(I Disown Gallagher Girls, They Belong To Ally Carter)
Gallagher Girls _Time heals everything, but in the spy world, it doesn't always work that way
Chapter One!
Cammie's POV
"State your name", the operator said.
"Cameron Ann Morgan", I stated.
"Tell us everything that happened on the night of the 16th, January, 2006."
I am Cameron Ann Morgan as you see, but everyone calls me Cammie. My codename is 'Chameleon', because that's what I am, a pavement artist. I hide in plain sight and not even my friends and family can find me. I go to the Gallagher Academy, a school for training female spies. Yes you read that correctly 'a spy school'. If you don't believe me, then, what do you think you were just reading before you saw the words 'spy' and 'school'? , huh, anyways now you know what I'm talking about, I must say that your not supposed to know, so keep your mouth zipped or else you wont know what hit you. Alright maybe you will know, assuming you think it's me. Okay, so I'm sixteen years old and am in my fourth year at Gallagher, year ten. My best friends are Rebecca Baxter, we all call her Bex and her codename is Duchess. Elizabeth Sutton, also known as Liz, codename Bookworm and Macey Mchenry, codename Peacock. I've had an experience, that would scar anyone's life, forever, but I'm a spy, spies lie and hide their facial expressions. So that's what I do, I stay expressionless and emotionless. Ever since that day, no one has known what I'm thinking and it freaks them out but only I see that, it also worries the hell out of them. But I'm not about to let them see how I feel to stop them from freaking out on me, cause either way they'd still freak out and worry about me. Somehow, I think the latter would be worse though.
At the moment, I am sitting in a guarded room at CIA headquarters, being debriefed, with a lie detector sitting right next to me. Some guy is playing the 'operator', trying to get out the information that only I know, but he's not succeeding. He looks at me patiently and asks the question again.
"Cameron answer the question. What happened on the night of the 16th of January, 2006?"
Well, I don't say anything, which only annoys him. I know that my face gives nothing away so they can't suspect anything while I think.
The night of the incident, I was walking with my dad near the park. We were talking and having fun and I was only 12 just starting at Gallagher. Then we saw a van come rolling by, only to stop in front of us. Three men, all dressed in black, jumped out and grabbed me, one kept hold and tied me up. Meanwhile the others went over with a knife and started stabbing my dad to death. I remember screaming and thrashing, trying to get him to let me loose but his hold on me was to firm for it to do any good. There also happened to be a carnival on in town, so no one heard me apart from my attackers. After they disposed of my father's body, they shoved me in the back of the van and they all jumped in front. I was screaming and crying the entire time. They had tied me up at my wrists, alone and they hadn't done a very good job of it either. So once they got the van going, I quickly got my wrists free and escaped. I was pretty fast and good at disappearing so by the time they were out, they couldn't find me. They were furious about this and so I ran straight to the Academy, before they got the chance to have a better look for me. I have hard facts that they were after me and my dad was in their way. I don't know why or who they are but that doesn't change that they were and probably still are after me. It had all happened in less than 7 minutes, they killed my dad, disposed of him, kidnapped me and I escaped leaving them angry and furious. It still leaves me angry knowing this and just thinking about it just makes it worse.
I looked at the operator guy, who's name I believe is Mark and then I told the story that I've said over and over again.
"I was walking with my dad near the park, there was a carnival on, so no one heard me when I was screaming and thrashing to get away. A van came and out jumped three guys all dressed in black, one grabbed me and tied me up. While the other two went to my dad and stabbed him to death before he could even make a move. They then disposed of what was left of him right in front of me and shoved me in the back of the van. I escaped them and went straight to Gallagher, end of story."
I say this all coldly, my face had hardened and I sounded like someone who could kill someone without a moments thought. This is if I didn't know them or hated them, then I probably could have. Mark blinked at me, looking a little frightened; obviously he picked up on my change of mood.
"You can go", he said stiffly.
I then walked out of the room knowing that they find me frightening in many ways and that they think I'm dead on the inside, scarred for life.
Joe Solomon's POV
I was watching Cammie through a one way see through mirror. She looked like a really good trained spy, expressionless and emotionless. But I know her better then that, she's been like this ever since what happened to her and Chris. It's like she's dead on the inside, it can't be good for her. I saw the change of mood in the atmosphere; she looked deadly, like she could kill someone. If looks could kill then Cammie would have murdered heaps of people, unintentionally. I knew they'd send her out soon and as if on queue, I saw her get up to leave. So I walked around to meet her and to have a small chat with Mark.
