Wow....it's been a long time. Sorry, but I had some trouble with this chapter....but in the end...I think it's awesome. I've also been beta-ing and crap...and I'm also managing to update 4 other stories....ok enough with my useless excuses...here's the chapter!
Zach is Back
Chapter 8 Part 2
Cammie's POV
(This is sort of like a preface for the chapter. I just felt like it need to go there.)
"Hang on, Cammie!" he yelled.
I did as he said and held onto his hand for dear life.
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All 7 of us looked at each other and groaned. Perfect timing, right?
Not.
We made our way to the lobby in silence. You could've cut the tension in the air with a knife. Yeah, it was that bad. Zach had his arm around my waist and josh was walking a bit too close for comfort on my right side. I sighed. I've been doing that a lot today.
When we reached the lobby, Mr. Soloman started talking. "Alright. Barry Clearmont has been sighted on the Eiffel Tower. You need to stop him before he tells the secret of Blackthorne and Gallagher. Understood? Now, go."
We all scurried out of the hotel. Before I even thought possible, we were at the Ei ffle tower. I guess our hotel was closer to the tower than I thought.
I threw up a rope that had a hook attached to the end. Bex, Liz, Josh, and Zach all did the same. We started climbing to the very top where we knew that Clearmont would be. The lattice-type siding helped us climb, even though the parts we could actually grab on to were very far apart. Super spy reflexes, remember?
It took roughly 15 minutes to get to the top. We knew this guy would be tough to get, considering he had all the spy training we had and then some.
That's when I saw him.
Ex-agent Barry Clearmont, that is.
He had his back to us and was standing at the edge of the tower, about 5 feet away from us, with a bullhorn raised to his lips, ready to shout into it at any moment.
"Hold it right there, Clearmont!" I shouted.
He slowly turned around and looked at the 5 of us. He looked...shocked. Like, he didn't expect anyone to come and get him. Oh, boy was he wrong. Zach made a dash for him and everyone quickly followed suit. I grabbed for the bullhorn, but he pulled it out of my reach before I had a good grasp. He pulled it up to his lips once again but Josh grabbed it before Clearmont could say a word. Bex had his hands behind his back and was about to tie them when he managed to pull his hands from her grasp and pull something form his pocket. I couldn't see what it was from my angle, but it was pointed at Liz. She gasped and I heard a loud BANG! The next thing I know Liz is on the ground with hand covering a gunshot wound on her arm. I started shouting "LIZ! LIZ, NO!" Bex was already on the ground next to her and trying to get the bleeding to stop. I was crying freely until Clearmont whirled around and pointed the gun at me. It was my turn to gasp. Zach noticed and looked at me. "Cammie!" he shouted.
I started backing away from Barry, but for every step I took backward, he took one forward.
I was almost sure I had a good 5 feet left until the edge of the tower, but I was wrong. I felt my knees hit the little railing and felt them give out underneath me. I gasped again and fell backwards. I heard Zach and Josh both shout "Cammie!!" but it was too late. I was already over the edge and falling towards God knows what.
I never got to say goodbye, To anyone. Not my Mom, Josh, Bex, Liz...Zach. Life as I knew it was over.
I felt my head hit one of the metal bars that made up the tower. I felt a hand grip my own and I knew I was dead. I opened my eyes. I saw Josh's face. That was odd. I thought when you died you were supposed to see the one you loved. And I loved Zach, no doubt about it.
But I still felt pain.
I wasn't dead. I knew I wasn't dead.
My leg crashed it the metal of the tower and I felt it crack. I winced in pain, but still kept a death grip on Josh's hand.
"Hang on, Cammie!" Josh yelled.
I did as he said and held onto his hand for dear life.
A/N: had to end it there...sorry....:[
I love all my reviewers and couldn't choose just one to dedicate this chapter to so....yeah.
I'll dedicate it to my BFF Maranda because her birthday is on Thursday! HAppy birthday nina-fie!
