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Rei Ryghts was seething, as her plans were falling to pieces. The portal to the Ultradimension had been disrupted, her army of Ultra Beasts had been literally nuked, and now this... this *mockery* of a muscleman, with a Dogoo for a head, was confronting her alone?
"ENOUGH!" the HDD CPU screeched. "You are all beneath me! I am a *goddess*, you dumb creature! And I will not be waylaid by-" Her ranting was cut off as the Dogoo Man grabbed her by the face and slammed her to the ground, before tossing her into the air, grabbing her by the leg, and slamming her into the floor again... then a pillar... then the floor again... then a wall... and finally, into a small set of stairs, her transformation reverting as she lost consciousness.
"Hmph. Puny god," muttered Dogoo Man as he crossed his arms.
"Aaaaaand CUT! Beautiful! That was perfect!" The movie director made an OK sign with his hand, grinning. "OK, now get the rest of the heroes up here for the next cut! Dogoo Man, stand over here!" The muscleman did as ordered.
"Nnnnnnnnggghhh..." Rei groaned as she slowly roused. (Why did I agree to do my own stunts...)
"OK, stay right there, Rei! We're getting the next shoot ready!" The director said when he saw the woman stirring. "Don't get up until you hear the word 'action', alright?"
"Mmmm, OK," Rei mumbled. "No problem..." (Ohh, the pain...)
"...OK, everyone in place? Good! Aaaand... ACTION!"
Rei slowly turned herself over before pulling herself up to her hands and knees, before looking behind her, seeing the entire Revengers team, standing at the ready.
"Um..." She giggled nervously as she readjusted her glasses. "W-would it b-be t-too late t-to negotiate t-terms of s-surrender...?"
"And CUT! Perfect!"
Rei Ryghts: Ace Attorney
Turnabout Of The Revengers
By Derald Snyder
Prologue
September 16, 12:49 PM
Lastation City Production Studios
'The Revengers' Movie Set
"Way to go, Dogoo Man!" K-Sha uttered excitedly. "You nailed that one! You sure showed that villain what for, huh?"
"I got nailed, all right," Rei groaned as she stumbled over, favoring her back... "Ooooh, I'm not as young as I used to be..."
"Is she right, Mistress? Did I do good?" Dogoo Man asked the woman standing next to K-Sha, who had white hair, red eyes, and dressed in gray and black.
"...You did well, Dogoo Man," the woman, S-Sha, replied. "But don't get full of yourself. In reality you wouldn't stand a chance in hell against Rei Ryghts' HDD form."
"That's right, worm," Rei agreed as she briefly slipped into her 'berserk' persona. "I *let* you win, so don't get cocky! (ow)"
"I'm just glad you've been able to control yourself in HDD, so *I* don't have to step in," another voice spoke up.
"Hi, Uni!" K-Sha greeted as the CPU Candidate of Lastation walked up to the group. "Wasn't that scene amazing? The audience is going to love that!"
"Well, of *course* they'd love seeing Rei Ryghts get her comeuppance," Uni shrugged. "Y'know, though, that Rei only agreed to play the villain on the condition that either me or Noire was on hand during her HDD scenes, just in case..."
"I-it's a struggle," Rei nodded. "I have t-to keep t-telling myself, 'It's just a movie, it's just a movie'..."
"I'm surprised you can still transform at all," S-Sha observed.
"I thought I a-already e-explained that..." the horned lawyer sighed.
"Right, you can transform because of the faith your clients put in you to get them off the hook," Uni nodded.
"Right," Rei nodded back. "N-never thought I'd b-be using HDD i-in th-this way, though..."
"Are you kidding?" said the director as he walked up. "You make a great villain! I'm so glad I ran into you during your vacation in Leanbox... You'll make this film a box-office hit for sure!"
"*Ahem*," S-Sha cleared her throat loudly.
"O-Oh, and uh... thank you, Miss S-Sha, for allowing me to cast your Dogoo Man as one of the heroes," The director acknowledged. "Even if you weren't interested at first..."
"...The only reason I agreed was because you cast my comrade K-Sha in your film as well," S-Sha pointed out. "As a fellow member of Gold Third, I felt I had to look out for her safety..."
"Oh, S-Sha, you're worrying too much," K-Sha sighed. "I mean, it's not like I'm doing any insane stunts like Rei is..."
"...You're just afraid that K-Sha's gonna have an accident like you did, right?" asked Uni.
