about too. A Hitler for the new ages as he tries to create his own supergroup. In case you’re not picking up what I’m putting down, all of you are brothers, thanks to Zodiac here raping your mothers at one time or another. Anywhoo,” I continue as people start to get louder now, whispering angrily, “except me. He wanted me to call him daddy, I’m sure, but perhaps not in the same way. Did you know he bought me off another man when I was still a little girl?”
I shake my head in disgust. “True story. Well, no more. As of today, Zodiac’s dictatorship is over.”
“I will kill you, you’ll never set foot in this city without being hunted down and slaughtered like the bitch you are.” Spittle flies from his mouth as he seethes.
“Oh, Gianni—you don’t mind if I call you that, do you?” I step closer to him, putting extra sway in my hips. “You’re not the boss here now, I am.”
He throws his head back and laughs maniacally before turning to look at the people watching in the circle.
“She’ll be your downfall. I made you all and I say—”
“Lord, help me with this one,” I mutter, cutting him off.
“Leo, if you would be so kind.” I look at Cash and he winks, lifting a remote just like Zodiac’s from his pocket. He steps out to stand to the right of Zodiac.
The video changes above us to the cargo hold, showing the people collected there.
“What the fuck?” I turn to see Taurus looking at a freeze-frame of his sister on the screen before horror takes over his features, and he looks down at the figure in front of him.
“Hey, Taurus, trust me for a minute, okay?”
He looks up, his eyes filled with despair and hate, but he grits his teeth and holds his ground.
“Each of you has a person in front of you who, I’m sorry to say, is about as dead as they can get, thanks to Zodiac here. Bullet holes to the head are hard to come back from. Zodiac handpicked each of these people because they meant something to you and he wanted to send you all messages. It seems like daddy dearest doesn’t like it when his kiddos go off plan.”
“This man,” I point at Zodiac as I circle closer to him, seeing the rest of my team melt out of the shadows behind the other division heads, “is not the man you want at your back. Why should you be loyal to him when he doesn’t return it? You are his puppets. All your pretty penthouses are wired with high-end cameras. He knows everything, sees everything, and uses what he can as a weapon while pointing his fingers at everyone else.”
I keep my gun trained on Zodiac even as I lift my head and take in the rest of the division heads. “But Zodiac is not in power here anymore, I am. If you want to stay, then you should know that things are going to change around here because shit like that,” I point at the screen above, “won’t fly with me.”
“Why would we follow you? You’re nothing. I could rule better than you.” I turn to look at Virgo just as Zodiac pulls a second gun from behind his back. I shoot him in the shoulder and when he drops the gun, I walk over to him, with mine pointed firmly at his head once more. I kick the other one over to Leo.
“Now that wasn’t nice, was it?” I kick him hard in the back of his legs and watch with satisfaction as his knees give out and he crumples to the floor.
“Now, where was I? Oh yes, Virgo, Virgo, Virgo. You are a lot more like your father than most people in this room, but if you take another look at the footage, you’ll see your little sister too.” He gasps, just spotting her, as she is mostly obscured by the large man standing in front of her.
“Daddy just blew her brains out for you, but in her case, I’m sure it’s a relief because you love your sister just a little too much now, don’t you?” He moves to yank the hood of the fallen figure in front of him, but Leo cocks his gun and aims it at Virgo’s head.
“Ah-ah, no touching. Danny?” I call and watch as my man materializes beside Virgo.
“Oh good, you’re here. Let’s show these lovely people all the reasons why I should