Missing

They were all staring at her.

Everyone in the court room. The bailiff with the shiny handcuffs attached to his belt. The twelve panel jury. The two mean looking lawyers behind their tables. One a defendant and the other a prosecutor. The beady eyed male judge with his little black glasses. There wasn't anybody else in the courtroom. No spectators. A "closed" court hearing. Lincoln was in prison. Guilty of similar charges to Tinsley. The cops never found Calvin. That lucky bastard.

Tinsley drummed her fingers on the witness stand trying not to think about her former pimps. Everyone was so quiet. Silently judging her. Finally, Tinsley smiled at everyone, "It's such a lovely day today, isn't it?"' She asked the room. It had been raining all day, but she was being sarcastic. Trying to make a joke and lighten the mood. No one seemed to get her humor. Someone in the jury let out a 'tsk tsk'. It made Tinsley laugh.

"You're all so serious!" She said. The judge scolded her. "This is a VERY serious matter Miss Rome!" Tinsley mocked him, repeating what he just said in a deep voice, "This is a VERY serious matter Miss Rome!" The judge's face turned red in anger. "You're facing two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of child endangerment, aggravated assault, theft, breaking and entering, grand theft auto, false inprisonment, evading police and resisting arrest! There is NOTHING to joke about here!" The judge barked.

Tinsley didn't like his attitude. She gave him a dirty look. He returned it. Looking away from the man, Tinsley sighed loudly into the court. "I'm so BORED!" She announced. "Why are we just SITTING HERE?!" She complained. Her lawyer, a female in a pencil skirt and blazer, stood up and requested to approach the judge. Tinsley could easily hear their conversation even though they were whispering overtop of the judge's stand.

They were talking about her schizophrenia again. Lies! All lies! Tinsley didn't even know what schizophrenia meant but she knew she didn't have it. They said her brain was sick. Tinsley didn't feel sick. She wasn't sick at all. They were liars! How dare they make up lies about her! "LIARS!" Tinsley barked to them. They ignored her. They wanted to give her pills. Just like her old foster parents used to. Tinsley didn't want any pills. She was fine. If they tried to give them to her, she would just spit them out! That's what she would do! Damn them and damn their pills! Tinsley stood up on the stand. "I am INNOCENT!" She exclaimed. The bailiff started walking toward her, so Tinsley quickly sat back down.

"You people are evil! Pure evil!" Tinsley huffed. Her lawyer walked up to her and asked her if she wanted to take a break. "A break from what?! We haven't even done anything! I need to proclaim my innocence!" Tinsley insisted. Her lawyer sighed, but returned to her seat. The prosecutor in his fancy suit, approached Tinsley on the witness stand, but before he could say anything, Tinsley turned her attention to the jury. "I didn't kill anyone! Honest! I'm innocent! It was Lincoln who killed the bus driver and that nosey bitch, Brit! It wasn't me!" Tinsley said with wide eyes.

"How did you acquire Brit Clark's clothing and cellular phone?" The prosecutor asked her. "I-I don't know what you're talking about. Lies! All lies!" Tinsley crossed her arms. "Lies?" The man replied. "Yes! Lies! All you people do is lie!" "Well in that case...how about you tell us what the truth is?" The lawyer tried. "Alright," Tinsley replied. Let's start at the beginning shall we?" She offered. "Please, Miss Rome. Enlighten us all." The lawyer replied.

Tinsley took a deep breath wondering how her story was going to go this time. "Well...I went to the Black Veil Bride's concert and I uhhh I had VIP because Andy Black invited me." She stopped when she heard the prosecutor chuckle. "Is something funny?!" Tinsley snapped. He gestured for her to continue on, so she did after clearing her throat. "As I was saying before I was so RUDELY interrupted... I was invited on the bus because I had VIP! Only umm.. the driver didn't realize I had VIP so Lincoln had to get rid of him." "Get rid of him? How?" The lawyer replied. "You know...with a knife. Then Lincoln threw him in the trash with the rest of the garbage where he belonged!" Tinsley answered. There was whispering in the jury stand that made Tinsley uncomfortable. Maybe she said something wrong.

