Chapter 7 NOT GUILTY AS CHARGE

: The angle of the sun hung in the sky like a huge fireball with an estimated time. Past hour of noon. Dispatch police officers, each armed and armored to the teeth. Each equipped with assault rifles, and a bulletproof vest and helmet covering their body rammed a suspect into a room.

Slam!

The door of steel slams behind him with a resounding sound into the hall. They snorted in fury at him. "We will be back in an hour to take you to the court.

"Pathetic scum, you will pay for what you did, this is going to be your new home," another guard on black said to him.

His eyes were dull and perplexed, hardly had the energy to move. He looked around in disbelief. Light shone in his eye as he recollects himself. He splutters in surprise.

"What is happening? His faded eyes began to have life, sinking in his heart, finally grasps the situation he was in. He began to scream aloud as he holds onto the steel bars in front of him.

“I did not do it, did what Again? What am I doing? Why am I here? Yes, I am a lawyer. I am a lawyer. I defend people, let me oooout of here! Let me ooout!

“Oh, will you just shut uuuup, of course we know who you are, lawyer Noah Raymond" you are famous? You all over the news." A Murderer, a female detective glared her dark eyes in disgust at him. She swept her brown hair to her shoulders, dark skin.

"News? He questioned."what are you talking about? I did not murder anybody."

"Is this guy high on drug or something? You murdered your wife, shot a police forensic doctor through his Goddam skull, bomb the central hospital to rumbles and you claim you don't know."She stood up from her seat and walked toward him. Fellow officers tried to stop her.

"No, wait, guys let me just give him one lottery punch to his nose" for Christ's sake Mike was a good lad. why did you kill him?

Ray's eyes wide open "No, no, nooo, this can't be right, my wife and kids, he promised to spare them, not to kill them."

"What are you talking about? Who promised who? A dark officer in black questioned, short black hair, dark eyes.

"Yes, the hectic day faded at the hours of 8, I walked into my house and shut the door behind me. I was about to drop my keys when I felt a presence in front of me in the dark seated. I switched on the light, but it won't work. A monstrous image began to emerge, his clawed hands stretched to the far end of the walls as if I have painted the room with some kind of animistic wall painting. A sudden voice called out from the dark "Raymond", I looked, I saw the scariest thing I have ever seen sat in the dark.I reached for the door, but it was shut.

I reached for the door, but it was shut. He stood up and the being was tall like 17 feet merging with the dark monstrous image. He walked a few feet towards me.

I sat frozen shuddering. He asked me for the identity of Boston, it's as if he didn't know who Boston was, he told me to call four persons, Sam, Timi, ola, and Abraham."

"Who are those people you mentioned? The female detective questioned.

"They are the governor relatives of this state, Governor Boston".

"Governor Boston? They shouted with a surprised look on their faces.

"Interesting! The officer expressed, please continue."

"He told me to arrange a meeting that someone has evidence of Valentina murders. If they don't want to go to jail, they are to meet up and collect the evidence at the location he will text them through my phone."

"I questioned who he was, he said his name was the hero of justice and he was going to kill all of us for Valentina's murder."

"Hold on" The female detective raised her hand, let me get what you are saying Valentina was murder, I thought she died due to a heart attack, Mike confirms it."

"I don't know how Valentina died, but all I know is that her wealth was stolen by governor Boston and his brothers."

"wow," A detective claps his hands "Let me guess, you too were part of the money heist right." The female officer looked at him distastefully.

“Yes" what should I have done, I have served my country but nothing to show for it? My law firm was on the verge of crumbling and my wife had enough. She was going to divorce me due to financial circumstances, and the governor allowed me to turn a blind eye just one time. He is powerful and could kill me. What should I have done? I took the money. I beg this entity for mercy. He gave me a devilish smile, and he said he had a role for me in his plan, he was going to make me famous."

"Hahahaha the detective laughed. He made you famous quite alright, and your face is all over the news."

"He said he will spare my family if I revealed the evidence, so I promised to reveal the evidence."

