Pisces' POV

It has been two weeks since Gemini, Sagittarius, and Capricorn all joined back in our group. It was three the afternoon, and everyone was in the Main Room, excluding Orion who planned on being here in a few more minutes. He wanted to talk to us about something. Like always. Usually, we would talk in his office, but I guess not today. He's been happy these past two weeks now that the twelve of us were here together. It freaked me out.

I was sitting down on the floor next to Cancer. The other side of Cancer sat Leo who was talking to Sagittarius beside her. I was surprised Sag and Cancer haven't argued anytime by now. This was probably a record.

On the couch sat everybody else. Aries and Scorpio were on one end of the couch, talking to Aquarius who was on the arm of the couch since there was no more room. The other end of it had Virgo and Capricorn who were waiting patiently for Orion get here.

Inbetween those groups of friends, Taurus was sitting next to Libra who was on his phone. Gemini was beside Libra, looking over his shoulder to see who he was texting.

"Ooh! Who's that?" Gemini asks with an annoying, yet pretty attractive smirk.

Libra smacked Gemini aside the head who only laughed it off. He turned off his phone and blushed red.

"Where the hell is the guy?" Aries groans in frustration.

"Just give him a few more minutes. You know Orion is a male Leo sometimes," Cancer joked, a small snort coming from her laugh.

I chuckle and look over at Leo to see if she heard. I'm pretty sure she couldn't care less what we just said. I watched them carefully. Sagittarius slid something in Leo's hand as Leo did the same back. I could see that Cancer saw this too.

She sighs. "Nice to see you're still selling drugs for a living, Sagittarius," Cancer says, a bit of saltiness in her tone.

Leo and Sagittarius immediately whipped their heads to Cancer. "Yeah, well, some of us don't prefer selling our bodies on the streets for bank, Cancer," Sagittarius mocks, a fake and quick smile following after.

Cancer only rolled her eyes at the short, raven haired girl. She didn't say anything more which was a good thing. Those two needed to stay the hell away from each other at all costs.

I hated their little arguments. It was silly and immature. I guess the 'no bickering' record was broken. This was not what I missed while the twelve of us were together.

Leo and Cancer are best friends. The thing was, Leo was friends with...well, everybody. She knew a lot of people which helped us at times in trouble.

No one ever asked her how she felt about it. I guess she just learned to deal with it. I mean, she's obviously closer to Cancer than she was with Sagittarius anyway. I don't even think anybody thought of Sag since three years.

"Alright," Orion says, walking into the Main Room. The older man was putting his glasses on that was clung to the collar of his shirt. "Now that we're all here, let's talk about the Elites."

"I thought that's what we were here for anyway," Gemini says, a playful smirk on his face following afterward.

Orion rolled his eyes. "As you guys know, the Elites are a pretty great mafia," he begins. "There'll be plans and more meetings like this next week. But for today, I'm gonna have to have you guys to go out in the city and find a few people for me."

Orion puts out a poster of a fine looking man. He had blonde hair, but unlike Libra, it was more of a beach blonde than dirty blonde. His eyes were a cobalt blue, and he had a scar across his eye that looked pretty badass and hot.

"What did he do?" I ask, studying the picture some more.

Orion looks at the picture first before pointing to him. "He's one of the Elites' spies. It's simple. He just tries to find one of us from the Galactics and try to manipulate us into getting killed."

"Well, I've never seen him before," Cancer shrugs.

"Yeah, me neither," Virgo adds. "What's the point of searching for him if he hasn't been present to any of us?"

Orion only smiled. "That's a great question, Virgo," he says, giving the poster to Aquarius to pass it around. "This guy goes by the name of Cetus Garner. He knows about you guys. Well, nine of you," he explains.

"Nine? So that means he just doesn't know about Gemini, Capricorn, and Sagittarius?" Scorpio asks, taking the picture from Aquarius with his dark brown eyes still on Orion.

Orion nodded. "Yep. But he's not the only one who's a spy. There are two others," he says, grabbing two other posters.

One of the posters was a girl with red hair. It wasn't natural like Aries' but dyed as red as blood. She was absolutely gorgeous and had rosy cheeks and perfectly arched eyebrows. She wasn't too pale nor too tan, a goal most girls I know wanted.

"This is Cassi," Orion says. "Cassi Roberts. She's probably the most manipulative, so make sure that none of you fall for whatever mind games she plays on you." He was looking mainly at the guys that were drooling over her.

"What are we gonna do with her when we get her?" Taurus asks, still staring hard at the picture with a lustful look.

"Kill her of course," Orion says with a smirk. He knew that would upset him which was why he had a very enthusiastic tone.

Taurus made a sad face. It's obvious he was already infatuated. Well, I guess we'll just have to leave the guys out of that one.

"This other one is Corvus Major," our boss says, showing us the poster of another guy.

He wasn't bad looking, but he wasn't as attractive as the first guy, Cetus. Corvus has brown hair that was in a manbun. He had a beard, but it wasn't full or scruffy. More like a small buzz. He looked buff and probably was more tough than Taurus which honestly intimidates me.

"Corvus is one of the stronger ones, so I'm gonna need the strongest guys I got to be around him. Got it?" Orion asks for reassurance. Everyone nodded their heads.

"Since these three don't know that Gemini, Sagittarius, and Capricorn recently joined, I'm gonna have to get you three for seperate people―"

"I'll take Cetus," Sagittarius interrupts, holding the poster of the attractive guy that was eventually passed to her.

Cancer only rolled her eyes at her. "And you slut shame me?" Sagittarius shot her a smirk and looked back at the poster of Cetus.

"Okay, then," Orion says. "Cap, you'll have Cassi, and Gemini, you'll have Corvus."

"Scorpio, Aquarius, and Taurus," Orion says. All three boys looked up at him now. "You're also with Gem to find Corvus."

"How come I can't be with Capricorn to find Cassi?" Taurus asks with a fake and cute pouty face.

"Because you'll get too distracted on her looks and get your ass killed," Virgo answers, unintentionally raising her eyebrow at him.

"Will not," Taurus says to her like a child.

"Will too," she tells him back.

"Virgo's right," Orion says.

As always, the platinum blonde girl mouthed, examining her nails like she was the baddest bitch on earth.

"You would get way too distracted, Taurus. You and your obsession with girls needs to lay off. Plus, you're strong. I need you for Corvus," Orion states, now ready to get onto the next group.

Taurus rolled his eyes and mumbled a 'whatever' to the older man. He was upset about it. I know.

"Wait a minute," the red head says. "Are you saying I'm not strong?"

Everyone, including myself, sighed. Here we go again.

Orion closes his eyes for a bit, trying to keep his sanity from the annoyance of what was to come next. "No, Aries. I know what the hell I'm doing. Taurus and Scorpio are the brawns. Aquarius is great at strategizing. And Gemini would be great bait for the caveman," he explains, referring Corvus to the caveman.

Gemini didn't even retort to Orion's comment. He secretly loved being annoyed by Orion as much as Orion loved being annoyed by Gem. Neither of them would admit it though.

