More then six hours passed by before everyone was called back into Court.
"I never thought it would take this long for a judgement." Clare whispered to Torie.
"It didn't, we've been playing Monopoly and I'm winning.." Alpha Carter whispered to the Alpha couple who wore shocked looks on their faces.
"Well we had to make it seem like we were actually deliberating, and of course you are winning, you own everything from rail road to rail road going past GO. Can't land anywhere on that corner with out paying out to you." Alpha Marcus muttered playfully while trying to sound petulant. Several snickers were heard as others listened in. Alpha Carter banged the gavel several times to bring the room to order.
"We have gone over the testimony and the evidence presented today in the case of Pack Greywolf vs Unit 112 Commanded by Commander Swift in regards to the event known as the Bus Massacre. We have found you guilty of War Crimes in the senseless acts of murder against innocent none combatants, namely Elderly Citizens and Children." Alpha Carter announced and banged the gavel against the table.
"This ends the Criminal phase of this Court ruling. As Alpha of the fore mentioned pack, Alpha Torie Greywolf will begin proceedings for punishment. You humans will be escorted back to your vehicles and the Court thanks you for your time in these proceedings." Alpha Carter said as he was looking from one lawyer to the next.
"I plan to file an appeal immediately." the female Lawyer shouted. The others began shouting the same things as well. Alpha Carter banged his gavel as wolves were shouting at the lawyers now. Once the room was quiet he continued.
"In our Laws, there are no appeals, no Governor or even the President can commute a given sentence once found guilty. We are not bound to your laws within our borders, we have no true prisons, just holding cells. Why is that, because to break the law and be found guilty, there is only ever one sentence, Death. Now leave us.." Alpha Carter reminded them. The Security began moving them out of the building and back to their cars.
"Alpha Torie, we step down to your Judgement." Alpha Carter said and pulled off the robe. "Damn that thing is hot.." he grumbled as the others agreed and followed his example. Torie stood up slowly, Clare standing with her and holding her hand.
"Call forth the families of those who suffered most from this act." she called out. It didn't take long, but by comparison many families were no longer able to gain Justice as they were all dead.
"Do you see all those gathered, barely ten people able to confront those who had attacked their Elderly, their Children. Why, because your act wiped out the rest of them as they fought for their right to live." Torie said coldly to them.
"Call forth the pack members who want Justice.." Torie said as she stared at a visibly shaking Swift. As the rest of the pack moved closer and the visitors stepped back. She tilted her head a bit.
"Remove the shackles from all but this one.." she said as she pointed out Swift. The rest had the cuffs and shackles removed, none of them moved as they awaited their fate.
"You all stand in the center of our territory, from here and in every direction it is over thirty miles to the boundary. Get past the boundary and you are free, get caught, you die. You are served up to pack Justice." Torie stated and gazed at Swift as she added, "To the families I offer the man who Commanded those of his Unit to fire on their families and left them to suffer. Commander Swift, may you die well." She finished in a cold emotionless voice while the rest cheered.
The rest were pushed out the door and given an hour before the Wolves and Cats were set loose. The families remained behind and took Swift into another room where his screams were heard well beyond the last of his people died. Torie did not participate, there was another she wanted more and her cat wanted beyond all others. They would wait for their own form of Justice.
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He sat listening as Commander Swift screamed, to anyone else they would have caused nightmares. But to him he could shrug it off. When the last scream sounded and the last listening device was destroyed, he sat back in his chair and looked over at the woman in the shadowed corner. Even he had never seen her face, nor had he ever asked too. She was an asset to be moved about his own Chess Board and nothing more. True she was much better then he had realized.
"How did they find the devices?" he asked of her and she just seemed to shrug a bit.
"Don't know, didn't stop to ask and not my problem. You paid to have them placed and I placed them, beyond that is not my concern." she reminded him once again.
"How much to find a way to kill her?" he demanded. He could hear the soft laugh coming from the woman.
"Only she could ever harm or kill herself, you should know this by now. And must I remind you that I am not an assassin, I gather information, nothing more." she said while moving closer before adding, "But I do kill, I kill anyone who sees my face, shall I prove that for you?" she warned while moving closer.
The Director backed away and shifted the light to keep her features hidden. He was pretty sure she was some form of Shifter or even a Vampire given her ability and talent. Why she was willing to move against her own kind he had no idea, but then again, everyone had their price, you just had to find it.
"You've made your point, your account has been accredited, I will call if there is anything else." he said quickly and waved her out.
He watched as her figured was enveloped by the shadows and simply faded from sight. The door never opened and the curtains never moved. It wasn't until he turned on the over head light that he knew he was alone in the room and it had taken nearly thirty minutes to finally make that move in case she was waiting for him.
Moving through the forest's shadows a lone woman slips a listening device into her ear before climbing up a tree almost a mile and a half away. Reaching down she turned on the devices she had set up while in his Office on various occasions. It had taken months of assorted visits to his Office in order to have all the pieces at play and working together.
Each device listened to everything said and done within the room, but until a motion detector told them the room was empty, none of the data would be sent out to a receiver. Scanners picked on radio frequencies and that was how they got detected. These sent out nothing until the room was empty, but they could record everything even with a scanner at work and never be detected. The motion detector had two purposes, to start recording when there was movement and to send data when there was not after a twenty minute wait of no motion.
