A Walk on the Wild Side

Disclaimer: I do not own Night Court. The only thing that I own is this story. Please read and review, as this is my first attempt at writing comedy.

It was a typical night at the courtroom for all the regulars. Mac was bringing files to Judge Harry Stone, and the criminals were brought up by the bailiffs Bull Shannon and Roz Russell, to have their cases dealt with by D. A. Dan Fielding and defended by the blonde Public Defender Christine Sullivan. Most of the cases ended up with the cry of "Time served and $50 fine" with some being released and a few held over for Grand Jury proceedings. Dan, as usual, when there was a break, tried to hit on Christine or some other woman near him, but with no avail.

Finally, Harry rapped his gavel for the last time that night. "And that is it for the night people" he said, as he stood up from the bench. Dan had managed to get a date for the night, and was off to have fun with her. Bull and Roz headed off to their homes for the night. However, Mac was at his desk, with Christine nearby.

"Here are the files you wanted Christine. I just don't understand why Albany wants them" the black clerk told the blonde Public Defender. Mac had served with Harry for over three years and while Harry might run a little loose with some of the rules, he DID clear out a large number of cases over each year.

"Thanks Mac. I have no idea either, but Albany wants to look them over. So, I will be taking them up to Albany, and when done, I'll bring them back. Hopefully, we can get some answers" Christine told the Vietnam vet. And with that, she took the files and headed out the building.

As Christine headed up north in her Mazda, she thought about how things had lead her to this day. She had started off in college as a student of legal matters, before starting her gradate studies in the field of law. She had graduated with high marks and had become an up and coming public defender, until she could get a shot at going on to being a prosecutor . However, she found herself enjoying working in Criminal Court part 2, or, as it was also referred to, as Night Court. She had made friends with Harry, Mac, Bull, and Roz. Dealing with Dan was a challenge each and every session, since he had a tendency to hit on almost any woman who he ran into. But overall, there was a good comradely among those in the court. However, as Christine was driving, she did not realize two things: 1) The weather had started to turn from a cloudy night into a snow storm. 2) Her car had not been properly tuned up the last time she took it into her mechanic. The rotary engine had some cracks in it, and the more she drove it, the worse it got. By the time that she was halfway to Albany, the roads were getting slick from snow and ice, and her car engine was acting up. Before long, Christine was gripping the wheel hard, trying to stay on the road, when her engine BLEW UP!

When the engine blew, Christine tried her best to keep the car on the road, but was unable to. The car ended up heading into a grove of trees, where it crashed, knocking Christine out.

6 months later

Since Christine Sullivan's presumed death, things had continued on in Criminal Court part two. Bull and Roz still handled the criminals, Harry passed out sentences, Mac brought up the cases and Dan prosecuted them. However, to replace Christine Sullivan, a new Public Defender has come up. Her name was Paige O'Rourke, a red headed woman who spoke at times with an Irish accent. While she did not object to much of Dan's flirting with her, and even flirting back with him, she had her eyes set on Harry! Things though, were about to take an interesting twist this night.

Most of the cases that night were standard, with people being fined and let go. However, the last case of the night was different. The young man was a member of a biker gang, with several of the gang members in the court that night. "What do we have here, Mr. Prosecutor?" Harry asked, looking at the man with the Biker jacket on, a jeweled image of a Piranha showing on the back.

"Mr. Thompson here, was arrested for causing a fight at a restaurant that he and his fellow biker gang members were eating at. Another gang came in and started a fight. He and his gang drew knives and threatened people there" Dan informed the judge.

"Now Mr. Prosecutor, you KNOW that these fine young people were just defending themselves from the other gang" Paige countered, winking at Dan, trying to distract him from the amount of leg she was showing Harry. Paige knew that the gang was in trouble, but she was going to do what she could to reduce the time that would be given them.

"I Have to agree with the prosecution on this one. We'll hand this over to the Grand Jury to decide on the charges for this case" Harry told the two attorneys, as he prepared to bang his gavel to indicate that the case was done.

"And who decided that Henry is going to jail?" asked a female voice from the gallery in the courtroom. The staff turned to see a woman with sun bleached blonde hair in a Princess Leia up do, wearing a leather jacket with the piranha symbol on the back. She wore an off white shirt with a vest, denim pants with leather chaps, and scuffed up brown leather boots. "Henry takes care of us. He IS our leader! If you want to try and take him, you'll have to take all of us" she said, as several other members of the gang nodded in approval.

"And who are you, young lady, to say that about our way of handling things?" Roz asked, as she stepped forward, ready to take the lady on if need be.

"I'm Chrissy Stone. The Piranha's took me in when I was lost. They gave me a home. And I WILL defend my friends" she told Roz, as she pulled a switchblade from within her vest. The sight of the blade made many of the people in the courtroom either ducked under chairs or ran out of the courtroom in terror.

Roz though, did not run or hide. She grabbed Chrissy by her wrist and both pulled her forward, and at the same time, turned the wrist so that it was both on the opposite side and hurting! Chrissy was forced to drop the knife, and once she did that, Roz took out a pair of handcuffs and put them on the blonde's wrists.

"Nice going Roz!" Harry called out from his desk. While he was not happy about a knife being pulled from in his courtroom, he was happy that no one had been hurt.

"Not a problem your honor" Roz replied, as she escorted Chrissy to a cell. This blonde was going to be in a cell for a while, until she answered to charges that were sure to be filed against her.

A few days later, while Harry was preparing for another evening of court, Mac came into his office with a bunch of files. "Here's whats on the docket for tonight Sir" he told Harry. As Harry Sullivan looked over the files, one of them stood out. It was based on a request that he had put in on Chrissy Stone, to have her fingerprints run, to see if she had any other charges on file. What he saw in the file shocked him!

"Mac, would you get Dan, Bull, Roz, and Ms. O'Rourke in here please? And you might want to stay in for it as well" Harry asked his Court Clerk.

Mac looked at Judge Stone with a look that thought he was crazy, but did as he was asked. Within a matter of minutes, everyone was in the judges chambers.

"So, Harry, why did you ask for everyone to come in here" Dan asked, looking around. Dan might be a problem at times, but he did respect Harry, and was willing to ask questions that often times, were being wondered by others present as well.

"I just got a report back on Ms. Stone. It turns out that her name is NOT Chrissy Stone" Harry told the group. That part got nods from the group. Most of them were used to people using alias. "It turns out that her real name is" and here, Harry, like the good magician that he was, took a break to get his audience hooked "Christine Sullivan!"