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The Lawsuit

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"Do you swear to tell the truth, just the truth, and nothing but the truth?"

"I swear" said the founder of the widely popular energy drink "Go!", Mike Hedley. This energy drink has been a hit when it first appeared and everybody in Rupton was in love with this drink for weeks afterwards. This energy drink gave the drinkers the power they needed, the drink did so by storing the energy, preventing any to be wasted. Of course, the energy drink had some side effects, and after several weeks they started to show. The drink gave the consumers a filling feeling, made them feel bloated after a workout and would occasionally cause some of them to overheat. But this trial isn't about the odd side effects,  its about this one effect that has piqued the interest of competitors.

When consuming the drink to large quantities, the energy builds within the consumer giving them a need to use it up, having them suddenly stand up and go out for a run. This is what this trial is about.

"Mr. Hedley," began the lawyer as she stood up, addressing Mike, "you've claimed that you've tested you're energy extensively for any life threatening side effects, is that correct?"

"Yes, we've tested for every possible outcome" Mike answered.

"Really? You've tested the,for, say, if it became part of a challenge?"

"Uhh..." Mike shifted nervously, knowing where the lawyer was getting, "No, that didn't seem like a possible outcome. No other competing energy drinks have been used for this purpose."

"I see..." said the lawyer, picking her words carefully, "But, you've tested if a consumer drinks great quantities of the drink, right?"

"Yes"

"So... What occurred when did so?"

"The test subjects would run around the room, trying to use up the pent up energy the drink has given them," answered Mike, trying not make it sound like an issue.

"And you didn't think of doing something about it?"

"Well no, its what every drinks an energy drink for, to run some more, so we didn't see it as an issue." Mike proudly pointed out.

"Aha..." the lawyer decided it was time to get to the point, "Mr. Hedley, have you heard of the Go! Challenge?" she asks as she looks through her suitcase.

"Umm-"

"Of course you have,  you, of all people, should know how people are using your products," she declares and she removes a disk from her suitcase. "For the people in the jury who don't know, the Go! Challenge is where the challenger chugs Go! Energy Drink until the urge to run becomes too much for them and they go for a run."

The jury murmured among each other in bewilderment, probably either from the side effect or the challenge itself.

"Now, like every challenge out there, you have your cheaters, those who beat the record by using other means to aid them," she says as she inserts the disk into the video player, "I'd like you to turn your attention to my first, and hopefully only, evidence, Exhibit A." with that, she turned the video player on and the projector showed the video on the tarp. It began with a young adult female adjusting the camera, the view tilting left to right, to which she proceeded to wave at her viewers."The girl on the video is Amanda Parsley," the lawyer announced pausing the video, unsure how much detail she should go into her, "She's... 22 years old and... Well, she's going to do the Go! Challenge" she un-pausing the video.

"Hello everyone, I'm Amanda P. and I'm going to the the Go! Challenge!" she said, yelling in enthusiasm the title, chuckling to herself, "Now, as protocol for this challenge, I've poured the energy drink into... gallons!" she announced, placing a gallon filled with Go! Energy drink on the table before her, the gallon was filled with the bright green drink and it seemed like a neon light was glowing from within, "This is for, you know, to easily chug the drink. Now, so far, the record for most gallons chugged is three, so I'm planning on beating the record by..." she reached below the table, taking out five more gallons, "twice as much! This way I'll cement my position as highest record!" she declared with a determined attitude. "This may be cheating but I'm going to use a little something to keep me from running," she said, jingling a handcuff, she proceeded to handcuff her leg to the chair she took a seat on. "And now, watch me break a record!"

Amanda grabbed a gallon and began the slow process of chugging the energy drink. Swallowing as much of the drink as she can without drowning, she strived to chug the gallon whole. As the gallon neared its end, Amanda's belly began pushing forward. As she finished, she wiped her mouth and looked to the camera, "Whoo! I can already feel the energy in my belly growing, I actually do feel like running," she chuckles, "I thought it was some sort of rumor." The lawyer looked to Mr. Hedley to see his reaction, only to find him somewhat unfazed of what's he's seeing, like he has seen this before. This intrigued the lawyer.

"Alright, time for gallon number two!" she announced raising the second gallon, "lets do this," and with this she began chugging number, having a more apparent effect on her figure. With each gulp Amanda took, her belly slowly swelled. After the last couple of drops fell into her mouth, she finished her second gallon looking like she was nearing her second trimester of pregnancy. After putting the gallon down, Amanda began kicking out her cuffed leg in an attempt to free herself and go for a run. "Why did I nail the chair down? Why didn't I keep the key in my pocket? Why the hell did I think through so well?!?" she began cursing the air, continuing to kick her leg free shortly before giving up. "Might as well continue." she signed.

