Calming a prosecutor
Chapter 1
Lana Skye sighed. It was no wonder why, the way things were. As chief prosecutor she was responsible for looking through all the paper trail left by cases by the other prosecutors.
She wasn't surprised at the numbers she was looking at… but she was disappointed. She reached for her intercom button.
"Sana could you tell Ms Von Karma to come to my office please?"
A few minutes later, Franziska von Karma entered Lana's office. She looked as she always did, perfect and ready for action.
"You sent for me Chief Skye?"
"Yes Franziska, please have a seat."
Lana sighed and took up a thick leaflet.
"Do you know what this is Franziska?"
"As I haven't seen it before, the logical answer would be no."
Lana sighed again, great; she was in a bad mood… not that there ever was a good mood with Franziska von Karma now that she thought it over.
"This is a list over every person that has filed in assault complaints this month."
"So?"
"They are all directed at you."
"Don't be foolish Chief Skye, I only hurt people who deserve it."
Lana took up the leaflet, reading out loud.
"Prosecutor Payne was whipped so hard that he got a 3 degree burn."
"The man hasn't won a single trial in almost 2 months, he needed to be shown what would happen if this trend continues."
"Prosecutor Gavin reports of a broken guitar case."
"The fool was foolishly trying to woe me and used up a lot of my precious time, he should be glad I didn't go for one of his prized guitars."
"And I got 3 full sites off complaints of witnesses and defense attorneys who have received whippings from you in court."
"The witnesses were spouting foolish unneeded nonsense in their testimonies."
"And the defense attorneys?"
"Where foolishly trying to interrupt when I was talking."
Lana didn't sigh now, she groaned.
"Franziska this can't continue, you need to deal with this temper issue you have."
"What issue? It's not my fault people are foolish."
"I mean it Franziska, I can't deal with this for much longer. This is a final warning, if I get in one more assault report directed at you, this case will turn ugly for you is that clear?"
Franziska frowned, and huffed gently.
"Message received chief, now is that all?"
"I certainly hope so for your sake."
Franziska rose and bowed gently before walking out of the Chief's office.
Lana hoped with all her might that Franziska would take the hint… but deep inside herself she knew that Detective Gumshoe would become a millionaire before Franziska stopped whipping people of her own free will.
3 days later Lana saw that her warning didn't have enough impact on the young German prosecutor. Another pile of assault complaints lay on her desk. There was no way around it… Drastic time called for drastic measures. She took up her phone and dialed a number she had memorized a long time ago.
"Kitty Petro speaking, how may I help you?"
"Hey Petro, this is Lana Skye, remember me?"
"How could I forget, you helped me out a lot a few years ago."
"That I did… and you promised that if there was anything I needed from you I only had to give a call."
The line went silent for a while, all Lana heard were the sound of leather, Kitty had probably risen from a chair.
"Strange, didn't think you would be one to need my expertise, you always seemed to be the quiet type."
"It's not me, one of my underlings have a nasty habit of lashing out at people she don't like"
"How bad? Just cussing or full blown drunken sailor swearing?"
"Neither, I mean actual lashing out, she has a whip that never leaves her side."
The line got silent again, and when Kitty spoke, Lana could almost hear the grin plastered on her face.
"OK, you piqued my interest, I'm all ears."
Lana smiled. "Good… because I think this case would be perfect for you."