This story is almost done. Just one more chapter before I put it to rest.

And...since no one got my "Casey Neal" reference, I shall tell ya. A red headed actress named Diane Neal, plays as a prosecutor named Casey Novak. :)

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After the break, Kendall was called to the stand. After receiving unique pep talks from Logan, Carlos, James, his mom, Katie, Kelly, Gustavo, and Freight Train, he still didn't think he could do it.

Kendall slowly made his way to the stand.

Casey looked at Kendall with sympathetic eyes before beginning to speak. "Kendall Knight, can you tell me how old you were when your father was killed?"

Starting with the easy questions, Kendall thought to himself. "I was seven," he replied. "And my sister, Katie, she was only one."

"That's very young. No one that young should lose their father," Casey pointed out, glancing over at the jury. "So tell me about what happened the night Gavin kidnapped you."

Kendall swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat. "Our producer, Gustavo," Kendall began. "H-he threw us a party because he thought we were doing so well. I-I brought Katie along because I didn't want her to worry about me. Well, my friends and I performed for our guests. When we finished, I glanced over at Katie and saw that she didn't look too well, so I took her outside because it was getting a little hot in there and I thought she'd feel better. We stood outside and everything seemed fine...until we started heading inside. I heard Katie scream and when I turned around, their was a man holding her and pressing a rag to her face. Before I could do anything, someone grabbed me and did the same thing. I heard him whisper 'Gavin's back' before I passed out." He looked over at Katie, seeing her big brown eyes filling up with tears. "I-I was just so scared because I thought he was going to do something to Katie..." he trailed off.

"And what did he do while he held you captive?" Casey asked.

Kendall began subconsciously rubbing at his wrists. "H-he kept me in a dark room...a basement or something. I wasn't sure." Kendall could feel Gavin staring at him. He tried ignoring the fact and continued. "He kept me chained up. I don't know. When I first woke up, he started talking about Katie. He wouldn't tell me where she was or if she was okay. I told him I'd kill him if she said that she was dead. He laughed and then grabbed my neck. I-I couldn't breathe. When he finally let go...I passed out I guess because I don't remember much after that. Well...sometime later...I don't know how much time had passed, he let me talk to my family over the phone. My mom asked if I knew where I was. I told her all I knew was that I was in a dark room. I guess that was too much information because Gavin punched me. He didn't do much to me after that for a while. A day later, according to my friends, Gavin sent them a picture of me."

"What was in the picture, Kendall?" Casey asked, already knowing the answer. She didn't want to hear the answer again, but she knew the jury needed to know.

Kendall sighed, feeling his eyes watering up. "He asked me to sing for him. I thought it was kind of weird, but I did it anyway. I started singing one of our songs, but he didn't like that. He wanted Journey, so I started singing one of their songs...but I forgot the lyrics..." Kendall spaced out, flashing back to what happened next.

Casey's voice sounded distant to him as she tried to bring him back. "What happened next, Kendall?"

Kendall snapped back into reality. "He, uh, he beat me. On my back. With a whip. It hurt so much." He let the tears in his eyes finally fall down his face.

Carlos looked at Kendall in concern. He knew that if Kendall talking about the beating is this hard, then Kendall describing his rape would be so much harder.

"That's when he took the picture," Kendall said to conclude his story about that day. "Then he sent it to my three best friends."

"What happened next?" Casey asked.

Kendall just wanted all of this to end. He couldn't stand the questions. He couldn't stand telling these stories. He just wanted to go home. To go home, crawl into bed, and sleep off his anxiety.

But it's never that easy, is it?

"Gavin came into the room one night. He was completely drunk," Kendall said. "I knew something was wrong. I knew he wanted to do something to me...I just couldn't think of what he was wanting to do." Kendall paused.

"And what did he do?" Casey asked.

Kendall tried to hold back his sobs. He was almost done telling what happened. He didn't to make this any longer than it should be. "Gavin kept getting closer and closer to me. He asked me what I was willing to do that day. I told him I could dance or sing for him, but he didn't want that. I got scared and kicked him away...He got really mad so...he held me down and just started...he started raping me! I tried fighting him off but he was just so strong and I was in so much pain so all I could do was scream." Kendall broke down and started crying. He could still feel Gavin on him and it scared him to no end. "I-I tried f-fighting. I really did," he said between sobs.

Jennifer had been crying the entire time. She held Katie close. Holding Katie was the only thing stopping Jennifer from standing up and begging them to stop questioning Kendall. He had enough. Couldn't they see that? She looked over to Kendall's friends. Logan and Carlos had a look of sheer horror and sadness on their faces. James, he was the very opposite of them. She could see the anger James was holding in. His hands were balled up into fists. His breathing had grown rough. Jennifer looked over to Kelly. She had tears running down her face. Even Gustavo and Freight Train had sympathetic looks on their faces. Her thoughts were interrupted when Kendall began speaking again.

"I passed out after that. I don't know how long I was asleep. I woke up and a while later, Martin came in, offering food, gave me a blanket, and cleaned up my back wounds. Well, I passed out again while Martin was cleaning up my back. It just really hurt. I woke up to the sound of Carlos yelling at Martin so I must have been asleep for a very long time. Well, Carlos and I were together for a while, but I kept falling asleep. The blood loss was making me really tired, and I was feeling really sick." Kendall inhaled deeply. "Gavin came in. He started hurting Carlos...WITH HIS OWN HELMET! When Carlos became unconscious, Gavin moved on to me. He s-started choking me. I really...I really thought I was gonna die..."

