A Sun Lit Path

Chapter 10 "The Ransom" Part 2

      I was scared out of my mind. Xavier, Joey, and Jess all kidnapped, Margret must've done this. Emotions ran through my mind. Sadness, grief, and anger. Sagittarius, Taurus and Aquarius woke up. The first thing Aquarius spoke was, 

"Don't worry Leo. We put tiny tracking device on Xavier."

"What? You did?!" I shouted in excitement. 

"Yeah once all us get down here we will soon leave." Aquarius said 

2 minutes pass by and all of the Zodiac's where all here in the living room. 

"Are we ready?" I asked

"YEAH!" Everyone shouted 

"Wait!" Sarah shouted "Make sure everyone gets home safe." 

"Don't worry. I promise." I told her as I took my first step out of the door. 

      Luckily the Zodiac's bought a van for all of us and it was white as clear day. As I sat in the passenger's seat and Sagittarius sat in the driver's seat we drove off. Many thoughts follow through my head, 

"This is my first mission as leader!" 
"Can I protect everyone?"
"How will things turn out?"
"Will I die?"

We drove for like 20 minutes. Until the the red dot got closer and bigger and louder. I told Sagittarius, 

"We're here."

Once we got out of the van we all walked quietly. This house was a like little shack. All run down and pretty destroyed. I got close to the door and used my shoulder to forcefully open the door. I screamed, 

"ZODIAC'S!"

Most of us disperse through out the house until I saw a non locked door to the basement. I screamed, 

"Guys! The basement!" 

I rushed down the stairs to see Ryan, Joey, Jess and Xavier all tied up in ropes with duct tape over their mouths. What was shocking to me was that Jess and Joey where knocked out cold. Probably from the tear gas and what's even more shocking was that Ryan was beaten up horribly. He had opened wounds, bruises, a black eye, and even some electrical scars. I screamed up the stairs, 

"Virgo, Libra, Pisces come down here now!"

Weirdly enough Xavier wasn't put to sleep or had any damages. I removed the tape from her mouth and immediately asked, 

"Who did this to you?!" 

"Mar-LEO WATCH OUT!"

I heard three gun shots and turned behind me to see Scorpio had taken the bullets. He was shot three times in the chest.

"No..." I said sadly. I put him in my arms and he said, 

"I don't want to lose another." Scorpio said as he closed his eyes. 

"No...No...NOOOOOO!!!" As I screamed a huge fire burst came out of me. The whole basement was filled with fire. I stood up from the ground and walked to towards Margret. She tried to shoot me the bullets melted when they got near me. Why did she had a loaded gun? That was the least of my concerns. My only thought was to kill her. 

"For Ryan, for Joey, for Jess, for me, for my parents, for Scorpio, for Xavier..." I said 

      I got close to Margret to the point that was getting real hot and sweaty. I screamed even more in anger as I grabbed her hair slamming her onto the ground. I punched her back with my fiery fist. I kicked her with my fiery foot. Over and over again. She was almost dead but I wanted her to live. My flames around the basement died off. As I saw Virgo, Libra, and Pisces trying to heal Scorpio. I ran over to him and his eye opened up with his bullet wounds completely healed. The police force rushed to the basement and I pointed to Margret's body. 

"Not dead yet." I told the officers. 

The officers picked her up and carried her out of the basement. I untied Ryan, Joey, Jess, and Xavier. As I soon untied Xavier she hugged me immediately and I hugged her back. We stared into each others eyes and I kissed her. 

"I'm so glad your unhurt." I said to Xavier

"You too." Xavier said with a tear running down her cheek. 

Virgo, Libra, and Pisces all gathered around Ryan trying to heal him. I got Sagittarius and Taurus to carry Joey and Jess out of the basement. Once we all got out of the basement, I saw Margret in the back of the police car. She was still unconscious.

      We got everyone into the van and we drove off as the police car drove off as well. I let Scorpio sit in the passenger's seat while I sat on the van floor holding Xavier in my arms as she rest on my shoulder. We made it back to our house as we helped Ryan, Joey, Jess to their rooms. I sat down on the couch with Xavier as we kissed again. Knowing everything is now okay.