"That's complete bullsh―"

"He's fine with it," Capricorn says, quickly putting my hand on Aries' mouth.

Aries had a big mouth. No, not physically. Figuratively. He was very confrontational and short tempered which was the annoying thing about him. He was a cool guy, but he never knew when to lay off. He was quick to take offense.

"Pisces, Cancer, and Virgo," he says as we all looked up at him. "You're all with Cap to find Cassi."

Cancer shrugged, officially fine that she just doesn't have to be around Sagittarius. Nobody else decided to protest on that.

"And the rest of you. Aries, Libra, and Leo. You're all with Sagittarius to get Cetus."

Leo and Sagittarius looked at each other with a smile. Aries was still upset that Orion didn't put him with the stronger guys.

"And we're doing this when?" Leo asks, looking at the clock on her phone.

"In two hours. I'll send locations," he says, looking at the silver watch on his wrist.

"Why so soon?" Capricorn asks.

"Because Orion's trying to get us out the penthouse so he can finally get laid by some 40 year old woman he met off Tinder," Gemini joked.

Sagittarius, Libra, Leo, Taurus, and Aries all snicker at the comment, causing Orion to roll his eyes at the six of them.

"Shut up, Gemini," Orion growls, his voice low and huskier than before.

"Yeah, don't be ridiculous," Virgo tells Gem. "Orion's too old to know what Tinder is."

We can see literal steam coming from the boss' ears as most of us laughed.

"Okay, now you guys are just mean," Aquarius says. "You guys are missing the big picture. There's no way in hell Orion could get laid with an attitude like that." He had a satisfying smirk on his face as we all burst into laughter now. The jokes are funny as it is, but seeing how upset Orion was threw us over the top.

"All of you...shut up!" our boss yells at us. He ran a hand down his face and shook his head. "Y'know wha―just don't forget! Find the people I assigned you starting at 8:00 P.M. You guys better not screw this up."

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It was almost 8:00 P.M. and Virgo was already driving towards the location Orion has given us. Cassi was supposed to be in a museum. Don't ask me what for. Even I don't know.

"Take a left here," I say, looking at the map. I give a confused look to the paper in my hands. "Wait, nevermind. I mean right."

Virgo snatched the map from my hand. I was in the passenger seat. "What kind of idiot doesn't know their right from left?" she grumbles, taking a quick glance at the map from the road. She shoved it back to me. "And you were right. It's left."

Whoops.

Virgo took a sharp left now, causing Cancer and Capricorn to fly around in the backseat since they didn't wear seatbelts.

"Watch where you're going, V," Cap warns, her chocolate brown eyes squinting at her through the mirror.

"Watch that big mouth of yours, Cap," Virgo smirks, satisfied with her little humor. Capricorn only rolled her eyes at her sassiness.

Soon, we made it to the museum. It looked pretty in the dark. There were warm street lights outside of it, and a lot of people were walking in or out of it. Virgo found a place to park and immediately hopped out of the car. The rest of us got out too. We were all walking to get inside the museum now.

"Cap, you have your earpiece, right?" I ask her. She nodded her head as she was fixing it so it wouldn't be noticable beneath her black hair. "Sweet. We'll speak to you once we see anything suspicious happens. You know what to do, right?"

Capricorn continued walking now. "Of course. I find Cassi, find a way to lure her inside our truck, and then Orion deals with her."

"Good girl," Virgo patted her head like a dog as they both chuckled. I haven't seen Virgo this happy and full of jokes since before her best friend left.

"Okay, don't turn it on now. If we're all too close, it'll make a loud static sound that is literal hell for us, got it?" Cancer informs.

Capricorn rolled her eyes again. "I know how this works, guys," she says, making her way inside the museum. "Spread out now. I'll tell you when I find Cassi."

The three of us nod and spread out. Capricorn went inside the museum now. Virgo and Cancer were outside of it to see if anything or anybody suspicious was present.

I walked inside the museum a few seconds after Capricorn did. I couldn't be close to her, but I had to be the visual one and watch where she was going.

Capricorn and I gave each other a look before nodding. I was about to go upstairs while she stayed down looking for Cassi. I hurried and ran upstairs while finally turning my earpiece on. I still had to keep my eye on Capricorn.

Inside the museum, there were lots of photography photos, paintings, statues, and sculptures. They were beautiful. I just didn't know what Cassi would be doing here.

There were lots of photographers everywhere. Well, people who brought cameras to take pictures of things that weren't supposed to be taken. I made sure to keep my eyes on the melanin skinned girl.

"Hey, can you hear me?" Cancer's voice says through the earpiece.

"Yeah, I'm on," I say.

"Me too," Capricorn says. "How about V?"

"I'm here," Virgo says. "Cancer and I are outside checking to see if anyone from the Elites are here. Did you find Cassi yet?"

"Yes, Virgo. I just got here, and immediately saw Cassi out of the hundreds of people here. How about we all go wrap this up, go home, and make a celebration cake, huh?" Capricorn says sarcastically. From this distance, I can even see her rolling her eyes.

Although, cake did sound pretty good right now.

"Hurry up and find her!" Virgo says, trying to keep her initial irritated voice concealed with support.

"Stop rushing me. We have time," Capricorn replies. "Pisces, check and see if you see anybody with red hair."

"Got it," I say, taking my eyes off Cap to find Cassi.

I look around to search for anyone with red hair. Anyone with red anything. Some dude with beach shorts. A kid putting her booger on a painting. Some woman talking to a girl with red hair.

Ugh! Why can't I find her!

...Oh wait.

"Found her!" I say a bit too loud.

"Yeah, we hear you loud and clear, Pi," Cancer says.

"Really? Where is she?"

"Turn to your right," I tell Capricorn. At least now I think is right. Cap turns in the direction I wanted, waiting for further more instructions. "Now walk forward. Keep looking over your right shoulder, and you should see her talking to some woman in an ugly work outfit."

Capricorn just kept walking until she could find her. She stopped, turned to her right, and I could see her eyes grow wide all the way from over here.

"Jackpot," she whispers, walking over to her.

"She found her!" Cancer says.

"Yeah, we hear that, Cancer," Virgo says. I can imagine her rolling her eyes right now.

There was indistinct chatter from what I'm guessing seems to be Cassi and that woman's voice. Their voices' volume gradually comes to a halt, and I see that it was because Capricorn made herself present.

"Hi," Capricorn says with a smile. "I am in love with your hair color!"

Cassi turned away from the previous woman to face Cap. "Why, thank you. Dyed it myself," she says, twirling her red, loose curl around her finger.

"And is it naturally curly too? Whatever you did, it looks amazing!"

"Thank you!" Cassi says, feeling super hyped up. I can see her shrugging her shoulders as if it were no big deal.

The other woman walked away now.

"Okay, I know this is weird to hear from a stranger, but even your outfit looks amazing. Mind telling me your tips?" Cap asks, gesturing Cassi to walk with her.