The gray-haired woman immediately turned and froze Uni with an ice-cold glare. "*How* did you know about that?!"
"N-Nepgear told me," Uni stuttered as she took a step back. "She was there with Vert during the incident with AffirMAX, if you remember..."
S-Sha's face softened slightly. "I see. Well, you're correct in that sense, although I also want to protect her from Ms. Ryghts if she does indeed lose control..."
"How noble of you," the director nodded. "Anyway, K-Sha, you need to go and get changed. We're setting up the studio for your shot next!"
"Oh!" K-Sha gasped. "OK, I guess we should head to the dressing room then..."
September 16
Lastation City Production Studios
Dressing Rooms
"So, K-Sha..." Uni began. "I keep forgetting to ask, but what role are you playing, exactly?"
"Oh, it's a really minor role compared to Miss Rei's," K-Sha grunted as she changed into her costume. "I'll just be playing a crazy gun-wielding girl who starts shooting up a business, and gets stopped by Titanium Man..."
Uni sweat-dropped at that. "I thought you were trying to move past your old 'crazy yandere' image..."
"Well, like Miss Rei said, it's just a movie," K-Sha countered. "Besides, who wouldn't want to have a role in a movie like this? Er, other than S-Sha, of course," she glanced over at the platinum-blonde.
"Hmph," S-Sha grunted in response.
"Um... W-would it be t-too forward t-to ask w-what exactly happened t-to you, Miss S-Sha?" Rei inquired.
"...Let's just say I'm lucky to be alive, and leave it at that," S-Sha stated in a tone that would brook no argument.
"I'll tell you the details later," Uni whispered into the lawyer's ear.
"...Tonight, on Backline!" A television sounded in the corner. "A special one hour documentary! The Dragon Killer, the greatest serial killer Lastation has never seen-"
*BLAM!* The screen shattered.
"EEEEK!" Rei and Uni jumped back in shock from K-Sha's action, a machine gun having suddenly appeared in her hand. "Wh-what was that f-for?!"
"I second that!" gasped Uni. "Do you wanna cause a panic in the studio?!"
"...Sorry. Reflex." K-Sha put the gun away, before turning and walking toward the door. "Time for my 15 minutes of fame. Wish me luck..."
(Is it just me, or did her personality do a complete 180?) Rei looked over at S-Sha, who just shrugged...
September 16
Lastation City Production Studios
'The Revengers' Movie Set
"And ACTION!" the director called.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" K-Sha cried as she emptied the magazines of her dual machine guns over the frightened civilians who had ducked for cover. "How do you like that? You wanna call me a cute little girl again? Huh?!" There was no response, as she pointed one of her guns at the ceiling. "'Cause this is what happens to anyone who treats me like a little cutesy!" She pulled the trigger, shooting a short burst of bullets upward, causing the people to scream in fear...
But then, someone dropped down behind her. "That'll be enough, young lady!" K-Sha turned, to see a man clad head-to-toe in gold-and-red colored armor.
"Who are YOU calling 'young lady'?!" the brunette screamed as she opened fire. However, the bullets simply bounced off the man's armor with no effect, as he slowly walked forward, before grabbing both guns by the barrels, ripping them from K-Sha's grasp and tossing them away.
"You *do* realize that this suit is comprised of high-grade titanium alloy," the man deadpanned. "Playtime's over..."
K-Sha's resolve immediately vanished, to be replaced by fear. "E... Eyaaaaaaahhh!" she screamed as she turned and fled in the opposite direction.
"And CUT!" said the director. "Nicely done! Good work, everyone!"
"S-so he j-just lets her escape?" Rei asked Uni.
"No, he flies after her and pins her down, according to the script," Uni whispered back. "I think there's a shot where K-Sha runs away, where they're gonna put in a CG shot of Titanium Man flying after her..."
Sure enough, they did indeed make such a shot, and then another shot where Titanium Man spouted a one-liner after catching the offender, though they had to re-shoot it when the actor flubbed his line.
"And CUT! That's a wrap! Good work, everyone! Take five!" said the director. Turning away, he nearly ran into an androgynous-looking woman with short white hair and dressed in a black military uniform. "Oh! O-Oracle Jinguji! I wasn't expecting to see you today..."
"Director," the woman stated, "I want an update on the progress of filming- specifically, the shots involving the former goddess Rei Ryghts."
"O-oh, that? It's gone swimmingly so far!" the director said confidently. "No problems whatsoever!"
