A Sun Lit Path

Chapter 9 "The Ransom" Part 1

      While I waited for the call on our wall phone, the Zodiac's searched for Ryan around the school and at other houses. The phone soon rang and I pick it as fast I can. A person soon talked 

"Why hello there." I can tell it was a girl trying to put on a deep voice. She wasn't fooling me, however I know who the girl was. I calmly say, 

"Margret I know it's you. You can't fool me." 

"Ugh fine." Her voice was so quiet but kinda like a loud whisper. 

"I know you have Ryan so just tell me where you are and I won't do anything bad. You will not go to prison, there will be no charges, and you will not be kicked out of the school. Just give us Ryan back." 

"All you need to do is follow my instructions, give me all of Paige's Capri Sun."

"What? That's stupid why do you want Paige's Capri Sun?"

Margret was dead silent for a couple of minutes but then I hear the sound a gun being locked and loaded. I quickly chimed in, 

"WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA! There is no need for a gun! Please let's talk about this in a peaceful mann-"

Not even with out hesitation Margret soon pulled the trigger on the gun and the phone went dead silent. All the color from my body was drained out. I dropped the phone and I was frozen like a statue. Sagittarius, Taurus, and Aquarius soon walked in the door. 

"No signs of him." Taurus said as she sat on the couch with disappointment. 

"What's wrong with you?" Sagittarius asked me.

"I got a call from Margret...I think Ryan's dead." I shockingly told the three. 

"WHAT?!" The three said in unison. 

"Ophiuchus! Get over here! We need you!" said Sagittarius as she yelled.

Ophiuchus soon ran as fast as he could and was standing next to Sagittarius. 

"Ophiuchus! Trace down the last call where that wall phone revived." Sagittarius yelled. 

"Okay!" He said 

Ophiuchus walked over to me and picked up the phone from the ground. He closed his eyes and sparks of electricity came out of him. His hair was sticking up with more tiny bolts coming out of it. The sparks and his hair died down and he opened his eyes, 

"I'm sorry, the call was a loner phone. I didn't have much information on it." 

"Dang it." Sagittarius said angrily 

"What's a loner phone?" I asked questioningly 

"It's exactly what it sounds like. A loner phone is basically a phone where you rent it. It doesn't hold much information and you're supposed to us it for a small day." Aquarius told me

"What did she say? Any ransom?" Taurus asked me

"Margret wanted all of Paige's Capri Sun but I'm not doing that he'll kill me if I even touch one dang box." I told Taurus

"Well it's the only way. Just go into his room and get them." Ophiuchus told me 

"NO!" Paige shouted "I am not giving you my Capri Suns!" 

"Alright team, initiate plan Tackle Strangle." said Sagittarius 

      Sagittarius, Taurus, and Aquarius soon attacked Paige. Taurus tackled Paige and soon sat on his back, Sagittarius grabbed his arms, and Aquarius grabbed his ankles. 

"Go! Get the Capri Suns!" shouted Taurus. 

I ran to his room with Ophiuchus followed me. We ran down the hallway and opened Paige's door. Once we got into the empty room, Ophiuchus closed his eyes and sparks swarmed around him. He pointed to the closet and he opened the door to it. To my eyes their was a safe and Ophiuchus summoned his staff and slammed it on the safe. Soon it opened and low and behold nearly like 20 Capri Suns where inside the safe. Me and Ophiuchus grabbed all of the Capri Suns and ran as fast as we can to District 6 House 3. That's where Margret lives. I slammed my fist against the door while saying, 

"OPEN UP OPEN UP! We have your Capri Suns!" 

Margret didn't open up instead my friend Knife opened up the door. I asked her, 

"Is Margret here?!" 

"No...? She isn't here." said Knife 

I got so angry and through all of the Capri Suns at Knife while saying, 

"Keep the dang the Capri Suns!" and I slammed the door shut. 

Me and Ophiuchus walked back to our house. He asked me a question, 

"Is there a particular reason why you don't like Margret?" 

I was silent for a minute until I said, 

"She nearly chocked me to death."

"What?!"

"Yeah. She chocked me with her bag strap. She thought it was a joke but I laid down on the ground and was slowly losing consciousnesses. My friends soon called the police and I was taken to the hospital. The doctors said it was a miracle that I lived. My friends visited me in the hospital and what I got from Ryan. Margret also whipped Ryan with the same bag strap she chocked me with. Joey said we should press charges, and so did my parents, we did but Margret lied. She lied about everything and made herself Scott free. She called me a degenerate for liking that stuff, which was a lie. It didn't helped that her lawyer also lied as well. The lawyer that my parents hired for me gave hard cold facts but even with finger print DNA on the bag strap I didn't helped." 

"But why it didn't helped? and is it illegal to lie in court?" 

"One yes, It is illegal to lie and two the only reason it didn't help was because I wasn't at the court to testify. I was too injured! My parents should've waited for me to get better! Margret was allowed to come to school and they didn't put a restraining order on her. I was terrified of her. But she even sits with us at the library just to torment me and my friends. I am very scared of her." 

Before Ophiuchus can say anything we heard at bloody marry scream. We soon rushed to our house and to see our door was forcefully opened. And the scent of tear gas filled the room. Sagittarius, Taurus, and Aquarius where knocked out cold and Paige still asleep from tear gas. I opened every window was possible to let the tear gas get out. Gemini and Libra came out of their rooms to bend the air around them to shoot out the tear gas from our house. Gemini, Libra, and Ophiuchus went to Sagittarius, Taurus, and Aquarius. I looked around the area to see the coffee table had 2 shoes and 1 sweatshirt. It was the shoes of Joey and Jess. The sweatshirt was Xavier's. 

"XAVIERRRRRRR!" I shouted as i held her sweatshirt.