Disclaimer: I don't own the Gallagher Girl Series. All rights reserved, inc. copyright, goes to Ally Carter, Disney Hyperion, and Nelson Agency. I don't own any pictures I may/may not use ( I get them from Google Images). No copyright infringement, no franchise trademark infringement, all rights reserved to said creators/publishers/editors. No money is being made.

Warnings: language, AU, noncanon,

Notes: Hi, everyone, this is my first story! Please review, favorite, and follow! Sorry for any grammar and spelling mistakes, I don't have a BETA but dreams (my partner in this account) edited this as best as she could.

Love, Wishes

Chapter 1

It Begins

"Good-bye, mother," Zach yelled over the railing. "I will never see you again."

Then he took my hand and together we ran through the passage way. Smoke swelled and I kept running, away from the fire and the woman, fleeing from the ghosts.

"Cammie!"

Bex's voice came through my thoughts as a whisper, but I didn't see her.

"Cammie!" says Bex a little louder.

"Bloody hell, Cammie wake up!"

That's when I knew something wrong. I snap my eyes open and I see Bex's face in front of me.

"Oh my… Bex?" I splutter. "What are you doing here?"

"Come on, we have to go." She says as she side stepped my question.

"Why? What's going on?" I ask.

She groans and starts pushing me toward the window.

"Bex, what's going on?"

"I'll explain on the way." And with that she shoved me out the window.

"Catch." She yells as I fall.

She climbs down the wall beside my dormitory window with a rappel-a-cord through a pulley. The wind whips around me as I fell through the air.

"Whoa." A deep voice says as I felt someone catch me.

"Do you know what this is about?" Zach asks as he cradles me in his arms, he wore green lantern pajama pants and had a plain white shirt tucked into the back of his waist band.

"I was just about to ask you the same thing." I respond.

"Okay, lovebirds, let's get a move on!" Bex says from behind us. I look to see her unraveling the cords that were looped into the hooks on the belt around her waist. Zach let me go and my bare feet touched the prickling grass. I shiver at the impact since it had rained previously.

Zach narrows his eyes. "What is going on?"

Bex ignores the question once more as she began to cross the campus grounds. She mumbled into her comms unit, "Peacock, I've got them. We're moving out, now."

Zach's eyebrows furrowed together. "Peacock?" he mouths to me.

My eyes widen. "Macey's in this too?" I ask. "What is going on?"

It reminded me, briefly, of my younger years when no one told me what was going on with the Circle of Cavan and Zach's mom.

"Yup, now let's go." Bex says as she tries to get us to stop talking.

"Would you please tell us what is going on?" Zach and I say simultaneous.

"I thought you were spies? Keep your voices down."

We followed her, stealing glances at each other to see if the other had figured it out. She led us to Townsend's secret hide away.

"Townsend knows?" I inquire.

"Nope." Bex says as the doors open.

I look at Zach with my mouth agape and all he does to respond is shrug. As soon as we get into the door I hear Townsend yelling.

"What the bloody hell is going on Macey?"

As we round the corner I see an exhausted Townsend in his pajama pants and an old t-shirt. He looked over worked and extremely tired. He ran a hand through his hair, obviously irritated, as he paced back and forth in the small room.

"We'll explain everything as soon as everyone's here." Macey sounded bored and arrogant.

"You know Mace, you aren't supposed to be acting like an arrogant little senator's daughter." She looks at me, now smiling through my sleepiness, arms crossed.

"Well if it isn't Ms. I want a semi normal life." She says, beaming back at me.

"Everyone's here, now start talking, both of you." Townsend snaps.

"Not everyone is here." Bex said and leaned on the small desk next to Macey.

"Who else is coming?" I ask.

"Hey squirt." I spin on my heels and see my Aunt Abby standing directly behind me.

"Who's next Liz?" I joke, but the humor quickly fades as a look passes between Abby, Bex, and Macey.

"What?" I say, my face dropping.

Townsend stood a little straighter and looked more serious. Zach stiffened behind me. I look between them.

"That's why we're here?" Abby says, she almost looked sympathetic, then went into complete spy mode. "Agent Elizabeth Sutton is MIA."

"What?"

"Liz… she went missing on her last mission." Bex said with her voice shaking.

"What?" I say, tears threatening to come out.

"Liz was captured." Macey says slowly.

"By who? Is it the circle? I thought they were done for…." I speak at a rapid rate, but get cut off by Zach putting a hand on my mouth.

"Who has her?" he says and I feel his breath on my skin.

"It's not the circle." Bex says. I felt relief wash over me.

"Who then?" Townsend asks, avoiding Abby's gaze.

They haven't been the same since we found out he was Zach's dad. Macey and Abby share a nervous gaze and fear shot down my spine. I remove Zach's hand from its place on my mouth.

"Is it someone we know?" I ask, trying to hide the fear in my voice.

"No." Bex states, then makes a face that shows she's trying to find the words. "At least you and I don't know them."

"A family of thieves have her and we don't know why exactly." Abby say, but I can hear the lie in her voice.

"Abby, if I'm gonna help I need all the information." She sighs and starts her story.