The 7 Deadly Sins

Chapter XXIII

SEAN

Music: Ending from Gradius Gaiden

After we all sliced Thomas with our swords, he began to drip blood from... pretty much everywhere. It was honestly pretty disgusting. Struggling to breath, he gasped, "You may have one this round... but I'll be back yet again!" Then he disappeared, and we all whooped.

"Let's go home," Sam said with a smile, and we all cheered again.

We walked outside of the arena (which somehow was now on the ground), and began the long trek back home. Finally, the sights of Sam's street came into view.

"Guys! We're almost there!" Shanna yelled, and we all sped up our progress. My heart was pounding, slightly out of nervousness, but mostly out of overexcitement,

Finally, we reached Sam's house, and walked in the door. The first thing we heard was a great big cheer and a smatter of clapping. Turns out our families had arranged to meet up and celebrate for our return home. How they knew we would return now, we weren't sure. But hey.

All around, there were hugs, kisses, welcoming, and all that stuff. There was also food, which made all of us happy. While eating hot dogs with Heath, Chomata, Luke, and Sam, I asked aloud, "How did our families know we'd be home today?"

My question was answered by a piece of paper stuck to the bottom of Chomata's paper. It read, "As thanks for keeping the Rock from Envy, Wrath."

"Figures as much," Sam muttered. Then Elle walked by, and Sam stood up and asked, "So, we'll keep in touch, right?"

"Oh, definitely!" Elle smiled. "This isn't going to be goodbye."

"Thank goodness," Sam chuckled. I couldn't help but feel a little sick. Their obsession with each other was a bit disgusting.

After we finished eating, we all walked outside and ran outside like a bunch of little children, enjoying our long-awaited freedom. We ran to the streets and ended up all in a horizontal line. Then we grabbed each other's hands and marched proudly through the streets of Sam's neighborhood, the sun setting straight ahead of us.

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Music: Prophecy from Nemesis 3 MSX

All of the Sins were in the lowest place you could be. Hell. Their sins (LAWL) and overall badness had earned them the lovely reward of going there. All 7 of them were in handcuffs, being led by a demon in single-file line.

Greed nudged Envy from behind and growled, "This is all your fault. If you hadn't lost, we wouldn't be here right now."

"Shut up, Greed. You're as much to blame as the rest of us are," Envy fired back.

"QUIET!" the demon yelled.

Eventually, the Sins were halted, and ordered to line up single-file horizontally. Swirling from his red, dried blood-coated chair, was The Devil himself. He frowned at the 7 Deadly Sins and asked, "So you're those "Sins" I heard about, eh?"

"Yeah. What are you gonna do with us?" Pride snorted. The Devil glared at her, and then waved his wand at them.

"What just happened?" Gluttony asked, confused.

"I removed your ability to close your eyes," The Devil answered. "Now, as punishment for your crimes on Earth, mainly copying the appearance of real people, I now punish you with eternal torture."

With a few more waves of his wand, The Devil hung up the Sins on a giant, wooden wall. Their hands, feet, and head were bound to the wall by the strongest glue you can think of. Then The Devil whistled, and one of his friends, a shirtless grown man with lots of chest hair and a slight beer belly, walked in stylishly. Then he began belly-dancing, which grossed the hell out of the Sins (who wouldn't be grossed out?).

They couldn't turn their heads to look away. And they couldn't close their eyes. And every time the Sins tried to look away, the belly-dancer just moved to their eyesight or was part of their peripheral vision.

Smiling to himself, The Devil walked away from his chair, followed by his servants. They left the Sins and the belly-dancer alone, hearing the Sins' cries for mercy.