My senses started coming back to me. I slowly opened my heavy eyelids and found 8 pairs of eyes boring into mine. But I only had eyes for Zach. "Cammie! You're awake!" Liz gushed. I tore my eyes away from Zach's and they scanned over her face, finally registering who it was. "Hey Liz" I tried to say but it came out sounding more like a croak. "She won't be able to talk for a while" the nurse said handing me a whiteboard and marker, "So for the next few days, she'll have to write down what she wants to say." I quickly wrote on the whiteboard Hey Liz, Bex, and Macey. They took one look at the whiteboard and embraced me in hugs, crying tears of joy. Which is bad, because as a spy, our emotions are our biggest weakness. The enemy could use it against us.
The next few days went by so quickly. I spent each and every waking moment writing on my little whiteboard.
"Finally! Today's Friday, girls and do you know what that means?!" Bex exclaimed. We all looked at each other with confusion in our minds. "It's been exactly a week since Cam lost her voice! Now it's time to see if her voice is back." Bex explained. "Wait, let's have the guys join us too" Macey said. Liz, Macey, and Bex flew out of the room so fast that I blinked once and they were back with the guys. Wow. They were good. "Alright, are you ready Cam?" Liz asked. I shook my head no. "Too bad, you're doing it anyway. Go!" Bex said. I opened my mouth to speak and….nothing came out. "Oh come on, Cam. It's not that hard. See? Blah blah blah…." Grant droned on and on. "Oh, shut up will you? I'm already so nervous, I-" I started before I realized I could talk. "I can talk!" I exclaimed. Bex, Liz, and Macey immediately jumped up and started hugging me. "I knew you could!" Bex exclaimed. "So good to your voice!" Macey said. "Missed you" Liz said. "Now that Cam, has her voice back, let's play a game. Truth or Dare." Macey said mysteriously. "Way to celebrate my voice returning" I teased Macey. "Let's play in our bedroom you guys." Liz said. Macey, Liz, Bex, Grant, and Jonas went off ahead. "It's nice hearing your voice again" Zach whispered in my ear. I blushed. "I'll race you to the room" I said. "You're on" he replied. "On your mark, get set, GO!!" Unfortunately I had to say 'go'. Zach bolted on the 'get set' part. "You're such a cheater!" I yelled after him. I immediately ran after him. In the midst of all the racing, I should've realized something that was very wrong. Spies run faster than normal civilians. I should've noticed that I was unable to keep up with him when I should've been able to pass him easily. I soon would pay for all these things I overlooked. But the worst thing that I overlooked, was a man, in the crowd, watching us race across the whole ship, smiling an evil smile, and uttering a single word. before disappearing into the crowd. "Excellent….."