Scorpion: A New Member

Chapter 55: I'm your lawyer

MEGHANS POV
"What are we going to do? Happy's on her way to jail." I ask. I'm terrified but I'm not letting it show. At that moment Shawn walks through the door, why does he always pick the worst times?
"It's not a good time Shawn." I say sitting down on the couch.
"What's happening in here?" Shawn asks looking at me then the rest of the team.
"Happy's in jail." Toby says taking off his hat and running his hands through his messy brown hair.
"Oh shit. What did she do?" Shawn asks.
"Nothing that's why we're stressed. Can you please come back later? We will explain then." I say with so much frustration in my voice.
"I understand, I'll see you later Meg." He says kissing my forehead gently and walks out.
"Well somebody obviously framed her. We just need to find out who and when." Walter says pacing back and forth. We all think for a moment.
"What about Eddie?" I ask breaking the silence.
"What about Eddie?" Toby asks.
"Maybe he switched the prints in the car." I say thinking it through a few times.
"Your a genius!" Toby shouts running towards the door.
"No kidding." I shout running after him.We run out to the van, everybody is scattered about the van and nobody even bothered to buckle, except Walter who is driving.
"Well we need proof before we can go in there accusing him." I say as I take out my computer.
"Yeah but he did do it." Toby responds.
"We know that but do you really think they're going to believe us?" I reply. I start typing on my computer.
"Did anybody see what car he was driving?" I ask, everybody looks around at each other.
"Sly?" I ask hoping he saw the car.
"I didn't see the car." Sylvester says looking down.
"Shit Sylvester!" I shout running my hands through my curly brown hair.
"This is Happy's job." I say quietly.
"We need a lawyer." Cabe says, huge smile grows on Toby's face.
"Oh no." Walter complains.
"Oh yes." Toby says happily. When we get there Toby changes into his lawyer outfit and we are able to get him in to see Happy but only for a few minutes. We are allowed to watch from the window.
"What the hell Toby?" Happy says when he walks into the room. She's sitting at an interrogation table with her hands in hand cuffs in front of her.
"I'm your lawyer and my name is Charleston." He responds smiling.
"Oh lord I'm in trouble." She says biting her bottom lip.
"So the person who framed you was Eddie."
"Your just realizing this now?"
"Anyway we need to break into his car to get his finger prints, but we don't have a freakin clue how to do that."
"What kind of car does he drive?"
"We don't know."
"How the hell do you not know?"
"We didn't see him pull away, but is there a way you can still help?"
"Ok well you can break a window and make an electrical surge from inside the car, Walt already knows how to do that. But knowing Eddie, being a police officer and all he probably has bullet proof windows. In that case you would have to get in from the outside, first get a key, Paige's car is probably the most similar to his, put the key in the lock and twist it since they are not the same car it will either break the car or work. I would have had a lot more options if I knew what kind of car it is but since we don't, here are our options." Happy says now at a whisper. Then a police officer walks in.
"Hi I'm police officer Francisco, your time is up uh... Charleston." The officer says.
"Francisco, that's a funny name." Toby says smirking.
"Are you seriously quoting the movie 'Elf' right now?" Happy asks getting incredibly annoyed. The officer takes Toby out of the room and brings him to us. Toby explains to us what to do and go out to the parking lot. We find a small red Toyota and look through the windows we see the finger prints sticking out of the glove compartment.
"Somebody break into the car." Cabe says. Nobody says or does anything for a while. I takeout out my phone.
"If nobody else is going to do it." I use the corner of my phone and smash it through the window. The window shatters and slices my arm a bit. I shake out my arm and reach though the now shattered window and unlock the door. I go in and grab the prints but they are locked in the glove compartment.
"Hand me a paper clip of bobby pin." I tell them and Paige hands me a bobby pin, I put it in the lock and jiggle it around and the lock pops open revealing the inside. Inside is a gun and the prints. I take out the finger prints and close up the glove compartment and get out of the car.
"Got them what do we do now?" I ask.
"Get in the van, we're going to court." Cabe says, we do as told and get in the van and drive down to the court room. We walk in and Happy is already sitting at the table.
"Ok I'll talk." I say before we walk in.
"Why you?" Toby asks.
"Because I already have the debate planned out in my head." I respond.
"Take my blazer it will make you look more 'professional'." Paige says taking off her blazer and handing it to me., she's wearing a white camisole underneath. She shivers when her skin meets the cool crisp air. Walter takes off his coat and puts it on her, I smile at the picture. I put on the blazer, it's a little big because Paige is taller then me. We walk into the court room together and I walk over to where Happy is sitting. The rest of the team sits in the audience. The judge instructs Happy and I to stand.
"Hello I am Meghan Jacobs and I will be proving Happy Quinn not guilty."
"Ok Happy Quinn. you may be seated." The judge says and she sits.
"Meghan you may start."
"Happy Quinn is a good person, she has never committed a crime in her life and she even works for the government. I did check into Eddie's records he has commuted several crimes, such as DUI, harassment and resisting arrest. I believe that Eddie switched the finger prints in the car on the way to the police department, considering I found these in his car." I say walking around the court room then pointing to the finger prints.
"I would like to submit this as evidence." I say handing it to the judge.
"Accepted as evidence." The judge says taking it from me. Eddies lawyer then pleads his case and I have to say it's not very convincing. We wait patiently for maybe an hour or two while the jury discusses everything and looks over the evidence.
"How's jail treating you?" Toby asks Happy.
"Oh it's great." Happy responds sarcastically. She's staying really cool, calm and collected. The jury walks in right after she says this.
"We have reached a decision." The judge says and turns to the jury.
"Eddie Jones is guilty." The jury says, we all exhale a sigh of relief. Police officer Francisco takes the hand cuffs off Happy and we are allowed to go back to the garage. Toby takes Happy and Cabe in his car while Walter, Paige, Sylvester and I go in the van. Walt driving, Paige in the passengers seat and Sly and I in the back seat. There's no music on and nobody's talking, just a comfortable silence. All of a sudden we feel a huge bump and all hit our heads on the seat in front of us. Then I realize... we were in an accident.
I feel fine, I'm not injured. I turn to Sylvester he's fine, just frightened. I jump out of the car and look in the front seat, I see blood but I can't identify who is coming from, Walter or Paige. Neither of them are awake. I take out my phone to call the an ambulance. Out of no where I feel a sharp pain in my stomach and fall to the ground. I look down and see a lot of blood and then everything goes black.