Chapter 25

After our little fit of laughter Solomon went to check on the twins, and, I went to my mom's office to hear about the mission we would soon embark on with the hopes that it would be an interesting one. When I arrived at her office I knocked and was answered by aunt Abby whose eyes were red, puffy, and filled with tears and fear. I was immediately confused but pulled her in for a hug to help comfort what ever her fear was.

Two minutes later we left from the embrace, Abby was still crying and I saw my mom also with fear in hr eyes. She saw the confusion on my face and told me to sit down so they could explain. After another minute and a half of awkward silence Abby started by saying, "I think I know why Cassandra has stopped going after you. It's because she has a new target that does not even know who she really is. Our mission is to go convince her to come back here after we gain her trust. Get all the seniors in your group and have Macey pack for you. We leave Friday after dinner."

"You have no covers except for who your legal guardians are and the fact that they were transferred to the district you will be attending while we get her to trust us." my mom said, "Now go get ready I will see you in class tomorrow." she finished.

When I got back to my room it was like entering a game of 20 questions. Let me tell you one thing, it was not a good idea for me to tell my lovely roommates, and Eva that I was going to go hear an embarrassing story about my aunt when she was just about my age right as I was leaving the dining hall and asking them to watch the twins while you did this unless you want to be bombarded with questions when you get back to your room. It was pure torture I was only allowed to speak after I almost yelled to say, "Shut up so I can tell you about that our group has been chosen to help the adults of the group complete. It's time for bed now but today is Wednesday and we leave Friday after dinner so over the next two days during your free periods and after we finish our homework we are supposed to pack. The entire mission detail will consist of my parents, Solomon, Abby, Landon, Greyson, Jonas, Zach, Grant, Eva, Bex, Liz, Macey, Erika, little Joe, little Rachel, Zaxter, Morgan, and myself. The adults and guys are packing for themselves and the babies so Macey you only have the 4 of us to pack for since we all know you trust Eva to pack for herself. I need to get some sleep so good night."

"Wait so now it's time for you to tell us more about this mission we are to bring our children on Gallagher Girl because for once I have absolutely no clue what it is about." a voice said and from the second half of the statement I knew it was Zach.

"I already told everything I know about it. Now if the kids wake up it's your night to take care of them so have fun and good night my Goode man." I then replied as I kissed him good night.

~Time Skip~

After all the classes finished on Friday afternoon we all went back to our rooms to finish our last minute preparations so we could get in the vans and leave right after dinner for where ever the mission was supposed to take us. (We knew almost nothing about the mission except we had to protect a girl from Zach's mom because she has no idea of who she is or why she is being targeted.) When we reported to my mom's office we were told more about the mission most of it is classified (for now at least) but the stuff you can know is this: 1) We need to protect a girl named Quinn. 2) Quinn is only a year and a half younger than us. 3) Joe and Abby have had an on again off again relationship since my first birthday (this part is relevant I promise). If you put all three things together along with who is on the team everything will make sense. (AN: That is unless like Grant you area complete and utter MORON. In which case how is it you made it this far without messaging me about being confused? I am only trying to make this a joke so please don't leave any negative comments about this little AN)

Now we are in the car on our way to the airport where we will fly for 2 hours to our destination state then drive the final few hours to the final destination.

~Time Skip~

We are finally on the final leg of the trip to put a stop to Zach and Eva's mom's plan to get revenge on Solomon by attacking the daughter he never even knew he had since she is clearly over wanting revenge on my dad (for breaking her heart when he "left her" when he escaped) and I (for "turning Zach against her" though it was his choice). That is he didn't know until there was only 4 hours left to the trip and Abby decided to start a conversation innocently saying, "Hey Joe do you remember how 16 almost 17 years ago we were together but then suddenly I was called on a mission where I was still allowed to contact you and at first I did everyday then I stopped after like a month and a half?"

"Yes I do, it broke my heart. Why did you stop calling? I was afraid you had been killed so I called Rachel and Matt and they said they had no sooner hung up from talking to you when the phone rang and it was me. So I figured out that you were still alive. Then a year later you show up again acting different whenever I was around I hadn't noticed it before but now you are acting the same way again. How could you do that? Did I do something wrong? I know we can't go back and change anything but please just tell me so that I don't do it again in the future." by the end he was crying, yes there were so many tears were running down Joe Solomon's face.

"I only stopped calling because I couldn't handle telling you the news I had been given, I never could until now. I did it to keep you from Cassandra's wrath but now it's about to come out anyway. You did nothing wrong it was all me. I kept my distance because of what I did to handle a situation. I was barely 20 and I had my whole career ahead of me I wasn't ready to be pregnant, so I gave our little girl up but not fully because it was an open adoption. Now we have to save her from your crazy ex who wants revenge." said a now crying, and yelling Abby.

"Whoa…back up the crazy train you were pregnant and gave up OUR daughter without telling me about her how DARE you? Now we don't even know if she is safe, we have to wait until we get to Ohio to even know that much." Joe yelled back.

"I already told you I did I to protect her and you from Cassandra she already has been after the people I LOVE since we graduated u couldn't handle loosing anyone else I loved to that psychotic bitch." Abby retorted. "Besides I said it was an OPEN adoption, meaning I have been keeping contact with her. The most recent contact was over video chat on Wednesday when I was in Rachel's office. This was what I was doing when you told Cammie whatever that story was you came for. I told her that there would be people that will try to get close to her and that she needs to trust them because they will keep her safe. She still doesn't know who we really are to her or that she is adopted but I made plans with her and her "mother" on Sunday. Please join us. Wait…how did you know about Ohio being our destination?"

"So you told her that anyone who tries to get close to her will help her stay safe? What if Cassandra tries to get close and she lets her and something happens? Did you think of that? Yes I will go to the dinner and tell her with you so I can give her my side of the story for never contacting her. Well I heard you talking to Rachel about our cover jobs when we get to Ohio so I figures that Ohio is our destination and you just confirmed it."

The arguing continued for the remaining 2 hours of the trip. By that time the arguments were over stupid things like who did what the most in the relationship. Finally I noticed a giant sign and woke everyone up (they had all fallen asleep once the argument turned stupid) by saying, "Welcome to Lima, Ohio home of our subject." Abby just glared at me with the Cameron stare, and the Solomon smirk which made us both laugh hysterically because of the combination the faces made but this.

She finished laughing and said, "Yes everyone welcome to Ohio. Let's start living our lives here once we open the doors to the vehicle. Good luck to all. Let's go."