Judge Dredd in...

The Juves of Johnny Bowler Block

by Sierra1138

Judge Joseph Dredd sat and watched the traffic go by, he was on a one-hundred hour patrol around Sector 14 of Mega City One.

"Judge Dredd, this is Control, do you copy?" the tinny voice of a female Judge at HQ came over Joe's radio.

"Control, this is Judge Dredd, I copy." he said in his deep gravelly voice. "What's the situation?"

"We've got a report of a disturbance of the peace on the first floor of Johnny Bowler block," the female Judge said, "There are three perps aged five to ten, they are said to be wild, out of control, and hyper-active."

Dredd growled, "I'm on my way." He revved his lawmaster and zoomed around the street corner of the bustling city, towards Johnny Bowler block.

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The whole first floor was in chaos! The juves ran amok around the floor, they bashed at the doors of innocent citizens and attacked passers by.

"Filthy juves..." Dredd grunted. He marched in to the centre of the chaos, "Young citizens!" his voice boomed, "Cease your delinquency now, you are under arrest!"

"Drokk off, Dredd!" one vile delinquent, wearing red shorts and a yellow t-shirt, made a weak punch at Joe's leg.

"Cheeking a Judge, that's six years." Dredd gritted his teeth. He unholstered his lawgiver mk2, "Stun." he said, text flickered on the left side of the weapon which read, "STUN". Dredd aimed the gun at the yellow shirted punk and squeezed the trigger, the lawgiver made a loud snap as the tazer round hit the juve, who then fell to the floor and convulsed

Dredd pointed the gun at the two other juves, another boy and a girl. Both were shocked to see their brother lying unconscious on the floor, still twitching. "Where's your place of residnce?" said Dredd. The two juves pointed down a hall, to a grey door with the number "1" on it.

Dredd raised his left forearm to his mouth, to speak in to a wrist computer, "Control, this is Judge Dredd, I need a wagon to pick up three juves at Johnny Bowler block, first floor landing."

"Roger that." a male voice replied.

Dredd knocked on the door of Flat 1. "Open up, this is the Law!" He could hear loud music blaring from inside the flat. He grimaced and took several steps back. A swift kick and the door fell down. Some obscure electronic music blurted out from a stereo, Dredd looked around the flat and saw a man and a woman slumped on their sofa, on the coffee table was a pile of a white powder-like granular substance. "Sugar..." Dredd growled again.

The two adults groaned as they saw the Judge, they clenched their stomachs in agony. "You people make me sick." Dredd walked out of the flat and back in to the landing.

Four Judges were there, the three kids were gone, already taken to the Juve-Cubes – the Law is always quick to react.

One Judge approached Dredd, "What's the situation Dredd?"

"Two careless parents bloated on sugar let their kids run amok."

"Where are the parents?"

"Flat 1," Dredd nodded, "We'll need to drag 'em out. They've OD'd"

Dredd and the other Judges made their way to Flat 1 to send the two perps to the iso-cubes.

Just another day in Mega City One.

The End