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Chapter 1- The Saviour
"Amy?"
The small girl sitting in the dark, rainy gazebo did not react to her name being called out, instead just focusing on a random point in the distance. She didn't flinch when two people plopped down on either side of her and a third crouched down in front of them.
"They expect me to be a saviour, I'm just a girl," Amy finally rasped out, her voice hoarse from the crying jag she had experienced some time before their arrival.
"Yes, but you are a very special girl, you're a Gallagher girl, and we protect our own," Cam spoke gently, she could understand what the 12 year-old was saying but she had been in a similar position but at a younger age with her father's legacy hanging over her.
"Also, they don't expect you to rule, Amy, Cam's right, you are a very special girl, you're strong, they just need you to incite hope in the people of Caspia; they don't need a monarch, they need a symbol." Zach's voice penetrated the dark, his voice was deep and comforting, much like Joe Solomon's had been.
Amy was not a fully trained spy but she could tell from the silhouette the person in front of her was a woman and she was wearing all black, blending in perfectly with the shadows, better than any of the others. This was a shock because she had been told that Cammie was one of the world's best pavement-artists and as a result was the best at blending into areas where she was not meant to be found.
The woman shrouded in the darkness finally turned around to face Amy, and to her shock she recognised her as the young agent sent to protect her, the one that had taken 4 bullets to her, the one that she had last seen in a hospital fighting for freedom and her life. The same woman who now smirked at her openly, cocking one hip in a very Abby-like manner as well as displaying a perfect Cameron eyebrow raise.
"Hey Cutie," the agent smirked at her.
Amy didn't hesitate much to Cammie's and Zach's shock, they didn't know that Crown Princess of Caspia knew her, Amy ran straight into the older girl's arms, pulling her into the tightest hug that her 4 foot 7 inch body could. The agent was far taller than her and swung the little girl around before looking around and scrutinising the area with a practiced ease before sitting down with the little 12 year old on top of her lap.
"Fate, you're okay," Amy exclaimed in evident relief, thankfully remembering the agent's code-name, it would have been a bit of a disaster if she hadn't as they were in the middle of a city, where anyone could be listening in, code-names were a trick of the trade, something that was taught in spy elementary.
"I told you that it would take more than a bullet to make me stop protecting you, I never lie, Cutie," Lily, for that was the agent's name said, cocking an eyebrow at her.
"I know, but people always break their promises," the little girl muttered, causing the agent's arms to wrap around her more tightly in comfort, immediately understanding which promise she was talking about.
"You'll be fine, Amy, but for now, we have to stop WW3 from occurring, Bookworm was right, Runner, she did write about how to create WW3 and the COC do have that information but what they aren't counting on is someone's who's IQ was and is still higher than Bookworm's."
"There's someone out there with a higher IQ?" Cammie seemed shocked as she looked at the slightly younger girl who smiled back enigmatically, much like Rachel Morgan.
Zach was trying to cover up his own smirk with a rather violent coughing jag, causing Cam to look at her boyfriend rather suspiciously.
"Okay, what is it that you two aren't telling me?" Cam asked looking at Zach, who was trying to mask his laughter but his sparkling emerald eyes were betraying him.
"You haven't noticed it have you?" Zach finally asked, his voice holding back the chuckle.
"Noticed what?"
"The fact that Fate here is probably four or five times smarter than Bookworm, there is a reason why my mother is so scared of her, if she wanted to, Lily here could cause three or four more world wars right this second."
The aforementioned girl good-naturedly hit Zach on the arm, "Stop teasing Runner, Shadow, it's not nice."
"I'm not teasing her Fate, okay, Runner, actually, Fate could probably start at least a dozen right now, and that is not an exaggeration," Zach said smirking at his girlfriend who was looking stumped whilst Amy was staring in admiration at the young woman who was blending into the shadows like a perfect pavement artist.
"Okay, so Shadow is right in his analysis, there is a reason that I work freelance, Runner, I am a very dangerous person to have on one side, so I do a variety of work for governments but I am outside of their jurisdiction, so I can pretty much do whatever I want within reason." Fate shrugged self-deprecatingly, causing the slightly older girl to look at her in awe.
"You're the best, so why did you go on my protection detail; surely you had better things to be doing with your time?" Amy asked of the best agent she had ever met.
"You are important, Cutie, never let anyone tell you otherwise, okay-"She suddenly cut herself off when she seemed to hear something and without another word, Fate leapt to her feet soundlessly, before pushing Amy into Cam's arms and all three began to run, Fate was by far the fastest but stayed to the back of the pack to add protection to Cammie, Zach and the Crown Princess of Caspia.
Before they could get very far a moustachioed man leapt out of the fancy armoured vehicle, Dr. Steve smirked at all four of them before levelling a gun at Cammie and Amy, his aim did not waver as he smiled.
"Well, well, Cameron Morgan, you have certainly been a hard girl to keep track of. Now, here you are with the one person we need, be a good girl and hand her over." Dr. Steve's smile was predatory, without his notice both Zach and Lily had converged and were now acting like a human shield in front of Amy and Cam.
"In your dreams, Dr. Steve," Cammie snapped back tightening her protective hug on Amy, using her own body as a third shield.
"Well, then I guess that I have no choice," Dr. Steve began, cocking his gun and getting ready to pull the trigger. He was stopped by a female voice from behind him as Catherine Goode and Max Edwards walked over, Lily was the only one unsurprised, knowing that they were there.
"Hello, Cameron, you know how it goes, hand over the girl," Catherine started off sweetly but her tone had lost its honeyed sound by the end.
"Rot and die, Catherine," it was Zach who spoke up, successfully grabbing his mother's attention and as she spun to see her son she missed Lily's gleaming smile. A smile that showed that the world's best operative had a plan, one that Catherine Goode was not going to like.
"Now, now, darling, don't you have a hug for your mother?" Catherine held out her arms as if expecting her son to walk straight into her embrace.
"You're not my mother; I've never had a mother. You can have Amy over my dead body." Zach snapped back, his emerald eyes flashing in warning.
"That can be arranged," Edwards finally spoke up, all three rogue agents were holding guns, with each and every one pointed at a different target, everyone apart from Lily was marked.
"One last chance, Zachary, or your girlfriend gets it."
Zach looked around desperately and just as he was about to give up something caught his eye, Lily was jabbering away silently at him and his eyes widened in sudden understanding.
"Do your worst," Zach stated with more confidence than he felt, he hoped that Lily's plan would work, they always did.
What Zach had not realised was that Lily's plan was going to work but the plan was not at all what he was expecting.
Just as the last word Zach had been saying was done, three bullets aimed at him went flying out; Lily used that moment to propel herself forward and into the way of the oncoming bullets. Each hit her one in the thigh, another on her right side and the last in her right arm, each began bleeding profusely. She didn't seem to even notice and had managed to kick Edwards' gun towards her and picking it up without hesitation shot three bullets each hitting their mark and killing the three rogue agents instantly.
