Simply gone was right.

A month later, Cryptic heard of Chameleon again, except this time it wasn't on his way to an abandoned warehouse in the dead of the night. He was walking to his office after getting a cup of coffee when he heard his boss arguing with a women spy. She sounded furious.

"You're not going to sit here while Cameron risks her life-"

"It was Chameleon's choice to go."

"It was you're idea and now she's gone missing! I can't just sit around-"

"That's exactly what you're going to do."

"But-this isn't-why-" The words wouldn't come out her mouth, she was so angry. A sound of boards breaking could be heard all throughout the hallway.

"Ms. Baxter, I suggest you go calm down."

She didn't answer and Cryptic was about to get closer when the women stormed out, glaring at him as she passed and rounded the corner. He waited a few seconds before going into the boss's office.

"Sir?" he said, knowing his boss knew what he was asking.

"She'll be fine," the boss's voice was tight. It was hard to say no to Ms. Baxter. He too was upset to lose one of his top ranked spy, but the situation was too complex to send in any more spies. Ms. Baxter was a top ranked spy as well and he refused to lose her as well.

Cryptic knew better than to question so he retreated out the room, still intrigued from hearing Chameleon's name. How had he been working here for so long and had only seen her a month ago, once in the dead of the night?

Time skip

At the end of his work day, Cryptic went to put away his work weapons he kept on him. He made his way to the weaponry warehouse where he often found his friend Grant. However, it was late and he didn't expect anyone else to be there.

The soft whispering of voices came from the corner from the corner of the warehouse. Cryptic was sure that if another conversation had been going on here, he wouldn't have heard them, but it was quiet and the whispers echoed. He made his way through the aisles of weaponry and was surprised to hear Ms. Baxter speaking with another female.

"Bex, this is dangerous! Cam could be perfectly fine and just not able to get a message to us," her friend whispered frantically.

The sound of a waist belt being clicked together echoed as Ms. Baxter-Bex- spoke to her friend, "No. Cam and I have special signals we use just between each other. She was suppose to send me one five weeks ago. It's been too long. Something happened, Liz. I know it."

"But the boss-"

"Screw him!" Bex raised her voice. The sound hurt Cryptics ears. "He doesn't know the trouble Cammie could be in right now!"

"But-"

"Liz, don't go to the boss. Don't make me regret telling you. I told you so someone would know I was going," Bex said curtly. Cryptic heard her going through the ammo boxes.

Liz sighed. "You could at least wait for Macey."

"She doesn't get back till next week. That's too long," Bex waved off her suggestion. "I need to go now, Liz."

"No talking you out of this?"

"No."

"Fine. Be safe. Keep in contact. Here, take this." Cryptic couldn't see what Liz was handing Bex.

"Thanks, Lizzie," Bex said softly. "I'll be back soon with Cameron."

They said their goodbyes and Bex left. Liz stood there for a moment before leaving as well. Cryptic said down. His mind was going haywire with the information, but something else conflicted him more.

Why did he feel so compelled to save a women he'd only met once?

Finally deciding to contiue this story. Tell me what you think of the new plot line and whether you think this was a good idea. What's Cryptic going to do?

~SnixX321

P.S. By the way, do you like me always calling him Cryptic? I think it makes the story different than calling him Zach and I think it keeps a certain...I don't know how to describe it...feeling about the story.