Fierce

Chapter 1- A Proud Criminal

🎧 Movement- Hozier

I touched the cold steel that was placed in the back pocket of my leather leggings to give me strength. "I am strong" I whispered to myself. That's what my father always taught me. Whenever I felt weak or vulnerable, he reminded me that I was his daughter, I was Marco Costello's daughter, the daughter of the Italian mafia's head and the five families' leader. I always wanted, and I still want to be the one that will get in charge of the gang after his retirement.

As I walked confidently through Hillside Academy's halls, I saw jaws dropping and breaths hitchin. "Who is she?" I heard someone whispering under the gossips. But, even though I am walking in a school full of future assassins, my cover should not be blown. No one should suspect that I am Marco Costello's daughter.

My straight black hair fell down my shoulders as my tight black leather jacket perfectly enhanced my small waist. My plump lips were coated by a pinkish color and my electric blue eyes were emphasized by the light coat of mascara I had put on.

Here, everyone knows me as Scarlett Martin, some random American chick. But no one, except for my best friend Abigail that is also part of the gang, knew who I really was.
"Scarlett Martin, you're next to the attendance sheet." I heard Mrs. Lindsey, the headmistress say.

"Hey bitch." I said as I sat on the empty chair right next to Abi. "Scar! Took you some hell of a time to get here!" She told me, faking a 'i'm-a-super-mad-chick-waiting-for-her-bestfriend' tone.
"Ms. Martin, it's your turn now." Lindsey said, smiling at me, like she knew who I was.

I stood up confidently, walked toward the jury's table.
"Ms. Martin." One of the teachers, Mr. Johnson started. "Your first test will be about your physical abilities. For that, you will need your gun, and, of course, your fighting skills. If you pass this test, you will be able to take your second test, an informatics and technology test. For a start, you'll be fighting against Kyle Maxwell. And, that the best of you two wins!"

I stood in front of Kyle, sure of myself as ever. I was born a criminal, and to be honest I'm proud of it. I've learnt to fight since a very young age. And my dad personally taught me to. Now the moves have become reflexes, and I'm pretty good at fighting.

I started by intimidating my opponent with a smirk, that's what I've always been doing and it always works wonders.
I started searching for Kyle's weak spots. I noticed that he had much more strength in the left side of his body so I knew I'd attack him on the right side. The first punch glanced Kyle's chin. A trick that my father taught me was to always fake left. So I did. Then I swung right and punched his jaw. Kyle was really tough, but nonetheless his moves were predictable. I knew he was going to punch me, then give me a side kick. As I predicted, he punched my left arm, but I dodged his next attack and went down to the floor. I pulled him by his feet and took him down in a matter of seconds. I sat on top of him. "Freeze!" I yelled as I took the gun out of my pocket and pointed it at him.

Everyone, including Kyle, in the room was surprised. Kyle just got his ass beaten by me, Scarlett Costello, heiress of the Italian mafia (well I hope so). He should be happy huh?

Anyways, Mrs. Lindsey came toward us, clapping her hands together slowly with an impressed look on her face. I guess the slow clapping never gets old huh?
"Well, I have to say that I'm quite impressed, Ms. Martin. I'm glad you might be joining our academy. We really need someone like you here."
"Thank you, Mrs. Lindsey. I'd be glad too."

I looked at Kyle smugly. "You're pretty good, boy. You just need to improve your moves. I'm sure that if it was someone else other than me, you could have won easily. Better luck next time alright?" I winked at him. Oops, I feel sorry for this guy.
"And you are?" He said, pissed off.
"Oh I forgot my manners. I'm Scarlett Cost—Martin. Nice to meet you."
"Yeah." "Nice to meet you too, Bridget." he mocked, still not looking at me.
"I have some colorful names that I would like to call you in response, but I think I'm gonna be the better person and not drop myself down to your pathetic level of lameness, Mr. Maxwell." I said as I chuckled softly and left.

I went back to my seat to watch Abi's performance. "Good luck bitch." I told her before she walked to the fighting ring. She glanced at me while laughing in response.

She's fighting against that Kyle guy. Wow I'd be surprised if she won. The guy's really good and Abi wasn't the one to fight. She was more into computers and artificial intelligence. But, as everyone, she should pass this test to get accepted to the school.

I sat there. Watching Abi and Kyle guy fighting, while mentally correcting their mistakes.
Wait-
Was Kyle guy replicating my movements? Like, seriously? When I fought him, he didn't swing right nor confused me. In other words, he just catched my movements and copied them. And by the way, Abi never stood a fight against me because of my tricks.

The fight took a couple of minutes until Kyle took Abi down.
"Nice moves Mr. Maxwell." Mrs. Lindsey commented. That's not fair. THESE ARE MY MOVES (well, dad's moves) I wanted to scream. He nodded and smiled at me. Why on Earth would a guy I just met look at me?

Abi came back disappointed.
"You know, the guy's really good at fighting, don't blame yourself. You know you're good, you're a member of the gang, duh!" I tried to comfort her.
She smiled a little.
"And by the way there's still two tests, you shouldn't be sad. I'm sure you will pass."
"Yeah. I think you're right." She stopped a little.
"Scarlett?" Abi said. "The guy I was fighting with,"
"Yeah what?"
"He has the same movements as you. I think he copied them after you two fought."
"Yeah I kinda realized."
"And..."
"And what Abi?"
"He was looking at you the whole time. It's like he was trying to impress you."
"What? No! Why would he even try to impress me?"
"Um, maybe because you got his ass beaten?"
I chuckled a little.
"Yeah..."
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A/N:
That was it for today's chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed this. Don't worry the story's not as boring :p
A lot of stuff will happen soon just don't give up already it's still the first chapter.
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-Y <3