"Carlos Garcia , do you solemnly swear to the truth, nothing but the truth?"
"I'll tell the truth nothing but the truth."
"Ms. Lopez, you may start."
"Mr. Garcia, do you remember the day you were taken to the facility?"
"I was hanging with my friends in the park. I had gone to go get us drinks when I felt someone inserting what felt like a needle into my arm."
"What did you see when you come back to a conscious state?"
"A white ceiling. I couldn't move but I was able to move my head around to see equipment I couldn't recall. There were people in the room."
"Who?"
"Agent Maria was in the room along with two other people. A woman and man. They had done something but I was able to move. They kept saying Subject G-3. It was my name. It was like they wanted me to remember it."
"Can you describe the powers they gave you?"
"I have the ability to lift up anything over 100 pounds and invisibility."
"Did you ever run into Mr. Fleming, Mr. Stetson, or Mr.Griffin while you were at the facility?"
"I did see Mr. Griffin at times where he was watching us or saw him coming out of a room with Agents and someone they were experimenting on. I saw Mr. Fleming once and he acted like the rest of us. Clueless. Trying to understand the state we were living in. Jett was just another subject until he turned on us when Kendall was taken for the second time."
"Can you tell the jury anything else you experienced?"
"We had testing sessions. They were able to see how much of our memory we had of what they erased from us. Then every week, we had fighting sessions. It was to see our powers against each other from different groups or objects. Ms. Vasquez was supervising one time during our session."
"No further questions."
"Mr. Dubois."
"Mr. Garcia, don't you think having super strength or any power is dangerous?"
"Objection. The witness is being asked their opinion. It has nothing to do with what they experienced."
"She's right, Mr.Dubois. Jury will disregard."
"Mr. Garcia, did the powers make you hurt anyone?"
"Yes but it wasn't under my control."
"Who's control was it over? Mr. Griffin?"
"Yes."
"But he's not the done one who did the doing. You did. So how's it his fault?"
"He was controlling me. He inserted something and made it under his control and wanted us to attack our friends who came to rescue us."
"No further questions your honor."
"Very well. Escort Mr. Garcia to his seat and call Ms. Taylor as our next witness."
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"Jo Taylor, do you solemnly swear to tell nothing but the truth, nothing but the truth."
"I do."
"Ms.Taylor, tell the jury from the beginning from what you remember."
"It was white. I heard voices but didn't know who they were until I felt my body able to move. It was an African American woman and some other guy who wore these glasses like sunglasses."
"Anything else."
"I was told my powers were to freeze things and I had a psychic power. It was like we all knew each other there but none of us knew that."
"Did you ever see anything out of the ordinary?"
"Yes. Mr. Griffin was always coming out of this one room. I would be walking by, seeing him coming out of the room with different agents walking one of us to our room. I would also assume he had to do something to their powers but I realized he was trying to insert more powers and trying to make them powerful but I don't think that worked at the time."
"Why do you think that?"
"Everyone who had more powers were glitching with their powers."
"Last question from me. Did any of the other defendants ever do anything to you or did you see them doing something?"
"Mr. Fleming was always talking to Mr. Griffin or who we knew as The Head about something. I never knew what it was."
"No further questions your honor."
"Ms. Taylor did my client, Mr. Griffin do something to you directly?"
"Well he was the one who came up with the formula to his serum. I overheard him talking about it."
"So tell me about being under his control."
"There was some code and they rushed everyone out except a few of us. We were taken to a different room where we felt a pinch in our necks. I remember him saying we were his favorite subjects and wanted us to see how well we can fight against our friends."
"And who'd you fight against?"
"James Diamond and Kendall's sister Katie."
"You fought with Kendall Knight and Jett Stetson, correct."
"Yes."
"I see. No further questions your honor."
"Take a fifteen minute recess before our last witness of the day."
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"We call Camille Roberts to the stand."
"Ms. Roberts, do you solemnly swear to tell nothing but the truth?"
"I do."
"Ms. Roberts, tell us the day you were taken."
"It had been a few weeks since Carlos was taken. Me, Jo, and our friend Lucy we're having lunch when I went to the restroom. I was washing my hands when everything went all fuzzy. I woke up to people talking. They said something like the serum worked better than the last batch. I couldn't move anything but my head. It was white, felt like I was on a metal table. They told me I could manipulate objects and people and have super hearing."
"What else?"
"We were on our own and used our powers when we were in fighting sessions. Testing sessions weren't really bad. They wanted to make sure we didn't hurt anyone with our powers so Agents were supervising us."
"Now did you see any of the defendants?"
"I saw Jett, Mr. Stetson since he was a subject at the time. Ms. Vasquez was one of the agents who supervised us when we had fighting sessions or were eating or in the lounge room. Mr. Fleming I don't remember seeing him. But Mr. Griffin was seen as if he spoke to us, we were to call him The Head. He was seen in one particular room."
"No further questions."
"Ms. Roberts you guys were on your own most of the time. So did you ever use your powers when unnecessary?"
"No. Only the times I was told by Mr. Griffin and the agents."
"Did you notice anything weird about my clients when you saw them?"
"I thought it was weird Mr. Griffin was around that room but didn't think of it."
"No further questions."
"Court will recess until tomorrow morning at 10:00 am." The judge said
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Trial is almost over. Kendall and Griffin are set to testify. The end is near for this story. But that means you get to see everyone's love story next in a new story.
Enjoy and have a Happy Thanksgiving.