Zac groaned and opened his eyes. Zoe was sitting next to him.
"Zac. Zac. Zac." She continued. "Zac. Zac. Zac."
"Yeah Zoe?" he said.
"Zac!" Zoe said happily, giving him a hug.
Zac sat up and hugged her back. A little way away he could see a very upset Mackie.
"What happened?" Zac asked.
"Bad guys took us from our house. They put us in a big truck and drove a long, long way. Then they put us in here." Mackie answered.
Zac put his hand to his head a groaned. Kidnapped!
He looked around. It appeared to be someone's basement. There was a little light coming in through a small, dirty window near the ceiling. There was a staircase leading up to a door a few feet away and plenty of clutter.
"What are they gonna do to us Zac?" Mackie asked.
Zac was silent for a moment.
"They're probably gonna hold us for ransom - ahh, they're gonna keep us here until Mom and Dad pay them money."
"Oh."
Inside, Zac was thinking 'I have to get us out of here. Alive and with no money exchanging hands.'
"Zac?"
"Yes Zoe?"
"I'm hungry."
"I'll, umm, I'll see if I can get you anything."
Zac stood up and walked over to the door. He banged on it.
"Yo! Morons!" he yelled. "Hey! Hey!"
There was no answer. Still, Zac persisted for a few moments longer, but there was nothing. Frustrated, Zac walked back down and gave his sister another hug.
"Sorry Zoe. They're obviously not in the mood to talk. Uhh… do you want some water?"
Zoe nodded. Zac picked up a broken cup he had seen on the table. There was a bowl next to it. Using his affinity with Water, he gave the cup a wash, then filled it up with water, hoping the cup was now clean enough to drink out of.
"Here you go." He said, giving it to her.
"Fankoo." She replied.
Zac watched her drink sadly. Oh sure, he could do amazing stuff with water and electricity, but even with his powers, he couldn't think of a way out of this mess.