SHORT, SHORT chapter I know...But that's just how it had to be I guess. But don't worry, everything will start to make sense soon. Oh, and updates might be a couple days apart now. I'm really busy, and these last few chapters are gonna be the hardest for me to write.

AGAIN THANKS FOR ALL THE R&R, please keep on with the process, you inspire me to do great things! Adios-

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"You'd think after all this time and all the good fortune that you've run into, that the both of you would learn from your mistakes." Said assistant district attorney Harrison as he approached the two women from behind the shadows.

Neither Roxie or Velma able to speak he added, "You look so surprised to see me, ladies. Oh come on, don't tell me you expect to be able to empty a round into a man's head and not have the whole neighborhood hear one thing. You both know better than that." He said mockingly.

"Hmmm...Or is it that you're perplexed as to what I'm still doing here as the city's assistant DA?" He went on, eerily making his way towards them little by little, step by step, as one policeman after another entered the apartment after him. "I guess you're forgetting about how, not too long ago, I dropped charges against a certain young lady in exchange for testimony in another similar case, which, well, I lost anyway." He glared sternly at both girls. He laughed sarcastically. "I guess you could say that I lost all credibility in my bout to run for Governor of Illinois...so here I am. And I see things never seem to change, do they?" He remarked looking them up and down and then at the corpse on the floor.

"You don't understand, Harrison." Velma started up. "I shot him in Roxie's defense. He was attackin' her! I mean look at her, she's all beaten up."

"Ah, so there we have it...a confession. Tell it to the judge, Kelly!" He sneered. "You!" He pointed to a young lieutenant. "Bring her in."

"No wait, I didn't--" Shouted Velma. The young officer grabbed her by the arm and forced her to the wall where he immediately cuffed her. As they started out the door, Roxie by now had become eccentric. "She's innocent, I swear! He was gonna kill me!!!" She cried.

"Hmph." Scoffed Harrison insidiously as he turned to follow the officers and Velma outside. "You just consider yourself lucky, Hart...For now." He tipped his hat and with that he was out the door.

"Roxie!" she could hear Velma yell as they forced her into the paddy wagon parked outside the apartment. Roxie immediately burst out the door and leapt down the steps, and out onto the street, to catch one final glimpse of Velma as she was being locked up into the van. In all the chaos she hadn't even noticed all the people spilling out from every house on the block and the large flock of reporters that had gathered around her and the police van.

"It's OK, Roxie. They can't hold me!" yelled Velma through the window bars. As the van began to pull away Roxie started on after it. "Don't worry, Velma. I won't leave you alone there. We'll get through this together, I love you too!" She panted. But by the time she had finished the van had already turned the corner and was out of site. Roxie fell weeping to her knees in defeat.

ADA Harrison who was delighting in watching all the drama enfold from in front of the apartment suddenly went up to the officer with the camera and snatched it out of his hands. He laughed cynically as he watched the coroners load up Tony's body onto the hearse. He held the camera to his chest and patted it. "Win or lose this case, those little tramps ruined my career, now I'm going to ruin theirs."

TBC very soon!