Ace Attorney Investigations: Moonlight

Chapter 12

- Drew Self's POV -

Joe, Q, C and I rushed through X's stupid building, reaching the top floor. The place hadn't officially opened yet, but we had little time before the servers officially opened.

Q and C dived for the nearest couch and began to type on their laptops. Now that they were together, it was kinda obvious that they were siblings...

"Sebastian and I will try to stop this whole thing from going up," C told us, "There's two of us, so it shouldn't take as long."

"I didn't think I'd be doing something like this so quickly," Q chuckled, "But we'll do our best."

"If this goes up, we're all dead. X has no idea what he's gotten himself into..." sighed Joe, taking my hand into his. "... I just hope he doesn't-"

The door opened to reveal X, holding a laptop. He looked just as confused as we were to see each other here.

"M? Q? What... what are you doing here?" X asked us, looking over at Q and C.

Joe shot him a glare. "We're shutting you down, X. Once your system goes online, Moonlight is going to use it for their own gain."

"M-Moonlight?!" X cried out, "But... I... how do you know this? Where's your evidence?"

"X, just listen to us, please..." I begged, "... Trust us."

X glanced at the side of the wall. "If you won't stop, then... then the security will kick in..."

C perked up for the first time in a while. "Um, security? We didn't see any security in here-"

The wall next to us opened as a white and blue bear jumped out and charged at Joe. My chest tightened in shock, my feet frozen on the spot.

"S-Stalkuma-!" X cried out, running for the weird bear thing. "Please, don't attack M!"

"Intruder!" Yelled the bear, "Stay away from master Buddy! And his creation!"

X's face reddened. He dashed across the room as the bear started to whack at Joe's thighs.

Joe was simply staring at 'Stalkuma', their punches barely doing anything to him.

The bear finally powered down when X flicked the switch on the back. We all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Right, um..." X coughed awkwardly, "... What's this about Moonlight?"

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- Julia Kirigiri's POV -

I was about to park the car when another call came in from my phone. It was an unknown number, but I decided to pick up anyway.

"Hello, dear!" Chirped a familiar voice. It was the leader of Moonlight, Fiona. "I have a little something you might want to see!"

"What... what have you got planned?" I frowned, my eyes glued to my phone screen.

"Don't say it like it's a bad thing! I just have some special people with me... Kotoko and Zero, remember?" She giggled, "Visit me in that railway museum that's set to be demolished tonight... I'll be waiting!"

Fiona hung up the call, leaving me in shock. I quickly searched up a building that could match that description, and quickly headed to my destination.

The place, when I got there, was dead. There wasn't a soul in sight. Counting on my quick searching skills, I ran into the building, desperately looking for Kotoko... and Zero, too.

"Miss. Kirigiri!"

I turned my head towards the voice, it coming from the next floor. I ran towards it, hoping to find a sign of them.

Eventually, I found them. They were both tied up, with Fiona standing next to them. She was holding a gun.

"How nice of you to show up!" Fiona grinned, "I knew I would escape so easily... so I had to use some bait for you."

I glared at her. "Turn them over, and maybe I won't break any bones," I threatened her, glancing over at Kotoko.

"Didn't you forget about the demolition? You can't catch me and save these two," she said, gesturing to the girls. "So... you either catch me and let these two die, or let me go and save these two. There's always the third option, where we all die-"

"Get out of my sight," I huffed, looking down at the ground.

Fiona chuckled. "Oh~? What was that~?"

I barged past her and started to untie Kotoko and Zero. My first priority was to get those two out of here. If I was lucky, I'd be able to catch Fiona later.

She seemed to realise what I was doing and ran off as I finished untying the ropes.

"M-Miss. Kirigiri-! It was so scary-!" Kotoko whined, hugging me tight.

"How did you two even get here?" I asked them, the three of us starting to run out of the building.

"It was that idiot Griffin!" Zero told me, "He had to go answer a call, so he left us in the middle of the street! At night! Unprotected!"

I frowned. This wasn't the first time he'd let something like this happen. "I'll... speak to him later, okay? I'll get someone from Interpol to pick us up."

When we finally finished escaping the building, Kotoko practically collapsed onto the sidewalk. Zero had a smirk on her face - probably because she wasn't the one that needed a break.

A car pulled up soon after and I glanced away for a second. In the distance, I could see a woman in heels attempting to run. It didn't work, but that wasn't the important point here. What was important was that it looked like Fiona.

"Get in the car," I told the girls, "There's a criminal I need to catch..."

Kotoko and Zero nodded and left me to continue running. Even if it wasn't Fiona, I had to take that chance. She needed to pay for what her organisation had done.

I held my gun and fired a warning shot. She stopped dead in her tracks.

"Fiona Walker, you're under arrest," I said sternly, "No sudden movements... got it?"

Fiona turned to me and smirked. "Bold of you to assume that this wasn't a part of my plan! The water looks nice... wouldn't you say?"

She pointed to the river below us. As she walked towards the side of the bridge we were on, I realised what she was doing.

I fired another warning shot, but I didn't catch her in time. She had jumped into the icy cold river below, swept away by the current.

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wow that parallel,,,, please say someone gets that
- hatty