Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I, sadly, did not write the original Gallagher Academy series. Anything you recognise

belongs to Ally carter. The rest belongs to ME.


Joe POV

It had taken them six months to find this girl. It only took them three days to lose her again. I guess her codename isn't Vapour for nothing. She slipped through her guard with such ease.

Liliana POV

It is hard to believe that I (a 15 year old girl) was able to run away from 10 highly trained CIA agents in just three days. I guess it all came down to them once again underestimating the power and knowledge of a girl. I mean it should have been obvious from my code name that they would have to keep an eye on me at all times. Or maybe they weren't told who I was or that I was a hard target. I guess by know if you are reading this and don't know about my background, which not many people do, you are wondering what is going on and why a 15 year old girl is running from CIA agents. My name is Liliana Olivia Paige Cameron. Six months ago, with the help of my two best friends (Emma and Kiara) and my boyfriend (Mason) I ran away from my school in Australia. You are now probably thinking why did this girl run away from school and why are there 10 CIA agents trying to get her back.

I guess to explain this in full I should go back to the beginning, though I really don't know when that was, so I will begin seven months before today, which was one month before my big escape. Seven months ago I was a normal teenager, well almost. When I was in Australia I attended St Gabriel's School for Talented Children. Or at least that is what it said on the sign out the front. If you are reading this then you must have a clearance level 4 and are with ASIO. If not then I suggest that you put this away right now and pretend that you never saw it unless you want to be questioned, debriefed and then have your memory wiped. Being a school for talented children is a cover, although it is partially right. We are very talented children. St Gabriel's is a school for spies, but in the eyes of national security we can't really have that advertised at the front of the school.

I guess this begins to explain why I was able to run away from both my school and the CIA, back to my story. Seven months ago my friends and I were sitting around in the year 10 common room (the one place in the dorms where male and female students were allowed to be together) going through the mail. Now I was excited because I actually got a letter. I only got letters on my birthday so this was a real treat for me. Until I opened it;

Liliana,

I know that I can't tell you who I am but you need to believe me when I tell you this. They are coming for you.

We have managed to hide you for this long but they have now found you.

You must get out of that school.

Heed my warning Liliana in 4 weeks they will come for you.

You must be gone by then.

You need to stay hidden and you need to stay safe.

That was the entirety of my letter; needless to say I wasn't excited anymore. It took us 3 weeks to plan my escape and two days to implement it. Then I was gone. For the next six months I did nothing but country hop using the passports that me and my friends has made while doing our planning. Another thing that we made in the planning phase was an untraceable bank account because a girl still needs money. They caught up with me in Texas, where I was told that I was transferring schools to a Gallagher Academy in Virginia. At this time all I knew about Gallagher Academy was that it was where my mother went to school. That was all the information I needed to decide that I did not want to go there.

Joe POV

We had everything ready for her on our end and now she is gone, again! When will she stop running?

Liliana POV

Getting away from the CIA dudes was surprisingly easy. Escaping had always come naturally to me, which is why my codename was Vapour. Three days was all it took, and they practically gave me all the equipment that I needed to do it. One piece of advice I can give you is hotel rooms are always a bad idea when you are trying to keep a hold of someone, especially if that someone is female and kind of small. It makes it easy for them to escape through the air-conditioning vents. I decided as I was leaving the hotel in San Antonio that I would head up the coast and aim for Washington DC. That way I could check out this Gallagher Academy and decide whether I want to try it out or just flee the country. It took me two weeks to make my way to DC, mainly because I liked sightseeing and shopping, also because I didn't want to have a tail.

In hindsight DC was probably not the best place to have travelled to. It was one of the places where everyone was different, that made it difficult to spot a tail. Two days after I arrived they found me again; they learnt their lesson from last time and didn't leave me with less than two guards. I had been in their "care" for 2 days when I got a phone call. It was from Him, Joe Solomon, a good friend of both my Mother and Aunt. Basically he told me I could come to school willingly or I could be forcibly dragged there. If I chose to go willingly I would also be able to participate in a field op with my new classmates. This would all happen on Friday, three days' time.

Rachel POV

They had finally found her. My niece was coming home, even though it was a few weeks late. Cam, Bex, Macey and Liz had been badgering me for weeks about why there was a fifth bed in their room. Cam, my daughter, has also searched my office for information. She was coming home on Friday and I didn't know what to expect. Would she still be the same happy little blonde child she was last time we saw her, or would she have changed.


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