I woke up to a loud bang. It was two in the morning and you could see the moonlight slip through the cracks of the window shades. It was perfectly quite since no one was back at the Gallagher academy yet. Or at least until seven in the morning from vacation. I heard the bang again. It wasn't the kind of bang you hear like a suitcase hitting the floor or like Liz knocking over a suit of Armour. But it was the kind of bang that wasn't an accident, but meant to be made. I quickly slid out of bed and put on some sneakers-no socks. I crept into the hallway with Bex's baseball bat ready to go. I heard the noise coming from downstairs. It tip toed down making sure to not make a sound. I listened and heard it again, but much louder. I followed it to the Hall of history where it was so loud it could of been-should be right next to me. But the giant hall was empty. Not a single soul was there. But not everything is was it seems. I knew that because in a split second I was pulled into a closet with a hand around my mouth and a arm around my waist. I bit my attacker's hand and grabbed his arm to try to flip them, but they decided to counter their weight at that moment. "Cammie." I heard them whisper. And before I could place the person's voice in my mind...it was to late. They were on the ground with a probably bruised rib. I flicked on the light. "what are you doing here Zach?" I asked angrily as he held his ribs on the floor. "nice to see you too Gallagher girl." he whispered out. He stood. "why are you here Zach? I thought you went to England with Bex last week after staying with Macy awhile." He slide his hands into his pockets and smirked that smirk of his. "so I decided to spend my vacation elsewhere." he gave me a wink. I rolled my eyes. "now what are you doing here really?" he slid an arm around my waist. "just wanted to check on my Gallagher girl." he smirked then sweetly kissed me until I pulled away. "but why did you pull me into this closet? I was about to find out what that noise is." he looked confused. "what noise?" "that loud bang I could hear from my room." for a scary moment panic flooded his face. "stay here." he headed towards the door. I stood between him and the exit. "oh no, your not going to go out there and have all the fun while I stay in here. I'm not helpless you know. And besides, I know where its coming from." he grabbed my hand and looked be straight in the eyes. "show me." We slipped out into the hall and we could both hear the the noise grow much louder as we headed closer to Gilly's sword. "what are you two doing out here?" Mrs. Dabney asked as she frantically walked towards us. "wondering where that sound is coming from." I said. "it sounds like its coming from under." Ryan said putting an ear to the floor. "under...Mrs. Morgan! Mrs. Morgan!" Mrs. Dabney started to run so fast it was hard to believe it was her. We followed behind her. "why are you screaming for her?" I yelled to her as we raced up the stairs. "because the last time we heard a bang like that..." "we were breaking into the subs." I finished for her in realization. As soon as we got to the office door Mrs. Dabney knocked on the door frantically. "Mrs. Morgan!" she yelled over and over. "Zach, the circle, their here. It has to be them breaking in." Mrs. Dabney gave up on knocking. "she is not in, no one is. And if its the circle down there they could be going after our most important information." she said with her old hands shaking. I turned to Zach. "Zach we have to do something." he shook his head. "no, we have to get you out of here." he started to push me down the hallway. I yanked his hands off my arms and turned to him. "no! I'm not going anywhere." Zach walked up to me as if he took up the challenge of arguing with me. "no they want you dead." "they want you dead too!" I yelled. He stared at me for a moment with tense eyes. He tried to speak but he had no other argument. I pushed past him and headed down the stairs. "where are you going dear?" Mrs. Dabney called after me. "the circle has gotten what they wanted before from a Gallagher girl. But there is no way I am letting them get what they want again from Gallagher."
