Is that a… scorpion!!

I climbed into my bed and did my normal routine, lift up sheets to double check for bugs and then make sure my mosquito net is completely tucked in on every side. When I got to the far end of my bed and went to tuck in the net I saw this large black bug right there on the side of my bed inside the net with me. I jumped back as it crawled up towards me. I looked at it and thought ´what the heck is that? It is not a roach but it is huge and black…´
I scream for Lesley who was outside washing her face. She comes in and screams ¨oh my god, that is a scorpion. **** A scorpion in your bed!¨
Me: OH god you’re right that IS a scorpion. Holy crap how do I kill a scorpion? Are scorpions poisonous? What if I try to kill it and it gets away in my bed? Ahhh!!!!!
Lesley: Sarah, take your flipflops and kill it fast!
Me: Here it goes. DIE. DIE. DIE. DIE. (as I repeatedly smacked it like a mad women, armed with a flip flop in each hand. I hit it so many times it flew off the bed and hit the wall.
Lesley: ok ok Sarah, I think it is dead.
Me: It may be. But oh god what if it has friends living in my bed too? Do scorpions travel in packs?
Needless to say we did not sleep that night. The next day I got help to take apart my bed and apartment on a scorpion hunt. Luckily I haven’t found any since. I’ve convinced myself it was a lost scorpion who somehow found his way into my apartment and that I’ll never find another one (fingers crossed!).