"So you saying, Boston killed his younger sister and stole her wealth. Let's say if we were to believe your little tale. Where is the evidence you gave him?"

"A copy is locked in my drawer, in my private room." He swiftly swings a key to them.

"Go check for yourself. He told me that the only way to save myself, I have to turn in the evidence as if he knew that I was going to be Locked up."

"OK, then before you are taken to court, let me ask you one last question, how do you explain the murders you committed a week ago."The female detective questioned."

I don't know anything about that. I swear, that monstrous demon touch my neck and I blanked out and the next thing is here."

The detective noticed a Black Hand imprint across his neck.

"OK"Let me refresh your memory ray," she explained, multiple witnesses and CCTV footage caught you on camera. You pick a withdrawn gun from Mike, and you shot your wife and two kids and then the next footage of you. We saw you and Mike walk into the hospital; you aim the gun to his head and shut him. His blood splatters to the ground, a confirmed cold-blooded kill if that was not enough. You held the hospital clients for about an hour when you finally grab the entire police attention. you came out of the hospital and then you pressed a remote control. Bombed the central hospital to rumbles. Bravo, she clapped her hands; I never knew you were Tommy cruise.

What? I did that", his eyes wide open.

"I killed my wife".

I find it odd that Mike gave him his gun, robbed the police bomb, Amory, steal some c4 explosives and he just stood there watching you killing people. He even set up c4 explosives from the video footage with your ray." The male officer stares at him. It just doesn't make sense. Because of Mike, the entire police force was thrown off balance by the commissioner of police. He is not taking these embarrassments lightly, "let's go to his house detective Pamela and check for hints to his mysterious assailant".

Shortly, The armored guards escorted Raymond with chains clustered to his hands. He walks out of the police station with all manner of camera flickering flashlight asking several questions. Some cursed at him.

...

Ray arrived in court as the judge hammered his mallet "order order". Everyone kept quiet at the brandishing of his mallet. Then the judge rearranges his squared glasses around his nose as he questioned ray.

"Mr. Raymond Noah." you are being charged with more than 100 counts of 1st-degree murder. How do you plead?

"Not guilty your honor" the family of the victims began to curse in frenzy in court.

...

An hour later, the judge arrived to give is the verdict.

"Here is my verdict"

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An hour before the court's verdict. A suited man, blonde hair, straight face, pale skin walking in the airport. Pedestrian shocked as they salute him,

" good afternoon governor Boston." He raised his hand.

Somewhere surprise pointing at him, where are his bodyguard. Several minutes later, he was boarded in a commercial plane. Then he stood up suddenly then he began to walk towards the pilot's cockpit.

"Your Excellency sir, please how can I be of service.' The flight attendant's eyes began to fade.

"Take me to the pilot." He robotically commanded.

"Yes, your Excellency."

The duo knocks at the cockpit and the pilot opened up. They Looked perplexed as they stare at the governor, and then the governor touches their shoulder cap and light began to fade from their eyes.

"Take me to the court," Boston ordered.

"Yes, your Excellency." The plane travels to the court. Then, the pilots vertically arranged and angled the nose of the airplane directly facing the court structure swiftly descending. The pilot increased the speed falling in velocity.

"Here is my verdict, I find the accused Raymond Noah not guilty and he is to be held in a mental hospital for a year. That's all" the judge rammed his mallet. A frenzy erupts in the court in disagreement with the judge when suddenly the ground began to shake and the rumbling made everyone paused for a while wondering what was happening, as they listen, they began to hear a loud sound of an airplane. The sound grows louder and louder, and everyone looks up likewise ray as they swiftly witness a descending Plane, Crash through the ceiling erupting in flames from the roof. Ray shouts as his hand covers his face

Boooom!

The court structure bomb boom with colossal mushroom flames and dark smoke and fire. Pedestrians and police guards, children, and even citizens open their car doors from their various vehicles and began to run from the area, sighting a descending plane as the plane violently explodes into the courtroom, affected towered structure began to descend on other buildings causing a huge rumble with dark smoke enveloping the clouds and surrounding areas.

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Two Months Earlier