The massive courtroom is silent – filled with lawyers and
chief judges focusing in on one man – Janus.
“State again what your cause was to the defense of the East
Quarry?” The lawyer asked Janus as he sat there replaying the events that took
place at the fuel quarry already weeks ago, a source for harvesting millions of
crystals to provide fuel and energy to the city.
“We were attacked, and we took our positions in defending
the site. Some of them breached through our defense and we lost a few in the
fight.” Janus answered. He knew what really happened though. He put the care
and concern of the workers over the welfare of the site. In consequence of
this, several brownouts took place due to the fuel supplies being taken by the
creatures from the elements.
Recently they’ve been coming from the deserts.
Routine attacks from the desert have more than tripled in the last year, even
before Janus was rescued and started working for the Fenton Corp. as an outlier
worker making close to nothing.
“Someone has to be financially accountable here for the loss
of production.” The prosecutor paces the floor slowly like awaiting his prey.
“OBJECTION! My client, Janus was protecting the others from
being killed. Those workers are still alive thanks to
this hero, and you are just going to point the finger and hold him liable for a
couple of flickering lights in the city?”
“Overruled.” Called out one of the judges.
“What’s your angle, Janus? Why do you care about those you
saved? So what if they get to be with their families? Do you even have a
family - someone to belong to?”
Janus at this point looks troubled and struggles to answer, “I
really don’t remember anything about my family or what happened to me. I
thought I was traveling somewhere, I mean I think there were children of my own, but…”
The prosecutor walks up to Janus holding out a type of
contract with rows of signatures enclosed in a plastic bag. He waves it in
front of the judges for them to see.
“Gentlemen, we all know that these workers knew what they
were getting into when they signed up to work for these quarries. They were
well aware of the risks involved even if that meant losing their own lives to
these beasts in the wild. The energy that our cities require are your top
priority and nothing else. It is evident that what should have been executed
was to defend production at all costs. Janus, remember that you are under oath,
did you or did you not willfully violate your employee contract by saving a
couple of lives over production?”
Janus remains silent.
“I will repeat myself,” Said the prosecutor.
“Did you or did you not…”
“I did,” Janus answered. “Yes, it’s true. I saved those men
in direct violation of my contract. Because
of that, Gallon City and the
surrounding townships have suffered power failure for the past few weeks.”
The prosecutor stands back with a satisfied grin, “No
further questions.”
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