Cassi gasped and chuckled a bit as she went on telling Capricorn all about her beauty tips. Her nails were as red as her hair. God, she's fucking hot. I would probably even turn gay for her.

Capricorn wasn't listening to a word Cassi was saying. She glanced up at me for a short second while Cassi was looking at her hands as she was talking. She casually clicked her tounge, which for us was a signal she officially has her.

"She got her," Cancer says. "Let's go!"

I immediately start walking down the stairs now, meeting kids and their parents with an awkward smile. Does everybody here just smile and compliment each other?

"Earpiece off," I tell them, as I was ready to get close to them.

I guess they already did it since I didn't hear anybody else. I sprinted my way to behind the museum where Cancer was. She was pacing back and forth until she saw me, her shoes purposely flattening the grass.

"Hey," she whisper yells. "Where's Cap and Cassi right now?"

"Don't know," I say, turning my earpiece back on. "Capricorn? Make a sound if you hear us."

I got no answer.

Cancer's eyes shot open. "Goddamn it."

"Shut up," I say, walking towards the corner of outside the museum.

When I told them to turn their earpiece off, I meant only for a short amount of time. Capricorn should've known that. And why isn't Virgo talking either?

Cancer and I were walking on the side of the museum now, close to the wall in case someone we weren't supposed to meet were here. I immediately stopped and pressed myself against the wall as I saw Cap and the curly red haired girl. Cancer did the same. The wall was warm due to the springtime season. I take a deep breath only to smell the fresh grass beneath us.

"What did you―"

"Shh!" I quickly tell her, my index finger immediately meeting my lips as a signal.

I poked my head out a bit from the corner to see Capricorn stopping and talking to Cassi. Cap was turning her earpiece on, so I immediately turn mine off. We were too close to each other now, and she would've gotten a jump scare from the loud sound. Cassi would know what was up if that happened. We were close enough that I could fully hear Cassi and Capricorn's conversation well.

"And I don't put too much makeup on.
Only to make myself look natural, y'know? Like, not too heavy on the foundation, and not too light with the nude color eyeshadow. Y'know what I mean?" Cassi was saying.

It's a shame we had to kill her. She would've been great girl friends with Leo.

Capricorn only gave her a fake smile and nodded her head. I could tell she was looking for us now. Her gaze lingered from the red haired girl's direction. Cassi just continued talking about her tips. Capricorn only continued looking for us. Outside the museum was empty now. Only standing was me, Cancer, Cap, and Cassi. I can't say I know where Virgo is right now.

"Are you even listening to me?" Cassi asks in a bratty tone.

Capricorn faced her with her fake smile and shook her head. "Nope," she says. She immediately kicked Cassi's knee, and placed a hand over her mouth so she wouldn't scream.

Unexpectedly, Cassi wasn't a dumb Barbie doll. She used her foot to trip Capricorn backwards and tackled on top of her and took a pocket knife from her pocket.

"Shit!" Cancer whisper yelled.

Capricorn' eyes shot open as the unexpected happened. "Who are you working for?" Cassi asks, placing the blade close to Capricorn's neck.

Capricorn tried pushing her body closer to the grass, hoping that the cold blade wouldn't touch her skin.

Cpricorn didn't say anything yet until Cassi brought the blade closer. I wanted to run in and help, but at a time like this, it wouldn't have been a smart move. "I'm working for nobody," Capricorn grunts, managing not to sound scared for her life.

Cassi scoffed. "Pfft. You're working for somebody. Nobody would kick me and cover my mouth for nothing," she says. She placed the blade closer to Cap's neck. "Now who are you working for?"

This time, Cancer and I take one step to help her. But before Capricorn could make any reaction or response, Virgo comes in, sprinting and knocking Cassi off of her friend. The knife knocked out of Cassi's hand, and Virgo and Cassi were both rolling in the grass like children. Virgo ended up being on top and tying a cloth over her head to her mouth where she couldn't speak.

Cancer and I run up to where Capricorn was on the grass. She stood up herself before we could help.

"Hey. Cassi, right?" Virgo asks. "Y'know of us, correct?"

Cassi turned to her left where her cheek was touching the bare grass. She saw me and Cancer and instantly realized we were from The Galactics. She rolled her eyes when she turned back to Virgo, and Virgo dragged her up where she was standing properly now.

"You guys take her to the truck. I'll call Orion and tell him we got her," she orders.

Cancer, Cap and I nodded. Cancer and I were dragging Cassi around like a lost puppy while Cap caught the keys Virgo threw to her as she was dialing numbers on her phone.

Cassi was saying something, but nobody could hear since her mouth was covered. She kept speaking incoherent words. Cancer only chuckled at it.

"Do y'know what she's saying?" I ask.

Cancer shook her head as Cap opened the truck to the back seat. "Nope," she says as we throw Cassi inside.

Cassi was still saying things, and the four of us were all in the car now. I could see tears fall down her face.

"Sorry, Cass, I don't know what you're saying," I shrug.

That made her say more things I didn't understand. I walked over to her and took the cloth from her mouth. She shook her head which only caused her messy red hair to stick on her wet lips.

"I said Ophiuchus will find you guys and kill all of you!" she seethed.

"Ohhhh," I say, coming to realization. I snatch the cloth back over her mouth and sat down. "That sounds inaccurate."

The driver's seat opened now revealing a platinum blonde haired girl. She looked elated to see how messy and weak Cassi was. "So Cassi," she says, starting the truck. "Ready to meet Orion?"

Cassi didn't attempt to say anything.

"Yeah," Virgo says, putting the car into drive. "I wouldn't be either."

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Leo's POV

Orion gave us directions to find Cetus. He should be in a bar. Sagittarius was driving to the bar that we were instructed to go to, and found a parking space. She was fixing her earpiece now.

"Guys ready for this?" Libra asks. He looked more excited than serious about the mission.

"Nothing we haven't done before," Aries says, fixing his earpiece and getting out from the passenger seat. Libra and I get out next. Sagittarius got out last.

"Y'know what to do, Sagittarius, right?" Libra asks her.

"Of course. I'm still great at improv, y'know," she says, fixing her shirt to only show her cleavage. She was wearing a plain grey cami shirt with black jeans that fit her just right. She even wore her signature combat boots. Aries rolls his eyes.

"Okay, then," I say, "I'll go inside with Sag. Libra, Aries, you stay outside and look for suspicions."

I was walking to go inside the bar now until I forgot to remind them something. "Oh, and guys," I say, turning on my heels, "try not to talk up some cute girl this time. We could get killed."

They both gave a salute to me, and I smiled, whipping my long, pink hair in their faces. Sagittarius and I were walking inside where all lights were off except all the neon lights inside and outside like a party. My hair looked lavender from all the blue neon lights here.

"I'll signal you to turn your earpiece on," Sagittarius whispers to me. I nodded.

She starts fidgeting with her earpiece now to make sure it wasn't visible for other people. She went to sit down at the bar alone, trying to look for Cetus like a hawk unnoticable.

