Daredevil reached the roof top just as Green Lantern restrained Bullseye. Major Force was gone and the after effect of the emerald energy interfered with his radar so that he couldn't tell where the man had gone. He heard Bullseye grunt as he approached, giving definite sounds that he could navigate by.
"What were you thinking? Taking off like that could seriously harm the case!" said Daredevil, choosing his words carefully to avoid letting Bullseye know too much and praying that Kyle would do the same.
"DD, I've caught the guy who murdered Barret and he had these" He held up the knives using the rings energy, "They're the same as the one he used. That has to count for something!"
"It does, and those files I heard the Major talking about. You need to get back to the courthouse, now. Stick with Foggy; he knows how to handle things like this. I have a few things I need to take care of. I'll get back as soon as I can" said Matt.
"I've got a better idea" said Kyle
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First they took Bullseye and his knives to the police station. As Green Lantern Kyle could fly very fast. It didn't take long to deliver the assassin and to explain what had happened on the rooftop. Kyle took him in. Green Lantern had a better public image that the supposedly urban legend that was Daredevil. After that it was straight to the courthouse.
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Valdez was definitely getting suspicious. He kept coming over to ask Foggy if he was any closer to finding Matt and Kyle. Foggy kept coming up with some excuse or other as to why he hadn't yet and he was afraid that he was starting to run out of things to say. He saw Valdez coming back and felt his stomach sink.
"Mr. Nelson, any word yet?" the detective asked.
"Well, you see… Mr. Rayner is just over there" relief flooded through Foggy's system as he spotted Kyle trying to sneak in through a side door. Valdez wheeled on him like an eagle circling its prey.
"Mr. Rayner, I hope you have a good excuse as to why you haven't been around for me to question?" he said
"Err, yeah. About that, you see, I kinda freaked and took off when the judge was killed. Matt came after me to try to talk some sense into me" Kyle tried to explain. It was impossible to tell what Valdez was thinking.
"And where is Mr. Murdock?" he asked.
"Mr. Murdock is right here. I'm very sorry about the wait but Mr. Rayner has been under a considerable amount of stress during the course of events. I'm afraid that the incident here was just too much" said Matt, slipping effortlessly into lawyer mode. While he kept the detective busy Kyle slipped off to find Bruce Wayne and John Steward
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John approached Detective Valdez just as he was finishing up questioning Matt.
"It's came to my attention that some crucial evidence was stolen from the court in the confusion. I'm going to try to track it down" he said in a businesslike tone of voice. Valdez nodded to him
"Whatever you need" said the detective. Then he approached Kyle.
"Now, can we please get this finished?" he asked.
"Sure thing" said Kyle, glancing over to where Matt and Foggy were discussing something. Was it just Kyle's imagination or did Matt nod slightly in his direction?
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John already knew where Major Force ran most of his operations. He had run every kind of surveillance he could think of on the man ever since the hospital incident. He found the office easily and used his JLA security clearance to gain access. After that it was just a matter of searching everywhere to find those files that Kyle had told him about. John knew only too well what Major Force was capable of. He didn't want to spend any longer here than was necessary, but if those files were even one tenth as good as what Kyle had described then they were all the evidence that they needed to prove Kyle's innocence.
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What John didn't know was that there was a hidden CCTV camera watching the office. He didn't know that at this very moment he was being watched from another office, very similar to the one he was in.
"He'll find the Healy file. We have to do something" said a man in a government suit to another man who sat in a large leather chair. The man in the chair smiled a razor sharp smile
"Tell me something, what's the worst that could happen, should that come to pass?" he said as he sat back and watched Green Lantern on the monitor.
"Major Force! Governor Healy is one of our biggest supporters. If we lose the funding he provides…"
"David Healy is a coward and a liar. It's because of him that I got saddled with that idiot Bullseye" Force spat. His throat still hurt where Bullseye's knife had hit. The man was good, there was no doubting that, but Bullseye had proved to be far too unstable to be of any use.
"So you're prepared to send Healy to jail over the mess that the assassin got us into?" said the man. Just another nondescript face in a nondescript suit. Major Force wondered idly how many of those he had came across during his career.
"Healy has already shown us the lengths he's willing to go to in order to get what he wants. I'm not sure that he's the type of person who should be in a position of responsibility" said Major Force. On the screen Green Lantern had found the Healy file. He took a moment to look through it. The suit tried again
"That file proves that Healy hired Bullseye to take out Barret and that he bribed Barret's security into letting it happen. If he takes it to the authorities then all the charges against Rayner will be dropped! Is that what you want?"
"There are other ways to get to Rayner. Bullseye is in jail where he belongs and I am tired of the whole affair. I'm prepared to let Healy take the fall for this. I have other plans" The two men watched as Green Lantern left with the evidence that would prove Kyle Rayner's innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt. Force nodded to himself as he left. He had lots of other plans.