Zodiac

Chapter 4

Scorpio P.O.V.

My alarm wakes me up and I'm exhausted so I just lay in bed thinking. My life is different than it was years ago. I miss the person I was before the one who saw the world different, full of delight and happiness. But life occurs, it changes everything and all you can do is change along with it. I miss myself sometimes until I remember what happened, how weak and defenseless I was. Vulnerable and helpless you name it that was me.

You could stare into my eyes and all you would see is hope and love but they destroyed me. The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow something I'll never forget.

I finally get up and walk to my closet picking out the clothes I'll wear. I decide to go with a black leather jacket, a black tank top, tight black pants, and my sunglasses. I leave my hair down and apply some makeup. Before I walk out of my apartment I grab my purse and gun just for protection.

I work at a gun store that has a shooting range inside. When I'm finally ready I exit my apartment and walk to work which is 15 minutes away.

"Hello Carl" I say as I enter the store. Its warm in here compared to outside. It was raining earlier so the weather here in Australia is a bit chilly.

"Hello" he replies from behind the counter. I can tell he's tired. Hopefully we don't get a lot of customers today.

"Can I go shoot in the back" I ask. I know he's going to say yes, but I ask anyways. Carl is one of the few people I can tolerate. People in general get on my nerves.

"Yeah you got thirty minutes" he says and falls asleep. He's always sleeping on the job and he hasn't gotten fired. The boss and him are best mates so Carl doesn't really care. But there's a bell on the door that signals when a customer has entered which almost always wakes him up. I walk into the office and put my bag on one of the shelves. While I'm in here I might as well make myself a cup of coffee.

I walk into the shooting range and put on my safety gear and start shooting. Some people like to come in here and challenge me to see who's the ultimate shooter I'm undefeated. I'm so concentrated that I don't notice the envelope that's on one of the targets. I shoot it and the envelope falls off.

"What the hell" I say out loud. Why is there an envelope on the target? I'm the only one here so I walk towards the envelope and pick it up. It has my name on the front I turn it over and there's a scorpion in black ink. I check the time and my thirty minutes are up so I'll open it later.

Finally I get off work and it's 8:00 PM. Carl stays behind to close. I walk home consumed in my thoughts no longer paying attention to my surroundings. It's cold but luckily I have my leather jacket on, I try walking faster hoping to get home sooner. Two men approach me but it's too late one of them pulls a gun out and aims it towards my head.

"Put your hands up" he says, I panic and do what he says forgetting about the gun I have. I can't believe this is happening.

"Give me your purse and all other belongings you have on you" he demands. I'm about to hand my purse over to him but I remember that I'm no longer the scared girl who can't protect herself. He starts getting closer with the gun still pointed my way.

"That's your first mistake" I say and manage to take the gun away and hit him in the head with it knocking him unconscious. I point it towards the other guy but he just laughs at me. Why is he laughing he won't be when I shoot him.

"The guns not loaded" he says and takes a step towards me. He's right it's not loaded so I drop it and grab my personal gun.

"Yeah but this one is" I say giving him a smirk he looks shocked as I aim towards him. He wants to run but knows that as soon as he tries he's dead.

"Don't ever come near me again is that understood because if you do I'll kill you on the spot" I say loud and clear. I can tell he's scared, he wasn't expecting this. I want to leave but a voice inside me screams to shoot him and before I know it I hear the trigger going off. He falls to the ground and screams in pain from the fresh wound on his leg.

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Hello everyone, okay so if you're wondering what's going on I'm just trying to introduce the characters one by one showing you what's going on in their lives before they receive the envelope. Vote and comment what you think also check out the cast for this story.