"May Doc have mercy on your soul." The sheriff said directly to Lightning, mirth a lit in his aged eyes as if he took humor in Lightning's predicament. Lightning didn't understand why spoke so ominously. It was almost chilling to the bone to hear. It made her want to laugh. She probably crashed into a curb or something, not commit mass murder.

Inside the court room where Lightning assumed the entire town had attended today, she didn't need to see the rest of the town to know that it was near desolate. Taking a glance outside of the dusty, dirty windows Lightning could see an endless stretch of desert.

Lightning sat in an old oak chair that squeaked and if she moved slightly, it would wobble annoyingly. Her arms were pressed flat against her chest, though it was to keep a secure pressure onto her chest. It had been more than eight hours and Lightning was worried. It was somewhat hard to breathe, like the binder was only tightening around her chest, but hopefully she wouldn't have to wait much longer until she was free to go. It was her against everybody here, well except for Mater. The gullible, silly man seemingly with a big heart had gladly offered to be her lawyer for this crackpot court case. "Is that a threat-" The racer had started with narrowed eyes, only to be interrupted by a loud bang that caused her to jolt in her place.

The entrance to the courthouse had two large doors that swung open and an exhausted, older man came storming into the room. Despite his age, he looked like he was fired up and fueled by anger and spite.

" All right, I wanna know who's responsible for wreckin' my town, Sheriff. I wanna his head on a platter! I'm gonna put him in jail till he rots! No, check that. I'm gonna put him in jail till the jail rots on top of him, and then I'm gonna move him to a new jail and let that jail rot. I'm..." The man grumbled loudly as he walked right past Lightning as if he didn't notice her presence and kept walking straight towards the judge's podium.

Turning her head to glance at the townspeople, Lightning had concluded that this man was crazy and so were the people here, seeing as they didn't even bat an eye at his odd angry ranting. Hearing this man, she assumed to be Doc made her only want to get out of here faster. Doc stopped talking when he took a look at Lightning, his almond blue eyes swept up then down Lightning, as if to stare her down and judge her. "Throw him out of here, Sheriff. I want him out of my courtroom. I want him out of our town! Case dismissed."

Euphoria flooded through her senses at his words. This was it? She didn't need to pay any fines? No community service or even jail time? She let out a "Yes!" As she sighed in relief. Things were starting to finally look up into the clouds. More loud bangs and the two heavy doors burst open and a sharply well dressed woman stepped into the court room, where everybody's gaze including Lightning's, had focused onto her.

"Sorry I'm late, your honor."

With these words. Lightning could just feel something shift in the air, as if her luck in the clouds had suddenly became a storm of bad luck, raining down on what little success she had in escaping this town.