I went to walk to the pool table. There were crazy drunk men singing and clapping along to weird songs, huddled up in a circle. I managed to stay away from them.

"Hey!" some drunk guy who was probably two years younger than me says. "What'cha doing over here all alone," he slurred.

I side eyed him and watched him close to falling. The guy was adorable but a complete mess. I scowl at him. "Don't you have college or something? Go away," I shoo'd, averting my focus back to Sagittarius who has her legs crossed now. She looked pretty intimidating yet hot from over here. I think that's what she was going for.

"But baby~"

I grabbed the pool stick and aggressively shoved it in his face. "Call me 'baby' again, and I'll shove this up your ass. Say I won't," I snap.

I could get my ass killed. Sure, I liked flirting. But I didn't want to get caught up in it now otherwise I could die. If the Elites have been searching for us and we haven't noticed, that's a huge reason to take this more seriously than any other mission.

The guy slowly backed away and found himself a bathroom. I threw the pool stick back on the table and leaned on it as if I were about to play. I had to stay casual somehow.

Sagittarius quickly glanced at me and tapped two fingers casually on the bar, signaling me to turn my earpiece on as she did the same.

I turned it on, and I could hear Libra talking.

"I know, thanks. Y'know, you look pretty good yourself," he says.

I instantly roll my eyes. Of course he's talking to a girl!

"Libra! If you're gonna talk up some girl, turn the mic off, dipshit," I growl, not aware my volume in the bar was pretty loud.

I didn't hear anything else except for my surroundings, so I guess that meant he turned it off. I roll my eyes again at the thought. Of course. Why am I not surprised?

"Hey," some guy's voice says.

I look at where Sagittarius was sitting and see that Cetus has went over to her to talk. Cetus had a smirk across his face. His eyes were beautiful too. Even the scar across it.

Sagittarius tried looking uninterested. "Hey," she says, looking him up and down.

"Is she seducing him yet?" Aries asks.

"Not yet! It obviously just started, so shut up!" I tell him through the earpiece. At least Aries can focus on the mission. Unlike some people.

"What are you doing here all alone?" Cetus asks. He tapped on someone who Sagittarius sat next to and gestured them to move. They got up and Cetus sat next to Sagittarius.

Sagittarius just shrugged. "What are you doing here all alone?" she asks, raising a perfect arched eyebrow.

Cetus chuckled. "That is a secret," he says.

Sagittarius squinted at him and nodded as she faced the bartender. Cetus was still watching her and quickly turned to the bartender.

"Um, two shots please!" Cetus says, holding up the number two.

Sagittarius whipped her head to him. "You're here drinking two shots alone?" she asks, knowing that's totally not what she thought.

Cetus chuckled again. "No, I'm buying you one. If that's okay with you," he says. He actually sounded like a nice guy.

The bartender already placed their shots in front of them in an instant. Sagittarius smirked at Cetus and they both clinged their tiny glasses together and took a sip.

Once Sagittarius finished her liquid in one gulp, her eyes bulged. She even a gasped a little. "Give me another!" she demanded. Cetus chuckled for what seemed like the millionth time and put up two fingers again to the bartender.

That was how Sagittarius was. She would get drunk or high during any given chance because of how 'fun' it was. She was very experimental and probably even forgot what we were here to do. Already.

"Don't get drunk, Sagittarius. You're still driving, remember?" I remind her, looking around to see if anyone thought I was talking to myself.

Nobody did though. In fact, there were no more eyes on me. I don't know why. I seriously look fucking hot right now. Where did my college guy go?

"Actually," Sagittarius says as the bartender slid them another shot. "I don't think I should drink too much tonight," she says, drinking the whole tiny glass of alcohol with a single gulp.

I facepalm.

Cetus just pointed to her second empty glass. "But you just drunk another," he says, smirking and admiring her chest.

Sagittarius gave him a weird look as she took his tiny glass now. "Sorry, that was my last one," she says. She then drinks Cetus' glass, and he kept laughing.

"Now you just had mine," he says, his lips more into a smile than a smirk now.

Sagittarius frowned while looking at her three empty glasses.

"Want me to buy you another?" he asks politely.

"Yes!" Sagittarius says, her voice filled with pure excitement and her frown immediately turning upside down.

"No!" Aries and I say at the same time.

Some man from beside me looked at me like I was a lunatic. I shot him a mean look. "What are you looking at? Are you too broke to know what wireless earbuds are?" I lie. He just simply walked away, and I continued leaning on the pool table.

"I mean," Sagittarius says, touching Cetus' arm before he could ask the bartender for more. "I really shouldn't drink a lot tonight. But thank you―um..."

"Oh! Cetus," he says, glancing back and forth to Sagittarius's face to her chest again. "And you are?"

"Sagittarius," she says, putting a hand out for him to shake. He did as he just kept smiling at her.

"Sag, I don't mean to rush, but can you hurry the fuck up? It's getting boring out here," Aries whined.

Sagittarius absentmindedly nod and immediately look back at Cetus with eyes full of excitement. "Wanna make out now?" she asks.

Cetus shrugged. "Sure."

I immediately turn my earpiece off as Sagittarius started making out with the hottie over there. There was no way I was going to hear all of that. I also found it hilarious how smooth she was. It was so easy for her.

I got my phone and started to call Aries who immediately picked up.

"Did you turn off your―"

"Yeah, I did," Aries interrupted. "God, she couldn't have found another way?"

I glance over at Sagittarius sucking the poor guy's face off. She was so into it; I don't think the guy can breathe.

"I mean, it's working," I say, shrugging my shoulders. "Where's Libra?"

"Probably still talking to that girl," he responds.

I roll my eyes at the thought. Libra is always talking to a girl. Everytime. It doesn't bother me. It's just simply annoying most of the time when we were doing something important.

"Well, go find him. I'll tell Sagittarius to hurry up," I say.

"Alright, yeah," he says, hanging up after.

I place my phone in my back pocket now and turned my earpiece back on. I could hear their wet mouths simply crashing together and Cetus obviously running out of breath.

"Sagittarius! Can we go now?" I ask, cringing at the sound.

Sagittarius continued making out with him for a few more seconds until she finally let him go. Cetus was breathing hard and his eyes were huge yet filled with lust.

"Well," he panted, "that was―"

"Wanna go to my place?" Sagittarius asks with a seductive smirk.

Cetus tried catching his breath for a couple of seconds. "I would love to, S-sagittarius," he panted, "but I really did come here for important things."

Sagittarius pouted. "But my place is so much fun," she whined.

Cetus was still catching his breath. Still. "I'm sorry, Sagittarius."

Sagittarius shrugged. "I just find it kind of...sad how you buy me something to drink, but won't go all the way for me," she says, turning to the bartender and propping her chest upward. She called the bartender over and whispered something in his ear. Even I couldn't hear it and I was supposed to hear her loud and clear.

His eyes widened and he immediately nodded his head as he was about to walk from the counter.

I was confused. I can even see the confused look on Cetus' face. "What just happened?" Cetus asks, pointing back and forth at Sagittarius and the bartender.

