Reformation

18: The World Hates Us

"'And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.... And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.... And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?' Kings, chapter six." A nasally male voice finished.

I opened my droopy eyes and saw that I was in a dark room with steel corrugated walls. It smelled horribly of a nursing home, and dead bodies. The back of my head throbbed and I tried to reach up and rub it, but my hands were bound behind my back, my legs seemed to be tied to a pole. My vision focused and I looked around. In the center if the room, a chubby man with a grey receding hairline sat in a metal chair, closing a worn leather Bible. He looked like a priest. All around him in the form of a circle were metal support poles, a person bound to each one like I was. There was probably about ten people.

My head bobbed to the side and to my left stood Ryan, I tried to call out to him but I was gagged, so was he and everyone else around us. I watched his fingers fumbling with the knots around his wrists. I looked around and saw Chase, Zak, Orpah, and Amar also bound and gagged, Orpah and Zak were still unconscious while Chase was aggressively trying to detach himself from the pole. A woman with a messy brown ponytail and tears streaking her face was tied to another pole, numerous bruises and cuts covering her arms legs and face, but I don't think she was crying from the pain. She stared across the room at a teenage boy, probably fifteen, who was also unconscious, his dirty blond hair either matted down with blood or sweat, or both. A chubby man with round rosy cheeks and a balding head was knocked out next to a man, about my age, who looked like a smaller version of him, except more thin and buff. He had jet black hair and a thin layer of stubble.