Hey guys, M4 here. I am back from Regents week and I passed all my exams, Thank goodness.
I'm sorry for the very late chapter. My life will come 1st before fanfiction itself but here it is. I am finally back.
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This is a very crappy Authors note, so...Let's get on with it.
The court room was now in session. As per usual court proceedings, there were 12 jurors on either the prosecutor or the Defendants side.
The court room itself was very large. Large windows covered the sides of the room adjacent to the two doors that people used to leave or enter. The room was painted in a chocolate brown color, while the tables for both the prosecutor and the defendant were pure black.
"Let's begin with opening statements. The prosecution may begin" One of the prosecutors stood up, and nodded.
"Thank you, your Honor." He fixed a wrinkle on his sleeve, stroked his chin, and smiled candidly at the jury.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, thank you all for coming. What the defense will surely say is that the defendent, Frank Castle, was acting through some sort of mental illness. But, what the prosecution will prove is that this is not the case of mental illness but a case of multiple murders. Now please, all I ask is that you listen carefully and choose wisely because you might be letting a murderer go free. Thank you" He took his seat and smirked over at Murdock.
"Does the defense wish to make their opening statement?"
"Yes, your honor." Matthew stood up, fixed his tie, and walked slowly to the jury stand.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, what we will explain to you and the prosecution is that Frank Castle is under a mental illness and that this illness impaired his judgement. He wasn't in full control of himself and he acted out in such violence that he couldn't control himself. Frank castle is mentally ill and he doesn't belong in prison, he needs help. Thank you." He returned to his seat.
"I don't have PTSD assholes." He muttered with ease. Karen kicked him in the shin while the judge asked the prosecution to call in their 1st witness.
Ruby Rose.
"Good morning Ruby. Can you tell me and the Jury what happened on the night of June 26?" Ruby shifted in the chair uncomfortably when asked that question.
"My teammates and I found out where the punisher was hiding out or at least, re-arming himself. So, we took it upon ourselves to go and stop him."
"But, out of curiosity, couldn't you have just called the police?" Ruby narrowed her eyes.
"No offence to the police, but they can't do their job correctly. They aren't even equipped to handle people like the punisher."
"What happened after that?" Ruby began to tear up from that question.
"When we went inside, we saw dead white fang members and confronted the punisher. He attacked first and we fought back but he overpowered us. He could have killed us, with no remorse." The prosecutor smiled.
"Nothing else. Your witness." Matt got up, fixed his cane, and smiled.
"Hello Ruby, is it all right if I called you Ruby?"
"I guess."
"So, in your statement, you said that Frank Castle attacked you for no reason. That he is nothing but a murdering sociopath. Am I correct?"
"Yes."
"Is it possible that he could have mistaken you for a WF member?
"No, It isn't possible." Matt smiled at her.
"Ruby, do you think frank wanted to hurt you or Blake belladonna?"
"I-I don't know. All I know is that Frank wanted to kill us." Matt chuckled lightly and walked up to ruby.
"That's funny, coming from the girl who tried to kill my client."
"Objection. Speculation."
"Your honor, I have one point to prove, all I ask is one minute." The judge nodded and matt turned to ruby again.
"Ruby, did you or did you not try to kill the punisher?"
"Yes I did but he was gonna kill me."
"Really? Because we have security camera footage that shows you shooting him in the head execution style."
"Objection. Relevance."
"Withdrawn. Nothing further." Matt went back to his seat as frank sighed.
As the prosecutors began to call more witnesses, frank would occasionally glance back as the schnees. Jauque schnee would smile smugly at him and so would whitley.
What are those two up to?
A/N): Hey guys, M4. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I know, pretty short but I wanted to give you guys something from the long wait. I promise there will be more coming soon. M4 out!
