Cam's P.O.V

We crept through the dim corridors, as Liz quickly disabled any security that would've stopped us. We had planned it out whilst sneaking out, and we knew what to do. Macey ventured forwards cautiously after Liz said into her comms unit, "It's done, it'll be deactivated it for two minutes," which is enough to get us out, but not enough (we hoped) to let enemies in. Macey turned and gave us an all clear; we followed her out the door. The wind whipped around us, as the door swung shut with a small click, as it locked itself securely. Macey and Liz left, as we had planned minutes before, to scour the other area.

"So, now what?" I hissed to Bex, as we hid in the shadows. Bex didn't answer, but instead, led us around the building, towards the library window. And then, I made the mistake of looking behind us, for what I saw made my heart stop. A person clad in black, whom I determined was a male, emerged from the shadows, and I could tell he wasn't following us by his movements. Quietly, I tugged at Bex's arm, and she turned around to look questioningly at me. I motioned towards the man, now scaling one of the many towers our school had. Her eyes widened, and she whispered into her comms,

"Bookworm, Peacock, we have eye."

"Roger that, Duchess."

We crept silently towards the tower. He was already halfway up, and moving at a pace that only a well trained spy could move at.

"What do you think he's trying to get? I mean, what does Gallagher have that he needs?" I whispered to Bex.

"I don't know. But it's not good."

We moved forwards, staying in the shadows, until we were right next to the tower. But what were we to do? Bex had a grin back on her face, despite the fact that he could notice us any minute. I guess it was a good thing I'd gotten bolder over the summer, thanks to a certain Blackthorne Boy… a certain Blackthorne I couldn't, and still can't get out of my head.

Suddenly, he tensed, just as he nearly reached the top. His lips moved quickly, I guessed that he was talking into his comms, and he prepared to jump down. Bex and I scrambled backwards, but it wasn't enough. He landed softly onto the floor and turned his head in our direction. He wore a mask, and nothing but his eyes nose, and mouth were visible. His eyes caught mine, and I was mesmerized. They were a brilliant green, and they widened as we made eye contact. Then it hit me. He had looked so familiar, and now I could see why.

I walked forwards, my eyes still locked with his. Bex looked at me wildly, but I ignored her – out of fear, out of shock, I don't know.

My lips parted, and I whispered, "Zach? Is that… you?" He took a step closer, until he was but half a metre away.

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A/N: I know, I know it's short... but I wanted a cliffhanger-ish sort of thing, and the only way was to cut part of my actual 2nd Chapter. All comments accepted (flames, constructive criticism, etc.) !