Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Abduction, Part 8

September 15

Defendant Lobby No. 5

9:45 AM

Lily Shield

When I got to the courthouse the following morning, my mind was already stirring with curious inquiries as to what could have been going on with Detective Umber. There weren't any explanations when I knew that I needed one, and I was seriously starting to wonder what could have pushed her to be so secretive. The investigation from the day before implied that she knew something about the person who had hired the victim to go to the school in the first place, and I hated to think about that. Why wasn't she saying anything if she had something in mind?

Victoria and Sky were already there by the time that I had arrived, and I found myself rubbing nervously at the back of my neck as I approached them. "Sorry I'm late," I told them. "You can blame my brother for this. He said that he wanted to talk to me before I left the house."

"What did he want to talk to you about?" Sky questioned. There was something in his eyes that told me that he had already put the pieces together that Robbie's questioning me had something to do with the case. After all, since my brother was on the other side of the courtroom, it was only natural to assume that he was going to talk to me about that. 

"He said that the prosecution is planning on calling Prosecutor Wood to the witness stand first," I replied. "They all agreed that there was something strange going on with the way that she left the scene of the crime when she shouldn't have, and they wanted to ask her about it while the trial was going on. It seems that we're going to be able to find out the truth about who she really is today."

Victoria nodded as she looked down at the floor. "I spent all night trying to come up with theories about what the murder weapon could have been... Well, I guess it was more of just the weapon that was used to break the glass, but that's kind of getting picky given that the glass breaking caused the trophy to fall on the victim's head in the first place," she said. 

"I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you didn't come up with anything," Sky remarked with a small, forced laugh. "I was trying to find something that would explain what was happening with the murder weapon too, but... I couldn't come up with anything. It seemed like there was always something that simply didn't add up."

"What could possibly be heavy enough to shatter the glass like that and still be portable enough for the culprit to easily move from place to place?" Victoria murmured. She seemed to know that it was the question on everybody's mind, and she let out a sigh before shaking her head. "I just don't get it. There's something going on here, and I don't know what the murder weapon could possibly be."

"If Prosecutor Wood was really involved with the case, then we're just going to have to drag that information out of her," I said firmly. "I think that we could prove everything if we were given the chance to explain what we think was happening... It'll be a bit difficult for us to conclude firmly that she was at the scene of the crime, but I think that we could do it with a bit of pushing. We can always cite Chrysalis' injury as proof that Chrysalis was there, and since they were together, we can shift that into proof that Prosecutor Wood was there."

"It's not going to be easy," Sky remarked with a small laugh. "It's hard for us to show conclusively that she was involved with the case, but there's nothing else that we can do about it. As long as we have an inkling of what's happening, then I'd say that we're doing a good job. It's all that we can really ask for at this point in my opinion given how difficult the case has been for us to put together so far."

"Do you still think that you'll be able to do it?"

I turned upon hearing Mukuro's voice, and a smile appeared on my face. "It's nice to see you, Mukuro," I told her. "Don't worry about this case. We're getting closer to figuring everything out, and I have confidence that we'll be able to find a solution soon."