The Seven Deadly Sins

Chapter 6: Captured

CHAPTER 6: CAPTURED

JOSH'S POV

We were then quickly tied up by I don't know how many people, but there were more than one. I had to admit, their skill was flawless.
As hard as we struggled, they tied us up like rag dolls and stuffed us into a van. The rope must have been steel or something, because Sean and Shanna tried their strength thing, but it wouldn't budge.
"Listen, I want to know why you abandoned us at Lockwood Inn." I said.
"It was too unsafe. It was being guarded by most of the Sins and a whole ton of hypnotized guards." replied Landon.
"You left us in the middle of that!" Luke yelled.
A dumb voice came from the front. "Quiet back there!" it groaned.
"Shut up, Sloth," replied Envy.
We rode in silence after that. After what seemed like hours, the engine stopped. I had hoped that we could be untied, and then we would unleash the fury of our anger on the Sins, however many of them there were. No such luck. We were at a junky gas station.
"Out of the car!" one of the Sins ordered. I assumed it was Pride. I thought it was strange that we were stopping at a gas station. Then I realized it wasn't a gas station. It was a knick knack shop. In the desert. My life must be going crazy, I thought.
"Inside!" Pride ordered. I knew we were in for it.
"Why is the store called Fish Mart?" asked Anastasia. Then I look and I realized she was right. In red neon on the front of the store was a big sign reading: Welcome to Fish Mart!
"Because that's the last thing we want our prisoners to see. A sign of their sanity failing".

SEAN'S POV

Now I understand why the store had such a weird name. On every shelf, there were anatomy jars and taxidermied animals. Nothing else.
"This way!" barked Lust. He led us towards a door that said 'Authorized Access Only'.
"Go in!" he yelled.
"Unless you can't read, that says 'Authorized Access Only'." I retorted.
"WAS THAT AN ORDER, OR DID I SNEEZE?!" screamed Lust. I tried to ignore him, but the glare he gave me was too much, and I opened the door. Inside was when I decided that I needed to fight off the Sins, or I wouldn't be alive for much longer.
There was a corridor stretching for as far as I could see. It was elevated at least a few hundred feet over a pit of boiling... something. It looked as if it was an active volcano, but we were in a desert. I didn't know how that would work.
"Welcome to pit," said Gluttony. "It's your new home."
"Are you crazy?" said Luke.
"No," replied Envy. "He's just stupid."
"Hey!" protested Gluttony.
"Why did you kidnap us?" asked Josh.
"Aren't you the little inquisitive one?" said Envy. "Our master wants to perform tests on you, to find out what gives you those little powers of yours. Then when he's done, we can drain them from you and become all powerful. Won't that be fun?"
"Yep. Definitely crazy." muttered Luke.

LANDON'S POV

The Sins led us to our 'quarters', which were really cells, large enough to house no more that one person each. The first night was terrible. We were told to not talk or make noise, while we lay motionless. I heard Josh scheming with someone before Pride came in and tried to hit him with a steaming iron rod.
Josh's power was the only one that worked, probably because they couldn't suppress his invisibility.
"Cut that out, idiot!" Pride barked as she tried to spear Josh.
In the morning, we got gruel in a stone bowl. Not exactly comfort food, but what the heck. We all tried talking when the Sins weren't looking, but they seemed to have eyes in every cell. The only one who ever made trouble was Josh. I think he knew something that the rest of us didn't.
One night, after I was sure we'd been staying for months, Josh woke us up. "Team meeting, guys."
I asked, "About what?"
Josh replied, "Everything."
So we snuck into a cubby that Sean and Shanna made. It wasn't comfortable, but hey, it's the only place where we could not be seen and still be together. Josh looked like what I thought: He knew something the rest of us didn't.
"There's something going on here," Josh started speaking. I interrupted- "Okay, CLEARLY you know something we don't. What's happening?" I asked defiantly. Josh and Luke looked very solemn, and didn't say anything.
"AW COME ON!" I yelled. "This is a matter of life or death and you won't tell us anything?"
Luke nodded. "We are constantly being watched by Pride's ultimate eye. If we try anything stupid, the Sins will get us. So let's save all explanations for later."
Soon we were all fighting and yelling at each other until a soft, sad, voice said, "Stop fighting, guys. We will probably die soon enough." We all turned to see who the voice was. I figured out it was Anastasia. I asked, "Anastasia? Is that you?"
Anastasia answered by stepping into the cubby. We all gasped. Her hair was now limp, dangled, and I thought I could see some missing parts. Her clothes were torn, wrinkled, and stained. Her face had become pale. She had gotten thinner from starvation. But her eyes, I couldn't stand her eyes. They were normally happy, but now they looked sad, depressed, and dull.
Anastasia had also grown more and more depressed, impatient, and she wanted to give up. In fact, this was the first time she had spoken in days. I'm sure out of all of us, Anastasia was the most affected by being held hostage.
Sam said, "Anastasia, I'll help you look better. Come with me."
Sam and Anastasia left the room, and then I heard footsteps. "Guys! Quick! Get back to your cells!" Luke whispered. As soon as we got back, Envy yelled, "LIGHTS OUT! STAY QUIET!"
I was able to peek at Anastasia. She looked better to me. I prepared myself for another sleepless night.

LUKE'S POV

I couldn't wait through this much longer. I started to get up, and everyone asked, "Luke? What are you-" I punched my way through a cell, when a sharpening pain went right through me. "OWW!!! AHHHH-" I looked down, as something sharp and red and sticky was right through me. I fell down to the ground. "This is what happens when you think you can defy us." Envy said. Everything went black.