The Reaper

Chapter 13: I Fought The Law

Jeremy POV 

I looked to the doorway when the feminine voice of the first officer rang out through the room. "People feel unsafe with you being here and due to the nature of your case they want you sentenced as quick as possible so we've been ordered to get you and witnesses to the courthouse ASAP" Said the lady and I nodded with a clenched jaw. 

"Woah isn't that a bit soon all things considered and it only just happened this morning?" Asked Alaric in a disbelieving tone to which the police lady just stared at blankly. 

"I've been given my orders Mr. Saltzman don't make things harder than nessesary" she said and motioned for us to follow. I walked out first and both handcuffed arms were grabbed by officers waiting outside the interrogation room. We were quickly led to a car and to the New York County Supreme Courthouse to await whatever my fate may be. 

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Third Person POV 

The jury sat in their stands as people, witnesses and important people filled the observation area, to be able to mi e things along quicker they were doing the trial in the late afternoon and going until the jury heard what they needed to make an informed decision. The judge for now wasn't present as lawyer, defendant and the prosecution conversed over strategies and other important things for a court. 

"All rise" Said a man standing at the front of the court room as the judge made his appearance. When he took his seat everyone sat back down. 

"Today we are making the decision on what to do with this youth, whom some believe acted on fear and desperation whilst others believe he acted on instinct and murderous intent" spoke the judge as he gazed upon those in the court room. "Jeremy Gilbert earlier today killed 5 people and the question is Mr. Gilbert are you pleading guilty or not guilty?" Asked the judge in a strong posh sounding voice. 

"Guilty" Said the teen in a strong voice void of emotion that would show the sadness and acceptance that was hidden beneath the layers of stoic indifference. 

"Very well, I'm that case we shall hear the prosecutions argument first" said the judge with a sort of sad look on his face. It seemed as though the judge was unhappy with the choices the kid had made, or maybe it was the unfairness and hardships life had dealt him. 

"I'm here to tell you, to warn you that whilst that kid sat their with his indifference and ignorance to what's going on that all of that is true. He pays no mind to the crimes he's committed like most criminals if we leave him free to roam the streets you can certainly guarantee he will act again and maybe he'll skip away before he can be caught so we need to act now in order to protect ourselves from the poison he is" said the prosecutions lawyer. A women in her mid thirties in a suit looking professional with a look in her eye and a tone in her voice which spoke volumes at how true she believed her words to be. 

"Do you have any information that could further prove your point Miss. Murphy?" Asked the judge and she walked to the desk which held a file, one familiar to the teen and who gave it to the lawyer. 

"Here I have a file on every crime he's commit and I can lost just a few that particularly stood out to me" Said Murphy and she took out a piece of paper with some notes on the front of it. "4 years ago Mr. Gilbert killed a Polish scientist who was working on trying to recreate the super solider serum but making it less about superpowers and more about improving health globally" she said looking at everyone in the jury in turn as she spoke. "When he was merely 10 years old he committed mass genocide in Budapest and committed multiple accounts of arson" she said. "All through this file is account of children all 5 years older than himself being killed by his hands during his training, the youngest age he killed someone at was when he was 4 years old. This killer posing as an innocent teenager has been a killer for 12 years, this isn't something even prison could change about him, it's an engrained instinct that he cannot resist" Said the middle aged lawyer before putting down the file. 

"Do you have any witnesses who would like to speak?" Asked the judge. The whole proceedings of this trial was immensely different than usual. They didn't ha e time to scrutinise every single detail, the government demanded justice or a probation as quickly as possible so everything had to mi e at a quicker pace. 

"I do Yes your honour" spoke the lawyer as she turned to calmly speak to the judge. The old man nodded and turned to look at the stoic term who looked like the words the women spoke about him didn't affect him in the slightest. He sighed before he spoke. 

"We will reconvene after a 30 minute brake"