Trials

Silver was not one to celebrate before the results were in, but he could not help feeling slightly confident about how it was going. The guards had been beating and abusing Shadow, and they had hardly covered up anything. It would be a major boost for this case if he could keep hammer in this point, showing the desperation from his client, sort of justifying his actions while acknowledging it was a crime.

"I had no idea.." It suddenly came from beside him. Silver looked, seeing Midnight Justice sitting in his chair, dumbfounded. "How the hell could this have happened..?" He really looked like he could not understand what was going on.

Silver was not sure if he believed him. "You sure seemed to like it when they hauled him in here in chains and a muzzle." He replied, writing some notes down. "It was a nice show."

Midnight looked to Silver. "I had no clue this sort of abuse was going on, but what am I supposed to do? It's my job to get this guy in jail."

Silver sighed and looked at him. "It's your job to investigate crimes, then decide if we should go to trial, then to appear in court. New information, and proof has surfaced. You could question the evidence you have been getting."

Midnight snorted. "We both know he did the things he is accused of."

"But what about his motives?" Silver asked.

"Still doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Whatever noble intentions he had, he still broke the law." Midnight still was firm on that front, and so Silver simply shook his head. It was not like he disagreed on the crime, just the way he looked at it.

Still, justice would be done.. He would get his client free unharmed, he was going to make sure of that.

"Argh!" Shadow yelled, kicking one of the guards away, while the other still held him from behind, trying to choke him. No one had heard the commotion, but then the guards probably had made sure the hallway outside was empty.

He could not die here, he refused to. At least not before seeing Rainbow one final time. Grinding his teeth, he used his hind leg to push off the sink, pushing his body, and thus the guard's, into the stall. They fell, and the guard got knocked out as his head collided with the toilet.

With the grip loosened, Shadow got up, and checked on the both of them. The fucks were still alive, and the bailiff was going to be fine. "Shit.." He mumbled, trying to think about what he could do. He had to escape, but if he did so, then he would look guilty.

No, he had to get to the courtroom, get Silver, he would believe him. If nothing else, Applejack would be able to tell if he was lying or not. He took the keys to his wing chains, unlocked them, and finally was able to stretch them. It felt good, and now, he would be able to defend himself better.

Walking out, he checked if the coast was clear. His body and mind was tired, he was not at the top of his game. After the beatings, and the lack of food, he was far from top form, and thus was not as quick and strong as he usually was. Still, if he could just get to the courtroom, get to Silver, then he should be safe.

However, as he turned a corner, some pony forced him against the wall, and a sharp pain moved through his body like lightning. "Argh!" He gritted his teeth, looking at the earth stallion who was holding him against the wall.

He was smirking. "I figured you would get away from my little surprise."

That voice, it was the guard that interrogated him two weeks ago. However, more pressingly, the pain he felt in his lower body, it wouldn't go away. Looking down, it was quite clear why. The stallion had forced a blade into his side, the warm blood already dripping onto the floor.

Glaring at the stallion, he placed his hoof on his and tried to move it away from him, but the two of them held each other in place. The earth pony smirked. "To bad you Pegasuss have such light bones." He moved a hind leg close to his and bucked him so hard Shadow felt something crack.

"ArghHH!!" By reflex, Shadow moved forward, head butting the stallion, which hurt Shadow almost as much as it did the stallion who fell to the floor, his snout bleeding. Panting heavily, Shadow almost collapsed to the floor, his whole body hurt, and he felt dizzy. Looking to the knife that was still in his side, Shadow knew he was done for if he removed it. Instead, he tried to ignore the pain and started to limp away.

Screw the courtroom, screw the law, screw his freedom! He needed to find Rainbow Dash. If he was going to die, he needed to see her one final time. Feel her close to him, see her magenta eyes.. Just one final time.

"I will end her.." A voice came from behind him. Shadow stopped. "This won't end until you're dead.. Shadow.." The stallion said as he got back up onto his hooves. "Once I'm done with you... I'm going to find that bitch and cut off her wings.."

Gritting his teeth, Shadow turned to face him. "If you.. Ergh.. Touch her.."

The stallion wiped his snout and smirked. "You what? You're dying mate.. Even if I get the blame, even if I go to prison, I'll be hailed as a hero, I get what I want.. There is a big price on your head, and I'm going to claim it.." He started to laugh a little, proving this guy was insane. "After so long, I can finally end you.. And after you, your Rainbow will burn.."

Shadow knew full well he was baiting him, but he also knew this stallion would do whatever it took to deliver on his promise. No, Shadow needed to end this once and for all.. Leaning down a little, he pushed off with his hind legs, forced his wings to give him a boost despite how much they arched in pain.

He flew towards the insane bastard with as much speed as he could muster, grabbing the knife in his side, pulled it out, and held the blade so it was towards the stallion.

If Shadow made it, he did not know. The pain was so strong everything became dark, and soon enough, he felt himself collide with the stallion. But there was nothing after that, he could no longer feel or think, everything felt like it was happening in some sort of strange dream.

He figured he was probably laying on the floor, dying, he had no clue if he had killed the stallion or not, he just knew one thing, he was going to die....