. I nodded in agreement, though I planned on delving a little further into his affairs, even if I did get into trouble. What? Can't kill me for being curious!

"C-could we please go somewhere else now?" Mr. N asked as he and Mr. M came back to the group. Both of them didn't look so happy, causing me to frown. Was something wrong with them today or something? Mr. M didn't seem to like me, which didn't help his mood...

"There's the June August crime scene near here. Let's go there next," Mr. X suggested, causing both Mr. M and Mr. N to sigh in relief.

"We'll see you all later, then!" Maia grinned, waving at us as we walked away.

"Bye!" Raegan continued to call.

We arrived at the limo not long after. I looked at Vessy sadly. What was wrong with him? What was wrong with everybody lately? Everybody in the group had been acting kind of weird... Other than Mr. X and Ms. F.

I got the sneaking suspicion that they weren't telling me something about the case they were looking into...

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I want to type an update for a story, but I also know that like nobody will read it so I'll just go do Clan Leaders instead fite me-

-Digital