"Hi, Kei!" Uni greeted. "Don't worry, Rei's been behaving herself!" She indicated the woman in question, who waved nervously.
"Well, that's good to hear," Kei Jinguji nodded. "After all, if she *had* gone berserk, I would at least be forced to divert the money from the contract deal with Leanbox, to allow them to sell the video game adaptations in their country as well as ours..."
"As concerned with the bottom line as ever, huh?" Uni sweat-dropped.
"So basically, if Miss Rei goes berserk, then no video games based on this movie?" K-Sha inquired.
"S-stop making it sound like a f-foregone c-conclusion!" Rei whined.
"Please calm yourself, Ms. Ryghts," said Kei. "After all, seeing as you've only transformed three times in total since you regained your CPU power, at least before we started shooting this film, I deemed the risk as acceptable."
"Thank Goddess for that," sighed the director. "After all, the villain was the one thing I kept getting stuck on when I first conceived this film..."
"Yeah, well, I'm not looking forward to my 'confrontation' scene with Ms. Ryghts, even if she's in civilian form for most of the take..." The actor playing Titanium Man cut in as he removed his helmet, revealing short messy blond hair, black eyes, a sharp nose, and a mustache and goatee.
"Y-you d-don't have anything t-to fear from me, Mr. Downer!" Rei squeaked. "Honestly, I-I'm more s-scared of y-you..."
"Which is completely irrational," Kei pointed out. "After all, just because Mr. Downer's had problems with drugs in the past doesn't mean he was a violent sort..."
"Geez, Oracle, cut right to the heart, why don't ya..." Downer groaned, shaking his head. "And how about you, Miss S-Sha? You sure you don't want a part in this movie, even as a cameo? I think you'd be great!"
"Not interested," S-Sha shot him down. But then, something caught her eye as she looked up... "K-SHA!" she screamed as she ran and tackled her friend...
Not a second later, a stage light fell to the ground with a *CRASH!*, spraying tiny glass shards everywhere.
"Are you all right, K-Sha?" The platinum blonde breathed out, shaking slightly.
"I-I'm fine," K-Sha confirmed.
"Miss S-Sha, that was completely unnecessary," sighed Kei as she closed her eyes and put a finger to her forehead. "Your companion was nowhere near the line of fire..."
"In other words, it woulda missed her by a mile," Downer deadpanned.
"Whoops! Sorry 'bout that, Mistress!" A voice called from above, causing S-Sha to look up...
"Dogoo Man!" the Gold Third member cried, "What the hell are you doing up there?!"
"Uh, well..." Dogoo Man put a hand behind his head. "This guy was telling me to go find the lighting effects guy, so they could start setting up for the next shoot, so I climbed up here to look for him..."
"Did you find him?" the director asked.
"Uh, yeah, I did, but..." Dogoo Man shrugged in confusion. "I can't seem to wake him up no matter what I do... I think something's wrong with his chest, cause it's all red..."
"Red?" Rei blinked. "As in, blood red?"
"What? Reggie's bleeding from the chest?!" the director gasped in shock.
"No worries, director! I'm on it!" said Uni as she transformed to HDD. "I'll bring him down in a flash!" With that, Black Sister flew up to the rafters following where Dogoo Man pointed...
"AAAAAAHHH! He's... he's DEAD! He's been shot in the chest!"
"Dead?!" the director screeched. Immediately the actors and camera crew started muttering in shock and confusion, until Kei Jinguji let loose with a high-pitched whistle.
"Attention, everyone! This studio is now a crime scene!" The Oracle declared. "No-one is allowed to leave until cleared of suspicion by the authorities! Security, contact the police! Uni, get your mobile device and take pictures of the corpse! K-Sha, Ms. Ryghts, you'll stay close to me! All other actors, return to your dressing rooms until further notice!" Immediately everyone scrambled to do as Kei ordered...
"W-why do we have t-to stay c-close to you?" Rei asked.
"Because right now, you and Miss K-Sha are technically the most likely suspects, given your violent pasts," The Oracle of Lastation explained. "But hopefully, the subsequent investigation will exonerate both of you..."
"B-but I don't have any reason to kill anyone, especially the lighting effects guy!" K-Sha protested. "I barely even know him...!"
"I know him," the director cut in, "He was my true companion through thick and thin! How could this happen...? Is this the end of my movie... before it even begins?!" he wailed to the sky.
*To be continued...*