"Hey Cam, can you wait for me outside? I'm going to have a talk with Mr. Operator over here." I gestured to Mark as I asked Cammie to wait outside, she gave a short nod, not even looking at me and kept walking. Once she appeared to be out of hearing range, I turned to Mark.
"Did you get any new information?" I asked.
"No, we've got to do something about her attitude though" Mark said.
I sighed although I knew she wouldn't have budged.
"She scares the hell out of me sometimes, she may make a good spy but she's also human" Mark admits.
"I know" I said and let out the breath I hadn't known I was holding in. "Me to, See you later Mark." I breathed.
"Later" came his reply.
Then I walked out to meet Cammie and go back to Gallagher. But then I brightened up as I thought of something that could help Cam. I'll have to talk to Rachel as soon as possible.
Cammie's POV
Joe came out a minute after me. It was weird though, cause I swear that he looks happier, if he doesn't tell me then I'll have to find out later.
"Alright, Lets go" He said once he reached me. He then lead me to the limozine we are to ride home in. It was a quiet ride home, he didn't speak and I didn't either. And if you haven't figured out why he has a fatherly role with me, its because he's the closest I have to a father now and he is my godfather, so to speak. But no one can ever replace my father, no one, not ever!
When we got their, as soon I was out of the limozine, Bex, Liz and Macey all rushed to me, screaming my name and hugging me. This almost knocked me to the ground. They soon moved away and started to ask how it went, but I held up a hand, shushing them.
"I'll tell you later, but for now, you have to come with me" I said smiling. I saw Joe going to my mum's office.
"We need to find out what Joe's planning, it's obviously something good from the looks of his face" I told them as I dragged them down secret passageways, to one that has a gap that allows you to spy on my mum's office. I made sure Joe thought we were going up to our rooms first though.
"How does his face look Cam? Since I can't even read his expression" Bex asked.
"He looks happier, like he's found some hope for something" I said to them.
Liz just looked shaken at how positive my voice sounded, like she would start hyperventilating at any moment. Macey and Bex gaped at me.
"How the hell do you do that? Its bloody awesome but scary at the same time" Bex said.
I just rolled my eyes at the last comment and kept walking. As we were getting there, I heard a knock and a whispered 'Oopsy daisies', from Liz. It sounded like she had bumped her elbow on something. Then I heard voices, Mum's and Joe's, by the sounds of it and it also sounded like they'd just started talking too.
"Rachel, I have an idea." Joe said.
"Go on." My Mum said.
"Well, just as we left from Cammie's debriefing, I was thinking that, maybe, her experiencing something that she has yet to experience could help her. She looked so emotionless, Rachel, like she's not even real, as if she had died the night Chris did as well." He said coldly. I think I heard my mum flinch at the thought and harsh words. "We should get the Academy to meet Blackthorne, get her to meet guys." Joe said.
My mum's eyes probably widened at that, I know mine would have if I didn't have so much control. They want me to meet guys, they think a guy could change me, well they're wrong. They mustn't know me to well then. I looked at my friends, who looked surprised and very excited. I rolled my eyes at them, then tuned back into the conversation.
"….think it would work, Joe?" mum was saying. "I mean, she's already worrying me, what if it makes it worse?"
"It won't, the worst it could do is leave her where she started, there's nothing to loose, and only something she could gain, more life." Joe said. "Rachel, if she meets guys her own age, then it could bring out the affection young females have for young males" He reasoned. I bit back a laugh at his crazy idea and shook my head. But what surprised me the littlest bit was what my mum said next.
"Alright, I will call Steve and see if they would like to do and exchange with us this semester." My mum sighed.
I was quiet on the way back to our room while my friends were gushing quietly about what we just found out.
Once we were all in, I faced them, "Do I really worry them so much that they are making us have an exchange with Blackthorne?" I asked.
They were all looking excited until I asked this, then Liz spoke.
"Cam, you worry a lot of people, actually you frighten us, all of us and you can make anyone scared of you with the way you look at them. But Cam, don't worry about it, it could make others worry even more." Is exactly what she said.
"We all worry about you Cam." Macey said.
"Anyways, I think Joes idea is a great idea" Bex said, happily.
