Drabble: "The last trial" - Part 5/7 (Charlie, Robin, OMC, everybody else, PG-13)
Title: "The last trial," 5/7.
Characters: Charlie, Robin, OMC, Larry, Don, Colby, Amita, Alan.
Word Count: 300.
Genre: AU.
Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Mention of several characters death.
Spoilers: None.
Author's note: Set after the "Tragedy Chain" drabble series and the Bridge to the 7 Deadly Sins Series, which you can find on my masterlist.
Summary: There is one last trial before the end of things as you know them.
Written for: numb3rs100, prompt Greed (7 Deadly Sins).
Beta: The lovely
toomuchfandom .
Disclaimer: I don't own Numb3rs or anything related to it.
Previous chapter: Part 4/7 (Alan, Robin, OMC, everybody else, PG-13)
Next chapter: Part 6/7 (Larry, Robin, OMC, ???, everybody else, PG-13)
After Charlie took the defendant’s place, the prosecutor pulled out another box, bigger than the last one; without delicacy, he opened it and put it upside down.
Hundreds of rolls of bills joined the sex toys and some lasagna that had fallen to the floor.
While some coins fell onto his body, Charlie said, “So this is your argument? I’m guilty because I made money with my FBI work and with my book?” He sounded irritated, tired of seeing how the people he loved were convicted without a defense.
“Money’s not the problem. The problem’s how you used it.”
“I’ve given up lots of it for research projects, programs for students to get to be able to learn th-”
“Do you remember what happened the night you were at the History Museum with your friends, Mr. Fleinhardt and Miss Ramanujan?”
“Yes.”
“Good. When you got out, you saw a kid on the street. A poor kid.”
“So?”
“You didn’t give him anything, not a simple coin, even when you’d thought about doing it.”
Charlie visibly swallowed.
“Tell me, Mr. Eppes, how many times have you made a contribution to charity institutions? As far as I know, they’re more of a priority than research projects.”
This time, Charlie didn’t have an explanation for that.
And yet, Robin declared him to be innocent. She explained, “I’ve known the defendant for a while; his mind works in ways that don’t apply to the rest of us. It’s not that he doesn’t want to help, he gets blocked with numbers and equations. It’s not enough reason to send him to Hell.”
Larry took a breath and while the prosecutor cursed, he summarized what had happened so far. Three to heaven, two to hell; a broken family; only one more defendant to judge. Himself.
Characters: Charlie, Robin, OMC, Larry, Don, Colby, Amita, Alan.
Word Count: 300.
Genre: AU.
Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Mention of several characters death.
Spoilers: None.
Author's note: Set after the "Tragedy Chain" drabble series and the Bridge to the 7 Deadly Sins Series, which you can find on my masterlist.
Summary: There is one last trial before the end of things as you know them.
Written for: numb3rs100, prompt Greed (7 Deadly Sins).
Beta: The lovely
toomuchfandom .
Disclaimer: I don't own Numb3rs or anything related to it.
Previous chapter: Part 4/7 (Alan, Robin, OMC, everybody else, PG-13)
Next chapter: Part 6/7 (Larry, Robin, OMC, ???, everybody else, PG-13)
After Charlie took the defendant’s place, the prosecutor pulled out another box, bigger than the last one; without delicacy, he opened it and put it upside down.
Hundreds of rolls of bills joined the sex toys and some lasagna that had fallen to the floor.
While some coins fell onto his body, Charlie said, “So this is your argument? I’m guilty because I made money with my FBI work and with my book?” He sounded irritated, tired of seeing how the people he loved were convicted without a defense.
“Money’s not the problem. The problem’s how you used it.”
“I’ve given up lots of it for research projects, programs for students to get to be able to learn th-”
“Do you remember what happened the night you were at the History Museum with your friends, Mr. Fleinhardt and Miss Ramanujan?”
“Yes.”
“Good. When you got out, you saw a kid on the street. A poor kid.”
“So?”
“You didn’t give him anything, not a simple coin, even when you’d thought about doing it.”
Charlie visibly swallowed.
“Tell me, Mr. Eppes, how many times have you made a contribution to charity institutions? As far as I know, they’re more of a priority than research projects.”
This time, Charlie didn’t have an explanation for that.
And yet, Robin declared him to be innocent. She explained, “I’ve known the defendant for a while; his mind works in ways that don’t apply to the rest of us. It’s not that he doesn’t want to help, he gets blocked with numbers and equations. It’s not enough reason to send him to Hell.”
Larry took a breath and while the prosecutor cursed, he summarized what had happened so far. Three to heaven, two to hell; a broken family; only one more defendant to judge. Himself.