Sagittarius hopped out of her seat. "Somebody's gotta finish what you started," she says, holding the bartender's hand.

"What?" Cetus asks.

"See ya!" Sagittarius flirtatiously waved with an unbothered smile.

Cetus only stood up now and watched Sagittarius attempting to leave with the bartender. "Wait!" Cetus calls.

That was exactly Sagittarius was planning for. She slowly turned around on her heels and gave an innocent look. "Yes~?" she asks, the smile turning towards satsification now.

"God, she's good," Libra says.

I nodded, forgetting he wasn't here to begin with. "I know," I say.

Cetus looked around and groaned. "Okay, let's go to your place," he says, walking towards Sag and grabbing her hand.

Sagittarius waved the sad rejected bartender goodbye and left out with Cetus beside her. She quickly glanced at me and winked as a signal.

"She's going outside!" I say, attempting to make my way out the bar filled with neon lights and disgusting drunk men.

"So where's your car?" I hear Cetus ask.

I could see Sagittarius and him walking to her car now. She opened the back seat for him and pushed him in, recieving a lustful smirk from him.

"Wanna play a game?" Sagittarius asks with a smile plastered on her face.

I turn to see Libra who was looking at me. He immediately turned his earpiece off as he realized I was close.

"Sure," Cetus says. I'm guessing he's a submissive type.

"Here," Sagittarius says, handing him a cloth. "Put this over your mouth. Tight."

Without asking questions, Cetus immediately tied it over his mouth. Sagittarius got closer to him to tug the ends, making sure it was tight enough. I see Libra running closer over there.

Sagittarius notices this and hops from the backseat. Cetus was saying some incoherent words while Sagittarius was just smirking. I turn my earpiece off and run over there too.

Libra slid on one side of Cetus while Aries sat on the other. I quickly made my way to the passenger's. Sagittarius slid in the driver's and immediately locked all the doors.

Cetus looked at Aries, Libra, and me and realized he got played. His thick eyebrows furrowed into fury. His beach blonde hair was still messy, but it was a hot type of messy.

"Hey, babe," I say, smirking at the hottie we just kidnapped.

He was yelling unclear words as Sagittarius started the car.

"That was easy," Aries says.

Sagittarius started to accelarate now as she scoffed. "You're kidding me, right? That's seriously the first page in almost every book."

"There's a book on how to kidnap people?" Libra asks.

"Since when did you read?" I ask.

Sagittarius shrugged as she made a right turn now. "The author is me. Duh," she says.

Of course. I went to grab my phone from my back pocket as Cetus was still yelling words at us that were muffled by the cloth. I went to call Orion now.

"Hey Orion," I say. "We got Cetus. On the way home now."

●○●

Scorpio's POV

Gemini was driving his car all the way to the aquarium where Corvus was supposed to be. Ha. Aquarium. Aquarius. I already know I'm gonna mess with him about that.

"How is the aquarium even open this late at night?" Gemini asks, parking his car and turning the engine off.

"It's not," Taurus says. "It's closing right about..." He turned to look at his watch on his wrist. "Now."

Immediately, there were people walking outside of the aquarium now. Gemini was looking closely for Corvus.

"Well, where is he?" Aquarius asks, looking through the window to find the tall man.

"He should still be inside. I don't think he's leaving until a while after," I answer.

"Then should I go ahead and find him?" Gemini asks.

I nod my head. "Yeah," I say. "Turn your ear piece on when you're inside. I'll follow up behind you and warn if anything suspicious happens inside."

Gemini left the car along with the rest of us. He was jogging to go into the aquarium now. I run behind him.

"So y'know what to do, right?" I ask.

Gemini scoffed. "Of course I do. I wouldn't have been here if I didn't, now would I?"

I roll my eyes at the attitude and push him to go inside. He chuckled and went inside as Taurus and Aquarius were going the opposite way.

The aquarium, of course, was very...aquatic. There were lots of fishes, octopus, and seahorses. The walls were painted a teal blue, and the floor was marble. Pretty amusing and calming if you ask me.

Gemini went walking through the middle of the aquarium, admiring the blue water filled with fish and coral. I hope he doesn't get distracted a lot. I really don't need another idiot to be around. I hide behind a fish tank now, making my way slowly towards Gemini to keep an eye on him. I turn my earpiece on now.

"―body there? Hello?" Taurus' voice spoke through the earpiece.

"I'm here," I say, fixing the earpiece to make sure it's firmly on. "Where are you and Aquarius?"

"I'm on," Aquarius says. "I'm at the back of the aquarium with weapons in case anything unexpected happens. Y'know, since Corvus is supposably strong."

I nod my head. "Okay, good. Taurus?"

"I'm on the left side. More people are still walking to their cars," he answers. "Where's Gemini? Can he hear us?"

I supposed Gem coudn't hear us because his earpiece wasn't on. I tried to get his attention now.

"Psst! Gemini!" I whisper yell. He didn't hear me, so I just decided to run over there in an instant. It'll be quick. Hopefully, I won't get caught...

I jinxed it, didn't I?

Yep. I totally jinxed it.

Before I could run over to him, I accidently knocked over a tank filled with baby neon tetras. My eyes shut in agony at the sound of the shattered glass, splashing water, and the sight of the dying fish on the floor.

"Shit!" I growl between my teeth.

"What the hell was that?" I can hear Aquarius ask.

"Don't worry about it," I whisper, turning to a shocked Gemini who looked at me. I signaled him quickly to turn on his earpiece.

He touched his ear, turning it on. I quickly run to the opposite side from where I was now, almost slipping on the water on the floor. Shit, again. That's not what I meant to do.

"What the hell did you even do?" Taurus asks.

"Accidently knocked over a tank of fish." I turn to look at them, most lifeless and some still flapping on the floor, gasping for more water. "They're okay, though."

"Scorp, they're fish out of water," Aquarius says. "They're fucking dead now."

I winced at the loud sound echoing in my ears from the shattering glass. "Yeah, I know," I say.

"Someone's coming," Gemini says, glancing back and forth at the broken tank.

I scurried across the aquarium to look for another place to hide. I fucked up bad. I didn't even know where the fuck I should go right now.

Gemini used his head to gesture where I should go to. I look over and see a small door for janitors. I sprint my way over there, closing the door slowly and making a crack so I could still see what was happening.

"What the fuck was th―Who are you?" a man with a buzzed beard asks Gemini.

"Corvus," I whisper under my breath, letting Aquarius and Taurus know that he's here.

Gemini looked beyond surprised. "I-I just, u-um," Gemini stutters with huge eyes. "Wow, you're huge!" he finally manages to get out.

I facepalm.

Aquarius chuckled a bit. "Gemini, remember what to do."

Corvus walked over to the broken fish tank now. Seemed like he had a soft side for neon tetras. "What happened?!" Corvus shouts, whipping his head back to Gemini.

"Well, you see," Gemini starts, "I accidently knocked over one of the tanks as I was walking inside, and―"

"What are you even doing here? The aquarium is closed," Corvus says in monotone, looking at Gemini like he was the dumbest piece of shit on earth.

