Time for another Rei Ryghts: Ace Attorney case!

Rei Ryghts: Ace Attorney

Turnabout Of The Night

by Derald Snyder

Prologue

"Halt! You cannot escape me, creature of the night!"

A morning-star whip lashed out, impacting on a brick wall, a dark figure fleeing down the dark alley. The whip's wielder pursued with all due speed, emerging onto the open street, looking about... Seeing something shift in the distance, the morning-star lashed out again- and this time found its target, the figure crying out in pain before crumpling to the ground.

The whip-wielder cautiously approached the fallen figure, the moon peeking from behind the clouds, revealing a man with white hair dressed in a suit with a cape, blood running down his cheek from where the morning-star had impacted. The other person kneeled down to check the man, opening his lips-

-but there were no sharp fangs, only normal canines.

The hunter gasped in shock upon realizing that this was not the vampire... "Oh no... what have I done?!"

November 12, 9:38 AM

Samson & Co. Law Offices

Rei Ryghts yawned as she leaned back in her chair, having finished all her paperwork, resisting the urge to put her feet up on the desk. (Business has been awfully slow this week... Seems the toughest thing I've been doing every workday is cleaning the toilet...) At least she didn't having to worry about paying her bills yet, despite the lack of work and thus income... thanks to her acting role in The Revengers movie, she now had a 'rainy day' fund of sorts to cover her in case legal work lapsed... (I'm so glad Mr. Samson helped me invest that money properly...)

Just then, the door to Bartholomew's office opened, the man himself stepping out. "Rei, could you come in my office? I just got a call over the holo-screen..."

"Huh?" Rei blinked as she got up from her chair. "Wh-what's g-going on, Mr. Samson?" Following her boss through the door, she was surprised to see a familiar face on the screen... "L-Lady Noire?!"

It was indeed Lastation's CPU, a familiar girl in a red and gold school uniform at her side. "Hello, Rei. I believe you remember K-Sha?"

"Hello!" the Gold Third member waved.

"H-hello again," Rei bowed briefly. "I-is K-Sha in t-trouble again...?"

"Not me," the former mercenary shook her head. "A friend of mine. She was a fellow member of the Order- one of the few that I got along with decently."

"She's been accused of murdering the CFO of a sunscreen manufacturer," Noire clarified. "For her part, she admits she struck the victim, but insists that he was still breathing when she left him."

"I see," Rei nodded. "N-not th-that I d-don't want t-to take on th-this case, b-but d-doesn't Lastation have any d-decent lawyers?"

"I did try contacting a few, but once they heard the circumstances, they either refused outright or started laughing," Noire stated.

"L-laughing?!"

"But you'll take this case seriously, right?!" K-Sha jumped in.

"O-of course I will!" the horned lawyer agreed. "B-but it might t-take me a while t-to fly t-to Lastation..."

"Already got it covered," Noire said. At that moment, someone entered the office from behind Rei. "Ah, good timing, Uni."

"Huh?!" Rei whipped around to see Black Sister, who promptly reverted to her human form of Uni.

"Um, hi," the CPU Candidate waved half-heartedly. "Noire sent me to come pick you up and take you back to Lastation City."

"There's no need to rush," the twin-tailed goddess assured. "I convinced the court not to start the trial until we got proper representation for K-Sha's friend. But try not to drag your feet either, got it?!"

"Y-yes, ma'am!" Rei nodded.

"We'll tell you more about the case when you get here," K-Sha added. "See you soon!" With that, the connection was cut off.

"Um, I hope you don't mind us borrowing Rei for a few days," Uni addressed Bartholomew.

"It's fine," the large man shrugged. "Business has actually been somewhat slow this month... and I think Rei could do with a change of scenery, anyway." A rumbling was then heard. "That being said, Miss Uni, you probably should grab a bite to eat so you have the energy to fly Rei back to Lastation."

Uni sweat-dropped and blushed slightly at this. "Um, yeah, good idea... do you know anyplace nearby, Rei?"

"There's a ramen shop a few blocks down," the horned lawyer offered. "B-but why is it th-that th-the other lawyers in Lastation were l-laughing at th-this c-case?"

"Well..." Uni bit her lip briefly. "K-Sha's friend apparently hunts 'creatures of the night'... the reason she clobbered the victim is because she thought he was a vampire!"

"V-vampire?!" Rei's eyes shrunk to circles. (What have I just gotten myself into...?!)

*To be continued...*