"That's because you will meet guys" I muttered and we all laughed.
Cammie's POV
I was sitting on my bed at Gallagher and Bex, Liz and Macey had come back early to keep me company. Then I heard Liz squeal, we all look at her, questioning her insanity.
"You will never guess what I just thought of", Liz squeaked out.
"What?" I asked.
"We should hack the Blackthorne Institutes files and see when they will be here and we should see who they're sending and find out everything about them" Liz rushed to get out.
I looked at the others and they looked just as excited at the thought.
"That is a bloody brilliant idea Liz" Bex said. I internally groaned, Bex always says 'Bloody', when she gets in her excited state.
"Well, Okay then lets hack some files" I said faking excitement. They didn't even realize I was faking until I let the expression fall. They just rolled their eyes at me, they new I wasn't as thrilled at the idea as they were.
I mean, they're doing this exchange because of me, so it's basically my fault. But I guess that's just the way I feel, because everyone else so far is glad, besides the reasons why. Joe Solomon is going to make a complete fool out of himself for even suggesting the idea because it's not going to work. No boy can change me and I won't change for them. It's as simple as that. Then, about 15 minutes later, I hear Liz's squeals again. Along with that her "I'm in, Cammie, I'm in, I'm ins" We all rushed to her, Bex and Macey out of excitement and I for the simple fact that I will know everything I need to know about these boys, while they will know nothing. Bex whoops, "This is awesome Liz, bloody awesome" she says.
"Zachary Goode, Nicholas Austin, Grant Newman, Jonas Salester, Andrew Caleb, Jacob Finn, Alistair Slater, David Turner, Timothy Fields and Reece Malice…" I read aloud, their names going from best to worst in the tenth grade. I smiled "Welcome to your worst nightmare, me!" I sang.
My friends all turned to me, like I knew they would. "Please don't tell me you're not going to make their time here, with us, their worst time imaginable" Macey pleaded. I only smiled at them, then said "maybe" and they all groaned while Bex snorted, she probably was thinking that she should've seen this coming. I gave a short burst of laughter.
"Well, let's just say that they might not enjoy their time here as much as they like. And Mum and Joe might be a little disappointed that their plan didn't work so well" I explained and laughed even more. They just scowled at me.
"Hey, don't scowl at me" I said sobering up. Bex rolled her eyes and said "Cam, you know you can't control us so why start now" sweetly.
"Humph" I said or least that's what the noise coming out of my mouth sounded like. "Hey, Liz can I borrow your laptop to memorize their profiles?" I asked.
"Yeah, she said while passing me her laptop. I worked through all of their profiles and 1.39 hours later I had all of them memorized, from their eye colour, to who their parents are to their personalities. I looked up, over at Liz and passed her, her laptop wordlessly. One word stuck in my mind 'Goode'. I don't know why but it did. I mean, I don't even know him and he doesn't know me, so how can he affect me so much. I'm the best at Gallagher and he's the best at Blackthorne and yet. According to our rates, he can't even compete with me. But he's still on my mind, what is wrong with me, Cammie. I mentally yelled that at myself. We have some things in common and he did loose his parents to CIA but at least they didn't get murdered right in front of him. I thought this harshly and shut my eyes. Be glad Goode, be glad, I thought then scolded myself, why am I still thinking of him. I stood up and said "I'm going for a walk" as I left the room. "Okay" they said as I left. Once I was out, I went and found the nearest passageway that I could disappear through and did what I do best, I disappeared. It was about 2 hours later that I decided to go back, on account of that they would start worrying now. When I walked in they all screamed my name.
"What?" I said going all defensive, but I actually did know that they screamed at me because they were just worried.
"You were gone for a little over 2 hours, what do you mean what?" Bex shouted at me. I sighed, "Sorry" I said warily.
"We were worried about you" Liz said quietly.
"Well, it's okay now, everything's okay", I said, calming them down. It was coming close to 23:30 hours so I decided to get some sleep. Tomorrow morning, Gallagher students will be arriving in limozines, ready for the new semester. Then the Blackthorne boys will come in at dinner. Tomorrow will be fun I thought as I drifted off to sleep. I woke in the morning to find Macey, Bex and Liz fussing over each other with clothes, make-up and a brush. Bex was setting out clothe styles, Macey doing make-up, while Liz fixing hairstyles up.