"Ha," Taurus snorted. "Aquarium. Aquarius. Hilarious."

"That's what I said!" I whisper, almost wanting to laugh too.

"You guys are annoying," Aquarius―or should I say Aquarium― says in his annoyed voice. I can picture him rolling his brown eyes at us.

Gemini chuckles. "Ha. That is pretty funny."

Corvus gave him a weird look.

"Gemini! Focus on Corvus, dumbass!" Taurus frustratedly tells the idiot.

Gemini's eyes shot open at the huge man. "I mean, yeah. It's pretty funny how it's closing, and you're still here. You don't look like you work here either," he says. Thank God he was good to improv the fuck out of this mission. But seriously, we could get killed.

Corvus walked up to the shorter brunette. "So we're judging a book by it's cover now, huh?"

Gemini shrugged. "I thought everyone does that. It's no secret," he says, honestly.

Corvus looked defeated. "Yeah, that's true," he agrees with a sad look on his face.

Gemini smirks. "So, about the tank," he says. "Any idea on who works here and how I can help? I feel bad for doing this."

Corvus waves a dismissive hand. Even his hands were huge. "It's actually fine. You can leave right now," he grumbles.

That was an obvious way to try to get Gemini out so he can do whatever he wanted to do in the first place. But he's not staying here tonight. That's not happening.

"No, I insist," Gemini says, putting a hand over his heart. "Mi casa es tu casa."

I rub my temples this time. His Spanish accent was horrible.

"I can't believe Orion chose Gem to join us," Taurus huffed.

Corvus just gave Gemini another weird look. "You're an odd one," he says. "Should I call the police?"

Gemini shook his head. "This would be so much easier if you were a hot girl," he says.

"What?" Corvus asks.

"Gemini! Stay focused!" Taurus tells him again. Aquarius only laughed at everything. Why is he laughing? We're going to get killed because of this idiot.

"I'm just saying, a hot girl is so much easier to talk to," he says to us instead of Corvus.

This guy is going to get all of us squashed.

"I'm easy to talk to!" Corvus protests.

Gemini realized he said it out loud but didn't seem to care. He shook his head. "No, you're not. You look...scary. And huge."

Corvus' face morphed into a frown. "Can I tell you something?" he asks, his lips drooping into a sad face.

Gemini shrugged. "Go for it, big guy."

Corvus sighed. "When I was just a boy...I used to be the biggest and most scariest out of all of 1st grade," he starts. Gemini only nodded as he was understanding the sad, huge Corvus.

"I never really had any friends...Nobody played with me on the playground..." he continues.

"What?! Not the playground!" Gemini says, genuinely feeling sorry for him.

"I know! And you know what they all called me?" Corvus asks. "They called me...Corvus the Caveman! They used to always bully me, telling me how I should kill dinosaurs with my looks and strength! It's just not fair," he says, crying like a little baby now.

Aquarius bursted with laughter through the earpiece. "Corvus the Caveman!" he laughed some more.

Gemini shook his head at the huge guy as he was embracing him in a hug as Corvus cried on his shoulder. "Kids are mean," he says, patting the caveman's back. Corvus was uncontrollably crying now as he nodded his head in agreement.

"Gem, wrap it up," Taurus impatiently tells the idiot.

"How about I go take you to get some ice cream, and you can feel better, huh?" Gemini says, gesturing his hand to the door of the aquarium.

Corvus only nodded, not caring to know anything about Gemini. He must've really be sad.

"He's going outside," I tell Taurus and Aquarius. "Get the cloth and handcuffs."

"Got it," Taurus says. I can hear feet shuffling under Corvus' cries and Gemini's shushing. I have never seen a grown man cry before. It was more hilarious than sad to me. I walk out of the aquarium a few seconds after Gemini and Corvus did.

Gemini continued shaking his head and patting Corvus' back. "Shh...shh, it's okay now," he says, looking for Taurus and Aquarius.

I see Aquarius with a cloth as he was running towards them and Taurus with the handcuffs. Corvus' eyes were shut as he was seeping tears out of them. He didn't realize what was coming to him.

In an instant, Gemini backed away as Aquarius and Taurus both tackled the grown man. Taurus didn't think twice nor hesitate to handcuff him.

"Wha―"

"I'm sorry, friend!" Gemini tells him as Aquarius was putting the cloth over Corvus mouth tight.

Since everyone had their earpiece off, I turned mine off and ran up to them. Corvus was squirming on the floor and Aquarius and I were about to drag him on his feet.

When I got over there, he immediately tripped me and kicked Aquarius' stomach, a massive grunt spilling from his throat. Taurus tried holding Corvus down, but it was no use.

Gemini started to join in and punched Corvus square in the face, leaving an immediate bloody nose. That didn't stop Corvus from headbutting him and kicking Taurus' knee so he fell.

Corvus didn't struggle getting up this time with the handcuffs still tied behind his back. He was running away now.

"Fuck!" Aquarius shouts, rubbing his abdomen where Corvus kicked him hard.

Since I wasn't badly hurt, I sprint my way to him. He wasn't a fast runner since he had handcuffs. There was probably a lot on his mind anyway.

I ran faster, catching up with the huge man as fast as light. And finally, I quickly tackle him on the ground, and we started rolling back and forth. I had to use all my force to turn him on the bottom.

He was saying something inbetween the cloth that I couldn't make out. I only rolled my eyes at the puffy eyed man who was crying to Gemini earlier.

"Shut up," I say, punching him square in the face so that his jaw started bleeding now.

He looked weak already. I expected more for him than just two hits. I drag him on his feet and pushed him to the direction Gemini's car was.

Aquarius managed to limp, still caressing his aching abdomen as he winced at every step he took.

Taurus wasn't hurt too bad. His knee only hurt so that he was in the same stance as Aqua but more content.

Gemini on the other hand looked like he was knocked out. I puff my cheeks. Shit.

I open the back of Gem's car and threw Corvus in the middle. He didn't bother fighting back with me as he was too sad and depressed now.

Aquarius made his way on one side of Corvus while Taurus took the other side. I ran over to where Gemini was knocked out on the grass and tried dragging him into the passenger seat and looking through his pockets to take his car keys. After I found them, I buckled Gemini's seatbelt and went to sit in the driver's.

Corvus was still trying to say something under his cloth over his mouth. I was about to tell Gemini to call Orion, but I already almost forgot that he was knocked out.

"Aquarius," I say, starting Gemini's car, "call Orion and tell him we got him."

Aquarius grabbed his phone from his back pocket now. Corvus was trying to yell something at me, but I couldn't quite hear it.

"Hey, Orion? We got Corvus the Caveman in the car," he says, smirking at Corvus at the nickname.

Corvus looked ready to kill. Taurus was snickering as I was starting to drive the car back to the penthouse.

"Wanna hear him?" Aquarius put the phone to Corvus' cloth over his mouth. "Speak."

Corvus rolled his eyes and was trying to say something that was just gibberish to us.

