Choosing the weapons

Entering the shooting range, Charlotte smiled and waved at the security whom visibly lit up when seeing her. She had so many family members..... counting all of them of course. The building was long and fortified on all sides with an entry at the back of the building that took them to an area facing the back of a tall hill. A table lay before them with many automatic weapons along with traditional hand guns. At the base of the hill were many targets of many sizes at various distances. Obsticles scattered around the grounds to hide incoming targets. Metal plates were attached at the top of the targets to represent a head shot. The body had the traditional targets on them to verify accuracy.

Vests along with holsters were applied to each and various weapons chosen to either wear or be placed strategically throughout the course. Charlotte chose a dual holster with a belt that fit around her waist that held additional clips. The belt was unique in the way that the clips lay at an angle leaning outward fully loaded and ready to be used. Nate was unsure how convenient the placement of the clips would be and could not imagine how she would be able to remove one and reload quick enough in a dangerous situation. He felt concerned for her.

Seth could see the questioning look on Nate's face and elbowed him to gain his attention. "No need to worry about her! She and Bull are the best we have. Wait until you see for yourself.", he said as he patted him on the shoulder leaving him to choose his own weapons.

Each loaded up after making the decisions for themselves. They would take turns one by one going through the course with the others watching.

Charlotte walked up to the guys with excitement in her eyes. Making tiny little claps with her hands and smiling like a crazy person she looked at Bull.

"You can go first." Bull said in his low tone as he reached up and patted her head.

Charlotte did a little happy dance as she walked to the starting point of the course.

"You are gonna want to watch this.", Axel said with a smirk directed at Nate.

They all stood still as Charlotte placed the ear plugs in and safety glasses on.

Bending her knees slightly the buzzer sounded as she took off. With lightning speed she crossed her arms in front of herself and withdrew both guns at the same time. Firing at the targets that came out at all angles she executed the perfect head shot on each then followed up with a shot to the heart. Spinning on her feet as she released the empty clips with one hand and slammed the guns down on the belt reloading she then slid the guns along her thighs roughly cocking them back and resumed firing without missing a step. The shots and spinning continued until all the clips on the belt had been used. Then dropping the guns swiftly she reached out and pulled the automatic weapon from it's place. Quickly and with grace she pulled the trigger taking multiple targets out in one glorious action as she walked confidently to the side as she fired.

At the end of the course lay a gun made for sharp shooting. Charlotte lay down on her stomach lining herself up with the gun. Picking up binoculars she spotted the target then focused on the flag that was waving in the distance. Reaching up and adjusting the dial at the top of the gun she took her aim and fired one shot. Time seemed to slow as Nate watched the image on the screen until the target shown to have been struck perfectly in the head.

Charlotte got off of the ground and ran up to Bull. "How did I do?", she asked looking up at him with hope in her eyes.

"You received a perfect score.", he said while ruffling her hair.

She smiled so hard that her nose wrinkled then through her teeth she asked, "Does this mean I get cake? It means I get cake, right?!!!", she said with excitement.

"We will have cake.", Alan said sweetly to her.

The tiny claps continued as she made little jumps in excitement. It seemed she was more excited for the opportunity for cake than she was with her perfect score.

Each one of the guys went one by one through the course. Some had different weapons that were special to specific preference.

Seth had a compound bow that he would use, Grayson had knives, and the rest stuck to the traditional guns.

One by one the scores came back. Bull and Charlotte tied for first place. It was then Nate's turn. Starting at the beginning of the course he stood there ready. He only used one handgun at a time however his accuracy would prove to give Charlotte a run for her money. The only part of the course he did not succeed at was the sharp shooting. He had not been trained as of yet and had no idea how to gage for wind and distance.

When complete he walked up to the guys whom stood with shock on their face. They did not expect him to pick up on everything so quickly.

Placing his hand on Nate's shoulder Bull looked down at him, "You did good kid. You did good."

"You get cake too.", said Charlotte as she winked at him with pride on her face.

He was so happy in this moment. This is the family he wished he would have always had. They always support and encourage him.

On the way back to the vehicles Alan advised that he had a cake at home already. He knew she liked to be rewarded when she did well and there would be no doubt that she would excel at this.

Teaching her has always been a priority and would continue to be so. The guys had worries about her being so small and knew in time she would travel for her job to foreign countries were she may encounter trouble. Knowing weapons could only protect her more.

Charlotte smiled to herself as she sat in the SUV ready to head back to the apartment. Thinking about Nate she realized that he did not treat her differently today even though they had slept together. Even when she stopped to talk with other security members that he may not have known, he never changed his calm expression and kept his visual over her protecting her.

Having him near made her feel more at peace and his scent gave her a zen feeling making her body relax and want to rest.

Existing should not be hard and require you to think about everything and consider muting yourself to keep someone else from flying into jealousy.

Leaning her head against the seat she began to doze off.

Moments later Charlotte awakened to Bull holding her in place in her seat as the SUV skidded in a forced pit manuver. Thowing the vehicle into reverse, Seth slammed his foot on the gas driving backward at an alarming rate.

Clearing the sleep from her mind instantly Charlotte reached up locking the seatbelt and Bull followed suit.

Pulling the side of the door panel off to expose a hidden compartment, she armed herself with a replica of the vest and belt as well as guns.

The inside of the SUV remained silent as calm actions they had trained for came into play. Placing her leg into the seat for stability, Bull lined up behind her each had guns pulled. Grayson nodded to Seth at just the right time. Seth lowered the window and with one smooth motion turned the vehicle to the side allowing Bull and Charlotte to open fire.

As the attackers became distracted with the gun fire the SUV with Axel and Nate hit oned side of the vehicle and Alan hit the other, boxing them in and turning them away from Charlotte.

Seth spun the SUV around, rolled up the window and jammed the vehicle in drive. A few moments later multiple vehicles arrived all around the SUV, protecting the occupants fully escorting them away from the city. A wide net placed for miles around by security, drones, vehicles, and internal hackers.

Heading swiftly to the mansion as fast as possible, the threat they were afraid would someday come had arrived.