AN: Here's chapter three! Basically, this is them formulating a plan and stuff. Hope you enjoy! Please R&R! I want to know what you think of the chapter!
Zach sighed and cracked his neck before shoving his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and continued walking down the street. He didn't get far before groaning and shrugging his jacket off and slinging it over his shoulder.
"Roseville may be warm, but it's boring!" He moaned into his comm's unit. He heard Grant chuckle, and replied, "What ever Falcon. You were the one complaining about how cold it was up in Maine. You win some, you lose some," Grant said.
"Yeah, yeah. Enough with the lecture G-Man. You spotted the Duchess yet or what?"
Grant made a strangled noise. "No man! These girls are hard to find! I thought you said this mission would be easy...."
"I did, and it will be. Are you sure their database marked today as their town day Alpha?" Zach asked Jonas, whom he saw sitting with Aaron on a bench.
Jonas laughed nervously. "Ha, ha. Well, you see, I might have mixed up the information.
"WHAT!?" 9 voices screamed at him.
"You mean they're not even in town?" Bay asked.
"No Storm," Jonas said patiently. "They are definitely here, but they are going to be a little more difficult to find."
"And why is that?" Justin and Theo asked together.
"Because they're not in their uniforms," Jonas said. "They are in regular clothes."
"All right men," Chase said in a mock army general tone. "Fan out and look for any chicks in regular clothes." His voice turned back to normal. "Jee thanks for making this so easy for us Jonas," he snapped.
Zach quickly looked at Jonas, whose face was turning red from embarrassment. "All right you guys, let's stop fighting. We have a mission, and we better get back to it. And it's not Jonas's fault," he added at the end. "We're all tired, and we should be grateful that he even found out that the girls were coming into town today. So thanks Jonas," Zach said awkwardly. He wasn't used to being nice.
Everyone else mumbled thanks and went back to finding the Gallagher Girls.
He flipped some hair out of his eyes and began approaching a red headed girl.
"Hi," he said, flashing his signature "Zach Goode" grin at her.
She looked at him and smiled. "Hi!"
"So, what's your name?" he asked.
She paused slightly, before shrugging. "My name's Tina. Tina Walter." She said.
Zach processed the name and then realized that this was "Gossip" the girl Chase was looking for. He grinned at her again.
"What an interesting name." Zach looked at his watch and looked startled at the time. "I' sorry," he said apologetically. "I have to go." He smiled and walked away.
"Cobra," he whispered into his comms unit. "Gossip spotted, next to the gazebo. Red hair, green eyes, black shirt."
"Thanks Falcon," Chase replied before speeding off.
He spotted Raj and Aryan speaking to two Indian girls, twins, whom Zach assumed were Anjali and Rani.
Before long, every Blackthorne Boy had found his target. Except for Zach....
"UGGH!" Zach groaned, flopping onto a bench and burying his head in his hands.
"Why is this Cammie girl so hard to find?" he murmured.
He looked around the square, surprised to see that although there were only 9 couples of Blackthorne Boys and Gallagher Girls, the square still seemed pretty crowded. He thought over Cammie's profile. It had said that she was good at blending in.
He looked around. It would be pretty easy to stand out in this type of environment, especially if you were alone. He smirked, and got up to leave, when the clock tower began ringing (AN: Does a clock tower ring or gong?) One by one, the Gallagher Girls began collecting together, and walking away. He watched as a brown-blonde head of hair joined the group, and he grinned. That was his girl. Tomorrow, finding her would be easy.
Back at the house, the boys were lying in bed, and sharing any information.
Grant, Jonas and Aaron were huddled in a corner next to Zach's bed, sharing information because their targets were all in the same room.
Bored, Zach swung his legs over the edge of the bed, and walked around, listening to each mini-group.
Chase, Bay, Theo and Justin were analyzing the DNA sample Justin had collected from Kim Lee (a strand of hair) and wondering if they could duplicate it to break into their rooms. (They'd heard that rooms could be opened only with a DNA scanning)
Raj and Aryan were setting up their laptop to see if they could connect with the bug that Raj and left on Rani's jacket, but so far, the only thing they could see was the floor. Zach guessed that the girl had taken off the jacket and placed it on the floor, or that good ol' Raj had placed the bug on her jacket sleeve. They could hear muffled conversation, but nothing comprehensible.
Groaning in frustration, Zach shut off their computer, took the DNA sample from Justine and threw it out the window, and chucked a pillow at Grant's head to get him to stop talking.
"What was that for Falcon?!" Justin cried, looking at his empty hands where a strand of hair had once been.
"Well Shadow that was my way of saying that this isn't working. What are we?" Zach asked.
"Spies, duh." Theo said.
"And what were we just doing?" Zach asked.
"Spying you retard," Chase said. "And you just threw our evidence out the window." Zach sighed and waited for Chase to catch on.
"Ohh...." Chase said. Zach smirked. Good ol' Chase. He was the smartest in their class. Besides, Zach of course.
"Don't you get it?" Zach asked, turning to face each and every boy. "We have to spy. And what was one of the lessons Mr. Solomon taught us?" he asked.
"Lies," Jonas said.
"Exactly!" Zach cried. "We have to lie to those girls, and get them to trust us! Remember, they are spies too. Things like bugs and DNA replications are too traceable. Lying and manipulation however, will help us achieve our goal."
Zach paused as murmurs of appreciation filled the room and the boys broke into their little groups to begin planning covers.
There was a little rap on the door, and Dr. Steve's head poked into the room. "Now boys, I'm sure you're all very excited about manipulating, lying to, and using a bunch of innocent girls, but I'm afraid its light's out at...." he paused and looked at his watch.
"Now." Dr. Steve grinned and said, "Have an excellent sleep, we have a long day ahead of us," before closing the door behind him.
The boys changed, shut the lights and got into bed.
After everyone began dozing off, Grant said in a little voice, "But I can't lie to girls. My mom always said it was un-gentleman like."
Zach smirked and leaned on one shoulder to face Grant. "Your mom also said to do what it takes to win." He dropped his head back on the pillow, and suppressing a yawn said, "And to win this, it takes master manipulation skills," before falling asleep.
AN: What did you think? Please review! Also, I'm stuck on this. Should I keep this story in Zach's POV or make it both Zach and Cammie's POV?
