The Secret Few

The Secret Few: Chapter 7

Scarlett's P.O.V.

I opened my eyes. The bright sun caused me to squint and my head had a constant thump, thump, thump, feeling to it. 

"Where are we?" I murmured. 

I couldn't move.

My eyes shot open.

Lucas and I were in a net that was hung from a nearby tree. 

"Lucas!" I shook him. 

He tried to sit up. "huh? Wha-?"

"Where are we?" I asked again. 

He looked around.  Then he shrugged. 

"Your in a place that's worse than the Underworld itself."

I whirled to look at who was speaking.

There was a boy chained to a wall.

His sandy blond hair covered his eyes as his head hung low. The boy had basketball shorts and no shirt. I could see on his back there were scars.

"Who are you?" I asked.

He looked up at me and I was caught in his bright green eyes. 

"The name's Seth."

All of the sudden, Lucas jerked up. "Where's Laura?"

Her voice peeped up from the net that was hanging a ways away. "Over here!"

"Are you ok?" Lucas sounded genuinely concerned.

"Yeah, I think so."

Seth's head shot up. "Laura?" He pulled against the chains. "Laura, is that you?"

Laura's head peeked up. "Seth?"

Seth pulled against his restraints. "Yeah! Laura! I'm so glad you're ok!"

"Wait." I looked back and forth. "You two know each other?"

"Yeah!" Laura squealed. "That's my brother!"

A boy walked up. He pulled out a knife and cut the ropes on the net.

Lucas and I slammed into the ground in a jumble of arms and legs.

I jumped up. "Hey! Careful, punk!"

The boy glared at me. He was much bigger than me. He grabbed my throat. "You be careful, little girl." He hissed. "Little girls get hurt talking like that."

He shoved me to the ground and went to go cut Laura's rope. 

She darted to Lucas' side. 

The boy went to Seth. His face softened. 

"Seth, you can't keep doing this! You only have room for one more strike." he paused. "Then it's game over after that." 

Seth nodded. "I know, but at least then I would die for a good cause."

The boy shook his head and unlocked his chains.

When the shackles fell off, Seth rubbed his sore wrists.

"Thanks, George." 

The boy nodded and shuffled away as a fat man waddled over. He held a drumstick in one hand and a chicken breast in the other. 

The man took a bite from the drumstick. 

His goons stood on all sides, with guns ready.

He pointed the greasy drumstick at Seth. "Lead him back to his cabin." Two men nodded and grabbed Seth.

I watched as Seth was dragged away.

"You three!" 

I looked up at the man.

"I'm Sitris. You are now my workers. So do as I say and no one will be hurt." He turned and started walking away. "Show them their sleeping quarters."

Three men waved us over and we followed them reluctantly.

They shoved Laura and I in a room while Ramla was shoved in another. 

A man walked in. He was tall and had a scar in the shape of an X on his cheek. "Rules. One; You retaliate, or talk back, you will be punished. You can only have twenty strikes before you will be removed. Two; No going out after dark. Three; Do what we say and nothing bad will happen. Now rest up, because tomorrow is a big day. You start your work."

He left.

More girls spilled in and took the beds. I jumped into an unoccupied bed and drifted off to sleep.

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Heeeeeey!

How's life?

Mine's ok, I guess.

My QUESTION!!!!

What should the title of this story be? (If you've got a better idea, tell me, but Lianna gave me this idea, so TWINS is now called THE SECRET FEW!!)

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