The Justice System (452 hits)
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Submitted by sword (View user info) at 2005-04-19 04:54:17 EDT
The house of the honorable Judge Howard Chambers was a remarkable little building in an unremarkable part of town and at 2 in the morning all the lights were dark and everyone inside was sound asleep. This would not be the case for long however as the Judge's cell phone had just begun to give its cheery ring from where it lay atop his bedside table.
Howard moaned as he woke and fumbled hurriedly in the darkness to get to his phone before it woke his wife who slept next to him on their king size bed. He took an instant to glance at the display to see who had called him at this early hour and was surprised and considerably concerned to see the name of his nineteen year old son Bobby.
"Bobby" he asked as he flipped open his phone "What is wrong?"
Instead of the voice of his son a stranger answered with a hissing whisper "Mr. Chambers don't speak. I am a retainer for Westwood and Holt and as you doubtlessly realize it is in our great interest that Earnest Jacobson be found not guilty. I am calling tonight to inform you that your son's roommate has suffered a terrible accident and that if Earnest Jacobson is found guilty first it will be your son to suffer a similar accident and then it will be your daughter, then your wife and finally you. Don't call the police Mr. Chambers, we are watching you and there is no way the cops could possibly find me before I get to your child. Sleep well Mr. Chambers."
The Judge was a man used to making tough decisions but he was unused to making ones that regarded his family's safety. He was a wise man but he was not a brave man and he never made a quick decision. When the call ended the Judge sat alone in the darkness and pondered what to do and while he was in this repose a master pickpocket hung up his son's cell phone.
"Who the fuck is that?" Asked Luke Warren as he came back into his dorm room to see his new friend hanging up a cell phone.
"Some bitch" the other boy answered as he popped what seemed to be a small red candy into his mouth. "Pass me that shit" he said with a nod toward the brand new bottle of Vodka Luke had just brought in. Luke's roommate who just happened to be one Robert Chambers was out with his girl friend. Luke had met the other boy at a party earlier that night and the two of them had gotten along pretty well and through a process that the not so sober Luke could no longer recall the other boy had come back to his dorm for some more drinking. Luke passed him the bottle. The boy opened it and threw back a deep swig, instead of swallowing though he spat the gelatinous contents of the red capsule he had previously put into his mouth back into the bottle. As it so happened the contents of that capsule was actually a trace amount of a potent laxative.
"I got to piss" Said the boy and passed the Vodka bottle back to Luke. The boy left the dorm room and walked to bathroom. As he walked he dialed a number on Bobby Chambers's cell phone. The boy didn't say anything and hung up a second after the call went through.
Luke sat in the dorm alone for a moment and drank some more of the Vodka. After a few minutes though the laxative began to take its toll on his body and Luke stood up to go to the restroom. The instant Luke got to his feet the power to the dormitory went suddenly dead. Luke was surprised by it but couldn't let it delay him. He staggered quickly through the hall and into the bathroom.
When the door closed behind him Luke was immersed totally in darkness. With no electric lights the bathroom was like the depths of a cave on a moonless midnight. By memory and out of desperation Luke staggered into what he hoped was an empty stall and heavily sat down on the toilet. He sighed in relief but his sigh was to be as short lived as Luke himself was.
While Luke relieved himself a dim light clicked on and swung over to illuminate his face. "What the hell he asked?" when he saw the person holding the flashlight was his new acquaintance. "Get the fuck outta here" he told the other boy.
Like a viper the master pickpocket darted forward and stabbed a syringe into Luke's arm with enough accuracy to pierce a vein. With his other hand the pickpocket covered Luke's mouth stopping him from yelling as he emptied the syringe into Luke's body. The master pickpocket, who also happened to be a master assassin, held firmly onto Luke's mouth for a minute until he became completely still. The assassin stepped back removed the syringe from Luke's arm and dropped it into the toilet bowl and then stealthy returned to Luke's dorm room. He hit redial on Bobby's cell phone, waited for ten seconds and then hung up and dropped the phone on Bobby's bed. The assassin then left the building where he was picked up by a small dark car.
"How'd it go?" Asked the driver.
"He was a 19 year old kid who didn't expect me. It went the only way it could have gone."
The driver nodded as the car sped off into the night. "I thought I should let you know. The family of the deceased, they hired Jack Hind to ensure a conviction. Westwood thinks he could be a problem."
The pickpocket reached underneath his seat and pulled out a 9 millimeter Berretta, he checked the clip and when he was satisfied he slipped it into his belt "Have the address?"
"We are on our way."
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-05-05 12:09:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by sword (user info) at 2005-04-19 17:09:30 EDT (#)
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awww is little johnny upset that I gave his shit post a bad review earlier? Cheer up johnny, some people are dumb enough to enjoy the crappy photoshop jobs that comprise the entirety of your posting ability. It is kind of ironic that you would complain about my punctuation with an improperly punctuated sentence, leave off commas that precede the word "and" jackass
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You do NOT omit the comma before the 'and'. That is, unless you are under fourty and retarded.
Submitted by sword (user info) at 2005-04-19 22:22:02 EDT (#)
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good work cocklick, you have helped point out another one of your numerous errors. Since you recognize it as a sentence fragment then you should have omitted the period as they appear only at the ends of sentences and abbreviations. Regarding its existence as a sentence fragment though you should know that no matter what your comma use was incorrect.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-04-19 19:45:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-04-19 15:50:06 (#)
Ranking: -2
confusing, poorly edited and punctuated, and plotless.
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This is called a sentence fragment, douchebag (note the comma).
I wasn't aware you had ranked my posts, much less read any.
You could READ some of my posts, if you care to - I really don't give a fig either way.
Submitted by sword (user info) at 2005-04-19 17:09:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
awww is little johnny upset that I gave his shit post a bad review earlier? Cheer up johnny, some people are dumb enough to enjoy the crappy photoshop jobs that comprise the entirety of your posting ability. It is kind of ironic that you would complain about my punctuation with an improperly punctuated sentence, leave off commas that precede the word "and" jackass
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-04-19 15:50:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
confusing, poorly edited and punctuated, and plotless.
Submitted by sword (user info) at 2005-04-19 14:53:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
yes, I do need to work on my timing. Either that or I should work on reviewing on my own posts to bump them back onto the most recently reviewed list.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-19 07:04:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
more please!
Submitted by Fabit (user info) at 2005-04-19 06:55:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
One very cool story Mr Sword. Shame you put it on at this hour when only us British folken are up to see it!! Good work!
1 of 10?
Submitted by sword (user info) at 2005-04-19 06:07:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Huray for me!