A/N: A Ouija board usually has Yes and No printed on it besides the alphabet. (Some also have Maybe.) It makes it easier than having to spell out those answers.

~ Last Vestiges ~

"Wait, do you actually have a Ouija board?" the man called Nick asked.

"Yes," the other man replied tersely as the cat shifted into a more comfortable position in his arms. The group began to walk toward the street, where the car they had arrived in was parked.

"Why do you have a Ouija board, Mr. Edgeworth?" the girl asked curiously.

The man called Edgeworth sighed. The cat got the sense that he was hesitating because it was a touchy subject. "Franziska bought it for me when were kids." The cat was startled to hear him speak her human name. So, that was the reason he had hesitated to answer. He assumed his companions would react negatively once he brought her into the conversation. They looked surprised, but neither one spoke out against her. Edgeworth continued, "I was twelve years old then, which means Franziska would only have been about five." The cat quickly did the math in her head and worked out that he was seven years older than her. Not that that bit of information gave her any real clue as to what their relationship to each other in life had been. "We had decided to try and contact my father..." His voice trailed off as they reached the car.

"Did you talk to him with it?" the girl asked hopefully.

Edgeworth laughed a little and shook his head. "We terrified ourselves before we even got it out of the box. I never bothered to try using it after that, but I've kept it all this time-" He broke off abruptly. Curious, the cat tapped into her powers again to see what he was thinking. She was saddened to find out that he had kept the board in the hope that the two of them would use it together someday, when she wasn't so scared of it anymore. But the two of them had grown apart, and he kept it now only as a memento of those times when they had played togther as children. "Here, you take the cat; I have to drive."

Startled, the cat clung to him as he tried to pass her off to the girl.

"Here, let me take him," the man called Nick offered, and as soon as the cat relaxed her claws he scooped her up. Edgeworth appeared surprised that the cat had allowed this, but seeing as how his companion was still under the impression the cat was the angel, she didn't think she was in any immediate danger.

The cat (and the man carrying her) ended up in the front passenger seat of the car. She settled down in his lap and closed her mind to his thoughts. She didn't really want to know what he was thinking at that moment, especially if any of it concerened her.

A strained awkward silence filled the car, but none of the human passengers dared to break it.

After a long, tense trip, the car pulled to a halt in front of an apartment building and the passengers exited the car. The cat felt a sudden flare of astral power and turned to look. She saw that the angel had somehow managed to turn himself into a mangy gray kitten. Sighing inwardly, she wriggled free of Nick's arms and trotted over to the kitten, who she then picked up by the scruff of his neck, in much the way a mother cat would. She carried him this way until they reached Edgeworth's apartment.

The angel couldn't hold his transformation and reverted back to his astral form. The devil thought this was just as well, since one of them would have to move the Ouija board's pointer and she wasn't quite ready to abandon her cat form yet.

The three humans spread the Ouija board out on the floor and gathered around it, each placing a hand on the pointer. At first they seemed to be at a loss as for what to do, but after a few moments the girl plucked up her courage and asked loudly, "Is anyone there?"

The angel reached out, careful not to touch any of their hands and moved the pointer to Yes.

"W-what's your name?" the girl continued nervously.

I can't tell you that.

"Why not?"

A curse will fall on me.

"Then... can I guess and you tell me if I'm right? Would that be allowed?"

A pause, then Yes.

The girl hesitated, so Edgeworth took over. "Are you Dick Gumshoe?"

He was surprised to see the pointer fall on Yes because he had been expecting a different answer.

"Why didn't you come when Maya tried to summon you before?"

My soul does not exist in that form anymore.

He hesitated briefly before asking, "Is there anyone else with you?"

Yes.

"Can you tell me that person's name?"

The angel started to direct the pointer to No but suddenly the devil was beside him, pushing his hand away. She grabbed hold of the pointer and quickly jerked it to the letters F, V, K.

The man called Nick started to say something but never got a chance to finish as the board suddenly burst into flames and a voice - one that even the humans could hear - roared, "BELTHIER! What are you doing here playing around with a Ouija board? Hurry and complete your final task and become a being of pure darkness!"

A red-winged devil had appeared in the room, and from the way everyone was now looking at her, the female devil guessed that the newcomer had used his powers to force-manifest her as well.

"What are you doing here, Stravnos?" she snapped. "This isn't your sector and besides that, I thought you were already well on your way to becoming a full devil. Why are your wings red again?"

"Well," Stravnos drawled, leering. "I did something not even full devils are allowed to do." His face lit up with an evil grin. "I killed two humans."

And, suddenly, memories of her death came flooding back to her.

"Devils have always lured humans to their deaths, but we've never been allowed to kill them outright... I got away with it by pretending I didn't know the rules, but they made me start my trials over again. But this was something I had to do. I wanted to kill you with my own hands." Het let out a delighted cackle when he saw the tormented expression on her face. "That's right, his death is totally on you... the note clearly stated that you were to come alone... and to complete my revenge, I dragged your soul down to Hell, even though that last act of yours could have redeemed you and earned you a place in the Host of Heaven."

Yes, she remembered now. The man who was now an angel had tried to protect her and been fatally wounded for his efforts. He'd told her to run, to save herself... But she had stayed by his side, held him close for a few precious moments, and died with him.

Stravnos was still rambling on. "... oh, yes. Matt Engarde has had his revenge!" His eyes went wide as he realized what he'd just done. A malevolent aura filled the room as the curse began to take hold.

The devil found herself surrounded by blinding white light and realized that the angel was protecting her once again. And, as she done at the time of her death, she made her way to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her body close to his and burying her face against his shoulder.

Once the light cleared, she saw that her wings had somehow turned pure black, but they were the feathered wings of an angel...

The three humans were staring, shocked, at the place where Stravnos had disappeared. The Oujia board, somehow whole again, lay between them. The untrained angel knelt down and, placing her hand on the pointer, slowly spelled out a message.

We're alright. We're together. And when your times come, we will be here to guide you.

~end~

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