After a few rubs to soothe her belly, she prepared her to match the record, "this is it, I'm about to drink the third gallon." she says as she raises the third gallon to her lips, "bottoms up." The pace she drank was slower this time given she had to deal with growing urge to run and the discomfort of her swelling belly. As her belly ballooned, her shirt had ridden up exposing her growing belly. Each gulp inched the belly forward expanding to look far into the third trimester, and with each gulp the belly was filled with more and more of the glowing green energy drink. Amanda struggled to chug the last drops of the drink as her grip trembled from the great amount of energy which grew with each gulp she took. After Amanda finally emptied her third gallon , she let it drop to the floor and attended her swollen gut. "Hard to imagine that the guy went for a jog with a gut this big," muttered Amanda. The lawyer looked again to Mike, who simply sighed in pity, while everyone else was confused and looked worried at the challengers predicament, these people probably haven't seen what this challenge consisted of.

Kicking harder, trying to at least break through the leg of the chair, Amanda was desperately trying to set herself free to go for a run. Huffing in defeat, Amanda let her head hang back, "this is much harder than I thought." Looking at the fourth gallon, she picked it up, spun the top off and swished the drink in its container. "Here we go," she sighed, "time to break the record," saying that brought a smile to her face and her enthusiastic attitude back. With a chuckle, Amanda raised the gallon and let the drink flow down her throat and into her packed sloshing gut, causing it to swell past normal dimensions, looking as large as an exercise ball. A dim green glow began showing from within her belly. Her belly creaked and groaned as it tried to contain the large amount of energy drink (and energy) that is being drained into it. Once the gallon has been emptied, Amanda huffed in discomfort as her belly creaked, filled to the brim with the energy drink. Even if she was able to free herself now, the weight of the belly kept her pinned to the chair, unable to get to her feet. "Wow... I think six gallons is a bit too extreme of a goal," she moaned, rubbing her belly, "but, I gotta try," she grabbed another gallon, "for the world record!" she announced heroically, giving hearty laugh to which her belly groaned in protest.

Lifting the gallon to her lips, barely a drop touched her tongue when she, and the jury, realized something was horribly wrong with her belly. As if by some mysterious force, Amanda's belly began swelling uncontrollably and headed towards her limit. As the belly grew, the glow within her began increasing as well. It didn’t take long for the swell to reach its limit, and once it reached it the belly shook and quaked as the growing pressure within it continued to grow. As the belly neared its end, it began violently pulsating as the energy within it grew unbearable.

From the camera’s point of view, Amanda’s belly can be seen detonating violently, and a ring could be heard for a split second before the camera is sent flying out a window and a rapid sequence of dirt and sky was seen before resting its view on the house, a light smoke puffing out the window the camera was flung out of. A few passer bys are seen standing around the house confused of the happening. A few seconds pass and the camera’s view rises and shifts to a man’s face before ending.

“Mr. Hedley,” the lawyer turned to him, after the jury and everyone else recomposed themselves after watching the video, "DO you know what happened?"


"Uhh... Yes..." he admitted shamefully, "When the Go! energy drink gets shaken or... sloshed, it begins to overexert and create its own energy source"

"Meaning?"

"Meaning, it reproduces more of its own juice, which is what causes all the side effects."

“I see... Another question, you didn’t seem surprised by what happened, care to explain?” she questioned.

“I just… don’t get surprised easily.”

“Of course… do you know what this video was title when submitted up on the internet?” she asked.

“Uhh…”

“You’re under oath, remember”

“Yes… it was title ‘Don’t do the Go! Challenge’”

“And how do you know that?”

“I’ve seen this video before”

“How long ago?” the lawyer kept pestering.

“About five months ago…”

“And I’d like to remind the jury that Go! is still being manufactured and produced… do you have control over when to stop production?”

“Yes…”

“And why didn't you?”

“Well… the video wasn't booming, so I figured if no one saw it, I'll be safe”


“Can I say something?” interrupted a jury.

“Go ahead,” said the Judge, pretty much sure what he's going to say.

“We find Mike Hedley guilty” he said, obviously.

“Agreed” said the rest of the jury

“Agreed” said the Judge

“Agreed” said the accusing lawyer

“And agreed” said Mike’s defendant.
This story was inspired by ~hfilled1967's story, The Spa (Or Spa, i don't know) where at the end, this one chick blew up for a different reason but due to the energy drink which inspired me to write up this story.... and that's it

Enjoy!
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pq44's avatar

Hedley is like: disparame, yo ya estoy muerto