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Song: Cold As Ice - Foreigner
Scott Summers was preparing for any other case he’s been given before. Something about this one was different, yes it was about a murder but that was not it. It was the fact he was going against Logan .
He wasn’t nervous, far from it. He was one of the best - if not the best state attorney here. He won almost every case he’s had.
If he was being honest with himself he was excited. He didn’t want to recognize his reason behind his excitement. He just told himself that it was because he would destroy Logan.
When Scott first met Logan in court it was like a breath of fresh air. Not in a sense that he needed it - but he was different. Logan was louder and had a totally different demeanor compared to other attorneys Scott’s seen. It made Logan almost desirable. Scott would never go through with it though.
He obviously looked Logan up after their first case against each other, I mean, who wouldn’t? At the time, Logan was just a defense attorney out of nowhere. He had never seen him or heard of him at any firm. His take on his job was nothing he had ever seen before. But now, Logan had his own firm. He also had many connections. Detective Wagner, Sydney, and Private Investigator Darkholme. Which he was surprised about at first since his attorney general - Charles, tried to work with her and it apparently did not go well. The famous journalist Ororo Munroe, he also had great security from a girl named Marie LeBeau. Scott had also run into his little assistant Pietro Maximoff - that guy was always in a hurry though.
Scott had his own people to back him up. He was picked up by a well-respected Attorney General. He wouldn’t know where he’d be without him. Charles has a Deputy Attorney General - Erik Lehnsherr, who wasn’t as welcoming as Charles. They have an amazing scientist who could practically analyze anything. Scott and Hank are pretty good friends. Jean Grey is also a strong attorney, and they have Detective Frost - Scott calls her Emma though. Scott was confident in his team but he could not help being jealous.
Scott had a few hours before court started. It had been going on already for a couple days but this was the day he’d actually get to argue against Logan.
Even with all this confidence, Scott couldn't help but be a little bit anxious. It finally started to hit him that this was a murder case. Charles told him that he could do it. Of course Scott trusted Charles’ opinion. He always did.
He had to make a last minute meeting with Stryker, just to make sure he had everything right.
Scott was finally able to sit down with Stryker. He began to reassure him, “Okay, this is just to make sure I have everything correct. Just try to relax okay? I understand that this is most likely a very traumatizing situation.” He unpacked his notes and heard Stryker take a deep sigh, “Yeah. He was a good man. It’s depressing he didn’t get his honorable discharge. He definitely deserved one.” Scott looked up at Styker’s face, there was no emotion. He knew grief was shown in many different ways, so he couldn’t blame him. Scott gathered his notes and began running through the timeline, “So, you and a couple colleagues were in your office when you heard a gun go off. You guys then followed the sound to find John Wraith dead on the floor. A few feet away was a revolver, which has been traced to Wade Wilson. David North then went to check the clock-out times to see Wade Wilson clocked out a little bit before he pulled the trigger. Sound right?”
Stryker nodded his head. Scott wondered how someone could ever kill someone. Especially someone they’ve known for years. He never doubted a case that Charles gave him, but what was the reason for Wade to kill him? The only reason he could think of is Wade going crazy. That could be it, it’s the military after all. He hesitated before asking but he needed to know, “Do you know a possible reason why he killed John?” Scott studied Stryker’s face as he pondered. There was still no emotion, but he had to keep telling himself grief shows differently. “Not really. I mean, Wade has always been reckless. He’s played with the line between legal and illegal. When he was younger he had some misdemeanors.” Stryker replied. Scott quickly wrote that down in his notes. “That’s good. I can try and see if I can get my higher ups to get his criminal record. This is a murder case so the jury will be more likely to be on our side. So there shouldn’t be much to worry about.” Scott explained. Stryker sighed again, “That’s good.”
Scott let him go and began collecting his notes. This whole murder thing still made him nervous. On his way to the hotel he saw a cafe, maybe that could calm him down. It would give him the space to look over the case one more time. He could also use a coffee from his lack of sleep.
He left the hotel, feeling slightly relaxed as the breeze hit his face. The cafe was not that far, he needed to walk anyway. It let him think, even though he was already thinking too much. As he walked, his brain went back to Logan. Scott was excited to argue with him in court because of how much Logan annoyed him. He really hoped Logan wouldn’t go all out with this case. No one would pull out a bunch of theatrics for a murder case, right?
Scott never identified why Logan annoyed him so much. He was really good at his job, he respected him for that. He knew how Logan worked, he’s had cases against him before. He is very expressive about his arguments, asks questions in a way to get someone to trip over his own words–even if the person was in the right, and he seemed to never doubt himself. Like he was always right no matter what. He’s also heard of Logan’s ways from other attorneys like Jean. Jean would always tease him about how much attention he paid to Logan. His argument was that it was just his personality.