Athena's sleep was full of dreams. Dreams of an event which took place just over two months ago. An event which changed her life forever.

"Court is now in session for today's trial" the Judge announced to the silent, but crowded courtroom. "Are the defence and prosecution ready?

"The defence is ready your Honour" Athena announced

"The prosecution is also ready" a man opposite Athena said, his voice was slimy and he had the most ridiculous fringe ever.

"Very well" the judge said, his grey beard moving around slightly as he spoke, "your opening statement if you please Mr Payne."

"Of course your Honour," Payne started, "two days ago a man disappeared, he is believed to have been murdered. Unfortunately because the body vanished very little evidence could be recovered, we did however find a potential murder weapon, and proof that the defendant murdered the victim; Mr Smith."

"please explain your findings Mr Payne" the Judge demanded.

"With pleasure your Honour" Payne slimed "Firstly we found this..." Payne said holding a shiny circular blade so that everyone could see it, it had a slight iridescent glow. "Which we believe to be the murder weapon. The defendants right hand fingerprints were found on this buzz saw which is proof that. She handled the weapon. Second, the defendant was the last person seen with the victim, which destroys her alibi. And finally the defendant had a motive."

"That does seem very decisive." The Judge agreed, "please could you tell the court what this motive was?"

"Certainly, your Honour." Payne replied obediently "The defendant is the daughter of the victim, the defendant's mother died during childbirth, and science that day has been abused by the victim. This act was the defendants revenge."

"That surely does seem like a watertight theory." The judge agreed.

"Objection!" Athena shouted, "This is all conjecture, there's no evidence to back up your statement!"

"Objection!" Payne retaliated "It's the only possible series of events, and the CCTV footage of the room in which the event is believed to have occurred is being processed as we speak!"

"Objection! You claim to know all the details about this case, but in reality you can't even confirm in which room the victim was supposedly killed! You can't even prove he was killed at all!"

"I'm afraid Mr Payne, the Defence has a very valid point" The Judge said

Payne's slickly smirk remained on his face, "why don't we ask the detective in charge of the investigation what he thinks?" He suggested.

"Very well," the Judge boomed, "Please call the detective to the stand!"

A few moments passed, then a tall man wearing a big brown coat, and who had a pencil behind his ear walked up to the witness stand.

"Name and Profession" Payne demanded

"Dick Gumshoe, I'm the lead detective for this case" the man responded.

"Would you mind elaborating on the extent of the investigation detective?" Payne asked

"Uh, sure Pal" Gumshoe started "during the investigation we came across a circular saw, which is believed to be the murder weapon. It has the fingerprints of the defendant were found on it during it's examination, however, no traces of blood were found on the blade-"

"Hold it!" Athena was looking at gumshoe inquisitively "if, detective, there was not trace of blood on the saw, how can it be a murder weapon?"

Payne smirked, he was playing with his ridiculous fringe. "Ms Cykes, need I point out the obvious? Two possibilities arise from your line of questioning, first: what if the defendant simply used the blunt of the saw to attack the victim?"

Athena shook her head "nice theory, but I don't think so" she said thoughtfully "having spent a lot of time questioning the defendant you should know that she is much smaller than the victim who was around 6ft tall, therefore, how would the defendant have reached high enough to hit his head, and would she really have the strength to hit him hard enough with this flimsy piece of metal?"

"The defence has a valid point Payne, your argument isn't exactly water tight"

"Very well" Payne announced "that brings us to possibility number two, the defendant wiped the blood from the saw in order to hide the evidence."

"Objection!" Athena called "if this is the case, then why was the saw found lodged in the wall?"

"Maybe the defendant was trying to create the impression of a third person" Payne suggested

"Then surely, she'd have left the blood on the saw, because if I'm honest, without it, the possibility of a third person attacking with the saw becomes more unlikely. Besides, if she wiped the blood off, what did she wipe it off with, and why didn't she wipe her fingerprints off it at the same time?

"Order, order!" The Judge called "it seems at present, neither cases involving the saw's involvement in the crime can be proved, have you anything else to share regarding the investigation, Detective?"

"Sorry Pal," the detective said "but apart from the saw and the CCTV footage we didn't manage to find anything else during the investigation."

"Very well," the judge said, nodding slightly.

"the prosecution would now like to call the defendant to the stand" Payne announced

"Very well," the judge repeated "bailiff, please bring the defendant to the stand"

A moment later a small, young girl was bought into the courtroom, she had to stand on a box in order to see over the top of the stand. She looked at the faces around her with teary, blue eyes. Her chocolate brown hair fell to just below her shoulders. It was obvious she was scared, terrified, you could tell just by looking at her face. It was also obvious that she was sad.

"Witness, your name and profession please?" Payne demanded

The girl remained silent, unable to speak.

"Witness!" Payne demanded again, this time much louder.

Payne's voice seemed to make the girl jump a little, but she still failed to speak.

"Your honour!" Athena called "the defence requests the prosecution stop badgering the defendant! She's obviously terrified! Not to mention she's more than likely upset about this incident, the victim was her father after all!"

"I agree" the Judge said, scowling at Payne "the prosecution will refrain from badgering the defendant!"

Payne smirked "as you wish your honour" he said bluntly.

Athena looked at the girl on the witness stand, she knew that this small, harmless girl could not have harmed anyone, never mind her own father. "It's ok" she said softly, a her voice was soothing, "we won't hurt you, we would just like to know your name if that's ok?"

The girl shifted her weight, she glanced at Payne but then fixed her gaze on Athena. "K-knisa" she mumbled.

Athena smiled sweetly "thank you" she spoke just as softly as before. She went to speak again, but before she had the chance the courtroom doors burst open, it was the bailiff. "your honour!" He shouted "the CCTV footage has returned from it's analysis."

The judge nodded, "let us see it"

A large screen flickered to life as the footage was played, after a few seconds the video began. It showed Knisa and a very big man standing opposite each other, the man looked as if he was livid, Knisa had her face buried in her hands. "Look at me!" The man roared. Knisa slowly looked up from her hands, but the second their eyes made contact a circular saw flew between the two of them, lodging itself in the wall. The man disappeared. Knisa slowly walked towards the saw, placing her hand on it. As the footage fizzled out a cry of sorrow could be heard.

The courtroom was silent. Everyone looked up at the screen in disbelief.

"The footage had been interfered with by some sort of electro magnetic pulse" Payne announced reading the analysis report, "it was lucky that this small clip could be recovered, unfortunately all footage before and after the event we just saw has been lost."

"Well." the judge started slowly "this footage proves the existence of a third person, therefore removing all suspicions against the defendant. This court finds the defendant NOT GUILTY!"