"See?" Aquarius says, putting the phone back to his ear. "Doesn't he sound like a caveman?"

Corvus was still trying to say something, but even that was concealed by Taurus' harsh howl of laughter.

"Okay, well, we're on the way now. See ya," Aquarius hung up.

Taurus was making caveman sounds as Aquarius was laughing the whole car ride, both of them ignoring their pain. Corvus looked more sad than angry now. Well, time to get our asses home.

●○●

Everybody made it back to the penthouse around the same time. Currently, we were all in Orion's office with our boss sitting in his big, comfty rolling chair and his feet propped up on the black shiny desk. Beside him, the Elites were standing. They were handcuffed down, but Orion ordered us to take their cloths from their mouths since it was now okay to speak.

The only people not here in the office were Gemini, Taurus, and Aquarius. Those three got hurt pretty badly, so after this little talk with Orion, Virgo should be bandaging them all up.

I see Orion tapping his fingers on his desk. He usually does that before speaking. "Where are Taurus, Gemini, and Aquarius?" the old man asks.

"In the Main Room," I answer. "They got themselves hurt pretty badly, especially Gemini."

Orion had a concerned look on his face as he stopped tapping his fingers. "Again? Is he gonna be okay?"

"Let's be honest. Is Gemini ever okay?" Capricorn asks, a short laugh from her and Virgo following after.

They were right. Something was completely wrong with the guy. Too many injuries to the brain like that? I'm surprised he's still alive. He was always the one hurt the most, even before he left our group.

"Well, that's besides the point," the old man says, his feet properly slipping themselves on the floor. He was about to say something else until Cassi began to speak.

"You guys know you can't kill us, right?" the red dye haired girl says to us. I believe the question was more rhetorical than a real one.

Capricorn's face morphed into confusion. "You almost killed me. What makes this even different?"

"Yeah, and haven't you guys been spying on us for...how long?" Cancer asks, waiting for somebody to answer the question.

"Just two years," Cetus shrugs. Cassi kicked him behind his knee, allowing a small wince coming from the beach blonde guy's mouth.

"You don't ever shut up, do you?" Cassi asks him, again more rhetorical than real.

"Says the one talking my ears off about your 'beauty tips,'" Capricorn chuckles, indirectly defending Cetus.

"And I hope you listened. You needed them," Cassi says, a smile on her face following afterward.

Libra rose his hand up as if he were in class. "Uh, Capricorn's hot."

He's not wrong.

"Can you guys stop conversing with the enemy?" Orion asks us, annoyed by everyone's small bickering.

"The hot redhead started it first," I remind our boss.

Aries chuckles. "Thanks, Scorpio, but I didn't even say anything."

Everyone just looked at him. I almost forgot he exists. Cancer patted his shoulder, sending him an embarassed look. "We weren't talking about you, Air."

Aries finally got the message that we were talking about Cassi and blushed. He then just looked down at his shoes and didn't say anything.

Cassi scoffs. "Whatever. I just hope you guys do know that you can't kill us."

"Oh, please, redhead Regina George. You guys do know that you three are just pawns in a chess game, right?" Virgo asks her, rolling her eyes at the optimism of the three Elites.

"I said stop conversing with the Elites," Orion tells us again. He stood up from his desk and we all watched him walk over the his door. What the hell is he doing now?

"Go to the Main Room. I need to talk to the Elites alone without you three disrupting me," he tells us, opening the door.

Sagittarius was the first to shrug and walk out of the office. Nobody made any protests to stay. We all just walked out of Orion's office to let him do whatever the fuck he needed to do with them.

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Virgo's POV

When we were all in the Main Room, I immediately went to get my first aid kit. Gemini was knocked out on the couch due to his head injury. Scorpio told me that Corvus headbutted him pretty hard back at the aquarium. I decided to heal him first.

Capricorn decided to tag along with me. And then Libra decided to tag along with Cap. Then Leo decided to tag along with Libra. So now, I have a friend and two idiots following me around to bandage up Gemini, Taurus, and Aquarius.

I went over to the couch and placed an ice pack on Gemini's head. I can see a bruise right under his hairline. The bruise was reddish purple, so I couldn't have been sure if it stung or not.

"So how did he hurt himself?" Capricorn asks me.

I roll my eyes, justing visualizing what happened. "Scorpio says Corvus headbutted him. He also kicked Aquarius' stomach and Taurus' knee."

"Why is it always that Gemini has the most head injuries?" my best friend asks me.

"Trust me. I've been in missions with him before. The way he used his mouth, I probably would've killed him by now," Leo says, shaking her head while looking at the unconscious Gemini.

I take the ice pack off of Gemini's forehead and get a gauze. I wrap the bandage around his head, making sure it's not too tight and not too loose to fall off.

"That's it? Just ice and a bandage?" Capricorn asks me.

I stand up nd grab the kit. "He's not bleeding. If he was, he'd probably get an infection. But ice is always a way to treat bruises. Everyone knows that. I'll put some ointment on him tomorrow morning. But if he annoys me, he can live with a migrane for all I care."

I walk over to Taurus who was eating a blueberry muffin. Don't ask me where he got it from. I have no idea. Capricorn, Libra, and Leo all followed me like little ducks.

"Where'd you get that from?" Leo asks, trying to take a small piece of his muffin.

Taurus smacked her hand away. "Mine," he says like a little child. Leo only kicked his bruised knee, causing him to wince.

"Leo!" he yelled in agony, about to rub his knee over his pants.

Leo smiled evily at him, and Taurus didn't realize she used that as an opportunity to try some of his muffins. Taurus only scowled at Leo who was eating the rest of his muffin.

I bend over to roll the bottom of his pants up to his knee. Then I stopped at how this looked.

I look at both Libra and Taurus who were smirking at each other. "If any of you make one inappropiate joke about this, I'll be sure you end up like Gemini," I say before continuing.

Libra and Taurus finally stopped smirking. Taurus' knee wasn't bloody, but it did have a worse bruise than Gemini's head. The bruise surrounded his whole knee. It looked painful.

Leo gasps. "Thank God our mission was easy," she says, somehow sneaking another muffin from Taurus without him noticing.

I put an ice pack on his knee, waiting a few seconds for the bruise to numb a bit. As I was waiting, Libra started to ask me a question.

"Virgo, can I make the inappropiate joke when you're gone?"

Did he seriously just ask me that?

I smirk as I found how to answer that. "I don't know if Capricorn appreciates your inappropiate jokes, Lib."

Libra's cheeks flushed red and he looks at Capricorn who didn't say anything. She hated when anyone put her on the spot like that. The only way to clean Libra's act was using Capricorn as an excuse. He has such a huge crush on her.

"Sorry," he mumbles.

I felt satisfied by his behavior and wrapped Taurus' knee with the white bandage. Taurus smirks now.

"Capricorn doesn't affect me though," he says, picturing a nasty thought into his head.

With that comment, I tighten the bandage with all my force causing Taurus to jump a little. With that, I felt satisfied again and finished up the wrapping.

