The New Adventures of TunnelVision: Reloaded

All Rise

Court day came, Jason arrived and sat down behind Markus and his crew. "I still have no idea what the fuck is going on" Jason whispered, "Shh... Let us do the talking, the judge is about to speak"

The judge sat down and ordered the court to begin session. The judge asked the defendants to state their case and grounds. "Your honour we are here today to act as whistleblowers against TunnelVision LLC. We are here not to gain anything, only to share the illegal activities going on within this company" Markus displayed the evidence across the table.

"Your honour, My crew and I were kidnapped and made prisoners at their facility. They have an underground basement that they use to conduct their activities, They would throw us into these tubes and trap our consciousnesses in this right here, this video game. It was a mental torture prison, our mental and physical states are still recovering despite us all having escaped a few months ago. Some of us were here for many years or months, We are all the people from those missing posters"  They also showed their hands with the scarring from the plugs that used to be there. And Then Markus held up the missing posters of his crew, except for himself. "Well Mr. Snow, where is your missing poster?" The judge asked, "Well I had only been a prisoner for 2 days, I managed to escape. However I went back to free my crew, who had all been there for months or years before me", "I see, Thank you Mr. Snow that will be all" replied the judge.

"The defendant may now make their opening statement" The judge said. The representatives of TunnelVision were freaking out, they were drenched in sweat and talking among eachother. "If the defendant wants to make an opening statement, you may speak" He reiterated, yet there was nothing. The judge overheard one of them saying something, he overheard one say, "What do we do now? our project is now publically known and we're going to suffer huge because of this", "no you fucking idiot who cares about the project, Overlord Marshall is gonna have our heads on a stick for this!" the judge then heard Markus talking to his crew about what they were going to show next, "We also can get them on multiple accounts of murder, I took pictures of the meat locker where they stored the bodies of those who died in this prison game of theirs. Putting the photographs on the table"

The judge was apalled by what he was hearing,
"Your honour here I have photographs of the various crimes taken by myself and my crew, I also have files found of them and their involvment in this project" He said, pointing to the TunnelVision representatives.

After the judge finished his listening he proceeded to hit his gavel, "This court finds TunnelVision LLC. guilty of kidnapping, imprisonment, physical and mental abuse, and 1st degree murder on multiple accounts. Court is over, I order TunnelVision LLC. to disband as a company, the employees affiliated with these crimes will be punished accordingly.  The employee representatives of TunnelVision were red in the face, angry knowing that they would either be killed or severely punished. Their jig was up and they had to do what they could to continue their operation

Everyone in the courtroom began chattering all at once, the news press flocked to the representatives of TunnelVision. Jason was cheering for Markus, "Haha! you did it! You won Markus!", "I know Jason, we did it!" Markus replied. Jason, Markus, and Markus' crew all cheered in celebration, they won their case and avenged the fallen prisoners. "How do we celebrate?" Asked Henry, "Celebratory dinner!" Jonas suggested, "Let's do it!"

The crew geared up and headed out of the courtroom, answering whatever questions the press had to ask on their way to the door. Eventually ignoring them as the questions got too personal and repetitive.

Jason followed the crew towards the local diner. They sat down and ordered their food. While they waited they were laughing and reminiscing about the only few good memories of their time in TunnelVision's game. Jason listened in, just laughing along with their jokes and stories. But Markus could see something was up, "You okay jason? You seem quiet", Jason finally spoke, "I just wish I had memories or jokes to tell, but I didn't go through what you guys felt. I feel out of place" he said, "Jason you can count yourself lucky, you want these ugly ass scars on your hands and toes?" Markus said as he held up his hands and waved his fingers, "That's true" Jason chuckled, "See there's the spirit!" Markus smiled. "Listen, why don't you join us on one of our days out in my version of the game? I'll get you a headset and copy the data from mine so you can join us, you'll need to come up with a character for me to make so you can join us by the way" Markus offered, "Eh why not, i'm in" Jason heard them all clap and cheer for him.

Then the food came, they all continued to converse as they ate. Today was a good day, Jason still had to wrap his head around everything that he had been introduced to since yesterday. All this information was confusing but he tried to grasp it all as best as he could. Then after dinner, they all paid the check and headed home for the night. Jason said goodbye to Markus and his crew as he headed home, tired and exhausted.

As Jason stepped in the door, his parents asked him about what happened with his friend on TV today, he rewinded the broadcast on their TV as he stepped upstairs, yawning and yearinging to go to bed. Finally entering his bedroom and falling face first right on top of his bed, falling asleep right away.