Chapter 2 ~ The Newbie

It has been three days since the meeting with God, Wrath is to show up today. The boy left yesterday and everyone has been on edge. "Pridddeee!!!!" I hear Gluttony yell from across the little place we call home. "I can't believe you ate my chicken alfredo, you are so dead! You know better than to eat MY FOOD!!" CRASH! I run downstairs out of my room into the kitchen. Gluttony is chasing Pride with a knife around the kitchen island. I lean back on the wall and watch for a while, smile on my face. After about 5 minutes, Pride notices me watching, "Help me."

I smile at him, he is scared. "Please Lust, help me. She is crazy!" He yells, barely dodging one of her stabs at him. "Finnneeee" I reply, rolling my eyes. I walk up and stand between then as they are rounding the island for the 100th time. "Get out the way, he deserves it!" Gluttony snaps at me. I raise my eyebrow at her, "Did you just yell at me? As amusing as this is, we do need him for the battle even it he does deserve it." She looks at me scared for a second then puts the knife on the table. "Pride, this is the second time you have eaten someone else's food. You know the rules so why defy them?" I slowly turn to him. Gluttony jumps on to the island and sits to watch the show. Pride looks at me, his expression is unreadable. Envy and Sloth are in the living room, watching us now. Greed is at the bottom of the stairs where I was standing.

"I am hungry, there was food. I ate the food, so what?" He says as he tries to keep a straight face. I raise my eyebrow at him this time, "Really now? What about the second rule, don't eat, drink or touch anything that is not yours unless they say it is okay?" He takes a step towards me, trying to use his height to intimidate me. I stand straight, look him dead in the eyes. "I don't have to follow the rules, I am above them," He stated, smugly. Everyone bursts out laughing at him. "Who.. told you.. that? If anyone... of us actually has to follow the rules it is you," I manage out in between laughing fits. He looks furious, "What is that supposed to mean?!" He shouts over the laughter. Once again, everyone is sent into another laughing fit. Envy is doubling over, laughing. Greed fell to his knees, dying of laughter with tears in his eyes. Gluttony is now laying on the island, trying to hold back laughter.

Pride watches us in horror. "What in the hell is wrong with you people?" He tries to shout over the laughter. Slowly and one by one, we stop laughing. "Pride, you are the most troubled one here and need the most rules" Sloth finally says. Pride storms off like a child up the stairs, making sure to stomp on every step. I just shake my head and give out one last laugh. CRASH!! "Why do they always break something when they arrive?" Greed complains as he rolls his eyes.

I walk to the training room, where we heard the crash at. "Hello Wrath" I say, entering the room. He is on the floor, weapons all around him. "Ughh! Hi" He grunted, trying to stand up. 'I assume that you know who you are and why you are here?" I say, sticking a hand out to help him. He just looks at my hand then at me then back at my hand. He smacks my hand away, "I don't need help from a girl!" I just take a step back to let him get up. "Yes, the other 7 told me everything while also being as-" I cut him off. "Language, we do have kids here." He looks at me shocked, like no one has ever dared to say that to him. "What makes you think you can talk to me like that? You are a child," He states. I walk up to him, he is tall, like Pride, probably 6'3 but that is where the similarities end. Wrath has crazy, curly, brown hair that is just long enough to reach his eyes, which are a deep, dark brown. He doesn't look much other than me, although the 5 o'clock shadow makes him look older.

"I am not a child, I'm 19 and highly respected here by most. I recommend you don't piss me off," I state firmly, looking up at him in the eyes. Once again he looks shocked, a smile flashes across his face for a split second. "I do not care who you are, you do not interrupt me like that again. I demand respect," his expression is cold and hard. "I shall speak how I want and to who I want. I will not show you respect until you earn it. This place is a family and if you can not learn to accept that then be prepared to be shut out." I nearly shout as I am merely two inches from his face, standing on my tip of my toes.

"Lust, calm down" I hear someone say by the door. "Sloth, I am calm. I was just informing Wrath that we are a family and hopefully he is willing to join it. Wrath, this is Sloth. She is the youngest out of us all but the wisest. I would not upset her if I were you," I say, taking a step back from him. What was that? I have never been so irritated by one person, not even Pride. "Lust, let's go introduce everyone else. Follow us, Wrath," Sloth calmly says as she grabs my arm and drags me out the door. "What was that?!" She whispers harshly. Wrath is just now leaving the room, probably debated on whether to listen to her or not. "I don't know. He gets on my nerves worse than Pride did when he first got here. It is like he knows all the right buttons to press to get a reaction. I know he is Wrath but he shouldn't know how to use his powers yet," I whisper back, trying to make sure he doesn't hear me.

She looks at me in agreeance. We come out to the living room where everyone is seated. Glutton and Envy are on the couch, Greed is on the recliner adjacent to them and Pride is strung out across the hammock in the corner. "What was all the yelling about, Lust?" Pride sneers. I just smile at him, "Everyone I would like to welcome Wrath, our newest member." Everyone gives him a short clap. "Welcome to the crew, newbie." Envy teases. Gluttony fights back a laugh, "Good luck surviving with Pride as your next door neighbor. He snores, loudly." That sends Envy into a laughing fit, Gluttony joins her. Sloth and I bit back a giggle and Greed leans back and just smiles. Like Sloth and I, Greed knows what is about to happen. "I do not snore!" Pride bellows at the girls. Furiously, Pride tries to get out of the hammock and falls, sending everyone back into a laughing fit including Wrath. "All you guys do is laugh at me. Stop it!" With his ego hurt and probably his ankle, Pride storms out, limping up the stairs to his room.

"Ignore him, he acts like a child even when he is the oldest one here," Greed snickered. Once everyone calmed down, we decide it is best to sit and talk. "So Wrath, how was it like up there for so long? Did you meet all the seven deadly sins?" Envy asks. Wrath tenses up, "Well it was okay, i guess. I was confused and didn't know what was going on. To be honest, I still don't really understand what's going on." Sloth smiles, "Well, What did they tell you up there?" Wrath turns and looks at me. Why me? What did they tell him? "They did not say much. Just that I shouldn't trust you. They said that even if I am a part of you guys, there was a reason I was misplaced up there. They tried to convince me that I need to switch sides on the day of the battle." He says finally, not breaking eye contact with me. "Did they explain to you what the battle was? Why we do it?" I ask him. His eyes are searching for something but what? After a silent minute of a staring contest, he finally snaps out of it and looks away. "No they didn't." Gluttony and Envy gladly take charge of explaining the battle to him in long detail. After they finished, we just talked a little more before I excused myself to go to my room.

I walk to my room and grab some clothes. Definitely need a shower. I walk across the hall to the bathroom and just as I am about to get undressed, the door opens. "Who in the hell is bothering me while I am trying to take a shower?" I spit out in annoyance. "Sorry, but we need to talk." I turn around and face them.