I stand up and dust myself off. "Leo, Libra, can you two keep your friend company. Not to be rude, but I don't want you guys following me everywhere," I truthfully say.

Libra looked disappointed. "What about Cap? She doesn't want to stay just to watch you put bandages on people." I can see that was just an excuse for Capricorn to hang around him.

I smile at the blonde. "Yes, she does," I say, grabbing Capricorn by her arm so we can go over to Aquarius.

Capricorn didn't fight for a side, so I chose one for her. My side. Libra has tons of friends. And I'm not going to lie. Capricorn was my only friend. It was kind of pathetic, but I liked having a small circle. Too many people in my circle didn't seem as special than having just one great friend I could trust.

When I was walking over to Aquarius, he was standing and taking with Scorpio and Aries. I didn't know what they were talking about, but I didn't care. I just needed to finish getting everyone bandaged up so I can relax from this long ass day.

"Hey, Aquarius," I say, interrupting the guys from their talk. "Take your shirt off."

Scorpio, Aries, and Aquarius give each other that look. Y'know, the look with all of their eyebrows raised as if something exciting were to happen. Scorpio and Aries even had a small smirk on their faces.

"Look, Virgo, I'm flattered, but I don't really want to have a thing going on with the girls I work with," Aquarius explains, totally oblivious to the fact that that was not what I was here for.

I give him a weird look. Why don't I notice the things I say or do are inappropiate until a small reminder? I swear, thoughts like that comes so easily to them.

"Ew, no," I say, handing Capricorn the kit. "I'm not here to pleasure you. I'm here to heal you, dumbass."

And here I was thinking he was one of the smart ones.

"Or maybe both," Scorpio whispers loud enough to his best friend with a head full of curls.

Aquarius took his shirt off, revealing a large bruise on his abdomen. It looked worse than Gemini and Taurus' bruises. Aquarius' bruise surrounded the lower half of his stomach. I was surprised he went on acting normal about it. I blink a couple of times at it.

"If you keep staring, I'm going to start thinking that you are here to pleasure me," Aquarius says, sounding rather irritated now than flattered.

"Shut up," I say, grabbing an ice pack from the kit. Instead of putting it on him, I give it to him and tell him to do it himself. It would've been way too weird if I did it with them thinking the way they do. I cross my arms and awkwardly turn away as if something interesting caught my eye.

Capricorn laughed at my awkwardness. I sent her a mean glare. "You too," I tell her, side eyeing her.

"So how long is it supposed to be on here?" Aquarius huffs.

"Until Virgo admits that she is here for something more than healing you," Aries jokes as Scorpio followed with a laugh.

"Ew, no," I tell him. Scorpio and Aries were more annoying than Aquarius when it came to that.

"What do you mean ew? I'm hot," Aquarius tells me, handing me the ice pack anyway. Ah, yes. I cannot forget how conceited he was at times. One of the most horrible traits he and Leo inherit.

"Yeah," Capricorn says, handing me the bandage, "you are, but I thought you guys knew by now that Virgo was a lesbian."

My eyes widened. I whip my head to Capricorn. "What? I'm not a lesbian!" I tell her.

Her eyes widen this time. "Wait, really?" she asks me.

I instantly nodded my head. Did everyone think I was a lesbian?

"Ohhh..." she says, losing eye contact with me. "Then this is awkward."

"Wait, so how long did you think I was a lesbian?" I ask, letting my hands fall down to my side along with the bandage I was holding. How long did anyone think that?

Capricorn shrugged. "I don't know. I mean, I remember that time you slept with that Draco guy, but you were drunk. Everyone does crazy shit when they're drunk. Plus, that was, what? Five years ago?"

I was still in shock. "I wasn't drunk! I was having fun!" I tell her, still surprised this whole time she thought I was a lesbian.

"For once," Aquarius mumbles. I chose to ignore that.

"Wait? So what I'm hearing is...Virgo's secretly a freak?" Scorpio rhetorically asks. Or maybe it wasn't rhetorical.

I scoff. I threw Aquarius the bandage, and he caught it instantly. "Y'know what? Bandage it yourself. And you two," I say, pointing back and forth at Scorpio and Aries, "no talking about me while I'm gone!" I walk away from the scene, and I can feel Capricorn following me.

"V, where're you going to?" Capricorn calls after me.

"My room so I can think about my life choices," I say, not turning back and inching towards the door.

Only when I did open the door, it revealed an older man with a head of gray hair and glasses. I immediately pause in my tracks, my heart beating fast from surprise. Were we in trouble?

"I need you all to go back to my office," Orion says. "Now."

●○●

Not too long after, the eleven of us were in Orion's office. Gemini was still knocked out on the couch. Aquarius still had no shirt on and sloppily wrapped the bandage around his waist. I would offer to fix it for him, but he'll survive.

In Orion's office, the three Elites were still there. Alive. All of them looked smug and I didn't understand why. We were in trouble, weren't we?

"What are they still doing alive?" Sagittarius asks the question we all were going curious about.

Orion was at his desk, rubbing his temples. Usually he always does this, but something's telling me that this was more than just his annoyance. Something happened while we were in the Main Room. I can feel it.

"Can you fucking tell us what's going on, Orion?" Leo asks impatiently.

"How about I spoil the surprise for you guys?" Cassi insists. I didn't care who tells us. I just needed to know what the hell was going on. "You guys can't kill us."

"Are you so sure about that?" Pisces asks, her face looking rather bored than bothered.

"Well, I mean," Cassi continues, "you can kill us. But it seems like Miss Know-It-All over there was wrong." The red haired girl signaled her head over to me. "We're not pawns in a game of chess."

Most of our faces skewed into an expression of confusion. She was getting somewhere with this but she wasn't spitting it out. And by the look on her face, I can see that she was dying to spill it out. She just held the suspense for us for her own entertainment.

"Is anyone going to tell us what the hell is going on?" Cancer asks, her voice raising from the annoyance and tension in this room.

"She's saying that we can't kill them. If we do, the Elites will do anything in their power to take three of you and kill you also," Orion explains to us.

My eyes widen. Fuck.

"Wait, but we have to get rid of them," Aries states the obvious. "And we can't let them go either. They know where we live and they'll just go snitch and tell Ophiuchus."

"Yeah, I can't afford to get myself killed," Taurus says, trying not to panic. He was good at being calm, but he was never that good.

"No one's going to die," Orion tells us. "We're not killing the Elites, so that means you all are safe too."

He was leaving something out for last. I could just feel it. "Then what are we going to do with them?" I ask, signaling my hand to the three Elites.

Cassi smiles at Cetus. "Here goes the surprise~!" she tells him. I send both of them a mean look for being so fucking annoying.

Orion sighs now. Whatever he wanted to say made him gulp down on something in his throat. "Yeah, that's the thing," our boss says. "They have to live with us for a while."

And just like that, panic flushed over everyone.

"Surprise!" Cetus says with a huge smile on his pretty face. I am so tempted to beat the living shit out of everybody in sight right now.