Tinsley's lawyer didn't look very happy as Tinsley continued her story. "Umm...ummm....I noticed Andy accidentally left his babies on the bus so I was babysitting them for him." She said. Nobody interrupted her so she continued. "Only umm...Lincoln was jealous of the babies so he tried to kill them, but I didn't want him to kill them! So I ran off the bus to give the babies back to Andy, but Lincoln and Calvin were chasing me so I had to hide in the forrest!" Tinsley paused to take a deep inhale. Once she got her breath back she continued. "That's when I ran into that nosey bitch Brit - uhh I mean uhh that's when I found the junkyard and I uhh I got in that car to stay warm!" Tinsley lied. The prosecutor squinted at her. "You keep referring to Brit Clark as 'nosey' what do you mean by that statement?" He asked.

"She wouldn't mind her own fucking business!" Tinsley snapped. "What do you mean by that?" The attorney asked. "She tried to steal my babies!" Tinsley whined. "YOUR babies?" The man replied. "Yes! MY babies! Me and Andy's babies!" Tinsley informed. "You mean Arlo and Andra Biersack?" He asked. "NO! HEAVEN! HER NAME IS HEAVEN!" Tinsley cried slamming her fists down on the witness stand in front of her. "Her mother named her Andra." The prosecutor said calmly.

"LIES! I AM HER MOTHER!" Tinsley shrieked. "Why do you believe you're the mother of Arlo and Andra Biersack?" The attorney asked. "Andy Black told me! He TOLD me I was their mommy! He SAID we were a FAMILY!" Tinsley insisted. "When did he tell you this?" The prosecutor demanded. "In the car of course! Right before he said he wanted me to have his new baby!" With that dramatic new statement, Tinsley stood up and put her hands on her stomach over her jail issued uniform. "It's a boy. We're going to name him Sixx." Tinsley's lawyer quickly stood up, "May I have a word with my client!?" She exclaimed quickly. "DENIED! Sit down Miss Tinsley and sit down Mrs. Theropod!" The judge ordered.

They both did to the prosecutor's amusement who had a field day with Tinsley's recent proclamation. "Oh, I apologize. I didn't realize you were pregnant." He said to her. Tinsley smiled, "Yes I am." She said. "May I ask who the father is?" He inquired. "Andy Black, of course." Tinsley replied. The prosecutor smiled. "When did this...conception occur?" The lawyer asked. "In the car you fucking idiot! Where else?!" Tinsley spit. "So, in the nine minutes and thirty two seconds you were in the car with Andy and the children, you managed to have sexual intercourse with him?" Tinsley nodded silently. "Tell me how in nine minutes and thir-" The prosecutor began but Tinsley cut him off with a smirk, "He's a premature ejaculator." She smirked.

This seemed to anger the lawyer who huffed in disgust, "You do realize, Miss Rome, that lying under oath is -" "I'm NOT LYING!" Tinsley interrupted him angrily, "I DID have sex with Andy Black and I Am pregnant and it IS a boy!" The lawyer continued ignoring her belligerent outburst, "There were numerous police cruiser vehicles with cameras at the scene that recorded the entire exchange between you and Mr. Biersack! Are you aware of that?" Tinsley slammed her fists on the stand again, "Those fucking perverted peeping toms!" She spit.

The lawyer turned away from Tinsley and stormed back to his seat. "Nothing further!" He growled. Tinsley was released from the witness stand and told to go sit by her lawyer. "How did I do?" Tinsley grinned as she sat beside her lawyer. "Horrendous! You did nothing but lie!" Her lawyer replied to her. "Your honor, my client is clearly not mentally fit to stand this trial! I'm requesting not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder!" "The Insanity defense?! Don't listen to this crazy bitch! I'm not insane! She's insane! I'm perfectly fit to stand trial! I am innocent!" Tinsley snapped, before looking at the jury. "I didn't do anything! Please! Have mercy on a pregnant woman! Think of my baby! Sixx is going to need his mother!" Tinsley begged.

The judge demanded that Tinsley remain quiet. After a brief moment of silence in which the prosecutor stood up and dropped some paperwork on the defense's desk the man turned to the judge, "I would like to call my own witness to the stand, now your honor." He said. "Proceed." The judge replied.

"The prosecution calls, Andrew Dennis Biersack to the witness stand."

Tinsley sat straight up in her chair and looked around the court room until a door in the back opened. Tinsley's heart began to pound and she smiled as she saw Andy walk inside the room. He looked handsome in the black dress shirt and white tie he was wearing. His hair looked different. Brushed back in a professional manor. He looked so serious. His eye caught Tinsley's and she grinned wider, waving.

He gave her a dirty look. A mix between vile hatred, annoyance and disgust. Tinsley found it odd. He looked almost as if he didn't like her. Nonsense, of course he liked her! After all, how could he not like the mother of his unborn child?

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