"And the next time you woke up," Casey stated, helping Kendall finish his story. He didn't need to talk more than he wanted to. "You were in a hospital. In a coma for seven days?" she asked, receiving a nod from Kendall. "No further questions."

Logan sat by Kendall's bed as the blonde lay soundly asleep.

They won. Kendall's testimony moved the jury to tears. Gavin's going to jail, and everyone is doing everything in their power to make sure he stays there.

After they got home from court, Kendall took off his shoes, suit jacket, and neck tie, and went straight to bed. No one could blame the poor boy. By the time the trial ended, he looked like he was inches away from death. Kendall had never felt so physically AND emotionally exhausted at the same time before. Logan was there when Kendall went to bed, and he wanted to be there when he wakes up. The room was extremely quiet. The only noise heard was Kendall's deep breathing and the sound of Logan sighing every once in a while.

Kendall had been asleep for a little over an hour and a half before Katie walked in. "Is he going to be okay?" she asked as she slowly approached Kendall's bed. She had a worried look on her face as she watched her brother sleep.

Logan nodded and a crooked smile formed on his face. "Yeah, he'll be okay," he responded. "Kendall's just had a long day. He'll feel better when he wakes up."

Katie brushed away Kendall's stray bangs on his forehead. She hated when he had messy hair. "Why's he so tired though? Is that normal? He slept in the van on the way back from the courthouse and he's still sleeping now. Are you sure he isn't sick? His forehead feels kinda warm and-"

Logan tried to calm her down. "Katie, he's fine. It's completely normal for him to be this tired." He let out a long sigh. "Kendall's still on his medicine. That's one thing. Not to mention the fact that this trial stressed him out... A lot. If he's that stressed out, of course he'll be this tired. His body is just trying to restore itself after everything it's been through today. Kendall is just fine."

"I was so scared seeing him on the stand," Katie confessed. "I just thought about all the times Kendall would do anything to protect me. I wish I was there. I wish I could have done more to save him..."

Logan put his arm around her shoulder. "You've done more than you know, Katie. And for that, Kendall's extremely grateful to you."

Katie formed a sad smile on his face. "When's he gonna wake up?"

As if on cue, Logan and Katie heard a soft moan. They quickly fixed their gaze on Kendall, ready to help the blonde with whatever he needed. They watched as he stirred in bed a little bit, before his eyes slowly fluttered open.

"L-Logan," Kendall whispered as his eyes darted around the room. "Katie. How long have I been asleep?" he asked sleepily.

Logan smiled and checked his watch. "Almost two hours bro."

Kendall's eyes widened. "M-my therapy session...and Amirah," he said as he tried to sit up.

Logan put one hand on Kendall's chest and gently pushed him back on the bed. "Not so fast, hotshot."

"B-but," Kendall argued. "I have an appointment today. And I have plans with Amirah-"

Katie cut him off. "Mom called Dr. Richards for you. You're not going in. James called Amirah and canceled for you. No way we were gonna have you do that stuff if you're too tired."

Kendall smiled a little. "Thanks guys," he said as he relaxed into his bed again. Kendall stared up at the ceiling. They were all silent. Only one thing was on his mind as of right now. "S-so we won?" he finally asked.

Logan grabbed his hand. "No. You won. Gavin's behind bars and it's because of you."

Kendall shook his head. "No. It's because of us. All of you were hurt by Gavin in various ways. All of you stuck by me. I couldn't have done any of this without you guys." Kendall suddenly remembered something. "Carlos?"

"He's with James," Katie responded. "He's still a little shaken up though."

Kendall sighed and nodded. "I thought so."

After the jury had found Gavin guilty, the bailiff handcuffed Gavin. But a question still plagued Carlos' mind. He watched as the bailiff began to escort Gavin out.

"Wait!" Carlos called out as he ran up to Gavin before any of his friends could stop him. He stared at Gavin straight in the eyes, trying to form his simple question. He took a deep breath before he started speaking. By this time, his friends had all caught up with him, anxious to hear what Carlos had to say and what Gavin would say in response. "Why me?" Carlos finally asked. "Why'd you call me to meet you? Why was it specifically me?"

Gavin chuckled. His answer was simple. His eyes and facial expression suddenly turned dark. "Honestly," he said. "I wanted to kill you too."

Carlos watched with his mouth hung open as the bailiff and Gavin walked away. James felt nothing but anger as Gavin's words replayed in his head. Logan wrapped his arm around Carlos' shoulders and held his shorter friend tight.

They all knew that if Carlos hadn't been smart with having the cops track him and Kendall down, they would both be dead.

"So," Kendall said, breaking the horrid flashback. "I-is it over?"

Logan smiled and nodded as he patted Kendall's knee. "Yeah buddy. It's over."

Sorry the court scene just kinda...ended. I was wanting Gavin's lawyer to cross examine Kendall, then question Katie and the guys...but I wouldn't even know what the lawyer would even ask them XD

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