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After getting through security clearance and leaving the austere, unsightly prison behind her, Ema enthusiastically turned to her sister. “Lana, how do you feel?” Unlike the snarky attitude she showed as a detective, her current demeanor was as bright as when she was a child.
Ema’s sister, Lana Skye, was finally released from prison after eight long years. Her sentence was excruciatingly long due to her being made an example of; Ema lost a lot of time with her sister. She hastily flew back to America from Europe to prepare for her release. While in the States, she also took the forensic scientist test. Unfortunately she didn’t qualify, but she wasn’t about to let that dampen her mood. Not today, at least. She stared at her older sister eagerly, her joy transparent.
“The breeze…is nice.” Lana stopped walking and tilted her head up. “The sky seems endless. Simple things such as this I’ve grown to miss. But most of all,” she paused, smiling at Ema. “I missed my little sister.”
“Lana,” she protested, buried feelings rising to the surface. “Come on…”
In complete surprise her sister wrapped her arms around her in a warm embrace. She wasn’t one to expose emotional vulnerability so readily; at least it’s been a very long time since Ema’s seen this side of her. “I mean it Ema,” she whispered softly. “I missed you so much.”
Now the tears were streaming down Ema’s face, unable to hold it in anymore. “Missed you too, sis,” she blubbered into Lana’s shoulder.
“Oh, Ema.” Lana pulled away to look at her little sister’s blotched face. She couldn’t help but let out a kind-hearted laugh. “You’ve grown so much these past eight years, but in many ways you’re still my kid sister.” She wiped her tears and kissed her cheek. “I’m here, I won’t leave again.”
“Yeah,” She hiccuped, taking a deep breath. “I know.”
Lana smiled again and playfully pinched Ema’s cheeks. “So then, any idea where we’re headed?”
“Ah!” Ema snapped out of her sentimental state and resumed pulling her sister towards the bus stop, growing excited again. “I was thinking we’d stop by the prosecutor’s office and see if Mr. Edgeworth is in! I’m sure he’d be thrilled with your release!”
“Mmh.” Lana’s eyes shined with happiness watching Ema go on about her plans. All her old demons were laid to rest, her sentence was done and she got her sister back. Though she wasn’t nearly as expressive as her little sister, she was brimming with joy.
“Oh, and Lana! You have to try these!” She dug through her bag and pulled out a stick-like snack. “They’re called Snackoos. They’re really good!” She beamed, nibbling on one herself. “I once went through a whole bag in just ten minutes.”
“Only once?”
“Okay, maybe a few times.”
The Skye sisters exchanged laughter and continued to munch the snackoos. On the bus ride over Ema filled Lana in on all that she missed - from the fiasco with Edgeworth in Gatewater Land to her employment as a detective. Truthfully she didn’t seem too pleased with her new job, but it didn’t deter the adrenaline in her voice. She had too much to look forward to for something like that to bring her down.
Ripping open a new bag to share with Lana, those long eight years felt like a distant memory.