*3 months later*

Cammie POV

I woke up moaning to the sound of a loud alarm next to my head. It had been three months since we had caught Sean Wilcox and still I couldn't stop thinking about it, even as I pulled myself up out of my tangled blue sheets and trudged over to brush my teeth I replayed the image of the helicopter falling down the snowy, rocky mountain again and again in my head like a broken record that I couldn't stop.

I knew I shouldn't still have been thinking about it, it was almost Christmas and the school was alive with talk of presents and the ball mum was setting up in memory of Alexa, there was going to be music, dancing, dresses, it was going to be magical. She had taken the whole thing quite hard, closed in on herself if you will, and it was surprising she was making such a big statement. I guessed she was was moving on, and so should I.

I brushed my blonde hair rigorously and washed my face with a hot green cloth before doing my makeup; this past few months had been quiet. There had been no more leads on any of the Circle of Cavan leaders, those who were still out there anyway, and I had spent my time going to class and hanging with my friends. It had been like it was before, before we'd even met Alexa, except now we had Seth with us too. Which we didn't mind of course, him, Bex and Zach had gotten closer over the last few months and as hard as I'd tried to spend time with them, he reminded me of her too much, and I think the feeling was mutual.

I kind of resented mum at those moments, all those years wasted with a twin sister I had never known I had. But I never said anything, what's done is done, right? It had taken me a while to face her, almost a month really, till I realised that I was really angry at myself for leaving her alone while I faced a crazy old lady and a little boy.

I put on my uniform and headed for the door just as Liz was rolling off of her bunk. "You got ready fast." She mumbled. "Where're Bex and Macey?" I smiled at her as I grabbed my bag from next to the door.

"They left earlier to help Townsend set up for our next CoveOps assignment for extra credit. I spent the night with Joe going through some old Order of Fortis files so I declined." I explained the her, she groaned her understanding. "Why aren't you up yet?"

"I don't have classes till midday, something about having enough credits to have graduated last year." She smiled lazily and proudly.

"Of course you did." I laughed. "Bye." She waved and I left, shutting the door behind me.

I headed down to the lesson like I had done for the past few years, students walked past me and around me and beside me, it was so familiar, so nice. I skipped down the steps and turned the usual corners, some people said hi, some didn't, at times this place really did feel like a regular school. Until I realised it wasn't

I got to class and took my usual seat, the lesson went by in a blur, I made notes on feint attacks and blending in to surroundings as well as how to not get caught breaking and entering, you know, just typical school stuff. At the end Townsend explained our next assignment.

"Now, this is where it gets fun," he began and I knew we were in for a treat (insert sarcastic tone here). "You'll each be paired up with another student based on the colour ball you'll select from the bag Macey will be passing around shortly, once you have your assigned partners I'll tell you your location. The task is simple, to retrieve the object that is hidden there before the time runs out, once assigned designated partners the location and object will be known to you by Bex."

Only one person dared to raise their hand. "And what if we don't find it before the time runs out?" Kim asked.

"Then you'll be forced to do the forfeit." He grinned.

"Which is?" I asked.

"Raise your hand in my class Miss Morgan." Townsend said sternly. "The forfeit is something I will decide when the time comes based on who failed and how badly they do so." That sounded horrible, I thought.

Courtney raised her hand and Townsend gestured to her to speak. "And these objects we have to retrieve from these locations, I'm guessing they're secure and well guarded."

"Bingo." Townsend said triumphantly. "Now, Macey, if you'd be so kind as to pass the bag around the class." Macey came around one by one and held the bag out before us to reach in and grab a ball. When it was my turn she gave me a sympathetic smile, I knew this was going to be back. Carefully I reached in the bag and felt around the smooth small balls, they felt about the size of pool balls and were cold. I selected one from near the bottom of the bag and drew it out, it was a lime green colour; Alexa's favourite, I thought sadly.

Shaking those thoughts out of my head I looked around to see who else had the same green and me. Everyone else was doing the same with their colours once Macey had given the last ball to Mick. I spotted my partner on the other side of the room.

Seth.